1 Chroniques 10
1 Et les Philistins combattirent contre Israël, et les hommes d’Israël s’enfuirent devant les Philistins, et tombèrent tués sur la montagne de Guilboa.
The army of Philistia [again] fought against the Israelis. The Israeli soldiers ran away from them, and many Israelis were killed {the soldiers of Philistia killed many Israelis} on Gilboa Mountain.
2 Et les Philistins pressèrent fortement Saül et ses fils; et les Philistins frappèrent Jonathan, et Abinadab, et Malki-Shua, fils de Saül.
The soldiers of Philistia caught up with Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3 Et la bataille se renforça contre Saül, et les archers l’atteignirent; et il eut peur des archers.
The fighting was very fierce around Saul, and the (archers/men who shot arrows) shot Saul and wounded him severely.
4 Et Saül dit à celui qui portait ses armes: Tire ton épée, et perce-m’en, de peur que ces incirconcis ne viennent et ne m’outragent. Et celui qui portait ses armes ne voulut pas [le faire], car il avait très peur. Et Saül prit son épée, et se jeta dessus.
Saul said to the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to injure me [further] and make fun of me [while I am dying].” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it [and died].
5 Et quand celui qui portait ses armes vit que Saül était mort, il se jeta, lui aussi, sur l’épée, et mourut.
When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died.
6 Et Saül mourut, et ses trois fils; et toute sa maison mourut ensemble.
So Saul and three of his sons all died, and none of his descendants ever became king.
7 – Et tous les hommes d’Israël qui étaient dans la vallée virent que Saül et ses fils s’étaient enfuis, et qu’ils étaient morts, et ils abandonnèrent leurs villes et s’enfuirent; et les Philistins vinrent et y habitèrent.
When the Israelis who were living in the valley saw that their army had run away and that Saul and his three sons were dead, they left their towns and ran away. Then the soldiers from Philistia came and (occupied/lived in) those towns.
8 Et il arriva que, le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les tués, et ils trouvèrent Saül et ses fils tombés sur la montagne de Guilboa.
The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead [Israeli soldiers], they found the corpses of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain.
9 Et ils le dépouillèrent, et prirent sa tête et ses armes, et les envoyèrent partout dans le pays des Philistins pour annoncer la bonne nouvelle à leurs idoles et au peuple.
They took the clothes off Saul’s corpse and [cut off] his head and took it and Saul’s armor.
10 Et ils placèrent ses armes dans la maison de leur dieu, et clouèrent sa tête dans la maison de Dagon.
Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news throughout their own area, to their idols and to the other people. They put Saul’s armor in the temple where their idols were, and they hung Saul’s head in the temple of [their god] Dagon.
11 Et tous ceux de Jabès de Galaad entendirent parler de tout ce que les Philistins avaient fait à Saül;
All the people who lived in Jabesh in [the] Gilead [region] heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s [corpse].
12 et tous les hommes vaillants se levèrent, et prirent le corps de Saül et les corps de ses fils, et les apportèrent à Jabès; et ils enterrèrent leurs os sous le térébinthe de Jabès, et jeûnèrent sept jours.
So the bravest men/soldiers of Jabesh went and got the corpses of Saul and his sons and brought them back to Jabesh. They buried their bones under a large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh (fasted/abstained from eating food) for seven days.
13 Et Saül mourut dans son péché qu’il avait commis contre l’Éternel, à propos de la parole de l’Éternel, qu’il n’avait pas gardée, et aussi pour avoir interrogé [une femme] qui évoquait les esprits pour [les] consulter;
Saul died because he did not faithfully obey what Yahweh told him to do. He even went to a woman who talks to the spirits of dead people and asked her what he should do,
14 et il ne consulta point l’Éternel. Et il le fit mourir, et transféra le royaume à David, fils d’Isaï.
instead of asking Yahweh what he should do. So Yahweh caused him to die, and he appointed David, the son of Jesse, to be the king [of Israel].
