1 Samuel 14

1 Or, un jour vint où Jonathan, fils de Saül, dit au serviteur qui portait ses armes: Viens, allons à la station des Philistins du côté opposé au lieu où nous sommes; et il n'en dit rien à son père.

One day, Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me; we will go over to where the Philistia soldiers have put up their tents.” [So they went], but Jonathan did not tell his father [what they were going to do].

2 Saül était campé au sommet de la colline, sous le grenadier qui est en Magdon, ayant avec lui environ six cents hommes.

On that day, Saul and the 600 soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah.

3 Et Achias, fils d'Achitob, frère de Jochabed, fils de Phinéès, fils d'Héli, était prêtre à Silo portant l'éphod. Et le peuple ne savait pas que Jonathan était parti.

Ahijah the priest was also there. He was wearing the sacred vest. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas, who was the son of Eli, who had been Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh. No one knew that Jonathan had left [the Israeli camp].

4 Au milieu du passage par où Jonathan voulait pénétrer parmi les Philistins, il y a un chemin bordé à droite et à gauche de rochers, qu'on appelle l'un Basès, l'autre Senna.

Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow (pass/place between two cliffs) to get to where the Philistia army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh.

5 Ce chemin était, d'une part, au nord de celui qui venait de Machmas; d'autre part, au midi de celui qui venait de Gabaa.

One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].

6 Et Jonathan dit au serviteur qui portait ses armes: Viens, marchons à la station de ces incirconcis; voyons si le Seigneur fera quelque chose pour nous, car le Seigneur n'est pas astreint à sauver avec beaucoup d'hommes plutôt qu'avec un petit nombre.

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me. We will go to where those (pagans/people who do not believe in Yahweh) [MTY] have set up their tents. Perhaps Yahweh will help us. It does not matter whether we are only two men or many people; nothing can hinder Yahweh from enabling us to defeat them.”

7 Le serviteur qui portait ses armes répondit: Fais selon le mouvement de ton cœur, je suis avec toi; mon cœur est comme ton cœur.

The young man who was carrying Jonathan’s weapons said, “Do what you think is the best thing for us to do. I will help you.”

8 Et Jonathan lui dit: Voici que nous allons monter au-dessus de ces hommes; puis nous roulerons en bas sur eux.

Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us.

9 S'ils nous disent: Halte-là; attendez que nous vous ayons parlé, nous nous arrêterons, et nous ne monterons pas pour les attaquer.

If they then say to us, ‘You two stay there until we come down to you,’ we will stay there and not go up to them.

10 Mais, s'ils nous disent: Montez vers nous, nous monterons, car le Seigneur nous les a livrés, ce sera là notre signe.

But if they say to us, ‘Come up here [and fight against] us,’ that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them.”

11 Et tous les deux parvinrent à la station des Philistins, qui se dirent: Voici des Hébreux; ils sortent des cavernes où ils étaient cachés.

When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!”

12 Aussitôt, les hommes de la station s'adressèrent à Jonathan et à celui qui portait ses armes, disant: Montez vers nous, et nous vous ferons connaître quelque chose. A ces mots, Jonathan dit à celui qui portait ses armes: Suis- moi, le Seigneur nous les a livrés.

Then the Philistia soldiers who were closest to Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons said, “Come up here, and we will teach you something [about how to fight] [IDM]!” Jonathan said to the young man who was with him, “Come behind me and climb up, because Yahweh is going to help us to defeat them!”

13 Jonathas monta donc en s'aidant des mains comme des pieds, et celui qui portait ses armes le suivit; les Philistins se trouvèrent face à face avec Jonathas quand celui-ci se mit à les frapper; son serviteur alors arrivait derrière lui.

So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet [because it was very steep]. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistia soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan.

14 Or, ce fut le premier fait d'armes de Jonathan et de son serviteur; ils leur tuèrent une vingtaine d'hommes, avec des dards, des frondes et des cailloux.

In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.

