Judges 1
1 After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
Et il arriva, après la mort de Josué, que les fils d’Israël interrogèrent l’Éternel, disant: Qui de nous montera le premier contre le Cananéen, pour lui faire la guerre?
2 Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
Et l’Éternel dit: Juda montera; voici, j’ai livré le pays en sa main.
3 The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, [the men] from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group [in order that we can take from them] the land [that Yahweh] allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you [and help you] conquer the people in the land [that Yahweh promised to give to] you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
Et Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: Monte avec moi dans mon lot, et faisons la guerre contre le Cananéen; et moi aussi j’irai avec toi dans ton lot. Et Siméon alla avec lui.
4 When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group [DOU] at Bezek [city].
Et Juda monta; et l’Éternel livra le Cananéen et le Phérézien en leur main; et ils les frappèrent à Bézek, 10 000 hommes:
5 During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek, et ils lui firent la guerre, et frappèrent le Cananéen et le Phérézien.
6 but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
Et Adoni-Bézek s’enfuit; et ils le poursuivirent, et le saisirent, et lui coupèrent les pouces des mains et des pieds.
7 Adoni-Bezek said, “[My army captured] 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, [we forced] those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has (paid me back for/done to me like) [what we did to them].” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Et Adoni-Bézek dit: 70 rois, ayant les pouces de leurs mains et de leurs pieds coupés, ramassaient sous ma table; comme j’ai fait, ainsi Dieu m’a rendu. Et on l’amena à Jérusalem, et il y mourut.
8 The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed [the people who lived there] and they burned [the houses in] the city.
Et les fils de Juda avaient fait la guerre contre Jérusalem, et l’avaient prise, et ils l’avaient frappée par le tranchant de l’épée, et avaient livré la ville au feu.
9 Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills [to the west].
Et ensuite les fils de Juda descendirent pour faire la guerre au Cananéen qui habitait la montagne, et le midi et le pays plat.
10 The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron [city], which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated [the armies of kings] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Et Juda s’en alla contre le Cananéen qui habitait à Hébron (or le nom de Hébron était auparavant Kiriath-Arba), et ils frappèrent Shéshaï, et Akhiman, et Thalmaï.
11 Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
Et de là il s’en alla contre les habitants de Debir; or le nom de Debir était auparavant Kiriath-Sépher.
12 [Before they attacked the city], Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.”
Et Caleb dit: À qui frappera Kiriath-Sépher et la prendra, je lui donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme.
13 Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his wife.
Et Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère puîné de Caleb, la prit; et [Caleb] lui donna sa fille Acsa pour femme.
14 When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. [But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey], and when she got off the donkey, Caleb [could see that something was troubling her. So he] asked her, “What do you want?”
Et il arriva que, comme elle entrait, elle l’incita à demander à son père un champ. Et elle descendit de dessus l’âne; et Caleb lui dit: Qu’as-tu?
15 She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, [but it is very dry there]. So please also give me some [land that has] springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring.
Et elle lui dit: Donne-moi une bénédiction; car tu m’as donné une terre du midi, donne-moi aussi des sources d’eau. Et Caleb lui donna les sources du haut et les sources du bas.
16 The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad [city].
Et les fils du Kénien, beau-père de Moïse, étaient montés de la ville des palmiers, avec les fils de Juda, au désert de Juda, qui est au midi d’Arad; et ils allèrent et habitèrent avec le peuple.
17 The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath [city]. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, [which means ‘complete destruction’].
Et Juda s’en alla avec Siméon, son frère, et ils frappèrent le Cananéen qui habitait à Tsephath, et détruisirent entièrement la [ville]; et on appela la ville du nom de Horma.
18 The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
Et Juda prit Gaza et ses confins, et Askalon et ses confins, et Ékron et ses confins.
19 Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because [those people had better weapons—] had iron chariots.
Et l’Éternel fut avec Juda; et il prit possession de la montagne; car il ne déposséda pas les habitants de la vallée, parce qu’ils avaient des chars de fer.
20 Hebron [city] was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
Et on donna Hébron à Caleb, comme Moïse l’avait dit, et il en déposséda les trois fils d’Anak.
21 But the people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.
Et les fils de Benjamin ne dépossédèrent pas le Jébusien, habitant de Jérusalem; et le Jébusien a habité avec les fils de Benjamin à Jérusalem jusqu’à ce jour.
22 The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
Et la maison de Joseph, eux aussi, montèrent à Béthel, et l’Éternel fut avec eux.
23 They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
Et la maison de Joseph fit reconnaître Béthel: le nom de la ville était auparavant Luz.
24 The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you [and we will not kill you].”
Et les gardes virent un homme qui sortait de la ville, et ils lui dirent: Montre-nous, nous t’en prions, par où l’on entre dans la ville; et nous userons de bonté envers toi.
25 So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man [who showed them how to get into the city], and they did not kill his family.
Et il leur montra par où l’on entrait dans la ville; et ils frappèrent la ville par le tranchant de l’épée, mais ils laissèrent aller l’homme et toute sa famille.
26 That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city.
Et l’homme s’en alla dans le pays des Héthiens, et bâtit une ville et l’appela du nom de Luz: c’est là son nom jusqu’à ce jour.
27 There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo [cities] and in the surrounding villages. [The men of] the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there.
Et Manassé ne déposséda pas Beth-Shean et les villages de son ressort, ni Thaanac et les villages de son ressort, ni les habitants de Dor et des villages de son ressort, ni les habitants de Jibleam et des villages de son ressort, ni les habitants de Meguiddo et des villages de son ressort; et le Cananéen voulut habiter dans ce pays-là.
28 Later, the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them [as their slaves], but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land.
Et il arriva que, quand Israël fut devenu fort, il rendit le Cananéen tributaire; mais il ne le déposséda pas entièrement.
29 [The men of] the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer [city]. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim.
Et Éphraïm ne déposséda pas le Cananéen qui habitait à Guézer; mais le Cananéen a habité au milieu d’eux à Guézer.
30 [The men of] the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol [cities] to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
Zabulon ne déposséda pas les habitants de Kitron, ni les habitants de Nahalol; mais le Cananéen a habité au milieu d’eux, et fut rendu tributaire.
31 [The men of] the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob [cities] to leave.
Aser ne déposséda pas les habitants d’Acco, ni les habitants de Sidon, ni Akhlab, ni Aczib, ni Helba, ni Aphik, ni Rehob;
32 So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
et l’Asérite a habité au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, car il ne les déposséda pas.
33 [The men of] the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath [cities] to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali.
Nephthali ne déposséda pas les habitants de Beth-Shémesh, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath; et il a habité au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays; mais les habitants de Beth-Shémesh et de Beth-Anath lui devinrent tributaires.
34 The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down [and live] on the plain.
Et les Amoréens repoussèrent dans la montagne les fils de Dan, car ils ne leur permirent pas de descendre dans la vallée.
35 The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim [cities]. But when the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves.
Et l’Amoréen voulut habiter dans la montagne de Hérès, à Ajalon et à Shaalbim; mais la main de la maison de Joseph devint forte, et ils furent soumis au tribut.
36 The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
Et la frontière de l’Amoréen était depuis la montée d’Akrabbim, depuis le rocher, et en dessus.
