1 Samuel 2
1 Then Hannah prayed, saying, “I rejoice in [what] you, [, have done]. I am strong [MET] because I belong to you. I (laugh at/ridicule) my enemies, because you, Yahweh have rescued me [from being taunted by them].
Anne pria et dit: Mon cœur tressaille de joie en Yahweh, ma corne a été élevée par Yahweh, ma bouche est ouverte sur mes ennemis, car je me suis réjouie de ton secours.
2 There is no one who is holy like you, Yahweh. There is no other god like you. There is no one like you, our God, who can protect us [as though you were putting us beneath] a huge rock [where we can hide from danger].
Nul n’est saint comme Yahweh, car il n’y a pas d’autre Dieu que toi; il n’y a pas de rocher comme notre Dieu.
3 [You people who oppose God], stop boasting! Yahweh is a God who knows [everything], and he will evaluate/judge everyone’s actions. So don’t speak so arrogantly!
Ne prononcez pas tant de paroles hautaines, qu’un langage arrogant ne sorte pas de votre bouche. Car Yahweh est un Dieu qui sait tout, et les actions de l’homme ne subsistent pas.
4 Yahweh, you break the bows/weapons of mighty soldiers, and you give strength to those who stumble [because of being weak].
L’arc des puissants est brisé, et les faibles ont la force pour ceinture.
5 Many people who previously had plenty to eat, now have to work for other people [to earn money] to buy food, but many who were always hungry are not hungry any more. The woman who did not have any children before, now has given birth to many/seven children, and the woman who had many children before, now is very lonely [because they have all died].
Ceux qui étaient rassasiés se louent pour du pain, et ceux qui étaient affamés n’ont plus faim; même la stérile enfante sept fois, et celle qui avait beaucoup de fils se flétrit.
6 Yahweh, you cause some people to die, and you restore some people who are almost dead. For some people, [it seems that they will soon] go to where the dead people are, but you cause them to become healthy again. (Sheol h7585)
Yahweh fait mourir et il fait vivre, il fait descendre au séjour des morts et il en fait remonter. (Sheol h7585)
7 Yahweh, you cause some people to be poor and you cause some people to be rich, you humble some people and you honor some people.
Yahweh appauvrit et il enrichit, il abaisse et il élève.
8 [Sometimes] you lift poor people up so that they are no longer [despondent, sitting in the dust, ] or sitting on heaps of ashes; you cause them to sit next to princes; you cause them to sit on chairs/thrones where people who are highly honored sit. Yahweh, you are the one who laid the foundations of the earth, and you have set the whole world on those foundations.
De la poussière il retire le pauvre, du fumier il relève l’indigent, pour les faire asseoir avec les princes, et il leur donne en partage un trône de gloire. Car à Yahweh sont les colonnes de la terre, et sur elles il a posé le globe.
9 You will protect your loyal/faithful people [SYN], but you will cause the wicked to die [EUP] and descend to the dark [place where dead people are]. We do not defeat [our enemies] by our own strength;
Il gardera les pas de ses pieux, mais les méchants périront dans les ténèbres. Car l’homme ne l’emportera pas par la force.
10 Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you. You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you (oppose/are angry with) them. Yahweh, you will judge [people everywhere, even those who live in] the most remote places on the earth. You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power [over his enemies].”
Yahweh! Ses ennemis seront brisés; du haut du ciel il tonnera sur eux, Yahweh jugera les extrémités de la terre. Il donnera la puissance à son roi, et il élèvera la corne de son oint.
11 Then Elkanah [and his family] returned to Ramah, but Samuel, the little boy, stayed to help Eli the priest serve Yahweh.
Elcana s’en alla dans sa maison à Rama, et l’enfant resta au service de Yahweh, devant le prêtre Héli.
12 Eli’s two [, who were also priests, ] were very wicked. They did not revere (OR, respect/obey) Yahweh.
Or les fils d’Héli étaient des hommes de Bélial, ils ne connaissaient pas Yahweh.
13 While the people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices [in the huge pot at the temple], one of Eli’s sons, [would send his servant to come with a large three-pronged fork in his hand].
