Juges 1
1 Il advint, après la mort de Josué, que les fils d'Israël consultèrent le Seigneur, disant: Quel chef nous conduira contre les Chananéens pour les combattre?
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 Et le Seigneur dit: Juda marchera; voilà que j'ai mis en sa main la terre promise.
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
3 Et Juda dit à Siméon, son frère: Viens avec moi sur mes terres, et nous livrerons bataille aux Chananéens, ensuite j'irai avec toi sur ton territoire. Et Siméon marcha avec lui.
The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, [the men] from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group [in order that we can take from them] the land [that Yahweh] allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you [and help you] conquer the people in the land [that Yahweh promised to give to] you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
4 Juda partit donc, et le Seigneur livra à ses mains le Chananéen et le Phérézéen; il les tailla en pièces à Bézec au nombre de dix mille.
When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group [DOU] at Bezek [city].
5 Après avoir surpris à Bézec Adonibézec, ils lui livrèrent bataille, et taillèrent en pièces le Chananéen et le Phérézéen.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Adonibézec prit la fuite, ils coururent après lui, l'atteignirent et lui coupèrent les extrémités des pieds et des mains.
but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 Alors, Adonibézec dit: Soixante-dix rois à qui j'avais fait couper les extrémités des pieds et des mains, ont ramassé ce qui tombait sous ma table. Dieu m'a donc traité comme j'ai traité autrui. Et ils le conduisirent à Jérusalem, où il mourut.
Adoni-Bezek said, “[My army captured] 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, [we forced] those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has (paid me back for/done to me like) [what we did to them].” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Et, les fils de Juda assiégèrent Jérusalem; ils la prirent, ils passèrent les habitants au fil de l'épée, et ils incendièrent la ville.
The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed [the people who lived there] and they burned [the houses in] the city.
9 Après cela, les fils de Juda descendirent pour combattre le Chananéen qui habitait les montagnes du midi et la plaine.
Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills [to the west].
10 Et Juda marcha contre le Chananéen qui habitait Hébron, et tout Hébron sortit à sa rencontre; le nom d'Hébron était autrefois Cariath-Arboc-Sépher; Juda vainquit Sessi, Achiraan et Tholmi, de la race d'Enac.
The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron [city], which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated [the armies of kings] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 De là, il monta pour attaquer Dabir; or, le nom de Dabir était autrefois Cariath-Sépher, ou Ville des Lettres.
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 Et Caleb dit: Celui qui montera à l'assaut de la Ville des Lettres et la prendra, je lui donnerai pour femme ma fille Ascha.
[Before they attacked the city], Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.”
13 Et Gothoniel, fils de Cénez, frère puîné de Caleb, prit la ville; et Caleb lui donna pour femme sa fille Ascha.
Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his wife.
14 Tandis qu'elle s'en allait, Gothoniel lui persuada de demander à son père un champ, et, montée sur son âne, elle murmura et cria: Tu m'as établie en une terre du midi. Et Caleb lui dit: Qu'as-tu?
When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. [But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey], and when she got off the donkey, Caleb [could see that something was troubling her. So he] asked her, “What do you want?”
15 Et Ascha lui dit: Accorde-moi un bienfait; tu m'as établie en une terre du midi; tu me donneras une terre arrosée d'eau - Et Caleb lui donna, selon son cœur, une terre arrosée en haut et en bas.
She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, [but it is very dry there]. So please also give me some [land that has] springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring.
16 En ce temps-là, les fils de Jéthro le Cinéen, beau-père de Moïse, montèrent de la Ville des Palmiers, pour se réunir aux fils de Juda, dans le désert, au midi de Juda, vers la descente d'Arad, et ils demeurèrent parmi le peuple.
The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad [city].
17 Ensuite, Juda marcha avec son frère Siméon; ils vainquirent le Chananéen qui habitait en Sépheth, ils l'exterminèrent, et ils donnèrent à cette ville le nom d'Anathème.
The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath [city]. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, [which means ‘complete destruction’].
