1 Chroniques 14
1 Et Hiram, roi de Tyr, envoya des messagers à David, et du bois de cèdre et des maçons et des charpentiers, pour lui bâtir un palais.
One day Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent some messengers to David [to talk about making an agreement between their countries]. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David.
2 Et David sentit que l'Éternel le consolidait comme roi d'Israël et que son royaume était élevé toujours plus haut pour l'amour de son peuple d'Israël.
[When that happened, ] David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because [he loved] his Israeli people.
3 Et David prit encore des femmes à Jérusalem, et engendra encore des fils et des filles.
David married more women in Jerusalem, and [those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters for him.
4 Or voici les noms de ceux qui lui naquirent à Jérusalem: Sammuah et Sobab, Nathan et Salomon
The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
5 et Jibschar et Elisua et Elphalet
Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
6 et Nogah et Népheg et Japhia
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
7 et Elisama et Beéliada et Eliphéleth.
Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8 Et quand les Philistins apprirent que David avait été oint roi de la totalité d'Israël, tous les Philistins s'avancèrent à la recherche de David. A cette nouvelle, David sortit à leur rencontre.
When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he [and his soldiers] marched out to fight against them.
9 Et les Philistins vinrent se déployer dans la vallée, de Rephaïm.
The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and had robbed them.
10 Alors David interrogea Dieu en ces termes: Marcherai-je contre les Philistins et les livreras-tu entre mes mains? Et l'Éternel lui répondit: Marche et je les livrerai entre tes mains.
David asked God, “Should [my men and] I go and attack the army of Philistia? [If we go, ] will you enable us to defeat [IDM] them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat [IDM] them.”
11 Et ils se portèrent sur Baal-Pératsim et David les y battit et dit: L'Éternel a par ma main rompu mes ennemis, comme les eaux faisant irruption. C'est pourquoi on donna à ce lieu le nom de Baal-Pératsim (lieu d'irruptions).
So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me [and my soldiers] to overwhelm my enemies like [MET] a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ [which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’].
12 Et ils laissèrent là leurs dieux, qui, sur l'ordre de David, furent livrés au feu.
[As the soldiers of Philistia fled], they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
13 Et de nouveau les Philistins vinrent se déployer dans la vallée.
But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
14 Et David interrogea encore Dieu, et Dieu lui dit: Ne monte pas après eux, tourne-les et viens leur faire face vis-à-vis des baumiers-pleureurs.
So again David prayed to God [to ask him what he should do], and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them [from the rear] in front of the balsam trees.
15 Et quand tu entendras un bruit de pas dans les cimes des baumiers, alors montre-toi pour l'attaque, car Dieu marche devant toi, pour battre l'armée des Philistins.
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [soldiers] marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.”
16 Et David s'y prit comme Dieu lui en donnait l'ordre, et il défit l'armée des Philistins de Gabaon à Gézer.
So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon [city in the east] to Gezer [city in the west].
17 Et la renommée de David se répandit dans tous les pays, et l'Éternel mit la terreur de son nom sur tous les peuples.
So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused [the leaders of] all the [nearby] nations to be afraid of him.
