Josué 7
1 Mais, les fils d'Israël commirent un grand péché; ils violèrent l'anathème, et Achar, fils de Charmi, fils de Zamhri, fils de Zaré, de la tribu de Juda, prit une part de ce qui était anathème; et le Seigneur fut rempli de colère contre les fils d'Israël.
Yahweh had commanded that all the things [that they had captured in Jericho] should be [destroyed to show that they belong] to him. But there was a man from the tribe of Judah named Achan. He was the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah. He disobeyed [what] Yahweh [had commanded] and took for himself some of those things. So Yahweh was very angry with the Israelis.
2 Josué, à ce moment, envoya des hommes en Haï, qui est vers Bethel, disant: Allez reconnaître Haï.
Joshua told some of his men to go from Jericho to Ai [town], which was east of Bethel [city] and near Beth-Aven [town]. He said to them, “Go to Ai and (spy out the area/see what the area is like).” So the men went.
3 Les hommes montèrent donc, observèrent Haï, retournèrent auprès de Josué, et lui dirent: Ne fais pas monter tout le peuple; que seulement deux ou trois mille hommes partent, et ils réduiront la ville; ne conduis pas là le peuple entier, car ils sont en petit nombre.
When they returned to Joshua they said, “There are only a few people in Ai. So we do not need to send all of our soldiers to defeat them. Send 2.000 or 3,000 men to attack them. That will be enough.”
4 Et trois mille combattants environ montèrent; mais, ils s'enfuirent devant les hommes d'Haï.
So about 3,000 Israeli men went [to attack Ai]. But the men of Ai defeated them badly.
5 Les hommes d'Haï en tuèrent trente-six; puis, ils les poursuivirent à partir de la porte de la ville, et ils les accablèrent de coups sur les pentes de la colline. Le cœur du peuple en fut frappé d'effroi, et son courage fut comme l'eau qui s'écoule.
They killed about 36 Israelis and chased the rest of Israeli men from the city gate to the bottom of the hill. When the other Israelis saw that this had happened, they became very discouraged.
6 Josué alors déchira ses vêtements, Josué resta jusqu'au soir devant le Seigneur, la face contre terre, avec les anciens d'Israël, et ils se jetèrent des cendres sur la tête.
Joshua and the other Israeli leaders tore their clothes [because they were very sad about being defeated]. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of [the Sacred Tent in which was] the sacred chest. They stayed there until that evening. They also threw dirt on their heads [to show that they were very sad about what had happened].
7 Et Josué dit: Je vous conjure, Seigneur, pourquoi votre serviteur a-t-il fait passer le Jourdain à ce peuple pour être livré à l'Amorrhéen et périr? Que ne sommes-nous restés, que ne nous sommes-nous établis sur l'autre rive!
Then Joshua prayed and said, “Lord God, you brought us Israelis [safely] across the Jordan River. So why are you now allowing the Amor people-group to defeat us [RHQ]? [This would not have happened] if we had stayed on the other side of the Jordan River!
8 Et que dirai-je, maintenant qu'Israël a tourné le dos devant son ennemi?
Lord, we Israelis have been defeated by our enemies, so I do not know what to say now [RHQ].
9 A cette nouvelle le Chananéen et tous ceux qui habitent cette terre, vont nous envelopper, et ils nous feront disparaître de leur terre; et alors que ferez-vous pour glorifier votre nom?
The Canaan people-group and all the other people who are living in this land will hear about this. Then they will surround us and kill all of us! Then what will you do (to defend your reputation [MTY]/to show that you are a powerful God)?”
10 Et le Seigneur dit à Josué: Lève-toi; pourquoi donc es-tu tombé la face contre terre?
But Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stand up! Stop lying there with your face on the ground [RHQ]!
11 Le peuple a péché; ils ont violé l'alliance que j'ai faite avec lui, en dérobant, pour la mettre parmi leurs meubles, une part de l'anathème.
You Israelis have sinned! You have disobeyed the commands that I told you to obey. [One of] your men has taken some of the things that I told you to destroy. He has stolen them and taken them for himself and lied [about it].
12 Les fils d'Israël ne peuvent donc pas résister à leurs ennemis; ils fuiront devant eux, parce qu'ils sont devenus anathèmes, Je ne continuerai plus d'être avec vous, à moins que vous ne retranchiez l'anathème du milieu de vous.
That is why you Israelis have been unable to be strong when you went to attack your enemies. That is why you have run away from them. And now you yourselves may be destroyed. If you do not do as I commanded you and destroy everything [that you captured in Jericho] I will not help you any more!”
13 Lève-toi, purifie le peuple, prescris-lui de se purifier pour demain; dis-lui; Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: Un anathème est parmi vous, et vous ne pourrez point résister à vos ennemis jusqu'à ce que vous ayez retranché l'anathème du milieu de vous.
