Judges 1
1 After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
Et après la mort de Josué les enfants d'Israël consultèrent l'Éternel en disant: Lequel d'entre nous doit marcher le premier contre les Cananéens pour les attaquer?
2 Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
Et l'Éternel dit: Juda marchera. Voici, j'ai livré le pays entre ses mains.
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: Accompagne-moi pour une expédition dans mon lot, et attaquons les Cananéens; à mon tour je t'accompagnerai pour une expédition dans ton lot. Alors Siméon se mit en campagne 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 s'avança, et l'Éternel livra entre leurs mains les Cananéens et les Perizzites, et ils les défirent à Bézek au nombre de dix mille hommes.
5 During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
Et ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek, et l'ayant attaqué ils battirent les Cananéens et les Perizzites.
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 prirent, et ils lui coupèrent les pouces aux mains et aux 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.
Alors Adoni-Bézek dit: Soixante-dix Rois ayant les pouces coupés aux mains et aux pieds en étaient à ramasser sous ma table: ce que j'ai fait, Dieu me le rend. Et ils l'emmenèrent à Jérusalem, et il mourut là.
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 enfants de Juda attaquèrent Jérusalem, et la prirent, et la frappèrent avec le tranchant de l'épée et livrèrent la ville aux flammes.
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].
Ensuite les fils de Juda descendirent pour attaquer les Cananéens habitant la Montagne et le Midi et le Pays-bas.
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 marcha contre les Cananéens établis à Hébron (or le nom de Hébron était jadis Ville d'Arba), et ils défirent Sesaï et Ahiman 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 ils marchèrent contre les habitants de Debir; or le nom de Debir était jadis 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: A celui qui réduira et prendra Kiriath-Sépher, je donnerai pour femme Achsa ma fille.
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 Kénaz, frère cadet de Caleb, la prit; et il lui donna pour femme sa fille Achsa.
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 à son entrée chez lui elle l'incita à demander un champ à son père; et de dessus l'âne qu'elle montait, elle mit pied à terre. Alors Caleb lui dit: Qu'as-tu à dire?
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: Accorde-moi un bienfait! puisque tu m'as donné une terre du midi, donne-moi aussi des sources d'eau. Alors Caleb lui donna les sources supérieures et les sources inférieures.
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 de Kéni, beau-père de Moïse, firent depuis la Ville des Palmiers avec les fils de Juda une campagne dans le désert de Juda situé au midi d'Arad, et ils allèrent s'établir 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 se mit en marche avec Siméon, son frère, et ils défirent les Cananéens qui habitaient Tséphath, et ils la dévouèrent, et donnèrent à la ville le nom de Horma (anathème).
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 son territoire, et Askalon et son territoire, et Ekron et son territoire.
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 de sorte qu'il se rendit maître de la montagne, car il ne put expulser les habitants de la plaine qui avaient des chars ferrés.
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 ils donnèrent Hébron à Caleb, d'après ce que Moïse avait dit, et il en chassa les trois fils de 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 n'expulsèrent point les Jébusites établis à Jérusalem; et les Jébusites ont habité Jérusalem avec les fils de Benjamin jusqu'aujourd'hui.
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 aussi fit sa campagne contre 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 faire une reconnaissance à Béthel (or le nom de la ville était jadis 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 vedettes aperçurent un homme qui sortait de la ville, et lui dirent: Indique-nous l'accès de la ville et nous te montrerons de la bonté.
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 indiqua l'accès de la ville. Et ils frappèrent la ville avec le tranchant de l'épée; mais ils laissèrent échapper cet 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 cet homme passa dans le pays des Héthiens et bâtit une ville qu'il appela du nom de Luz; tel a été son nom jusqu'aujourd'hui.
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 point Beth-Séan et ses annexes, ni Thaanach et ses annexes, ni Dor et ses annexes, ni Jibléam et ses annexes, ni Megiddo et ses annexes, et les Cananéens persistèrent à se maintenir dans cette contrée.
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 lorsque Israël se fut consolidé, il soumit les Cananéens à la corvée, mais quant à les chasser, il ne le fit pas.
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 Ephraïm n'expulsa point les Cananéens établis à Gézer, les Cananéens demeurèrent donc parmi eux à Gézer.
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 n'expulsa point les habitants de Kitron, ni les habitants de Nahalol; les Cananéens demeurèrent donc parmi eux, mais ils devinrent corvéables.
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.
Asser n'expulsa point les habitants de Acco, ni les habitants de Sidon et d'Ahelab et d'Achsib et de Helba et d'Aphik et de Rehob;
32 So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
et ainsi les Assérites demeurèrent au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, car ils ne les expulsèrent 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 n'expulsa point les habitants de Beth-Semès, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath, et il demeura au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays. Mais les habitants de Beth-Semès et de Beth-Anath furent soumis par lui à la corvée.
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 les Danites dans la montagne, 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 les Amoréens persistèrent à habiter Har-Herès, Ajalon et Saalbim; mais ils sentirent le poids de la main de la maison de Joseph et devinrent corvéables.
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 le territoire des Amoréens s'étendait de la hauteur des Scorpions, de Séla en haut.
