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.
Et les Philistins combattirent contre Israël, et les hommes d’Israël s’enfuirent devant les Philistins, et tombèrent tués sur la montagne de Guilboa.
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.
Et les Philistins pressèrent fortement Saül et ses fils; et les Philistins frappèrent Jonathan, et Abinadab, et Malki-Shua, fils de Saül.
3 And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
Et la bataille se renforça contre Saül, et les archers l’atteignirent; et il eut 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.
Et Saül dit à celui qui portait ses armes: Tire ton épée, et perce-m’en, de peur que ces incirconcis ne viennent et ne m’outragent. Et celui qui portait ses armes ne voulut pas [le faire], car il avait très peur. Et 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.
Et quand celui qui portait ses armes vit que Saül était mort, il se jeta, lui aussi, sur l’épée, et mourut.
6 So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.
Et Saül mourut, et ses trois fils; et toute sa maison mourut ensemble.
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.
– Et tous les hommes d’Israël qui étaient dans la vallée virent que Saül et ses fils s’étaient enfuis, et qu’ils étaient morts, et ils abandonnèrent leurs villes et s’enfuirent; et les Philistins vinrent et y habitèrent.
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.
Et il arriva que, le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les tués, et ils trouvèrent Saül et ses fils tombés sur la montagne de Guilboa.
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.
Et ils le dépouillèrent, et prirent sa tête et ses armes, et les envoyèrent partout dans le pays des Philistins pour annoncer la bonne nouvelle à leurs idoles et au peuple.
10 And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.
Et ils placèrent ses armes dans la maison de leur dieu, et clouèrent sa tête dans la maison de Dagon.
11 And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Et tous ceux de Jabès de Galaad entendirent parler de 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.
et tous les hommes vaillants se levèrent, et prirent le corps de Saül et les corps de ses fils, et les apportèrent à Jabès; et ils enterrèrent leurs os sous le térébinthe de Jabès, et 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,
Et Saül mourut dans son péché qu’il avait commis contre l’Éternel, à propos de la parole de l’Éternel, qu’il n’avait pas gardée, et aussi pour avoir interrogé [une femme] qui évoquait les esprits pour [les] consulter;
14 And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.
et il ne consulta point l’Éternel. Et il le fit mourir, et transféra le royaume à David, fils d’Isaï.
