Judges 1
1 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?
Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d’Israël consultèrent Yahweh, en disant: « Qui de nous montera le premier contre les Chananéens pour les combattre? »
2 And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Yahweh répondit: « Juda montera; voici que j’ai livré le pays entre ses mains. »
3 And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him.
Et Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: « Monte avec moi dans le pays que le sort m’a assigné, et nous combattrons les Chananéens; j’irai aussi avec toi dans le pays que le sort t’a assigné. » Et Siméon alla avec lui.
4 And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to [the number of] ten thousand men.
Juda monta, et Yahweh livra entre leurs mains les Chananéens et les Phérézéens; ils battirent dix mille hommes à Bézec.
5 And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.
Ayant trouvé à Bézec Adoni-Bésec, ils l’attaquèrent et ils battirent les Chananéens et les Phérézéens.
6 And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Adoni-Bésec prit la fuite, mais ils le poursuivirent et, l’ayant saisi, ils lui coupèrent les pouces des mains et des pieds.
7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Adoni-Bésec dit: « Soixante-dix rois, ayant les pouces des pieds et des mains coupés, ramassaient les miettes sous ma table; ce que j’ai fait, Dieu me le rend. » On l’emmena à Jérusalem, et il y mourut.
8 And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.
Les fils de Juda attaquèrent Jérusalem et, l’ayant prise, ils la frappèrent du tranchant de l’épée et mirent le feu à la ville.
9 And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
Ensuite les fils de Juda descendirent pour combattre les Chananéens qui habitaient la montagne, le Négéb et la Séphéla.
10 And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: ] and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.
Juda marcha contre les Chananéens qui habitaient à Hébron, appelée autrefois Cariath-Arbé, et il battit Sésaï, Ahiman et Tholmaï.
11 And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
Il marcha de là contre les habitants de Dabir, qui s’appelait autrefois Cariath-Sépher.
12 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.
Caleb dit: « A celui qui frappera Cariath-Sépher et qui la prendra, je donnerai pour femme ma fille Axa. »
13 And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.
Othoniel, fils de Cénez, frère cadet de Caleb, s’en empara, et Caleb lui donna sa fille Axa pour femme.
14 And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is your request?
Lorsqu’elle alla chez Othoniel, elle l’excita à demander à son père un champ. Elle descendit de son âne, et Caleb lui dit: « Qu’as-tu? »
15 And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the low [springs].
Elle lui répondit: « Fais-moi une faveur, car tu m’as établie dans un pays desséché; donne-moi des sources d’eau. » Et Caleb lui donna les sources supérieures et les sources inférieures.
16 And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.
Les fils du Cinéen, beau-frère de Moïse, montèrent de la ville des palmiers, avec les fils de Juda, dans le désert de Juda, au midi d’Arad, et ils vinrent s’établir avec le peuple.
17 And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.
Juda se mit en marche avec Siméon, son frère, et ils battirent les Chananéens qui habitaient Séphaath; ils dévouèrent la ville par anathème, et on l’appela Horma.
18 But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it.
Juda s’empara aussi de Gaza et de son territoire, d’Ascalon et de son territoire, d’Accaron et de son territoire.
19 And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.
Yahweh fut avec Juda; et Juda prit possession de la montagne, mais il ne put chasser les habitants de la plaine, parce qu’ils avaient des chars de fer.
20 And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.
On donna Hébron à Caleb, comme l’avait dit Moïse, et il en chassa les trois fils d’Enac.
21 But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.
Les fils de Benjamin ne chassèrent pas les Jébuséens qui habitaient Jérusalem, et les Jébuséens ont habité à Jérusalem avec les fils de Benjamin, jusqu’à ce jour.
22 And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.
La maison de Joseph, elle aussi, monta contre Béthel, et Yahweh fut avec eux.
23 And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.
La maison de Joseph fit faire une reconnaissance à Béthel, ville dont le nom était autrefois Luz.
24 And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you.
Les gardes, ayant aperçu un homme qui sortait de la ville, ils lui dirent: « Montre-nous par où on peut entrer dans la ville, et nous te ferons grâce. »
25 And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.
Il leur montra par où ils pourraient entrer dans la ville, et ils frappèrent la ville du tranchant de l’épée, mais ils laissèrent aller cet homme avec toute sa famille.
26 And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day.
Cet homme se rendit dans le pays des Hittites; il bâtit une ville et la nomma Luz, et c’est son nom jusqu’à ce jour.
27 And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.
Manassé ne chassa pas les habitants de Bethsan et des villes de sa dépendance, ni ceux de Thanac et des villes de sa dépendance, ni les habitants de Dor et des villes de sa dépendance, ni les habitants de Jéblaam et des villes de sa dépendance, ni les habitants de Mageddo et des villes de sa dépendance; et les Chananéens s’enhardirent à rester dans ce pays.
28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
Lorsqu’Israël fut devenu assez fort, il assujettit les Chananéens à un tribut, et ne les chassa point.
29 And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.
Ephraïm ne chassa pas les Chananéens qui habitaient à Gaser, et les Chananéens habitèrent au milieu d’Ephraïm, à Gaser.
30 And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.
Zabulon ne chassa pas les habitants de Cétron, ni les habitants de Naalol; et les Chananéens habitèrent au milieu de Zabulon, mais ils furent soumis à un tribut.
31 And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people] became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.
Aser ne chassa pas les habitants d’Accho, ni les habitants de Sidon, ni ceux d’Ahalab, d’Achazib, d’Helba, d’Aphec et de Rohob;
32 And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.
et les fils d’Aser demeurèrent au milieu des Chananéens, habitants du pays, car ils ne les chassèrent point.
33 And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.
Nephthali ne chassa pas les habitants de Beth-Samès, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath, et il demeura au milieu des Chananéens, habitants du pays; mais les habitants de Beth-Samès et de Beth-Anath furent soumis à un tribut en sa faveur.
34 And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.
Les Amorrhéens refoulèrent dans la montagne les fils de Dan, et ne les laissèrent pas descendre dans la plaine.
35 And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.
Les Amorrhéens s’enhardirent à rester à Har-Harés, à Ajalon et à Salebim; mais la main de la maison de Joseph s’appesantit sur eux, et ils furent soumis à un tribut.
36 And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.
Le territoire des Amorrhéens s’étendait de la montée d’Acrabbim, de Séla, et au-dessus.
