Judges 15
1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
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 And her father said, I truly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray 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 said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Samson leur dit: « Cette fois, je serai irréprochable à l'égard des Philistins quand je leur ferai du mal. »
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the middle between two 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 when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
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 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
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, Though you have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Samson leur dit: « Si vous vous comportez ainsi, je me vengerai de vous, et après cela je cesserai. »
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelled in the top of the rock 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 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Et les Philistins montèrent, campèrent en Juda, et se répandirent à Léhi.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why are you come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as 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 went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Know you not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I 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 are come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that you will not fall on me yourselves.
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 And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
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 came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily on him, and the cords that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
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 he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
Il trouva une mâchoire fraîche d'un âne, étendit la main, la prit et en frappa mille hommes.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps on heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain 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 it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
Quand il eut fini de parler, il jeta la mâchoire de sa main; et ce lieu fut appelé Ramath Léhi.
18 And he was sore thirsty, and called on the LORD, and said, You have given this great deliverance into the hand of your servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand 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 But God split an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of there; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: why he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi to this 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 twenty years.
Il jugea Israël pendant vingt ans, au temps des Philistins.
