1 Samuel 31
1 Or, les Philistins combattirent contre Israël, et les Israélites prirent la fuite devant les Philistins, et furent tués sur la montagne de Guilboa.
Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.
2 Et les Philistins poursuivirent Saül et ses fils, et tuèrent Jonathan, Abinadab, et Malkishua, fils de Saül.
And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3 Et l'effort du combat tomba sur Saül; et les archers l'atteignirent, et il fut dangereusement blessé par les archers.
And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
4 Alors Saül dit à son écuyer: Tire ton épée, et m'en transperce, de peur que ces incirconcis ne viennent, et ne me transpercent, et ne me fassent des outrages. Mais son écuyer ne le voulut point faire, car il était fort effrayé. Saül prit donc l'épée, et se jeta dessus.
Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.
5 Alors l'écuyer de Saül, voyant que Saül était mort, se jeta aussi sur son épée, et mourut avec lui.
And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.
6 Ainsi moururent en ce jour-là, Saül et ses trois fils, son écuyer et tous ses gens.
So death overtook Saul and his three sons and his servant on the same day.
7 Et ceux d'Israël qui étaient de ce côté-ci de la vallée, et de ce côté-ci du Jourdain, ayant vu que les Israélites s'étaient enfuis, et que Saül et ses fils étaient morts, abandonnèrent les villes et s'enfuirent; de sorte que les Philistins vinrent et y habitèrent.
And when the men of Israel across the valley and on the other side of Jordan saw that the army of Israel was in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they came out of their towns and went in flight; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
8 Et, le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les morts; et ils trouvèrent Saül et ses trois fils étendus sur la montagne de Guilboa.
Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.
9 Et ils lui coupèrent la tête et le dépouillèrent de ses armes; et ils envoyèrent au pays des Philistins, de tous côtés, pour annoncer la nouvelle dans les temples de leurs idoles, et parmi le peuple.
And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.
10 Puis ils mirent ses armes au temple d'Ashtharoth, et pendirent son corps à la muraille de Beth-Shan.
His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 Or, les habitants de Jabès de Galaad apprirent ce que les Philistins avaient fait à Saül;
And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 Et tous les vaillants hommes se levèrent et marchèrent toute la nuit, et enlevèrent le corps de Saül et les corps de ses fils, de la muraille de Beth-Shan; et ils revinrent à Jabès, où ils les brûlèrent.
All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.
13 Puis ils prirent leurs os, et les ensevelirent sous le tamarin, près de Jabès; et ils jeûnèrent sept jours.
And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