Et voici la manière d’agir de ces prêtres à l’égard du peuple. Lorsque quelqu’un offrait un sacrifice, le serviteur du prêtre venait, pendant qu’on faisait bouillir la chair, tenant à la main une fourchette à trois dents;
14 [He] would stick the fork into [the meat in] the pot, and whatever meat fastened onto the fork, he would take [and give it] to the priest who sent him. Eli’s sons did this to all the Israeli people who came to Shiloh [to offer sacrifices].
il la plongeait dans la chaudière, dans le chaudron, dans la marmite ou dans le pot, et tout ce que la fourchette amenait, le prêtre le prenait pour lui. C’est ainsi qu’ils agissaient à l’égard de tous les Israélites qui venaient là, à Silo.
15 Furthermore, before the fat [on the meat] was [cut off and] and burned [as a sacrifice to Yahweh], the servant of the priest would [sometimes] come to the man who was making the sacrifice and say to him, “Give me some meat [now to take] to the priest for him to roast! He wants raw meat; he does not want boiled meat.”
Même avant qu’on fît brûler la graisse, le serviteur du prêtre venait et disait à l’homme qui offrait le sacrifice: « Donne-moi de la chair à rôtir pour le prêtre; il ne recevra pas de toi de chair bouillie, mais seulement de la chair crue. »
16 If the man said to the servant, “Let the priests [cut off and] burn the fat first; then you can take what you want,” the servant would reply, “No, give it to me now; if you do not give it to me, I will take it forcefully!”
Et si l’homme lui disait: « Qu’on fasse d’abord fumer la graisse; tu prendras ensuite ce que tu voudras, » le serviteur répondait: « Non, tu en donneras maintenant; sinon, j’en prendrai de force. »
17 Yahweh considered that the young [sons of Eli] were committing a very great sin, because they were treating very disrespectfully the offerings that were being given to Yahweh.
Le péché de ces jeunes gens était très grand devant Yahweh, parce que ces hommes attiraient le mépris sur les offrandes de Yahweh.
18 As for Samuel, who was still a very young boy, he continued to do work for Yahweh, wearing a little sacred linen vest [like the Supreme Priest wore].
Samuel faisait le service devant Yahweh: l’enfant était revêtu d’un éphod de lin.
19 Each year his mother made a [new] little robe for him and took it to him when she went up [to Shiloh] with her husband to offer a sacrifice.
Sa mère lui faisait une petite robe, qu’elle lui apportait chaque année, lorsqu’elle montait avec son mari, pour offrir le sacrifice annuel.
20 Then Eli would [ask God to] bless Elkanah and his wife, and he would say to Elkanah, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will enable your wife to give birth to other children, to take the place of the one whom she dedicated to Yahweh.” Then Elkanah and his family would return home.
Héli bénit Elcana et sa femme, en disant: « Que Yahweh te donne des enfants de cette femme, pour le don qu’elle a fait à Yahweh! » Et ils s’en retournèrent chez eux.
21 And Yahweh was very kind to Hannah, and enabled her to give birth to three [other] sons and two daughters. Their son Samuel grew up while he was doing work for Yahweh [in the Sacred Tent].
Yahweh visita Anne, et elle conçut et enfanta trois fils et deux filles. Et le jeune Samuel grandissait en la présence de Yahweh.
22 Eli became very old. He often heard about all the [evil] things that his sons were doing to the Israeli people. He heard that they [sometimes] (slept with/had sex with) the women who worked at the entrance to the tent where [God] spoke to [his people].
Héli était très vieux, et il apprit comment ses fils agissaient à l’égard de tout Israël, et qu’ils couchaient avec les femmes qui servaient à l’entrée de la tente de réunion.
23 He said to them, “(It is terrible that you do such things!/Why do you do such things?) [RHQ] Many people keep telling me about the evil things that you do.
Il leur dit: « Pourquoi faites-vous de telles choses? Car j’apprends de tout le peuple vos mauvaises actions.
24 My sons, stop it! The reports [about you] that the people who belong to Yahweh tell others are terrible [EUP]!
Non, mes enfants, la rumeur que j’entends n’est pas bonne; on fait pécher le peuple de Yahweh.
25 If one person sins against another person, God can (intercede/act as a referee) between them. But if someone sins against Yahweh, no one can [RHQ] (intercede/act as a referee) between them!” But Eli’s sons would not listen to what their father said. This was because Yahweh had decided [that someone should] them.
