< 2 Samuel 21 >
1 In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
Il y eut une famine du temps de David, durant trois années consécutives. David consulta le Seigneur, qui répondit: "C’Est à cause de Saül, de cette maison de sang, qui a fait périr les Gabaonites."
2 Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives: )
Le roi manda les Gabaonites et leur parla (les Gabaonites ne faisaient pas partie des enfants d’Israël, mais des Amorréens survivants; les Israélites les avaient épargnés par serment, mais Saül, dans son zèle pour Israël et pour Juda, avait entrepris de les frapper);
3 So David said to the Gibeonites, What may I do for you? how am I to make up to you for your wrongs, so that you may give a blessing to the heritage of the Lord?
David donc dit aux Gabaonites: "Que dois-je faire pour vous et quelle expiation vous offrir, pour que vous bénissiez l’héritage du Seigneur?"
4 And the Gibeonites said to him, It is not a question of silver and gold between us and Saul or his family; and it is not in our power to put to death any man in Israel. And he said, Say, then, what am I to do for you?
Les Gabaonites lui répondirent: "Nous n’avons ni argent ni or à réclamer de Saül et de sa maison, ni aucun homme à faire mourir en Israël." Et il dit: "Que voulez-vous donc? Je vous l’accorderai."
5 And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,
Ils dirent au roi: "L’Homme qui nous extermina, qui avait médité notre ruine, notre disparition totale du territoire d’Israël,
6 Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.
qu’on nous livre sept de ses fils, nous les pendrons devant le Seigneur, sur la colline de Saül, de cet élu du Seigneur!" Le roi répondit: "Je les livrerai."
7 But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.
Le roi épargna Mephiboseth, fils de Jonathan, petit-fils de Saül, à cause du serment solennel qu’ils avaient échangé, lui, David, et Jonathan, fils de Saül,
8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Saul to whom Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth; and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whose father was Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
et il prit les deux fils que Riçpa, fille d’Ayya, avait donnés à Saül, Armôni et Mephiboseth, et les cinq fils que Mikhal, fille de Saül, avait donnés à Adriel, fils de Barzillaï, de Mehola.
9 And he gave them up to the Gibeonites, and they put them to death, hanging them on the mountain before the Lord; all seven came to their end together in the first days of the grain-cutting, at the start of the cutting of the barley.
Et il les remit aux Gabaonites, qui les pendirent sur la montagne devant le Seigneur, et tous les sept périrent ensemble. Ils furent mis à mort dans les premiers jours de la moisson, au commencement de la récolte des orges.
10 And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
Riçpa, fille d’Ayya, prit un sac qu’elle étendit pour son usage sur la pierre, depuis le commencement de la moisson jusqu’à ce que l’eau du ciel tombât sur eux; et elle ne permit ni aux oiseaux du ciel d’approcher de ces corps le jour, ni aux bêtes sauvages la nuit.
11 And news was given to David of what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, one of Saul's wives, had done.
Lorsque David fut informé de ce qu’avait fait Riçpa, fille d’Ayya, concubine de Saül,
12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Saul to death in Gilboa:
il alla, de son côté, prendre les ossements de Saül et ceux de Jonathan, son fils, chez les citoyens de Jabès-Galaad, qui les avaient enlevés de la place de Beth-Schân, où les Philistins les avaient attachés le jour où ils défirent Saül à Ghelboé.
13 And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.
Il retira de là les ossements de Saül et ceux de Jonathan, son fils, et l’on recueillit aussi les ossements des suppliciés.
14 And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.
On enterra les restes de Saül et de Jonathan dans le pays de Benjamin, à Cêla, dans le sépulcre de Kich, père de Saül, et l’on se conforma à tout ce que le roi avait ordonné. Dieu redevint alors favorable au pays.
15 And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:
Les Philistins eurent de nouveau la guerre avec les Israélites. David y alla, accompagné de ses serviteurs, et ils combattirent les Philistins; David éprouva une défaillance.
16 And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death.
Alors Yichbi de Nob (un descendant du Rapha, sa lance, en airain, pesait trois cents sicles, et il était équipé de neuf) entreprit de tuer David.
17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.
Mais Abisaï, fils de Cerouya, vint à son secours et frappa mortellement le Philistin. Sur quoi les gens de David l’adjurèrent en disant: "Ne va plus à la guerre avec nous, afin de ne pas éteindre le flambeau d’Israël."
18 Now after this there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Saph, one of the offspring of the Rephaim.
Plus tard survint, à Gob, une nouvelle guerre avec les Philistins, dans laquelle Sibbekhaï, de Houcha, vainquit Saf, autre descendant du Rapha.
19 And again there was war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan, the son of Jair the Beth-lehemite, put to death Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.
Lors d’une nouvelle guerre avec les Philistins, qui eut lieu à Gob, Elhanan, fils de Yaaré-Oreghim, de Bethléem, abattit Goliath de Gath (le bois de sa lance ressemblait à l’ensouple des tisserands).
20 And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.
Une autre guerre eut lieu à Gath, où figura un homme de haute taille, qui avait six doigts à chaque main, six à chaque pied, en tout vingt-quatre, et qui, lui aussi, était issu du Rapin.
21 And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.
Il défia Israël, et fut tué par Jonathan, fils de Chimea et neveu de David.
22 These four were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; and they came to their end by the hands of David and his servants.
Tous ces quatre étaient nés au Rapha dans Gath; tous périrent par la main de David et par celle de ses serviteurs.