15 Et l'effroi se répandit dans le camp et la plaine; toutes les troupes de la station et les pillards au dehors, saisis de stupeur, furent incapables d'agir; la contrée trembla, et le Seigneur répandit partout l'épouvante.

Then all the other Philistia soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israeli towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified/very afraid.

16 Cependant, les éclaireurs de Saül virent de Gabaa le trouble du camp et les hommes qui fuyaient çà et là.

Saul’s (lookouts/men who were watching to see if enemies were coming) were in Gibeah [town] in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistia army were running away in all directions.

17 Et Saül dit aux siens: Examinez bien, et voyez qui des nôtres est parti; ils cherchèrent, et l'on ne trouva ni Jonathan ni celui qui portait ses armes.

Saul [realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistia army. So he] said to the soldiers who were with him, “Check to see if any of our men are not here.” So they checked, and they found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.

18 Et Saül dit à Achias: Présente l'éphod; car, en ce jour-là, Achias portait l'éphod devant Israël.

So Saul said to Ahijah [the Supreme Priest], “Bring the sacred vest here [and find out what we should do].” On that day Ahijah was wearing the sacred vest, going in front of the Israelis.

19 Pendant que Saül parlait au prêtre, la rumeur du camp des Philistins, toujours croissante, se répandit et se répandit. Et Saül dit au prêtre: Joins les mains.

But while Saul was talking to the priest, [he saw that] the Philistia soldiers were becoming more panicked/confused. So Saul said to Ahijah, “Take your hand down [from the sacred vest. Do not waste any more time using the marked stones in the vest to find out what Yahweh wants us to do.”]

20 Saül aussitôt, avec toute sa troupe, se porta au combat; il vit les ennemis tournant les uns contre les autres leurs épées; c'était une confusion vraiment très grande.

Then Saul gathered his men and they went toward the battle. They found that the Philistia soldiers were so confused that they were striking each other with their swords.

21 Les Hébreux, devenus depuis peu esclaves dans le camp des Philistins, se soulevèrent pour se joindre à Israël, à Saül, à Jonathan.

Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men [revolted and] joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers.

22 Et tous ceux d'Israël, qui s'étaient cachés dans les montagnes d'Ephraïm, apprirent que les Philistins fuyaient; et ils se mirent à leur poursuite;

Some of the Israeli soldiers had previously run away and hidden in the mountains where the tribe of Ephraim lived. But when they heard that the Philistia soldiers were running away, they [came down and] joined the other Israeli soldiers and pursued the Philistia soldiers.

23 Et, ce jour-là, le Seigneur sauva Israël. La bataille fut livrée en Barnoth, et Saül eut environ dix mille hommes avec lui. On combattit dans toutes les villes des montagnes d'Ephrem.

So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].

24 Or, Saül, ce jour-là, commit un grand péché par ignorance: il prononça une malédiction contre le peuple, disant: Maudit soit l'homme qui mangera avant le soir; car je veux avant tout tirer vengeance de mon ennemi. Et nul, parmi le peuple, ne goûta de pain, tandis que, sur toute la terre, chacun prenait son repas.

Before Saul’s soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, “I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, [Yahweh] will curse/punish him.” So none of the Israeli soldiers ate any food, and they became faint/weak because they were very hungry.

25 Et devant le champ de bataille, la forêt de Jaal était remplie de miel.

The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.

26 Le peuple passait près des abeilles, et s'en allait devisant, et nul n'osait porter la main à sa bouche; car ils redoutaient l'imprécation portée au nom du Seigneur.

They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.

27 Jonathan, qui n'avait point entendu son père adjurer le peuple, étendit la pointe de la baguette qu'il tenait à la main, la trempa dans un rayon de miel, porta la main à sa bouche, et ses yeux recouvrèrent la vue.

But Jonathan did not hear what his father commanded [because he had left the camp very early in the morning]. So [when he saw] a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.

