1 Samuel 25
1 And he died Samuel and they gathered together all Israel and they mourned for him and they buried him at house his in Ramah and he arose David and he went down to [the] wilderness of Paran.
Samuel étant mort, tous les Israélites s’assemblèrent pour mener son deuil et l’ensevelirent dans sa demeure, à Rama. David se mit en route et se dirigea vers le désert de Paran.
2 And a man [was] in Maon and business his [was] in Carmel and the man [was] great very and [belonged] to him sheep three thousand and one thousand goats and it was when sheared sheep his in Carmel.
Or, il y avait un homme à Maon, ayant son bien à Carmel; cet homme était très notable, possédait trois mille brebis et mille chèvres, et il assistait à la tonte de son bétail à Carmel.
3 And [the] name of the man [was] Nabal and [the] name of wife his [was] Abigail and the woman [was] good of insight and beautiful of appearance and the man [was] hard and evil of deeds and he ([was] a Calebite. *Q(K)*)
Cet homme avait nom Nabal, et sa femme s’appelait Abigaïl. La femme était intelligente et belle, l’homme dur et de mauvaise conduite; c’était un Calébite.
4 And he heard David in the wilderness that [was] shearing Nabal sheep his.
David, ayant appris dans le désert que Nabal faisait tondre son bétail,
5 And he sent David ten young men and he said David to the young men go up Carmel towards and you will go to Nabal and you will ask of him in name my to welfare.
envoya dix serviteurs en leur disant: "Montez à Carmel, allez trouver Nabal, et saluez-le en mon nom.
6 And you will say thus to the living [one] and you peace and house your peace and all that [belongs] to you peace.
Et vous direz: Ainsi soit pour la vie! Sois en paix, en paix ta maison, en paix tout ce qui t’appartient!
7 And now I have heard that shearers [belong] to you now the shepherds who [belong] to you they have been with us not we have humiliated them and not it has been missing to them anything all [the] days of being they in Carmel.
Or, j’ai appris qu’on fait pour toi la tonte; tant que tes bergers ont été près de nous, nous ne les avons pas molestés, ils n’ont éprouvé aucune perte tout le temps de leur séjour à Carmel.
8 Ask own young men your so they may tell to you and let them find the young men favor in view your for on a day good we have come give! please [that] which it will find hand your to servants your and to son your to David.
Demande à tes gens, qu’ils te le disent! Et que mes serviteurs trouvent bon accueil auprès de toi, puisque nous sommes venus en un jour de fête. Veuille donner ce dont tu peux disposer à tes serviteurs et à ton fils David."
9 And they went [the] young men of David and they spoke to Nabal according to all the words these in [the] name of David and they rested.
Les serviteurs de David y allèrent et dirent fidèlement toutes ces paroles à Nabal de la part de David; puis ils attendirent.
10 And he answered Nabal [the] servants of David and he said who? [is] David and who? [is] [the] son of Jesse this day they are many servants who break away each one from before master his.
Nabal répondit aux serviteurs de David: "Qui est David? Qui est le fils de Jessé? Il y a beaucoup de serviteurs aujourd’hui qui s’émancipent de chez leurs maîtres!
11 And will I take bread my and water my and slaughter my which I have slaughtered for shearers my and will I give [them] to men who not I know where? from this [are] they.
Et je prendrais mon pain, mon eau, mes bêtes que j’ai tuées pour mes tondeurs, et je les donnerais à des hommes venus je ne sais d’où!"
12 And they turned round [the] young men of David to way their and they returned and they came and they told to him according to all the words these.
Les serviteurs de David rebroussèrent chemin et, de retour, lui rapportèrent toutes ces paroles.
13 And he said David to men his gird on - everyone sword his and they girded on everyone sword his and he girded on also David sword his and they went up - after David about four hundred man and two hundred they remained with the baggage.
Et David leur dit: "Que chacun de vous ceigne son épée! Et chacun ceignit son épée, David aussi ceignit la sienne, et ils montèrent à la suite de David, au nombre d’environ quatre cents hommes, et deux cents restèrent près des bagages.
14 And to Abigail [the] wife of Nabal he told a young man one from the young men saying there! he sent David messengers - from the wilderness to bless master our and he shouted at them.
Cependant un des serviteurs informa Abigaïl, femme de Nabal, en disant: "David avait envoyé des hommes chargés de saluer notre maître, mais celui-ci les a rudoyés.
15 And the men [were] good to us very and not we were humiliated and not we missed anything all [the] days [which] we went about with them when were we in the field.
Or, ces hommes étaient très bons pour nous; nous n’avons subi aucun désagrément, aucune perte, tout le temps que nous avons frayé avec eux, que nous étions aux champs.
16 A wall they were with us both night as well as by day all [the] days of being we with them shepherding the flock.
Ils nous ont servi de rempart la nuit comme le jour, tant que nous avons été avec eux, paissant le bétail.
