1 Samuel 14
1 Et un jour, Jonathan, fils de Saül, dit à son écuyer: Viens et allons attaquer le poste des Philistins qui est là vis-à-vis! mais il ne mit point son père dans la confidence.
One day, Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me; we will go over to where the Philistia soldiers have put up their tents.” [So they went], but Jonathan did not tell his father [what they were going to do].
2 Or Saül se tenait à l'extrémité de Gibea, sous le grenadier de Migron, et la troupe qu'il avait avec lui, d'environ six cents hommes.
On that day, Saul and the 600 soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah.
3 Et Ahija, fils d'Ahitub frère de Icabod, fils de Phinées, fils d'Eli, Prêtre de l'Éternel à Silo, portait l'éphod. Et la troupe ignorait le départ de Jonathan.
Ahijah the priest was also there. He was wearing the sacred vest. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas, who was the son of Eli, who had been Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh. No one knew that Jonathan had left [the Israeli camp].
4 Et au milieu des passages que Jonathan cherchait à franchir pour atteindre le poste des Philistins, il y avait un pic d'un côté et un pic de l'autre côté; et le nom de l'un est Botsets, et celui de l'autre Séneh.
Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow (pass/place between two cliffs) to get to where the Philistia army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh.
5 L'un de ces pics forme une colonne au nord vis-à-vis de Michmas et l'autre est au midi vis-à-vis de Geba (Gibea).
One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].
6 Et Jonathan dit à son écuyer: Viens et allons attaquer le poste de ces incirconcis-là: peut-être l'Éternel agira-t-Il pour nous; car pour vaincre, l'Éternel n'est pas arrêté par le nombre, grand ou petit.
Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me. We will go to where those (pagans/people who do not believe in Yahweh) [MTY] have set up their tents. Perhaps Yahweh will help us. It does not matter whether we are only two men or many people; nothing can hinder Yahweh from enabling us to defeat them.”
7 Et son écuyer lui dit: Exécute tout ce que tu as dans le cœur; suis ton mouvement; me voici avec toi partageant ton sentiment.
The young man who was carrying Jonathan’s weapons said, “Do what you think is the best thing for us to do. I will help you.”
8 Et Jonathan dit: Voici! nous marchons contre ces gens et nous allons nous découvrir à eux.
Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us.
9 S'ils nous disent: Faites halte jusqu'à ce que nous vous joignions! nous resterons en place, et ne marcherons point contre eux;
If they then say to us, ‘You two stay there until we come down to you,’ we will stay there and not go up to them.
10 mais s'ils disent: Montez à nous! nous monterons, car l'Éternel les livre à nos mains; ce sera le signe que nous aurons.
But if they say to us, ‘Come up here [and fight against] us,’ that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them.”
11 Puis ils se découvrirent les deux au poste des Philistins, et les Philistins dirent: Voilà que les Hébreux sortent des trous où ils se sont cachés.
When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!”
12 Et les hommes du poste crièrent à Jonathan et à son écuyer: Montez à nous! nous avons quelque chose à vous notifier! Alors Jonathan dit à son écuyer: En avant! suis-moi car l'Éternel les livre aux mains d'Israël.
Then the Philistia soldiers who were closest to Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons said, “Come up here, and we will teach you something [about how to fight] [IDM]!” Jonathan said to the young man who was with him, “Come behind me and climb up, because Yahweh is going to help us to defeat them!”
13 Et Jonathan se mit à gravir avec les pieds et les mains, et son écuyer le suivait. Les Philistins tombèrent devant Jonathan, et son écuyer tuait après lui.
So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet [because it was very steep]. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistia soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan.
14 Et du premier coup porté par Jonathan et son écuyer ils tuèrent environ vingt hommes sur un espace d'environ un demi sillon d'un arpent de champ.
In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.
15 Et l'épouvante se mit dans le camp, dans la campagne et dans tout le peuple; le poste et les fourrageurs furent de même pris par la peur; tout le pays était en émoi; c'étaient les terreurs de Dieu.
Then all the other Philistia soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israeli towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified/very afraid.
16 Alors les sentinelles de Saül à Gibea de Benjamin regardèrent, et voilà que la multitude s'écoulait et se répandait çà et là.
Saul’s (lookouts/men who were watching to see if enemies were coming) were in Gibeah [town] in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistia army were running away in all directions.
17 Et Saül dit à la troupe qui était avec lui: Comptez donc et voyez qui a quitté nos rangs. Et ils comptèrent, et voilà que Jonathan et son écuyer n'étaient pas présents.
Saul [realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistia army. So he] said to the soldiers who were with him, “Check to see if any of our men are not here.” So they checked, and they found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.
18 Alors Saül dit à Ahija: Fais approcher l'Arche de Dieu! (Car en cette journée l'Arche de Dieu accompagnait les enfants d'Israël).
So Saul said to Ahijah [the Supreme Priest], “Bring the sacred vest here [and find out what we should do].” On that day Ahijah was wearing the sacred vest, going in front of the Israelis.
