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 demandèrent à Yahvé: « Qui montera pour nous le premier contre les Cananéens, pour les combattre? »
2 And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Yahvé dit: « Juda montera. Voici, j'ai livré le pays entre 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.
Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: « Monte avec moi dans mon lot, afin que nous combattions les Cananéens; et moi aussi, je monterai avec toi dans ton lot. » Siméon alla donc 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.
Juda monta, et Yahvé livra entre leurs mains les Cananéens et les Phéréziens. Ils frappèrent dix mille hommes à Bézek.
5 And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.
Ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek, et ils lui livrèrent bataille. Ils battirent les Cananéens et les Phéréziens.
6 And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Mais Adoni-Bézek s'enfuit. Ils le poursuivirent, l'attrapèrent, et lui coupèrent les pouces et les gros orteils.
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.
Adoni-Bézek dit: « Soixante-dix rois, qui ont eu les pouces et les gros orteils coupés, ont fait les poubelles sous ma table. Ce que j'ai fait, Dieu me l'a fait. » On le conduisit à Jérusalem, où il 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.
Les fils de Juda combattirent contre Jérusalem, la prirent, la frappèrent du tranchant de l'épée et mirent le feu à 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.
Après cela, les fils de Juda descendirent pour combattre les Cananéens qui habitaient dans la montagne, dans le midi et dans la plaine.
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.
Juda marcha contre les Cananéens qui habitaient à Hébron. (Le nom d'Hébron était auparavant Kiriath Arba.) Ils frappèrent Sheshai, Ahiman et Talmai.
11 And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
De là, il alla contre les habitants de Debir. (Le nom de Debir était auparavant Kiriath Sepher.)
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.
Caleb dit: « Je donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme à l'homme qui frappera Kiriath Sepher et la prendra. »
13 And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.
Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère cadet de Caleb, la prit, et il lui donna pour femme sa fille Acsa.
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?
Quand elle arriva, elle lui demanda de demander un champ à son père. Elle descendit de son âne; et Caleb lui dit: « Que veux-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].
Elle lui dit: « Donne-moi une bénédiction; puisque tu m'as établie dans le pays du Midi, donne-moi aussi des sources d'eau. » Et Caleb lui donna les sources supérieures et les sources inférieures.
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.
Les fils du Kénite, beau-frère de Moïse, montèrent de la ville des palmiers avec les fils de Juda dans le désert de Juda, qui est au sud d'Arad, et ils allèrent habiter avec le peuple.
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.
Juda partit avec Siméon, son frère, et ils frappèrent les Cananéens qui habitaient Zéphath, et la détruisirent par interdit. Le nom de la ville fut appelé Horma.
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 et son territoire, Ashkelon et son territoire, et Ekron et son territoire.
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.
L'Éternel fut avec Juda, et il chassa les habitants de la montagne, car il ne put chasser les habitants de la vallée, parce qu'ils avaient des chars de fer.
20 And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.
On donna Hébron à Caleb, comme Moïse l'avait dit, et il en chassa les trois fils d'Anak.
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.
Les fils de Benjamin ne chassèrent pas les Jébusiens qui habitaient Jérusalem, mais les Jébusiens habitent avec les fils de Benjamin à Jérusalem jusqu'à ce jour.
22 And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.
La maison de Joseph monta aussi contre Béthel, et l'Éternel fut avec eux.
23 And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.
La maison de Joseph envoya espionner Béthel.
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.
Les observateurs virent un homme sortir de la ville et ils lui dirent: « Montre-nous l'entrée de la ville, et nous te traiterons avec bienveillance. »
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.
Il leur montra l'entrée de la ville, et ils frappèrent la ville du tranchant de l'épée; mais ils laissèrent partir l'homme et toute sa famille.
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.
L'homme alla dans le pays des Hittites, bâtit une ville et l'appela Luz, nom qu'elle porte encore aujourd'hui.
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 ne chassa pas les habitants de Beth Shean et de ses villes, ni de Taanach et de ses villes, ni les habitants de Dor et de ses villes, ni les habitants d'Ibleam et de ses villes, ni les habitants de Megiddo et de ses villes; mais les Cananéens demeurèrent dans ce pays.
28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
Lorsqu'Israël fut devenu fort, il mit les Cananéens au travail forcé et ne les chassa pas complètement.
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 ne chassa pas les Cananéens qui habitaient à Guézer, mais les Cananéens habitèrent à Guézer au milieu d'eux.
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 chassa pas les habitants de Kitron ni ceux de Nahalol, mais les Cananéens habitèrent parmi eux et furent soumis au travail forcé.
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.
Asher ne chassa pas les habitants d'Acco, ni ceux de Sidon, ni ceux d'Ahlab, ni ceux d'Achzib, ni ceux d'Helba, ni ceux d'Aphik, ni ceux de Rehob;
32 And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.
mais les Asher habitèrent parmi les Cananéens, habitants du pays, car ils ne les chassèrent 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.
Nephtali ne chassa pas les habitants de Beth Shemesh ni ceux de Beth Anath, mais il habita au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays. Néanmoins, les habitants de Beth Shemesh et de Beth Anath furent soumis au travail forcé.
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.
Les Amorrhéens forcèrent les enfants de Dan à aller dans la montagne, car ils ne leur permirent pas de descendre dans la vallée;
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.
mais les Amorrhéens habitèrent au mont Hérès, à Aijalon et à Shaalbim. Mais la main de la maison de Joseph l'emporta, de sorte qu'ils furent soumis au travail forcé.
36 And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.
La frontière des Amoréens s'étendait depuis la montée d'Akrabbim, depuis le rocher et vers le haut.
