Josué 7
1 Les enfants d’Israël commirent une infidélité au sujet des choses dévouées par interdit. Acan, fils de Carmi, fils de Zabdi, fils de Zérach, de la tribu de Juda, prit des choses dévouées. Et la colère de l’Éternel s’enflamma contre les enfants d’Israël.
Yahweh had commanded that all the things [that they had captured in Jericho] should be [destroyed to show that they belong] to him. But there was a man from the tribe of Judah named Achan. He was the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah. He disobeyed [what] Yahweh [had commanded] and took for himself some of those things. So Yahweh was very angry with the Israelis.
2 Josué envoya de Jéricho des hommes vers Aï, qui est près de Beth-Aven, à l’orient de Béthel. Il leur dit: Montez, et explorez le pays. Et ces hommes montèrent, et explorèrent Aï.
Joshua told some of his men to go from Jericho to Ai [town], which was east of Bethel [city] and near Beth-Aven [town]. He said to them, “Go to Ai and (spy out the area/see what the area is like).” So the men went.
3 Ils revinrent auprès de Josué, et lui dirent: Il est inutile de faire marcher tout le peuple; deux ou trois mille hommes suffiront pour battre Aï; ne donne pas cette fatigue à tout le peuple, car ils sont en petit nombre.
When they returned to Joshua they said, “There are only a few people in Ai. So we do not need to send all of our soldiers to defeat them. Send 2.000 or 3,000 men to attack them. That will be enough.”
4 Trois mille hommes environ se mirent en marche, mais ils prirent la fuite devant les gens d’Aï.
So about 3,000 Israeli men went [to attack Ai]. But the men of Ai defeated them badly.
5 Les gens d’Aï leur tuèrent environ trente-six hommes; ils les poursuivirent depuis la porte jusqu’à Schebarim, et les battirent à la descente. Le peuple fut consterné et perdit courage.
They killed about 36 Israelis and chased the rest of Israeli men from the city gate to the bottom of the hill. When the other Israelis saw that this had happened, they became very discouraged.
6 Josué déchira ses vêtements, et se prosterna jusqu’au soir le visage contre terre devant l’arche de l’Éternel, lui et les anciens d’Israël, et ils se couvrirent la tête de poussière.
Joshua and the other Israeli leaders tore their clothes [because they were very sad about being defeated]. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of [the Sacred Tent in which was] the sacred chest. They stayed there until that evening. They also threw dirt on their heads [to show that they were very sad about what had happened].
7 Josué dit: Ah! Seigneur Éternel, pourquoi as-tu fait passer le Jourdain à ce peuple, pour nous livrer entre les mains des Amoréens et nous faire périr? Oh! Si nous eussions su rester de l’autre côté du Jourdain!
Then Joshua prayed and said, “Lord God, you brought us Israelis [safely] across the Jordan River. So why are you now allowing the Amor people-group to defeat us [RHQ]? [This would not have happened] if we had stayed on the other side of the Jordan River!
8 De grâce, Seigneur, que dirai-je, après qu’Israël a tourné le dos devant ses ennemis?
Lord, we Israelis have been defeated by our enemies, so I do not know what to say now [RHQ].
9 Les Cananéens et tous les habitants du pays l’apprendront; ils nous envelopperont, et ils feront disparaître notre nom de la terre. Et que feras-tu pour ton grand nom?
The Canaan people-group and all the other people who are living in this land will hear about this. Then they will surround us and kill all of us! Then what will you do (to defend your reputation [MTY]/to show that you are a powerful God)?”
10 L’Éternel dit à Josué: Lève-toi! Pourquoi restes-tu ainsi couché sur ton visage?
But Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stand up! Stop lying there with your face on the ground [RHQ]!
11 Israël a péché; ils ont transgressé mon alliance que je leur ai prescrite, ils ont pris des choses dévouées par interdit, ils les ont dérobées et ont dissimulé, et ils les ont cachées parmi leurs bagages.
You Israelis have sinned! You have disobeyed the commands that I told you to obey. [One of] your men has taken some of the things that I told you to destroy. He has stolen them and taken them for himself and lied [about it].
12 Aussi les enfants d’Israël ne peuvent-ils résister à leurs ennemis; ils tourneront le dos devant leurs ennemis, car ils sont sous l’interdit; je ne serai plus avec vous, si vous ne détruisez pas l’interdit du milieu de vous.
That is why you Israelis have been unable to be strong when you went to attack your enemies. That is why you have run away from them. And now you yourselves may be destroyed. If you do not do as I commanded you and destroy everything [that you captured in Jericho] I will not help you any more!”
13 Lève-toi, sanctifie le peuple. Tu diras: Sanctifiez-vous pour demain; car ainsi parle l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Il y a de l’interdit au milieu de toi, Israël; tu ne pourras résister à tes ennemis, jusqu’à ce que vous ayez ôté l’interdit du milieu de vous.