28 Aussitôt, l'un du peuple s'écria, et lui dit: Ton père a vivement adjuré le peuple; il a dit: Maudit soit l'homme qui mangera avant le soir. Or, le peuple était à bout de forces.

But one of the Israeli soldiers saw him and said to him, “Your father solemnly declared to us that [Yahweh] would curse/punish anyone who ate any food today. So now we are [very tired and] weak from being hungry [because we obeyed him].”

29 Jonathan le savait, et il dit: Mon père trouble la terre promise; sois témoin que mes yeux ont recouvré la vue, dès que j'ai eu goûté un peu de ce miel.

Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!

30 Si le peuple s'était rassasié des vivres qu'il a trouvé parmi les dépouilles des ennemis, il y eût eu de ceux-ci un plus grand carnage.

If he had permitted all of us to eat from the food we took from our enemies while we were pursuing them, we would have been able to kill many more of their soldiers!”

31 Or, ce jour-là, il avait exterminé nombre de Philistins à Machmas, et le peuple était accablé de fatigue.

The Israelis pursued and killed Philistia soldiers all that day, from Micmash [town west] to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry.

32 Et, le soir venu, le peuple, se jetant sur les dépouilles, prit des brebis, des bœufs, des veaux, et les égorgea à terre; puis, il les mangea avec leur sang.

They had taken [many] sheep and cattle that the Philistia soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals.

33 Et des gens le rapportèrent à Saül, disant: Le peuple a péché contre le Seigneur, il a mangé des chairs avec du sang. Et Saül dit: Roulez-moi de Getthaim ici une grande pierre.

One of the soldiers told Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul replied [to the men who were near him], “They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!”

34 Cela fait, Saül dit à ces gens: Dispersez-vous parmi le peuple, dites- leur d'amener ici chacun son veau ou sa brebis; qu'on égorge les victimes sur cette pierre, et vous, gardez-vous de pécher envers le Seigneur en les mangeant avec leur sang. Le peuple amena donc là ce qu'il avait à conduire, et on égorgea les victimes au même lieu.

After they did that, he said to those men, “Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, [and drain the blood] before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat [from some animal] without draining its blood.” So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to [worship] Yahweh.

35 Et Saül y bâtit un autel au Seigneur; ce fut le premier autel que Saül éleva au Seigneur.

That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.

36 Ensuite, Saül dit: Poursuivons toute la nuit les Philistins, nous leur ferons des prisonniers, jusqu'à ce que le jour paraisse, et nous n'en laisserons pas échapper un seul. A quoi ils répondirent: Fais ce que bon te semble. Mais le prêtre dit: Allons d'abord au Seigneur.

Then Saul said [to the Israeli soldiers], “Let’s pursue the Philistia soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive.” The Israeli soldiers answered, “We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do.” But the priest said, “We should ask Yahweh [what he thinks we should do].”

37 Et Saül fit cette question au Seigneur: Si je poursuis les Philistins, les livrerez-vous aux mains d'Israël? Le Seigneur ne lui répondit point.

So Saul asked God, “Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?” But God did not answer Saul that day.

38 Et Saül dit: Faites venir ici tous les rangs d'Israël: que l'on sache lequel d'entre eux aujourd'hui a péché.

Then Saul summoned all the leaders of his army. He said to them, “[I am sure that God has not answered me because] someone has sinned. We must find out what sin someone has committed.

39 Car, vive le Seigneur qui a sauvé Israël, s'il est reconnu que c'est Jonathan mon fils, Jonathan sera mis à mort. Et, parmi le peuple, nul ne répondit.

Yahweh has rescued us [from the Philistia army]. Just as certain as Yahweh lives, whoever has sinned must be executed. Even if it is my son Jonathan who has sinned, he must be executed.” [His men knew who was guilty], but none of them said anything [to Saul].

40 Alors, Saül dit à chaque homme d'Israël: Vous serez asservis; moi et mon fils Jonathan nous serons asservis. Et le peuple dit à Saül: Fais ce que bon te semble

Then Saul said to all the Israeli soldiers, “You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side.” His men replied, “Do whatever you think is best.”

