Judges 1
1 After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying, “Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite, and who will be the commander of the war?”
Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d’Israël consultèrent l’Éternel, en disant: Qui de nous montera le premier contre les Cananéens, pour les attaquer?
2 And the Lord said: “Judah shall ascend. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”
L’Éternel répondit: Juda montera, voici, j’ai livré le pays entre ses mains.
3 And Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me to my lot, and fight against the Canaanite, so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.” And Simeon went with him.
Et Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: Monte avec moi dans le pays qui m’est échu par le sort, et nous combattrons les Cananéens; j’irai aussi avec toi dans celui qui t’est tombé en partage. Et Siméon alla avec lui.
4 And Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands. And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.
Juda monta, et l’Éternel livra entre leurs mains les Cananéens et les Phéréziens; ils battirent dix mille hommes à Bézek.
5 And they found Adonibezek at Bezek, and they fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
Ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek; ils l’attaquèrent, et ils battirent les Cananéens et les Phéréziens.
6 Then Adonibezek fled. And they pursued him and captured him, and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.
Adoni-Bézek prit la fuite; mais ils le poursuivirent et le saisirent, et ils lui coupèrent les pouces des mains et des pieds.
7 And Adonibezek said: “Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table. Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Adoni-Bézek dit: Soixante-dix rois, ayant les pouces des mains et des pieds coupés, ramassaient sous ma table; Dieu me rend ce que j’ai fait. On l’emmena à Jérusalem, et il y mourut.
8 Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem, seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword, delivering the entire city to be burned.
Les fils de Juda attaquèrent Jérusalem et la prirent, ils la frappèrent du tranchant de l’épée et mirent le feu à la ville.
9 And afterward, descending, they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.
Les fils de Juda descendirent ensuite, pour combattre les Cananéens qui habitaient la montagne, la contrée du midi et la plaine.
10 And Judah, going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron, (the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Juda marcha contre les Cananéens qui habitaient à Hébron, appelée autrefois Kirjath-Arba; et il battit Schéschaï, Ahiman et Talmaï.
11 And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir, the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
De là il marcha contre les habitants de Debir: Debir s’appelait autrefois Kirjath-Sépher.
12 And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”
Caleb dit: Je donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme à celui qui battra Kirjath-Sépher et qui la prendra.
13 And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb, had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.
Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère cadet de Caleb, s’en empara; et Caleb lui donna pour femme sa fille Acsa.
14 And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father. And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What is it?”
Lorsqu’elle fut entrée chez Othniel, elle le sollicita de demander à son père un champ. Elle descendit de dessus son âne; et Caleb lui dit: Qu’as-tu?
15 But she responded: “Give a blessing to me. For you have given me a dry land. Also give a watered land.” Therefore, Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.
Elle lui répondit: Fais-moi un présent, car tu m’as donné une terre du midi; donne-moi aussi des sources d’eau. Et Caleb lui donna les sources supérieures et les sources inférieures.
16 Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.
Les fils du Kénien, beau-père de Moïse, montèrent de la ville des palmiers, avec les fils de Juda, dans le désert de Juda au midi d’Arad, et ils allèrent s’établir parmi le peuple.
17 Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon, and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath, and they put them to death. And the name of the city was called Hormah, that is, Anathema.
Juda se mit en marche avec Siméon, son frère, et ils battirent les Cananéens qui habitaient à Tsephath; ils dévouèrent la ville par interdit, et on l’appela Horma.
18 And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts, and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.
Juda s’empara encore de Gaza et de son territoire, d’Askalon et de son territoire, et d’Ékron et de son territoire.
19 And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.
L’Éternel fut avec Juda; et Juda se rendit maître de la montagne, mais il ne put chasser les habitants de la plaine, parce qu’ils avaient des chars de fer.
20 And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.
On donna Hébron à Caleb, comme l’avait dit Moïse; et il en chassa les trois fils d’Anak.
21 But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem, even to the present day.
Les fils de Benjamin ne chassèrent point les Jébusiens qui habitaient à Jérusalem; et les Jébusiens ont habité jusqu’à ce jour dans Jérusalem avec les fils de Benjamin.
22 The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
La maison de Joseph monta aussi contre Béthel, et l’Éternel fut avec eux.
23 For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz,
La maison de Joseph fit explorer Béthel, qui s’appelait autrefois Luz.
24 they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, “Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward you.”
Les gardes virent un homme qui sortait de la ville, et ils lui dirent: Montre-nous par où nous pourrons entrer dans la ville, et nous te ferons grâce.
25 And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.
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 et toute sa famille.
26 And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present day.
Cet homme se rendit dans le pays des Héthiens; il bâtit une ville, et lui donna le nom de Luz, nom qu’elle a porté jusqu’à ce jour.
27 Likewise, Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach, with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo, with their villages. And the Canaanite began to live with them.
Manassé ne chassa point les habitants de Beth-Schean et des villes de son ressort, de Thaanac et des villes de son ressort, de Dor et des villes de son ressort, de Jibleam et des villes de son ressort, de Meguiddo et des villes de son ressort; et les Cananéens voulurent rester dans ce pays.
28 Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them.
Lorsqu’Israël fut assez fort, il assujettit les Cananéens à un tribut, mais il ne les chassa point.
29 And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.
Éphraïm ne chassa point les Cananéens qui habitaient à Guézer, et les Cananéens habitèrent au milieu d’Éphraïm à Guézer.
30 Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.
Zabulon ne chassa point les habitants de Kitron, ni les habitants de Nahalol; et les Cananéens habitèrent au milieu de Zabulon, mais ils furent assujettis à un tribut.
31 Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.
Aser ne chassa point les habitants d’Acco, ni les habitants de Sidon, ni ceux d’Achlal, d’Aczib, de Helba, d’Aphik et de Rehob;
32 And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land, for he did not put them to death.
et les Asérites habitèrent au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, car ils ne les chassèrent point.
33 Naphtali also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath. And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.
Nephthali ne chassa point les habitants de Beth-Schémesch, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath, et il habita au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, mais les habitants de Beth-Schémesch et de Beth-Anath furent assujettis à un tribut.
34 And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain, and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.
Les Amoréens repoussèrent dans la montagne les fils de Dan, et ne les laissèrent pas descendre dans la plaine.
35 And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres, which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’ and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin. But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy, and he became a tributary to him.
Les Amoréens voulurent rester à Har-Hérès, à Ajalon et à Schaalbim; mais la main de la maison de Joseph s’appesantit sur eux, et ils furent assujettis à un tribut.
36 Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion, to the Rock and the higher places.
Le territoire des Amoréens s’étendait depuis la montée d’Akrabbim, depuis Séla, et en dessus.
