Judges 15
1 And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in.
Et il arriva quelque temps après, pendant les jours de la moisson des froments, que Samson alla visiter sa femme, avec un chevreau; et il dit: Je veux entrer vers ma femme dans la chambre. Mais le père ne lui permit pas d’entrer.
2 And her father spoke, saying, I said that thou didst surely hate her, and I gave her to one of thy friends: [is] not her younger sister better than she? let her be to thee instead of her.
Et le père dit: J’ai pensé que tu l’avais en haine, et je l’ai donnée à ton compagnon. Sa jeune sœur n’est-elle pas plus belle qu’elle? Prends-la à sa place, je te prie.
3 And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them.
Et Samson leur dit: Cette fois je suis innocent à l’égard des Philistins si je leur fais du mal.
4 And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it.
Et Samson s’en alla, et prit 300 chacals; et il prit des torches, et tourna [les chacals] queue contre queue, et mit une torche entre les deux queues, au milieu.
5 And he set fire to the torches, and sent [the foxes] into the corn of the Philistines; and every thing was burnt from the threshing floor to the standing corn, and even to the vineyard and olives.
Et il mit le feu aux torches, et lâcha [les chacals] dans les blés des Philistins; et il brûla tant les tas de gerbes que le blé sur pied et les plantations d’oliviers.
6 And the Philistines said, Who [has done] these things? and they said, Sampson the son-in-law of the Thamnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to one of his friends; and the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father's house with fire.
Et les Philistins dirent: Qui a fait cela? Et on dit: Samson, le gendre du Thimnite; parce qu’il lui a pris sa femme et l’a donnée à son compagnon. Et les Philistins montèrent, et la brûlèrent au feu, elle et son père.
7 And Sampson said to them, Though ye may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease.
Et Samson leur dit: Si c’est ainsi que vous faites, alors certes je me vengerai de vous, et après je cesserai.
8 And he smote them leg on thigh [with] a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock Etam.
Et il les frappa d’un grand coup, à leur casser bras et jambes. Et il descendit, et habita dans une caverne du rocher d’Étam.
9 And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Juda, and spread themselves abroad in Lechi.
Et les Philistins montèrent, et campèrent en Juda, et se répandirent en Lékhi.
10 And the men of Juda said, Why are ye come up against us? and the Philistines said, We are come up to bind Sampson, and to do to him as he has done to us.
Et les hommes de Juda dirent: Pourquoi êtes-vous montés contre nous? Et ils dirent: Nous sommes montés pour lier Samson, afin de lui faire comme il nous a fait.
11 And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what [is] this [that] thou hast done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
Et 3 000 hommes de Juda descendirent à la caverne du rocher d’Étam, et dirent à Samson: Ne sais-tu pas que les Philistins dominent sur nous? Et que nous as-tu fait? Et il leur dit: Comme ils m’ont fait, ainsi je leur ai fait.
12 And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines: and Sampson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Et ils lui dirent: Nous sommes descendus pour te lier, afin de te livrer en la main des Philistins. Et Samson leur dit: Jurez-moi que vous ne vous jetterez pas sur moi.
13 And they spoke to him, saying, Nay, but we will only bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand, and will by no means slay thee: and they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him from that rock.
Et ils lui parlèrent, disant: Non, mais nous voulons te lier, et nous te livrerons en leur main; mais certainement nous ne te tuerons pas. Et ils le lièrent avec deux cordes neuves, et le firent monter hors du rocher.
14 And they came to Lechi: and the Philistines shouted, and ran to meet him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as tow which is burnt with fire; and his bonds were consumed from off his hands.
Il vint jusqu’à Lékhi, et les Philistins poussèrent des cris à sa rencontre. Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel le saisit; et les cordes qui étaient à ses bras devinrent comme de l’étoupe qui brûle au feu, et ses liens coulèrent de dessus ses mains.
15 And he found the jaw-bone of an ass that had been cast away, and he put forth his hand and took it, and smote with it a thousand men.
Et il trouva une mâchoire d’âne fraîche, et il étendit sa main et la prit, et en frappa 1 000 hommes.
16 And Sampson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, for with the jaw-bone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.
Et Samson dit: Avec la mâchoire de l’âne, un monceau, deux monceaux! Avec la mâchoire de l’âne j’ai frappé 1 000 hommes.
17 And it came to pass when he ceased speaking, that he cast the jaw-bone out of his hand; and he called that place the Lifting of the jaw-bone.
Et il arriva que, quand il eut achevé de parler, il jeta de sa main la mâchoire, et nomma ce lieu-là Ramath-Lékhi.
18 And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, Thou hast been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and new shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Et il eut une très grande soif, et il cria à l’Éternel, et dit: Tu as donné par la main de ton serviteur cette grande délivrance, et maintenant je mourrais de soif, et je tomberais entre les mains des incirconcis!
19 And God broke open a hollow place in the jaw, and there came thence water, and he drank; and his spirit returned and he revived: therefore the name of the fountain was called 'The well of the invoker,' which is in Lechi, until this day.
Et Dieu fendit le rocher creux qui était à Lékhi, et il en sortit de l’eau; et il but, et son esprit revint, et il vécut: c’est pourquoi le nom de cette [source] fut appelé En-Hakkoré; elle est à Lékhi, jusqu’à ce jour.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Et [Samson] jugea Israël, aux jours des Philistins, 20 ans.
