1 Samuel 31
1 Later, the Philistines again fought against the Israelis. The Israelis ran away from them, and (many Israelis were killed/the Philistines killed many Israelis) on Gilboa Mountain.
Et les Philistins combattirent contre Israël, et les hommes d’Israël s’enfuirent devant les Philistins, et tombèrent tués sur la montagne de Guilboa.
2 The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed [all three of] his sons, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua.
Et les Philistins pressèrent fortement Saül et ses fils; et les Philistins frappèrent Jonathan, et Abinadab, et Malki-Shua, fils de Saül.
3 The fighting was very fierce around Saul. When the Philistine (archers/men with bows and arrows) caught up with Saul, they wounded him badly [with their arrows].
Et la bataille se renforça contre Saül, et les archers l’atteignirent; et il eut une très grande peur des archers.
4 Saul said to the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to thrust their swords into me and make fun of me [while I am dying].” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified, and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. [The sword pierced his body and he died].
Et Saül dit à celui qui portait ses armes: Tire ton épée et perce-m’en, de peur que ces incirconcis ne viennent et ne me percent, et ne m’outragent. Et celui qui portait ses armes ne voulut pas [le faire], car il avait très peur. Et Saül prit son épée et se jeta dessus.
5 When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
Et quand celui qui portait ses armes vit que Saül était mort, il se jeta, lui aussi, sur son épée, et mourut avec lui.
6 So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day.
Et en ce jour moururent ensemble Saül et ses trois fils, et celui qui portait ses armes, et tous ses hommes.
7 When the Israeli people on the north side of the [Jezreel] Valley and on the east side of the Jordan [River] heard that the Israeli army had run away and that Saul and his sons had died, they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and occupied their towns.
Et les hommes d’Israël qui étaient de ce côté de la vallée, et ceux qui étaient de ce côté du Jourdain, virent que les hommes d’Israël s’enfuyaient, et que Saül et ses fils étaient morts, et ils abandonnèrent les villes, et s’enfuirent; et les Philistins vinrent et y habitèrent.
8 The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead [Israeli soldiers], they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.
Et il arriva que, le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les tués; et ils trouvèrent Saül et ses trois fils tombés sur la montagne de Guilboa.
9 They cut off Saul’s head and took his weapons. Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news, in the temple where they kept their idols, and to the other people, [that their army had killed Saul].
Et ils lui coupèrent la tête, et le dépouillèrent de ses armes, et les envoyèrent partout dans le pays des Philistins pour annoncer la bonne nouvelle dans les maisons de leurs idoles et au peuple.
10 They put Saul’s weapons in the temple of [their goddess] Astarte. They also fastened the bodies of Saul [and his sons] to the wall [that surrounded] Beth-Shan [city].
Et ils placèrent ses armes dans la maison d’Ashtaroth, et clouèrent son corps à la muraille de Beth-Shan.
11 When the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse,
Et les habitants de Jabès de Galaad entendirent parler de ce que les Philistins avaient fait à Saül;
12 all their bravest soldiers walked all night to Beth-Shan. They took the corpses of Saul and his sons down from the city wall, and they took them back to Jabesh and burned the corpses there.
et tous les hommes vaillants se levèrent et marchèrent toute la nuit, et prirent de la muraille de Beth-Shan le corps de Saül et les corps de ses fils, et vinrent à Jabès, et les brûlèrent là.
13 They took the bones and buried them under a [big] tamarisk tree. Then they (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
Et ils prirent leurs os, et les enterrèrent sous le tamaris de Jabès, et jeûnèrent sept jours.
