Juges 12
1 Les gens d’Ephraïm s’assemblèrent, s’avancèrent vers le nord, et dirent à Jephté: "Pourquoi es-tu allé en guerre contre les Ammonites, et ne nous as-tu pas invités à marcher avec toi? Nous allons brûler ta maison avec toi-même."
Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.
2 Jephté leur répondit: "J’Avais de graves démêlés, moi et mon peuple, avec les Ammonites; j’ai invoqué votre assistance, vous ne m’avez pas secouru contre eux.
And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.
3 Voyant donc que vous ne m’aidiez pas, j’ai marché, au péril de ma vie, contre les fils d’Ammon, et l’Eternel les a livrés en mon pouvoir. Pourquoi donc venez-vous aujourd’hui me chercher querelle?"
So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?
4 Jephté rassembla tous les hommes de Galaad, et livra bataille à Ephraïm; et les hommes de Galaad défirent ceux d’Ephraïm, car ils disaient: "Vous êtes des fuyards ephraïmites", Galaad étant partagé entre Ephraïm et Manassé.
Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim.
5 Galaad occupa les gués du Jourdain pour couper la retraite à Ephraïm; et lorsqu’un fuyard d’Ephraïm disait: "Laissez-moi passer", les gens de Galaad lui demandaient: "Es-tu d’Ephraïm?" Que s’il disait: Non,
And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;
6 on lui disait: "Prononce donc Chibboleth!" Il prononçait Sibboleth, ne pouvant l’articuler correctement; sur quoi on le saisissait et on le tuait près des gués du Jourdain. Il périt, en cette occurrence, quarante-deux mille hommes d’Ephraïm.
Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.
7 Après avoir gouverné Israël pendant six ans, Jephté le Galaadite mourut, et fut enseveli dans une des villes de Galaad.
Now Jephthah was judge of Israel for six years. And Jephthah the Gileadite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in his town, Mizpeh of Gilead.
8 lsraël fut gouverné, après lui, par Ibçân, de Bethléem.
And after him, Ibzan of Beth-lehem was judge of Israel.
9 Il eut trente fils et trente filles. Il maria ces dernières au dehors et il introduisit dans sa famille trente brus pour ses fils. Après avoir gouverné sept ans Israël,
He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.
10 lbçân mourut, et fut enseveli à Bethléem.
And Ibzan came to his death and his body was put to rest at Beth-lehem.
11 Celui qui gouverna Israël après lui, fut Elon, le Zabulonite: il gouverna Israël dix années.
And after him, Elon the Zebulonite was judge of Israel; and he was judge of Israel for ten years.
12 Elon le Zabulonite, étant mort, fut enseveli à Ayyalon, dans la province de Zabulon.
And Elon the Zebulonite came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 Après lui, Israël fut gouverné par Abdon, fils de Hillel, de Piratôn.
And after him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, was judge of Israel.
14 Celui-ci eut quarante fils et trente petits-fils, lesquels avaient soixante-dix ânons pour montures. Après avoir gouverné huit ans Israël,
He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.
15 Abdon, fils de Hillel, de Piratôn, mourut; et il fut enseveli à Piratôn, au pays d’Ephraïm, sur le mont de l’Amalécite.
And Abdon, the son of Hillel, came to his death, and his body was put to rest in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.
