1 Samuel 17
1 Et les Philistins rassemblèrent leur armée pour combattre; ils se réunirent vers Socchoth en Juda; ils campèrent entre Socchoth et Azéca- Ephermen.
And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca Ephermen.
2 Et Saül et les hommes d'Israël se réunirent; ils campèrent dans la vallée, et ils se rangèrent en bataille devant les Philistins.
And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 Les étrangers se tenaient sur une montagne, et Israël était sur la montagne opposée: une vallée les séparait.
And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.
4 Or, un homme d'une grande force sortit des rangs des Philistins; il était de Geth, et il se nommait Goliath; il avait quatre coudées et une spithame.
And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Geth, his height [was] four cubits and a span.
5 Il portait sur la tête un casque, et sur la poitrine une cotte de mailles; cette armure pesait cinq mille sicles d'airain ou de fer.
And [he had] a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armor; and the weight of his breastplate [was] five thousand shekels of brass and iron.
6 Sur ses jambes étaient des cnémides d'airain, et entre ses deux épaules était un bouclier d'airain.
And greaves of grass [were] upon his legs, and a brazen target [was] between his shoulders.
7 La hampe de sa javeline était semblable à un mât de tisserand; la pointe pesait six cents sicles de fer; et celui qui portait ses armes le précédait.
And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head [was formed] of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armor-bearer went before him.
8 Il s'avança en criant vers les rangs d'Israël, et il dit: Pourquoi êtes- vous venus vous mettre en bataille devant nous? Ne suis-je pas un Philistin; n'êtes-vous pas les Hébreux de Saül? Choisissez parmi vous un homme, et qu'il descende près de moi.
And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and you Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.
9 S'il est capable de me combattre, s'il triomphe de moi, nous serons vos esclaves; si c'est moi qui l'emporte, et si je le tue, vous serez nos esclaves et vous nous servirez.
And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall strike me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and strike him, you shall be our servants, and serve us.
10 Le Philistin ajouta: Voyez, j'ai défié aujourd'hui l'armée d'Israël; donnez-moi donc un homme, et que nous combattions seul à seul.
And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.
11 Saül et tout Israël entendirent ces paroles du Philistin; ils en furent hors d'eux-mêmes, et ils eurent grande crainte.
And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified.
[And David son of an Ephrathite said, this Eplarathite was of Bethleem Juda, and his name was Jessae, and he had eight sons. And the man passed for an old man among men in the days of Saul. ]
[And the three elder sons of Jessae went and followed Saul to the war, and the ] [names of his sons that went to the war were, Eliab his first-born, and his second Aminadab, and his third son Samma. ]
[And David himself ] [was the younger son, and the three elder followed Saul. ]
[And David departed and returned from Saul, ] [to feed his father’s sheep in Bethleem; ]
[And the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and stood up forty days. ]
[And Jessae said to David, Take now to your brethren an ephah of this meal, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp and give them to your brothers. ]
[And you shall carry to the captain of the thousand ] [these ten cheeses of milk, and you shall see how your brethren fare, and learn what they lack. ]
[And Saul himself and all the men of Israel were in the valley of the Oak, warring with the Philistines. ]
[And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep to a keeper, and took and went as Jessae commanded him, and he came to the trench and to the army as it was going out to fight, and they shouted for the battle. ]
[And Israel and the Philistines formed their lines one opposite the other. ]
[And David deposited his burden in the hand of a keeper, and ran to the line, and went and asked his brethren how they Were. ]
[And while he was speaking with them, behold the Amessaean advanced, Goliath by name, the Philistine of Geth, of the armies of the Philistines, and he spoke ] [as before, and David heard. ]
[And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from before him, and they were greatly terrified. ]
[And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that comes up? for he has reproached Israel and has come up; and it shall be that the man who shall strike him, the king shall enrich him with great wealth and shall give him his daughter, and shall make his father’s house free in Israel. ]
[and David spoke to the men who stood with him saying, Shall it indeed be done thus to the man who shall strike that Philistine, and take away reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has defied the army of the living God? ]
[And the people spoke to him according to this Word, saying Thus shall it be done to the man Who shall strike him. ]
[And Eliab his elder brother heard as he spoke to the men, and Eliab was very angry with David and said, Why have you thus come down, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the naughtiness of your heart, for you are come down to see the battle. ]
[And David said what have I done now? ] [Have I no business here? ]
[And he turned from him towards another, and he spoke after the same manner; and the people answered him ] [after the former manner. ]
[And the Words which David spoke were heard and were reported ] [to Saul. And he took him to himself. ]
32 Alors, David dit à Saül: Que le cœur de mon maître ne soit pas abattu; ton serviteur marchera, et il combattra ce Philistin.
And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray you, the heart of my lord be dejected within him: your servant will go, and fight with this Philistine.
33 Mais Saül dit à David: Tu n'es point capable de combattre ce Philistin; tu n'es qu'un enfant, et il est homme de guerre depuis sa jeunesse.
