2 Samuel 1
1 Et il arriva, après la mort de Saül, quand David fut revenu d’avoir frappé Amalek, que David habita deux jours à Tsiklag.
After Saul died, David [and the men who were with him] returned to Ziklag [town] after defeating the descendants of Amalek. They stayed in Ziklag for two days.
2 Et, le troisième jour, voici, un homme vint du camp, d’auprès de Saül, ses vêtements déchirés et de la terre sur sa tête; et aussitôt qu’il arriva auprès de David, il tomba contre terre et se prosterna.
On the third day, unexpectedly a man arrived there who had come from where Saul’s army was camped. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head [to show that he was grieving]. He came to David, and prostrated himself on the ground [in front of David to show respect for him].
3 Et David lui dit: D’où viens-tu? Et il lui dit: Je me suis échappé du camp d’Israël.
David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.”
4 Et David lui dit: Que s’est-il passé? raconte-le-moi, je te prie. Et il dit que le peuple s’était enfui de la bataille, et que beaucoup d’entre le peuple étaient tombés et étaient morts, et que Saül aussi et Jonathan, son fils, étaient morts.
David asked him, “What happened? Tell me [about the battle]!” The man replied, “The Israeli soldiers ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. And Saul and his son Jonathan (are dead/were also killed).”
5 Et David dit au jeune homme qui lui racontait [ces choses]: Comment sais-tu que Saül et Jonathan, son fils, sont morts?
David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 Et le jeune homme qui lui rapportait [ces choses] dit: Je passais par aventure sur la montagne de Guilboa; et voici, Saül s’appuyait sur sa lance, et voici, les chars et les gens de cheval le serraient de près.
The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain [where the battle occurred], and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The [enemy] chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul.
7 Et il se tourna en arrière et me vit, et m’appela; et je dis: Me voici.
Saul turned around and saw me, and he called out to me. I answered him and said, ‘What do you want me to do?’
8 Et il me dit: Qui es-tu? Et je lui dis: Je suis Amalékite.
He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’
9 Et il me dit: Tiens-toi, je te prie, sur moi, et tue-moi, car l’angoisse m’a saisi, parce que ma vie est encore toute en moi.
Then he said to me, ‘Come over here and kill me. I am still alive, but I am enduring a lot of pain.’
10 Alors je me suis tenu sur lui, et je l’ai mis à mort; car je savais qu’il ne vivrait pas après sa chute; et j’ai pris la couronne qui était sur sa tête et le bracelet qui était à son bras, et je les ai apportés ici à mon seigneur.
So I went to him and killed him, because I knew that he was wounded very badly and would (not continue to live/soon die). I took the crown that was on his head and the band/bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to you.”
11 Alors David saisit ses vêtements et les déchira; et tous les hommes qui étaient avec lui [firent] de même;
Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes [to show that they were very sad].
12 et ils menèrent deuil, et pleurèrent, et jeûnèrent jusqu’au soir sur Saül et sur Jonathan, son fils, et sur le peuple de l’Éternel, et sur la maison d’Israël, parce qu’ils étaient tombés par l’épée.
They mourned for Saul and his son Jonathan, and they cried and (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They also mourned for all the army of Yahweh, and for all the Israeli people, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the battle [MTY].
13 Et David dit au jeune homme qui lui avait rapporté [ces choses]: D’où es-tu? Et il dit: Je suis fils d’un homme étranger, d’un Amalékite.
Then David asked the young man who had told him [about the battle], “Where are you from?” He replied, “My father is a descendant of Amalek, but we live in Israel.”
14 Et David lui dit: Comment n’as-tu pas craint d’étendre ta main pour tuer l’oint de l’Éternel?
David asked him, “(Why were you not afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king]?/You should have been afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king].) [RHQ]
15 Alors David appela un des jeunes hommes et [lui] dit: Approche [et] jette-toi sur lui! Et il le frappa, et il mourut.
You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty [MTY] of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him [with a sword].
16 Et David lui dit: Ton sang soit sur ta tête, car ta bouche a témoigné contre toi, disant: J’ai mis à mort l’oint de l’Éternel.
17 Et David prononça sur Saül et sur Jonathan, son fils, cette complainte;
Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan,
18 et il dit d’enseigner aux fils de Juda [le chant de] l’Arc; voici, il est écrit au livre de Jashar:
and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. [The song is called] ‘The Bow [and Arrow]’ and it has been written in the Book of Jashar:
19 Ton ornement, ô Israël, est tué sur tes hauts lieux. Comment les hommes forts sont-ils tombés!
“You Israeli people, your glorious [MTY] leaders have been killed on the mountains! [It is very sad that] those mighty men have died!
20 Ne le racontez pas dans Gath, n’en portez pas la nouvelle dans les rues d’Askalon; de peur que les filles des Philistins ne se réjouissent, de peur que les filles des incirconcis ne tressaillent de joie.
“Do not tell it [to our enemies in the Philistia area]; do not tell to the people who live in Gath [city] what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon [city], because if you tell them, [even] the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those (pagan women/women who do not know God) to rejoice.
21 Montagnes de Guilboa, qu’il n’y ait pas de rosée, pas de pluie sur vous, ni des champs d’offrandes; car là fut jeté comme une chose souillée le bouclier des hommes forts, le bouclier de Saül, [comme s’il n’avait] pas été oint d’huile.
I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of [the] Gilboa [area] [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty [king], fell on the ground. No one rubbed [olive] oil on Saul’s shield;
22 L’arc de Jonathan ne se retirait pas du sang des tués [et] de la graisse des hommes forts; et l’épée de Saül ne retournait pas à vide.
instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan [PRS] did not retreat carrying his bow [and arrows], and Saul always [defeated his enemies when he fought them] with his sword. [PRS, LIT]
23 Saül et Jonathan, aimés et agréables dans leur vie, n’ont pas été séparés dans leur mort. Ils étaient plus rapides que les aigles, plus forts que les lions.
“Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together [LIT] while they lived and when they died. [In battles] they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.
24 Filles d’Israël, pleurez sur Saül, qui vous revêtait d’écarlate, magnifiquement, qui a couvert vos vêtements d’ornements d’or.
“You Israeli women, cry about Saul; He provided beautiful scarlet/red clothes for you and he gave you gold ornaments/jewelry to fasten on those clothes.
25 Comment les hommes forts sont-ils tombés au milieu de la bataille! Comment Jonathan a-t-il été tué sur tes hauts lieux!
“[It is very sad that] this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills.
26 Je suis dans l’angoisse à cause de toi, Jonathan, mon frère! Tu étais pour moi plein de charmes; ton amour pour moi était merveilleux, plus [grand] que l’amour des femmes.
Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you; you were very dear to me. You loved me in a wonderful manner; it was better than the way that a woman loves [her husband and her children].
27 Comment sont tombés les hommes forts, et ont péris les instruments de guerre!
“It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned!