41 Et Saül dit: Seigneur Dieu d'Israël, pourquoi refusez-vous aujourd'hui de répondre à votre serviteur? Est-il en moi ou en mon fils Jonathan quelque iniquité? Donnez-nous des signes, et, s'ils nous accusent, donnez à votre peuple Israël, donnez-lui le privilège de l'innocence. Et le sort désigna Saül et Jonathan; le peuple sortit innocent.

Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelis’ God, “Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty.” Then the priest (cast lots/threw the stones that were marked), and they indicated that it was [either] Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty.

42 Puis, Saül dit: Agitez les sorts entre moi et Jonathan mon fils. Celui qu'indiquera le Seigneur, qu'il soit mis à mort. Le peuple, à ces mots, dit à Saül: Cela ne peut être; mais Saül imposa silence au peuple. L'on agita donc les sorts entre lui et Jonathan son fils, et le sort désigna Jonathan.

Then Saul said to the priest, “Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty.” So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one.

43 Alors, Saül dit à Jonathan: Déclare-moi ce que tu as fait. Jonathan le lui avoua, et dit: J'ai goûté, au bout de la baguette que je tenais à la main, un peu de miel, et voilà que je meurs.

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done [that was wrong].” Jonathan replied, “I ate a little bit of honey. It was only a little bit that was on the end of my stick. Do I [deserve to be] executed [because of doing that]?”

44 Et Saül dit: Que le Seigneur me punisse, et qu'il me punisse encore, si tu ne meurs aujourd'hui.

Saul replied, “Yes, you must be executed! I hope/wish that God will strike me and kill me if you are not executed for having done that!”

45 Mais le peuple dit à Saül: Celui qui vient de sauver si bravement Israël mourra-t-il? Vive le Seigneur! pas un cheveu ne tombera de sa tête, car le peuple de Dieu a été vainqueur aujourd'hui. Le peuple, en ce jour-là, pria donc pour Jonathan, et il ne mourut pas.

But the Israeli soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelis. Should he be executed for eating some honey [RHQ]? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner [IDM], [because] today God helped Jonathan [to kill many soldiers of the Philistia army]!” So [by saying that] the Israeli soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.

46 Et Saül renonça à poursuivre les Philistins; et ceux-ci retournèrent en leur pays.

Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.

47 Saül, en obtenant par le sort la royauté, avait été chargé par le sort de faire œuvre pour Israël; tout alentour, il combattit donc ses ennemis: Moab, les fils d'Ammon, les fils d'Edom, Béthéor, le roi de Suba et tous les Philistins.

After Saul became the ruler/king of the Israeli people, his army fought against their enemies in many areas. They fought against armies of the Moab people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Edom people-group, the kings of Zobah [city/area], and the Philistia people-group. Wherever the Israeli army fought, they defeated their enemies.

48 Il fut un homme fort; il vainquit Amalec, et il tira Israël des mains de ceux qui le foulaient aux pieds.

Saul’s army fought bravely and defeated the [very tall] descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelis from those who had (plundered/forcefully taken things from) them.

49 Les fils de Saül étaient Jonathan, Jessui et Melchisa; ses filles se nommaient: la première, Mérob, la plus jeune, Michol.

Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal.

50 Le nom de sa femme était Achinoom, fille d'Achimaas; son général s'appelait Abner, fils de Ner, parent de Saül.

Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, who was the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

51 Car Cis était père de Saül, et Ner, père d'Abner, était fils de Jamin, fils d'Abiel.

Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.

52 La guerre contre les Philistins fut rude pendant toute la vie de Saül, et tous les hommes puissants et les braves que voyait Saül, il les réunissait autour de lui.

All the time that Saul was alive, his army fought against the Philistia army. And whenever Saul saw a young man who was (brave/not afraid to fight) and strong, he forced him to join his army.