Joshua 6
1 Meanwhile, the guards of Jericho shut the gates of the city tightly, because [they were afraid] of the Israeli [army]. No one was allowed to go into the city or go out of it.
Or, Jéricho avait fermé ses portes et restait close à cause des enfants d’Israël: personne ne pouvait entrer ni sortir.
2 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Listen [to what I say]! I am going to enable your army [SYN] to capture/conquer [MTY] Jericho and its king and its soldiers.
Mais l’Eternel dit à Josué: "Vois, je te livre Jéricho et son roi, et ses vaillants guerriers.
3 So your army must march around the city for six days, once each day.
Tu feras marcher tous tes gens de guerre autour de la ville, ils en feront le tour une fois, et tu procéderas ainsi pendant six jours,
4 Tell seven priests to march around with them. Each priest must carry a trumpet. Four other priests must carry the sacred chest, and they must walk behind the priests who are carrying the trumpets. On the seventh day, the army must march around the city seven times, and the priests must be blowing the trumpets while they march.
tandis que sept prêtres, précédant l’arche, porteront sept cors retentissants. Le septième jour, vous ferez sept fois le tour de la ville, et les prêtres sonneront du cor.
5 [After they have all marched around the city seven times], the priests must blow their trumpets [once], very loudly. When the Israeli people/soldiers hear that, they must shout loudly. Then the wall of the city will collapse, and all the Israeli people/soldiers will go straight into the city.”
Lorsque la corne retentissante émettra un son prolongé, tout le peuple en entendant ce son de cor, poussera un grand cri de guerre, et la muraille de la ville croulera sur place, et chacun y entrera droit devant lui."
6 So Joshua summoned the priests and said to them, “Tell four priests to carry the chest [that contains] the Ten Commandments that Yahweh [gave to us]. [Tell] seven [other] priests to carry trumpets and walk in front of them.”
Josué, fils de Noun, manda les prêtres et leur dit: "Portez l’arche d’alliance, et que sept prêtres, munis de sept cors retentissants, précèdent l’arche du Seigneur."
7 And Joshua told the soldiers, “Start marching! March around the city, with several soldiers with weapons marching in front. Behind them will march the seven priests with trumpets, and behind them will march the four priests carrying Yahweh’s [sacred] chest.”
Et au peuple il dit: "Allez, faites le tour de la ville, et que l’avant-garde passe devant l’arche du Seigneur."
8 After Joshua told that to the army, the seven priests, each carrying a sacred trumpet, started marching, blowing their trumpets. The four priests who were carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest followed them.
Dés que Josué eut parlé au peuple, les sept prêtres, munis de sept cors retentissants, s’avancèrent devant l’Eternel en sonnant du cor: l’arche d’alliance du Seigneur marchait derrière eux.
9 The group of soldiers carrying weapons marched in front of the priests who were blowing their trumpets, and the rest of the soldiers followed [the four men carrying] the chest. While [they were all marching], [the seven priests] were blowing their trumpets.
L’Avant-garde marchait devant les prêtres qui sonnaient du cor, l’arrière-garde suivait l’arche, et l’on s’avança ainsi au son du cor.
10 But [the rest of] the people [were silent, because] Joshua had commanded them, “Do not make a war cry. Do not yell or say anything until the day when I tell you to shout. On that day, you must shout [loudly]!”
Josué avait fait cette recommandation au peuple: "Ne poussez point le cri de guerre, ne faites pas même entendre votre voix, et que pas un mot ne sorte de votre bouche, jusqu’au jour où je vous dirai: Poussez des cris! Alors vous ferez éclater vos cris."
11 So the men carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest and all the others did what Joshua told them to do. They marched around the city once. Then they all returned to their camp and stayed there that night.
L’Arche du Seigneur ayant fait une fois le tour de la ville, ils rentrèrent au camp et y passèrent la nuit.
12 The next morning, Joshua and the priests got up early, and the four priests carried Yahweh’s sacred chest [again].
Josué recommença le lendemain de grand matin: les prêtres prirent l’arche du Seigneur;
13 The seven priests who were carrying trumpets went in front of [the men carrying] the chest. The seven priests were blowing their trumpets as they marched. The group of soldiers carrying weapons went in front of all the others, and the rest of the army followed all the others. All the time, the seven priests were blowing their trumpets.
les sept prêtres ayant en main les sept cors retentissants s’avancèrent devant l’arche, toujours sonnant de leurs cors; l’avant-garde devant eux, l’arrière-garde suivant l’arche, tandis qu’éclatait le son des cors.
14 So on that second day they again marched around the city once and then returned to their camp. They did the same thing for six days.
Ce second jour, ils firent le tour de la ville, de nouveau une fois, puis retournèrent au camp. On procéda de la sorte pendant six jours.
