1 Samuel 10
1 Alors, Samuel prit une petite fiole d'huile, il la vida sur sa tête, il le baisa, et lui dit: Le Seigneur ne vient-il pas de t'oindre pour que tu sois chef de son peuple Israël? Tu règneras sur le peuple du Seigneur; tu le sauveras des mains de ses ennemis. Voici le signe à quoi tu reconnaîtras que tu es oint par le Seigneur, comme roi 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 Aussitôt qu'aujourd'hui tu te seras éloigné de moi, tu rencontreras, près du sépulcre de Rachel, en la montagne de Benjamin, deux hommes, courant à grands pas; ils te diront: On a retrouvé les ânesses que vous êtes allés chercher; ton père ne compte plus pour rien les ânesses, et il prépare grande chère, à cause de vous, disant: Que ferai-je pour 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 Tu partiras de ce lieu; ensuite, tu iras jusqu'au chêne de Thabor; là, tu trouveras trois hommes montant vers le Seigneur en Béthel, et portant: l'un, trois chevreaux; le second, trois corbeilles pleines de pains; 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 demanderont si tu vas bien, et te donneront deux de leurs pains, que tu accepteras.
They will greet you, and they will offer you two of the loaves of bread. Accept them.
5 Après cela, tu arriveras sur la colline de Dieu, où les Philistins ont un tertre fortifié, et où réside le Nasib philistin; quand tu y seras entré, tu rencontreras un chœur de prophètes descendant du haut lieu, précédés d'instruments à cordes, de tambours et de flûtes; tous prophétisant.
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 Et l'esprit du Seigneur s'élancera sur toi; tu prophétiseras avec eux, et tu seras devenu 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 Lorsque tous ces signes seront venus, fais tout ce que te suggérera l'occasion, parce que Dieu sera avec toi.
After those things occur, do whatever you think is right to do, and God will (be with/help) you.
8 Tu descendras en face de Galgal, et je te rejoindrai pour offrir un holocauste et des hosties pacifiques; tu attendras mon arrivée sept jours; ensuite, je t'instruirai de tout ce que tu auras à 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 Dès que Saül se fut retourné pour s'éloigner de Samuel, Dieu changea son cœur, et, ce jour-là, tous les signes arrivèrent.
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 De ce lieu, il se rendit à la colline, il vit devant lui le chœur des prophètes, l'Esprit de Dieu s'élança sur 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 Or, tous ceux qui le connaissaient précédemment, le virent; il était au milieu des prophètes; et, parmi le peuple, chacun dit à son voisin: Qu'est-il arrivé au fils de Cis? Saül aussi est-il au nombre des 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 L'un d'eux répondit, et il dit: Quel est donc son père? A cause de cela, ce mot est passé en proverbe: Saül aussi est-il au nombre des 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 Ensuite, il cessa de prophétiser, et il alla sur la colline à l'autel.
When Saul finished speaking the messages that God gave him, he went to the place where the people offered sacrifices.
14 Et l'un de ses parents dit à lui et à son serviteur: Où êtes-vous allés? A quoi ils répondirent: Chercher les ânesses, mais nous ne les avons pas trouvées, et nous sommes entrés chez 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 Puis, le parent dit à Saül: Fais-moi connaître ce que t'a dit Samuel?
Saul’s uncle replied, “What did Samuel tell you?”
16 Saül répondit: Que les ânesses étaient retrouvées; mais il ne lui dit rien de la royauté.
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 Et Samuel convoqua tout le peuple devant le Seigneur, à Masphath.
[Later] Samuel summoned the people of Israel to gather at Mizpah to [hear a message from] Yahweh.
18 Et il dit aux fils d'Israël: Voici ce qu'a dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: J'ai fait sortir d'Égypte les fils d'Israël, je vous ai tirés des mains du Pharaon, roi d'Égypte, et de tous les rois qui vous avaient opprimés.
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 Aujourd'hui, vous avez rejeté le Dieu qui seul est votre Sauveur en tous vos maux, en toutes vos afflictions, et vous avez dit: Nous le voulons, donne- nous un roi. Maintenant donc, présentez-vous devant le Seigneur, par tribus, 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 alors avancer 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 Il fit avancer la tribu de Benjamin, par familles, et le sort désigna la famille de Mattari. On fit avancer la famille de Mattari homme par homme, et le sort désigna Saül, fils de Cis. Samuel le demanda, 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 Et Samuel interrogea encore le Seigneur, disant: L'homme est-il venu ici? Et le Seigneur lui répondit: Il est caché parmi les bagages.
So they asked Yahweh, “Where is Saul?” Yahweh replied, “He is hiding among the army equipment.”
23 Il y courut, il l'y trouva, et il l'amena au milieu du peuple. Or, il dépassait le peuple entier de toute la tête.
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 Samuel dit alors à tout le peuple: Avez-vous vu celui que le Seigneur s'est choisi? a-t-il parmi vous son pareil? Tout le peuple fut de son avis, et ils crièrent: 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 apprit ensuite au peuple les justes droits du roi; il les transcrivit en un livre qu'il déposa devant le Seigneur. Enfin, Samuel congédia tout le peuple, et chacun retourna en sa demeure.
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 rentra dans sa maison à Gabaa; et les hommes vaillants, dont Dieu avait touché le cœur pour qu'ils s'unissent à Saül, l'accompagnèrent.
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 les fils de pestilence dirent: Est-ce celui-là qui nous sauvera? Et ils le méprisèrent, et ils ne lui portèrent point de présents.
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].
