Juges 1

1 Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d’Israël consultèrent l’Éternel, en disant: Qui de nous montera le premier contre les Cananéens, pour les attaquer?

And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?

2 L’Éternel répondit: Juda montera, voici, j’ai livré le pays entre ses mains.

And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 Et Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: Monte avec moi dans le pays qui m’est échu par le sort, et nous combattrons les Cananéens; j’irai aussi avec toi dans celui qui t’est tombé en partage. Et Siméon alla avec lui.

And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him.

4 Juda monta, et l’Éternel livra entre leurs mains les Cananéens et les Phéréziens; ils battirent dix mille hommes à Bézek.

And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to [the number of] ten thousand men.

5 Ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek; ils l’attaquèrent, et ils battirent les Cananéens et les Phéréziens.

And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.

6 Adoni-Bézek prit la fuite; mais ils le poursuivirent et le saisirent, et ils lui coupèrent les pouces des mains et des pieds.

And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 Adoni-Bézek dit: Soixante-dix rois, ayant les pouces des mains et des pieds coupés, ramassaient sous ma table; Dieu me rend ce que j’ai fait. On l’emmena à Jérusalem, et il y mourut.

And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 Les fils de Juda attaquèrent Jérusalem et la prirent, ils la frappèrent du tranchant de l’épée et mirent le feu à la ville.

And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.

9 Les fils de Juda descendirent ensuite, pour combattre les Cananéens qui habitaient la montagne, la contrée du midi et la plaine.

And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.

10 Juda marcha contre les Cananéens qui habitaient à Hébron, appelée autrefois Kirjath-Arba; et il battit Schéschaï, Ahiman et Talmaï.

And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: ] and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.

11 De là il marcha contre les habitants de Debir: Debir s’appelait autrefois Kirjath-Sépher.

And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.

12 Caleb dit: Je donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme à celui qui battra Kirjath-Sépher et qui la prendra.

And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.

13 Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère cadet de Caleb, s’en empara; et Caleb lui donna pour femme sa fille Acsa.

And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.

14 Lorsqu’elle fut entrée chez Othniel, elle le sollicita de demander à son père un champ. Elle descendit de dessus son âne; et Caleb lui dit: Qu’as-tu?

And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is your request?

15 Elle lui répondit: Fais-moi un présent, car tu m’as donné une terre du midi; donne-moi aussi des sources d’eau. Et Caleb lui donna les sources supérieures et les sources inférieures.

And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the low [springs].

16 Les fils du Kénien, beau-père de Moïse, montèrent de la ville des palmiers, avec les fils de Juda, dans le désert de Juda au midi d’Arad, et ils allèrent s’établir parmi le peuple.

And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.

17 Juda se mit en marche avec Siméon, son frère, et ils battirent les Cananéens qui habitaient à Tsephath; ils dévouèrent la ville par interdit, et on l’appela Horma.

And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.

18 Juda s’empara encore de Gaza et de son territoire, d’Askalon et de son territoire, et d’Ékron et de son territoire.

But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it.

19 L’Éternel fut avec Juda; et Juda se rendit maître de la montagne, mais il ne put chasser les habitants de la plaine, parce qu’ils avaient des chars de fer.

And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.

20 On donna Hébron à Caleb, comme l’avait dit Moïse; et il en chassa les trois fils d’Anak.

And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.

21 Les fils de Benjamin ne chassèrent point les Jébusiens qui habitaient à Jérusalem; et les Jébusiens ont habité jusqu’à ce jour dans Jérusalem avec les fils de Benjamin.

But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

22 La maison de Joseph monta aussi contre Béthel, et l’Éternel fut avec eux.

And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.

23 La maison de Joseph fit explorer Béthel, qui s’appelait autrefois Luz.

And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.

24 Les gardes virent un homme qui sortait de la ville, et ils lui dirent: Montre-nous par où nous pourrons entrer dans la ville, et nous te ferons grâce.

And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you.

25 Il leur montra par où ils pourraient entrer dans la ville. Et ils frappèrent la ville du tranchant de l’épée; mais ils laissèrent aller cet homme et toute sa famille.

And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.

26 Cet homme se rendit dans le pays des Héthiens; il bâtit une ville, et lui donna le nom de Luz, nom qu’elle a porté jusqu’à ce jour.

And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day.

27 Manassé ne chassa point les habitants de Beth-Schean et des villes de son ressort, de Thaanac et des villes de son ressort, de Dor et des villes de son ressort, de Jibleam et des villes de son ressort, de Meguiddo et des villes de son ressort; et les Cananéens voulurent rester dans ce pays.

And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.

28 Lorsqu’Israël fut assez fort, il assujettit les Cananéens à un tribut, mais il ne les chassa point.

And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.

29 Éphraïm ne chassa point les Cananéens qui habitaient à Guézer, et les Cananéens habitèrent au milieu d’Éphraïm à Guézer.

And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.

30 Zabulon ne chassa point les habitants de Kitron, ni les habitants de Nahalol; et les Cananéens habitèrent au milieu de Zabulon, mais ils furent assujettis à un tribut.

And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.

31 Aser ne chassa point les habitants d’Acco, ni les habitants de Sidon, ni ceux d’Achlal, d’Aczib, de Helba, d’Aphik et de Rehob;

And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people] became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.

32 et les Asérites habitèrent au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, car ils ne les chassèrent point.

And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.

33 Nephthali ne chassa point les habitants de Beth-Schémesch, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath, et il habita au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, mais les habitants de Beth-Schémesch et de Beth-Anath furent assujettis à un tribut.

And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.

34 Les Amoréens repoussèrent dans la montagne les fils de Dan, et ne les laissèrent pas descendre dans la plaine.

And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.

35 Les Amoréens voulurent rester à Har-Hérès, à Ajalon et à Schaalbim; mais la main de la maison de Joseph s’appesantit sur eux, et ils furent assujettis à un tribut.

And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.

36 Le territoire des Amoréens s’étendait depuis la montée d’Akrabbim, depuis Séla, et en dessus.

And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.