Juges 12

1 Les hommes d'Ephraïm crièrent, et ils passèrent au nord, et ils dirent à Jephté: Pourquoi donc es-tu allé combattre les fils d'Amnion, sans nous convoquer pour marcher avec toi? Nous mettrons le feu à ta maison, sur toi.

And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”

2 Et Jephté leur dit: Nous faisions une violente guerre aux fils d'Ammon, moi et mon peuple; je vous ai appelés, mais vous ne m'avez point délivré de leurs mains.

And he answered them: “I and my people were in a great conflict against the sons of Ammon. And I called you, so that you might offer assistance to me. And you were not willing to do so.

3 Ainsi, j'ai vu que vous ne me sauveriez pas; j'ai confié ma vie à mes mains; j'ai attaqué les fils d'Ammon, et le Seigneur me les a livré. Pourquoi donc aujourd'hui venez-vous me combattre?

And discerning this, I put my life in my own hands, and I crossed to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What am I guilty of, that you would rise up in battle against me?”

4 Jephté réunit ensuite tous les hommes de Galaad, et il livra bataille à Ephraïm; et les hommes de Galaad vainquirent ceux d'Ephraïm, qui avaient dit: Vous, gens de Galaad, vous êtes des fugitifs d'Ephraïm; vous demeurez au milieu d'Ephraïm et au milieu de Manassé.

And so, calling to himself all the men of Gilead, he fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because he had said, “Gilead is a fugitive from Ephraim, and he lives in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”

5 Galaad s'empara avant Ephraïm des gués du Jourdain; et les fuyards d'Ephraïm dirent: Laissez-nous passer; or, à chacun, les hommes de Galaad disaient: N'es-tu pas d'Ephraïm? et il répondait: Non.

And the Gileadites occupied the fords of the Jordan, along which Ephraim was to return. And when anyone from the number of Ephraim had arrived, fleeing, and had said, “I beg that you permit me to pass,” the Gileadites would say to him, “Could you be an Ephraimite?” And if he said, “I am not,”

6 Et ils lui disaient: Prononce épi; et il le prononçait mal; alors, ils le saisissaient, et le tuaient près du gué du Jourdain. En ce jour-là, quarante-deux mille hommes d'Ephraïm tombèrent.

they would ask him, then say ‘Shibboleth,’ which is translated as ‘ear of grain.’ But he would answer ‘Sibboleth,’ not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.

7 Ensuite, Jephté jugea Israël six ans, et il mourut, et il fut enseveli dans sa ville de Galaad.

And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.

8 Après lui, Abessan de Bethléem jugea Israël.

After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

9 Il avait trente fils et trente filles; et il maria celles-ci hors de sa demeure, et il y amena du dehors trente filles pour ses fils; et il jugea Israël sept ans.

He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.

10 Abessan mourut, et il fut enseveli à Bethléem.

And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.

11 Après lui, Elon, le Zabulonien, jugea Israël dix ans.

After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.

12 Il mourut, et il fut enseveli dans la ville d'Elon, en la terre de Zabulon.

And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.

13 Après lui, Abdon, fils d'Ellel, le Pharathonien, jugea Israël.

After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.

14 Il avait quarante fils et trente petits-fils qui montaient sur soixante- dix poulains.

And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.

15 Abdon, fils d'Ellel, mourut, et il fut enseveli à Pharathon en la terre d'Ephraïm, sur la montagne d'Amalec.

And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.