1 Samuel 14
1 One day, Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me; we will go over to where the Philistia soldiers have put up their tents.” [So they went], but Jonathan did not tell his father [what they were going to do].
Un jour, Jonathan, fils de Saül, dit au jeune homme qui portait son armure: « Viens! Allons vers la garnison des Philistins qui est de l'autre côté. » Mais il ne le dit pas à son père.
2 On that day, Saul and the 600 soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah.
Saül resta à l'extrémité de Guibea, sous le grenadier qui est à Migron, et le peuple qui était avec lui était d'environ six cents hommes,
3 Ahijah the priest was also there. He was wearing the sacred vest. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas, who was the son of Eli, who had been Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh. No one knew that Jonathan had left [the Israeli camp].
dont Achija, fils d'Achitub, frère d'Ichabod, fils de Phinées, fils d'Eli, prêtre de Yahvé à Silo, portant un éphod. Le peuple ne savait pas que Jonathan était parti.
4 Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow (pass/place between two cliffs) to get to where the Philistia army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh.
Entre les cols par lesquels Jonathan cherchait à passer à la garnison des Philistins, il y avait un rocher d'un côté et un rocher de l'autre côté; le nom de l'un était Bozez, et le nom de l'autre Seneh.
5 One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].
L'un des rochers s'élevait au nord, en face de Michmash, et l'autre au sud, en face de Guéba.
6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me. We will go to where those (pagans/people who do not believe in Yahweh) [MTY] have set up their tents. Perhaps Yahweh will help us. It does not matter whether we are only two men or many people; nothing can hinder Yahweh from enabling us to defeat them.”
Jonathan dit au jeune homme qui portait son armure: « Viens! Allons voir la garnison de ces incirconcis. Il se peut que Yahvé travaille pour nous, car rien n'empêche Yahvé de sauver par beaucoup ou par peu. »
7 The young man who was carrying Jonathan’s weapons said, “Do what you think is the best thing for us to do. I will help you.”
Le porteur de l'armure lui dit: « Fais tout ce que tu as dans le cœur. Va, et voici, je suis avec toi selon ton cœur. »
8 Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us.
Jonathan dit alors: « Voici, nous allons passer devant les hommes et nous nous montrerons à eux.
9 If they then say to us, ‘You two stay there until we come down to you,’ we will stay there and not go up to them.
S'ils nous disent: « Attendez que nous venions à vous », nous resterons à notre place et nous ne monterons pas vers eux.
10 But if they say to us, ‘Come up here [and fight against] us,’ that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them.”
Mais s'ils nous disent: « Montez vers nous », nous monterons, car l'Éternel les a livrés entre nos mains. Ce sera pour nous un signe. »
11 When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!”
Tous deux se révélèrent à la garnison des Philistins, et les Philistins dirent: « Voici les Hébreux qui sortent des trous où ils s'étaient cachés! »
12 Then the Philistia soldiers who were closest to Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons said, “Come up here, and we will teach you something [about how to fight] [IDM]!” Jonathan said to the young man who was with him, “Come behind me and climb up, because Yahweh is going to help us to defeat them!”
Les hommes de la garnison répondirent à Jonathan et à son porteur d'armure en disant: « Venez vers nous, nous allons vous montrer quelque chose! ». Jonathan dit à son porteur d'armes: « Monte après moi, car l'Éternel les a livrés entre les mains d'Israël. »
13 So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet [because it was very steep]. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistia soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan.
Jonathan monta sur ses mains et sur ses pieds, et le porteur de ses armes le suivit; ils tombèrent devant Jonathan, et le porteur de ses armes les tua après lui.
14 In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.
Cette première tuerie, que Jonathan et le porteur de ses armes firent, concernait environ vingt hommes, soit la moitié de la longueur d'un sillon dans un acre de terre.
15 Then all the other Philistia soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israeli towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified/very afraid.
Il y eut un tremblement dans le camp, dans les champs et parmi tout le peuple; la garnison et les pillards tremblèrent aussi; la terre trembla, et il y eut un très grand tremblement.
16 Saul’s (lookouts/men who were watching to see if enemies were coming) were in Gibeah [town] in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistia army were running away in all directions.
Les sentinelles de Saül, à Guibea de Benjamin, regardèrent; et voici que la foule se fondit et se dispersa.
17 Saul [realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistia army. So he] said to the soldiers who were with him, “Check to see if any of our men are not here.” So they checked, and they found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.
Alors Saül dit au peuple qui était avec lui: « Comptez maintenant, et voyez qui manque parmi nous. » Quand ils eurent compté, voici que Jonathan et le porteur de son armure n'étaient pas là.
18 So Saul said to Ahijah [the Supreme Priest], “Bring the sacred vest here [and find out what we should do].” On that day Ahijah was wearing the sacred vest, going in front of the Israelis.
Saül dit à Achija: « Amène ici l'arche de Dieu. » Car l'arche de Dieu était en ce temps-là avec les enfants d'Israël.
