< Judges 12 >

1 And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: “When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house.”
Or les hommes d'Ephraïm s'étant assemblés, passèrent vers le Septentrion, et dirent à Jephthé: Pourquoi es-tu passé pour combattre contre les enfants de Hammon, et que tu ne nous as point appelés pour aller avec toi? Nous brûlerons au feu ta maison, et te [brûlerons] aussi.
2 And he answered them: “I and my people were in a great conflict against the sons of Ammon. And I called you, so that you might offer assistance to me. And you were not willing to do so.
Et Jephthé leur dit: J'ai eu un grand différend avec les enfants de Hammon, moi et mon peuple, et quand je vous ai appelés, vous ne m'avez point délivré de leurs mains.
3 And discerning this, I put my life in my own hands, and I crossed to the sons of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hands. What am I guilty of, that you would rise up in battle against me?”
Et voyant que vous ne me délivriez pas, j'ai exposé ma vie, et je suis passé jusqu'où étaient les enfants de Hammon, et l'Eternel les a livrés en ma main; pourquoi donc êtes-vous montés aujourd'hui vers moi pour me faire la guerre?
4 And so, calling to himself all the men of Gilead, he fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck down Ephraim, because he had said, “Gilead is a fugitive from Ephraim, and he lives in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
Puis Jephthé ayant assemblé tous les gens de Galaad, combattit contre Ephraïm; et ceux de Galaad battirent Ephraïm, parce qu'ils avaient dit: Vous [êtes] des échappés d'Ephraïm, Galaad [est] au milieu d'Ephraïm, au milieu de Manassé.
5 And the Gileadites occupied the fords of the Jordan, along which Ephraim was to return. And when anyone from the number of Ephraim had arrived, fleeing, and had said, “I beg that you permit me to pass,” the Gileadites would say to him, “Could you be an Ephraimite?” And if he said, “I am not,”
Et les Galaadites se saisirent des passages du Jourdain avant que ceux d'Ephraïm y arrivassent; et quand quelqu'un de ceux d'Ephraïm qui étaient échappés, disait: Que je passe; les gens de Galaad lui disaient: Es-tu Ephratien? et il répondait: Non.
6 they would ask him, then say ‘Shibboleth,’ which is translated as ‘ear of grain.’ But he would answer ‘Sibboleth,’ not being able to express the word for an ear of grain in the same letters. And immediately apprehending him, they would cut his throat, at the same crossing point of the Jordan. And in that time of Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.
Alors ils lui disaient: Dis un peu Schibboleth, et il disait Sibboleth, et ne pouvait point prononcer [Schibboleth]; sur quoi se saisissant de lui ils le mettaient à mort au passage du Jourdain. Et en ce temps-là il y eut quarante-deux mille hommes d'Ephraïm qui furent tués.
7 And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.
Et Jephthé jugea Israël six ans; puis Jephthé Galaadite mourut, et fut enseveli en [une] des villes de Galaad.
8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
Après lui Ibtsan de Bethléhem jugea Israël.
9 He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.
Et il eut trente fils et trente filles, lesquelles il mit hors [de sa maison, en les mariant], et il prit de dehors trente filles pour ses fils; et il jugea Israël sept ans.
10 And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
Puis Ibtsan mourut, et fut enseveli à Bethléhem.
11 After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
Après lui Elon Zabulonite jugea Israël, dix ans.
12 And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
Puis Elon Zabulonite mourut et fut enseveli à Ajalon, dans la terre de Zabulon.
13 After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Après lui Habdon, fils d'Hillel, Pirhathonite jugea Israël.
14 And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.
Il eut quarante fils, et trente petits-fils, qui montaient sur soixante-dix ânons; et il jugea Israël huit ans.
15 And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.
Puis Habdon, fils d'Hillel, Pirhathonite mourut, et fut enseveli à Pirhathon, en la terre d'Ephraïm, sur la montagne de l'Hamalécite.

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