1 Samuel 30
1 Or, lorsque David et ses hommes arrivèrent à Ciklag le troisième jour, les Amalécites avaient envahi le Midi et cette ville, l’avaient saccagée et livrée aux flammes.
Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, [they discovered that] men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and [towns in] the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings.
2 Ils avaient capturé les femmes qui s’y trouvaient, sans tuer personne, petit ou grand, mais avaient emmené leur prise et étaient repartis.
They had captured the women [and the children] and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone.
3 David et ses hommes, en arrivant dans la ville, la trouvèrent incendiée, leurs femmes et leurs enfants emmenés captifs.
When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.
4 Alors David et ceux qui l’accompagnaient, élevant la voix, pleurèrent aussi longtemps qu’ils en eurent la force.
David and his men cried loudly, until [they were so weak that] they could not cry [any more].
5 Les deux femmes de David étaient également prisonnières, Ahinoam la Jezreélite et Abigaïl, la veuve de Nabal le Carmélite.
David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away.
6 David éprouva une grande angoisse, car le peuple voulait le lapider, chacun étant exaspéré de la perte de ses fils et de ses filles. Cependant David puisa des forces dans la pensée du Seigneur, son Dieu.
David’s men were threatening to [kill him by] throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters [had been taken away]. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength.
7 Il dit au prêtre Ebiatar, fils d’Ahimélec: "Fais-moi, je te prie, avancer l’éphod." Ebiatar présenta l’éphod à David,
David [did not know what to do, so he] said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it,
8 et David consulta le Seigneur, en disant: "Dois-je poursuivre cette troupe? L’Atteindrai-je? Poursuis, répondit-il, car tu l’atteindras et tu reprendras sa capture."
and David asked Yahweh, “Should I [and my men] pursue the men [who took our families]? Will we [be able to] catch up to them?” Yahweh answered [by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch], “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue [your families].”
9 David marcha avec ses six cents compagnons; parvenus au torrent de Bessor, plusieurs d’entre eux s’arrêtèrent
So David and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there [with some of their supplies].
10 David continua la poursuite avec quatre cents hommes, laissant en arrière deux cents hommes, trop fatigués pour traverser le torrent de Bessor.
David and 400 men continued to pursue [the men who captured their families]. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine.
11 On rencontra dans les champs un Egyptien, qu’on amena à David. On lui donna du pain à manger, on lui fit boire de l’eau,
[As David and the 400 men were going], they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat.
12 on lui fit manger une tranche de gâteau de figues et deux grappes de raisins secs, ce qui le ranima; car il n’avait point mangé de pain ni bu d’eau, pendant trois jours et trois nuits.
They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but [after he ate and drank] he felt refreshed.
13 David lui dit: "A qui appartiens-tu et d’où es-tu?" Il répondit: "Je suis un jeune Egyptien, esclave d’un Amalécite; mon maître m’a abandonné, malade que j’étais, il y a trois jours.
David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick [and I was not able to go with them].
14 Nous avons envahi le côté méridional des Kerêthites, le territoire de Juda, le midi de la terre de Caleb, et nous avons incendié Ciklag."
We had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south [of Hebron city] where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag [town].”
15 David lui dit: "Veux-tu nous conduire vers cette troupe?" Il répondit: "Jure-moi par le Seigneur que tu ne me feras pas mourir et que tu ne me livreras pas à mon maître, et je te conduirai vers cette troupe."
David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, [I will do that] if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.”
16 Il l’y conduisit, et on les vit répandus par toute la campagne, célébrant par des festins et des danses le grand butin qu’ils avaient emporté du pays des Philistins et du pays de Juda.
[David agreed to do that, ] so the man from Egypt led David [and his men] to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas.
17 David les tailla en pièces depuis le crépuscule jusqu’au soir du lendemain; nul d’entre eux n’échappa, à l’exception de quatre cents jeunes hommes qui s’enfuirent à dos de chameau.
David [and his men] fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped.
18 David reprit tout ce qu’avaient enlevé les Amalécites, y compris ses deux femmes.
David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken.
19 Rien n’y manqua, depuis la moindre capture jusqu’à la plus grande, jusqu’aux garçons et aux filles, rien du butin dont ils s’étaient emparés; tout fut ramené par David.
Nothing was missing. They took all their people back [to Ziklag]—young people and old people, [their wives], their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag.
20 David prit tout le menu et le gros bétail; on fit marcher devant lui ce bétail, en proclamant: "Ceci est le butin de David!"
They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!”
21 David arriva près des deux cents hommes qui avaient été trop harassés pour le suivre, et qu’on avait laissés près du torrent de Bessor. Ils s’avancèrent au-devant de David et de la troupe qui l’accompagnait; David s’approcha de ces hommes et s’informa de leur bien-être.
David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. [When they saw David and his men coming], they went out to greet them. And David [greeted them and] said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!”
22 Tous les méchants et mauvais sujets, parmi les hommes qui avaient suivi David, prirent alors la parole et dirent: "Puisqu’ils n’ont pas marché avec nous, nous ne devons rien leur donner du butin que nous avons repris, si ce n’est à chacun sa femme et ses enfants; qu’ils les emmènent et s’en aillent!
But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go [back to their homes].”
23 Ne faites pas cela, mes frères, répondit David, pour la grâce que le Seigneur nous a faite en nous protégeant et en nous livrant la troupe qui était venue contre nous.
David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town.
24 Et qui vous céderait en pareille affaire? Non, telle la part de ceux qui sont allés au combat, telle la part de qui est resté aux bagages: ils partageront également."
(Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.) [RHQ] The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.”
25 De fait, à partir de ce jour, il en fit pour Israël une loi et une règle, en vigueur encore aujourd’hui.
David made that to be a law [DOU] for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel.
26 De retour à Ciklag, David envoya de son butin aux anciens d’Israël, à ses amis, en disant: "C’Est votre profit du butin fait sur les ennemis du Seigneur";
When David [and all the others] arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.”
27 savoir, aux gens de Béthel, à ceux de Ramot-du-Midi, à ceux de Yattir;
[Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: ] Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir,
28 à ceux d’Aroêr, à ceux de Sifmot, à ceux d’Echtemoa;
Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa,
29 à ceux de Rakhal, à ceux des villes yerahmeélites, à ceux des villes kênites;
Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived,
30 à ceux de Horma, à ceux de Cor-Achân, à ceux d’Atakh;
Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach,
31 à ceux d’Hébron, bref, de tous les lieux où David avait séjourné avec ses hommes.
Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone [when they were hiding from Saul].
