Livre des Juges 1

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1 Josué était mort. Les Israélites consultèrent Yahvé: “Qui de nous, dirent-ils, montera le premier à l’attaque contre les Cananéens?”	1 After the death of Joshua, the sons of Israel consulted the Lord, saying, “Who will ascend before us, against the Canaanite, and who will be the commander of the war?”
2 Yahvé répondit: “C’est Juda qui montera, j’ai livré le pays entre ses mains.”	2 And the Lord said: “Judah shall ascend. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.”
3 Ceux de Juda dirent à leurs frères de Siméon: “Venez nous aider dans notre héritage contre les Cananéens, et à notre tour nous irons vous aider dans votre héritage.” Et ceux de Siméon vinrent les aider.	3 And Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Go up with me to my lot, and fight against the Canaanite, so that I also may go forth with you to your lot.” And Simeon went with him.
4 Juda monta donc et Yahvé livra entre leurs mains les Cananéens et les Périsites à Bézek: ils écrasèrent 10 000 hommes.	4 And Judah went up, and the Lord delivered the Canaanite, as well as the Perizzite, into their hands. And they struck down ten thousand of the men at Bezek.
5 À Bézek ils rencontrèrent Adoni-Bézek; ils engagèrent le combat et écrasèrent Cananéens et Périsites.	5 And they found Adonibezek at Bezek, and they fought against him, and they struck down the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
6 Adoni-Bézek prit la fuite et ils le poursuivirent. Ils le prirent et lui coupèrent les pouces des mains et des pieds.	6 Then Adonibezek fled. And they pursued him and captured him, and they cut off the ends of his hands and feet.
7 Adoni-Bézek dit alors: “70 rois, avec les pouces des mains et des pieds coupés, ramassaient les miettes sous ma table, Dieu me rend aujourd’hui ce que je leur ai fait.” On l’emmena à Jérusalem et il y mourut.	7 And Adonibezek said: “Seventy kings, with the ends of their hands and feet amputated, have been gathering the remnants of food under my table. Just as I have done, so has God repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Les fils de Juda combattirent contre Jérusalem et s’en emparèrent, ils la passèrent au fil de l’épée et incendièrent la ville.	8 Then the sons of Judah, besieging Jerusalem, seized it. And they struck it with edge of the sword, delivering the entire city to be burned.
9 Après cela, les fils de Juda descendirent combattre les Cananéens qui habitaient la Montagne, le Négueb et le Bas-Pays.	9 And afterward, descending, they fought against the Canaanites who were living in the mountains, and in the south, and in the plains.
10 Juda marcha contre les Cananéens qui habitaient Hébron (Hébron s’appelait autrefois Kiryat-Arba); ils battirent Chéchaï, Ahiman et Talmaï.	10 And Judah, going forth against the Canaanites who were living at Hebron, (the name of which from antiquity was Kiriath-Arba) struck down Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 Ils partirent de là combattre contre les habitants de Débir (Débir s’appelait autrefois Kiryat-Séfer).	11 And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir, the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
12 Caleb dit alors: “Je donnerai ma fille Aksa en mariage à celui qui attaquera Kiryat-Séfer et s’en emparera.”	12 And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”
13 Otniel, fils de Kénaz, frère cadet de Caleb, s’en empara, et c’est à lui qu’il donna sa fille Aksa.	13 And when Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb, had seized it, he gave his daughter Achsah to him in marriage.
14 Dès qu’elle arriva, il la poussa à demander à son père un champ. Comme elle descendait de son âne, Caleb lui dit: “Que veux-tu?”	14 And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father. And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What is it?”
15 Elle répondit: “Fais-moi plaisir. Puisque tu m’as envoyée dans le pays du Négueb, donne-moi au moins des sources d’eau.” Caleb lui donna donc les Fontaines-d’en-Haut et les Fontaines-d’en-Bas.	15 But she responded: “Give a blessing to me. For you have given me a dry land. Also give a watered land.” Therefore, Caleb gave to her the upper watered land and the lower watered land.
16 Les fils de Hobab le Kénite, beau-frère de Moïse, montèrent avec les fils de Juda, de la Ville des Palmiers jusqu’au désert de Juda, au sud d’Arad. Là ils s’établirent au milieu du peuple.	16 Now the sons of the Kenite, the relative of Moses, ascended from the City of Palms, with the sons of Judah, into the wilderness of his lot, which is toward the south of Arad. And they lived with him.
17 Juda partit alors avec son frère Siméon. Ils écrasèrent les Cananéens qui habitaient Séfat et lui jetèrent l’anathème, c’est pourquoi on appela la ville Horma.	17 Then Judah went out with his brother Simeon, and together they struck the Canaanites who were living at Zephath, and they put them to death. And the name of the city was called Hormah, that is, Anathema.