19 But while Saul was talking to the priest, [he saw that] the Philistia soldiers were becoming more panicked/confused. So Saul said to Ahijah, “Take your hand down [from the sacred vest. Do not waste any more time using the marked stones in the vest to find out what Yahweh wants us to do.”]
Pendant que Saül parlait au prêtre, le tumulte qui régnait dans le camp des Philistins continuait et augmentait; Saül dit au prêtre: « Retire ta main! »
20 Then Saul gathered his men and they went toward the battle. They found that the Philistia soldiers were so confused that they were striking each other with their swords.
Saül et tout le peuple qui était avec lui se rassemblèrent et vinrent au combat; et voici, ils se frappaient tous avec leurs épées dans une très grande confusion.
21 Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men [revolted and] joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers.
Les Hébreux qui étaient auparavant avec les Philistins et qui étaient montés avec eux dans le camp de tous les côtés, se tournèrent aussi vers les Israélites qui étaient avec Saül et Jonathan.
22 Some of the Israeli soldiers had previously run away and hidden in the mountains where the tribe of Ephraim lived. But when they heard that the Philistia soldiers were running away, they [came down and] joined the other Israeli soldiers and pursued the Philistia soldiers.
De même, tous les hommes d'Israël qui s'étaient cachés dans la montagne d'Ephraïm, ayant appris la fuite des Philistins, les suivirent de près dans la bataille.
23 So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].
L'Éternel sauva Israël ce jour-là, et la bataille passa près de Beth Aven.
24 Before Saul’s soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, “I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, [Yahweh] will curse/punish him.” So none of the Israeli soldiers ate any food, and they became faint/weak because they were very hungry.
Ce jour-là, les hommes d'Israël furent dans l'angoisse, car Saül avait adressé au peuple cette injonction: « Maudit soit l'homme qui mangera quelque chose jusqu'au soir, et je serai vengé de mes ennemis. » Ainsi, aucun des membres du peuple ne goûta de nourriture.
25 The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
Tout le peuple entra dans la forêt; et il y avait du miel sur le sol.
26 They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
Quand le peuple fut arrivé dans la forêt, voici que du miel coulait, mais personne ne mit la main à sa bouche, car le peuple craignait le serment.
27 But Jonathan did not hear what his father commanded [because he had left the camp very early in the morning]. So [when he saw] a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.
Mais Jonathan n'entendit pas quand son père donna l'ordre au peuple de prêter serment. Il sortit donc l'extrémité de la verge qu'il tenait à la main, la trempa dans le rayon de miel et porta la main à sa bouche; et ses yeux s'illuminèrent.
28 But one of the Israeli soldiers saw him and said to him, “Your father solemnly declared to us that [Yahweh] would curse/punish anyone who ate any food today. So now we are [very tired and] weak from being hungry [because we obeyed him].”
Alors l'un des membres du peuple prit la parole et dit: « Ton père a donné un ordre direct au peuple, avec serment, en disant: « Maudit soit l'homme qui mange aujourd'hui. » Alors, le peuple s'évanouit.
29 Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!
Jonathan dit alors: « Mon père a troublé le pays. Voyez comme mes yeux se sont éclaircis parce que j'ai goûté un peu de ce miel.
30 If he had permitted all of us to eat from the food we took from our enemies while we were pursuing them, we would have been able to kill many more of their soldiers!”
Combien plus, si le peuple avait mangé aujourd'hui du butin de ses ennemis qu'il a trouvé? Car il n'y a pas eu de grand carnage chez les Philistins. »
31 The Israelis pursued and killed Philistia soldiers all that day, from Micmash [town west] to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry.
Ce jour-là, ils frappèrent les Philistins depuis Michmash jusqu'à Ajalon. Le peuple était très affaibli.
32 They had taken [many] sheep and cattle that the Philistia soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals.
Le peuple se jeta sur le butin, prit des moutons, des bœufs et des veaux, les tua à terre, et le peuple les mangea avec le sang.
33 One of the soldiers told Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul replied [to the men who were near him], “They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!”
On en informa Saül, en disant: « Voici que le peuple pèche contre l'Éternel, en mangeant de la viande avec le sang. » Il a dit: « Tu as été déloyal. Fais-moi rouler une grosse pierre aujourd'hui! »
34 After they did that, he said to those men, “Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, [and drain the blood] before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat [from some animal] without draining its blood.” So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to [worship] Yahweh.
Saül dit: « Dispersez-vous parmi le peuple, et dites-leur: « Que chacun m'amène ici son bœuf et que chacun amène son mouton, que vous les tuiez ici, et que vous mangiez; et ne péchez pas contre Yahvé en mangeant de la viande avec le sang. » Tout le peuple amena chacun son bœuf cette nuit-là, et les tua là.
35 That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.
Saül bâtit un autel à Yahvé. Ce fut le premier autel qu'il construisit à l'Éternel.
36 Then Saul said [to the Israeli soldiers], “Let’s pursue the Philistia soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive.” The Israeli soldiers answered, “We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do.” But the priest said, “We should ask Yahweh [what he thinks we should do].”
