Judges 15
1 But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber, but her father would not allow him to go in.
Et il arriva quelque temps après, pendant les jours de la moisson des froments, que Samson alla visiter sa femme, avec un chevreau; et il dit: Je veux entrer vers ma femme dans la chambre. Mais le père ne lui permit pas d’entrer.
2 And her father said, I truly thought that thou had utterly hated her, therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Et le père dit: J’ai pensé que tu l’avais en haine, et je l’ai donnée à ton compagnon. Sa jeune sœur n’est-elle pas plus belle qu’elle? Prends-la à sa place, je te prie.
3 And Samson said to them, This time I shall be blameless in regard of the Philistines when I do them a mischief.
Et Samson leur dit: Cette fois je suis innocent à l’égard des Philistins si je leur fais du mal.
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.
Et Samson s’en alla, et prit 300 chacals; et il prit des torches, et tourna [les chacals] queue contre queue, et mit une torche entre les deux queues, au milieu.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.
Et il mit le feu aux torches, et lâcha [les chacals] dans les blés des Philistins; et il brûla tant les tas de gerbes que le blé sur pied et les plantations d’oliviers.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Et les Philistins dirent: Qui a fait cela? Et on dit: Samson, le gendre du Thimnite; parce qu’il lui a pris sa femme et l’a donnée à son compagnon. Et les Philistins montèrent, et la brûlèrent au feu, elle et son père.
7 And Samson said to them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Et Samson leur dit: Si c’est ainsi que vous faites, alors certes je me vengerai de vous, et après je cesserai.
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Et il les frappa d’un grand coup, à leur casser bras et jambes. Et il descendit, et habita dans une caverne du rocher d’Étam.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Et les Philistins montèrent, et campèrent en Juda, et se répandirent en Lékhi.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they said, We come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.
Et les hommes de Juda dirent: Pourquoi êtes-vous montés contre nous? Et ils dirent: Nous sommes montés pour lier Samson, afin de lui faire comme il nous a fait.
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Know thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that thou have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
Et 3 000 hommes de Juda descendirent à la caverne du rocher d’Étam, et dirent à Samson: Ne sais-tu pas que les Philistins dominent sur nous? Et que nous as-tu fait? Et il leur dit: Comme ils m’ont fait, ainsi je leur ai fait.
12 And they said to him, We have come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Et ils lui dirent: Nous sommes descendus pour te lier, afin de te livrer en la main des Philistins. Et Samson leur dit: Jurez-moi que vous ne vous jetterez pas sur moi.
13 And they spoke to him, saying, No, but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand, but truly we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
Et ils lui parlèrent, disant: Non, mais nous voulons te lier, et nous te livrerons en leur main; mais certainement nous ne te tuerons pas. Et ils le lièrent avec deux cordes neuves, et le firent monter hors du rocher.
14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
Il vint jusqu’à Lékhi, et les Philistins poussèrent des cris à sa rencontre. Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel le saisit; et les cordes qui étaient à ses bras devinrent comme de l’étoupe qui brûle au feu, et ses liens coulèrent de dessus ses mains.
15 And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men with it.
Et il trouva une mâchoire d’âne fraîche, et il étendit sa main et la prit, et en frappa 1 000 hommes.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have smitten a thousand men.
Et Samson dit: Avec la mâchoire de l’âne, un monceau, deux monceaux! Avec la mâchoire de l’âne j’ai frappé 1 000 hommes.
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand. And that place was called Ramath-lehi.
Et il arriva que, quand il eut achevé de parler, il jeta de sa main la mâchoire, et nomma ce lieu-là Ramath-Lékhi.
18 And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou have given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Et il eut une très grande soif, et il cria à l’Éternel, et dit: Tu as donné par la main de ton serviteur cette grande délivrance, et maintenant je mourrais de soif, et je tomberais entre les mains des incirconcis!
19 But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out there. And when he had drunk his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
Et Dieu fendit le rocher creux qui était à Lékhi, et il en sortit de l’eau; et il but, et son esprit revint, et il vécut: c’est pourquoi le nom de cette [source] fut appelé En-Hakkoré; elle est à Lékhi, jusqu’à ce jour.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Et [Samson] jugea Israël, aux jours des Philistins, 20 ans.
