Judges 4
1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord when Ehud was dead.
Les enfants d’Israël recommencèrent à mécontenter l’Eternel, après la mort d’Ahod;
2 And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was ruling in Hazor; the captain of his army was Sisera, who was living in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
et l’Eternel les livra au pouvoir de Jabin, roi cananéen qui régnait à Haçor, et qui avait pour général Sisara, résidant à Harochet Haggoyim.
3 Then the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron war-carriages, and for twenty years he was very cruel to the children of Israel.
Les enfants d’Israël implorèrent le Seigneur; car ce roi avait neuf cents chariots de guerre, et il molestait durement, pendant vingt ans, les enfants d’Israël.
4 Now Deborah, a woman prophet, the wife of Lapidoth, was judge of Israel at that time.
Or Débora, une prophétesse, femme de Lappidoth, gouvernait Israël à cette époque.
5 (And she had her seat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her to be judged.)
Elle siégeait au pied du "Palmier de Débora", entre Rama et Béthel, dans la montagne d’Ephraïm; et c’est à elle que les Israélites s’adressaient pour obtenir justice.
6 And she sent for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, given orders saying, Go and get your force into line in Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Elle envoya quérir Barak, fils d’Abinoam, de Kédech-en-Nephtali, et lui dit: "Voici l’ordre de l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël: Va déployer une armée sur le mont Thabor, après avoir pris, avec toi, dix mille hommes des tribus de Nephtali et de Zabulon;
7 And I will make Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his war-carriages and his forces, come against you at the river Kishon, where I will give him into your hands.
moi, je ferai avancer de ton côté, vers le torrent de Kison, Sisara, commandant de l’armée de Jabin, avec ses chariots et sa multitude, et je le livrerai en ta main."
8 And Barak said to her, If you will go with me then I will go; but if you will not go with me I will not go.
Barak lui répondit: "Si tu m’accompagnes, j’irai; sinon, je n’irai point."
9 And she said, I will certainly go with you: though you will get no honour in your undertaking, for the Lord will give Sisera into the hands of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Elle répliqua: "Certes, j’irai avec toi; seulement, ce n’est pas à toi que reviendra l’honneur de ton entreprise, puisque c’est à une femme que l’Eternel aura livré Sisara." Et là-dessus Débora s’en alla avec Barak à Kédech.
10 Then Barak sent for Zebulun and Naphtali to come to Kedesh; and ten thousand men went up after him, and Deborah went up with him.
Barak convoqua Zabulon et Nephtali à Kédech, dix mille hommes montèrent à sa suite, et Débora monta avec lui.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, separating himself from the rest of the Kenites, from the children of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses, had put up his tent as far away as the oak-tree in Zaanannim, by Kedesh.
(Or, Héber, le Kénéen, s’était séparé des Kénéens, des descendants de Hobab, beau-père de Moïse; et il avait dressé sa tente vers le Chêne de Çaanannîm, qui est près de Kédech.)
12 And word was given to Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor.
Sisara, ayant appris que Barak, fils d’Abinoam, s’était dirigé sur le mont Thabor,
13 So Sisera got together all his war-carriages, nine hundred war-carriages of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles as far as the river Kishon.
réunit tous ses chariots, neuf cents chariots armés de fer, ainsi que toute la milice sous ses ordres, et les achemina de Harochet Haggoyim vers le torrent de Kison.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, Up! for today the Lord has given Sisera into your hands: has not the Lord gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor and ten thousand men after him.
Alors Débora dit à Barak: "En avant! car c’est aujourd’hui que le Seigneur livre en tes mains Sisara; n’est-ce pas Dieu même qui marche devant toi?" Et Barak descendit du mont Thabor, suivi de dix mille hommes.
15 And the Lord sent fear on Sisera and all his war-carriages and all his army before Barak; and Sisera got down from his war-carriage and went in flight on foot.
L’Eternel frappa de perturbation Sisara, tous ses attelages et toute son armée, qu’il livra au glaive de Barak; Sisara sauta à bas de son char et s’enfuit à pied.
16 But Barak went after the war-carriages and the army as far as Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all Sisera's army was put to the sword; not a man got away.
Barak poursuivit attelages et armée jusqu’à Harochet Haggoyim; et toute l’armée de Sisara tomba sous le tranchant du glaive, pas un seul n’échappa.
17 But Sisera went in flight on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazor, and the family of Heber the Kenite.
Cependant Sisara fuyait à pied vers la tente de Jaël, femme de Héber le Kénéen; car il y avait paix entre Jabin, roi de Haçor, et la famille de Héber le Kénéen.
18 And Jael went out to Sisera, and said to him, Come in, my lord, come in to me without fear. So he went into her tent, and she put a cover over him.
Jaël sortit à la rencontre de Sisara et lui dit: "Entre, seigneur, entre chez moi, ne crains rien!" Il la suivit dans la tente, et elle le cacha sous une couverture.
19 Then he said to her, Give me now a little water, for I have need of a drink. And opening a skin of milk, she gave him drink, and put the cover over him again.
Il lui dit: "Donne-moi, je te prie, un peu d’eau à boire, j’ai soif!" Et elle ouvrit l’outre au lait, lui donna à boire et le recouvrit.
20 And he said to her, Take your place at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and says to you, Is there any man here, say, No.
Il lui dit: "Tiens-toi à l’entrée de la tente, et si l’on vient te demander: Y a-t-il quelqu’un ici? tu répondras: Non.
21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent-pin and a hammer and went up to him quietly, driving the pin into his head, and it went through his head into the earth, for he was in a deep sleep from weariness; and so he came to his end.
Or Jaël, femme de Héber, prit une cheville de la tente, se saisit d’un marteau, se glissa près de lui sans bruit et enfonça dans sa tempe la cheville, qui resta fichée en terre; lui, fatigué, s’était endormi; il mourut.
22 Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.
Cependant Barak vint, poursuivant Sisara; Jaël s’avança à sa rencontre et lui dit: "Viens, je vais te faire voir l’homme que tu cherches." Il la suivit et vit Sisara étendu mort, la tempe traversée par la cheville.
23 So that day God overcame Jabin, king of Canaan, before the children of Israel.
Ce jour-là, Dieu abattit Jabin, roi de Canaan, devant les enfants d’Israël;
24 And the power of the children of Israel went on increasing against Jabin, king of Canaan, till he was cut off.
et la puissance des enfants d’Israël alla s’appesantissant sur Jabin, roi de Canaan, si bien qu’ils consommèrent sa ruine.
