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. Et Jonathan, fils de Saul, était très 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].
Et Jonathan informa David en ces termes: Saül, mon père, cherche à te faire mourir; dès-lors sois dès le matin bien sur tes gardes, reste dans la retraite et cache-toi;
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].
quant à moi, je sortirai et me tiendrai aux côtés de mon père dans la campagne où tu seras, et je parlerai de toi à mon père et te communiquerai tout ce que je pourrai découvrir.
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.
Et Jonathan parla en bien de David à Saül, son père, et lui dit: Que le Roi ne se rende pas coupable envers son serviteur, envers David, car il ne s'est point rendu coupable envers toi; au contraire, ses actes te sont très 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!”
et il a mis sa vie au jeu et il a défait le Philistin, et l'Éternel a opéré une grande délivrance pour tout Israël. Tu l'as vu et t'en es réjoui. Et pourquoi te rendrais-tu coupable sur le sang innocent en faisant mourir David sans raison?
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 écouta la voix de Jonathan et fit ce serment: Par la vie de l'Éternel il ne sera pas mis à mort.
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 il lui rapporta tous ces discours, et Jonathan ramena David à Saül, et il fut en sa présence sur le même pied que ci-devant.
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 il y eut de nouveau guerre, et David se mit en campagne, et en vint aux mains avec les Philistins, et il leur fit essuyer une grande défaite, et ils fuirent 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],
Alors l'Éternel mit Saül sous l'influence d'un esprit sinistre; or il restait dans sa maison et il avait sa pique en 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 David de sa main jouait du luth. Et Saül chercha à percer avec sa pique David d'un coup qui l'attachât à la paroi; mais David l'esquiva, et la pique se planta dans la paroi, et David s'enfuit et s'échappa cette nuit même.
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!”
Cependant Saül envoya des agents au logis de David pour le surveiller et le tuer au matin. Mais Michal, sa femme, lui donna cet avis: Si tu ne sauves pas ta vie cette nuit, demain tu reçois la mort.
12 So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
Puis Michal descendit David par la fenêtre, et s'en allant il 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.
Et Michal prit le Theraphim et le mit dans le lit, et plaça la couverture de poil de chèvre à son chevet, et le recouvrit avec un tapis.
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].
Saül ayant donc envoyé les agents pour se saisir de 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!”
Et Saül renvoya les agents pour voir David, en disant: Amenez-le moi dans son lit, pour que je le tue.
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.
Et les agents entrèrent; et voilà que c'était le Theraphim qui était dans le lit, et la couverture 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]
Alors Saül dit à Michal: Pourquoi m'as-tu ainsi trompé et as-tu fait échapper mon ennemi? Et Mical dit à Saül: Il me disait: Laisse-moi partir, sinon, je te tue!
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.
Or David s'étant enfui et sauvé arriva chez Samuel à Rama, et il lui raconta tout ce que lui avait fait Saül. Et ils allèrent lui et Samuel habiter Naioth.
19 Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
Et l'avis en fut donné à Saül en ces termes: Voici, David est à Naioth, près de 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.
Et Saül envoya des agents pour arrêter David. Et à la vue du collège des prophètes qui prophétisaient sous la conduite de Samuel, les agents de Saül furent sous l'action de l'Esprit de Dieu, et ils prophétisèrent eux aussi.
21 When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
Et Saül en ayant été informé envoya d'autres agents, et ceux-ci prophétisèrent aussi. Et Saul envoya encore de troisièmes agents, et ceux-ci prophétisèrent aussi.
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].”
Alors il vint en personne à Rama; et arrivant à la grande citerne de Sechou, il interrogea en ces termes: Où sont Samuel et David? Et l'on répondit: Voici, à Naioth près de 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'achemina de ce côté-là, vers Naioth près de Rama, et il fut lui-même sous l'influence de l'Esprit de Dieu, et il cheminait toujours prophétisant jusqu'à son arrivée à Naioth près de 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]
Et lui aussi ôta ses habits, lui aussi prophétisa devant Samuel et ainsi déshabillé il fut prosterné toute cette journée et toute la nuit. C'est pourquoi on a coutume de dire: Saül est-il aussi entre les prophètes?
