Juges 1

1 Et il arriva, après la mort de Josué, que les fils d’Israël interrogèrent l’Éternel, disant: Qui de nous montera le premier contre le Cananéen, pour lui faire la guerre?

And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?

2 Et l’Éternel dit: Juda montera; voici, j’ai livré le pays en sa main.

And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 Et Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: Monte avec moi dans mon lot, et faisons la guerre contre le Cananéen; et moi aussi j’irai avec toi dans ton lot. Et Siméon alla avec lui.

And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him.

4 Et Juda monta; et l’Éternel livra le Cananéen et le Phérézien en leur main; et ils les frappèrent à Bézek, 10 000 hommes:

And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to [the number of] ten thousand men.

5 ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek, et ils lui firent la guerre, et frappèrent le Cananéen et le Phérézien.

And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.

6 Et Adoni-Bézek s’enfuit; et ils le poursuivirent, et le saisirent, et lui coupèrent les pouces des mains et des pieds.

And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 Et Adoni-Bézek dit: 70 rois, ayant les pouces de leurs mains et de leurs pieds coupés, ramassaient sous ma table; comme j’ai fait, ainsi Dieu m’a rendu. Et on l’amena à Jérusalem, et il y mourut.

And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 Et les fils de Juda avaient fait la guerre contre Jérusalem, et l’avaient prise, et ils l’avaient frappée par le tranchant de l’épée, et avaient livré la ville au feu.

And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.

9 Et ensuite les fils de Juda descendirent pour faire la guerre au Cananéen qui habitait la montagne, et le midi et le pays plat.

And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.

10 Et Juda s’en alla contre le Cananéen qui habitait à Hébron (or le nom de Hébron était auparavant Kiriath-Arba), et ils frappèrent Shéshaï, et Akhiman, et Thalmaï.

And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: ] and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.

11 Et de là il s’en alla contre les habitants de Debir; or le nom de Debir était auparavant Kiriath-Sépher.

And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.

12 Et Caleb dit: À qui frappera Kiriath-Sépher et la prendra, je lui donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme.

And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.

13 Et Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère puîné de Caleb, la prit; et [Caleb] lui donna sa fille Acsa pour femme.

And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.

14 Et il arriva que, comme elle entrait, elle l’incita à demander à son père un champ. Et elle descendit de dessus l’âne; et Caleb lui dit: Qu’as-tu?

And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is your request?

15 Et elle lui dit: Donne-moi une bénédiction; car tu m’as donné une terre du midi, donne-moi aussi des sources d’eau. Et Caleb lui donna les sources du haut et les sources du bas.

And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the low [springs].

16 Et les fils du Kénien, beau-père de Moïse, étaient montés de la ville des palmiers, avec les fils de Juda, au désert de Juda, qui est au midi d’Arad; et ils allèrent et habitèrent avec le peuple.

And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.

17 Et Juda s’en alla avec Siméon, son frère, et ils frappèrent le Cananéen qui habitait à Tsephath, et détruisirent entièrement la [ville]; et on appela la ville du nom de Horma.

And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.

18 Et Juda prit Gaza et ses confins, et Askalon et ses confins, et Ékron et ses confins.

But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it.

19 Et l’Éternel fut avec Juda; et il prit possession de la montagne; car il ne déposséda pas les habitants de la vallée, parce qu’ils avaient des chars de fer.

And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.

20 Et on donna Hébron à Caleb, comme Moïse l’avait dit, et il en déposséda les trois fils d’Anak.

And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.

21 Et les fils de Benjamin ne dépossédèrent pas le Jébusien, habitant de Jérusalem; et le Jébusien a habité avec les fils de Benjamin à Jérusalem jusqu’à ce jour.

But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

22 Et la maison de Joseph, eux aussi, montèrent à Béthel, et l’Éternel fut avec eux.

And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.

23 Et la maison de Joseph fit reconnaître Béthel: le nom de la ville était auparavant Luz.

And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.

24 Et les gardes virent un homme qui sortait de la ville, et ils lui dirent: Montre-nous, nous t’en prions, par où l’on entre dans la ville; et nous userons de bonté envers toi.

And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you.

25 Et il leur montra par où l’on entrait dans la ville; et ils frappèrent la ville par le tranchant de l’épée, mais ils laissèrent aller l’homme et toute sa famille.

And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.

26 Et l’homme s’en alla dans le pays des Héthiens, et bâtit une ville et l’appela du nom de Luz: c’est là son nom jusqu’à ce jour.

And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day.

27 Et Manassé ne déposséda pas Beth-Shean et les villages de son ressort, ni Thaanac et les villages de son ressort, ni les habitants de Dor et des villages de son ressort, ni les habitants de Jibleam et des villages de son ressort, ni les habitants de Meguiddo et des villages de son ressort; et le Cananéen voulut habiter dans ce pays-là.

And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.

28 Et il arriva que, quand Israël fut devenu fort, il rendit le Cananéen tributaire; mais il ne le déposséda pas entièrement.

And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.

29 Et Éphraïm ne déposséda pas le Cananéen qui habitait à Guézer; mais le Cananéen a habité au milieu d’eux à Guézer.

And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.

30 Zabulon ne déposséda pas les habitants de Kitron, ni les habitants de Nahalol; mais le Cananéen a habité au milieu d’eux, et fut rendu tributaire.

And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.

31 Aser ne déposséda pas les habitants d’Acco, ni les habitants de Sidon, ni Akhlab, ni Aczib, ni Helba, ni Aphik, ni Rehob;

And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people] became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.

32 et l’Asérite a habité au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, car il ne les déposséda pas.

And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.

33 Nephthali ne déposséda pas les habitants de Beth-Shémesh, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath; et il a habité au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays; mais les habitants de Beth-Shémesh et de Beth-Anath lui devinrent tributaires.

And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.

34 Et les Amoréens repoussèrent dans la montagne les fils de Dan, car ils ne leur permirent pas de descendre dans la vallée.

And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.

35 Et l’Amoréen voulut habiter dans la montagne de Hérès, à Ajalon et à Shaalbim; mais la main de la maison de Joseph devint forte, et ils furent soumis au tribut.

And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.

36 Et la frontière de l’Amoréen était depuis la montée d’Akrabbim, depuis le rocher, et en dessus.

And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.