Judges 8
1 And they said to him [the] man of Ephraim what? [is] the thing this [which] you have done to us to not to summon us that you went to fight against Midian and they quarreled! with him with force.
Les gens d’Ephraïm dirent à Gédéon: "Pourquoi as-tu agi ainsi à notre égard, de ne pas nous appeler quand tu es allé faire la guerre à Madian!" Et ils disputèrent violemment avec Gédéon.
2 And he said to them what? have I done now like you ¿ not good [are] [the] gleanings of Ephraim more than [the] grape harvest of Abiezer.
Mais il leur répondit: "Qu’est-ce que mes exploits en comparaison du vôtre! Certes, le grappillage d’Ephraïm vaut mieux que toute la vendange d’Abiézer!
3 In hand your he has given God [the] commanders of Midian Oreb and Zeeb and what? have I been able to do like you then it relaxed spirit their from on him when said he the word this.
Dieu a fait tomber en vos mains les princes de Madian, Oreb et Zeêb; qu’ai-je pu faire d’aussi beau?" Ce discours désarma leur colère.
4 And he came Gideon the Jordan towards [was] passing over he and three hundred the man who [were] with him [were] exhausted and pursuing.
Or, Gédéon atteignit le Jourdain et le traversa avec les trois cents hommes qui l’accompagnaient, fatigués à poursuivre l’ennemi;
5 And he said to [the] people of Succoth give please round loaves of bread to the people which [is] at feet my for [are] exhausted they and I [am] pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna [the] kings of Midian.
et il dit aux gens de Souccot: "Donnez donc quelques pains à cette troupe qui me suit; car ils sont harassés, et je poursuis avec eux Zébah et Çalmounna, rois de Madian."
6 And he said [the] officials of Succoth ¿ [is] [the] hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in hand your that we will give to army your bread.
Les principaux de Souccot répondirent: "Tiens-tu déjà le poignet de Zébah et Çalmounna dans ta main, pour que nous donnions du pain à ton armée?"
7 And he said Gideon therefore when gives Yahweh Zebah and Zalmunna in hand my and I will thresh flesh your with thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
"Puisque c’est ainsi, dit Gédéon, quand l’Eternel m’aura livré Zébah et Çalmounna, je battrai votre chair avec les épines et les ronces du désert."
8 And he went up from there Penuel and he spoke to them like this and they answered him [the] men of Penuel just as they had answered [the] men of Succoth.
De là il monta à Penouel et fit semblable demande aux habitants, qui lui répondirent comme avaient fait ceux de Souccot.
9 And he said also to [the] men of Penuel saying when return I in peace I will tear down the tower this.
Et il menaça à leur tour les gens de Penouel en disant: "Quand je reviendrai vainqueur, je démolirai cette tour!"
10 And Zebah and Zalmunna [were] in Karkor and armies their [were] with them about fif-teen thousand all those [who] remained of all [the] army of [the] people of [the] east and those [who] fell [were] one hundred and twenty thousand man [who] drew [the] sword.
Zébah et Çalmounna étaient alors à Karkor avec leurs troupes, comptant environ quinze mille hommes, tout ce qui restait de la grande armée des Orientaux: cent vingt mille guerriers avaient péri.
11 And he went up Gideon [the] way of those [who] dwell in tents from [the] east of Nobah and Jogbehah and he attacked the army and the army it was security.
Gédéon s’y achemina par la route des nomades, à l’orient de Nobah et de Yogbeha, et il attaqua le camp, qui était plein de sécurité.
12 And they fled Zebah and Zalmunna and he pursued after them and he captured [the] two - [the] kings of Midian Zebah and Zalmunna and all the army he routed.
Zébah et Çalmounna s’enfuirent; il les poursuivit, s’empara de ces deux rois de Madian, et mit toute l’armée en déroute.
13 And he returned Gideon [the] son of Joash from the battle from to [the] ascent of Heres.
La guerre terminée, Gédéon, fils de Joas, revint par la montée de Hérès;
14 And he captured a young man one of [the] men of Succoth and he enquired of him and he wrote down to him [the] officials of Succoth and elders its seventy and seven man.
et il arrêta un jeune homme, habitant de Souccot, qu’il interrogea, et qui lui écrivit les noms des notables et anciens de Souccot, au nombre de soixante-dix-sept hommes.
15 And he came to [the] men of Succoth and he said here! Zebah and Zalmunna whom you taunted me saying ¿ [is] [the] hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in hand your that we will give to men your weary bread.
Il alla trouver les gens de Souccot et leur dit: "Les voilà, ce Zébah et ce Çalmounna dont vous me disiez insolemment: Tiens-tu déjà leur poignet dans ta main, pour que nous donnions du pain à ta troupe fatiguée?"
16 And he took [the] elders of the city and [the] thorns of the wilderness and the briers and he taught with them [the] men of Succoth.
Alors il se saisit des anciens de la ville, et châtia ces habitants de Souccot avec les épines et les ronces du désert.
17 And [the] tower of Penuel he tore down and he killed [the] men of the city.
Il démolit aussi la tour de Penouel, et fit périr les habitants de la ville.
18 And he said to Zebah and to Zalmunna where? [are] the men whom you killed at Tabor (and they said *L(abh)*) like you like them one [was] like [the] appearance of [the] sons of the king.