Saül dit: « Descendons après les Philistins pendant la nuit, et faisons du pillage parmi eux jusqu'à la lumière du matin. Ne laissons pas un seul homme parmi eux. » Ils ont dit: « Fais ce qui te semble bon. » Alors le prêtre a dit: « Approchons-nous ici de Dieu. »
37 So Saul asked God, “Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?” But God did not answer Saul that day.
Saül demanda conseil à Dieu: « Dois-je descendre après les Philistins? Les livreras-tu entre les mains d'Israël? » Mais il ne lui répondit pas ce jour-là.
38 Then Saul summoned all the leaders of his army. He said to them, “[I am sure that God has not answered me because] someone has sinned. We must find out what sin someone has committed.
Saül dit: « Approchez ici, vous tous, chefs du peuple, et sachez et voyez en qui ce péché a été commis aujourd'hui.
39 Yahweh has rescued us [from the Philistia army]. Just as certain as Yahweh lives, whoever has sinned must be executed. Even if it is my son Jonathan who has sinned, he must be executed.” [His men knew who was guilty], but none of them said anything [to Saul].
Car l'Éternel est vivant, lui qui sauve Israël, et si c'est en Jonathan, mon fils, qu'il a péché, il mourra. » Mais il n'y eut pas un homme parmi tout le peuple qui lui répondit.
40 Then Saul said to all the Israeli soldiers, “You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side.” His men replied, “Do whatever you think is best.”
Alors il dit à tout Israël: « Vous serez d'un côté, et moi et Jonathan, mon fils, nous serons de l'autre côté. » Le peuple dit à Saul: « Fais ce qui te semble bon. »
41 Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelis’ God, “Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty.” Then the priest (cast lots/threw the stones that were marked), and they indicated that it was [either] Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty.
Saül dit à Yahvé, le Dieu d'Israël: « Montre la droite. » Jonathan et Saul ont été choisis, mais le peuple s'est échappé.
42 Then Saul said to the priest, “Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty.” So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one.
Saül dit: « Jetez le sort entre moi et Jonathan, mon fils. » Jonathan a été sélectionné.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done [that was wrong].” Jonathan replied, “I ate a little bit of honey. It was only a little bit that was on the end of my stick. Do I [deserve to be] executed [because of doing that]?”
Alors Saül dit à Jonathan: « Dis-moi ce que tu as fait! » Jonathan lui en fit part et dit: « J'ai certainement goûté un peu de miel avec le bout de la verge qui était dans ma main; et voici que je dois mourir. »
44 Saul replied, “Yes, you must be executed! I hope/wish that God will strike me and kill me if you are not executed for having done that!”
Saül dit: « Que Dieu fasse ainsi et plus encore, car tu vas mourir, Jonathan. »
45 But the Israeli soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelis. Should he be executed for eating some honey [RHQ]? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner [IDM], [because] today God helped Jonathan [to kill many soldiers of the Philistia army]!” So [by saying that] the Israeli soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.
Le peuple dit à Saül: « Jonathan va-t-il mourir, lui qui a opéré ce grand salut en Israël? Loin de là! Yahvé est vivant, il ne tombera pas à terre un seul cheveu de sa tête, car il a travaillé avec Dieu aujourd'hui! ». Le peuple sauva donc Jonathan, et il ne mourut pas.
46 Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.
Puis Saül cessa de suivre les Philistins, et les Philistins s'en allèrent chez eux.
47 After Saul became the ruler/king of the Israeli people, his army fought against their enemies in many areas. They fought against armies of the Moab people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Edom people-group, the kings of Zobah [city/area], and the Philistia people-group. Wherever the Israeli army fought, they defeated their enemies.
Lorsque Saül eut pris le pouvoir sur Israël, il combattit tous ses ennemis de toutes parts: contre Moab, contre les enfants d'Ammon, contre Édom, contre les rois de Tsoba et contre les Philistins. Partout où il se tournait, il les battait.
48 Saul’s army fought bravely and defeated the [very tall] descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelis from those who had (plundered/forcefully taken things from) them.
Il fit preuve de vaillance, frappa les Amalécites et délivra Israël des mains de ceux qui le pillaient.
49 Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal.
Les fils de Saül étaient Jonathan, Ishvi et Malkishua; et les noms de ses deux filles étaient les suivants: le nom de l'aînée Merab, et le nom de la cadette Mical.
50 Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, who was the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
Le nom de la femme de Saül était Ahinoam, fille d'Ahimaaz. Le nom du chef de son armée était Abner, fils de Ner, oncle de Saül.
51 Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.
Kish était le père de Saül, et Ner, père d'Abner, était le fils d'Abiel.
52 All the time that Saul was alive, his army fought against the Philistia army. And whenever Saul saw a young man who was (brave/not afraid to fight) and strong, he forced him to join his army.
Il y eut une guerre sévère contre les Philistins pendant toute la durée de Saül; et quand Saül voyait un homme fort ou un homme vaillant, il le prenait à son service.