17 And now know and see what? will you do for it has been determined evil against master our and on all household his and he [is] a son of worthlessness from speaking to him.
Avise maintenant à prendre un parti, car c’en est fait de notre maître et de toute sa maison; il est d’ailleurs trop violent pour qu’on ose lui parler."
18 And she made haste (Abigail *Q(k)*) and she took two hundred bread[s] and two jars of wine and five sheep (prepared *Q(k)*) and five seahs of roasted grain and a hundred bunches of raisins and two hundred fig cakes and she put [them] on the donkeys.
AbigaïI, en toute hâte, prit deux cents pains, deux outres de vin, cinq brebis tout accommodées, cinq mesures de froment grillé, cent gâteaux de raisins secs et deux cents gâteaux de figues, qu’elle fit charger sur des ânes,
19 And she said to servants her pass on before me here I after you [will be] coming and to husband her Nabal not she told.
et elle dit à ses serviteurs: "Passez devant moi, je vous suis"; mais à son époux Nabal elle n’en dit rien.
20 And it was she - [was] riding on the donkey and [was] going down in [the] cover of the mountain and there! David and men his [were] going down to meet her and she met them.
Or, tandis que, montée sur un âne, elle descendait par un pli de la montagne, David et ses hommes descendaient à l’opposite; et elle les rencontra.
21 And David he had said surely to deception I have guarded all that [belongs] to this [man] in the wilderness and not it has been missing any of all that [belongs] to him anything and he has returned to me evil in place of good.
David avait dit: "C’Est donc en vain que j’ai préservé tout ce que cet homme possédait dans le désert, de sorte qu’il n’a éprouvé aucune perte! Et lui m’a rendu le mal pour le bien!
22 Thus may he do God to [the] enemies David and thus may he add if I will leave any of all that [belongs] to him until the morning [one who] urinates on a wall.
Que Dieu en fasse autant et plus aux ennemis de David, si d’ici au point du jour je laisse subsister, de ce qui lui appartient, la moindre créature!"
23 And she saw Abigail David and she made haste and she came down from on the donkey and she fell to [the] face of David on face her and she bowed down [the] ground.
Abigaïl, en voyant David, descendit de l’âne en toute hâte, se jeta sur la face devant David et se prosterna par terre.
24 And she fell at feet his and she said [be] on me I O lord my the iniquity and let her speak please maidservant your in ears your and hear [the] words of maidservant your.
Puis elle se jeta à ses pieds et dit: "A moi, seigneur, à moi la faute! Mais permets à ta servante de t’adresser quelques mots, et écoute les paroles de ta servante.
25 May not please he set lord my - heart his to [the] man of worthlessness this on Nabal for like name his [is] so he [is] Nabal name his and disgraceful folly [is] with him and I maidservant your not I saw [the] young men of lord my whom you sent.
Que mon seigneur ne s’occupe pas de cet homme indigne, de Nabal, car il ressemble à son nom: Nabal il se nomme, et nabal est son caractère. Pour moi, ta servante, je n’ai pas vu les jeunes gens envoyés par mon seigneur.
26 And now O lord my [by] [the] life of Yahweh and [by] [the] life of self your that he has restrained you Yahweh from coming in blood and [from] delivering hand your you and now may they be like Nabal enemies your and those [who] seek against lord my evil.
Et maintenant, seigneur, j’en atteste le Dieu vivant et ta propre vie, ce Dieu qui t’aura préservé de t’engager dans le sang et de te venger par ta propre main, oui, ils seront comme Nabal, tes ennemis, ceux qui veulent du mal à mon seigneur.
27 And now the blessing this which he has brought maidservant your to lord my and it will be given to the young men who go about at [the] feet of lord my.
Quant au présent que ta servante a apporté à son seigneur, qu’il soit remis aux jeunes gens de sa suite.
28 Forgive please to [the] transgression of maidservant your for certainly he will make Yahweh for lord my a house enduring for [the] battles of Yahweh lord my [is] fighting and evil not it will be found in you from days your.
Daigne faire grâce à ta servante! Certes, l’Eternel donnera à ta maison, seigneur, une existence durable, car ce sont les guerres de l’Eternel que tu soutiens, et, de ta vie, le malheur ne t’atteindra.
29 And he has arisen a man to pursue you and to seek life your and it will be [the] life of lord my bound up - in [the] bundle of the living with Yahweh God your and [the] life of enemies your he will sling out it in [the] midst of [the] hollow of sling.
Que si on s’avisait de t’attaquer et d’en vouloir à ta vie, l’existence de mon seigneur restera liée au faisceau des vivants que protège l’Eternel, ton Dieu, tandis qu’il lancera au loin, avec la fronde, celle de tes ennemis.
