1 Samuel 14

1 Un jour, Jonathan, fils de Saül, dit au jeune homme qui portait ses armes: Viens, et poussons jusqu’au poste des Philistins qui est là de l’autre côté. 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 se tenait à l’extrémité de Guibea, sous le grenadier de Migron, et le peuple qui était avec lui formait 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 Achija, fils d’Achithub, frère d’I-Kabod, fils de Phinées, fils d’Éli, sacrificateur de l’Éternel à Silo, portait l’éphod. Le peuple ne savait pas que Jonathan s’en fût allé.

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 Entre les passages par lesquels Jonathan cherchait à arriver au poste des Philistins, il y avait une dent de rocher d’un côté et une dent de rocher de l’autre côté, l’une portant le nom de Botsets et l’autre celui de Séné.

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 L’une de ces dents est au nord vis-à-vis de Micmasch, et l’autre au midi vis-à-vis de Guéba.

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

6 Jonathan dit au jeune homme qui portait ses armes: Viens, et poussons jusqu’au poste de ces incirconcis. Peut-être l’Éternel agira-t-il pour nous, car rien n’empêche l’Éternel de sauver au moyen d’un petit nombre comme d’un grand 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 Celui qui portait ses armes lui répondit: Fais tout ce que tu as dans le cœur, n’écoute que ton sentiment, me voici avec toi prêt à te suivre.

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 Eh bien! Dit Jonathan, allons à ces gens et montrons-nous à 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: Arrêtez, jusqu’à ce que nous venions à vous! Nous resterons en place, et nous ne monterons point vers eux.

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 disent: Montez vers nous! Nous monterons, car l’Éternel les livre entre nos mains. C’est là ce qui nous servira de 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 Ils se montrèrent tous deux au poste des Philistins, et les Philistins dirent: Voici les Hébreux qui sortent des trous où ils se sont 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 Et les hommes du poste s’adressèrent ainsi à Jonathan et à celui qui portait ses armes: Montez vers nous, et nous vous ferons savoir quelque chose. Jonathan dit à celui qui portait ses armes: Monte après moi, car l’Éternel les livre entre les mains d’Israël.

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 Et Jonathan monta en s’aidant des mains et des pieds, et celui qui portait ses armes le suivit. Les Philistins tombèrent devant Jonathan, et celui qui portait ses armes donnait la mort 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 Dans cette première défaite, Jonathan et celui qui portait ses armes tuèrent une vingtaine d’hommes, sur l’espace d’environ la moitié d’un arpent de terre.

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

15 L’effroi se répandit au camp, dans la contrée et parmi tout le peuple; le poste et ceux qui ravageaient furent également saisis de peur; le pays fut dans l’épouvante. C’était comme une terreur de Dieu.

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 Les sentinelles de Saül, qui étaient à Guibea de Benjamin, virent que la multitude se dispersait et allait de côté et d’autre.

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 Alors Saül dit au peuple qui était avec lui: Comptez, je vous prie, et voyez qui s’en est allé du milieu de nous. Ils comptèrent, et voici, il manquait Jonathan et 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 Achija: Fais approcher l’arche de Dieu! Car en ce temps l’arche de Dieu était avec les enfants d’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 sacrificateur, le tumulte dans le camp des Philistins allait toujours croissant; et Saül dit au sacrificateur: Retire ta main!

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 Puis Saül et tout le peuple qui était avec lui se rassemblèrent, et ils s’avancèrent jusqu’au lieu du combat; et voici, les Philistins tournèrent l’épée les uns contre les autres, et la confusion était extrême.

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 Il y avait parmi les Philistins, comme auparavant, des Hébreux qui étaient montés avec eux dans le camp, où ils se trouvaient disséminés, et ils se joignirent à ceux d’Israël qui étaient avec Saül et 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 Tous les hommes d’Israël qui s’étaient cachés dans la montagne d’Éphraïm, apprenant que les Philistins fuyaient, se mirent aussi à les poursuivre dans la bataille.

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 L’Éternel délivra Israël ce jour-là, et le combat se prolongea jusqu’au-delà de Beth-Aven.

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

24 La journée fut fatigante pour les hommes d’Israël. Saül avait fait jurer le peuple, en disant: Maudit soit l’homme qui prendra de la nourriture avant le soir, avant que je me sois vengé de mes ennemis! Et personne n’avait pris de nourriture.

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 Tout le peuple était arrivé dans une forêt, où il y avait du miel à la surface du sol.

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

26 Lorsque le peuple entra dans la forêt, il vit du miel qui coulait; mais nul ne porta la main à la bouche, car le peuple respectait le serment.

