1 Samuel 10
1 Et Samuel prit une fiole d’huile et la versa sur la tête de Saül, et il l’embrassa, et dit: L’Éternel ne t’a-t-il pas oint pour prince sur son héritage?
Then Samuel took a small jar of olive oil and poured [some of] it on Saul’s head. Then he kissed Saul [on the cheek], and told him, “I am doing this because Yahweh has chosen you to be the leader of his Israeli people.
2 En t’en allant aujourd’hui d’avec moi, tu trouveras deux hommes près du sépulcre de Rachel, sur la frontière de Benjamin, à Tseltsakh, et ils te diront: Les ânesses que tu étais allé chercher sont trouvées; et voici, ton père a oublié l’affaire des ânesses, et il est en peine de vous, disant: Que ferai-je au sujet de mon fils?
[And this will prove it to you]: When you leave me today, when you arrive near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live, you will meet two men. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys have been found, but now your father is worrying about you, and he is asking people, “Have you seen my son?’”
3 Et de là tu passeras plus loin, et tu viendras au chêne de Thabor; et là te trouveront trois hommes qui montent vers Dieu à Béthel, l’un portant trois chevreaux, l’autre portant trois gâteaux de pain, et l’autre portant une outre de vin.
When you arrive at the [large] oak tree at Tabor [town], you will see three men coming toward you. They will be on their way to [worship] God at Bethel [town]. One of them will be leading three young goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a container of wine.
4 Et ils te demanderont comment tu te portes, et ils te donneront deux pains, et tu les prendras de leurs mains.
They will greet you, and they will offer you two of the loaves of bread. Accept them.
5 Après cela, tu viendras au coteau de Dieu, où sont des postes des Philistins; et il arrivera qu’en entrant là, dans la ville, tu rencontreras une troupe de prophètes descendant du haut lieu, ayant devant eux un luth, un tambourin, une flûte, et une harpe, et eux-mêmes prophétisant.
When you arrive at the hill [where people worship] God near Gibeah [town], where there is the camp where the Philistine soldiers stay, you will meet a group of prophets who will be coming down from the altar on top of the hill. There will be people in front of them who will be playing [various musical instruments]: a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre. And all of them will be speaking messages that come directly from God.
6 Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel te saisira, et tu prophétiseras avec eux, et tu seras changé en un autre homme.
At that time the Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you, and you also will speak messages that come directly from God. (You will be changed/The Spirit of Yahweh will change you), so that you will become like a different person.
7 Et lorsque ces signes te seront arrivés, tu feras ce qui se présentera à toi; car Dieu est avec toi.
After those things occur, do whatever you think is right to do, and God will (be with/help) you.
8 Et tu descendras devant moi à Guilgal; et voici, je descendrai vers toi pour offrir des holocaustes et sacrifier des sacrifices de prospérités; tu attendras sept jours, jusqu’à ce que je vienne vers toi, et je te ferai savoir ce que tu devras faire.
Then go ahead of me, down to Gilgal [city], and wait for me there, for seven days. Then I will join you there, to burn sacrifices and offer other sacrifices to enable you to maintain fellowship with God. When I arrive there, I will tell you what [other] things you should do.”
9 Et il arriva que, lorsque [Saül] tourna le dos pour s’en aller d’avec Samuel, Dieu lui changea son cœur en un autre; et tous ces signes eurent lieu ce jour-là.
As Saul started to leave there, God changed Saul’s inner being. And all the things that Samuel had predicted happened on that day.
10 Et ils arrivèrent là, au coteau; et voici, une troupe de prophètes [venait] à sa rencontre, et l’Esprit de Dieu le saisit, et il prophétisa au milieu d’eux.
When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw some prophets who were [speaking messages that came directly from God. As the prophets were] approaching Saul and his servant, God’s Spirit came upon Saul powerfully, and he also began to speak messages from God.
11 Et il arriva que, quand tous ceux qui l’avaient connu auparavant virent qu’il prophétisait avec les prophètes, les gens se dirent l’un à l’autre: Qu’est-il donc arrivé au fils de Kis? Saül aussi est-il parmi les prophètes?
When people who had known Saul previously heard him speaking messages from God as the prophets were doing, they said to each other, “What has happened to this son of Kish? Is he now really one of the (prophets/men who speak messages from God)?”
12 Et quelqu’un de là répondit et dit: Et qui est leur père? C’est pourquoi cela passa en proverbe: Saül aussi est-il parmi les prophètes?
One of the men who lived there replied, “[Saul cannot be a prophet, because] all prophets receive their power to speak messages from God, not from their parents.” And that is why, [when people hear about a report of someone prophesying, they think about what happened to Saul and] say, “[We are surprised about that person becoming a prophet, like] we were surprised to hear that Saul had really become one of the prophets.”
