Judges 4
1 After Ehud died, the Israelis again started doing things Yahweh said were very evil.
Les enfants d’Israël recommencèrent à mécontenter l’Eternel, après la mort d’Ahod;
2 So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings of Canaan land, who ruled in Hazor [city], to conquer the Israelis. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-Haggoyim.
et l’Eternel les livra au pouvoir de Jabin, roi cananéen qui régnait à Haçor, et qui avait pour général Sisara, résidant à Harochet Haggoyim.
3 Sisera’s [army] had 900 chariots. For 20 years he oppressed the Israelis. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them.
Les enfants d’Israël implorèrent le Seigneur; car ce roi avait neuf cents chariots de guerre, et il molestait durement, pendant vingt ans, les enfants d’Israël.
4 At that time Deborah, who was the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophetess who had become the leader in Israel.
Or Débora, une prophétesse, femme de Lappidoth, gouvernait Israël à cette époque.
5 She would sit under her palm tree at a place between Ramah and Bethel, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and people would come to her and ask her to settle disputes between them.
Elle siégeait au pied du "Palmier de Débora", entre Rama et Béthel, dans la montagne d’Ephraïm; et c’est à elle que les Israélites s’adressaient pour obtenir justice.
6 One day she summoned Barak, the son of Abinoam, when he was in Kedesh, in the area where the descendants of Naphtali lived. She said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, is commanding you to do: ‘Take with you 1,000 men, some from the descendants of Naphtali and some from the descendants of Zebulun, and lead them to Tabor Mountain.
Elle envoya quérir Barak, fils d’Abinoam, de Kédech-en-Nephtali, et lui dit: "Voici l’ordre de l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël: Va déployer une armée sur le mont Thabor, après avoir pris, avec toi, dix mille hommes des tribus de Nephtali et de Zabulon;
7 Yahweh will lure Sisera, the commander of King Jabin’s army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, [a few miles away]. I will enable your men to defeat them there.’”
moi, je ferai avancer de ton côté, vers le torrent de Kison, Sisara, commandant de l’armée de Jabin, avec ses chariots et sa multitude, et je le livrerai en ta main."
8 Barak replied, “I will go only if you go with me.”
Barak lui répondit: "Si tu m’accompagnes, j’irai; sinon, je n’irai point."
9 She replied, “Okay, I will go with you. But because that is what you have decided to do, Yahweh will enable a woman to defeat Sisera, and the result will be that (you will not be honored/people will not honor you) [for doing that].”
Elle répliqua: "Certes, j’irai avec toi; seulement, ce n’est pas à toi que reviendra l’honneur de ton entreprise, puisque c’est à une femme que l’Eternel aura livré Sisara." Et là-dessus Débora s’en alla avec Barak à Kédech.
10 So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. There he summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men came to him, and then they went together with Deborah [to Tabor Mountain].
Barak convoqua Zabulon et Nephtali à Kédech, dix mille hommes montèrent à sa suite, et Débora monta avec lui.
11 At that time Heber, one of the descendants of the Ken people-group, had moved [with his wife Jael] from the area where that group lived, and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. Heber was a descendant of Moses’ brother-in-law Hobab.
(Or, Héber, le Kénéen, s’était séparé des Kénéens, des descendants de Hobab, beau-père de Moïse; et il avait dressé sa tente vers le Chêne de Çaanannîm, qui est près de Kédech.)
12 Someone told Sisera that Barak had gone up on Tabor Mountain [with an army].
Sisara, ayant appris que Barak, fils d’Abinoam, s’était dirigé sur le mont Thabor,
13 So he gathered his troops with their 900 chariots, and they marched from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
réunit tous ses chariots, neuf cents chariots armés de fer, ainsi que toute la milice sous ses ordres, et les achemina de Harochet Haggoyim vers le torrent de Kison.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day that Yahweh will enable your [army] to defeat the army of Sisera. Yahweh is going ahead of you!” So Barak led his men as they descended from Tabor Mountain.
Alors Débora dit à Barak: "En avant! car c’est aujourd’hui que le Seigneur livre en tes mains Sisara; n’est-ce pas Dieu même qui marche devant toi?" Et Barak descendit du mont Thabor, suivi de dix mille hommes.
15 As they advanced, Yahweh caused Sisera and all his chariots and his army to have great difficulty maneuvering/moving around. So Sisera jumped down from his chariot and ran away.
L’Eternel frappa de perturbation Sisara, tous ses attelages et toute son armée, qu’il livra au glaive de Barak; Sisara sauta à bas de son char et s’enfuit à pied.
16 But Barak and his men pursued the other chariots and the enemy soldiers as far as Harosheth-Haggoyim. They killed all of the men in Sisera’s army. Not one man survived.
Barak poursuivit attelages et armée jusqu’à Harochet Haggoyim; et toute l’armée de Sisara tomba sous le tranchant du glaive, pas un seul n’échappa.
17 But Sisera ran to Jael’s tent. He did that because [his boss], King Jabin of Hazor [city], was a good friend of [Jael’s husband] Heber.
Cependant Sisara fuyait à pied vers la tente de Jaël, femme de Héber le Kénéen; car il y avait paix entre Jabin, roi de Haçor, et la famille de Héber le Kénéen.
18 Jael went out to greet Sisera. She said to him, “Sir, come into my tent! Do not be afraid!” So he went into the tent [and lay down], and she covered him with a blanket.
Jaël sortit à la rencontre de Sisara et lui dit: "Entre, seigneur, entre chez moi, ne crains rien!" Il la suivit dans la tente, et elle le cacha sous une couverture.
19 He said to her, “I’m thirsty; can you give me some water?” So she opened a leather container of milk, and gave him a drink. Then she covered him with the blanket again.
Il lui dit: "Donne-moi, je te prie, un peu d’eau à boire, j’ai soif!" Et elle ouvrit l’outre au lait, lui donna à boire et le recouvrit.
20 He said to her, “Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks ‘Is anyone else here?’, say ‘No.’”
Il lui dit: "Tiens-toi à l’entrée de la tente, et si l’on vient te demander: Y a-t-il quelqu’un ici? tu répondras: Non.
21 Sisera was very exhausted, so he soon was asleep. While he was sleeping, Jael crept quietly to him, holding a hammer and a tent peg. She pounded the peg into his skull, and all the way through his head into the ground, and he died.
Or Jaël, femme de Héber, prit une cheville de la tente, se saisit d’un marteau, se glissa près de lui sans bruit et enfonça dans sa tempe la cheville, qui resta fichée en terre; lui, fatigué, s’était endormi; il mourut.
22 When Barak passed by Jael’s tent to look for Sisera, she went out to greet him. She said, “Come in, and I will show you the man you are searching for!” So he followed her into the tent, and he saw Sisera lying there, dead, with the tent peg through his head.
Cependant Barak vint, poursuivant Sisara; Jaël s’avança à sa rencontre et lui dit: "Viens, je vais te faire voir l’homme que tu cherches." Il la suivit et vit Sisara étendu mort, la tempe traversée par la cheville.
23 On that day God enabled the Israelis to defeat [the army of] Jabin, the king of the people of Canaan.
Ce jour-là, Dieu abattit Jabin, roi de Canaan, devant les enfants d’Israël;
24 From that time, the Israeli people continued to become stronger, and [the army of] King Jabin continued to become weaker. Finally the Israelis were able to completely subdue the people ruled by the king of Canaan.
et la puissance des enfants d’Israël alla s’appesantissant sur Jabin, roi de Canaan, si bien qu’ils consommèrent sa ruine.
