Judges 12
1 The men of the tribe of Ephraim summoned their soldiers, and they crossed [the Jordan River] to [the town of] Zaphon [to talk with] Jephthah. They said to him, “(Why did you not ask us for help?/You should have requested us) to help your army fight the Ammon people-group. So we will burn down your house while you are in it.”
Les gens d’Ephraïm s’assemblèrent, s’avancèrent vers le nord, et dirent à Jephté: "Pourquoi es-tu allé en guerre contre les Ammonites, et ne nous as-tu pas invités à marcher avec toi? Nous allons brûler ta maison avec toi-même."
2 Jephthah replied, “The Ammon people-group were oppressing us greatly. When we were prepared to start to attack them, I requested you to come and help us, but you refused. My men and I defeated the Ammon people-group, but you did not help us.
Jephté leur répondit: "J’Avais de graves démêlés, moi et mon peuple, avec les Ammonites; j’ai invoqué votre assistance, vous ne m’avez pas secouru contre eux.
3 When I saw that you would not help us, I was willing to be killed in the battle against the Ammon people-group. But Yahweh helped us to defeat them. [You did not help us when we requested it before], so (why have you come here today to fight against me?/you should not have come here today to fight against me.)” [RHQ]
Voyant donc que vous ne m’aidiez pas, j’ai marché, au péril de ma vie, contre les fils d’Ammon, et l’Eternel les a livrés en mon pouvoir. Pourquoi donc venez-vous aujourd’hui me chercher querelle?"
4 Then Jephthah summoned the men of [the] Gilead [region] to fight [against the men of the tribe of] Ephraim. The men of the tribe of Ephraim said, “You men from [the] Gilead [region] are men who deserted us. Long ago you left us and moved to the area between our tribe and the tribe of Manasseh.” [Because of their saying that], the men of [the] Gilead [region] attacked the men of the tribe of Ephraim.
Jephté rassembla tous les hommes de Galaad, et livra bataille à Ephraïm; et les hommes de Galaad défirent ceux d’Ephraïm, car ils disaient: "Vous êtes des fuyards ephraïmites", Galaad étant partagé entre Ephraïm et Manassé.
5 The men of Gilead captured that (ford/place where people can walk across) at the Jordan [River] to go to the land where the tribe of Ephraim live. Whenever one of the soldiers from the tribe of Ephraim came to the ford to try to escape, he would say, “Let me cross the river.” Then the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you from the tribe of Ephraim?” If he said “No,”
Galaad occupa les gués du Jourdain pour couper la retraite à Ephraïm; et lorsqu’un fuyard d’Ephraïm disait: "Laissez-moi passer", les gens de Galaad lui demandaient: "Es-tu d’Ephraïm?" Que s’il disait: Non,
6 they would say to him, “Say the word ‘Shibboleth’.” The men of Ephraim could not pronounce that word correctly. So if the person from the tribe of Ephraim said ‘Sibboleth’, [they would know that he was lying and that he was really from the tribe of Ephraim, and] they would kill him there at the ford. So the men of Gilead killed 42,000 people from the tribe of Ephraim at that time.
on lui disait: "Prononce donc Chibboleth!" Il prononçait Sibboleth, ne pouvant l’articuler correctement; sur quoi on le saisissait et on le tuait près des gués du Jourdain. Il périt, en cette occurrence, quarante-deux mille hommes d’Ephraïm.
7 Jephthah, the man from [the] Gilead [region], was a leader of the Israeli people for six years. Then he died and was buried in a town in [the] Gilead [region].
Après avoir gouverné Israël pendant six ans, Jephté le Galaadite mourut, et fut enseveli dans une des villes de Galaad.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
lsraël fut gouverné, après lui, par Ibçân, de Bethléem.
9 He had 30 sons and 30 daughters. He forced all his daughters to marry men who were not in his clan, and brought women from outside his clan to marry his sons. He was the leader of the Israeli people for seven years.
Il eut trente fils et trente filles. Il maria ces dernières au dehors et il introduisit dans sa famille trente brus pour ses fils. Après avoir gouverné sept ans Israël,
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
lbçân mourut, et fut enseveli à Bethléem.
11 After Ibzan died, a man named Elon, from the tribe of Zebulun, became the leader of the Israeli people. He was their leader for ten years.
Celui qui gouverna Israël après lui, fut Elon, le Zabulonite: il gouverna Israël dix années.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Elon le Zabulonite, étant mort, fut enseveli à Ayyalon, dans la province de Zabulon.
13 After Elon died, a man named Abdon who was the son of Hillel, from Pirathon [city, in the area where the tribe of Ephraim live] became the leader of the Israeli people.
Après lui, Israël fut gouverné par Abdon, fils de Hillel, de Piratôn.
14 He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. Each of them had his own donkey on which to ride. Abdon was the leader of the Israeli people for eight years.
Celui-ci eut quarante fils et trente petits-fils, lesquels avaient soixante-dix ânons pour montures. Après avoir gouverné huit ans Israël,
15 When Abdon died, he was buried in Pirathon, in the hilly area where the descendants of Amalek lived previously, [but now it is the area where the tribe of Ephraim lives].
Abdon, fils de Hillel, de Piratôn, mourut; et il fut enseveli à Piratôn, au pays d’Ephraïm, sur le mont de l’Amalécite.