18 Mais Juda ne prit possession ni de Gaza, ni de son territoire; ni d'Ascalon, ni de son territoire; ni d'Accaron, ni de son territoire; ni d'Asor, ni de son territoire.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 Toutefois, le Seigneur était avec Juda; il eut dans son héritage la contrée montagneuse, mais il ne put exterminer les habitants de la côte, parce que Rhéchab s'y opposait.
Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because [those people had better weapons—] had iron chariots.
20 Quant à Caleb, on lui avait donné, selon l'ordre de Moïse, le territoire d'Hébron, où il eut dans son héritage les trois villes des fils d'Enac.
Hebron [city] was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
21 Les fils de Benjamin ne purent s'emparer du territoire des Jébuséens qui habitaient Jérusalem; les Jebuséens, jusqu'à ce jour, ont donc habité Jérusalem avec les fils de Benjamin.
But the people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.
22 De leur côté, les fils de Joseph montèrent à Béthel, et le Seigneur était avec eux,
The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
23 Et, après avoir établi leur camp, ils reconnurent Béthel, dont le nom était autrefois Luza.
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 Or, les gardes virent un homme qui sortait de la ville; ils le prirent, et ils lui dirent: Montre-nous par où l'on peut entrer dans la ville, et nous serons miséricordieux envers toi.
The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you [and we will not kill you].”
25 Et il leur montra l'entrée de la ville, et ils passèrent la ville au fil de l'épée, et ils laissèrent aller l'homme avec toute sa famille.
So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man [who showed them how to get into the city], and they did not kill his family.
26 L'homme s'en alla dans la terre d'Heltim; il y bâtit une ville, et il lui donna le nom de Luza, qu'elle porte encore de nos jours.
That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city.
27 Manassé ne détruisit ni Bethsan, qui est une ville des Scythes; ni ses filles, ni ses alentours; ni Thanac, ni ses dépendances; ni les habitants de Dor, ni leurs dépendances; ni l'habitant de Balac, ni ses filles, ni ses dépendances; ni Magedo, ni ses filles, ni ses alentours; ni Jéblaam, ni ses filles, ni ses alentours. Les Chananéens commencèrent à habiter cette terre avec eux.
There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo [cities] and in the surrounding villages. [The men of] the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there.
28 Mais, lorsque Israël eut pris des forces, il assujettit le Chananéen au tribut, quoiqu'il ne le détruisit pas.
Later, the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them [as their slaves], but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land.
29 Ephraïm ne détruisit pas le Chananéen qui habitait Gazer; le Chananéen continua de demeurer à Gazer avec lui, et lui paya un tribut.
[The men of] the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer [city]. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim.
30 Zabulon ne détruisit pas les habitants de Cédron, ni ceux de Domana. Le Chananéen continua de demeurer avec lui, et devint son tributaire.
[The men of] the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol [cities] to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
31 Aser ne détruisit pas les habitants d'Accho; ils devinrent ses tributaires; il ne détruisit pas les habitants de Dor, ni ceux de Sidon, de Dalaph, d'Aschazi, de Chebda, de Naï et d'Eréo.
[The men of] the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob [cities] to leave.
32 Aser demeura au milieu des Chananéens qui habitaient cette terre, parce qu'il ne put les détruire.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Nephthali ne détruisit pas les habitants de Bethsamys, ni ceux de Béthanath; Nephthali demeura au milieu du Chananéen qui habitait la contrée. Ceux de Bethsamys et de Béthanath devinrent ses tributaires.
[The men of] the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath [cities] to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali.
34 L'Amorrhéen resserra Dan sur les montagnes; il ne lui permit pas de descendre dans les vallées.
The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down [and live] on the plain.
35 Les Amorrhéens commencèrent même à habiter la montagne de l'Argile, où il y a des ours et des renards; ils eurent Myrsinon et Thalabin; mais la main de la maison de Joseph s'appesantit sur l'Amorrhéen, et celui-ci devint son tributaire.
The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim [cities]. But when the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves.
36 Les limites de l'Amorrhéen furent la montée d'Acrabin, les rochers et les hauteurs qui les dominent.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