“Now go and tell this to the people: ‘Tomorrow you must [perform the rituals that will] cause yourselves to become acceptable to Yahweh again. Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says that one of you has kept things that he told you to destroy. You will never defeat your enemies until you get rid of those things.
14 Vous vous rassemblerez tous, par tribus, demain au matin, et il y aura une tribu que désignera le Seigneur; vous ferez avancer chaque famille, et, dans celle que désignera le Seigneur, vous ferez avancer chaque maison, et, dans celle que désignera le Seigneur, vous ferez avancer chaque homme;
‘Tomorrow morning you must present yourselves before Yahweh, tribe by tribe. Then Yahweh will indicate to which tribe [the man who took those things belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which clan from that tribe [the guilty man belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which family he belongs. And then he will indicate which person [in that family took those things].
15 Et l'homme que désignera le Seigneur, sera consumé par le feu avec tout ce qui lui appartient, parce qu'il a violé l'alliance du Seigneur, et qu'il a commis un péché en Israël.
Then the one who has taken some of the things that should have been destroyed will be destroyed in a fire. And everything he owns will be destroyed with him, because he has disobeyed the command that Yahweh gave us and has done something that is disgraceful to us Israeli people.’”
16 Et Josué, de grand matin, rassembla le peuple par tribus, et la tribu de Juda fut désignée.
Early the next morning, Joshua told all the Israeli people to stand before the Sacred Tent, tribe by tribe. [When they did that], Yahweh indicated that a man from the tribe of Judah [was the one who had taken the things].
17 Elle s'avança par familles, et la famille de Zaré fut désignée; elle s'avança homme par homme,
Then the clans of Judah presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the clan of Zerah was the guilty one. Then the families of Zerah’s clan presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the family of Zabdi [was the guilty one].
18 Et Achar, fils de Zambri, fils de Zaré, fut désigné
Then Joshua told the men from that family to present themselves. And Yahweh indicated that Achan was guilty.
19 Et Josué dit à Achar: Glorifie aujourd'hui le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël, donne confession à Dieu, et déclare-moi ce que tu as fait; ne me cache rien.
Then Joshua said to Achan, “Son, tell the truth [IDM]. Confess to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship, what you have done]. And tell me what you did, and do not try to (conceal anything/prevent me from knowing what you did).”
20 Or, Achar répondit à Josué, et il lui dit: Véritablement j'ai péché devant le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël. Voici ce que j'ai fait.
Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
21 J'ai vu dans le butin un vêtement bigarré, deux cents sicles d'argent, un lingot d'or du poids de cinquante sicles, et, les ayant convoités, je les ai pris. Je les ai cachés sous ma tente, l'argent au-dessous de tout le reste.
Among the things [in Jericho] that I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia. I also saw 200 pieces of silver and some gold that weighed as much as 50 pieces of silver. I wanted those things very much for myself, so I took them. I buried them all in the ground under my tent. You will find them there. The silver is buried under the other things.”
22 Aussitôt, Josué dépêcha des hommes qui coururent à la tente dans le camp; et les objets étaient cachés dans la tente d'Achar, et l'argent au-dessous de tout le reste.
So Joshua sent some men [to find those things]. They ran to Achan’s tent and found all the things hidden there.
23 Ils les retirèrent de la tente, et les ayant apportés à Josué et aux anciens d'Israël, ils les déposèrent devant le Seigneur.
The men brought them all out of the tent and took them to Joshua and the rest of the Israeli people. Then they spread/laid them out on the ground, where Yahweh could see them.
24 Et Josué saisit Achar, fils de Zaré, et il le conduisit à la vallée d'Achor, avec ses fils, ses filles, son bétail, ses bêtes de somme, ses brebis, sa tente et tout ce qui lui appartenait. Tout le peuple le suivit, et il les mena en Emécachor.
Then Joshua and the rest of the people led Achan down to the valley. They also took down there the silver, the coat, the gold, Achan’s [wife and] sons and daughters, and his cattle and donkeys and sheep, and his tent, and everything else that he owned.
25 Là, Josué dit à Achar: Pourquoi nous as-tu perdus? Que de même le Seigneur t'extermine aujourd'hui. Et tout Israël le lapida.
Joshua said, “(I do not know why you caused so much trouble for us/You have caused a lot of trouble for us) [RHQ], but now Yahweh will cause trouble for you.” Then all the people threw stones at Achan and his family until they all died. Then the people burned their corpses.
26 Puis, ils formèrent sur lui un grand monceau de de pierres, et le Seigneur apaisa son courroux. A cause de cela, ce lieu, jusqu'à nos jours, s'est appelé Emécachor (Vallée du trouble.)
They piled rocks over [the ashes of] their [corpses], and those rocks are still there. That is why that valley is called Trouble Valley. After that, Yahweh was no longer angry [with the Israeli people].
