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].
Et Anne pria, et dit: Mon cœur s’égaie en l’Éternel; ma corne est élevée en l’Éternel; ma bouche s’ouvre sur mes ennemis, car je me réjouis en ton salut.
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 l’Éternel, car il n’y en a point d’autre que toi; et 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 multipliez pas vos paroles hautaines; que l’insolence ne sorte pas de votre bouche; car l’Éternel est un Dieu de connaissance, et par lui les actions sont pesées.
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 ceux qui chancelaient se ceignent de force.
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 sont loués pour du pain; et ceux qui étaient affamés ont cessé de l’être; même la stérile en enfante sept, et celle qui avait beaucoup de fils est devenue languissante.
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)
L’Éternel fait mourir et fait vivre; il fait descendre au shéol et [en] fait monter. (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.
L’Éternel appauvrit et enrichit; il abaisse, et il élève aussi.
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 fait lever le misérable, de dessus le fumier il élève le pauvre, pour les faire asseoir avec les nobles: et il leur donne en héritage un trône de gloire; car les piliers de la terre sont à l’Éternel, et sur eux il a posé le monde.
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 garde les pieds de ses saints, et les méchants se taisent dans les ténèbres; car l’homme ne prévaut pas par sa 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].”
Ceux qui contestent contre l’Éternel seront brisés; il tonnera sur eux dans les cieux. L’Éternel jugera les bouts de la terre, et il donnera la force à son roi, et 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.
Et Elkana s’en alla à Rama, dans sa maison; et le jeune garçon servait l’Éternel en la présence d’Éli, le sacrificateur.
12 Eli’s two [, who were also priests, ] were very wicked. They did not revere (OR, respect/obey) Yahweh.
Et les fils d’Éli étaient des fils de Bélial, ils ne connaissaient pas l’Éternel.
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 la coutume des sacrificateurs à l’égard du peuple [était celle-ci]: quand quelqu’un sacrifiait un sacrifice, le serviteur du sacrificateur venait, lorsqu’on faisait bouillir la chair, ayant en sa 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].
et il piquait dans la chaudière, ou dans le chaudron, ou dans la marmite, ou dans le pot: le sacrificateur en prenait tout ce que la fourchette amenait en haut. Ils faisaient ainsi à tous ceux d’Israël 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 ait fait fumer la graisse, le serviteur du sacrificateur venait, et disait à l’homme qui sacrifiait: Donne de la chair à rôtir pour le sacrificateur; et il ne prendra pas de toi de la chair bouillie, mais [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!”
Si l’homme lui disait: On va d’abord faire fumer la graisse, puis tu prendras selon le désir de ton âme, alors il [lui] disait: Non, car 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.
Et le péché de ces jeunes hommes fut très grand devant l’Éternel; car les hommes méprisaient l’offrande de l’Éternel.
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].
Et Samuel servait devant l’Éternel, jeune garçon, ceint 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.
Et sa mère lui faisait une petite robe et la lui apportait d’année en année quand elle montait avec son mari pour sacrifier 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.
Et Éli bénit Elkana et sa femme, et dit: Que l’Éternel te donne des enfants de cette femme, à la place du prêt qui a été fait à l’Éternel! Et ils s’en retournèrent chez lui.
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].
Et l’Éternel visita Anne, et elle conçut, et enfanta trois fils et deux filles; et le jeune garçon Samuel grandissait auprès de l’Éternel.
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].
Et Éli était fort âgé, et il apprit tout ce que ses fils faisaient à l’égard de tout Israël, et qu’ils couchaient avec les femmes qui servaient à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation.
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.
Et il leur dit: Pourquoi faites-vous des actions comme celles-là? Car, de tout le peuple, j’apprends vos méchantes actions.
24 My sons, stop it! The reports [about you] that the people who belong to Yahweh tell others are terrible [EUP]!
Non, mes fils; car ce que j’entends dire n’est pas bon: vous entraînez à la transgression le peuple de l’Éternel.
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 a péché contre un homme, Dieu le jugera; mais si un homme pèche contre l’Éternel, qui priera pour lui? Mais ils n’écoutèrent pas la voix de leur père, car c’était le bon plaisir de l’Éternel de les faire mourir.
26 The boy Samuel continued to grow up, and the things that he did pleased Yahweh and the people.
Et le jeune garçon Samuel allait grandissant, agréable à l’Éternel 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.
Et un homme de Dieu vint vers Éli, et lui dit: Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Je me suis clairement révélé à la maison de ton père, quand ils étaient en Égypte dans la maison du 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].
et je l’ai choisi d’entre toutes les tribus d’Israël, pour être mon sacrificateur, pour offrir [des sacrifices] sur mon autel, pour faire fumer l’encens, pour porter l’éphod devant moi; et j’ai donné à la maison de ton père tous les sacrifices des fils d’Israël faits par 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 foulez-vous aux pieds mon sacrifice et mon offrande, que j’ai commandé [de faire] dans ma demeure? Et tu honores tes fils plus que moi, pour vous engraisser des prémices 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 l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, dit: J’avais bien dit: Ta maison et la maison de ton père marcheront devant moi à toujours; mais maintenant l’Éternel dit: Que cela soit loin de moi; car ceux qui m’honorent, je les honorerai; et ceux qui me méprisent seront en petite estime.
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, les jours viennent que je couperai ton bras et le bras de la maison de ton père, de 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.
Et tu verras un adversaire [établi dans ma] demeure, dans tout le bien qui aura été fait à Israël; et il n’y aura plus de vieillard dans ta maison à jamais.
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.
Et celui des tiens que je ne retrancherai pas d’auprès de mon autel, sera pour consumer tes yeux et attrister ton âme; et tout l’accroissement de ta maison: – ils mourront à la fleur 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 ceci t’en sera le signe: ce qui arrivera à tes deux fils, Hophni et Phinées; ils mourront tous deux en un seul 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 sacrificateur fidèle: il fera selon ce qui est dans mon cœur et dans mon âme, et 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 il arrivera que quiconque restera de ta maison viendra et se prosternera devant lui, pour avoir une pièce d’argent et un rond de pain, et dira: Place-moi, je te prie, dans quelqu’une des charges de la sacrificature, afin que je mange une bouchée de pain!