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

27 Jonathan ignorait le serment que son père avait fait faire au peuple; il avança le bout du bâton qu’il avait à la main, le plongea dans un rayon de miel, et ramena la main à la bouche; et ses yeux furent éclaircis.

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 Alors quelqu’un du peuple, lui adressant la parole, dit: Ton père a fait jurer le peuple, en disant: Maudit soit l’homme qui prendra de la nourriture aujourd’hui! Or le peuple était épuisé.

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 Et Jonathan dit: Mon père trouble le peuple; voyez donc comme mes yeux se sont éclaircis, parce que j’ai 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 Certes, si le peuple avait aujourd’hui mangé du butin qu’il a trouvé chez ses ennemis, la défaite des Philistins n’aurait-elle pas été plus grande?

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 Ils battirent ce jour-là les Philistins depuis Micmasch jusqu’à Ajalon. Le peuple était très fatigué,

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 il se jeta sur le butin. Il prit des brebis, des bœufs et des veaux, il les égorgea sur la terre, et il en mangea avec le 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 On le rapporta à Saül, et l’on dit: Voici, le peuple pèche contre l’Éternel, en mangeant avec le sang. Saül dit: Vous commettez une infidélité; roulez à l’instant vers moi 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 Puis il ajouta: Répandez-vous parmi le peuple, et dites à chacun de m’amener son bœuf ou sa brebis, et de l’égorger ici. Vous mangerez ensuite, et vous ne pécherez point contre l’Éternel, en mangeant avec le sang. Et pendant la nuit, chacun parmi le peuple amena son bœuf à la main, afin de l’égorger sur la pierre.

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 Saül bâtit un autel à l’Éternel: ce fut le premier autel qu’il bâtit à l’Éternel.

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

36 Saül dit: Descendons cette nuit après les Philistins, pillons-les jusqu’à la lumière du matin, et n’en laissons pas un de reste. Ils dirent: Fais tout ce qui te semblera bon. Alors le sacrificateur dit: Approchons-nous ici de Dieu.

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 consulta Dieu: Descendrai-je après les Philistins? Les livreras-tu entre les mains d’Israël? Mais en ce moment il ne lui donna point de réponse.

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 Saül dit: Approchez ici, vous tous chefs du peuple; recherchez et voyez comment ce péché a été commis aujourd’hui.

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 l’Éternel, le libérateur d’Israël, est vivant! Lors même que Jonathan, mon fils, en serait l’auteur, il mourrait. Et dans tout le peuple personne ne lui 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 Il dit à tout Israël: Mettez-vous d’un côté; et moi et Jonathan, mon fils, nous serons de l’autre. Et le peuple dit à Saül: Fais ce qui te semblera bon.

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 Saül dit à l’Éternel: Dieu d’Israël! Fais connaître la vérité. Jonathan et Saül furent désignés, et le peuple fut libéré.

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 Saül dit: Jetez le sort entre moi et Jonathan, mon fils. Et Jonathan fut désigné.

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 Saül dit à Jonathan: Déclare-moi ce que tu as fait. Jonathan le lui déclara, et dit: J’ai goûté un peu de miel, avec le bout du bâton que j’avais à la main: me voici, je mourrai.

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 Dieu me traite dans toute sa rigueur, si tu ne meurs pas, Jonathan!

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 Le peuple dit à Saül: Quoi! Jonathan mourrait, lui qui a opéré cette grande délivrance en Israël! Loin de là! L’Éternel est vivant! Il ne tombera pas à terre un cheveu de sa tête, car c’est avec Dieu qu’il a agi dans cette journée. Ainsi le peuple sauva Jonathan, et il ne mourut point.

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 Saül cessa de poursuivre les Philistins, et les Philistins s’en allèrent chez eux.

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

47 Après que Saül eut pris possession de la royauté sur Israël, il fit de tous côtés la guerre à tous ses ennemis, à Moab, aux enfants d’Ammon, à Édom, aux rois de Tsoba, et aux Philistins; et partout où il se tournait, il était vainqueur.

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 manifesta sa force, battit Amalek, et délivra Israël de la main de ceux qui le pillaient.

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, Jischvi et Malkischua. Ses deux filles s’appelaient: l’aînée Mérab, et la plus jeune Mical.

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

50 Le nom de la femme de Saül était Achinoam, fille d’Achimaats. Le nom du chef de son armée était Abner, fils de Ner, oncle 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 Kis, père de Saül, et Ner, père d’Abner, étaient fils d’Abiel.

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

52 Pendant toute la vie de Saül, il y eut une guerre acharnée contre les Philistins; et dès que Saül apercevait quelque homme fort et vaillant, il le prenait à son service.

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.