2S 12:15-25 (Catholique Crampon)

¹⁵ Et Nathan s'en alla dans sa maison. Yahweh frappa l'enfant que la femme d'Urie avait enfanté à David, et il devint gravement malade. ¹⁶ David pria Dieu pour l'enfant, et jeûna ; et, étant entré dans sa chambre, il passa la nuit couché par terre. ¹⁷ Les anciens de sa maison insistèrent auprès de lui pour le faire lever de terre ; mais il ne voulut point et ne mangea pas avec eux. ¹⁸ Le septième jour, l'enfant mourut. Les serviteurs de David craignaient de lui annoncer que l'enfant était mort, car ils disaient : "Lorsque l'enfant vivait encore, nous lui avons parlé, et il n'a pas écouté notre voix ; comment lui dirons-nous : L'enfant est mort ? Il fera pis encore." ¹⁹ David s'aperçut que ses serviteurs parlaient tout bas entre eux, et David comprit que l'enfant était mort. David dit à ses serviteurs : "L'enfant est donc mort ?" Ils dirent : "Il est mort." ²⁰ Alors David, s'étant levé de terre, se baigna, s'oignit et changea de vêtements ; puis il alla dans la maison de Yahweh et se prosterna. Revenu chez lui, il demanda qu'on lui servît à manger, et il mangea. ²¹ Ses serviteurs lui dirent : "Qu'est-ce que tu fais là ? Lorsque l'enfant vivait, tu jeûnais et tu pleurais, et maintenant que l'enfant est mort, tu te lèves et tu manges du pain !" ²² Il dit : "Quand l'enfant vivait encore, je jeûnais et je pleurais, car je disais : Qui sait ? Yahweh aura peut-être pitié de moi, et l'enfant vivra ? ²³ Maintenant qu'il est mort, pourquoi jeûnerais-je ? Puis-je encore le faire revenir ? J'irai vers lui ; mais il ne reviendra pas vers moi." ²⁴ David consola Bethsabée, sa femme ; il s'approcha d'elle et coucha avec elle, et elle enfanta un fils, qu'il appela Salomon ; et Yahweh l'aima, ²⁵ et il envoya dire par l'intermédiaire de Nathan, le prophète, qui lui donna le nom de Jedidiah, à cause de Yahweh.

2S 12:15-25 (King James)

   ¹⁵ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. ¹⁶ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. ¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. ¹⁸ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? ¹⁹ But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. ²⁰ Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. ²¹ Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. ²² And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? ²³ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. ²⁴ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. ²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.