18 Juda ne s’empara pas de Gaza et de son territoire, ni d’Ashkélon et de son territoire, ni d’Ékron et de son territoire.	18 And Judah seized Gaza, with its parts, and Ashkelon as well as Ekron, with their borders.
19 Juda se rendit maître de la montagne avec l’aide de Yahvé, mais il ne put chasser les habitants de la plaine, car ils avaient des chars de fer.	19 And the Lord was with Judah, and he possessed the mountains. But he was not able to wipe out the inhabitants of the valley. For they abounded with chariots armed with scythes.
20 Comme Moïse l’avait ordonné, on donna Hébron à Caleb; il en chassa les trois fils d’Anak.	20 And just as Moses had said, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Anak.
21 Quant aux Jébusites qui habitaient Jérusalem, les fils de Benjamin ne les dépossédèrent pas, et jusqu’à ce jour les Jébusites habitent Jérusalem avec les fils de Benjamin.	21 But the sons of Benjamin did not wipe out the Jebusite inhabitants of Jerusalem. And the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem, even to the present day.
22 Les gens de la maison de Joseph firent une expédition contre Béthel, et Yahvé était avec eux.	22 The house of Joseph also ascended against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
23 Ils montèrent leur camp devant Béthel (la ville s’appelait autrefois Louz).	23 For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz,
24 Les guetteurs virent un homme qui sortait de la ville et ils lui dirent: “Montre-nous par où on peut entrer dans la ville, et nous te ferons grâce.”	24 they saw a man departing from the city, and they said to him, “Reveal to us the entrance to the city, and we will act with mercy toward you.”
25 Il leur montra donc comment entrer dans la ville. Ils la passèrent au fil de l’épée, mais ils laissèrent aller cet homme avec toute sa famille.	25 And when he had revealed it to them, they struck the city with the edge of the sword. But that man, and all his relatives, they released.
26 L’homme alla au pays des Hittites et il y construisit une ville qu’il appela Louz (c’est le nom qu’elle porte encore aujourd’hui).	26 And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present day.
27 Manassé ne put s’emparer de la ville de Beth-Chéan, ni de ses dépendances; de même à Tanak, à Dor, à Yibléam et à Méguiddo: les Cananéens s’obstinèrent à rester dans ce pays.	27 Likewise, Manasseh did not destroy Bethshean and Taanach, with their villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and Ibleam and Megiddo, with their villages. And the Canaanite began to live with them.
28 Mais lorsque Israël devint plus fort, il réduisit les Cananéens à la corvée, sans les éliminer pour autant.	28 Then, after Israel had grown strong, he made them tributaries, but he was not willing to destroy them.
29 Éphraïm non plus ne déposséda pas les Cananéens qui habitaient Guézer, les Cananéens continuèrent donc d’y habiter avec lui.	29 And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.
30 Zabulon ne déposséda pas les habitants de Kitron ni ceux de Nahalol; les Cananéens demeurèrent ainsi au milieu de Zabulon mais ils furent réduits à la corvée.	30 Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.
31 Asher ne déposséda pas les habitants d’Akko ni ceux de Sidon, de Mahaleb, d’Akzib, de Helbah, d’Afek et de Réhob.	31 Likewise, Asher did not destroy the inhabitants of Acco and Sidon, Ahlab and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob.
32 Les gens d’Asher demeurèrent donc au milieu des Cananéens qui habitaient le pays, car ils ne les avaient pas dépossédés.	32 And he lived in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of that land, for he did not put them to death.
33 Nephtali ne déposséda pas les habitants de Beth-Chémech, ni ceux de Beth-Anat; il habita donc au milieu des Cananéens qui habitaient le pays, mais il imposa des corvées aux habitants de Beth-Chémech et de Beth-Anat.	33 Naphtali also did not wipe out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Bethanath. And he lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. And the Beth-shemeshites and Bethanathites were tributaries to him.
34 Les Amorites refoulèrent dans la montagne les fils de Dan, ils les empêchèrent de descendre dans la plaine.	34 And the Amorite hemmed in the sons of Dan on the mountain, and did not give them a place, so that they might descend to the flatlands.
35 Les Amorites restèrent à Har-Hérès, à Ayyalon et Chaalbim, mais lorsque la maison de Joseph devint plus forte, eux aussi furent réduits à la corvée.	35 And he lived on the mountain at Har-heres, which is translated as ‘resembling brick,’ and at Aijalon and Sha-alabbin. But the hand of the house of Joseph was very heavy, and he became a tributary to him.
36 (Le territoire des Édomites s’étend de la Montée des Scorpions jusqu’à la Roche, et continue ensuite en montant.)	36 Now the border of the Amorite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion, to the Rock and the higher places.