1 Samuel 18
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Et les chœurs de danseuses, transportées de joie, sortirent de toutes les villes d'Israël à la rencontre de David, avec des tambours et des cymbales.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house.
Et les chœurs de danseuses, transportées de joie, sortirent de toutes les villes d'Israël à la rencontre de David, avec des tambours et des cymbales.
3 And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
Et les chœurs de danseuses, transportées de joie, sortirent de toutes les villes d'Israël à la rencontre de David, avec des tambours et des cymbales.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which he was clothed, and gave it to David, and the rest of his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Et les chœurs de danseuses, transportées de joie, sortirent de toutes les villes d'Israël à la rencontre de David, avec des tambours et des cymbales.
5 And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
Et les chœurs de danseuses, transportées de joie, sortirent de toutes les villes d'Israël à la rencontre de David, avec des tambours et des cymbales.
6 Now when David returned, after be slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.
Et les chœurs de danseuses, transportées de joie, sortirent de toutes les villes d'Israël à la rencontre de David, avec des tambours et des cymbales.
7 And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Les femmes entonnaient le chant et elles disaient: Saül les a tués par milliers, et David par myriades.
8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?
La chose parut mauvaise à Saül, et il dit: Elles attribuent à David des myriades, et à moi des milliers.
9 And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.
[Et Saül regarda David d'un œil méfiant, à partir de ce jour et après.]
10 And the day after the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand,
[Et Saül regarda David d'un œil méfiant, à partir de ce jour et après.]
11 And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.
[Et Saül regarda David d'un œil méfiant, à partir de ce jour et après.]
12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.
Et Saül fut alarmé au sujet de David.
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men, and he went out and came in before the people.
Il l'éloigna de sa personne; il lui donna un commandement de mille hommes, et David fit ses évolutions devant le peuple.
14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
Et David en toutes ses démarches se conduisit avec prudence, car le Seigneur était avec lui.
15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.
Et Saül vit sa grande sagesse, et il eut crainte de lui.
16 But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.
Or, tout Israël et tout Juda aimaient David, parce qu'il marchait à la tête du peuple.
17 And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.
Or, tout Israël et tout Juda aimaient David, parce qu'il marchait à la tête du peuple.
18 And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?
Or, tout Israël et tout Juda aimaient David, parce qu'il marchait à la tête du peuple.
19 And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.
Or, tout Israël et tout Juda aimaient David, parce qu'il marchait à la tête du peuple.
20 But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.
Et Michol, fille de Saül, aima David; on l'alla dire à Saül, et la nouvelle lui plut.
21 And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the band of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day.
Car Saül dit: Je la lui donnerai, et ce sera pour lui une pierre d'achoppement. La main des Philistins était alors contre Saül.
22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king’s son in law.
Et Saül donna ses ordres à ses serviteurs, disant: Parlez en secret à David, et dites-lui: Voilà que le roi se plaît avec toi, tous ses serviteurs t'aiment, sois donc le gendre du roi.
23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king’s son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.
Les serviteurs de Saül répétèrent tout bas ces paroles à David, et il leur répondit: Est-ce si peu de chose à vos yeux de devenir gendre du roi? Je suis d'humble condition et nullement illustre.
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.
Et les serviteurs de Saül lui firent leur rapport, en conséquence de ce que leur avait dit David.
25 And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.
Et Saül reprit: Voilà ce que vous direz à David: Le roi n'a que faire de présents, si ce n'est de cent prépuces de Philistins, pour se venger des ennemis du roi. Saül comptait ainsi le jeter entre les mains des étrangers.
26 And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king’s son in law.
Les serviteurs de Saül répétèrent ces paroles à David, et il lui parut bon d'être gendre du roi.
27 And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.
David partit donc, il se mit en campagne avec ses hommes, il tua cent Philistins, rapporta leurs prépuces, et devint gendre du roi; Saül lui donna pour femme sa fille Michol.
28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.
Et Saül vit que le Seigneur était avec David, et que tout Israël l'aimait.
29 And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
Et il se défia encore davantage de David.
30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous.
