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.
Et il arriva quelque temps après, pendant les jours de la moisson des froments, que Samson alla visiter sa femme, avec un chevreau; et il dit: Je veux entrer vers ma femme dans la chambre. Mais le 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.
Et le père dit: J’ai pensé que tu l’avais en haine, et je l’ai donnée à ton compagnon. Sa jeune sœur n’est-elle pas plus belle qu’elle? Prends-la à sa place, je te prie.
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Et Samson leur dit: Cette fois je suis innocent à l’égard des Philistins si je leur fais 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.
Et Samson s’en alla, et prit 300 chacals; et il prit des torches, et tourna [les chacals] queue contre queue, et mit une torche entre les deux queues, au milieu.
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.
Et il mit le feu aux torches, et lâcha [les chacals] dans les blés des Philistins; et il brûla tant les tas de gerbes que le blé sur pied et les plantations d’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.
Et les Philistins dirent: Qui a fait cela? Et on dit: Samson, le gendre du Thimnite; parce qu’il lui a pris sa femme et l’a donnée à son compagnon. Et 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.
Et Samson leur dit: Si c’est ainsi que vous faites, alors certes je me vengerai de vous, et après 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.
Et il les frappa d’un grand coup, à leur casser bras et jambes. Et il descendit, et habita dans une caverne du rocher d’Étam.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Et les Philistins montèrent, et campèrent en Juda, et se répandirent en Lékhi.
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.
Et les hommes de Juda dirent: Pourquoi êtes-vous montés contre nous? Et ils dirent: Nous sommes montés pour lier Samson, afin de lui faire comme 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 3 000 hommes de Juda descendirent à la caverne du rocher d’Étam, et dirent à Samson: Ne sais-tu pas que les Philistins dominent sur nous? Et que nous as-tu fait? Et il leur dit: Comme ils m’ont fait, ainsi je 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.
Et ils lui dirent: Nous sommes descendus pour te lier, afin de te livrer en la main des Philistins. Et Samson leur dit: Jurez-moi que vous ne vous jetterez pas sur moi.
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.
Et ils lui parlèrent, disant: Non, mais nous voulons te lier, et nous te livrerons en leur main; mais certainement nous ne te tuerons pas. Et ils le lièrent avec deux cordes neuves, et le firent monter hors 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.
Il vint jusqu’à Lékhi, et les Philistins poussèrent des cris à sa rencontre. Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel le saisit; et les cordes qui étaient à ses bras devinrent comme de l’étoupe qui brûle au feu, et ses liens coulèrent de dessus 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.
Et il trouva une mâchoire d’âne fraîche, et il étendit sa main et la prit, et en frappa 1 000 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.
Et Samson dit: Avec la mâchoire de l’âne, un monceau, deux monceaux! Avec la mâchoire de l’âne j’ai frappé 1 000 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.
Et il arriva que, quand il eut achevé de parler, il jeta de sa main la mâchoire, et nomma ce lieu-là Ramath-Lékhi.
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?
Et il eut une très grande soif, et il cria à l’Éternel, et dit: Tu as donné par la main de ton serviteur cette grande délivrance, et maintenant je mourrais de soif, et je tomberais 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.
Et Dieu fendit le rocher creux qui était à Lékhi, et il en sortit de l’eau; et il but, et son esprit revint, et il vécut: c’est pourquoi le nom de cette [source] fut appelé En-Hakkoré; elle est à Lékhi, jusqu’à ce jour.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Et [Samson] jugea Israël, aux jours des Philistins, 20 ans.
