1 Samuel 19
1 Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
Et Saül parla à Jonathan son fils et à tous ses serviteurs de faire mourir David; mais Jonathan fils de Saül était fort affectionné à David.
2 So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
C'est pourquoi Jonathan le fit savoir à David, et lui dit: Saül mon père cherche de te faire mourir; maintenant donc tiens-toi sur tes gardes, je te prie, jusqu'au matin, et demeure en quelque lieu secret, et te cache.
3 I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
Et quand je me serai tenu auprès de mon père, je sortirai au champ où tu seras; car je parlerai de toi à mon père; et je verrai ce qu'il en sera, et te le ferai savoir.
4 [The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
Jonathan donc parla favorablement de David à Saül son père, et lui dit: Que le Roi ne pèche point contre son serviteur David, car il n'a point péché contre toi; et même ce qu'il a fait t'est fort avantageux.
5 He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
Car il a exposé sa vie, et a frappé le Philistin, et l'Eternel a donné une grande délivrance à tout Israël, tu l'as vu, et tu t'en es réjoui; pourquoi donc pécherais-tu contre le sang innocent, en faisant mourir David sans cause?
6 Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
Et Saül prêta l'oreille à la voix de Jonathan et jura: L'Eternel et vivant, si on le fait mourir.
7 Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
Alors Jonathan appela David, et lui récita toutes ces choses. Et Jonathan amena David à Saül, et il fut à son service comme auparavant.
8 One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
Et la guerre recommença, et David sortit et combattit contre les Philistins, et en fit un grand carnage, de sorte qu'ils s'enfuirent de devant lui.
9 But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
Or l'esprit malin [envoyé] de l'Eternel fut sur Saül, comme il était assis dans sa maison, ayant sa hallebarde en sa main, et David jouait de sa main.
10 Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped.
Et Saül cherchait de frapper David avec la hallebarde jusqu'à la paroi; mais il se glissa de devant Saül, qui frappa la paroi de la hallebarde: et David s'enfuit, et échappa cette nuit-là.
11 Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
Mais Saül envoya des messagers en la maison de David, pour le garder, et le faire mourir au matin. Ce que Mical, femme de David lui apprit, en disant: Si tu ne te sauves, demain on te va faire mourir.
12 So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
Et Mical fit descendre David par une fenêtre; et ainsi il s'en alla, et s'enfuit, et échappa.
13 Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
Ensuite Mical prit un simulacre, et le mit au lit, et mit à son chevet une hure de poil de chèvre, et le couvrit d'un vêtement.
14 When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
Et quand Saül envoya des gens pour prendre David, elle dit: Il est malade.
15 [When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!”
Saül envoya encore des gens pour prendre David, en [leur] disant: Apportez-le-moi dans son lit, afin que je le fasse mourir.
16 But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head.
Ces gens donc vinrent, et voici, un simulacre était au lit, et la hure de poil de chèvre à son chevet.
17 [When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
[Et] Saül dit à Mical: Pourquoi m'as-tu ainsi trompé, et as-tu laissé aller mon ennemi, de sorte qu'il est échappé? Et Mical répondit à Saül: Il m'a dit: Laisse-moi aller; pourquoi te tuerais-je?
18 After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
Ainsi David s'enfuit, et échappa, et s'en vint vers Samuel à Rama, et lui raconta tout ce que Saül lui avait fait. Puis il s'en alla avec Samuel, et ils demeurèrent à Najoth.
19 Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
Et on le rapporta à Saül, en lui disant: Voilà, David est à Najoth en Rama.
20 So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
Alors Saül envoya des gens pour prendre David, lesquels virent une assemblée de Prophètes qui prophétisaient, et Samuel, qui présidait sur eux, se tenait là; et l'esprit de Dieu vint sur les hommes envoyés par Saül, et eux aussi firent les prophètes.
21 When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
Et quand on l'eut rapporté à Saül, il envoya d'autres gens, qui firent aussi les prophètes. Et Saül continua d'envoyer des gens pour la troisième fois, et ils firent aussi les prophètes.
22 Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
Puis lui-même aussi alla à Rama, et vint jusqu'à la grande fosse qui est à Secu, et s'informa disant: Où sont Samuel et David? et on lui répondit: Les voilà à Najoth en Rama.
23 While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
Et il s'en alla à Najoth en Rama; et l'esprit de Dieu fut aussi sur lui, et continuant son chemin il fit le prophète, jusqu'à ce qu'il fût venu à Najoth en Rama.
24 There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
Il se dépouilla aussi de ses vêtements, et fit le prophète lui-même en la présence de Samuel; et se jeta par terre nu, tout ce jour-là, et toute la nuit. C'est pourquoi on dit: Saül aussi [est-]il entre les Prophètes?
