1 Samuel 31
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down dead on Mount Gilboa.
Cependant les Philistins livraient bataille aux Israélites. Ceux-ci s’enfuirent devant eux et laissèrent des morts sur la montagne de Ghelboé.
2 The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons. The Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, his sons.
Les Philistins atteignirent Saül et ses fils, et tuèrent Jonathan, Abinadab et Malkichoua, fils de Saül.
3 The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers overtook him. He was in severe pain because of them.
L’Attaque s’acharna contre Saül; il fut surpris par les archers, qui lui causèrent une grande frayeur.
4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it. Otherwise, these uncircumcised will come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Saül dit alors à son écuyer: "Tire ton épée et me transperce, pour que je ne sois pas en butte aux coups de ces incirconcis et à leurs outrages." Mais l’écuyer, saisi de peur, n’osa. Alors Saül prit l’épée et se jeta dessus.
5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died with him.
L’Écuyer de Saül, le voyant mort, se jeta, lui aussi, sur son épée et mourut à ses côtés.
6 So Saul died, his three sons, and his armor bearer—these men all died together that same day.
Ainsi périrent Saül, ses trois fils, son écuyer et tous ses gens avec lui, ce même jour.
7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.
Les Israélites de ce côté de la vallée et ceux d’en deçà du Jourdain, voyant que les troupes d’Israël avaient lâché pied, que Saül et ses fils étaient morts, abandonnèrent leurs villes et se sauvèrent; les Philistins y pénétrèrent et s’y établirent.
8 It came about on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent dépouiller les cadavres; ils trouvèrent ceux de Saül et de ses trois fils gisant sur le mont Ghelboé.
9 They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent messengers into the land of the Philistines throughout to carry the news to their idols' temples and to the people.
Ils lui tranchèrent la tête, et le dépouillèrent de ses armes, qu’ils envoyèrent dans le pays des Philistins à la ronde, pour répandre la nouvelle dans les temples de leurs idoles et parmi le peuple.
10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the city wall of Beth Shan.
Ils déposèrent ses armes dans le temple d’Astarot et attachèrent son corps à la muraille de Beth-Chân.
11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Les habitants de Jabès-Galaad ayant appris alors ce que les Philistins avaient fait à Saül,
12 all the fighting men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan. They went to Jabesh and burned them there.
les plus résolus se levèrent, marchèrent toute la nuit et enlevèrent le corps de Saül et ceux de ses fils de la muraille de Beth-Chân; rentrés à Jabès, ils les y brûlèrent.
13 Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
Puis ils prirent les ossements, qu’ils enterrèrent sous le tamarisc de Jabès, et l’on jeûna durant sept jours.
