Judges 15
1 Then, after some time, when the days of the wheat harvest were near, Samson arrived, intending to visit his wife, and he brought her a kid from the goats. And when he wanted to enter her bedroom, as usual, her father prohibited him, saying:
Mais au bout de quelque temps, au moment de la moisson des blés, Samson rendit visite à sa femme avec un chevreau. Il dit: « Je vais entrer dans la chambre de ma femme. » Mais son père ne lui permit pas d'entrer.
2 “I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her.”
Son père dit: « J'ai bien cru que tu la détestais; c'est pourquoi je l'ai donnée à ton compagnon. Sa jeune sœur n'est-elle pas plus belle qu'elle? S'il te plaît, prends-la à sa place. »
3 And Samson answered him: “From this day, there shall be no guilt for me against the Philistines. For I will do harm to you all.”
Samson leur dit: « Cette fois, je serai irréprochable à l'égard des Philistins quand je leur ferai du mal. »
4 And he went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he joined them tail to tail. And he tied torches between the tails.
Samson alla attraper trois cents renards, prit des torches, tourna la queue contre la queue et mit une torche au milieu entre deux queues.
5 And setting these on fire, he released them, so that they might rush from place to place. And immediately they went into the grain fields of the Philistines, setting these on fire, both the grain that was already bound for carrying, and what was still standing on the stalk. These were completely burned up, so much so that the flame also consumed even the vineyards and the olive groves.
Quand il eut mis le feu aux torches, il les lança dans le blé sur pied des Philistins, et brûla tant les chocs que le blé sur pied, et aussi les oliviers.
6 And the Philistines said, “Who has done this thing?” And it was said: “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another. He has done these things.” And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.
Alors les Philistins dirent: « Qui a fait cela? » Ils dirent: « Samson, le gendre du Timnite, car il a pris sa femme et l'a donnée à son compagnon. » Les Philistins montèrent, et la brûlèrent au feu, elle et son père.
7 And Samson said to them, “Even though you have done this, I will still fulfill vengeance against you, and then I will be quieted.”
Samson leur dit: « Si vous vous comportez ainsi, je me vengerai de vous, et après cela je cesserai. »
8 And he struck them with a tremendous slaughter, so much so that, out of astonishment, they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And descending, he lived in a cave of the rock at Etam.
Il les frappa de la hanche et de la cuisse avec un grand coup de massue; puis il descendit et habita dans la caverne du rocher d'Etam.
9 And so the Philistines, ascending into the land of Judah, made camp at the place which was later called Lehi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army spread out.
Et les Philistins montèrent, campèrent en Juda, et se répandirent à Léhi.
10 And some from the tribe of Judah said to them, “Why have you ascended against us?” And they responded, “We have come to bind Samson, and to repay him for what he has done to us.”
Les hommes de Juda dirent: « Pourquoi êtes-vous venus contre nous? » Ils ont dit: « Nous sommes montés pour lier Samson, pour lui faire ce qu'il nous a fait. »
11 Then three thousand men of Judah descended to the cave of the rock at Etam. And they said to Samson: “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why would you want to do this?” And he said to them, “As they have done to me, so I have done to them.”
Et trois mille hommes de Juda descendirent à la grotte du rocher d'Etam et dirent à Samson: « Ne sais-tu pas que les Philistins nous dominent? Qu'est-ce donc que tu nous as fait? » Il leur a dit: « Ce qu'ils m'ont fait, je le leur ai fait. »
12 And they said to him, “We have come to bind you, and to deliver you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear and promise to me that you will not kill me.”
Ils lui dirent: « Nous sommes descendus pour te lier, afin de te livrer entre les mains des Philistins. » Samson leur a dit: « Jurez-moi que vous ne m'attaquerez pas vous-mêmes. »
13 They said: “We will not kill you. But we will deliver you tied.” And they bound him with two new cords. And they took him from the rock at Etam.
Ils lui dirent: « Non, mais nous te lierons solidement et nous te livrerons entre leurs mains; mais sûrement nous ne te tuerons pas. » Ils le lièrent avec deux cordes neuves, et le firent remonter du rocher.
14 And when he had arrived at the place of the Jawbone, and the Philistines, shouting aloud, had met him, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him. And just as flax is usually consumed by a hint of fire, so were the ties with which he was bound broken and released.
Lorsqu'il arriva à Léhi, les Philistins poussèrent des cris de joie en le rencontrant. Alors l'Esprit de Yahvé vint puissamment sur lui, et les cordes qui étaient à ses bras devinrent comme du lin brûlé au feu, et ses ceintures tombèrent de ses mains.
15 And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it.
Il trouva une mâchoire fraîche d'un âne, étendit la main, la prit et en frappa mille hommes.
16 And he said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, with the jaw of the colt of a donkey, I have destroyed them, and I have struck down a thousand men.”
Samson dit: « Avec la mâchoire d'un âne, des monceaux de monceaux, avec la mâchoire d'un âne, j'ai frappé mille hommes. »
17 And when he had completed these words, singing, he threw the jawbone from his hand. And called the name of that place Ramath-Lehi, which is translated as ‘the elevation of the jawbone.’
Quand il eut fini de parler, il jeta la mâchoire de sa main; et ce lieu fut appelé Ramath Léhi.
18 And being very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord, and he said: “You have given, to the hand of your servant, this very great salvation and victory. But see that I am dying of thirst, and so I will fall into the hands of the uncircumcised.”
Il avait très soif, et il invoqua Yahvé en disant: « Tu as accordé cette grande délivrance par la main de ton serviteur; et maintenant, vais-je mourir de soif, et tomber entre les mains des incirconcis? »
19 And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey, and water went out from it. And having drank it, his spirit was revived, and he recovered his strength. For this reason, the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’ even to the present day.
Mais Dieu fendit le creux qui est à Léhi, et il en sortit de l'eau. Quand il eut bu, son esprit revint, et il revint à la vie. C'est pourquoi on l'a appelé jusqu'à ce jour En Hakkore, qui est à Léhi.
20 And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, for twenty years.
Il jugea Israël pendant vingt ans, au temps des Philistins.
