1 Samuel 17
1 Nowe the Philistims gathered their armies to battell, and came together to Shochoh, which is in Iudah, and pitched betweene Shochoh and Azekah, in the coast of Dammim.
Et les Philistins rassemblèrent leur armée pour combattre; ils se réunirent vers Socchoth en Juda; ils campèrent entre Socchoth et Azéca- Ephermen.
2 And Saul, and the men of Israel assembled, and pitched in the valley of Elah, and put themselues in battell araie to meete the Philistims.
Et Saül et les hommes d'Israël se réunirent; ils campèrent dans la vallée, et ils se rangèrent en bataille devant les Philistins.
3 And the Philistims stoode on a mountaine on the one side, and Israel stoode on a mountaine on the other side: so a valley was betweene them.
Les étrangers se tenaient sur une montagne, et Israël était sur la montagne opposée: une vallée les séparait.
4 Then came a man betweene them both out of the tents of the Philistims, named Goliath of Gath: his height was sixe cubites and an hande breadth,
Or, un homme d'une grande force sortit des rangs des Philistins; il était de Geth, et il se nommait Goliath; il avait quatre coudées et une spithame.
5 Aud had an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and a brigandine vpon him: and the weight of his brigandine was fiue thousand shekels of brasse.
Il portait sur la tête un casque, et sur la poitrine une cotte de mailles; cette armure pesait cinq mille sicles d'airain ou de fer.
6 And he had bootes of brasse vpon his legs, and a shield of brasse vpon his shoulders.
Sur ses jambes étaient des cnémides d'airain, et entre ses deux épaules était un bouclier d'airain.
7 And the shaft of his speare was like a weauers beame: and his speare head weyed sixe hundreth shekels of yron: and one bearing a shielde went before him.
La hampe de sa javeline était semblable à un mât de tisserand; la pointe pesait six cents sicles de fer; et celui qui portait ses armes le précédait.
8 And he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel, and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set your battell in aray? am not I a Philistim, and you seruaunts to Saul? chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.
Il s'avança en criant vers les rangs d'Israël, et il dit: Pourquoi êtes- vous venus vous mettre en bataille devant nous? Ne suis-je pas un Philistin; n'êtes-vous pas les Hébreux de Saül? Choisissez parmi vous un homme, et qu'il descende près de moi.
9 If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then wil we be your seruants: but if I ouercome him, and kill him, then shall yee be our seruants, and serue vs.
S'il est capable de me combattre, s'il triomphe de moi, nous serons vos esclaves; si c'est moi qui l'emporte, et si je le tue, vous serez nos esclaves et vous nous servirez.
10 Also the Philistim saide, I defie the hoste of Israel this day: giue mee a man, that we may fight together.
Le Philistin ajouta: Voyez, j'ai défié aujourd'hui l'armée d'Israël; donnez-moi donc un homme, et que nous combattions seul à seul.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those wordes of the Philistim, they were discouraged, and greatly afraide.
Saül et tout Israël entendirent ces paroles du Philistin; ils en furent hors d'eux-mêmes, et ils eurent grande crainte.
12 Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sonnes of Ishai went and followed Saul to the battel: and the names of his three sonnes that went to battell, were Eliab the Eldest, and the next Abinadab, and the thirde Shammah.
14 So Dauid was the least: and the three eldest went after Saul.
15 Dauid also went, but hee returned from Saul to feede his fathers sheepe in Beth-lehem.
16 And the Philistim drew neere in the morning, and euening, and continued fourtie daies.
17 And Ishai said vnto Dauid his sone, Take nowe for thy brethren an Ephah of this parched corne, and these ten cakes, and runne to the hoste to thy brethren.
18 Also carie these ten fresh cheeses vnto the captaine, and looke howe thy brethren fare, and receiue their pledge.
19 (Then Saul and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistims)
20 So Dauid rose vp earely in the morning, and left the sheepe with a keeper, and tooke and went as Ishai had commanded him, and came within the compasse of the hoste: and the hoste went out in araie, and shouted in the battell.
21 For Israel and the Philistims had put themselues in araie, armie against armie.
22 And Dauid left the things, which hee bare, vnder the handes of the keeper of the cariage, and ranne into the hoste, and came, and asked his brethren howe they did.
23 And as hee talked with them, beholde, the man that was betweene the two armies, came vp, (whose name was Goliath ye Philistim of Gath) out of the armie of the Philistims, and spake such woordes, and Dauid heard them.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they sawe the man, ranne away from him, and were sore afraied.
