1 Samuel 20
1 David s’enfuit de Naïot près de Rama et vint trouver Jonathan, à qui il dit: "Qu’ai-je fait à ton père, quel est mon tort, quelle est ma faute à son égard, pour qu’il en veuille à ma vie?"
Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”
2 "Oh! non, lui répondit-il, tu ne mourras point: mon père ne fait rien, ni grande ni petite chose, sans me l’avoir fait connaître; pourquoi donc m’aurait-il laissé ignorer ce dessein? Cela n’est pas."
And he said to him: “May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Therefore, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!”
3 David insista avec serment et dit: "Ton père sait bien que j’ai trouvé faveur à tes yeux, et il se sera dit: Que Jonathan n’en sache rien, il en serait affligé… Mais, certes, par le Dieu vivant et ta propre vie! Il n’y a qu’un pas entre moi et la mort."
And he swore again to David. And David said: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”
4 Jonathan dit à David: "Que veux-tu donc que je fasse pour toi?"
And Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you.”
5 David répondit à Jonathan: "C’Est demain la néoménie, et je dois être assis à table près du roi. Tu me permettras de m’absenter, et je me cacherai dans la campagne 'jusqu’au troisième soir.
Then David said to Jonathan: “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I am accustomed to sit in a seat beside the king to eat. Therefore, permit me that I may be hidden in the field, until the evening of the third day.
6 Si ton père remarque mon absence, tu diras: David m’a demandé la permission de courir à Bethléem, sa ville, où toute sa famille célèbre le sacrifice annuel.
If your father, looking around, will seek me, you shall respond to him: ‘David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.’
7 Si alors il dit: Bon! C’Est le salut pour ton serviteur; mais s’il se met en colère, sache qu’il a résolu mon malheur.
If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.
8 Tu agiras amicalement envers ton serviteur, car c’est dans une alliance divine que tu l’as fait entrer avec toi. Que si je suis en faute, fais-moi mourir toi-même, et pourquoi m’amènerais-tu à ton père?"
Therefore, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, your servant, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father.”
9 Jonathan répondit: "Loin de toi cette pensée! Certes, si je savais ta perte arrêtée dans l’esprit de mon père, est-ce que je ne te le ferais pas savoir?"
And Jonathan said: “May this be far from you. For certainly, if I ever realized that any wickedness was determined by my father against you, I would not be able to do anything other than report it to you.”
10 "Mais, dit David à Jonathan, qui m’avertira, si ton père t’adresse à toi-même une parole sévère?"
And David responded to Jonathan, “Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?”
11 "Viens, dit Jonathan à David, sortons dans la campagne." Et tous deux s’en allèrent dans la campagne.
And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,
12 Et Jonathan dit à David: "Par l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël! Je sonderai mon père dans ces trois jours; s’il est bien disposé pour David, et si alors je ne te l’envoie pas révéler,
Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,
13 que le Seigneur en fasse tant et plus à Jonathan! Que si mon père se complaisait dans la pensée de te nuire, je te le révélerai, je te ferai partir, et tu t’en iras en paix; et que le Seigneur t’assiste comme il a assisté mon père!
may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.
14 Et puisses-tu, tant que je vivrai, puisses-tu m’être bienveillant au nom du Seigneur, pour que je ne meure point;
And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,
15 et ne jamais retirer ta bienveillance à ma maison; pas même quand le Seigneur aura fait disparaître de la terre chacun des ennemis de David!"
you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”
16 Ainsi Jonathan contracta ce pacte avec la maison de David: "Que Dieu demande compte du parjure aux ennemis de David!"
Therefore, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.
17 Et Jonathan continua d’adjurer David au nom de son affection pour lui, car il l’aimait comme lui-même.
And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.
18 Jonathan lui dit: "C’Est demain néoménie; ton absence sera remarquée, ta place étant vide.
And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.
19 Parvenu au troisième jour, tu t’enfonceras encore plus avant, jusqu’au lieu où tu étais caché le jour de l’événement, et tu attendras près de la pierre itinéraire.
For your seat will be empty until the day after tomorrow. Therefore, you shall descend quickly, and you shall go to the place where you are to be hidden, on a day when it is lawful to work, and you shall remain beside the stone that is called Ezel.
20 Moi, je lancerai trois flèches de ce côté, comme pour tirer à la cible;
And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.
21 puis, j’enverrai le jeune esclave ramasser les flèches. Si je lui dis: Vois, les flèches sont en deçà de toi, prends-les! alors reviens, car il y aura sécurité pour toi et nul danger, par I’Eternel!
Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’
22 Mais si je dis au jeune homme: Vois, les flèches sont en avant de toi, va-t-en, car le Seigneur veut ton départ.
If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.