And Saul said to David, You will not in anyway be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are a mere youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 Et David dit à Saül: Ton serviteur était berger chez son père, il gardait les troupeaux, et quand venait un lion ou un ours, quand ils prenaient tour à tour une tête du troupeau,
And David said to Saul, Your servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,
35 Je courais après le ravisseur, je le frappais, je lui arrachais sa proie de la gueule; puis, comme il s'élançait sur moi, je le saisissais à la gorge, je venais à bout de lui, et je le tuais.
then I went forth after him, and struck him, and drew [the spoil] out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and struck him, and killed him.
36 Ton serviteur a tué le lion et l'ours, il en sera de même de cet incirconcis; pourquoi donc n'irai-je pas le tuer, et effacer aujourd'hui l'outrage qu'il fait à Israël? Car, quel est cet incirconcis qui a défié l'armée du Dieu vivant?
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and strike him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?
37 Le Seigneur, qui m'a tiré des griffes du lion et de celles de l'ours, me retirera de la main de cet incirconcis. Et Saül dit à David: Marche, le Seigneur sera avec toi.
The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with you.
38 Saül alors revêtit David d'une cuirasse; il lui mit sur la tête son propre casque d'airain.
And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and [put] his brazen helmet on his head.
39 Par-dessus la cuirasse, David ceignit son épée, et il essaya une fois et deux fois de marcher ainsi; mais il se fatigua, et dit à Saül: Je ne pourrai marcher avec ces armes, je n'y suis point accoutumé. Et on les lui ôta.
And he girded David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking [with them] once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved [them]: so they remove them from him.
40 Et il prit à la main sa houlette; il choisit cinq cailloux polis par le torrent il les mit tous dans la panetière de berger qu'il portait sur lui; enfin, il s'arma de sa fronde; et il marcha contre le Philistin.
And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
41 Et il prit à la main sa houlette; il choisit cinq cailloux polis par le torrent il les mit tous dans la panetière de berger qu'il portait sur lui; enfin, il s'arma de sa fronde; et il marcha contre le Philistin.
And the Philistine advanced and drew near to David, and a man bearing his shield went before him, and the Philistine looked on.
42 Goliath vit David, et il le méprisa, parce que c'était un jeune garçon, qu'il était roux et qu'il avait de beaux yeux.
And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, with a fair countenance.
43 Et le Philistin dit à David: Me prends-tu pour un chien, toi qui viens à moi avec une houlette et des pierres? Et David reprit: Nullement, mais pour moins qu'un chien. Et le Philistin maudit David en invoquant tous ses dieux.
And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that you come against me with a staff and stones? [and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 Et le Philistin dit à David: Viens, approche, que je donne ta chair aux oiseaux du ciel et aux bêtes fauves des champs.
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.
45 Mais, David dit au Philistin: Tu marches contre moi avec le glaive, la javeline, le bouclier; moi je marche contre toi, au nom du Seigneur Dieu sabaoth, Dieu de l'armée d'Israël que tu as insultée.
And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to you in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which you have defied
46 Le Seigneur aujourd'hui t'enfermera dans ma main; je te tuerai, je te trancherai la tête; aujourd'hui je donnerai les lambeaux et les lambeaux de l'armée des Philistins aux oiseaux du ciel et aux bêtes fauves de la terre. Toute la terre alors reconnaîtra que Dieu est avec Israël.
this day. And the Lord shall deliver you this day into my hand; and I will kill you, and take away your head from off you, and will give your limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel.
47 Toute cette Église connaîtra que le Seigneur ne sauve point avec le glaive et la javeline; car cette guerre est du Seigneur, et il vous livrera à nos mains.
And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle [is] the Lord's, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.
48 A ces mots, le Philistin s'ébranla, et il marcha à la rencontre de David.
And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.
49 De son côté, David porta sa main à sa panetière; il y prit un caillou; il le lança avec la fronde, et il atteignit le Philistin au front; la pierre, à travers le casque, pénétra dans le crâne, et Goliath tomba la face contre terre.
And David stretched out his hand to his scrip, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the helmet into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the ground.
50 De son côté, David porta sa main à sa panetière; il y prit un caillou; il le lança avec la fronde, et il atteignit le Philistin au front; la pierre, à travers le casque, pénétra dans le crâne, et Goliath tomba la face contre terre.
[So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in the hand of David. ]
51 Et David courut, s'arrêta sur lui, prit son glaive, le tua et lui trancha la tête. Les Philistins virent que leur homme fort était tué, et ils prirent la fuite.
And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and killed him, and cut off his head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled.
52 Alors, les hommes d'Israël et de Juda se levèrent, poussant de grands cris de joie, et poursuivirent les fuyards jusqu'à l'entrée de Geth et jusqu'aux portes d'Ascalon. Une multitude de Philistins tomba sur les chemins de ces villes, et sur celui d'Accaron.
And the men of Israel and Juda arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.
53 Et les hommes d'Israël s'en retournèrent après avoir poursuivi les Philistins, et détruisirent leur camp.
And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they destroyed their camp.
54 Et David prit la tête du Philistin et il l'emporta à Jérusalem, et il plaça en sa demeure les armes de Goliath.
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abener the captain of the host, Whose son is this youth? and Abener said, As your sould lives, O King, I know not.
And the king said, Do you ask whose son this youth is.
And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abener took him and brought him before Saul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand.
And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? and David said, The son of your servant Jessae the Bethleemite.