Si un homme pèche contre un autre homme, Dieu intervient comme arbitre; mais si c’est contre Yahweh qu’il pèche, qui intercédera pour lui? » Et ils n’écoutaient pas la voix de leur père, car Yahweh voulait les faire mourir.
26 The boy Samuel continued to grow up, and the things that he did pleased Yahweh and the people.
Le jeune Samuel continuait à grandir, et il était agréable à Yahweh et aux hommes.
27 One day, a prophet came to Eli and told him, “This is what Yahweh has told me: ‘When your ancestors were slaves of the king of Egypt, I appeared to Aaron.
Un homme de Dieu vint auprès d’Héli et lui dit: « Ainsi parle Yahweh: Ne me suis-je pas clairement révélé à la maison de ton père, lorsqu’ils étaient en Égypte dans la maison de Pharaon?
28 From all the tribes of the Israeli people, I chose him [and his male descendants] to be priests for me. I appointed them to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear a sacred apron [as they worked] for me. And I declared that they could take [and eat some of the meat] that the Israeli people burned [on the altar].
Je l’ai choisi d’entre toutes les tribus d’Israël pour être mon prêtre, pour monter à mon autel, pour faire fumer l’encens, pour porter l’éphod devant moi; et j’ai donné à la maison de ton père toutes les offrandes des enfants d’Israël faites par le feu.
29 So why do you show disrespect for the sacrifices and offerings that I commanded [the people to bring] to me [RHQ]? You are honoring your sons more than you are honoring me, by allowing them to get fat from eating the best parts of all the sacrifices that the Israeli people bring to me!’
Pourquoi avez-vous foulé aux pieds mes sacrifices et mes oblations, que j’ai ordonné d’offrir dans ma demeure? Et pourquoi as-tu honoré tes fils plus que moi, en vous engraissant du meilleur de toutes les offrandes d’Israël, mon peuple?
30 “Therefore, this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], declares: ‘I definitely promised that Aaron and his descendants would continue to serve [IDM] me forever.’ But now I declare this: ‘It will not continue like that! I will honor those who honor me, but I will despise those who despise me.
C’est pourquoi, voici la parole de Yahweh, le Dieu d’Israël: J’avais déclaré que ta maison et la maison de ton père marcheraient devant moi à perpétuité. Et maintenant, dit Yahweh, qu’il n’en soit plus ainsi! Car j’honorerai ceux qui m’honorent, et ceux qui me méprisent seront méprisés.
31 Listen carefully! There will soon be a time when I will cause all the strong [young men] in your family to die. The result will be that no men in your family will [live long enough to] become old men.
Voici que les jours viennent où je retrancherai ton bras et le bras de la maison de ton père, en sorte qu’il n’y aura plus de vieillard dans ta maison.
32 You will be distressed and envious as you see the blessings that I will give to [the other people in] Israel. And [I repeat that] no men in your family will ever live long enough to become old men.
Tu verras ta demeure humiliée, pendant que Dieu comblera de biens Israël; et il n’y aura plus jamais de vieillard dans ta maison.
33 There is one of your descendants whom I will spare, and not prevent him from serving me as a priest. But he will become blind, and then he will always be sad and grieving. But all your other descendants will die violently.
Je ne ferai pas disparaître de mon autel tout homme des tiens, afin que tes yeux se consument et que ton âme défaille; mais tout rejeton de ta maison mourra dans la force de l’âge.
34 And your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will both die on the same day. And that will prove to you [that all that I have said will come true/happen].
Et tu auras pour signe ce qui arrivera à tes deux fils, à Ophni et Phinées: ils mourront tous deux le même jour.
35 ‘have chosen another man to be my priest. He is one who will serve me faithfully: He will do everything I want [DOU] him to do. And I will enable him to have many descendants [IDM] who will be priests and will always serve me by helping the king whom I will choose.
Et je me susciterai un prêtre fidèle, qui agira selon mon cœur et selon mon âme, je lui bâtirai une maison stable, et il marchera toujours devant mon oint.
36 All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, “Please allow me to help the other priests, in order that I may [earn some money to] buy some food.”’”
Et quiconque restera de ta maison viendra se prosterner devant lui, pour avoir une pièce d’argent et un morceau de pain, et il dira: Mets-moi, je te prie, à quelqu’une des fonctions du sacerdoce, afin que j’aie un morceau de pain à manger. »
