1 Samuel 16
1 Elle Seigneur dit à Samuel: Jusqu’à quand pleureras-tu Saül, puisque je l’ai rejeté, afin qu’il ne règne plus sur Israël? Remplis La corne d’huile, et viens, afin que je t’envoie vers Isaï, le Bethléhémite; car je me suis choisi un roi entre ses fils.
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
2 Et Samuel répondit: Comment irai-je? car Saul l’apprendra, et il me tuera. Et le Seigneur dit: Tu prendras un veau du troupeau en ta main, et tu diras: C’est pour l’immoler au Seigneur que je suis venu.
And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.
3 Et tu appelleras Isaï pour la victime, et je te montrerai ce que tu dois faire, et tu oindras celui que je te désignerai.
And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
4 Samuel fit donc comme lui avait dit le Seigneur. Et il vint en Bethléhem, et les anciens de la ville furent surpris, venant au devant de lui, et ils dirent: Votre entrée est-elle pacifique?
And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
5 Et il répondit: Pacifique; c’est pour immoler au Seigneur que je suis venu; sanctifiez-vous, et venez avec moi, afin que j’immole. Il sanctifia donc Isaï et ses fils, et il les appela au sacrifice.
And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
6 Lorsqu’ils furent entrés, il vit Eliab, et il dit: Est-ce le christ du Seigneur qui est devant lui?
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
7 Et le Seigneur dit à Samuel: Ne regarde point son visage, ni la hauteur de sa stature, parce que je l’ai rejeté, et que moi je ne juge point selon le regard de l’homme; car l’homme voit ce qui paraît, mais le Seigneur regarde le cœur.
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
8 Et Isaï appela Abinadab, et l’amena devant Samuel, lequel dit: Ce n’est point non plus celui-là que le Seigneur a choisi.
Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
9 Or, Isaï amena Samma, dont Samuel dit: Même celui-là, le Seigneur ne l’a pas choisi.
Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
10 C’est pourquoi Isaï amena ses sept fils devant Samuel; et Samuel dit à Isaï: Le Seigneur n’a pas choisi parmi ceux-ci.
And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
11 Alors Samuel dit à Isaï: Tes fils sont-ils là au complet? Isaï répondit: Il reste encore un petit enfant; et il paît les brebis. Et Samuel dit à Isaï: Envoie, et amène-le; car nous ne nous mettrons pas à table avant que celui-là ne vienne ici.
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
12 Il envoya donc, et il l’amena. Or, il était roux, d’un bel aspect, et d’un visage agréable; et le Seigneur dit: Lève-toi, oins-le; car c’est celui-là.
So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
13 Samuel prit donc la corne d’huile, et l’oignit au milieu de ses frères: et l’esprit du Seigneur descendit sur David dès ce jour-là et à jamais; et Samuel se levant s’en alla à Ramatha.
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
14 Mais l’esprit du Seigneur se retira de Saül, et un esprit malin, envoyé par le Seigneur, le tourmentait.
Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.
15 Et les serviteurs de Saül lui dirent: Voici qu’un esprit malin, envoyé de Dieu, vous tourmente.
And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.
16 Que notre seigneur commande, et vos serviteurs, qui sont devant vous, chercheront un homme sachant toucher la harpe, afin que, quand l’esprit malin, envoyé par le Seigneur, vous aura saisi, il en joue de sa main, et que vous souffriez plus patiemment.
Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.
17 Et Saül dit à ses serviteurs: Procurez-moi quelqu’un qui touche bien la harpe, et amenez-le-moi.
And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
18 Et répondant, un des serviteurs dit: Voilà que j’ai vu le fils d’Isaï le Bethléhémite, sachant la toucher, homme d’une très grande force, belliqueux, prudent en paroles, et homme doué de beauté; et le Seigneur est avec lui.
Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.
19 Saul envoya donc des messagers à Isaï, disant: Envoie-moi David, ton fils, qui est dans la prairie.
So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
20 C’est pourquoi Isaï prit un âne chargé de pains, une cruche de vin et un chevreau, et il les envoya par l’entremise de David son fils à Saül.
And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
21 Et David vint vers Saül et se présenta devant lui: mais Saül l’aima beaucoup, et il devint son écuyer.
And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
22 Et Saül envoya vers Isaï, disant: Que David se tienne en ma présence; car il a trouvé grâce âmes yeux.
And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
23 Ainsi toutes les fois que l’esprit malin saisissait Saül, David prenait la harpe et la touchait de sa main, et Saül était soulagé, et il se trouvait mieux; car l’esprit malin se retirait de lui.
And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.
