Livre des Juges 16

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Puis Samson se rendit à Gaza; il y vit une prostituée et il entra chez elle.	1 He also went into Gaza. And there he saw a harlot woman, and he entered to her.
2 On fit savoir aux gens de Gaza: "Samson est venu ici." Ils firent des rondes et le guettèrent toute lanuit à la porte de la ville. Toute la nuit ils se tinrent tranquilles. "Attendons, disaient-ils, jusqu'au point du jour, etnous le tuerons."	2 And when the Philistines had heard of this, and it had become well known among them, that Samson had entered the city, they surrounded him, placing guards at the gate of the city. And there they were keeping watch all night in silence, so that, in the morning, they might kill him as he was going out.
3 Mais Samson resta couché jusqu'au milieu de la nuit et, au milieu de la nuit, se levant, il saisit lesbattants de la porte de la ville, ainsi que les deux montants, il les arracha avec la barre et, les chargeant sur sesépaules, il les porta jusqu'au sommet de la montagne qui est en face d'Hébron.	3 But Samson slept until the middle of the night, and rising up from there, he took both doors from the gate, with their posts and bars. And laying them upon his shoulders, he carried them to the top of the hill that looks toward Hebron.
4 Après cela il s'éprit d'une femme de la vallée de Soreq qui se nommait Dalila.	4 After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
5 Les princes des Philistins allèrent la trouver et lui dirent: "Séduis-le et sache d'où vient sa grandeforce, par quel moyen nous pourrions nous rendre maîtres de lui et le lier pour le maîtriser. Quant à nous, nous tedonnerons chacun 1.100 sicles d'argent."	5 And the leaders of the Philistines went to her, and they said: “Deceive him, and learn from him wherein lies his great strength, and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him. And if you will do this, each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”
6 Dalila dit à Samson: "Apprends-moi, je te prie, d'où vient ta grande force et avec quoi il faudrait telier pour te maîtriser."	6 Therefore, Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, I beg you, wherein lies your very great strength, and with what might you be bound, so that you could not break free?”
7 Samson lui répondit: "Si on me liait avec sept cordes d'arc fraîches et qu'on n'aurait pas encore faitsécher, je perdrais ma vigueur et je deviendrais comme un homme ordinaire."	7 And Samson answered her, “If I will be bound with seven cords, made of sinews not yet dry, but still damp, I will be weak like other men.”
8 Les princes des Philistins apportèrent à Dalila sept cordes d'arc fraîches qu'on n'avait pas encore faitsécher et elle s'en servit pour le lier.	8 And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven cords, such as he had described. And she bound him with these.
9 Elle avait des gens embusqués dans sa chambre et elle lui cria: "Les Philistins sur toi, Samson!" Ilrompit les cordes d'arc comme se rompt un cordon d'étoupe lorsqu'il sent le feu. Ainsi le secret de sa forcedemeura inconnu.	9 And so, those hiding in ambush with her, in the bedroom, were expecting the end of the matter. And she cried out to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he broke the cords, as one would break a thread of flax, twisted for cutting and singed by fire. And so it was not known wherein lay his strength.
10 Alors Dalila dit à Samson: "Tu t'es joué de moi et tu m'as dit des mensonges. Mais maintenant fais-moi connaître, je te prie, avec quoi il faudrait te lier."	10 And Delilah said to him: “Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken a falsehood. But at least now, tell me with what you may be bound.”
11 Il lui répondit: "Si on me liait fortement avec des cordes neuves qui n'ont jamais servi, je perdraisma vigueur et je deviendrais comme un homme ordinaire."	11 And he answered her, “If I will be bound with new cords, which have never been used, I will be weak and like other men.”
12 Alors Dalila prit des cordes neuves, elle s'en servit pour le lier puis lui cria: "Les Philistins sur toi,Samson!" et elle avait des gens embusqués dans sa chambre. Mais il rompit comme un fil les cordes qu'il avaitaux bras.	12 Again, Delilah tied him with these, and she cried out, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” For an ambush had been prepared in the bedroom. But he broke the bindings like the filaments of a web.
13 Alors Dalila dit à Samson: "Jusqu'à présent tu t'es joué de moi et tu m'as dit des mensonges.Apprends-moi avec quoi il faudrait te lier." Il lui répondit: "Si tu tissais les sept tresses de ma chevelure avec lachaîne d'un tissu, et si tu les resserrais en frappant avec la batte, je perdrais ma force et deviendrais comme unhomme ordinaire."	13 And Delilah spoke to him again: “How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods? Reveal with what you ought to be bound.” And Samson responded to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom, and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground, I will be weak.”
14 Elle l'endormit, puis elle tissa les sept tresses de sa chevelure avec la chaîne, elle les resserra enfrappant avec la batte et lui cria: "Les Philistins sur toi, Samson!" Il s'éveilla de son sommeil et arracha la batteavec la chaîne.	14 And when Delilah had done this, she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And arising from sleep, he withdrew the spike with the hairs and the weaving.
15 Dalila lui dit: "Comment peux-tu dire que tu m'aimes, alors que ton coeur n'est pas avec moi? Voilàtrois fois que tu te joues de moi et tu ne m'as pas fait connaître d'où vient ta grande force."	15 And Delilah said to him: “How can you say that you love me, when your soul is not with me? You have lied to me on three occasions, and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”
16 Comme tous les jours elle le poussait à bout par ses paroles et qu'elle le harcelait, il fut excédé à enmourir.	16 And when she had been very troublesome to him, and over many days had continually stayed nearby, giving him no time to rest, his soul was faint, and he was weary, even unto death.
