Livre des Juges 12

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Les gens d'Ephraïm se rassemblèrent, ils passèrent le Jourdain dans la direction de Caphôn et ilsdirent à Jephté: "Pourquoi es-tu allé combattre les Ammonites sans nous avoir invités à marcher avec toi? Nousbrûlerons ta maison sur toi!"	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.”
2 Jephté leur répondit: "Nous étions en grave conflit, mon peuple et moi, avec les Ammonites. Je vousai appelés à l'aide et vous ne m'avez pas délivré de leurs mains.	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.
3 Quand j'ai vu que personne ne venait à mon secours, j'ai risqué ma vie, j'ai marché contre lesAmmonites et Yahvé les a livrés entre mes mains. Pourquoi donc aujourd'hui êtes-vous montés contre moi pourme faire la guerre?"	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?”
4 Alors Jephté rassembla tous les hommes de Galaad, il livra bataille à Ephraïm et les gens de Galaaddéfirent Ephraïm, car ceux-ci disaient: "Vous n'êtes que des fuyards d'Ephraïm, vous, Galaadites, au milieud'Ephraïm, au milieu de Manassé!"	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.”
5 Puis Galaad coupa à Ephraïm les gués du Jourdain, et quand les fuyards d'Ephraïm disaient:"Laissez-moi passer", les gens de Galaad demandaient: "Es-tu Ephraïmite?" S'il répondait: "Non",	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,”
6 alors ils lui disaient: "Eh bien, dis Shibbolet!" Il disait: "Sibbolet" car il n'arrivait pas à prononcerainsi. Alors on le saisissait et on l'égorgeait près des gués du Jourdain. Il tomba en ce temps-là 42.000 hommesd'Ephraïm.	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.
7 Jephté jugea Israël pendant six ans, puis Jephté le Galaadite mourut et il fut enseveli dans sa ville, enGalaad.	7 And so Jephthah, the Gileadite, judged Israel for six years. And he died, and he was buried in his city in Gilead.
8 Après lui Ibçân de Bethléem fut juge en Israël.	8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 Il avait 30 fils et 30 filles. Il maria celles-ci au-dehors et il fit venir du dehors 30 brus pour ses fils. Ilfut juge en Israël pendant sept ans.	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.
10 Puis Ibçân mourut et il fut enseveli à Bethléem.	10 And he died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 Après lui Elôn de Zabulon fut juge en Israël. Il jugea Israël pendant dix ans.	11 After him succeeded Elon, a Zebulunite. And he judged Israel for ten years.
12 Puis Elôn de Zabulon mourut et fut enseveli à Ayyalôn au pays de Zabulon.	12 And he died, and he was buried in Zebulun.
13 Après lui Abdôn, fils de Hillel de Piréatôn, fut juge en Israël.	13 After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 Il avait 40 fils et 30 petits-fils qui montaient 70 ânons. Il jugea Israël pendant huit ans.	14 And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.
15 Puis Abdôn, fils de Hillel de Piréatôn, mourut et il fut enseveli à Piréatôn, au pays d'Ephraïm, dansla montagne des Amalécites.	15 And he died, and he was buried at Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on the mountain of Amalek.