Judges 4
1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Les enfants d’Israël recommencèrent à mécontenter l’Eternel, après la mort d’Ahod;
2 The LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
et l’Eternel les livra au pouvoir de Jabin, roi cananéen qui régnait à Haçor, et qui avait pour général Sisara, résidant à Harochet Haggoyim.
3 The children of Israel cried to the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Les enfants d’Israël implorèrent le Seigneur; car ce roi avait neuf cents chariots de guerre, et il molestait durement, pendant vingt ans, les enfants d’Israël.
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Or Débora, une prophétesse, femme de Lappidoth, gouvernait Israël à cette époque.
5 She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Elle siégeait au pied du "Palmier de Débora", entre Rama et Béthel, dans la montagne d’Ephraïm; et c’est à elle que les Israélites s’adressaient pour obtenir justice.
6 She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, "Hasn't the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, 'Go and draw to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the people of Naphtali and of the people of Zebulun?
Elle envoya quérir Barak, fils d’Abinoam, de Kédech-en-Nephtali, et lui dit: "Voici l’ordre de l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël: Va déployer une armée sur le mont Thabor, après avoir pris, avec toi, dix mille hommes des tribus de Nephtali et de Zabulon;
7 I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.'"
moi, je ferai avancer de ton côté, vers le torrent de Kison, Sisara, commandant de l’armée de Jabin, avec ses chariots et sa multitude, et je le livrerai en ta main."
8 Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go, for I do not know the day on which the LORD prospers his angel with me."
Barak lui répondit: "Si tu m’accompagnes, j’irai; sinon, je n’irai point."
9 She said, "I will surely go with you, but know that the journey that you take will not be for your honor; for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Elle répliqua: "Certes, j’irai avec toi; seulement, ce n’est pas à toi que reviendra l’honneur de ton entreprise, puisque c’est à une femme que l’Eternel aura livré Sisara." Et là-dessus Débora s’en alla avec Barak à Kédech.
10 Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Barak convoqua Zabulon et Nephtali à Kédech, dix mille hommes montèrent à sa suite, et Débora monta avec lui.
11 Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the descendants of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
(Or, Héber, le Kénéen, s’était séparé des Kénéens, des descendants de Hobab, beau-père de Moïse; et il avait dressé sa tente vers le Chêne de Çaanannîm, qui est près de Kédech.)
12 And it was reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
Sisara, ayant appris que Barak, fils d’Abinoam, s’était dirigé sur le mont Thabor,
13 Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim, to the river Kishon.
réunit tous ses chariots, neuf cents chariots armés de fer, ainsi que toute la milice sous ses ordres, et les achemina de Harochet Haggoyim vers le torrent de Kison.
14 Deborah said to Barak, "Arise, for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Hasn't the LORD gone out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Alors Débora dit à Barak: "En avant! car c’est aujourd’hui que le Seigneur livre en tes mains Sisara; n’est-ce pas Dieu même qui marche devant toi?" Et Barak descendit du mont Thabor, suivi de dix mille hommes.
15 The LORD confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got off from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
L’Eternel frappa de perturbation Sisara, tous ses attelages et toute son armée, qu’il livra au glaive de Barak; Sisara sauta à bas de son char et s’enfuit à pied.
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth Haggoyim: and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
Barak poursuivit attelages et armée jusqu’à Harochet Haggoyim; et toute l’armée de Sisara tomba sous le tranchant du glaive, pas un seul n’échappa.
17 However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Cependant Sisara fuyait à pied vers la tente de Jaël, femme de Héber le Kénéen; car il y avait paix entre Jabin, roi de Haçor, et la famille de Héber le Kénéen.
18 Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, "Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; do not be afraid." He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
Jaël sortit à la rencontre de Sisara et lui dit: "Entre, seigneur, entre chez moi, ne crains rien!" Il la suivit dans la tente, et elle le cacha sous une couverture.
19 He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty." She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Il lui dit: "Donne-moi, je te prie, un peu d’eau à boire, j’ai soif!" Et elle ouvrit l’outre au lait, lui donna à boire et le recouvrit.
20 He said to her, "Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man comes and inquires of you, and says, 'Is there any man here?' that you shall say, 'No.'"
Il lui dit: "Tiens-toi à l’entrée de la tente, et si l’on vient te demander: Y a-t-il quelqu’un ici? tu répondras: Non.
21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he died.
Or Jaël, femme de Héber, prit une cheville de la tente, se saisit d’un marteau, se glissa près de lui sans bruit et enfonça dans sa tempe la cheville, qui resta fichée en terre; lui, fatigué, s’était endormi; il mourut.
22 Look, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek." He came to her; and look, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples.
Cependant Barak vint, poursuivant Sisara; Jaël s’avança à sa rencontre et lui dit: "Viens, je vais te faire voir l’homme que tu cherches." Il la suivit et vit Sisara étendu mort, la tempe traversée par la cheville.
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Ce jour-là, Dieu abattit Jabin, roi de Canaan, devant les enfants d’Israël;
24 The hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
et la puissance des enfants d’Israël alla s’appesantissant sur Jabin, roi de Canaan, si bien qu’ils consommèrent sa ruine.
