Juges 4
1 Les enfants d’Israël firent encore ce qui déplaît à l’Éternel, après qu’Éhud fut mort.
But after the death of Ehud, the sons of Israel resumed doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
2 Et l’Éternel les vendit entre les mains de Jabin, roi de Canaan, qui régnait à Hatsor. Le chef de son armée était Sisera, et habitait à Haroscheth-Goïm.
And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Jabin, the king of Canaan, who reigned at Hazor. And he had a commander of his army named Sisera, but this man lived at Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 Les enfants d’Israël crièrent à l’Éternel, car Jabin avait neuf cents chars de fer, et il opprimait avec violence les enfants d’Israël depuis vingt ans.
And the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. For he had nine hundred chariots with scythes, and he vehemently oppressed them for twenty years.
4 Dans ce temps-là, Débora, prophétesse, femme de Lappidoth, était juge en Israël.
Now there was a prophetess, Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, who judged the people in that time.
5 Elle siégeait sous le palmier de Débora, entre Rama et Béthel, dans la montagne d’Éphraïm; et les enfants d’Israël montaient vers elle pour être jugés.
And she was sitting under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Ramah and Bethel, on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel went up to her for every judgment.
6 Elle envoya appeler Barak, fils d’Abinoam, de Kédesch-Nephthali, et elle lui dit: N’est-ce pas l’ordre qu’a donné l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël? Va, dirige-toi sur le mont Thabor, et prends avec toi dix mille hommes des enfants de Nephthali et des enfants de Zabulon;
And she sent and called Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh of Naphtali. And she said to him: “The Lord, the God of Israel, instructs you: ‘Go and lead an army to Mount Tabor, and you shall take with you ten thousand fighting men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.
7 j’attirerai vers toi, au torrent de Kison, Sisera, chef de l’armée de Jabin, avec ses chars et ses troupes, et je le livrerai entre tes mains.
Then I will lead to you, at the place of the torrent Kishon, Sisera, the leader of the army of Jabin, with his chariots and the entire multitude. And I will deliver them into your hand.’”
8 Barak lui dit: Si tu viens avec moi, j’irai; mais si tu ne viens pas avec moi, je n’irai pas.
And Barak said to her: “If you will come with me, I will go. If you are not willing to come with me, I will not go.”
9 Elle répondit: J’irai bien avec toi; mais tu n’auras point de gloire sur la voie où tu marches, car l’Éternel livrera Sisera entre les mains d’une femme. Et Débora se leva, et elle se rendit avec Barak à Kédesch.
She said to him: “Indeed, I will go with you. But due to this change, the victory shall not be reputed to you. And so Sisera will be delivered into the hand of a woman.” Therefore, Deborah rose up, and she traveled with Barak to Kedesh.
10 Barak convoqua Zabulon et Nephthali à Kédesch; dix mille hommes marchèrent à sa suite, et Débora partit avec lui.
And he, summoning Zebulun and Naphtali, ascended with ten thousand fighting men, having Deborah in his company.
11 Héber, le Kénien, s’était séparé des Kéniens, des fils de Hobab, beau-père de Moïse, et il avait dressé sa tente jusqu’au chêne de Tsaannaïm, près de Kédesch.
Now Heber, the Kenite, had previously withdrawn from the rest of the Kenites, his brothers, the sons of Hobab, the relative of Moses. And he had pitched his tents as far as the valley that is called Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
12 On informa Sisera que Barak, fils d’Abinoam, s’était dirigé sur le mont Thabor.
And it was reported to Sisera that Barak, the son of Abinoam, had ascended to Mount Tabor.
13 Et, depuis Haroscheth-Goïm, Sisera rassembla vers le torrent de Kison tous ses chars, neuf cents chars de fer, et tout le peuple qui était avec lui.
And he gathered together the nine hundred chariots with scythes, and the entire army, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the torrent Kishon.
