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 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 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?"
[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 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.
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 Ils te salueront et t’offriront deux des pains, que tu accepteras.
They will greet you, and they will offer you two of the loaves of bread. Accept them.
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.
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 Alors l’esprit divin s’emparera de toi, et tu prophétiseras avec eux, et tu deviendras 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 quand ces signes se seront accomplis à ton égard, agis alors selon l’occasion qui s’offrira, 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 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."
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 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.
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 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.
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 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?"
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 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 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 Lorsqu’il eut achevé de prophétiser, il se rendit sur la hauteur.
When Saul finished speaking the messages that God gave him, he went to the place where the people offered sacrifices.
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."
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 "Apprends-moi donc, reprit l’oncle de Saül, ce que Samuel vous a dit."
Saul’s uncle replied, “What did Samuel tell 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 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 Samuel convoqua le peuple à Miçpa, en présence de l’Eternel,
[Later] Samuel summoned the people of Israel to gather at Mizpah to [hear a message from] Yahweh.
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;
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, 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."
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 Samuel fit donc approcher toutes les tribus d’Israël, et le sort désigna la tribu de Benjamin.
When those representatives came near to Samuel, [God indicated that] he had chosen someone from the tribe descended from Benjamin.
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.
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 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."
So they asked Yahweh, “Where is Saul?” Yahweh replied, “He is hiding among the army equipment.”
23 On courut l’y chercher, et alors il apparut debout au milieu du peuple, dépassant tous les autres de l’épaule.
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 qui le Seigneur a choisi? Il n’a point son pareil dans le peuple entier." Et tous l’acclamèrent, en criant: "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 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 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 Saül aussi s’en alla chez lui, à Ghibea, accompagné d’un groupe d’hommes dont Dieu avait touché le cœur.
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 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 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].
