Juges 1
1 Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d’Israël consultèrent le Seigneur, disant: Qui montera devant nous contre le Chananéen, et sera le chef de la guerre?
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 Et le Seigneur répondit: Juda montera; voilà que j’ai livré la terre en ses mains.
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
3 Alors Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: Monte avec moi dans mon lot; et combats contre le Chananéen, afin que moi-même j’aille dans ton lot. 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 Et Juda monta, et le Seigneur livra le Chananéen et le Phérézéen en leurs mains, et ils battirent à Bézec 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 Ils trouvèrent ensuite Adonibézec à Bézec; ils combattirent contre lui, et défirent le Chananéen et le Phérézéen.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Or, Adonibézec s’enfuit; l’ayant poursuivi, ils le prirent et coupèrent les extrémités de ses mains et de ses 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 Et Adonibézec dit: Soixante-dix rois, les extrémités de leurs mains et de leurs pieds ayant été coupées, ramassaient sous ma table les restes des aliments: comme j’ai fait, ainsi Dieu m’a rétribué. Et ils l’emmenèrent 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 Or, les enfants de Juda ayant attaqué Jérusalem, la prirent et la frappèrent du tranchant du glaive, livrant aux flammes toute 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 Et ensuite descendant, ils combattirent contre le Chananéen, qui habitait dans les montagnes, et vers le midi, et dans les plaines.
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 Et Juda, marchant contre le Chananéen, qui habitait à Hébron (dont le nom fut anciennement Cariath-Arbé), battit Sésaï, Ahiman et Tholmaï.
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 Puis, parti de là, il alla vers les habitants de Dabir, dont nom était Cariath-Sépher, c’est-à-dire Ville des lettres.
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 Alors Caleb dit: Celui qui attaquera Cariath-Sépher, et la ravagera, je lui donnerai ma fille Axa 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 Or, comme Othoniel, fils de Cénez, et frère puîné de Caleb, la prit, il lui donna Axa, sa fille, pour femme.
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 Axa étant en chemin, son mari l’avertit de demander à son père le champ. Et comme elle soupirait, pendant qu’elle était montée sur l’âne, 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 répondit: Accorde-moi une grâce; puisque c’est une terre aride que tu m’as donnée, donne-m’en aussi une arrosée par des eaux. Caleb donc lui en donna une arrosée par le haut et arrosée par le bas,
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 d’un Cinéen, parent de Moïse, montèrent de la Ville des palmes, avec les enfants de Juda, au désert de leur lot, lequel est vers le midi d’Arad, et habitèrent avec eux.
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 Cependant Juda s’en alla avec Siméon, son frère; ils attaquèrent ensemble le Chananéen qui habitait à Séphaath, et ils le tuèrent. Et la ville fut appelée du nom d’Horma, c’est-à-dire anathème.
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 ses confins, Ascalon et Accaron avec leurs frontières.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 Et le Seigneur fut avec Juda, et Juda posséda les montagnes; mais il ne put détruire les habitants de la vallée, parce qu’ils avaient une grande quantité de chars armés de faux.
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 ils donnèrent, comme Moïse avait dit, Hébron à Caleb, qui en extermina les trois fils d’Enac.
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 Mais les enfants de Benjamin ne détruisirent pas le Jébuséen, habitant de Jérusalem; ainsi, le Jébuséen a habité avec les enfants de Benjamin à Jérusalem, jusqu’au présent 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 aussi monta vers Béthel; et le Seigneur 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 Car, comme ils assiégeaient la ville, qui auparavant était appelée Luza,
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 Ils virent un homme sortant de la cité, et ils lui dirent: Montre-nous l’entrée de la ville, et nous te ferons miséricorde.
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 Lorsque cet homme la leur eut montrée, ils frappèrent la ville du tranchant du glaive; mais cet homme et toute sa parenté, ils les renvoyèrent.
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 renvoyé, s’en alla dans la terre d’Hetthim, et il bâtit là une ville et l’appela Luza, laquelle est ainsi appelée jusqu’au présent 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 aussi ne détruisit pas Bethsan et Thanac avec leurs bourgades, ni les habitants de Dor, ni Jéblaam, ni Mageddo avec ses bourgades; et le Chananéen commença à habiter avec eux.
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 Mais lorsqu’Israël se fut fortifié, il les rendit tributaires, et il ne voulut pas les détruire.
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 Ephraïm de même ne tua pas le Chananéen, qui habitait à Gazer, mais le Chananéen habita avec lui.
[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 détruisit pas les habitants de Cétron et de Naalol; mais le Chananéen habita au milieu de lui et lui devint tributaire.
[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 Azer aussi ne détruisit pas les habitants d’Accho et de Sidon, ni Ahalab, ni Achazib, ni Helba, ni Aphec, ni Rohob;
[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 il habita au milieu du Chananéen, habitant de cette terre, et il ne le tua pas.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Nephthali aussi ne détruisit pas les habitants de Bethsamès, et de Béthanath; mais il habita parmi le Chananéen habitant de cette terre; et les Bethsamites, et les Béthanites lui 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 L’Amorrhéen resserra les enfants de Dan sur la montagne, et il ne leur donna pas lieu de s’étendre 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 Et il habita sur la montagne d’Harès, que l’on interprète montagne de têts, dans Aïalon et Salébim. Et la puissance de la maison de Joseph s’accrut, et l’Amorrhéen lui devint tributaire.
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, la frontière de l’Amorrhéen fut depuis la montée du Scorpion, le rocher et les lieux plus élevés.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