13 Et quand [Saül] eut cessé de prophétiser, il vint au haut lieu.
When Saul finished speaking the messages that God gave him, he went to the place where the people offered sacrifices.
14 Et l’oncle de Saül lui dit, à lui et à son jeune homme: Où êtes-vous allés? Et il dit: Chercher les ânesses; mais voyant qu’elles n’étaient nulle part, nous sommes allés vers Samuel.
Later, Saul’s uncle [saw him there, and] asked him, “Where did you go?” Saul replied, “We went to look for the donkeys. When we could not find them, we came here to ask Samuel [if he could tell us where they were].”
15 Et l’oncle de Saül dit: Déclare-moi, je te prie, ce que vous a dit Samuel.
Saul’s uncle replied, “What did Samuel tell you?”
16 Et Saül dit à son oncle: Il nous a déclaré expressément que les ânesses étaient trouvées. Mais quant à l’affaire du royaume, dont Samuel avait parlé, il ne la lui déclara pas.
Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about him becoming the king [of Israel].
17 Et Samuel convoqua le peuple devant l’Éternel à Mitspa.
[Later] Samuel summoned the people of Israel to gather at Mizpah to [hear a message from] Yahweh.
18 Et il dit aux fils d’Israël: Ainsi a dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Moi, j’ai fait monter Israël hors d’Égypte, et je vous ai délivrés de la main des Égyptiens et de la main de tous les royaumes qui vous opprimaient;
After they arrived, he said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people [worship], says: I brought you Israeli people out of Egypt. I rescued your [ancestors] from the power of the rulers of Egypt and from all the other kings who oppressed them.
19 et vous, aujourd’hui, vous avez rejeté votre Dieu, lui qui vous a sauvés de tous vos maux et de toutes vos détresses, et vous lui avez dit: [Non], mais établis un roi sur nous. Et maintenant, tenez-vous devant l’Éternel, selon vos tribus et selon vos milliers.
I am the one who saves you from all your troubles and difficulties. But today you have rejected me, your God, and you have said, ‘We don’t care! Give us a king!’ So [I will do what you want]. Now have [representatives of] your tribes and [of] your clans stand here in the presence of Yahweh.’”
20 Et Samuel fit approcher toutes les tribus d’Israël, et la tribu de Benjamin fut prise;
When those representatives came near to Samuel, [God indicated that] he had chosen someone from the tribe descended from Benjamin.
21 et il fit approcher la tribu de Benjamin selon ses familles, et la famille de Matri fut prise; et Saül, fils de Kis, fut pris: et on le chercha, mais on ne le trouva pas.
Then Samuel told representatives of the tribe of Benjamin to come forward, and God indicated that [from that tribe] he had chosen someone from the family of Matri, and then God indicated that [from the family of Matri] he had chosen Saul, the son of Kish. But when they looked for Saul, they could not find him.
22 Et ils interrogèrent encore l’Éternel: L’homme viendra-t-il encore ici? Et l’Éternel dit: Voici, il s’est caché parmi les bagages.
So they asked Yahweh, “Where is Saul?” Yahweh replied, “He is hiding among the army equipment.”
23 Et ils coururent, et le prirent de là; et il se tint au milieu du peuple, et il était plus grand que tout le peuple, depuis les épaules en haut.
So they quickly went there [and found him, ] and brought him [in front of all the people]. They could see that [truly] he was a head taller than anyone else.
24 Et Samuel dit à tout le peuple: Voyez-vous celui que l’Éternel a choisi? Il n’y en a point comme lui dans tout le peuple. Et tout le peuple poussa des cris, et dit: Vive le roi!
Then Samuel said to all the people there, “This is the man whom Yahweh has chosen to be your king. Among all us Israeli people, there is no one like him!” Then all the people shouted, “We hope that this king will live a long time!”
25 Et Samuel dit au peuple le droit du royaume, et il l’écrivit dans un livre, et le posa devant l’Éternel. Et Samuel renvoya tout le peuple, chacun à sa maison.
Then Samuel told the people what things the king would force them to do, and all the things the king was required to do. He wrote all those things on a scroll, and then he put it in a sacred place in the temple. Then Samuel sent all the people home.
26 Et Saül aussi s’en alla à sa maison, à Guibha; et la troupe de ceux dont Dieu avait touché le cœur alla avec lui.
When Saul returned to his home in Gibeah [town], a group of men decided to continually accompany Saul. They did that because God (motivated them/put it in their minds) to do that.
27 Et des fils de Bélial dirent: Comment celui-ci nous sauverait-il? Et ils le méprisèrent et ne lui apportèrent point de présent; et il fit le sourd.
But some worthless men said, “(How can this man save us [from our enemies]?/This man will not be able to save us [from our enemies].)” [RHQ] They despised him, and refused to give him any gifts [to show that they would be loyal to him]. But Saul did not say anything [to rebuke them].