25 For euery man of Israel saide, Sawe yee not this man that commeth vp? euen to reuile Israel is he come vp: and to him that killeth him, wil the king giue great riches, and will giue him his daughter, yea, and make his fathers house free in Israel.
26 Then Dauid spake to the men that stoode with him, and sayde, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistim, and taketh away the shame from Israel? for who is this vncircumcised Philistim, that he shoulde reuile the hoste of the liuing God?
27 And the people answered him after this maner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid, and sayde, Why camest thou downe hither? and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to see the battell.
29 Then Dauid sayde, What haue I nowe done? Is there not a cause?
30 And hee departed from him into the presence of another, and spake of the same maner, and the people answered him according to the former woordes.
31 And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.
32 So Dauid saide to Saul, Let no mans heart faile him, because of him: thy seruant wil goe, and fight with this Philistim.
Alors, David dit à Saül: Que le cœur de mon maître ne soit pas abattu; ton serviteur marchera, et il combattra ce Philistin.
33 And Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou art not able to goe against this Philistim to fight with him: for thou art a boye, and he is a man of warre from his youth.
Mais Saül dit à David: Tu n'es point capable de combattre ce Philistin; tu n'es qu'un enfant, et il est homme de guerre depuis sa jeunesse.
34 And Dauid answered vnto Saul, Thy seruant kept his fathers sheepe, and there came a lyon, and likewise a beare, and tooke a sheepe out of the flocke,
Et David dit à Saül: Ton serviteur était berger chez son père, il gardait les troupeaux, et quand venait un lion ou un ours, quand ils prenaient tour à tour une tête du troupeau,
35 And I went out after him and smote him, and tooke it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard, and smote him, and slue him.
Je courais après le ravisseur, je le frappais, je lui arrachais sa proie de la gueule; puis, comme il s'élançait sur moi, je le saisissais à la gorge, je venais à bout de lui, et je le tuais.
36 So thy seruaunt slue both the lyon, and the beare: therefore this vncircumcised Philistim shall be as one of them, seeing hee hath railed on the hoste of the liuing God.
Ton serviteur a tué le lion et l'ours, il en sera de même de cet incirconcis; pourquoi donc n'irai-je pas le tuer, et effacer aujourd'hui l'outrage qu'il fait à Israël? Car, quel est cet incirconcis qui a défié l'armée du Dieu vivant?
37 Moreouer Dauid sayd, The Lord that deliuered me out of the pawe of the lyon, and out of the paw of the beare, he wil deliuer me out of the hand of this Philistim. Then Saul sayd vnto Dauid, Go, and the Lord be with thee.
Le Seigneur, qui m'a tiré des griffes du lion et de celles de l'ours, me retirera de la main de cet incirconcis. Et Saül dit à David: Marche, le Seigneur sera avec toi.
38 And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid, and put an helmet of brasse vpon his head, and put a brigandine vpon him.
Saül alors revêtit David d'une cuirasse; il lui mit sur la tête son propre casque d'airain.
39 Then girded Dauid his sword vpon his rayment, and began to go: for he neuer proued it: and Dauid sayde vnto Saul, I can not goe with these: for I am not accustomed. wherefore Dauid put them off him.
Par-dessus la cuirasse, David ceignit son épée, et il essaya une fois et deux fois de marcher ainsi; mais il se fatigua, et dit à Saül: Je ne pourrai marcher avec ces armes, je n'y suis point accoutumé. Et on les lui ôta.
40 Then tooke he his staffe in his hand, and chose him fiue smoothe stones out of a brooke, and put them in his shepheards bagge or skrippe, and his sling was in his hand, and he drewe neere to the Philistim.
Et il prit à la main sa houlette; il choisit cinq cailloux polis par le torrent il les mit tous dans la panetière de berger qu'il portait sur lui; enfin, il s'arma de sa fronde; et il marcha contre le Philistin.
41 And the Philistim came and drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man that bare the shielde went before him.
Et il prit à la main sa houlette; il choisit cinq cailloux polis par le torrent il les mit tous dans la panetière de berger qu'il portait sur lui; enfin, il s'arma de sa fronde; et il marcha contre le Philistin.
42 Now when the Philistim looked about and saw Dauid, he disdeined him: for he was but yong, ruddie, and of a comely face.
Goliath vit David, et il le méprisa, parce que c'était un jeune garçon, qu'il était roux et qu'il avait de beaux yeux.
