2 Samuel 12
1 Et le Seigneur envoya à David Nathan le prophète; celui-ci entra chez le roi, et il lui dit: Il y avait en une ville deux hommes, l'un riche, l'autre pauvre.
The LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 Le riche possédait une multitude de brebis et de bœufs.
The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
3 Le pauvre n'avait rien qu'une petite brebis; il l'avait achetée, il en avait pris soin, il l'avait nourrie, et elle avait crû auprès de lui en même temps que ses fils; elle mangeait de son pain, buvait dans sa coupe, dormait sur son sein; elle était pour lui comme une fille.
but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
4 Or, un voyageur vint chez le riche, et celui-ci n'eut garde de prendre de ses moutons ni de ses bœufs pour faire un festin au voyageur étranger; mais il prit la brebis du pauvre, et il l'apprêta pour l'homme qui était venu chez lui.
A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him."
5 David entra dans une grande colère contre le riche, et il dit à Nathan: Vive le Seigneur! c'est un fils de la mort qui a fait cela.
David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die.
6 Il paiera la brebis sept fois pour ne l'avoir point épargnée, et pour avoir commis une telle action.
He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."
7 Et Nathan dit à David: Tu es l'homme qui a fait cela. Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: C'est moi qui t'ai sacré roi de mon peuple, et qui t'ai tiré des mains de Saül.
Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
8 Je t'ai donné la maison de ton maître, et tu as sur ton sein les femmes de ton maître. Je t'ai donné la maison d'Israël et de Juda, et, si c'est peu, j'y ajouterai encore.
I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
9 Pourquoi donc as-tu méprisé la parole du Seigneur, au point de faire le mal à ses yeux? Tu as livré au glaive Urie l'Hettéen; tu as pris pour femme sa femme, après l'avoir tué lui-même par l'épée des fils d'Ammon.
Why have you despised the LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hethite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
10 Eh bien! maintenant, le glaive ne cessera plus de menacer ta maison, parce que tu m'as méprisé, et que tu as pris pour femme la femme d'Urie l'Hettéen.
Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your wife.'
11 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Je susciterai contre toi des maux qui sortiront de ta maison, et je prendrai tes femmes sous tes yeux, et je les donnerai à ton prochain, et il dormira avec elles à la face de ce soleil.
"This is what the LORD says: 'Look, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
12 Tu as fait cela en cachette, et moi je ferai cotte chose devant tout Israël, et à la face de ce soleil.
For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
13 Et David dit à Nathan: J'ai péché contre le Seigneur. Et Nathan dit à David: Le Seigneur a ôté ton péché, tu ne mourras point.
David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin. You will not die.
14 Mais, comme par cette action tu as donné aux ennemis du Seigneur l'occasion de l'irriter, le fils que tu as engendré mourra de mort.
However, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the LORD, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
15 Nathan retourna en sa maison, et le Seigneur frappa le fils que la femme d'Urie l'Hettéen avait enfanté à David, et l'enfant languit.
Then Nathan went to his home. And God struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
16 David pria le Seigneur pour son enfant, et David jeûna, et il se tint renfermé, et il passa les nuits couché sur la dure.
Then David sought from God on behalf of the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
17 Et les anciens de sa maison accoururent pour le relever; mais il ne se releva pas, et il ne mangea point avec eux.
And the elders of his house approached him to lift him up from the ground, but he was unwilling, and he would not eat food with them.
18 Le septième jour, enfin, l'enfant mourut, et les serviteurs de David craignirent de lui annoncer que l'enfant était mort. Car, dirent-ils, nous lui parlions de l'enfant, tandis qu'il vivait, et il ne nous écoutait pas; comment lui dirons-nous que l'enfant est mort? Il fera contre lui-même quelque chose de funeste.
It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, "Look, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?"
19 David s'aperçut que ses serviteurs chuchotaient entre eux; il comprit que l'enfant était mort, et il dit à ses serviteurs: L'enfant est-il mort? Il est mort, dirent-ils.
But when David noticed that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
20 Aussitôt, David se releva, se baigna, se parfuma, changea de vêtements, et entra dans la maison du Seigneur; après l'avoir adoré, il revint en sa maison, et demanda qu'on lui servit à manger; on le servit, et il mangea.
Then David arose from the ground, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and he asked for bread to eat. And they set bread before him, and he ate.
21 Ensuite, David consola Bersabée, sa femme: il s'approcha d'elle, il dormit avec elle; elle conçut, et elle enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Salomon; or, le Seigneur aima cet enfant.
Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept and kept vigil for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread."
22 David répondit: Tant qu'il vivait, je pleurais et je jeûnais; car, qui sait, disais-je, si le Seigneur n'aura pas compassion de moi, et s'il ne laissera pas l'enfant vivre?
He said, "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows whether the LORD will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
23 Maintenant, il est mort: à quoi bon jeûner? Est-ce que je pourrais le rappeler? C'est moi qui irai à lui; mais il ne reviendra point à moi.
But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
24 Ensuite, David consola Bersabée, sa femme: il s'approcha d'elle, il dormit avec elle; elle conçut, et elle enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Salomon; or, le Seigneur aima cet enfant.
David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him;
25 Le Seigneur envoya Nathan le prophète, et celui-ci, de la part du Seigneur, surnomma l'enfant Jeddedi (aimable à Dieu).
and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for the LORD's sake.
26 Cependant, Joab avait investi Rhabbath chez les fils d'Ammon, et il prit la ville royale.
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 Il envoya des messagers à David, et il dit: J'ai assiégé Rhabbath: j'ai pris la ville des eaux.
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and have also taken the water supply of the city.
28 Maintenant, rassemble tout le reste du peuple, viens camper devant Rhabbath, et enlève-la, pour que je ne l'enlève pas moi-même; car toute la gloire m'en reviendrait.
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city and capture it yourself, or I will capture the city, and it will be named after me."
29 David leva donc tout le peuple; il marcha sur Rhabbath, il donna l'assaut, et il la prit.
David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
30 Alors, il enleva sur la tête de leur roi Molchom sa couronne, qui pesait un talent d'or, et qui était ornée de pierres précieuses; elle allait à la tête de David. Enfin, il rapporta de cette ville un immense butin.
He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
31 Il emmena tout le peuple qui l'habitait, et il l'extermina en plaçant les uns sous des scies, sous des herses de fer, sous des cognées de bûcheron; en jetant les autres dans les fours à brique. Il traita de même toutes les villes des fils d'Ammon. Ensuite, David et toute son armée retournèrent à Jérusalem.
He brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws, and iron picks, and iron axes, and to labor at the brick kiln. And he did the same to all the cities of the people of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
