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 serviteur qui portait ses armes: "Viens, nous allons attaquer le poste des Philistins qui est là, de l’autre côté"; mais il n’en dit rien 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 était alors à l’extrémité de la colline, sous le grenadier qui s’élève à Migron, et la troupe sous ses ordres 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].
Ahiya, fils d’Ahitoub, frère d’Ikabod, fils de Phinéas, fils d’Héli, était alors prêtre du Seigneur à Silo, et revêtu de l’éphod. Le peuple ignorait également l’entreprise de Jonathan.
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.
Or, entre les passages par où Jonathan voulait surprendre le poste des Philistins, une pointe de rocher s’élevait d’un côté, et une pointe de rocher de l’autre, l’une appelée Bocêç, l’autre Séné;
5 One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].
l’une était située vers Mikhmach, au nord, l’autre au midi vers Ghéba.
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 donc dit à son écuyer: "Viens, nous allons attaquer le poste de ces incirconcis, peut-être le Seigneur nous fera-t-il réussir; car pour lui point d’obstacle, il peut donner la victoire au petit nombre comme au grand."
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.”
L’Écuyer lui répondit: "Agis absolument à ton gré, va où tu veux, je suis prêt à te suivre."
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.
"Ecoute, reprit Jonathan: nous allons nous glisser vers ces hommes, puis nous nous ferons voir 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.
Si alors ils nous disent: "Halte! Nous allons vous joindre", nous resterons en place et 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 disent: "Montez vers nous", nous irons, car l’Eternel nous les aura livrés, et ce mot en sera pour nous le pronostic."
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!”
Lorsqu’ils furent aperçus tous deux par les hommes du poste, les Philistins dirent: "Voilà des 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!”
Et les hommes du poste, interpellant Jonathan et son écuyer: "Montez ici, dirent-ils, nous avons quelque chose à vous apprendre." Alors Jonathan dit à son écuyer: "Suis-moi là-haut, l’Eternel les livre au pouvoir 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.
Et Jonathan monta, en s’aidant des mains et des pieds, et son écuyer le suivit; ils tombèrent sous les coups de Jonathan, tandis que l’écuyer donnait la mort à sa suite.
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 défaite, où Jonathan et son serviteur tuèrent une vingtaine d’hommes, eut lieu dans l’espace d’un demi-arpent de terre environ.
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.
L’Effroi fut au camp, dans la campagne, dans toute l’armée; les avant-postes et le corps d’invasion tremblèrent à leur tour; la contrée fut en émoi, et cela devint une terreur de Dieu.
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 postées par Saül à Ghibea-de-Benjamin signalèrent cette multitude en désordre, qui courait éperdue.
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.
Saül dit alors à sa troupe: "Comptez-vous, et voyez qui nous a quittés." On fit l’appel et on constata l’absence de Jonathan et de son écuyer.
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 Ahiya: "Fais avancer l’arche du Seigneur!" car l’arche du Seigneur, ce jour-là, était auprès des 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.”]
Mais pendant que Saül parlait au prêtre, la confusion allait croissant dans le camp des Philistins… Alors 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.
Et Saül se mit en mouvement avec tout son monde, et, arrivés sur le terrain de la lutte, ils les virent s’entre-tuant de leurs glaives dans une effroyable mêlée.
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, antérieurement, avaient passé aux Philistins, et qui, répandus dans leur armée, avaient pris part à leur expédition, firent cause commune avec les Israélites rangés sous les ordres de Saül et de 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.
Pareillement, tous les Israélites cachés dans la montagne d’Ephraïm, apprenant la déroute des Philistins, reprirent l’offensive en les poursuivant.
23 So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].
L’Eternel donna, en cette occurrence, la victoire à Israël; la lutte s’était étendue jusqu’à Beth-Avên.
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.
Or, les Israélites avaient été surmenés ce jour-là, et Saül avait adjuré le peuple en disant: "Malheur à celui qui prendrait de la nourriture avant le soir, avant que j’aie fait justice de mes ennemis!" Et le peuple entier ne goûta quoi que ce fût.
25 The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
Toute l’armée était arrivée à un bois, où la surface du sol était couverte de miel.
26 They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
En arrivant dans le bois, le peuple vit ce miel ruisselant; mais, craignant les effets de l’adjuration, personne n’y porta la main pour en goûter.
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.
Toutefois Jonathan, ignorant que son père avait adjuré le peuple, étendit la baguette qu’il tenait à la main, en trempa l’extrémité dans un rayon de miel, et, avec la main, le porta à sa bouche, ce qui lui éclaircit la vue.
