Premier livre des Chroniques 15

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 David construisit des édifices dans la Cité de David et il prépara une place pour l’Arche de Dieu: il dressa une tente pour elle.	1 Also, he made houses for himself in the City of David. And built a place for the ark of God, and he set up a tent for it.
2 Puis il dit: “Seuls les lévites déplaceront l’Arche de Dieu puisque Yahvé les a choisis pour porter l’Arche et le servir à jamais!”	2 Then David said: “It is illicit for anyone to carry the ark of God except the Levites, whom the Lord chose to carry it and to minister to himself, even unto eternity.”
3 David rassembla alors les Israélites à Jérusalem pour transporter l’Arche de Dieu au lieu qu’il lui avait préparé.	3 And he gathered all of Israel in Jerusalem, so that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.
4 David réunit les fils d’Aaron et les fils de Lévi:	4 Certainly, there were both the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
5 parmi les fils de Kahat: Ouriel, le chef, et ses 120 frères.	5 From the sons of Kohath, Uriel was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred twenty.
6 Des fils de Mérari: Asaya et ses 220 frères.	6 From the sons of Merari: Asaiah was the leader, and his brothers were two hundred twenty.
7 Des fils de Guerchon: Yoël et ses 130 frères.	7 From the sons of Gershom: Joel was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred thirty.
8 Des fils de Élisafan: Chémayas et ses 200 frères.	8 From the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah was the leader, and his brothers were two hundred.
9 Des fils d’Hébron: Éliel et 80 de ses frères.	9 From the sons of Hebron: Eliel was the leader, and his brothers were eighty.
10 Des fils d’Ouziel: Aminadab et ses 112 frères.	10 From the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred twelve.
11 David appela les prêtres Sadoq et Ébyatar, et les lévites Ouriel, Asaya, Yoël, Chémayas, Éliel et Aminadab.	11 And David summoned the priests, Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12 Il leur dit: “Vous êtes les chefs de familles des lévites. Purifiez-vous, vous et vos frères, et apportez l’Arche de Yahvé Dieu d’Israël jusqu’à l’endroit que je lui ai préparé.	12 And he said to them: “You who are the leaders of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brothers, and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place that has been prepared for it.
13 La première fois vous n’étiez pas là pour la porter, et Yahvé notre Dieu nous a punis pour ne pas l’avoir consulté comme nous aurions dû le faire.”	13 Otherwise, as it was before, when the Lord struck us because you were not present, so also it might be now, if we do what is illicit.”
14 Ainsi les prêtres et les lévites se purifièrent pour emporter l’Arche de Yahvé Dieu d’Israël.	14 Therefore, the priests and the Levites were sanctified, so that they might carry the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15 Les lévites portèrent l’Arche de Dieu avec des barres sur leurs épaules, comme Moïse l’avait ordonné selon la volonté de Yahvé.	15 And the sons of Levi took the ark of God, just as Moses had instructed, in accord with the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders by the bars.
16 Alors David dit aux lévites qui dirigeaient, de désigner quelques-uns d’entre eux pour chanter et jouer gaiement de leurs divers instruments de musique: harpes, lyres et cymbales.	16 And David spoke to the leaders of the Levites, so that they might appoint, from their brothers, singers with musical instruments, specifically, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, so that a joyful noise might resound on high.
17 Les lévites désignèrent: Héman, fils de Yoël; Asaf, fils de Bérékya, un de ses frères; Étan, fils de Kouchayas, un de leurs frères Mérarites;	17 And they appointed from the Levites: Heman, the son of Joel; and from his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and truly, from their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kushaiah.
18 et avec eux, leurs frères de second rang: les portiers: Zékaryas, Ouziel, Chémiramot, Yéhiel, Ouni, Éliab, Bénayas, Maaséyas, Mattityas, Éliflès, Miknéyas, Obed-Édom, Yéhiel.	18 And with them were their brothers in the second rank: Zechariah, and Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jahiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, who were gatekeepers.
19 Les chantres Héman, Asaf, et Étan faisaient sonner les cymbales de bronze.	19 Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were sounding out with cymbals of brass.
20 Zékaryas, Ouziel, Chémiramot, Yéhiel, Ouni, Éliab, Maaséyas et Bénayas jouaient de la harpe en sourdine.	20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah were singing mysteries with the psalteries.
21 Mattityas, Éliflès, Miknéyas, Obed-Édom, Yeïel et Azazyas donnant le rythme, jouaient de la lyre à l’octave.	21 Then Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah and Obededom, and Jeiel and Azaziah were singing a song of victory with the harps, for the octave.
22 Kénanyas, chef du transport, dirigeait les lévites chargés du transport, car il s’y connaissait.	22 Now Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was foremost over the prophecies, in order to mark out in advance the melodies. For indeed, he was very skillful.
23 Bérékya et Elkana étaient portiers de l’Arche.	23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters of the ark.
24 Les prêtres Chebanyas, Yochafat, Nétanéel, Amasaï, Zékaryas, Bénayas et Éliézer jouaient de la trompette devant l’Arche de Dieu. Obed-Édom et Yéhiyas étaient portiers de l’Arche.	24 And the priests, Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, were sounding the trumpets before the ark of God. And Obededom and Jehiah were porters of the ark.
25 Ainsi, David avec les chefs d’Israël et les commandants de milliers partirent de la maison d’Obed-Édom avec des chants de joie: ils portaient l’Arche de l’Alliance de Yahvé.	25 Therefore, David, and all those greater by birth of Israel, and the tribunes, went to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obededom with rejoicing.
26 Et tandis que Dieu veillait sur les lévites qui portaient l’Arche de l’Alliance de Yahvé, on sacrifia sept taureaux et sept béliers.	26 And when God had assisted the Levites, who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they immolated seven bulls and seven rams.
27 David, tous les lévites qui portaient l’Arche, les chantres et Kénanyas, responsable du transport, étaient vêtus de manteaux de lin fin. David portait aussi l’Éphod de lin.	27 Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of the prophecy among the singers. But David was also clothed with a linen ephod.
28 Tout Israël accompagna l’Arche d’Alliance de Yahvé avec des cris de joie et des sonneries de cors, de trompettes et de cymbales, jouant de la musique sur les harpes et les lyres.	28 And all of Israel were leading back the ark of the covenant of the Lord with jubilation, sounding out with the noise of horns, and trumpets, and cymbals, and psalteries, and harps.
29 Comme l’Arche de l’Alliance de Yahvé entrait dans la cité de David, Mikal, la fille de Saül était à sa fenêtre et regardait. Elle vit le roi David qui dansait et sautait, et elle le méprisa.	29 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord had arrived in the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, gazing through a window, saw king David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.