Juges 1
1 Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d'Israël demandèrent à Yahvé: « Qui montera pour nous le premier contre les Cananéens, pour les combattre? »
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 Yahvé dit: « Juda montera. Voici, j'ai livré le pays entre ses mains. »
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
3 Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: « Monte avec moi dans mon lot, afin que nous combattions les Cananéens; et moi aussi, je monterai avec toi dans ton lot. » Siméon alla donc avec lui.
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.
4 Juda monta, et Yahvé livra entre leurs mains les Cananéens et les Phéréziens. Ils frappèrent dix mille hommes à Bézek.
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].
5 Ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek, et ils lui livrèrent bataille. Ils battirent les Cananéens et les Phéréziens.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Mais Adoni-Bézek s'enfuit. Ils le poursuivirent, l'attrapèrent, et lui coupèrent les pouces et les gros orteils.
but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 Adoni-Bézek dit: « Soixante-dix rois, qui ont eu les pouces et les gros orteils coupés, ont fait les poubelles sous ma table. Ce que j'ai fait, Dieu me l'a fait. » On le conduisit à Jérusalem, où il mourut.
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.
8 Les fils de Juda combattirent contre Jérusalem, la prirent, la frappèrent du tranchant de l'épée et mirent le feu à la ville.
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.
9 Après cela, les fils de Juda descendirent pour combattre les Cananéens qui habitaient dans la montagne, dans le midi et dans la plaine.
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].
10 Juda marcha contre les Cananéens qui habitaient à Hébron. (Le nom d'Hébron était auparavant Kiriath Arba.) Ils frappèrent Sheshai, Ahiman et Talmai.
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.
11 De là, il alla contre les habitants de Debir. (Le nom de Debir était auparavant Kiriath Sepher.)
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 Caleb dit: « Je donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme à l'homme qui frappera Kiriath Sepher et la prendra. »
[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.”
13 Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère cadet de Caleb, la prit, et il lui donna pour femme sa fille Acsa.
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.
14 Quand elle arriva, elle lui demanda de demander un champ à son père. Elle descendit de son âne; et Caleb lui dit: « Que veux-tu? »
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?”
15 Elle lui dit: « Donne-moi une bénédiction; puisque tu m'as établie dans le pays du Midi, donne-moi aussi des sources d'eau. » Et Caleb lui donna les sources supérieures et les sources inférieures.
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.
16 Les fils du Kénite, beau-frère de Moïse, montèrent de la ville des palmiers avec les fils de Juda dans le désert de Juda, qui est au sud d'Arad, et ils allèrent habiter avec le peuple.
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].
17 Juda partit avec Siméon, son frère, et ils frappèrent les Cananéens qui habitaient Zéphath, et la détruisirent par interdit. Le nom de la ville fut appelé Horma.
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’].
18 Juda prit aussi Gaza et son territoire, Ashkelon et son territoire, et Ekron et son territoire.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 L'Éternel fut avec Juda, et il chassa les habitants de la montagne, car il ne put chasser les habitants de la vallée, parce qu'ils avaient des chars de fer.
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.
20 On donna Hébron à Caleb, comme Moïse l'avait dit, et il en chassa les trois fils d'Anak.
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.
21 Les fils de Benjamin ne chassèrent pas les Jébusiens qui habitaient Jérusalem, mais les Jébusiens habitent avec les fils de Benjamin à Jérusalem jusqu'à ce jour.
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.
22 La maison de Joseph monta aussi contre Béthel, et l'Éternel fut avec eux.
The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
23 La maison de Joseph envoya espionner Béthel.
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 Les observateurs virent un homme sortir de la ville et ils lui dirent: « Montre-nous l'entrée de la ville, et nous te traiterons avec bienveillance. »
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].”
25 Il leur montra l'entrée de la ville, et ils frappèrent la ville du tranchant de l'épée; mais ils laissèrent partir l'homme et toute sa famille.
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.
26 L'homme alla dans le pays des Hittites, bâtit une ville et l'appela Luz, nom qu'elle porte encore aujourd'hui.
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.
27 Manassé ne chassa pas les habitants de Beth Shean et de ses villes, ni de Taanach et de ses villes, ni les habitants de Dor et de ses villes, ni les habitants d'Ibleam et de ses villes, ni les habitants de Megiddo et de ses villes; mais les Cananéens demeurèrent dans ce pays.
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.
28 Lorsqu'Israël fut devenu fort, il mit les Cananéens au travail forcé et ne les chassa pas complètement.
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.
29 Ephraïm ne chassa pas les Cananéens qui habitaient à Guézer, mais les Cananéens habitèrent à Guézer au milieu d'eux.
[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.
30 Zabulon ne chassa pas les habitants de Kitron ni ceux de Nahalol, mais les Cananéens habitèrent parmi eux et furent soumis au travail forcé.
[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.
31 Asher ne chassa pas les habitants d'Acco, ni ceux de Sidon, ni ceux d'Ahlab, ni ceux d'Achzib, ni ceux d'Helba, ni ceux d'Aphik, ni ceux de Rehob;
[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.
32 mais les Asher habitèrent parmi les Cananéens, habitants du pays, car ils ne les chassèrent pas.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Nephtali ne chassa pas les habitants de Beth Shemesh ni ceux de Beth Anath, mais il habita au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays. Néanmoins, les habitants de Beth Shemesh et de Beth Anath furent soumis au travail forcé.
[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.
34 Les Amorrhéens forcèrent les enfants de Dan à aller dans la montagne, car ils ne leur permirent pas de descendre dans la vallée;
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.
35 mais les Amorrhéens habitèrent au mont Hérès, à Aijalon et à Shaalbim. Mais la main de la maison de Joseph l'emporta, de sorte qu'ils furent soumis au travail forcé.
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.
36 La frontière des Amoréens s'étendait depuis la montée d'Akrabbim, depuis le rocher et vers le haut.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