43 And the Philistim sayde vnto Dauid, Am I a dog, that thou commest to me with staues? And the Philistim cursed Dauid by his gods.
Et le Philistin dit à David: Me prends-tu pour un chien, toi qui viens à moi avec une houlette et des pierres? Et David reprit: Nullement, mais pour moins qu'un chien. Et le Philistin maudit David en invoquant tous ses dieux.
44 And the Philistim sayd to Dauid, Come to me, and I will giue thy flesh vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beastes of the field.
Et le Philistin dit à David: Viens, approche, que je donne ta chair aux oiseaux du ciel et aux bêtes fauves des champs.
45 Then sayd Dauid to the Philistim, Thou commest to me with a sword, and with a speare, and with a shield, but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.
Mais, David dit au Philistin: Tu marches contre moi avec le glaive, la javeline, le bouclier; moi je marche contre toi, au nom du Seigneur Dieu sabaoth, Dieu de l'armée d'Israël que tu as insultée.
46 This day shall the Lord close thee in mine hand, and I shall smite thee, and take thine head from thee, and I wil giue the carkeises of the hoste of the Philistims this daye vnto the foules of the heauen, and to the beasts of the earth, that all the world may know that Israel hath a God,
Le Seigneur aujourd'hui t'enfermera dans ma main; je te tuerai, je te trancherai la tête; aujourd'hui je donnerai les lambeaux et les lambeaux de l'armée des Philistins aux oiseaux du ciel et aux bêtes fauves de la terre. Toute la terre alors reconnaîtra que Dieu est avec Israël.
47 And that all this assembly may know, that the Lord saueth not with sworde nor with speare (for the battel is the Lords) and he will giue you into our handes.
Toute cette Église connaîtra que le Seigneur ne sauve point avec le glaive et la javeline; car cette guerre est du Seigneur, et il vous livrera à nos mains.
48 And when the Philistim arose to come and drawe neere vnto Dauid, Dauid hasted and ran to fight against the Philistim.
A ces mots, le Philistin s'ébranla, et il marcha à la rencontre de David.
49 And Dauid put his hande in his bagge, and tooke out a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistim in his forehead, that the stone sticked in his forehead, and he fell groueling to the earth.
De son côté, David porta sa main à sa panetière; il y prit un caillou; il le lança avec la fronde, et il atteignit le Philistin au front; la pierre, à travers le casque, pénétra dans le crâne, et Goliath tomba la face contre terre.
50 So Dauid ouercame the Philistim with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistim, and slew him, when Dauid had no sword in his hand.
De son côté, David porta sa main à sa panetière; il y prit un caillou; il le lança avec la fronde, et il atteignit le Philistin au front; la pierre, à travers le casque, pénétra dans le crâne, et Goliath tomba la face contre terre.
51 Then Dauid ranne, and stood vpon the Philistim, and tooke his sword and drew it out of his sheath, and slewe him, and cut off his head therewith. So whe the Philistims saw, that their champion was dead, they fled.
Et David courut, s'arrêta sur lui, prit son glaive, le tua et lui trancha la tête. Les Philistins virent que leur homme fort était tué, et ils prirent la fuite.
52 And the men of Israel and Iudah arose, and shouted, and followed after the Philistims, vntill they came to the valley, and vnto the gates of Ekron: and the Philistims fell downe wounded by the way of Shaaraim, euen to Gath and to Ekron.
Alors, les hommes d'Israël et de Juda se levèrent, poussant de grands cris de joie, et poursuivirent les fuyards jusqu'à l'entrée de Geth et jusqu'aux portes d'Ascalon. Une multitude de Philistins tomba sur les chemins de ces villes, et sur celui d'Accaron.
53 And the children of Israel returned from pursuing the Philistims, and spoyled their tents.
Et les hommes d'Israël s'en retournèrent après avoir poursuivi les Philistins, et détruisirent leur camp.
54 And Dauid tooke the head of ye Philistim, and brought it to Ierusalem, and put his armour in his tent.
Et David prit la tête du Philistin et il l'emporta à Jérusalem, et il plaça en sa demeure les armes de Goliath.
55 When Saul sawe Dauid go forth against the Philistim, he sayd vnto Abner the captaine of his hoste, Abner, whose sonne is this yong man? and Abner answered, As thy soule liueth, O King, I can not tell.
56 Then the King sayde, Enquire thou whose sonne this yong man is.
57 And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.
58 And Saul sayde to him, Whose sonne art thou, thou yong man? And Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy seruant Ishai the Bethlehemite.
