Judges 19
1 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a secondary wife from Bethlehem Judah.
En ces temps, où il n’y avait point de roi en Israël, un lévite, habitant sur la lisière de la montagne d’Ephraïm, avait pria une concubine originaire de Bethléem-en-Juda.
2 His secondary wife was angry with him and went away from him to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah, and was there about four months.
Cette concubine, infidèle à son mari, le quitta pour s’en aller à Bethléem-en-Juda, chez son père, où elle demeura l’espace de quatre mois.
3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
L’Époux se mit en route pour la rejoindre, désirant lui faire entendre raison et la ramener; il avait avec lui son jeune serviteur et deux ânes. Elle le fit entrer chez son père, et le père de la jeune femme l’accueillit avec joie.
4 His father-in-law, the young woman's father, welcomed him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.
Sur les instances de son beau-père, le lévite séjourna chez lui trois jours; là ils mangèrent et burent, et passèrent la nuit.
5 It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with a piece of bread, and after that you may go."
Le quatrième jour, ils se levèrent de bonne heure et l’on se disposa au départ; mais le père de la jeune femme dit à son gendre: "Mange un morceau pour te réconforter, vous partirez après."
6 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young woman's father said to the man, "Please agree to stay the night, and enjoy yourself."
Et tous deux se mirent à table, mangèrent et burent ensemble, et le père de la jeune femme dit au mari: "Consens à rester encore cette nuit, pour te réjouir le cœur."
7 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.
L’Homme se leva néanmoins pour partir; mais son beau-père le pressa tant qu’il se ravisa et resta là cette nuit.
8 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young woman's father said, "Please refresh yourself and stay until the day declines." And the two of them ate and drank.
Le matin du cinquième jour, il se leva tôt pour partir. Le père de la jeune femme lui dit: "Restaure-toi d’abord, et attardez-vous jusqu’au déclin du jour." Et ils mangèrent ensemble.
9 When the man rose up with his secondary wife and his servant to leave, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, now the day draws toward evening, please stay the night. Look, the day grows to an end, stay here, and enjoy yourself; and tomorrow you can get up early for your journey so that you may go home."
L’Homme alors se leva pour se mettre en route, avec sa concubine et son serviteur. Son beau-père, le père de la jeune femme, lui dit: "Ecoute donc, le jour tire à sa fin, passez la nuit ici; voici un gîte pour aujourd’hui, restes-y cette nuit pour te réjouir le cœur; demain de bon matin vous vous mettrez en route, et tu regagneras ta demeure."
10 But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and went toward Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his secondary wife and his servant were with him.
Mais l’homme, ne voulant plus passer la nuit, se mit en route et arriva en vue de Jébus, qui est Jérusalem, ayant avec lui les deux ânes sellés, et accompagné de sa concubine.
11 When they were by Jebus, the day was almost gone, and the servant said to his master, "Please come and let us stop at this city of the Jebusites, and spend the night in it."
Comme ils étaient près de Jébus et que le jour était fort bas, le jeune homme dit à son maître: "Allons, je te prie, et entrons dans cette ville des Jébuséens, pour y passer la nuit."
12 His master said to him, "We won't go into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass over to Gibeah."
"Non, lui répondit son maître, nous n’entrerons point dans une ville d’étrangers, qui ne sont pas israélites; nous pousserons jusqu’à Ghibea."
13 He said to his servant, "Come and let us try to reach one of those places and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
Il ajouta, parlant à son serviteur: "Passons outre, nous pourrons atteindre quelque autre endroit, et passer la nuit à Ghibea ou à Rama."
14 So they passed on and went their way; and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Ils continuèrent donc de marcher, et le soleil se couchait lorsqu’ils arrivèrent à la Ghibea de Benjamin.
15 They turned that way to go in to spend the night in Gibeah. And he went in and they sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who would take them into their house to spend the night.
Ils tournèrent de ce côté, dans l’intention de coucher à Ghibea; on entra dans la ville, on s’assit sur la place, mais personne ne leur offrit l’hospitalité pour la nuit.
