Judges 1
1 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?
Après la mort de Josué, les enfants d’Israël consultèrent le Seigneur en disant: "Qui de nous doit marcher le premier contre le Cananéen pour l’attaquer?"
2 And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Le Seigneur répondit: "C’Est Juda qui doit marcher; je livre le pays en son pouvoir."
3 And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him.
Alors Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: "Aide-moi à faire la guerre au Cananéen dans mon territoire et à mon tour je ferai campagne avec toi dans le tien." Et Siméon se joignit à lui.
4 And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to [the number of] ten thousand men.
Juda se mit en marche, et le Seigneur livra le Cananéen et le Phérézéen en son pouvoir; ils les défirent à Bézek, au nombre de dix mille hommes.
5 And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.
Ils trouvèrent Adoni-Bézek à Bézek, l’attaquèrent, et achevèrent de battre le Cananéen et le Phérézéen.
6 And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Adoni-Bézek ayant pris la fuite, ils le poursuivirent, le prirent et lui coupèrent les pouces et les orteils.
7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Et Adoni-Bézek dit: "Soixante-dix rois, ayant les pouces et les orteils coupés, ont ramassé les miettes sous ma table; ce que j’ai fait, Dieu me le rend!" On le conduisit à Jérusalem, et il y mourut.
8 And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.
Les enfants de Juda attaquèrent Jérusalem, s’en emparèrent, passèrent la population au fil de l’épée, et livrèrent la ville aux flammes.
9 And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
Après quoi, les enfants de Juda descendirent attaquer les Cananéens qui habitaient la montagne, ceux du Midi et de la plaine.
10 And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: ] and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.
Puis Juda marcha contre les Cananéens qui habitaient Hébron Hébron portait autrefois le nom de Cité d’Arba et ils battirent Chêchaï, Ahimân et Talmaï.
11 And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
De là on se dirigea vers les habitants de Debir, laquelle s’appelait autrefois Kiryat-Sêfer.
12 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.
Et Caleb dit: "Celui qui triomphera de Kiryat-Sêfer et la prendra, je lui donnerai ma fille Akhsa pour épouse."
13 And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.
Elle fut prise par Othoniel, fils de Kenaz, frère puîné de Caleb, et celui-ci lui donna pour femme sa fille Akhsa.
14 And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is your request?
En se rendant près de son époux, elle l’incita à demander le domaine à son père; puis elle-même descendit de l’âne, et Caleb lui ayant demandé: "Que veux-tu?"
15 And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the low [springs].
Elle lui répondit: "Fais-moi un présent, car tu m’as reléguée dans un pays aride; donne-moi donc des sources d’eau! Et Caleb lui donna les sources du pays haut et celles du pays bas.
16 And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.
Les descendants de Kéni, beau-père de Moïse, montèrent avec ceux de Juda de la ville des Palmiers au désert de Juda, qui est au midi d’Arad; et ils s’y établirent parmi le peuple.
17 And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.
Juda se mit encore en campagne avec Siméon, son frère, et ils battirent le Cananéen habitant Cefat; ils vouèrent la ville à l’anathème, et elle reçut le nom de Horma.
18 But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it.
Puis Juda prit Gaza avec son territoire, Ascalon avec le sien, Ekron avec le sien.
19 And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.
Le Seigneur fut avec Juda, de sorte qu’il put conquérir la montagne; mais il ne put déposséder les habitants de la vallée, qui avaient des chariots armés de fer.
20 And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.
Caleb eut pour apanage Hébron, comme l’avait dit Moïse, et il en expulsa les trois fils d’Anak.
21 But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.
Pour les Jébuséens, habitants de Jérusalem, les enfants de Benjamin ne les dépossédèrent point, et ils sont restés à Jérusalem, avec les enfants de Benjamin, jusqu’à ce jour.
22 And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.
De leur côté, les descendants de Joseph marchèrent sur Béthel, et le Seigneur fut avec eux.
23 And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.
Ils firent explorer les abords de Béthel, ville qui autrefois avait nom Louz.
24 And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you.
Or, les soldats de garde, voyant un homme qui sortait de la ville, lui dirent: "Montre-nous par où l’on peut entrer dans la ville, et nous te traiterons avec faveur."
25 And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.
Il leur indiqua le moyen de pénétrer dans la ville, et ils passèrent les habitants au fil de l’épée, mais laissèrent partir l’homme avec toute sa famille.
26 And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day.
Celui-ci se retira au pays des Héthéens; il bâtit une ville qu’il nomma Louz, et ce nom lui est resté jusqu’aujourd’hui.
27 And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.
Pour Manassé, il ne déposséda point les gens de Beth-Cheân et de ses dépendances, ceux de Taanakh et de ses dépendances, ni les habitants de Dor et de ses dépendances, ni ceux de Yibleâm avec les siennes, ni ceux de Meghiddo avec les siennes, le Cananéen persistant à demeurer dans ce pays.
28 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
Devenu plus puissant, Israël soumit le Cananéen à un tribut, mais il ne l’expulsa point.
29 And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.
Ephraïm non plus n’expulsa le Cananéen établi à Ghézer, de sorte que le Cananéen demeura côte à côte avec lui à Ghézer.
30 And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.
Zabulon n’expulsa point les habitants de Kitrôn ni ceux de Nahalol; ces Cananéens demeurèrent avec lui, mais payèrent tribut.
31 And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people] became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.
Aser n’expulsa point les habitants d’Acco ni ceux de Sidon, d’Ahlab, d’Akhzib, de Helba, d’Afik et de Rehob.
32 And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.
Les Asérites demeurèrent donc au milieu des Cananéens qui occupaient ce pays, ne les ayant point dépossédés.
33 And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.
Nephtali n’expulsa pas les habitants de Beth-Chémech, ni ceux de Beth-Anat, et il demeura au milieu des Cananéens qui habitaient ce pays; mais les habitants de Beth-Chémech et de Beth-Anat leur payèrent tribut.
34 And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.
Les Amorréens refoulèrent les enfants de Dan sur la montagne, en ne les laissant pas descendre dans la vallée.
35 And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.
Ces Amorréens voulurent rester à Har-Hérès, à Ayyalôn et à Chaalbîm; mais, dominés par la puissance supérieure de la maison de Joseph, ils devinrent tributaires.
36 And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.
Le territoire des Amorréens commençait à la montée d’Akrabbîm, à partir de Séla et au-dessus.