17 Il lui ouvrit tout son coeur: "Le rasoir n'a jamais passé sur ma tête, lui dit-il, car je suis nazir deDieu depuis le sein de ma mère. Si on me rasait, alors ma force se retirerait de moi, je perdrais ma vigueur et jedeviendrais comme tous les hommes."	17 Then disclosing the truth of the matter, he said to her: “Iron has never been drawn across my head, for I am a Nazirite, that is, I have been consecrated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head will be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I will be faint and will be like other men.”
18 Dalila comprit alors qu'il lui avait ouvert tout son coeur, elle fit appeler les princes des Philistins etleur dit: "Venez cette fois, car il m'a ouvert tout son coeur." Et les princes des Philistins vinrent chez elle, l'argenten main.	18 Then, seeing that he had confessed to her his whole soul, she sent to the leaders of the Philistines and ordered: “Come up just once more. For now he has opened his heart to me.” And they went up, taking with them the money that they had promised.
19 Elle endormit Samson sur ses genoux, appela un homme et lui fit raser les sept tresses des cheveuxde sa tête. Ainsi elle commença à le dominer et sa force se retira de lui.	19 But she made him sleep upon her knees, and recline his head upon her bosom. And she called a barber, and he shaved his seven locks of hair. And she began to push him away, and to repel him from herself. For immediately his strength departed from him.
20 Elle cria: "Les Philistins sur toi, Samson!" S'éveillant de son sommeil il se dit: "J'en sortirai commeles autres fois et je me dégagerai." Mais il ne savait pas que Yahvé s'était retiré de lui.	20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind, “I will break away and shake myself free, just as I did before.” For he did not know that the Lord had withdrawn from him.
21 Les Philistins se saisirent de lui, ils lui crevèrent les yeux et le firent descendre à Gaza. Ilsl'enchaînèrent avec une double chaîne d'airain et il tournait la meule dans la prison.	21 And when the Philistines had seized him, they immediately plucked out his eyes. And they led him, bound in chains, to Gaza. And enclosing him in a prison, they made him work a millstone.
22 Cependant, après qu'elle eut été rasée, la chevelure se mit à repousser.	22 And now his hair began to grow back.
23 Les princes des Philistins se réunirent pour offrir un grand sacrifice à Dagôn, leur dieu, et se livrer àdes réjouissances. Ils disaient: "Notre dieu a livré entre nos mains Samson, notre ennemi."	23 And the leaders of the Philistines convened as one, so that they might offer great sacrifices to Dagon, their god. And they feasted, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy, Samson, into our hands.”
24 Dès que le peuple vit son dieu, il poussa une acclamation en son honneur et dit: "Notre dieu a livréentre nos mains Samson, notre ennemi, celui qui dévastait notre pays et qui multipliait nos morts."	24 Then, too, the people, seeing this, praised their god, and they said the same, “Our god has delivered our adversary into our hands: the one who destroyed our land and who killed very many.”
25 Et comme leur coeur était en joie, ils s'écrièrent: "Faites venir Samson pour qu'il nous amuse!" Onfit donc venir Samson de la prison et il fit des jeux devant eux, puis on le plaça debout entre les colonnes.	25 And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars.
26 Samson dit alors au jeune garçon qui le menait par la main: "Conduis-moi et fais-moi toucher lescolonnes sur lesquelles repose l'édifice, que je m'y appuie."	26 And he said to the boy who was guiding his steps, “Permit me to touch the pillars, which support the entire house, and to lean against them, so that I may rest a little.”
27 Or l'édifice était rempli d'hommes et de femmes. Il y avait là tous les princes des Philistins et, sur laterrasse, environ 3.000 hommes et femmes qui regardaient les jeux de Samson.	27 Now the house was full of men and women. And all the leaders of the Philistines were there, as well as about three thousand persons, of both sexes, on the roof and in the upper level of the house, who were watching Samson being mocked.
28 Samson invoqua Yahvé et il s'écria: "Seigneur Yahvé, je t'en prie, souviens-toi de moi, donne-moides forces encore cette fois ô Dieu, et que, d'un seul coup, je me venge des Philistins pour mes deux yeux."	28 Then, calling upon the Lord, he said, “O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, so that I may avenge myself against my enemies, and so that I may receive one vengeance for the deprivation of my two eyes.”
29 Et Samson tâta les deux colonnes du milieu sur lesquelles reposait l'édifice, il s'arc-bouta contreelles, contre l'une avec son bras droit, contre l'autre avec son bras gauche,	29 And taking hold of both the pillars, on which the house rested, and holding one with his right hand and the other with his left,
30 et il s'écria: "Que je meure avec les Philistins!" Il poussa de toutes ses forces et l'édifice s'écroulasur les princes et sur tout le peuple qui se trouvait là. Ceux qu'il fit mourir en mourant furent plus nombreux queceux qu'il avait fait mourir pendant sa vie.	30 he said, “May my life die with the Philistines.” And when he had shaken the pillars strongly, the house fell upon all the leaders, and the rest of the multitude who were there. And he killed many more in his death than he had killed before in his life.
31 Ses frères et toute la maison de son père descendirent et l'emportèrent. Ils remontèrent etl'ensevelirent entre Coréa et Eshtaol dans le tombeau de Manoah son père. Il avait jugé Israël pendant vingt ans.	31 Then his brothers and all his relatives, going down, took his body, and they buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of his father, Manoah. And he judged Israel for twenty years.