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.
Cependant les Philistins livraient bataille aux Israélites. Ceux-ci s’enfuirent devant eux et laissèrent des morts sur la montagne de Ghelboé.
2 The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed [all three of] his sons, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua.
Les Philistins atteignirent Saül et ses fils, et tuèrent Jonathan, Abinadab et Malkichoua, 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].
L’Attaque s’acharna contre Saül; il fut surpris par les archers, qui lui causèrent une grande frayeur.
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].
Saül dit alors à son écuyer: "Tire ton épée et me transperce, pour que je ne sois pas en butte aux coups de ces incirconcis et à leurs outrages." Mais l’écuyer, saisi de peur, n’osa. Alors Saül prit l’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.
L’Écuyer de Saül, le voyant mort, se jeta, lui aussi, sur son épée et mourut à ses côtés.
6 So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day.
Ainsi périrent Saül, ses trois fils, son écuyer et tous ses gens avec lui, ce même jour.
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.
Les Israélites de ce côté de la vallée et ceux d’en deçà du Jourdain, voyant que les troupes d’Israël avaient lâché pied, que Saül et ses fils étaient morts, abandonnèrent leurs villes et se sauvèrent; les Philistins y pénétrèrent et s’y établirent.
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.
Le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent dépouiller les cadavres; ils trouvèrent ceux de Saül et de ses trois fils gisant sur le mont Ghelboé.
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].
Ils lui tranchèrent la tête, et le dépouillèrent de ses armes, qu’ils envoyèrent dans le pays des Philistins à la ronde, pour répandre la nouvelle dans les temples de leurs idoles et parmi le 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].
Ils déposèrent ses armes dans le temple d’Astarot et attachèrent son corps à la muraille de Beth-Chân.
11 When the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse,
Les habitants de Jabès-Galaad ayant appris alors 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.
les plus résolus se levèrent, marchèrent toute la nuit et enlevèrent le corps de Saül et ceux de ses fils de la muraille de Beth-Chân; rentrés à Jabès, ils les y brûlèrent.
13 They took the bones and buried them under a [big] tamarisk tree. Then they (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
Puis ils prirent les ossements, qu’ils enterrèrent sous le tamarisc de Jabès, et l’on jeûna durant sept jours.
