1 Samuel 10

1 Alors Samuel prit une fiole d’huile, en fit couler sur sa tête, et l’embrassa en disant: "Certes, ceci est l’onction que le Seigneur te confère, comme chef de son héritage.

Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you to be ruler over his people Israel? And you shall rule over the people of the LORD, and you shall save them out of the hand of their enemies all around. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be ruler over his inheritance.

2 Tout à l’heure, après m’avoir quitté, tu rencontreras près du Tombeau de Rachel, à Celçah, près de la frontière de Benjamin, deux hommes qui te diront: "Les ânesses que tu étais allé chercher sont retrouvées; et maintenant ton père n’a plus le souci de ses ânesses, c’est de vous qu’il est inquiet, et il dit: Que ferai-je pour retrouver mon fils?"

When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, 'The donkeys which you went to seek have been found; and look, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'

3 Poursuivant ton chemin et parvenu à la plaine de Thabor, tu y rencontreras trois hommes montant à Béthel, vers le Seigneur, et portant, l’un trois chevreaux, l’autre trois miches de pain, le troisième une outre de vin.

Then you will go on further from there and you will come to the oak of Tabor, and three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you. One will be carrying three young goats, and another carrying three containers of bread, and another carrying a container of wine.

4 Ils te salueront et t’offriront deux des pains, que tu accepteras.

And they will greet you and give you two wave offerings of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.

5 Tu arriveras ensuite à la Colline du Seigneur, où il y a une garnison de Philistins; et en arrivant là, dans la ville, tu rencontreras un chœur de prophètes descendant du haut-lieu, précédés de luths, de tambourins, de flûtes et de harpes, et s’abandonnant à l’inspiration.

After that you shall come to Gibeath Elohim, where the Philistine garrison is. And it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with harps, and tambourines, and flutes, and lyres before them, and they will be prophesying.

6 Alors l’esprit divin s’emparera de toi, et tu prophétiseras avec eux, et tu deviendras un autre homme.

And the Spirit of the LORD will come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be transformed into a different person.

7 Et quand ces signes se seront accomplis à ton égard, agis alors selon l’occasion qui s’offrira, car Dieu est avec toi!

And let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

8 Or, tu iras m’attendre à Ghilgal, où je descendrai te rejoindre pour offrir des holocaustes, pour immoler des victimes rémunératoires. Pendant sept jours tu attendras mon arrivée, et je t’apprendrai alors ce que tu dois faire."

You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and look, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do."

9 Sitôt que Saül eut tourné le dos et quitté Samuel, Dieu fit naître en lui un esprit nouveau, et tous les signes annoncés s’accomplirent ce jour-là.

When he had turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart, and all these signs came to pass that day.

10 Et quand ils arrivèrent à la colline en question, un chœur de prophètes vint à sa rencontre; l’esprit divin s’empara de lui, et il prophétisa au milieu d’eux.

And he went from there to Gibeah, and look, a band of prophets met him; and the Ruach of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.

11 Et tous ceux qui le connaissaient de longue date, le voyant prophétiser avec ces hommes inspirés, se dirent l’un à l’autre: "Qu’est-il arrivé au fils de Kich? Eh quoi! Saül est-il aussi parmi les prophètes?"

It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, look, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, "What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"

12 Quelqu’un des assistants répondit: "Et qui donc est leur père?" De là est venue l’expression proverbiale: Est-ce que Saül est aussi parmi les prophètes?

One of the same place answered, "Who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

13 Lorsqu’il eut achevé de prophétiser, il se rendit sur la hauteur.

And when he had finished prophesying, and went home,

14 L’Oncle de Saül, s’adressant à lui et à son serviteur, demanda: "Où êtes-vous allés?" Et il répondit: "Nous avons cherché les ânesses, et ne les trouvant point, nous nous sommes adressés à Samuel."

then his uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we went to Samuel."

15 "Apprends-moi donc, reprit l’oncle de Saül, ce que Samuel vous a dit."

Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."

16 "Il nous a annoncé, dit Saül à son oncle, que les ânesses étaient retrouvées." Mais quant à l’affaire de la royauté, il ne lui raconta point ce qu’avait dit Samuel.

Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys were found." But concerning the matter of the kingdom he did not tell him.

17 Samuel convoqua le peuple à Miçpa, en présence de l’Eternel,

Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpah;

18 et il dit aux enfants d’Israël: "Ainsi parle l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël: C’Est moi qui ai tiré Israël de l’Egypte, qui vous ai sauvés de la puissance égyptienne et de la puissance de tous les rois qui vous opprimaient;

and he said to the children of Israel, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:'

19 et vous, aujourd’hui, vous avez rejeté votre Dieu, celui qui vous secourt dans tous vos malheurs, dans toutes vos peines, et vous lui avez dit: "Il faut que tu nous donnes un roi!" Eh bien! Rangez-vous, en présence de l’Eternel, par tribus et par familles."

but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, 'No. Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands."

20 Samuel fit donc approcher toutes les tribus d’Israël, et le sort désigna la tribu de Benjamin.

So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

21 Puis il fit approcher les familles de la tribu de Benjamin, et le sort se prononça pour la famille de Matri, puis enfin pour Saül, fils de Kich. On le chercha alors, mais on ne le trouva point.

He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken. And he brought the family of the Matrites near man by man, and Saul the son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he could not be found.

22 On consulta de nouveau le Seigneur: "Est-il encore venu quelqu’un ici?… Oui, répondit le Seigneur, et il se tient caché parmi les bagages."

Therefore they asked of the LORD further, "Is there a man yet to come here?" The LORD answered, "Look, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

23 On courut l’y chercher, et alors il apparut debout au milieu du peuple, dépassant tous les autres de l’épaule.

They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

24 Et Samuel dit à tout le peuple: "Voyez-vous qui le Seigneur a choisi? Il n’a point son pareil dans le peuple entier." Et tous l’acclamèrent, en criant: "Vive le roi!"

Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, "Let the king live."

25 Samuel exposa au peuple les conditions de la royauté, et les consigna dans un document qu’il déposa devant le Seigneur; puis il renvoya tout le peuple à ses demeures.

Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it on a scroll, and laid it up before the LORD. Samuel sent all the people away, every man went to his place

26 Saül aussi s’en alla chez lui, à Ghibea, accompagné d’un groupe d’hommes dont Dieu avait touché le cœur.

Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the valient men, whose hearts the LORD had touched.

27 Mais il y eut des hommes pervers qui dirent: "Quel bien celui-là peut-il nous faire?" et ils le méprisèrent et ne lui offrirent point de présents. Saül s’y montra indifférent.

But certain worthless fellows said, "How shall this man save us?" So they despised him, and brought him no present. Now Nahash, king of the Ammonites, was severely oppressing the Gadites and the Reubenites. He put out the right eye of all of them, and he would not allow anyone to rescue Israel. Not one was left of the children of Israel beyond the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, did not put out, except for seven thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites and went to Jabesh Gilead.