19 Et tandis que Saül parlait au Prêtre, le tumulte dans le camp des Philistins allait toujours croissant; alors Saül dit au Prêtre: Ramène ta main.
But while Saul was talking to the priest, [he saw that] the Philistia soldiers were becoming more panicked/confused. So Saul said to Ahijah, “Take your hand down [from the sacred vest. Do not waste any more time using the marked stones in the vest to find out what Yahweh wants us to do.”]
20 Et Saül et toute la troupe qui était avec lui, se réunirent et ils s'avancèrent jusqu'à la mêlée, et voici, les Philistins tournaient leurs épées les uns contre les autres; c'était un désordre immense.
Then Saul gathered his men and they went toward the battle. They found that the Philistia soldiers were so confused that they were striking each other with their swords.
21 Et les esclaves qui depuis longtemps étaient aux Philistins, et qui étaient venus avec eux au camp, firent volte-face eux aussi pour passer du côté des Israélites qui étaient avec Saül et Jonathan.
Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men [revolted and] joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers.
22 Et tous les Israélites cachés dans les montagnes d'Ephraïm, vinrent aussi, à la nouvelle de la fuite des Philistins se mettre à la poursuite de ceux-ci avec les combattants.
Some of the Israeli soldiers had previously run away and hidden in the mountains where the tribe of Ephraim lived. But when they heard that the Philistia soldiers were running away, they [came down and] joined the other Israeli soldiers and pursued the Philistia soldiers.
23 C'est ainsi que dans cette journée l'Éternel délivra Israël, et la charge se prolongea jusqu'au-delà de Beth-Aven.
So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].
24 Et en ce jour-là les hommes d'Israël avaient étaient harassés; et Saül avait assermenté le peuple en disant: Maudit soit l'homme qui mangera jusqu'à la soirée, avant que j'aie tiré vengeance de mes ennemis. Et aucun homme de la troupe ne goûta de la nourriture.
Before Saul’s soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, “I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, [Yahweh] will curse/punish him.” So none of the Israeli soldiers ate any food, and they became faint/weak because they were very hungry.
25 Et tout le monde vint dans la forêt, et il y avait du miel sur la campagne.
The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
26 Toute la troupe donc arriva dans la forêt et voilà que le miel suintait; mais personne ne porta sa main à sa bouche car le peuple respectait le serment.
They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
27 Or Jonathan n'avait pas entendu son père intimer le serment au peuple et il présenta le bout du bâton qu'il avait à la main, et le plongea dans un buisson à miel, et il ramena sa main à sa bouche et sa vue s'éclaircit.
But Jonathan did not hear what his father commanded [because he had left the camp very early in the morning]. So [when he saw] a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.
28 Alors un homme de la troupe prit la parole et dit: Ton père a lié le peuple par un serment en disant: Maudit soit l'homme qui prendra de la nourriture aujourd'hui. Et la troupe était harassée.
But one of the Israeli soldiers saw him and said to him, “Your father solemnly declared to us that [Yahweh] would curse/punish anyone who ate any food today. So now we are [very tired and] weak from being hungry [because we obeyed him].”
29 Et Jonathan dit: Mon père trouble le pays: voyez donc comme j'ai la vue claire pour avoir goûté un peu de ce miel.
Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!
30 Eh bien! si seulement la troupe aujourd'hui se fût bien nourrie des prises faites à l'ennemi! Car maintenant la défaite des Philistins n'a pas été si grande.
If he had permitted all of us to eat from the food we took from our enemies while we were pursuing them, we would have been able to kill many more of their soldiers!”
31 Et en ce jour ils battirent les Philistins de Michmas à Ajalon, et la troupe était très épuisée.
The Israelis pursued and killed Philistia soldiers all that day, from Micmash [town west] to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry.
32 Et le peuple se jeta sur le butin, et ils prirent des brebis et des bœufs et des veaux, et ils les égorgèrent sur le sol et le peuple mangea [de la chair] avec du sang.
They had taken [many] sheep and cattle that the Philistia soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals.
33 Et l'on fit rapport à Saül en ces termes: Voilà que le peuple pèche contre l'Éternel en mangeant [la chair] avec le sang. Et il dit: Vous êtes infidèles! Roulez de suite vers moi une grande pierre.
One of the soldiers told Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul replied [to the men who were near him], “They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!”
34 Et Saul dit: Répandez-vous parmi le peuple et dites-leur: Amenez-moi chacun son bœuf, et chacun sa brebis et l'égorgez ici et mangez, et ne péchez point contre l'Éternel en mangeant [la chair] avec le sang. Et tout le monde amena chacun son bœuf, de nuit, pour l'égorger là.
After they did that, he said to those men, “Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, [and drain the blood] before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat [from some animal] without draining its blood.” So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to [worship] Yahweh.
35 Et Saül éleva là un autel à l'Éternel. Cet autel fut le premier qu'il éleva à l'Éternel.
That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.
