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.
Or les Philistins étaient en guerre avec Israël, et les hommes d'Israël fuirent devant les Philistins, et il tomba des morts sur la montagne de Gilboa.
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 s'acharnèrent à la poursuite de Saül et de ses fils, et tuèrent Jonathan et Abinadab et Malchisua, 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 le faix de la bataille tombait sur Saül qui, se trouvant à la portée des tireurs, hommes armés de l'arc, fut blessé grièvement par eux.
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].
Alors Saül dit à son écuyer: Tire ton épée et m'en perce de peur que ces incirconcis ne surviennent et ne me percent et ne s'assouvissent sur moi. Mais son écuyer ne voulut pas, car il avait grande crainte. 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.
Et l'écuyer voyant Saül mort se jeta 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.
Ainsi périrent Saül et ses trois fils et son écuyer, de même que tous ces hommes en cette journée simultanément.
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 lorsque les Israélites de ce côté de la plaine et de ce côté du Jourdain virent que les hommes d'Israël étaient en fuite, et que Saül et ses fils étaient morts, ils désertèrent les villes et s'enfuirent, et les Philistins y entrèrent 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.
Et le lendemain les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les morts, et trouvèrent Saül et ses trois fils tombés sur la montagne de Gilboa…
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 son armure, et ils firent porter au pays des Philistins de toutes parts la bonne nouvelle dans les temples 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 son armure dans le temple d'Astarté, et fixèrent son cadavre aux murs de Bethsan.
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 en Galaad furent renseignés quant à Saül et à la manière dont les Philistins l'avaient traité;
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.
aussitôt tous les braves se mirent en mouvement, et ils marchèrent toute la nuit et ils enlevèrent le cadavre de Saül et les cadavres de ses fils de la muraille de Bethsan, puis regagnèrent Jabès où ils les brûlèrent.
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 ossements et les inhumèrent sous le Tamarin de Jabès et ils jeûnèrent sept jours.
