1 Samuel 7
1 [When] the men of Kiriath-Jearim [received that message, they] came to Beth-Shemesh and took the sacred chest of Yahweh. They took it to the house of Abinadab, which was on a hillside. They appointed Abinadab’s son Eleazar to take care of the chest.
Et les hommes de Cariath-Iarim vinrent; ils emmenèrent l'arche de l'alliance du Seigneur, et ils l'introduisirent dans la maison qu'Aminadab possédait sur la colline. Puis ils sanctifièrent son fils Eléazar, afin qu'il gardât l'arche de l'alliance du Seigneur.
2 The sacred chest stayed in Kiriath-Jearim for a long time—a total of 20 years. During that time all the people of Israel mourned [because it seemed that] Yahweh [had abandoned them] (OR, [and then they asked] Yahweh [to help them]).
A partir du jour où l'arche entra à Cariath-Iarim, bien des jours s'écoulèrent, elle y était déjà depuis vingt ans, quand tout Israël se tourna vers le Seigneur.
3 Then Samuel said to all the Israeli people, “If you truly [IDM] want to act like Yahweh’s people should, you must get rid of your statues of [the goddess] Astarte and the idols/statues of all the other foreign gods. You must decide to serve/worship only Yahweh. If you do that, he will rescue you from [the power of] [MTY] the Philistia people.”
Alors, Samuel parla à toute la maison d'Israël, disant: Si c'est de tout votre cœur que vous revenez à Dieu, chassez du milieu de vous les dieux étrangers, détruisez leurs bois sacrés, préparez vos âmes pour le Seigneur Dieu, ne servez que lui seul; et il vous affranchira du joug des Philistins.
4 So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh.
Les fils d'Israël chassèrent donc Baal; ils détruisirent les bois sacrés d'Astaroth, et ils ne servirent que le Seigneur.
5 Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
Et Samuel dit: Réunissez tout Israël en Masphath; et je prierai pour vous le Seigneur.
6 So they gathered at Mizpah, which was the town where Samuel previously was the leader of the Israeli people. They had a big ceremony there. They drew water [from a well], and poured the water on the ground while Yahweh watched. [To show that they were sorry for having worshiped idols], they did not eat any food on that day, and they confessed that they had sinned against Yahweh.
Et ils se rassemblèrent en Masphath; ils puisèrent de l'eau, et la répandirent sur la terre devant le Seigneur; ce jour-là ils jeûnèrent, et ils dirent: Nous avons péché devant le Seigneur. Puis, Samuel jugea les fils d'Israël en Masphath.
7 When the kings of the Philistia area heard that the Israeli people had gathered at Mizpah, they led their armies there to attack the Israelis. When the Israelis found out that the Philistia army was approaching them, they became very afraid.
Et les Philistins apprirent que tous les fils d'Israël étaient assemblés en Masphath, les chefs des Philistins se mirent aussitôt en marche contre Israël; les fils d'Israël le surent, et ils eurent crainte des étrangers.
8 They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army [MTY], and do not stop pleading!”
Et les fils d'Israël dirent à Samuel: Ne cesse pas de crier pour nous au Seigneur ton Dieu; il nous sauvera des mains de nos ennemis.
9 So Samuel took a very young lamb [and killed it] and offered it to Yahweh to be a sacrifice that was completely burned [on the altar]. Then he prayed and pleaded that Yahweh [would help] the Israelis, and Yahweh did help them.
Samuel prit un agneau de lait, et avec tout le peuple, il l'offrit en holocauste au Seigneur; Samuel cria au Seigneur en faveur du peuple, et le Seigneur l'exauça.
10 While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistia army came near to attack the Israelis. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The soldiers of the Philistia army became very frightened, and then they (became confused/did not know what to do). So the Israelis were able to defeat them.
Samuel était à offrir l'holocauste pendant que les Philistins s'avançaient pour combattre Israël; et ce jour-là le Seigneur fit entendre contre les Philistins la grande voix du tonnerre; ils furent confondus, et ils s'enfuirent devant Israël.
11 The Israeli men ran out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistia soldiers almost to Beth-Car [town], and killed many Philistia soldiers while they were trying to run away.
Et les hommes d'Israël sortirent de Masphath, poursuivirent les Philistins, et les taillèrent en pièces jusqu'au-dessous de Bethchor.
12 After that happened, Samuel took a large stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah [towns]. He named the stone ‘Ebenezer’, [which means ‘stone of help’], because he said “Yahweh has helped us until the present time.”
Après cela, Samuel prit une pierre qu'il dressa entre Masphath et la vieille ville; et il l'appela Abenézer, Pierre du Secours, et il dit: ici le Seigneur nous a secourus.
13 So the Philistia people were defeated, and for a long time they did not enter the Israeli land [to attack them] again. During the time that Samuel was alive, Yahweh powerfully protected [MTY] [the Israeli people] from [being attacked by] the Philistia army.
Ainsi, le Seigneur humilia les Philistins; ils cessèrent d'envahir le territoire d'Israël, et la main du Seigneur se tourna contre les Philistins durant tous les jours de Samuel.
14 The Israeli army was able to capture again the Israeli villages between Ekron and Gath that the Philistia army had captured before. The Israelis were also able to take again the other areas around those cities that the Philistia army had taken [from the Israelis] previously. And there was peace between the Israelis and the Amor people-group.
Et les Philistins rendirent toutes les villes qu'ils avaient prises aux fils d'Israël; ils les rendirent à Israël depuis Ascalon jusqu'à Azot. Israël recouvra ses limites qu'il reprit aux Philistins; cependant la paix régnait entre Israël et l'Amorrhéen.
15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died.
Ensuite, Samuel jugea le peuple, durant tons les jours de sa vie.
16 As long as he was alive, every year he traveled back and forth between Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah [cities]. In those cities he listened to disputes between people and made decisions about them.
Tous les ans il voyageait; il passait dans sa tournée par Béthel, Galgala et Masphath; et en tous ces lieux saints, il jugeait Israël.
17 After he listened to disputes and made decisions in each of those towns, he returned to his home at Ramah, and he would listen to people’s disputes there, also, [and make decisions about them]. And he built an altar at Ramah [to offer sacrifices] to Yahweh.
Enfin, il rentrait en Armathem, où était sa demeure; il y jugeait Israël, et il y bâtit un autel au Seigneur.
