1 Chronicles 10
1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.
Les Philistins ayant livré bataille à Israël, les hommes d’Israël prirent la fuite devant les Philistins, et tombèrent blessés à mort sur la montagne de Gelboé.
2 And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
Les Philistins s’attachèrent à poursuivre Saül et ses fils, et les Philistins tuèrent Jonathas, Abinadab et Melchisua, fils de Saül.
3 And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
L’effort du combat se porta sur Saül; les archers l’ayant découvert, il eut grandement peur des archers.
4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.
Alors Saül dit à son écuyer: « Tire ton épée et m’en transperce, de peur que ces incirconcis ne viennent m’outrager. » L’écuyer ne le voulut pas faire, car il était saisi de crainte; alors Saül prit son épée et se jeta dessus.
5 And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.
L’écuyer, voyant que Saül était mort, se jeta aussi sur son épée, et mourut.
6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.
Ainsi périrent Saül et ses trois fils, et toute sa maison périt en même temps.
7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
Tous les hommes d’Israël qui étaient dans la plaine, voyant que les enfants d’Israël s’étaient enfuis, et que Saül et ses fils étaient morts, abandonnèrent leurs villes et prirent aussi la fuite; et les Philistins vinrent et s’y établirent.
8 Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.
Le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les morts, et ils trouvèrent Saül et ses fils gisant sur la montagne de Gelboé.
9 And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.
L’ayant dépouillé, ils emportèrent sa tête et ses armes; puis ils envoyèrent publier cette bonne nouvelle par tout le pays des Philistins, devant leurs idoles et le peuple.
10 And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.
Ils mirent les armes de Saül dans la maison de leur dieu, et ils attachèrent son crâne dans le temple de Dagon.
11 And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Tout Jabès en Galaad ayant appris tout ce que les Philistins avaient fait à Saül,
12 All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.
tous les vaillants hommes se levèrent, prirent le corps de Saül et les corps de ses fils, et les transportèrent à Jabès. Ils enterrèrent leurs os sous le térébinthe, à Jabès, et ils jeûnèrent sept jours.
13 So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,
Saül mourut à cause de la transgression dont il s’était rendu coupable envers Yahweh, parce qu’il n’avait pas observé la parole de Yahweh, et pour avoir interrogé et consulté ceux qui évoquent les morts.
14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.
Il ne consulta pas Yahweh, et Yahweh le fit mourir, et il transféra la royauté à David, fils d’Isaï.