36 Et Saül dit: Faisons une descente nocturne sur les Philistins, et pillons-les jusqu'à l'aube du matin, et ne leur laissons pas un homme. Et ils dirent: Exécute tout ce que tu jugeras bon! Et le Prêtre dit: Approchons-nous ici de Dieu.
Then Saul said [to the Israeli soldiers], “Let’s pursue the Philistia soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive.” The Israeli soldiers answered, “We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do.” But the priest said, “We should ask Yahweh [what he thinks we should do].”
37 Et Saül consulta Dieu: Ferai-je une descente sur les Philistins? les livreras-tu aux mains d'Israël? Mais Il ne lui donna point de réponse le jour même.
So Saul asked God, “Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?” But God did not answer Saul that day.
38 Alors Saül dit: Avancez ici vous tous les chefs du peuple! Examinez et voyez en qui se trouve ce péché aujourd'hui.
Then Saul summoned all the leaders of his army. He said to them, “[I am sure that God has not answered me because] someone has sinned. We must find out what sin someone has committed.
39 Car, par la vie de l'Éternel qui a fait triompher Israël! quand il pèserait sur Jonathan, mon fils, il faut qu'il meure! Et dans tout le peuple personne ne lui répondit.
Yahweh has rescued us [from the Philistia army]. Just as certain as Yahweh lives, whoever has sinned must be executed. Even if it is my son Jonathan who has sinned, he must be executed.” [His men knew who was guilty], but none of them said anything [to Saul].
40 Et il dit à tout Israël: Soyez d'un côté, et moi et Jonathan, mon fils, nous serons de l'autre. Et tout le peuple dit à Saül: Fais ce qui te semblera bon.
Then Saul said to all the Israeli soldiers, “You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side.” His men replied, “Do whatever you think is best.”
41 Et Saül dit à l'Éternel: Dieu d'Israël, manifeste la vérité. Alors Saül et Jonathan furent désignés et le peuple laissé en dehors.
Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelis’ God, “Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty.” Then the priest (cast lots/threw the stones that were marked), and they indicated that it was [either] Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty.
42 Et Saül dit: Tirez au sort entre moi et Jonathan, mon fils. Alors Jonathan fut désigné.
Then Saul said to the priest, “Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty.” So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one.
43 Et Saül dit à Jonathan: Confesse-moi ce que tu as fait. Et Jonathan le lui confessa et dit: Avec le bout du bâton que j'avais à la main, j'ai goûté un peu de miel: eh bien! je mourrai!
Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done [that was wrong].” Jonathan replied, “I ate a little bit of honey. It was only a little bit that was on the end of my stick. Do I [deserve to be] executed [because of doing that]?”
44 Alors Saül dit: Que Dieu m'inflige ceci, et plus encore! il faut que tu meures, Jonathan.
Saul replied, “Yes, you must be executed! I hope/wish that God will strike me and kill me if you are not executed for having done that!”
45 Mais le peuple dit à Saül: Jonathan mourrait, lui qui a exécuté cette grande délivrance en Israël! Non, non, par la vie de l'Éternel, s'il tombe à terre un seul des cheveux de sa tête! car en cette journée, c'est avec Dieu qu'il a agi. Ainsi, le peuple sauva Jonathan, et il ne mourut pas.
But the Israeli soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelis. Should he be executed for eating some honey [RHQ]? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner [IDM], [because] today God helped Jonathan [to kill many soldiers of the Philistia army]!” So [by saying that] the Israeli soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.
46 Et Saül revint de la poursuite des Philistins, et il regagnèrent leur pays.
Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.
47 Or Saül, ayant reçu la royauté sur Israël, porta la guerre de toutes parts contre tous ses ennemis. Contre Moab et contre les Ammonites et contre Edom et contre les rois de Tsoba et contre les Philistins; et quoi qu'il entreprit, il était victorieux.
After Saul became the ruler/king of the Israeli people, his army fought against their enemies in many areas. They fought against armies of the Moab people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Edom people-group, the kings of Zobah [city/area], and the Philistia people-group. Wherever the Israeli army fought, they defeated their enemies.
48 Et il montra de la bravoure, et il battit Amalek et sauva Israël des mains de ses spoliateurs.
Saul’s army fought bravely and defeated the [very tall] descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelis from those who had (plundered/forcefully taken things from) them.
49 Et les fils de Saül étaient: Jonathan et Jisvi et Malkisua. Et ses deux filles se nommaient, l'aînée Merab et la cadette, Michal.
Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal.
50 Et le nom de la femme de Saül était Ahinoam, fille d'Ahimaats. Et le nom de son chef d'armée était Abner, fils de Ner, oncle de Saül.
Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, who was the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
51 Car Kis, père de Saül, et Ner, père d'Abner, étaient fils d'Abiel.
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.
52 Et la guerre fut véhémente contre les Philistins, durant toute la vie de Saül; et Saül apercevait-il quelque homme capable et quelque brave, il se l'attachait.
All the time that Saul was alive, his army fought against the Philistia army. And whenever Saul saw a young man who was (brave/not afraid to fight) and strong, he forced him to join his army.
