1 Samuel 8
1 Lorsque Samuel devint vieux, il établit ses fils juges sur Israël.
Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Son fils premier-né se nommait Joël, et le second Abija; ils étaient juges à Beer-Schéba.
The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
3 Les fils de Samuel ne marchèrent point sur ses traces; ils se livraient à la cupidité, recevaient des présents, et violaient la justice.
And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
4 Tous les anciens d’Israël s’assemblèrent, et vinrent auprès de Samuel à Rama.
Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,
5 Ils lui dirent: Voici, tu es vieux, et tes fils ne marchent point sur tes traces; maintenant, établis sur nous un roi pour nous juger, comme il y en a chez toutes les nations.
And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
6 Samuel vit avec déplaisir qu’ils disaient: Donne-nous un roi pour nous juger. Et Samuel pria l’Éternel.
But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.
7 L’Éternel dit à Samuel: Écoute la voix du peuple dans tout ce qu’il te dira; car ce n’est pas toi qu’ils rejettent, c’est moi qu’ils rejettent, afin que je ne règne plus sur eux.
And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
8 Ils agissent à ton égard comme ils ont toujours agi depuis que je les ai fait monter d’Égypte jusqu’à ce jour; ils m’ont abandonné, pour servir d’autres dieux.
As they have done from the first, from the day when I took them out of Egypt till this day, turning away from me and worshipping other gods, so now they are acting in the same way to you.
9 Écoute donc leur voix; mais donne-leur des avertissements, et fais-leur connaître le droit du roi qui régnera sur eux.
Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.
10 Samuel rapporta toutes les paroles de l’Éternel au peuple qui lui demandait un roi.
And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
11 Il dit: Voici quel sera le droit du roi qui régnera sur vous. Il prendra vos fils, et il les mettra sur ses chars et parmi ses cavaliers, afin qu’ils courent devant son char;
And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;
12 il s’en fera des chefs de mille et des chefs de cinquante, et il les emploiera à labourer ses terres, à récolter ses moissons, à fabriquer ses armes de guerre et l’attirail de ses chars.
And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.
13 Il prendra vos filles, pour en faire des parfumeuses, des cuisinières et des boulangères.
Your daughters he will take to be makers of perfumes and cooks and bread-makers.
14 Il prendra la meilleure partie de vos champs, de vos vignes et de vos oliviers, et la donnera à ses serviteurs.
He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 Il prendra la dîme du produit de vos semences et de vos vignes, et la donnera à ses serviteurs.
He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.
16 Il prendra vos serviteurs et vos servantes, vos meilleurs bœufs et vos ânes, et s’en servira pour ses travaux.
He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.
17 Il prendra la dîme de vos troupeaux, et vous-mêmes serez ses esclaves.
He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.
18 Et alors vous crierez contre votre roi que vous vous serez choisi, mais l’Éternel ne vous exaucera point.
Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.
19 Le peuple refusa d’écouter la voix de Samuel. Non! Dirent-ils, mais il y aura un roi sur nous,
But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
20 et nous aussi nous serons comme toutes les nations; notre roi nous jugera il marchera à notre tête et conduira nos guerres.
So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
21 Samuel, après avoir entendu toutes les paroles du peuple, les redit aux oreilles de l’Éternel.
Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.
22 Et l’Éternel dit à Samuel: Écoute leur voix, et établis un roi sur eux. Et Samuel dit aux hommes d’Israël: Allez-vous-en chacun dans sa ville.
And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.
