1 Samuel 20
1 David s’enfuit de Najoth, près de Rama. Il alla trouver Jonathan, et dit: Qu’ai-je fait? Quel est mon crime, quel est mon péché aux yeux de ton père, pour qu’il en veuille à ma vie?
And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?
2 Jonathan lui répondit: Loin de là! Tu ne mourras point. Mon père ne fait aucune chose, grande ou petite, sans m’en informer; pourquoi donc mon père me cacherait-il celle-là? Il n’en est rien.
And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.
3 David dit encore, en jurant: Ton père sait bien que j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, et il aura dit: Que Jonathan ne le sache pas; cela lui ferait de la peine. Mais l’Éternel est vivant et ton âme est vivante! Il n’y a qu’un pas entre moi et la mort.
But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.
4 Jonathan dit à David: Je ferai pour toi ce que tu voudras.
Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.
5 Et David lui répondit: Voici, c’est demain la nouvelle lune, et je devrais m’asseoir avec le roi pour manger; laisse-moi aller, et je me cacherai dans les champs jusqu’au soir du troisième jour.
And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.
6 Si ton père remarque mon absence, tu diras: David m’a prié de lui laisser faire une course à Bethléhem, sa ville, parce qu’il y a pour toute la famille un sacrifice annuel.
And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.
7 Et s’il dit: C’est bien! Ton serviteur alors n’a rien à craindre; mais si la colère s’empare de lui, sache que le mal est résolu de sa part.
If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.
8 Montre donc ton affection pour ton serviteur, puisque tu as fait avec ton serviteur une alliance devant l’Éternel. Et, s’il y a quelque crime en moi, ôte-moi la vie toi-même, car pourquoi me mènerais-tu jusqu’à ton père?
So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?
9 Jonathan lui dit: Loin de toi la pensée que je ne t’informerai pas, si j’apprends que le mal est résolu de la part de mon père et menace de t’atteindre!
And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?
10 David dit à Jonathan: Qui m’informera dans le cas où ton père te répondrait durement?
Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?
11 Et Jonathan dit à David: Viens, sortons dans les champs. Et ils sortirent tous deux dans les champs.
And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.
12 Jonathan dit à David: Je prends à témoin l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël! Je sonderai mon père demain ou après-demain; et, dans le cas où il serait bien disposé pour David, si je n’envoie vers toi personne pour t’en informer,
And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?
13 que l’Éternel traite Jonathan dans toute sa rigueur! Dans le cas où mon père trouverait bon de te faire du mal, je t’informerai aussi et je te laisserai partir, afin que tu t’en ailles en paix; et que l’Éternel soit avec toi, comme il a été avec mon père!
May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.
14 Si je dois vivre encore, veuille user envers moi de la bonté de l’Éternel;
And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!
15 et si je meurs, ne retire jamais ta bonté envers ma maison, pas même lorsque l’Éternel retranchera chacun des ennemis de David de dessus la face de la terre.
And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.
16 Car Jonathan a fait alliance avec la maison de David. Que l’Éternel tire vengeance des ennemis de David!
And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.
17 Jonathan protesta encore auprès de David de son affection pour lui, car il l’aimait comme son âme.
And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.
18 Jonathan lui dit: C’est demain la nouvelle lune; on remarquera ton absence, car ta place sera vide.
Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.
19 Tu descendras le troisième jour jusqu’au fond du lieu où tu t’étais caché le jour de l’affaire, et tu resteras près de la pierre d’Ézel.
And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.
20 Je tirerai trois flèches du côté de la pierre, comme si je visais un but.
And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.
21 Et voici, j’enverrai un jeune homme, et je lui dirai: Va, trouve les flèches. Si je lui dis: Voici, les flèches sont en deçà de toi, prends-les! Alors viens, car il y a paix pour toi, et tu n’as rien à craindre, l’Éternel est vivant!
And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.
22 Mais si je dis au jeune homme: Voici, les flèches sont au-delà de toi! Alors va-t-en, car l’Éternel te renvoie.
But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.
23 L’Éternel est à jamais témoin de la parole que nous nous sommes donnée l’un à l’autre.
As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.
24 David se cacha dans les champs. C’était la nouvelle lune, et le roi prit place au festin pour manger.
So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.
25 Le roi s’assit comme à l’ordinaire sur son siège contre la paroi, Jonathan se leva, et Abner s’assit à côté de Saül; mais la place de David resta vide.
And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.
26 Saül ne dit rien ce jour-là; car, pensa-t-il, c’est par hasard, il n’est pas pur, certainement il n’est pas pur.
But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.
27 Le lendemain, second jour de la nouvelle lune, la place de David était encore vide. Et Saül dit à Jonathan, son fils: Pourquoi le fils d’Isaï n’a-t-il paru au repas ni hier ni aujourd’hui?
And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?
28 Jonathan répondit à Saül: David m’a demandé la permission d’aller à Bethléhem.
And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,
29 Il a dit: Laisse-moi aller, je te prie, car nous avons dans la ville un sacrifice de famille, et mon frère me l’a fait savoir; si donc j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, permets que j’aille en hâte voir mes frères. C’est pour cela qu’il n’est point venu à la table du roi.
Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.
30 Alors la colère de Saül s’enflamma contre Jonathan, et il lui dit: Fils pervers et rebelle, ne sais je pas que tu as pour ami le fils d’Isaï, à ta honte et à la honte de ta mère?
Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?
31 Car aussi longtemps que le fils d’Isaï sera vivant sur la terre, il n’y aura point de sécurité ni pour toi ni pour ta royauté. Et maintenant, envoie-le chercher, et qu’on me l’amène, car il est digne de mort.
For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
32 Jonathan répondit à Saül, son père, et lui dit: Pourquoi le ferait-on mourir? Qu’a-t-il fait?
And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?
33 Et Saül dirigea sa lance contre lui, pour le frapper. Jonathan comprit que c’était chose résolue chez son père que de faire mourir David.
And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.
34 Il se leva de table dans une ardente colère, et ne participa point au repas le second jour de la nouvelle lune; car il était affligé à cause de David, parce que son père l’avait outragé.
So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.
35 Le lendemain matin, Jonathan alla dans les champs au lieu convenu avec David, et il était accompagné d’un petit garçon.
Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.
36 Il lui dit: Cours, trouve les flèches que je vais tirer. Le garçon courut, et Jonathan tira une flèche qui le dépassa.
And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.
37 Lorsqu’il arriva au lieu où était la flèche que Jonathan avait tirée, Jonathan cria derrière lui: La flèche n’est-elle pas plus loin que toi?
And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?
38 Il lui cria encore: Vite, hâte-toi, ne t’arrête pas! Et le garçon de Jonathan ramassa les flèches et revint vers son maître.
And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.
39 Le garçon ne savait rien; Jonathan et David seuls comprenaient la chose.
But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.
40 Jonathan remit ses armes à son garçon, et lui dit: Va, porte-les à la ville.
And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.
41 Après le départ du garçon, David se leva du côté du midi, puis se jeta le visage contre terre et se prosterna trois fois. Les deux amis s’embrassèrent et pleurèrent ensemble, David surtout fondit en larmes.
And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
42 Et Jonathan dit à David: Va en paix, maintenant que nous avons juré l’un et l’autre, au nom de l’Éternel, en disant: Que l’Éternel soit à jamais entre moi et toi, entre ma postérité et ta postérité! David se leva, et s’en alla, et Jonathan rentra dans la ville.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.
