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?
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 L’Éternel répondit: Juda montera, voici, j’ai livré le pays entre ses mains.
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
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.
The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, [the men] from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group [in order that we can take from them] the land [that Yahweh] allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you [and help you] conquer the people in the land [that Yahweh promised to give to] you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
4 Juda monta, et l’Éternel livra entre leurs mains les Cananéens et les Phéréziens; ils battirent dix mille hommes à Bézek.
When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group [DOU] at Bezek [city].
5 Ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek; ils l’attaquèrent, et ils battirent les Cananéens et les Phéréziens.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Adoni-Bézek prit la fuite; mais ils le poursuivirent et le saisirent, et ils lui coupèrent les pouces des mains et des pieds.
but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big 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.
Adoni-Bezek said, “[My army captured] 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, [we forced] those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has (paid me back for/done to me like) [what we did to them].” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek 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.
The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed [the people who lived there] and they burned [the houses in] the city.
9 Les fils de Juda descendirent ensuite, pour combattre les Cananéens qui habitaient la montagne, la contrée du midi et la plaine.
Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills [to the west].
10 Juda marcha contre les Cananéens qui habitaient à Hébron, appelée autrefois Kirjath-Arba; et il battit Schéschaï, Ahiman et Talmaï.
The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron [city], which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated [the armies of kings] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 De là il marcha contre les habitants de Debir: Debir s’appelait autrefois Kirjath-Sépher.
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 Caleb dit: Je donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme à celui qui battra Kirjath-Sépher et qui la prendra.
[Before they attacked the city], Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.”
13 Othniel, fils de Kenaz, frère cadet de Caleb, s’en empara; et Caleb lui donna pour femme sa fille Acsa.
Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his 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?
When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. [But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey], and when she got off the donkey, Caleb [could see that something was troubling her. So he] asked her, “What do you want?”
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.
She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, [but it is very dry there]. So please also give me some [land that has] springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring.
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.
The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad [city].
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.
The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath [city]. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, [which means ‘complete destruction’].
18 Juda s’empara encore de Gaza et de son territoire, d’Askalon et de son territoire, et d’Ékron et de son territoire.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
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.
Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because [those people had better weapons—] had iron chariots.
20 On donna Hébron à Caleb, comme l’avait dit Moïse; et il en chassa les trois fils d’Anak.
Hebron [city] was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
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 people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.
22 La maison de Joseph monta aussi contre Béthel, et l’Éternel fut avec eux.
The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
23 La maison de Joseph fit explorer Béthel, qui s’appelait autrefois Luz.
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
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.
The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you [and we will not kill 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.
So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man [who showed them how to get into the city], and they did not kill 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.
That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city.
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.
There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo [cities] and in the surrounding villages. [The men of] the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there.
28 Lorsqu’Israël fut assez fort, il assujettit les Cananéens à un tribut, mais il ne les chassa point.
Later, the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them [as their slaves], but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land.
29 Éphraïm ne chassa point les Cananéens qui habitaient à Guézer, et les Cananéens habitèrent au milieu d’Éphraïm à Guézer.
[The men of] the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer [city]. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim.
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.
[The men of] the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol [cities] to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
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;
[The men of] the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob [cities] to leave.
32 et les Asérites habitèrent au milieu des Cananéens, habitants du pays, car ils ne les chassèrent point.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
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.
[The men of] the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath [cities] to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali.
34 Les Amoréens repoussèrent dans la montagne les fils de Dan, et ne les laissèrent pas descendre dans la plaine.
The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down [and live] on the plain.
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.
The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim [cities]. But when the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves.
36 Le territoire des Amoréens s’étendait depuis la montée d’Akrabbim, depuis Séla, et en dessus.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