14 Alors Débora dit à Barak: Lève-toi, car voici le jour où l’Éternel livre Sisera entre tes mains. L’Éternel ne marche-t-il pas devant toi? Et Barak descendit du mont Thabor, ayant dix mille hommes à sa suite.
And Deborah said to Barak: “Rise up. For this is the day on which the Lord delivers Sisera into your hands. For he is your commander.” And so, Barak descended from Mount Tabor, and the ten thousand fighting men with him.
15 L’Éternel mit en déroute devant Barak, par le tranchant de l’épée, Sisera, tous ses chars et tout le camp. Sisera descendit de son char, et s’enfuit à pied.
And the Lord struck Sisera with great fear, and all his chariots and all his multitude with the edge of the sword, in the sight of Barak, so much so that Sisera, leaping from his chariot, fled on foot.
16 Barak poursuivit les chars et l’armée jusqu’à Haroscheth-Goïm; et toute l’armée de Sisera tomba sous le tranchant de l’épée, sans qu’il en restât un seul homme.
And Barak pursued the fleeing chariots, and the army, as far as Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the entire multitude of the enemy was cut down, unto utter annihilation.
17 Sisera se réfugia à pied dans la tente de Jaël, femme de Héber, le Kénien; car il y avait paix entre Jabin, roi de Hatsor, et la maison de Héber, le Kénien.
But Sisera, while fleeing, arrived at the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite. For there was peace between Jabin, the king of Hazor, and the house of Heber, the Kenite.
18 Jaël sortit au-devant de Sisera, et lui dit: Entre, mon seigneur, entre chez moi, ne crains point. Il entra chez elle dans la tente, et elle le cacha sous une couverture.
Therefore, Jael went out to meet Sisera, and she said to him: “Enter to me, my lord. Enter, you should not be afraid.” And he entered her tent, and having been covered by her with a cloak,
19 Il lui dit: Donne-moi, je te prie, un peu d’eau à boire, car j’ai soif. Elle ouvrit l’outre du lait, lui donna à boire, et le couvrit.
he said to her: “Give me, I beg you, a little water. For I am very thirsty.” And she opened a bottle of milk, and she gave him to drink. And she covered him.
20 Il lui dit encore: Tiens-toi à l’entrée de la tente, et si l’on vient t’interroger en disant: Y a-t-il ici quelqu’un? Tu répondras: Non.
And Sisera said to her: “Stand before the door of the tent. And if anyone arrives, questioning you and saying, ‘Could there be any man here?’ you shall respond, ‘There is no one.’”
21 Jaël, femme de Héber, saisit un pieu de la tente, prit en main le marteau, s’approcha de lui doucement, et lui enfonça dans la tempe le pieu, qui pénétra en terre. Il était profondément endormi et accablé de fatigue; et il mourut.
And so Jael, the wife of Heber, took a spike from the tent, and also took a mallet. And entering unseen and with silence, she placed the spike over the temple of his head. And striking it with the mallet, she drove it through his brain, as far as the ground. And so, joining deep sleep to death, he fell unconscious and died.
22 Comme Barak poursuivait Sisera, Jaël sortit à sa rencontre et lui dit: Viens, et je te montrerai l’homme que tu cherches. Il entra chez elle, et voici, Sisera était étendu mort, le pieu dans la tempe.
And behold, Barak arrived, in pursuit of Sisera. And Jael, going out to meet him, said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And when he had entered her tent, he saw Sisera lying dead, with the spike fixed in his temples.
23 En ce jour, Dieu humilia Jabin, roi de Canaan, devant les enfants d’Israël.
Thus did God humble Jabin, the king of Canaan, on that day, before the sons of Israel.
24 Et la main des enfants d’Israël s’appesantit de plus en plus sur Jabin, roi de Canaan, jusqu’à ce qu’ils eussent exterminé Jabin, roi de Canaan.
And they increased every day. And with a strong hand they overpowered Jabin, the king of Canaan, until they wiped him out.
