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'Éphraïm, s'étant rassemblés, partirent pour le nord, et dirent à Jephthé: Pourquoi es-tu allé combattre contre les enfants d'Ammon, sans nous avoir appelés à marcher avec toi? Nous brûlerons ta maison, et nous te brûlerons aussi.
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 Jephthé leur dit: Nous avons eu de grandes contestations avec les enfants d'Ammon, moi et mon peuple; et quand je vous ai appelés, vous ne m'avez pas 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]
Et voyant que vous ne me délivriez pas, j'ai exposé ma vie, et j'ai marché contre les enfants d'Ammon, et l'Éternel les a livrés en ma main. Pourquoi donc êtes-vous montés aujourd'hui contre moi, pour me faire la guerre?
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.
Puis Jephthé, ayant rassemblé tous les gens de Galaad, combattit contre Éphraïm; et les hommes de Galaad battirent ceux d'Éphraïm, parce que ceux-ci avaient dit: Vous êtes des fugitifs d'Éphraïm! Galaad est au milieu d'Éphraïm, 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,”
Et Galaad s'empara des gués du Jourdain, avant que ceux d'Éphraïm n'y arrivassent. Et quand un des fugitifs d'Éphraïm disait: Laissez-moi passer; les gens de Galaad lui disaient: Es-tu Éphratien? 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.
Alors ils lui disaient: Eh bien, dis: Shibboleth (fleuve); et il disait Sibboleth, sans faire attention à bien prononcer; alors, le saisissant, ils le mettaient à mort aux gués du Jourdain. Il périt en ce temps-là quarante-deux mille hommes d'Éphraïm.
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].
Jephthé jugea Israël six ans. Puis Jephthé, 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.
Après lui, Ibtsan de Bethléhem 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 eut trente fils, et il maria hors de sa maison trente filles. Il fit venir de dehors trente filles pour ses fils, et il jugea Israël sept ans.
10 When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.
Puis Ibtsan mourut et fut enseveli à Bethléhem.
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, Élon, le Zabulonite, jugea Israël; il jugea Israël dix ans.
12 Then he died and was buried in Aijalon [city] in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives.
Puis Élon, le Zabulonite, mourut, et fut enseveli à Ajalon, dans 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'Hillel, le Pirathonite, 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 eut quarante fils, et trente petits-fils, qui montaient sur soixante et dix ânons; et il jugea Israël huit ans.
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].
Puis Abdon, fils d'Hillel, le Pirathonite, mourut, et fut enseveli à Pirathon, dans le pays d'Éphraïm, dans la montagne des Amalécites.
