Siracide 46

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Vaillant à la guerre, tel fut Josué fils de Nûn, successeur de Moïse dans l'office prophétique,lui qui, méritant bien son nom, se montra grand pour sauver les élus, pour châtier les ennemis révoltés et installerIsraël dans son territoire.	1 Joshua, the son of Nun, was valiant in warfare; he was the successor of Moses among the prophets. He was great in accord with his name,
2 Qu'il était glorieux lorsque, les bras levés, il brandissait l'épée contre les villes!	2 very great in the saving the elect of God. He fought against the insurgent enemies, so that he might obtain the inheritance for Israel.
3 Quel homme avant lui avait eu sa fermeté? Il a mené lui-même les combats du Seigneur.	3 What great glory he secured, by lifting up his hands and throwing his spears against the cities!
4 N'est-ce pas sur son ordre que le soleil s'arrêta et qu'un seul jour en devint deux?	4 Who before him has stood so firmly? For the Lord himself led forward the enemies.
5 Il invoqua le Très-Haut, le Puissant, alors qu'il pressait les ennemis de toutes parts, et leSeigneur grand l'exauça en lançant des grêlons d'une puissance inouïe.	5 Was not the sun halted by his wrath, and one day made as if two?
6 Il fondit sur la nation ennemie et dans la descente il anéantit les assaillants: pour faireconnaître aux nations la force de ses armes et qu'il menait la guerre devant le Seigneur.	6 He called upon the Most High Power, when the enemies assailed him on every side. And the great and holy God answered him with hailstones of exceedingly great force.
7 Car il s'attacha au Tout-Puissant, au temps de Moïse il manifesta sa piété, ainsi que Caleb,fils de Yephunné, en s'opposant à la multitude, en empêchant le peuple de pécher, en faisant taire les murmuresmauvais.	7 He made a violent assault against a hostile nation, and at his descent, he destroyed his adversaries,
8 Eux deux furent seuls épargnés sur 600.000 hommes de pied, pour être introduits dansl'héritage, dans la terre où coulent le lait et le miel.	8 so that the nations would acknowledge his power: that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the Almighty.
9 Et le Seigneur accorda à Caleb la force qui lui resta jusqu'à sa vieillesse, il lui fit gravir leshauteurs du pays que sa descendance garda en héritage,	9 And in the days of Moses, he accomplished a work of mercy. He and Caleb, the son of Jephuneh, stood against the enemy, and forbid the people from sin, and broke their wicked murmuring.
10 afin que tout Israël voie qu'il est bon de suivre le Seigneur.	10 And these two, having been appointed, were freed from peril, from foot soldiers numbering six hundred thousand, so as to lead them into their inheritance, into a land flowing with milk and honey.
11 Les Juges, chacun selon son appel, tous hommes dont le coeur ne fut pas infidèle et qui nese détournèrent pas du Seigneur, que leur souvenir soit en bénédiction!	11 And the Lord gave strength to Caleb also, and his strength remained even in his old age, so that he ascended to the high places of the land, and his offspring obtained it as an inheritance.
12 Que leurs ossements refleurissent dans la tombe, que leurs noms, portés de nouveau,conviennent aux fils de ces hommes illustres.	12 This was so that all the sons of Israel would see that it is good to obey the holy God.
13 Samuel fut le bien-aimé de son Seigneur; prophète du Seigneur, il établit la royauté etdonna l'onction aux chefs établis sur son peuple.	13 Then there were the judges, each one called by name, whose heart was not corrupted. They did not turn away from the Lord,
14 Dans la loi du Seigneur il jugea l'assemblée et le Seigneur visita Jacob.	14 so that their memory might be blessed, and their bones might spring forth from their place,
15 Par sa fidélité il fut reconnu prophète, par ses discours il se montra un voyant véridique.	15 and their name might remain forever, continuing in their sons, holy men of glory.
16 Il invoqua le Seigneur tout-puissant, quand les ennemis le pressaient de toutes parts, enoffrant un agneau de lait.	16 Samuel, prophet of the Lord, beloved by the Lord his God, established a new government, and he anointed leaders over his people.
17 Et du ciel le Seigneur fit retentir son tonnerre, à grand fracas il fit entendre sa voix;	17 By the law of the Lord, he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob saw it, and so, by his fidelity, he was proven to be a prophet.
18 il anéantit les chefs de l'ennemi et tous les princes des Philistins.	18 And he was known to be faithful in his words. For he saw the God of light.
19 Avant l'heure de son éternel repos, il rendit témoignage devant le Seigneur et son oint: "Deses biens, pas même de ses sandales, je n'ai dépouillé personne." Et personne ne l'accusa.	19 And when fighting against the enemies, who stood against him on every side, he called upon the name of the Almighty Lord, with an offering of an inviolate lamb.
20 Après s'être endormi il prophétisa encore et annonça au roi sa fin; du sein de la terre iléleva la voix pour prophétiser, pour effacer l'iniquité du peuple.	20 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise, he made his voice to be heard.
	21 And he crushed the leaders of the Tyrians, and all the commanders of the Philistines.
	22 And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he offered testimony in the sight of the Lord and of his Christ, that he had not taken a bribe from any flesh, not even so much as a shoe, and that no man made an accusation against him.
	23 And after this, he slept. And he made known to the king and revealed to him the end of his life. And he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to abolish the impiety of the people.