15 On the seventh day, they got up at dawn, and they all marched around the city the same way that they had done before, but this time they marched around the city seven times.
Le septième jour, s’étant levés dès l’aurore, ils firent dans le même ordre, le tour de la ville, sept fois: c’est ce jour-là seulement qu’on fit sept fois le tour de la ville.
16 As they were marching around the seventh time, when the priests were about to blow the long/loud blast on their trumpets, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout, because Yahweh will enable you to capture the city!
Au septième tour, quand les prêtres embouchèrent leurs cors Josué dit au peuple: "Poussez le cri de guerre, car l’Eternel vous a livré cette ville!
17 Yahweh has declared that you must destroy [IDM] the city and everything in it [to show that it belongs to him]. You must spare only Rahab the prostitute and the others who are in her house, because she hid the spies whom we sent there.
Elle sera anathème au nom du Seigneur, avec tout ce qu’elle renferme: seule, Rahab la courtisane aura la vie sauve, ainsi que toutes les personnes qui sont chez elle, parce qu’elle a mis à l’abri les émissaires que nous avions envoyés.
18 And because Yahweh has declared that everything must be destroyed [IDM], you must not take [EUP] any of the things in the city. If you take anything, you will cause Yahweh to destroy our own camp and cause terrible things to happen to us.
Mais, prenez bien garde à l’anathème, et n’allez pas, l’anathème une fois prononcé, vous en approprier quoi que ce soit: ce serait attirer l’anathème sur le camp d’Israël, ce serait lui porter malheur!
19 But all the silver and gold and articles made from iron and bronze that you find, you must set apart for Yahweh. You must put those things in his treasury.”
Quant à l’argent et à l’or, aux ustensiles de cuivre et de fer, ils sont réservés au service de l’Eternel; c’est dans le trésor de l’Eternel qu’ils entreront."
20 So they did what Joshua told them to do. When the priests blew a long blast on their trumpets, the people/army shouted loudly, and the wall of the city collapsed! Then the Israeli soldiers rushed in and captured the city.
Le peuple poussa des cris lorsqu’on sonna du cor. Dès qu’il entendit le cor retentir, il poussa un grand cri de guerre; et la muraille s’écroula sur elle-même, et le peuple s’élança dans la ville, chacun devant soi, et il s’empara de la ville.
21 They killed [IDM] every living thing in the city—men and women, young people and old people, even cattle and sheep and donkeys.
Et l’on appliqua l’anathème à tout ce qui était dans la ville; hommes et femmes, jeunes et vieux, jusqu’aux boeufs, aux brebis et aux ânes, tout périt par l’épée.
22 Then Joshua said to the two men (who had spied on/whom he had sent to learn all they could about) the land, “Go to the prostitute’s house. Bring her out, along with all her family, just as you promised to her.”
Aux deux hommes qui avaient exploré le pays, Josué avait dit: "Entrez dans la maison de la courtisane et faites-en sortir cette femme et tout ce qui lui appartient, ainsi que vous le lui avez juré."
23 So those two spies/men went into Rahab’s house and brought her out. They also brought out her father and mother and her brothers, and all the rest of her family. Joshua’s men spared Rahab the prostitute. They also did not kill all her relatives, because she had hidden and protected the spies/men whom Joshua had sent to Jericho. The two men brought them all out and put them in a place outside the camp of the Israelis. Rahab still lives among us Israeli people. Then the soldiers gathered the articles made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron that they found and they put them all into Yahweh’s treasury. But they burned everything else that was in the city.
Ces jeunes gens les explorateurs y allèrent, firent sortir Rahab, avec son père, sa mère, ses frères et tous les siens, toute sa parenté, et ils les mirent en sûreté hors du camp d’Israël.
On brûla la ville et tout son contenu, sauf l’argent et l’or, les objets de cuivre et de fer, qu’on déposa dans le trésor de la maison de Dieu.
Rahab la courtisane, sauvée par Josué avec sa famille et tous les siens, est demeurée au milieu d’Israël jusqu’à ce jour, pour avoir caché les émissaires que Josué avait envoyés explorer Jéricho.
26 At that time, Joshua warned the people, “Yahweh will curse/punish anyone who tries to rebuild this city, Jericho. When that person lays/builds its foundation, his oldest son will die. And when he finishes building the city wall and sets up its gates, his youngest son will die.”
En ce même temps, Josué prononça cette adjuration: "Soit maudit devant le Seigneur celui qui entreprendrait de rebâtir cette ville, de relever Jéricho! Que la pose de la première pierre lui coûte son premier-né, et celle des portes le plus jeune de ses fils!"
27 Because of what happened that day, it was clear that Yahweh was with/helped Joshua, and Joshua became famous throughout the land.
C’Est ainsi que l’Eternel assista Josué, et que sa renommée se répandit dans tout le pays.
