Judges 1
1 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?
Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d’Israël consultèrent le Seigneur, disant: Qui montera devant nous contre le Chananéen, et sera le chef de la guerre?
2 And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Et le Seigneur répondit: Juda montera; voilà que j’ai livré la terre en ses mains.
3 And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him.
Alors Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: Monte avec moi dans mon lot; et combats contre le Chananéen, afin que moi-même j’aille dans ton lot. Et Siméon alla avec lui.
4 And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to [the number of] ten thousand men.
Et Juda monta, et le Seigneur livra le Chananéen et le Phérézéen en leurs mains, et ils battirent à Bézec dix mille hommes.
5 And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.
Ils trouvèrent ensuite Adonibézec à Bézec; ils combattirent contre lui, et défirent le Chananéen et le Phérézéen.
6 And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Or, Adonibézec s’enfuit; l’ayant poursuivi, ils le prirent et coupèrent les extrémités de ses mains et de ses pieds.
7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Et Adonibézec dit: Soixante-dix rois, les extrémités de leurs mains et de leurs pieds ayant été coupées, ramassaient sous ma table les restes des aliments: comme j’ai fait, ainsi Dieu m’a rétribué. Et ils l’emmenèrent à Jérusalem, et il y mourut.
8 And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.
Or, les enfants de Juda ayant attaqué Jérusalem, la prirent et la frappèrent du tranchant du glaive, livrant aux flammes toute la ville.
9 And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
Et ensuite descendant, ils combattirent contre le Chananéen, qui habitait dans les montagnes, et vers le midi, et dans les plaines.
10 And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: ] and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.
Et Juda, marchant contre le Chananéen, qui habitait à Hébron (dont le nom fut anciennement Cariath-Arbé), battit Sésaï, Ahiman et Tholmaï.
11 And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
Puis, parti de là, il alla vers les habitants de Dabir, dont nom était Cariath-Sépher, c’est-à-dire Ville des lettres.
12 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.
Alors Caleb dit: Celui qui attaquera Cariath-Sépher, et la ravagera, je lui donnerai ma fille Axa pour femme.
13 And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.
Or, comme Othoniel, fils de Cénez, et frère puîné de Caleb, la prit, il lui donna Axa, sa fille, pour femme.
14 And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is your request?
Axa étant en chemin, son mari l’avertit de demander à son père le champ. Et comme elle soupirait, pendant qu’elle était montée sur l’âne, Caleb lui dit: Qu’as-tu?
15 And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the low [springs].
Et elle répondit: Accorde-moi une grâce; puisque c’est une terre aride que tu m’as donnée, donne-m’en aussi une arrosée par des eaux. Caleb donc lui en donna une arrosée par le haut et arrosée par le bas,
16 And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.
Or, les enfants d’un Cinéen, parent de Moïse, montèrent de la Ville des palmes, avec les enfants de Juda, au désert de leur lot, lequel est vers le midi d’Arad, et habitèrent avec eux.
17 And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.
Cependant Juda s’en alla avec Siméon, son frère; ils attaquèrent ensemble le Chananéen qui habitait à Séphaath, et ils le tuèrent. Et la ville fut appelée du nom d’Horma, c’est-à-dire anathème.
18 But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it.
Juda prit aussi Gaza avec ses confins, Ascalon et Accaron avec leurs frontières.
19 And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.
Et le Seigneur fut avec Juda, et Juda posséda les montagnes; mais il ne put détruire les habitants de la vallée, parce qu’ils avaient une grande quantité de chars armés de faux.
20 And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.
Et ils donnèrent, comme Moïse avait dit, Hébron à Caleb, qui en extermina les trois fils d’Enac.
21 But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.
Mais les enfants de Benjamin ne détruisirent pas le Jébuséen, habitant de Jérusalem; ainsi, le Jébuséen a habité avec les enfants de Benjamin à Jérusalem, jusqu’au présent jour.
22 And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.
La maison de Joseph aussi monta vers Béthel; et le Seigneur fut avec eux.
23 And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.
Car, comme ils assiégeaient la ville, qui auparavant était appelée Luza,
24 And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you.
Ils virent un homme sortant de la cité, et ils lui dirent: Montre-nous l’entrée de la ville, et nous te ferons miséricorde.
25 And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.
Lorsque cet homme la leur eut montrée, ils frappèrent la ville du tranchant du glaive; mais cet homme et toute sa parenté, ils les renvoyèrent.
26 And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day.
Cet homme renvoyé, s’en alla dans la terre d’Hetthim, et il bâtit là une ville et l’appela Luza, laquelle est ainsi appelée jusqu’au présent jour.
27 And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.
Manassé aussi ne détruisit pas Bethsan et Thanac avec leurs bourgades, ni les habitants de Dor, ni Jéblaam, ni Mageddo avec ses bourgades; et le Chananéen commença à habiter avec eux.
28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
Mais lorsqu’Israël se fut fortifié, il les rendit tributaires, et il ne voulut pas les détruire.
29 And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.
Ephraïm de même ne tua pas le Chananéen, qui habitait à Gazer, mais le Chananéen habita avec lui.
30 And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.
Zabulon ne détruisit pas les habitants de Cétron et de Naalol; mais le Chananéen habita au milieu de lui et lui devint tributaire.
31 And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people] became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.
Azer aussi ne détruisit pas les habitants d’Accho et de Sidon, ni Ahalab, ni Achazib, ni Helba, ni Aphec, ni Rohob;
32 And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.
Mais il habita au milieu du Chananéen, habitant de cette terre, et il ne le tua pas.
33 And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.
Nephthali aussi ne détruisit pas les habitants de Bethsamès, et de Béthanath; mais il habita parmi le Chananéen habitant de cette terre; et les Bethsamites, et les Béthanites lui furent tributaires.
34 And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.
L’Amorrhéen resserra les enfants de Dan sur la montagne, et il ne leur donna pas lieu de s’étendre dans la plaine;
35 And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.
Et il habita sur la montagne d’Harès, que l’on interprète montagne de têts, dans Aïalon et Salébim. Et la puissance de la maison de Joseph s’accrut, et l’Amorrhéen lui devint tributaire.
36 And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.
Or, la frontière de l’Amorrhéen fut depuis la montée du Scorpion, le rocher et les lieux plus élevés.
