2 Samuel 1
1 Après la mort de Saül, David, qui avait battu les Amalécites, était depuis deux jours revenu à Tsiklag.
After Saul died, David [and the men who were with him] returned to Ziklag [town] after defeating the descendants of Amalek. They stayed in Ziklag for two days.
2 Le troisième jour, un homme arriva du camp de Saül, les vêtements déchirés et la tête couverte de terre. Lorsqu’il fut en présence de David, il se jeta par terre et se prosterna.
On the third day, unexpectedly a man arrived there who had come from where Saul’s army was camped. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head [to show that he was grieving]. He came to David, and prostrated himself on the ground [in front of David to show respect for him].
3 David lui dit: D’où viens-tu? Et il lui répondit: Je me suis sauvé du camp d’Israël.
David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.”
4 David lui dit: Que s’est-il passé? Dis-moi donc! Et il répondit: Le peuple s’est enfui du champ de bataille, et un grand nombre d’hommes sont tombés et ont péri; Saül même et Jonathan, son fils, sont morts.
David asked him, “What happened? Tell me [about the battle]!” The man replied, “The Israeli soldiers ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. And Saul and his son Jonathan (are dead/were also killed).”
5 David dit au jeune homme qui lui apportait ces nouvelles: Comment sais-tu que Saül et Jonathan, son fils, sont morts?
David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 Et le jeune homme qui lui apportait ces nouvelles répondit: Je me trouvais sur la montagne de Guilboa; et voici, Saül s’appuyait sur sa lance, et voici, les chars et les cavaliers étaient près de l’atteindre.
The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain [where the battle occurred], and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The [enemy] chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul.
7 S’étant retourné, il m’aperçut et m’appela. Je dis: Me voici!
Saul turned around and saw me, and he called out to me. I answered him and said, ‘What do you want me to do?’
8 Et il me dit: Qui es-tu? Je lui répondis: Je suis Amalécite.
He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’
9 Et il dit: Approche donc, et donne-moi la mort; car je suis pris de vertige, quoique encore plein de vie.
Then he said to me, ‘Come over here and kill me. I am still alive, but I am enduring a lot of pain.’
10 Je m’approchai de lui, et je lui donnai la mort, sachant bien qu’il ne survivrait pas à sa défaite. J’ai enlevé le diadème qui était sur sa tête et le bracelet qu’il avait au bras, et je les apporte ici à mon seigneur.
So I went to him and killed him, because I knew that he was wounded very badly and would (not continue to live/soon die). I took the crown that was on his head and the band/bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to you.”
11 David saisit ses vêtements et les déchira, et tous les hommes qui étaient auprès de lui firent de même.
Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes [to show that they were very sad].
12 Ils furent dans le deuil, pleurèrent et jeûnèrent jusqu’au soir, à cause de Saül, de Jonathan, son fils, du peuple de l’Éternel, et de la maison d’Israël, parce qu’ils étaient tombés par l’épée.
They mourned for Saul and his son Jonathan, and they cried and (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They also mourned for all the army of Yahweh, and for all the Israeli people, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the battle [MTY].
13 David dit au jeune homme qui lui avait apporté ces nouvelles: D’où es-tu? Et il répondit: Je suis le fils d’un étranger, d’un Amalécite.
Then David asked the young man who had told him [about the battle], “Where are you from?” He replied, “My father is a descendant of Amalek, but we live in Israel.”
14 David lui dit: Comment n’as-tu pas craint de porter la main sur l’oint de l’Éternel et de lui donner la mort?
David asked him, “(Why were you not afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king]?/You should have been afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king].) [RHQ]
15 Et David appela l’un de ses gens, et dit: Approche, et tue-le! Cet homme frappa l’Amalécite, qui mourut.
You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty [MTY] of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him [with a sword].
16 Et David lui dit: Que ton sang retombe sur ta tête, car ta bouche a déposé contre toi, puisque tu as dit: J’ai donné la mort à l’oint de l’Éternel!
17 Voici le cantique funèbre que David composa sur Saül et sur Jonathan, son fils,
Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan,
18 et qu’il ordonna d’enseigner aux enfants de Juda. C’est le cantique de l’arc: il est écrit dans le livre du Juste.
and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. [The song is called] ‘The Bow [and Arrow]’ and it has been written in the Book of Jashar:
19 L’élite d’Israël a succombé sur tes collines! Comment des héros sont-ils tombés?
“You Israeli people, your glorious [MTY] leaders have been killed on the mountains! [It is very sad that] those mighty men have died!
20 Ne l’annoncez point dans Gath, N’en publiez point la nouvelle dans les rues d’Askalon, De peur que les filles des Philistins ne se réjouissent, De peur que les filles des incirconcis ne triomphent.
“Do not tell it [to our enemies in the Philistia area]; do not tell to the people who live in Gath [city] what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon [city], because if you tell them, [even] the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those (pagan women/women who do not know God) to rejoice.
21 Montagnes de Guilboa! Qu’il n’y ait sur vous ni rosée ni pluie, Ni champs qui donnent des prémices pour les offrandes! Car là ont été jetés les boucliers des héros, Le bouclier de Saül; L’huile a cessé de les oindre.
I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of [the] Gilboa [area] [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty [king], fell on the ground. No one rubbed [olive] oil on Saul’s shield;
22 Devant le sang des blessés, devant la graisse des plus vaillants, L’arc de Jonathan n’a jamais reculé, Et l’épée de Saül ne retournait point à vide.
instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan [PRS] did not retreat carrying his bow [and arrows], and Saul always [defeated his enemies when he fought them] with his sword. [PRS, LIT]
23 Saül et Jonathan, aimables et chéris pendant leur vie, N’ont point été séparés dans leur mort; Ils étaient plus légers que les aigles, Ils étaient plus forts que les lions.
“Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together [LIT] while they lived and when they died. [In battles] they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.
24 Filles d’Israël! Pleurez sur Saül, Qui vous revêtait magnifiquement de cramoisi, Qui mettait des ornements d’or sur vos habits.
“You Israeli women, cry about Saul; He provided beautiful scarlet/red clothes for you and he gave you gold ornaments/jewelry to fasten on those clothes.
25 Comment des héros sont-ils tombés au milieu du combat? Comment Jonathan a-t-il succombé sur tes collines?
“[It is very sad that] this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills.
26 Je suis dans la douleur à cause de toi, Jonathan, mon frère! Tu faisais tout mon plaisir; Ton amour pour moi était admirable, Au-dessus de l’amour des femmes.
Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you; you were very dear to me. You loved me in a wonderful manner; it was better than the way that a woman loves [her husband and her children].
27 Comment des héros sont-ils tombés? Comment leurs armes se sont-elles perdues!
“It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned!