23 Quant à la parole que nous avons échangée, toi et moi, l’Eternel en est, entre nous deux, l’immuable garant."
Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”
24 David resta caché dans la campagne. La néoménie venue, le roi se mit à table pour le repas.
Therefore, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
25 Le roi s’était assis à sa place, comme d’habitude sur son siège près du mur, Jonathan se tint debout, Abner prit place auprès de Saül, et le siège de David resta inoccupé.
And when the king had sat down on his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat beside Saul, and David’s place appeared empty.
26 Saül ne fit aucune observation ce jour-là. Il se disait: "C’Est un accident. Il est sans doute impur, oui, il est impur!"
And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.
27 Mais le second jour de la néoménie, la place de David étant encore vacante, Saül dit à son fils Jonathan: "Pourquoi le fils de Jessé n’a-t-il paru ni hier ni aujourd’hui au repas?"
And when the second day after the new moon had begun to dawn, David’s place again appeared empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not arrived to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
28 Jonathan répondit à Saül: "C’Est que David m’a demandé la permission d’aller à Bethléem.
And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,
29 Il a dit: Laisse-moi partir, car nous avons un banquet de famille dans la ville, et mon frère lui-même me l’a demandé. Si donc j’ai trouvé faveur à tes yeux, permets-moi de m’échapper pour visiter mes frères. C’Est pour cela qu’il n’est pas venu à la table du roi."
and he said: ‘Permit me. For there is a solemn sacrifice in the city. One of my brothers has summoned me. Now therefore, if I have found favor in your eyes, I will go quickly, and I will see my brothers.’ For this reason, he has not come to the table of the king.”
30 Saül se mit en colère contre Jonathan et lui dit: "Fils perfide et rebelle! Crois-tu que j’ignore que tu chéris le fils de Jessé, à ta honte et à la honte des flancs de ta mère?
Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, said to him: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?
31 Non, tant que le fils de Jessé sera vivant sur la terre, ni toi ni ta royauté ne pourrez subsister! Partant, ordonne qu’on me l’amène, car il a mérité la mort,"
For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. And so, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”
32 Répondant à Saül, son père, Jonathan lui dit: "Pourquoi serait-il mis à mort? Qu’a-t-il fait?"
Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said: “Why should he die? What has he done?”
33 Saül lança son javelot contre lui pour le frapper; Jonathan reconnut alors que son père avait résolu la mort de David.
And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.
34 Jonathan se leva de table, exaspéré, et il ne prit aucune nourriture le jour de cette seconde néoménie, affligé qu’il était au sujet de David, parce que son père l’avait outragé.
Therefore, Jonathan rose up from the table in a rage of anger. And he did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was saddened over David, because his father had confounded him.
35 Le matin venu, Jonathan se rendit aux champs, à l’endroit convenu avec David; un jeune serviteur l’accompagnait.
And when the morning had begun to dawn, Jonathan went into the field according to the agreement with David, and a young boy was with him.
36 Il dit à son serviteur: "Cours ramasser, je te prie, les flèches que je lancerai." Le serviteur courut, mais lui, il lança les flèches de manière à le dépasser.
And he said to his boy, “Go, and bring to me the arrows that I shoot.” And when the boy had run, he shot another arrow away from the boy.
37 Comme le serviteur atteignit l’endroit où Jonathan avait dirigé les flèches, celui-ci lui cria: "Mais les flèches sont en avant de toi!"
And so, the boy went to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan cried out, from behind the back of boy, and said: “Behold, the arrow is there, farther away from you.”
38 Puis Jonathan cria au serviteur: "Vite, hâte-toi, ne t’arrête point!" Et le serviteur de Jonathan ramassa les flèches et revint vers son maître.
And Jonathan cried out again, from behind the back of the boy, saying, “Go quickly! Do not stand still!” Then Jonathan’s boy collected the arrows, and he brought them to his lord.
39 Or, le serviteur ne s’était douté de rien; Jonathan et David seuls étaient d’intelligence.
And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Jonathan remit ses armes à son serviteur et lui dit: "Va, porte cela à la ville."
Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, and he said to him, “Go, and carry them into the city.”
41 Le serviteur parti, David vint du côté du midi, tomba la face contre terre et se prosterna trois fois. Ils s’embrassèrent et pleurèrent ensemble, David surtout versa d’abondantes larmes.
And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.
42 Et Jonathan dit à David: "Va en paix, puisque nous nous sommes juré mutuellement au nom de l’Eternel, en disant: Que Dieu soit entre toi et moi, entre ta postérité et la mienne, à tout jamais!" Il se mit en route et partit, tandis que Jonathan retourna à la ville.
Then Jonathan said to David: “Go in peace. And let us both keep all that we have ever sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, even forever.’” And David rose up and went away. But Jonathan entered into the city.