“Now go and tell this to the people: ‘Tomorrow you must [perform the rituals that will] cause yourselves to become acceptable to Yahweh again. Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says that one of you has kept things that he told you to destroy. You will never defeat your enemies until you get rid of those things.
14 Vous vous approcherez le matin selon vos tribus; et la tribu que désignera l’Éternel s’approchera par famille, et la famille que désignera l’Éternel s’approchera par maisons, et la maison que désignera l’Éternel s’approchera par hommes.
‘Tomorrow morning you must present yourselves before Yahweh, tribe by tribe. Then Yahweh will indicate to which tribe [the man who took those things belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which clan from that tribe [the guilty man belongs]. Then Yahweh will indicate to which family he belongs. And then he will indicate which person [in that family took those things].
15 Celui qui sera désigné comme ayant pris de ce qui était dévoué par interdit sera brûlé au feu, lui et tout ce qui lui appartient, pour avoir transgressé l’alliance de l’Éternel et commis une infamie en Israël.
Then the one who has taken some of the things that should have been destroyed will be destroyed in a fire. And everything he owns will be destroyed with him, because he has disobeyed the command that Yahweh gave us and has done something that is disgraceful to us Israeli people.’”
16 Josué se leva de bon matin, et il fit approcher Israël selon ses tribus, et la tribu de Juda fut désignée.
Early the next morning, Joshua told all the Israeli people to stand before the Sacred Tent, tribe by tribe. [When they did that], Yahweh indicated that a man from the tribe of Judah [was the one who had taken the things].
17 Il fit approcher les familles de Juda, et la famille de Zérach fut désignée. Il fit approcher la famille de Zérach par maisons, et Zabdi fut désigné.
Then the clans of Judah presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the clan of Zerah was the guilty one. Then the families of Zerah’s clan presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the family of Zabdi [was the guilty one].
18 Il fit approcher la maison de Zabdi par hommes, et Acan, fils de Carmi, fils de Zabdi, fils de Zérach, de la tribu de Juda, fut désigné.
Then Joshua told the men from that family to present themselves. And Yahweh indicated that Achan was guilty.
19 Josué dit à Acan: Mon fils, donne gloire à l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, et rends-lui hommage. Dis-moi donc ce que tu as fait, ne me le cache point.
Then Joshua said to Achan, “Son, tell the truth [IDM]. Confess to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship, what you have done]. And tell me what you did, and do not try to (conceal anything/prevent me from knowing what you did).”
20 Acan répondit à Josué, et dit: Il est vrai que j’ai péché contre l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, et voici ce que j’ai fait.
Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
21 J’ai vu dans le butin un beau manteau de Schinear, deux cents sicles d’argent, et un lingot d’or du poids de cinquante sicles; je les ai convoités, et je les ai pris; ils sont cachés dans la terre au milieu de ma tente, et l’argent est dessous.
Among the things [in Jericho] that I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia. I also saw 200 pieces of silver and some gold that weighed as much as 50 pieces of silver. I wanted those things very much for myself, so I took them. I buried them all in the ground under my tent. You will find them there. The silver is buried under the other things.”
22 Josué envoya des gens, qui coururent à la tente; et voici, les objets étaient cachés dans la tente d’Acan, et l’argent était dessous.
So Joshua sent some men [to find those things]. They ran to Achan’s tent and found all the things hidden there.
23 Ils les prirent du milieu de la tente, les apportèrent à Josué et à tous les enfants d’Israël, et les déposèrent devant l’Éternel.
The men brought them all out of the tent and took them to Joshua and the rest of the Israeli people. Then they spread/laid them out on the ground, where Yahweh could see them.
24 Josué et tout Israël avec lui prirent Acan, fils de Zérach, l’argent, le manteau, le lingot d’or, les fils et les filles d’Acan, ses bœufs, ses ânes, ses brebis, sa tente, et tout ce qui lui appartenait; et ils les firent monter dans la vallée d’Acor.
Then Joshua and the rest of the people led Achan down to the valley. They also took down there the silver, the coat, the gold, Achan’s [wife and] sons and daughters, and his cattle and donkeys and sheep, and his tent, and everything else that he owned.
25 Josué dit: Pourquoi nous as-tu troublés? L’Éternel te troublera aujourd’hui. Et tout Israël le lapida. On les brûla au feu, on les lapida,
Joshua said, “(I do not know why you caused so much trouble for us/You have caused a lot of trouble for us) [RHQ], but now Yahweh will cause trouble for you.” Then all the people threw stones at Achan and his family until they all died. Then the people burned their corpses.
26 et l’on éleva sur Acan un grand monceau de pierres, qui subsiste encore aujourd’hui. Et l’Éternel revint de l’ardeur de sa colère. C’est à cause de cet événement qu’on a donné jusqu’à ce jour à ce lieu le nom de vallée d’Acor.
They piled rocks over [the ashes of] their [corpses], and those rocks are still there. That is why that valley is called Trouble Valley. After that, Yahweh was no longer angry [with the Israeli people].