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].”
Quelqu’un du peuple s’écria: "Ton père a adjuré le peuple en disant: Malheur à qui prendra de la nourriture aujourd’hui! Et le peuple est exténué."
29 Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!
Jonathan répondit "Mon père a fait tort au pays: voyez donc comme mes yeux se sont éclaircis, pour avoir 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!”
Et certes, si le peuple s’était restauré aujourd’hui du butin fait sur les ennemis, combien la défaite des Philistins ne serait-elle pas plus considérable!"
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 on tailla en pièces les Philistins, depuis Mikhmach jusqu’à Ayyalôn; mais le peuple était bien harassé.
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.
Aussi se rua-t-il sur le butin: brebis, bœufs, veaux, ils s’en saisirent, les égorgèrent à même le sol, en mangèrent la chair 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 le rapporta à Saül en disant: "Le peuple offense le Seigneur, en mangeant la chair avec le sang!" Et il dit: "Vous agissez en infidèles! Roulez-moi ici sur l’heure une grosse pierre.
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.
Répandez-vous dans l’armée, continua Saül, et dites-leur de m’amener chacun son bœuf ou sa menue bête, de l’égorger ici et de la manger; de la sorte, vous ne commettrez pas envers Dieu le péché de manger avec le sang." Et chacun parmi le peuple amena ses bêtes cette même nuit, et on les tua là.
35 That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.
Saül bâtit un autel au Seigneur: ce fut le premier autel qu’il éleva en son honneur.
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].”
Et Saül dit: "Courons cette nuit à la poursuite des Philistins, accablons-les jusqu’au matin, n’en laissons pas survivre un seul!" On lui répondit: "Fais comme il te plaira…" Mais le prêtre dit: "Approchons-nous d’abord du Seigneur."
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 consulta donc le Seigneur: "Dois-je, dit-il, me mettre à la poursuite des Philistins? Les livreras-tu au pouvoir d’Israël?" Mais il ne lui fut pas répondu cette fois.
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.
Alors Saül dit: "Avancez ici, tous les rangs du peuple, afin de savoir et de constater quel péché s’est commis en ce jour!
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].
Oui, par le Dieu vivant qui protège Israël, quand il s’agirait de Jonathan mon fils, il devra mourir!" Personne du peuple ne 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.”
Et il dit à tout Israël: "Vous, mettez-vous d’un côté; moi et mon fils Jonathan, nous serons de l’autre." Le peuple répondit à Saül: "Agis à ton gré."
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.
Et Saül, s’adressant à l’Eternel, dit "Dieu d’Israël, fais connaître la vérité!" Le sort atteignit Jonathan et Saül, et écarta le peuple.
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 alors: "Faites l’épreuve entre moi et mon fils Jonathan." Et le sort tomba sur Jonathan.
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]?”
"Déclare-moi ce que tu as fait!" dit Saül à Jonathan. Celui-ci l’avoua en disant: "J’Ai goûté un peu de miel avec le bout de la baguette que je tenais à la main. Je suis prêt à 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 répondit: "Dieu me soit toujours en aide aussi vrai que 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.
Mais le peuple dit à Saül "Quoi! Jonathan mourrait, lui qui a procuré une si grande victoire à Israël! Garde-toi bien, vive Dieu! de faire tomber un cheveu de sa tête, car c’est avec Dieu qu’il a agi en ce jour!" L’Intervention du peuple sauva Jonathan de la mort.
46 Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.
Saül renonça à poursuivre les Philistins, lesquels regagnèrent leur pays.
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.
Saül s’assura la royauté d’Israël en combattant tous ses ennemis d’alentour, Moab, les Ammonites, Edom, les rois de Çoba et les Philistins, et sortant vainqueur de toutes ses entreprises.
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 signala sa bravoure en battant Amalec, et délivra Israël de ses déprédateurs.
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, Yichvi et Malkichoua; et ses deux filles avaient nom, l’aînée Mérab, la plus jeune Mikhal.
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.
Pour la femme de Saül, elle se nommait Ahinoam, fille d’Ahimaaç; et son général d’armée était Abiner, fils de Ner et cousin de Saül:
51 Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.
car Kich, père de Saül, et Ner, père d’Abner, étaient fils d’Abïel.
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.
La guerre se continua violente avec les Philistins, tant que vécut Saül; et toutes les fois que Saül remarquait un homme fort, un vaillant combattant, il le faisait entrer dans sa milice.
