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 hommes d'Ephraïm crièrent, et ils passèrent au nord, et ils dirent à Jephté: Pourquoi donc es-tu allé combattre les fils d'Amnion, sans nous convoquer pour marcher avec toi? Nous mettrons le feu à ta maison, sur toi.
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.
Et Jephté leur dit: Nous faisions une violente guerre aux fils d'Ammon, moi et mon peuple; je vous ai appelés, mais vous ne m'avez point délivré de leurs mains.
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]
Ainsi, j'ai vu que vous ne me sauveriez pas; j'ai confié ma vie à mes mains; j'ai attaqué les fils d'Ammon, et le Seigneur me les a livré. Pourquoi donc aujourd'hui venez-vous me combattre?
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 réunit ensuite tous les hommes de Galaad, et il livra bataille à Ephraïm; et les hommes de Galaad vainquirent ceux d'Ephraïm, qui avaient dit: Vous, gens de Galaad, vous êtes des fugitifs d'Ephraïm; vous demeurez au milieu d'Ephraïm et au milieu de 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 s'empara avant Ephraïm des gués du Jourdain; et les fuyards d'Ephraïm dirent: Laissez-nous passer; or, à chacun, les hommes de Galaad disaient: N'es-tu pas d'Ephraïm? et il répondait: 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.
Et ils lui disaient: Prononce épi; et il le prononçait mal; alors, ils le saisissaient, et le tuaient près du gué du Jourdain. En ce jour-là, quarante-deux mille hommes d'Ephraïm tombèrent.
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].
Ensuite, Jephté jugea Israël six ans, et il mourut, et il fut enseveli dans sa ville de Galaad.
8 After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people.
Après lui, Abessan de Bethléem jugea Israël.
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 avait trente fils et trente filles; et il maria celles-ci hors de sa demeure, et il y amena du dehors trente filles pour ses fils; et il jugea Israël sept ans.
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
Abessan mourut, et il 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.
Après lui, Elon, le Zabulonien, jugea Israël dix ans.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Il mourut, et il fut enseveli dans la ville d'Elon, en la terre 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, Abdon, fils d'Ellel, le Pharathonien, jugea Israël.
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.
Il avait quarante fils et trente petits-fils qui montaient sur soixante- dix poulains.
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 d'Ellel, mourut, et il fut enseveli à Pharathon en la terre d'Ephraïm, sur la montagne d'Amalec.
