1 Samuel 19
1 Et Saül parla à Jonathan son fils, ainsi qu'à tous ses serviteurs, pour qu'ils tuassent David. Or, Jonathan, fils de Saül, aimait beaucoup David,
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
2 Et Jonathan avertit David, disant: Saül cherche à te tuer; prends donc garde à toi; dès demain à l'aurore, cache-toi et demeure caché.
So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
3 Quant à moi, je sortirai et je m'arrêterai avec mon père dans le champ où tu seras; je lui parlerai de toi; je verrai ce qu'il en est, et je te le ferai savoir.
I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
4 Et Jonathan parla favorablement de David à son père, et il lui dit: Que le roi ne se rende pas coupable envers David, son serviteur, car il n'est point coupable envers toi, et toutes ses actions sont bonnes.
[The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
5 Il a placé sa vie dans sa main, il a tué l'étranger, et le Seigneur nous a sauvés d'une manière éclatante; tout Israël l'a vu et s'en est réjoui: pourquoi donc pècherais-tu contre le sang innocent, en tuant sans sujet David?
He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
6 Saül se rendit aux paroles de Jonathan; Saül prêta serment, et il dit: Vive le Seigneur, David ne mourra point.
Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
7 Et Jonathan appela David; il lui répéta tout cet entretien, et il l'amena auprès de Saül, qui fut pour lui ce qu'il était précédemment.
Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
8 Or, Saül eut une nouvelle guerre; et David remporta la victoire; il combattit les Philistins; et il les frappa d'une très grande plaie, et ils s'enfuirent devant lui.
One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
9 Alors, un mauvais esprit de Dieu saisit Saül; celui-ci dormait dans sa maison la javeline à la main, et David touchait de la harpe.
But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
10 Et Saül, s'éveillant, chercha à tuer David d'un coup de javeline, mais David s'esquiva, la javeline frappa le mur; David s'enfuit et fut sauvé.
Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped.
11 Cette nuit-là, Saül envoya des messagers à la maison de David pour l'épier et le tuer dès le matin; mais Michol, femme de David, l'avertit, disant: Si cette nuit même tu ne sauves pas ta vie, demain tu seras mis à mort.
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
12 Et Michol fit sortir David par la fenêtre; il partit, s'enfuit et fut sauvé.
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 Et Michol prit une image qu'elle posa sur le lit; à la tète elle mit du poil de chèvre, et elle couvrit le corps d'un manteau.
Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
14 Or, Saül avait envoyé des messagers pour prendre David, et ils vinrent lui dire qu'il était malade.
When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
15 Il les renvoya chez David, disant: Amenez-le-moi et qu'il meure.
[When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!”
16 Les messagers retournèrent chez David et ils virent l'image sur le lit, et à la tète le poil de chèvre.
But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head.
17 Et Saül dit à Michol: Pourquoi m'avoir ainsi trompé en faisant échapper mon ennemi? Le voilà sauvé. Et Michol dit à Saül: Il m'a dit: Laisse-moi fuir; sinon je te tuerai.
[When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
18 Or, David s'était enfui, et il était sauvé; il se rendit chez Samuel en Armathaïm, et il lui raconta tout ce que lui avait fait Saül. Aussitôt, Samuel partit avec David, et ils séjournèrent à Navath en Rhama.
After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
19 Et des gens le rapportèrent à Saül, disant: Voilà que David est à Navath en Rhama.
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
20 Et Saül envoya des messagers pour prendre David; or, ils virent l'assemblée des prophètes, Samuel à leur tète, et l'Esprit de Dieu vint sur les messagers de Saül, et ils prophétisèrent.
So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
21 Des gens l'allèrent dire à Saül, et il envoya d'autres messagers; et ceux-ci pareillement se mirent à prophétiser; Saül en envoya d'autres qui prophétisèrent encore.
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
22 Enfin, Saül s'enflamma de colère; il partit lui-même pour Armathaïm, et alla jusqu'au puits de l'aire qui est à Séphi; il s'informa et il dit: Où sont Samuel et David? On lui répondit: Ils sont à Navath en Rhama.
Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
23 Saül partit donc pour Navath en Rhama, et l'Esprit de Dieu vint aussi sur lui, et il alla prophétisant, jusqu'à l'entrée de Navath en Rhama.
While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
24 Là, il se dépouilla de ses vêtements; il prophétisa devant l'assemblée, et il resta nu, tout ce jour-là et toute la nuit, se tenant prosterné; à cause de cela on dit: Saül aussi est-il au nombre des prophètes?
There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