Il dit alors à Zébah et à Çalmounna: "Qu’étaient ces hommes que vous avez tués à Thabor?" Ils répondirent: "Toi et eux, c’est tout un: ils avaient des mines de princes."
19 And he said [were] brothers my [the] sons of mother my they [by] [the] life of Yahweh if you had let live them not I killed you.
"C’Étaient mes frères, s’écria-t-il, les fils de ma mère! Par le Dieu vivant! si vous les aviez épargnés, je ne vous ferais pas mourir."
20 And he said to Jether firstborn his arise kill them and not he drew the young man sword his for he was afraid for still he [was] a young man.
Et il dit à Yéther, son fils aîné: "Çà, tue-les!" Mais celui-ci ne dégaina point, car il n’osait, étant encore jeune.
21 And he said Zebah and Zalmunna arise you and fall on us for [is] like the man strength his and he arose Gideon and he killed Zebah and Zalmunna and he took the ornaments which [were] on [the] necks of camels their.
Zébah et Çalmounna lui dirent: "Va, frappe-nous toi-même: tel homme, telle vigueur!" Et il tua Zébah et Çalmounna, et prit les croissants qui étaient au cou de leurs chameaux.
22 And they said [the] man of Israel to Gideon rule over us both you as well as son your as well as [the] son of son your for you have delivered us from [the] hand of Midian.
Les Israélites dirent à Gédéon: "Gouverne-nous, toi, puis ton fils, puis ton petit-fils, puisque tu nous as sauvés de la puissance de Madian."
23 And he said to them Gideon not I will rule I over you and not he will rule son my over you Yahweh he will rule over you.
Gédéon leur répondit: "Ni moi ni mon fils ne vous gouvernerons: Dieu seul doit régner sur vous.
24 And he said to them Gideon let me ask from you a petition and give to me everyone earring of plunder his for earrings of gold [belonged] to them for [were] Ishmaelites they.
Toutefois, ajouta Gédéon, je voudrais vous demander une chose: donnez-moi chacun les boucles prises aux ennemis." En effet, ceux-ci avaient des boucles d’or, étant Ismaélites.
25 And they said certainly we will give [them] and they spread out the garment and they threw there towards everyone earring of plunder his.
ils répondirent: "Volontiers nous les donnons." Et l’on étala un manteau et chacun y jeta les boucles de son butin.
26 And it was [the] weight of [the] earrings of gold which he asked for one thousand and seven hundred gold apart from the ornaments and the pendants and [the] garments of purple that [were] on [the] kings of Midian and apart from the necklaces which [were] on [the] necks of camels their.
Le poids de ces boucles d’or qu’il avait demandées fut de dix-sept cents sicles d’or, indépendamment des croissants, des pendants d’oreilles, des vêtements de pourpre que portaient les rois de Madian, et des colliers qui étaient au cou de leurs chameaux.
27 And he made it Gideon into an ephod and he placed it in city his in Ophrah and they acted as prostitutes all Israel after it there and it became for Gideon and for household his a snare.
Gédéon en fit un éphod, qu’il plaça dans sa ville natale, à Ofra. Mais Israël y vint en faire l’objet d’un culte impur, et ce fut un écueil pour Gédéon et pour sa famille.
28 And it was subdued Midian before [the] people of Israel and not they repeated to lift up head their and it was at peace the land forty year[s] in [the] days of Gideon.
Du reste, Madian demeura abaissé devant les Israélites, et ne releva plus la tête; et le pays fut en repos pendant quarante années, tant que vécut Gédéon.
29 And he went Jerub-Baal [the] son of Joash and he dwelt in own house his.
Jérubbaal, fils de Joas, s’en alla donc demeurer chez lui.
30 And to Gideon they belonged seventy sons [who] came out of thigh his for wives many they belonged to him.
Gédéon eut soixante-dix fils formant sa descendance, car il avait plusieurs femmes.
31 And concubine his who [was] in Shechem she bore to him also she a son and he made name his Abimelech.
Sa concubine, qui demeurait à Sichem, lui enfanta aussi un fils, à qui il donna le nom d’Abimélec.
32 And he died Gideon [the] son of Joash in old age good and he was buried in [the] tomb of Joash father his in Ophrah of [the] Abi-ezrite[s].
Gédéon, fils de Joas, mourut dans une heureuse vieillesse, et fut enseveli dans le sépulcre de son père Joas, à Ofra, ville des Abiézrites.
33 And it was just when he had died Gideon and they turned back [the] people of Israel and they acted as prostitutes after the Baals and they made for themselves Baal-Berith into god.
Après la mort de Gédéon, les Israélites se prostituèrent de nouveau au culte des Bealim, et adoptèrent pour dieu Baal-Berith,
34 And not they remembered [the] people of Israel Yahweh God their who delivered them from [the] hand of all enemies their from round about.
oubliant ainsi l’Eternel, leur Dieu, qui les avait soustraits au pouvoir de tous leurs ennemis d’alentour.
35 And not they did loyalty with [the] house of Jerub-Baal Gideon according to all the good which he had done with Israel.
Ils n’agirent pas non plus avec bienveillance envers la famille de Jérubbaal-Gédéon, pour tout le bien qu’il avait fait à Israël.