16 Look, there came an old man from his work out in the field at evening. Now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
Survint un vieillard, qui rentrait, ce même soir, de son travail des champs; c’était un homme de la montagne d’Ephraïm, domicilié à Ghibea, dont les habitants étaient Benjamites.
17 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the traveler in the street of the city. And the old man said, "Where are you going, and where did you come from?"
En levant les yeux, le vieillard remarqua ce voyageur sur la place publique, et il lui demanda: "Où vas-tu? D’Où viens-tu?"
18 He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. And I am going to my home, and there is no one who will take me into his home.
L’Autre lui répondit: "Nous nous rendons de Bethléem-en-Juda à l’extrémité du mont d’Ephraïm, d’où je suis, et d’où j’étais allé à Bethléem; c’est vers la maison du Seigneur que je me dirige, et personne ne me recueille chez soi!
19 Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything."
Du reste, nous avons de la paille et du fourrage pour nos ânes, du pain et du vin pour moi, pour ta servante et pour le jeune homme qui accompagne tes serviteurs; nous ne manquons de rien."
20 And the old man said, "Peace be to you. I will take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the square."
"Sois le bienvenu, dit le vieillard; tout ce qui peut te faire faute, je m’en charge; je ne veux pas que tu couches sur la voie publique."
21 So he brought him into his house, and fed the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
Il le fit entrer chez lui et donna la provende aux ânes; et les voyageurs lavèrent leurs pieds, mangèrent et burent.
22 As they were enjoying themselves, look, the men of the city, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house, beating at the door. And they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him."
Tandis qu’ils se délectaient, voici que les gens de la ville, des hommes dépravés, investirent la maison, frappant à la porte, et criant au vieillard, au maître du logis: "Fais sortir l’homme qui est venu chez toi, que nous le connaissions!"
23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, "No, my brothers, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house. Do not do this disgraceful thing.
Le maître du logis sortit à leur appel et leur dit: "Non, mes frères, de grâce, n’agissez pas si méchamment! Puisque cet homme est venu sous mon toit, ne commettez pas une telle infamie!
24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and his secondary wife. I will bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but do not do any such a disgraceful thing to this man."
J’Ai une fille encore vierge, il a une concubine, je vais vous les livrer; abusez d’elles, traitez-les comme il vous plaira, mais ne commettez pas sur cet homme une action si odieuse."
25 But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his secondary wife, and brought her out to them. And they raped her and abused her all night until the morning, and when the day began to dawn they let her go.
Mais on ne voulut pas l’écouter. Alors le voyageur prit sa concubine et la leur abandonna dans la rue. Et eux abusèrent d’elle, la brutalisèrent toute la nuit et ne la lâchèrent que le matin, comme l’aube se levait.
26 Then at daybreak the woman arrived and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until daylight.
Aux approches du matin, cette femme vint tomber à l’entrée de la maison où était son maître, et resta là jusqu’au jour.
27 Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and look, the woman his secondary wife was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
Le matin venu, celui-ci se leva, ouvrit la porte de la maison, et il sortait pour continuer son voyage lorsqu’il vit cette femme, sa concubine, étendue à l’entrée, les mains sur le seuil.
28 And he said to her, "Get up, and let us go." But there was no answer, for she was dead. So he placed her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went to his home.
"Lève-toi et partons!" lui dit-il… Point de réponse… Alors il la chargea sur l’un des ânes, et se mit en route pour sa demeure.
29 When he had come into his house, he took a knife, and took hold of his secondary wife and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
Arrivé chez lui, il prit un couteau, et, saisissant le corps de sa concubine, le divisa par membres en douze morceaux, qu’il envoya dans tout le territoire d’Israël.
30 And it was so, that all who saw it said, "Nothing like this has been done or seen since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day." And he commanded the men whom he sent, saying, "This is what you will say to all the men of Israel, 'Has anything like this happened since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day? Consider it, take counsel, and speak.'"
Et quiconque les voyait s’écriait: "Pareille chose ne s’est pas faite, ne s’est pas vue, depuis le jour où Israël sortit du pays d’Egypte jusqu’à ce jour! Il faut le prendre à cœur, il faut aviser et prononcer!"
