< 1 Samuel 19 >
1 Saül parla à Jonathan, son fils, et à tous ses serviteurs, de faire mourir David. Mais Jonathan, fils de Saül, qui avait une grande affection pour David,
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
2 l’en informa et lui dit: Saül, mon père, cherche à te faire mourir. Sois donc sur tes gardes demain matin, reste dans un lieu retiré, et cache-toi.
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 Je sortirai et je me tiendrai à côté de mon père dans le champ où tu seras; je parlerai de toi à mon père, je verrai ce qu’il dira, et je te le rapporterai.
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 Jonathan parla favorablement de David à Saül, son père: Que le roi, dit-il, ne commette pas un péché à l’égard de son serviteur David, car il n’en a point commis envers toi. Au contraire, il a agi pour ton bien;
[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 exposé sa vie, il a tué le Philistin, et l’Éternel a opéré une grande délivrance pour tout Israël. Tu l’as vu, et tu t’en es réjoui. Pourquoi pécherais-tu contre le sang innocent, et ferais-tu sans raison mourir 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 écouta la voix de Jonathan, et il jura, disant: L’Éternel est vivant! David ne mourra pas.
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 Jonathan appela David, et lui rapporta toutes ces paroles; puis il l’amena auprès de Saül, en présence de qui David fut comme auparavant.
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 La guerre continuait. David marcha contre les Philistins, et se battit avec eux; il leur fit éprouver une grande défaite, 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 le mauvais esprit de l’Éternel fut sur Saül, qui était assis dans sa maison, sa lance à la main.
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 David jouait, et Saül voulut le frapper avec sa lance contre la paroi. Mais David se détourna de lui, et Saül frappa de sa lance la paroi. David prit la fuite et s’échappa pendant la nuit.
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 Saül envoya des gens vers la maison de David, pour le garder et le faire mourir au matin. Mais Mical, femme de David, l’en informa et lui dit: Si tu ne te sauves pas cette nuit, demain tu es 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 Elle le fit descendre par la fenêtre, et David s’en alla et s’enfuit. C’est ainsi qu’il échappa.
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 Ensuite Mical prit le théraphim, qu’elle plaça dans le lit; elle mit une peau de chèvre à son chevet, et elle l’enveloppa d’une couverture.
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 Lorsque Saül envoya des gens pour prendre David, elle dit: Il est 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 Saül les renvoya pour qu’ils le vissent, et il dit: Apportez-le-moi dans son lit, afin que je le fasse mourir.
[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 Ces gens revinrent, et voici, le théraphim était dans le lit, et une peau de chèvre à son chevet.
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 Saül dit à Mical: Pourquoi m’as-tu trompé de la sorte, et as-tu laissé partir mon ennemi qui s’est échappé? Mical répondit à Saül: Il m’a dit: Laisse moi aller, ou je te tue!
[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 C’est ainsi que David prit la fuite et qu’il échappa. Il se rendit auprès de Samuel à Rama, et lui raconta tout ce que Saül lui avait fait. Puis il alla avec Samuel demeurer à Najoth.
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 On le rapporta à Saül, en disant: Voici, David est à Najoth, près de Rama.
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
20 Saül envoya des gens pour prendre David. Ils virent une assemblée de prophètes qui prophétisaient, ayant Samuel à leur tête. L’esprit de Dieu saisit les envoyés de Saül, et ils se mirent aussi à prophétiser eux-mêmes.
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 On en fit rapport à Saül, qui envoya d’autres gens, et eux aussi prophétisèrent. Il en envoya encore pour la troisième fois, et ils prophétisèrent également.
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
22 Alors Saül alla lui-même à Rama. Arrivé à la grande citerne qui est à Sécou, il demanda: Où sont Samuel et David? On lui répondit: Ils sont à Najoth, près de Rama.
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 Et il se dirigea vers Najoth, près de Rama. L’esprit de Dieu fut aussi sur lui; et Saül continua son chemin en prophétisant, jusqu’à son arrivée à Najoth, près de Rama.
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 Il ôta ses vêtements, et il prophétisa aussi devant Samuel; et il se jeta nu par terre tout ce jour-là et toute la nuit. C’est pourquoi l’on dit: Saül est-il aussi parmi les 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]