1 Samuel 10
1 Alors Samuel prit la fiole d'huile, et la répandit sur sa tête, et il l'embrassa et dit: Voici, par l'onction l'Éternel te sacre Prince de son héritage.
Then Samuel took a small jar of olive oil and poured [some of] it on Saul’s head. Then he kissed Saul [on the cheek], and told him, “I am doing this because Yahweh has chosen you to be the leader of his Israeli people.
2 Aujourd'hui après m'avoir quitté tu trouveras deux hommes près du tombeau de Rachel sur la frontière de Benjamin à Tseltsah, et ils te diront: Les ânesses que tu es allé chercher, sont retrouvées; et voici, ton père ne songe plus à l'affaire des ânesses, mais il est inquiet de vous et dit: Que dois-je faire à l'égard de mon fils?
[And this will prove it to you]: When you leave me today, when you arrive near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live, you will meet two men. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys have been found, but now your father is worrying about you, and he is asking people, “Have you seen my son?’”
3 Et de là passant plus loin tu atteindras le chêne de Thabor, où tu seras rencontré par trois hommes se rendant auprès de Dieu à Béthel et portant, l'un trois chevreaux, l'autre trois galettes de pain, l'autre une jarre de vin.
When you arrive at the [large] oak tree at Tabor [town], you will see three men coming toward you. They will be on their way to [worship] God at Bethel [town]. One of them will be leading three young goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a container of wine.
4 Et ils te salueront et te donneront deux pains que tu recevras de leur main.
They will greet you, and they will offer you two of the loaves of bread. Accept them.
5 Ensuite tu arriveras à Gibea-Elohim où sont les postes des Philistins, et là, près d'arriver à la ville tu rencontreras un chœur de prophètes descendant du tertre, précédés de harpes, de tambourins, de flûtes et de luths, et prophétisant.
When you arrive at the hill [where people worship] God near Gibeah [town], where there is the camp where the Philistine soldiers stay, you will meet a group of prophets who will be coming down from the altar on top of the hill. There will be people in front of them who will be playing [various musical instruments]: a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre. And all of them will be speaking messages that come directly from God.
6 Et l'Esprit de l'Éternel s'emparera de toi et tu prophétiseras avec eux, et seras transformé en un autre homme.
At that time the Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you, and you also will speak messages that come directly from God. (You will be changed/The Spirit of Yahweh will change you), so that you will become like a different person.
7 Et lorsque ces signes auront eu lieu pour toi, entreprends tout ce que tu trouveras à faire, car Dieu est avec toi.
After those things occur, do whatever you think is right to do, and God will (be with/help) you.
8 Et devance-moi à Guilgal, et voici, je te rejoindrai pour offrir des holocaustes et des sacrifices pacifiques: tu attendras sept jours jusqu'à ce que je t'aie rejoint; alors, je t'instruirai de ce que tu dois faire.
Then go ahead of me, down to Gilgal [city], and wait for me there, for seven days. Then I will join you there, to burn sacrifices and offer other sacrifices to enable you to maintain fellowship with God. When I arrive there, I will tell you what [other] things you should do.”
9 Et lorsqu'il eut tourné le dos pour se séparer de Samuel, alors Dieu lui changea le cœur, et le jour même tous ces signes s'accomplirent.
As Saul started to leave there, God changed Saul’s inner being. And all the things that Samuel had predicted happened on that day.
10 Et ils arrivaient là, à Gibea, et voilà qu'un chœur de prophètes venait à sa rencontre, et l'Esprit de Dieu s'empara de lui, et il prophétisa au milieu d'eux.
When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw some prophets who were [speaking messages that came directly from God. As the prophets were] approaching Saul and his servant, God’s Spirit came upon Saul powerfully, and he also began to speak messages from God.
11 Et lorsque tous ceux qui le connaissaient d'ancienne date, le virent prophétiser avec les prophètes, dans tout le peuple on se disait mutuellement: Qu'est-il donc survenu au fils de Kis? Saül est-il aussi au nombre des prophètes?
When people who had known Saul previously heard him speaking messages from God as the prophets were doing, they said to each other, “What has happened to this son of Kish? Is he now really one of the (prophets/men who speak messages from God)?”
12 Et un homme de là prit la parole et dit: Et qui est leur père? De là le proverbe: Saül est-il aussi au nombre des prophètes?
One of the men who lived there replied, “[Saul cannot be a prophet, because] all prophets receive their power to speak messages from God, not from their parents.” And that is why, [when people hear about a report of someone prophesying, they think about what happened to Saul and] say, “[We are surprised about that person becoming a prophet, like] we were surprised to hear that Saul had really become one of the prophets.”
