Juges 1
1 Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d'Israël consultèrent l'Éternel, et dirent: Qui d'entre nous montera le premier contre les Cananéens pour les combattre?
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 Et l'Éternel répondit: Juda y 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 mon lot, et nous combattrons les Cananéens; et j'irai aussi avec toi dans ton lot. Ainsi Siméon s'en 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 donc, et l'Éternel livra les Cananéens et les Phéréziens entre leurs mains, et ils battirent à Bézek dix mille hommes.
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 Et, ayant trouvé Adoni-Bézek à Bézek, ils l'attaquèrent, et battirent les Cananéens et les Phéréziens.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Cependant Adoni-Bézek s'enfuit; mais ils le poursuivirent, le saisirent, et 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 Alors Adoni-Bézek dit: Soixante et dix rois, dont les pouces des mains et des pieds avaient été coupés, recueillaient sous ma table ce qui en tombait. Ce que j'ai fait aux autres, Dieu me l'a rendu. Et, ayant été amené à Jérusalem, 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 Or, les descendants de Juda attaquèrent Jérusalem, et la prirent; et l'ayant frappée du tranchant de l'épée, ils 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 Ensuite les descendants de Juda descendirent pour combattre contre les Cananéens qui habitaient la montagne, et le 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 (or, le nom d'Hébron était auparavant Kirjath-Arba), et il battit Sheshaï, 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 Et de là il marcha contre les habitants de Débir, dont le nom était auparavant 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 Et Caleb dit: Qui battra Kirjath-Sépher et la prendra, je lui donnerai ma fille Acsa pour femme.
[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 Alors Othniel, fils de Kénaz, frère puîné de Caleb, la prit; 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 Et comme elle venait chez lui, elle l'incita à demander un champ à son père; et elle se jeta 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 Et elle lui répondit: Donne-moi un présent; puisque tu m'as donné une terre du midi, donne-moi aussi des sources d'eaux. 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 Or, les enfants du Kénien, beau-père de Moïse, montèrent de la ville des palmiers, avec les descendants de Juda, au désert de Juda, qui est au midi d'Arad; et ils allèrent, et demeurèrent avec 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 Puis Juda alla avec Siméon son frère, et ils battirent les Cananéens qui habitaient à Tséphath, et ils vouèrent ce lieu à l'interdit, et on appela la ville, Horma (Extermination).
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 prit aussi Gaza avec son territoire, Askélon avec son territoire, et Ékron avec son territoire.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 Et l'Éternel fut avec Juda; et ils prirent possession de la montagne; mais ils ne dépossédèrent point les habitants de la vallée, 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 Et, selon que Moïse l'avait dit, on donna Hébron à Caleb, qui en déposséda 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 Quant aux descendants de Benjamin, ils ne dépossédèrent point les Jébusiens, qui habitaient à Jérusalem; aussi les Jébusiens ont habité avec les enfants de Benjamin, à Jérusalem, jusqu'à ce jour.
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 donc explorer Béthel, dont le nom était auparavant Luz;
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 Et les espions virent un homme, qui sortait de la ville, et ils lui dirent: Fais-nous voir, nous t'en prions, par où l'on peut 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 Et il leur montra par où l'on pouvait entrer dans la ville, et ils la firent passer au fil de l'épée; mais ils laissèrent aller cet homme-là 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 Puis, cet homme se rendit au pays des Héthiens; il y bâtit une ville, et l'appela 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 déposséda point les habitants de Beth-Shéan et des villes de son ressort, ni les habitants de Thaanac et des villes de son ressort, ni les habitants de Dor et des villes de son ressort, ni les habitants de Jibléam et des villes de son ressort, ni les habitants de Méguiddo et des villes de son ressort; ainsi les Cananéens persistèrent à habiter ce pays-là.
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 Cependant, quand Israël fut devenu plus fort, il rendit les Cananéens tributaires; mais il ne les chassa pas entièrement.
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 déposséda point non plus les Cananéens qui habitaient à Guézer; mais les Cananéens habitèrent avec lui 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 déposséda point les habitants de Kitron, ni les habitants de Nahalol; et les Cananéens habitèrent avec lui, mais ils lui furent tributaires.
[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 Asser ne déposséda point les habitants d'Acco, ni les habitants de Sidon, ni d'Achlab, ni d'Aczib, ni d'Helba, ni d'Aphik, ni de Réhob;
[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 Mais ceux d'Asser habitèrent parmi les Cananéens, habitants du pays; car ils ne les dépossédèrent point.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Nephthali ne déposséda point les habitants de Beth-Shémèsh, ni les habitants de Beth-Anath; mais il habita parmi les Cananéens, habitants du pays; et les habitants de Beth-Shémèsh et de Beth-Anath leur furent tributaires.
[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 Et les Amoréens resserrèrent dans la montagne les descendants de Dan, et ne les laissèrent point descendre dans la vallée.
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 Et ces Amoréens persistèrent à demeurer à Har-Hérès, à Ajalon, et à Shaalbim; mais la main de la maison de Joseph pesa sur eux, et ils furent rendus tributaires.
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 Or, le territoire des Amoréens s'étendait depuis la montée d'Akrabbim, depuis Séla (la Roche), et au-dessus.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