30 And it will be that he will do Yahweh to lord my according to all that he has spoken the good on you and he will appoint you to ruler over Israel.
Or, quand l’Eternel aura accompli pour toi, seigneur, tout le bien qu’il t’a promis, et qu’il t’aura institué chef d’Israël,
31 And not it will become this - for you staggering and stumbling of heart for lord my and pouring out of blood without cause and to deliver lord my himself and he will do good Yahweh to lord my and you will remember maidservant your.
il ne faut pas que ceci devienne pour toi, seigneur, un écueil, une cause de remords, d’avoir versé le sang inutilement, et de t’être fait justice toi-même. L’Eternel te rendra heureux, seigneur, et tu te souviendras de ta servante."
32 And he said David to Abigail [be] blessed Yahweh [the] God of Israel who he has sent you the day this to meet me.
David répondit à Abigaïl: "Béni soit l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël, de t’avoir envoyée aujourd’hui à ma rencontre!
33 And [be] blessed discernment your and [be] blessed you who you have restrained me the day this from coming in blood and [from] delivering hand my me.
Et bénie soit ta prudence et bénie sois-tu, toi qui m’as empêché aujourd’hui de m’engager dans le sang et de demander secours à ma propre main!
34 And but [by] [the] life of Yahweh [the] God of Israel who he has restrained me from doing harm to you if - if not you had made haste (and you had come *Q(k)*) to meet me that except he has been left to Nabal until [the] light of the morning [one who] urinates on a wall.
Mais certes, par l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël, qui m’a préservé de te faire du mal, si tu n’avais pas pris les devants en venant à moi, certes, d’ici au point du jour pas la moindre créature ne fût restée à Nabal!"
35 And he took David from hand her [that] which she had brought to him and to her he said go up to peace to house your see I have listened to voice your and I have lifted up face your.
David accepta de sa main ce qu’elle lui avait apporté, et lui dit: "Retourne en paix chez toi; vois, j’ai cédé à ta parole et t’ai fait bon accueil."
36 And she went Abigail - to Nabal and there! [belonged] to him a feast in house his like [the] feast of king and [the] heart of Nabal it was good on him and he [was] drunk up to muchness and not she told to him anything small and great until [the] light of the morning.
Abigaïl rejoignit Nabab qui faisait alors chez lui un vrai festin de roi, était en belle humeur et s’était enivré à l’excès. Elle ne lui adressa pas une parole jusqu’au lendemain matin.
37 And it was in the morning when had gone out the wine from Nabal and she told to him wife his the things these and it died heart his in inward part[s] his and he he became stone.
Au matin, l’ivresse de Nabal étant dissipée, sa femme lui conta ces faits; il sentit son cœur défaillir et devint comme une pierre.
38 And it was about [the] ten the days and he struck Yahweh Nabal and he died.
Environ dix jours après, Nabal, frappé d’un coup du ciel, expirait.
39 And he heard David that he had died Nabal and he said [be] blessed Yahweh who he has conducted [the] case of disgrace my from [the] hand of Nabal and servant his he has restrained from evil and [the] evil of Nabal he has turned back Yahweh on own head his and he sent David and he spoke with Abigail to take her for himself to a wife.
En apprenant la mort de Nabal, David dit: "Béni soit le Seigneur, qui s’est intéressé à mon injure et en a puni Nabal! Il a épargné un méfait à son serviteur, et le méfait de Nabal, il l’a fait retomber sur sa tête." Puis David envoya faire parler à Abigaïl, désirant la prendre pour femme.
40 And they went [the] servants of David to Abigail Carmel towards and they spoke to her saying David he has sent us to you to take you for himself to a wife.
Les serviteurs de David vinrent trouver Abigaïl à Carmel, et lui dirent: "David nous a envoyés vers toi, voulant te prendre pour épouse."
41 And she arose and she bowed down face [the] ground towards and she said here! maidservant your to a maid to wash [the] feet of [the] servants of lord my.
Et elle se leva, se prosterna la face contre terre et dit: "Ta servante est prête à laver, comme esclave, les pieds des serviteurs de mon maître."
42 And she made haste and she arose Abigail and she rode on the donkey and five maids her who walked to foot her and she went after [the] messengers of David and she became of him a wife.
Aussitôt Abigail se releva et monta sur un âne, suivie par ses cinq servantes elle partit à la suite des envoyés de David et devint son épouse.
43 And Ahinoam he had taken David from Jezreel and they became also both of them of him wives.
David avait également épousé Ahinoam, de Jezreël, de sorte qu’il les eut toutes deux pour femmes.
44 And Saul he had given Michal daughter his [the] wife of David to Palti [the] son of Laish who [was] from Gallim.
Pour Saül, il avait fait épouser Mikhal, sa fille, femme de David, par Palti, fils de Layich, de Gallim.