13 Et ayant fini de prophétiser, il vint au tertre.
When Saul finished speaking the messages that God gave him, he went to the place where the people offered sacrifices.
14 Alors l'oncle de Saül dit à lui et à son valet: Où êtes-vous allés? Et il répondit: Chercher les ânesses, et ne les découvrant nulle part, nous nous sommes rendus auprès de Samuel.
Later, Saul’s uncle [saw him there, and] asked him, “Where did you go?” Saul replied, “We went to look for the donkeys. When we could not find them, we came here to ask Samuel [if he could tell us where they were].”
15 Et l'oncle de Saül dit: Raconte-moi donc ce que Samuel vous a dit!
Saul’s uncle replied, “What did Samuel tell you?”
16 Et Saül répondit à son oncle: Il nous a annoncé que les ânesses sont retrouvées. Mais quant à l'affaire de la royauté il ne lui communiqua point ce qu'avait dit Samuel.
Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about him becoming the king [of Israel].
17 Et Samuel convoqua le peuple devant l'Éternel à Mitspa.
[Later] Samuel summoned the people of Israel to gather at Mizpah to [hear a message from] Yahweh.
18 Et il dit aux enfants d'Israël: Ainsi parle l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël: J'ai retiré Israël de l'Egypte, et je vous ai arrachés des mains des Egyptiens, et de l'empire de tous les royaumes de vos oppresseurs,
After they arrived, he said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people [worship], says: I brought you Israeli people out of Egypt. I rescued your [ancestors] from the power of the rulers of Egypt and from all the other kings who oppressed them.
19 mais aujourd'hui vous rejetez votre Dieu qui vous a délivrés de toutes vos tribulations et de vos détresses, et vous lui dites: Etablis un roi sur nous. Eh bien donc! présentez-vous devant l'Éternel rangés selon vos Tribus et vos milliers.
I am the one who saves you from all your troubles and difficulties. But today you have rejected me, your God, and you have said, ‘We don’t care! Give us a king!’ So [I will do what you want]. Now have [representatives of] your tribes and [of] your clans stand here in the presence of Yahweh.’”
20 Puis Samuel fit approcher toutes les Tribus d'Israël, et le sort désigna la Tribu de Benjamin.
When those representatives came near to Samuel, [God indicated that] he had chosen someone from the tribe descended from Benjamin.
21 Et il fit approcher la Tribu de Benjamin par familles, et le sort désigna la famille de Matri, puis Saül, fils de Kis. Et on le chercha, mais il ne se trouvait pas.
Then Samuel told representatives of the tribe of Benjamin to come forward, and God indicated that [from that tribe] he had chosen someone from the family of Matri, and then God indicated that [from the family of Matri] he had chosen Saul, the son of Kish. But when they looked for Saul, they could not find him.
22 Alors ils consultèrent encore l'Éternel: Est-il encore venu un homme ici? Et l'Éternel dit: Voici il est caché vers les bagages.
So they asked Yahweh, “Where is Saul?” Yahweh replied, “He is hiding among the army equipment.”
23 Alors ils coururent l'y chercher. Il parut au milieu du peuple, et il dépassait tout le peuple des épaules en haut.
So they quickly went there [and found him, ] and brought him [in front of all the people]. They could see that [truly] he was a head taller than anyone else.
24 Et Samuel dit à tout le peuple: Voyez-vous celui qu'a élu l'Éternel? Car il n'a pas son pareil dans tout le peuple. Alors tout le peuple acclama et dit: Vive le Roi!
Then Samuel said to all the people there, “This is the man whom Yahweh has chosen to be your king. Among all us Israeli people, there is no one like him!” Then all the people shouted, “We hope that this king will live a long time!”
25 Et Samuel développa au peuple le statut de la royauté et l'inscrivit dans un volume qu'il déposa devant l'Éternel.
Then Samuel told the people what things the king would force them to do, and all the things the king was required to do. He wrote all those things on a scroll, and then he put it in a sacred place in the temple. Then Samuel sent all the people home.
26 Et Samuel fit retirer tout le peuple, chacun chez soi. Saül aussi se rendit chez lui à Gibea, accompagné du cortège de ceux dont Dieu avait touché le cœur.
When Saul returned to his home in Gibeah [town], a group of men decided to continually accompany Saul. They did that because God (motivated them/put it in their minds) to do that.
27 Mais des gens de bas aloi dirent: En quoi celui-là nous aidera-t-il? Et ils lui montrèrent du mépris, et ne lui apportèrent point de présents; mais il fut comme sourd.
But some worthless men said, “(How can this man save us [from our enemies]?/This man will not be able to save us [from our enemies].)” [RHQ] They despised him, and refused to give him any gifts [to show that they would be loyal to him]. But Saul did not say anything [to rebuke them].
