Juges 4
1 Les enfants d'Israël firent encore ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, après la mort d'Aod.
After Ehud died, the Israelis again started doing things Yahweh said were very evil.
2 Et Yahweh les vendit entre les mains de Jabin, roi de Chanaan, qui régnait à Asor; le chef de son armée était Sisara, et il habitait à Haroseth-Goïm.
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.
3 Les enfants d'Israël crièrent vers Yahweh, car Jabin avait neuf cents chars de fer et, depuis vingt ans, il opprimait durement les enfants d'Israël.
Sisera’s [army] had 900 chariots. For 20 years he oppressed the Israelis. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them.
4 En ce temps-là, Débora, prophétesse, femme de Lapidoth, rendait la justice en Israël.
At that time Deborah, who was the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophetess who had become the leader in Israel.
5 Elle siégeait sous le palmier de Débora, entre Rama et Béthel, dans la montagne d'Ephraïm; et les enfants d'Israël montaient vers elle pour être jugés.
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.
6 Elle envoya appeler Barac, fils d'Abinoëm, de Cédés en Nephthali, et elle lui dit: " N'est-ce pas l'ordre qu'a donné Yahweh, le Dieu d'Israël? Va, rends-toi sur le mont Thabor, et prends avec toi dix mille hommes des fils de Nephthali et des fils de Zabulon.
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.
7 Je t'amènerai, au torrent de Cison, Sisara, le chef de l'armée de Jabin, avec ses chars et ses troupes, et je le livrerai entre tes mains. "
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.’”
8 Barac lui dit: " Si tu viens avec moi, j'irai; mais si tu ne viens pas avec moi, je n'irai pas. "
Barak replied, “I will go only if you go with me.”
9 Elle répondit: " Oui, j'irai avec toi, mais, dans l'expédition que tu vas faire, la gloire ne sera pas pour toi; car Yahweh livrera Sisara entre les mains d'une femme. " Et Débora se leva et elle se rendit avec Barac à Cédès.
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].”
10 Barac convoqua Zabulon et Nephthali à Cédès; et dix mille hommes partirent à sa suite, et Débora partit avec lui.
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].
11 Héber, le Cinéen, s'était emparé des Cinéens, des fils de Hobab, beau-frère de Moïse, et il avait dressé sa tente jusqu'au chêne de Sennim, prés de Cédès.
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.
12 On informa Sisara que Barac, fils d'Abinoëm, était parti vers le mont Thabor;
Someone told Sisera that Barak had gone up on Tabor Mountain [with an army].
13 et Sisara, fit venir d'Haroseth-Goïm, vers le torrent de Cison, tous ses chars, neuf cents chars de fer, et tout le peuple qui était avec lui.
So he gathered his troops with their 900 chariots, and they marched from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Alors Débora dit à Barac: " Lève-toi, car voici le jour où Yahweh a livré Sisara entre tes mains. Est-ce que Yahweh n'est pas sorti devant toi? " Et Barac descendit du mont Thabor, ayant dix mille hommes à sa suite.
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.
15 Yahweh mit en déroute Sisara, tous ses chars et toute son armée, par le tranchant de l'épée, devant Barac; et Sisara descendit de son char et s'enfuit à pied.
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.
16 Barac poursuivit les chars et l'armée jusqu'à Haroseth-Goïm, et toute l'armée de Sisara tomba sous le tranchant de l'épée; pas un homme n'échappa.
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.
17 Sisara se réfugia à pied dans la tente de Jahel, femme de Héber, le Cinéen; car il y avait paix entre Jabin, roi d'Asor, et la maison de Héber, le Cinéen.
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.
18 Jahel sortit au-devant de Sisara et lui dit: " Entre, mon seigneur, entre chez moi, ne crains point. " Il entra chez elle dans la tente, et elle le cacha sous une couverture.
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.
19 Il lui dit: " Donne-moi, je te prie, un peu d'eau à boire, car j'ai soif. " Elle ouvrit l'outre du lait, lui donna à boire et le couvrit.
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.
20 Il lui dit: " Tiens-toi à l'entrée de la tente et, si l'on vient l'interroger, en disant: Y a-t-il un homme ici? tu répondras: Non. "
He said to her, “Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks ‘Is anyone else here?’, say ‘No.’”
21 Jahel, femme de Héber, saisit un pieu de la tente et, ayant pris en main le marteau, elle s'approcha de lui doucement et lui enfonça dans la tempe le pieu, qui pénétra dans le sol, car il dormait profondément, étant accablé de fatigue; et il mourut.
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.
22 Et voici, comme Barac poursuivait Sisara, Jahel sortit à sa rencontre et lui dit: " Viens, et je te montrerai l'homme que tu cherches. " Il entra chez elle et vit Sisara étendu mort, le pieu dans la tempe.
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.
23 En ce jour, Dieu humilia Jabin, roi de Chanaan, devant les enfants d'Israël.
On that day God enabled the Israelis to defeat [the army of] Jabin, the king of the people of Canaan.
24 Et la main des enfants d'Israël s'appesantit de plus en plus sur Jabin, roi de Chanaan, jusqu'à ce qu'ils eussent détruit Jabin, roi de Chanaan.
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.
