Premier livre de Samuel 30

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 David arriva le surlendemain à Siklag avec ses hommes. Or les Amalécites avaient fait un raid dans le Négueb jusqu’à Siklag, ils avaient frappé la ville et l’avaient incendiée.	1 Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire.
2 Ils avaient capturé les femmes et tous ceux qui s’y trouvaient, petits et grands, mais sans tuer personne; et ils avaient repris leur route en emmenant tout le monde.	2 And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with them, and went on their way.
3 Lorsque David et ses compagnons arrivèrent à la ville, ils la trouvèrent incendiée: leurs femmes, leurs fils et leurs filles avaient été emmenés.	3 So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,
4 David et le peuple qui l’accompagnait se mirent à crier et à pleurer jusqu’à ce qu’ils n’aient plus la force de pleurer.	4 David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
5 Les deux femmes de David, Ahinoam de Yizréel et Abigayil femme de Nabal de Karmel, avaient été aussi emmenées captives.	5 For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 David se vit dans une grande détresse car ses gens parlaient de le lapider, tellement chacun se désespérait à cause de ses fils et de ses filles. Mais David reprit courage en Yahvé son Dieu.	6 And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons, and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.
7 David dit au prêtre Ébyatar, fils d’Ahimélek: “Apporte-moi l’éphod.” Ébyatar apporta l’éphod à David.	7 And he said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech: Bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 David consulta Yahvé: “Dois-je poursuivre cette bande? Est-ce que je la rattraperai?” La réponse fut: “Poursuis-les, tu les rattraperas et tu délivreras les captifs.”	8 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey.
9 David partit; 600 compagnons marchèrent avec lui jusqu’au torrent de Bésor,	9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some being weary stayed there.
10 mais 400 seulement continuèrent la poursuite avec David, car les 200 autres s’étaient arrêtés, trop fatigués pour traverser le torrent de Bésor.	10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor.
11 Ils trouvèrent dans la campagne un Égyptien et le conduisirent à David. Ils lui donnèrent du pain et de l’eau, il mangea et il but.	11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
12 Ils lui donnèrent encore une tranche d’un gâteau de figues et deux grappes de raisins secs, il mangea et ses esprits lui revinrent, car il n’avait pas mangé ni bu depuis trois jours et trois nuits.	12 As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water three days, and three nights.
13 David lui dit: “À qui appartiens-tu et d’où viens-tu?” Il dit: “Je suis un jeune Égyptien esclave d’un Amalécite; mon maître m’a abandonné depuis trois jours car j’étais malade.	13 And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago.
14 Nous avons fait une expédition dans le Négueb des Kérétiens, dans le Négueb de Juda et dans le Négueb de Caleb; nous avons brûlé Siklag.”	14 For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.
15 David lui dit: “Peux-tu nous conduire vers ces pillards?” Il répondit: “Jure-moi par ton Dieu de ne pas me tuer et de ne pas me livrer à mon maître, et je te conduirai vers ces pillards.”	15 And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? And he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And David swore to him.
16 Il le conduisit donc. Les pillards étaient dispersés, mangeant, buvant, faisant la fête avec tout le butin qu’ils avaient ramassé au pays des Philistins et au pays de Juda.	16 And when he had brought him, behold they were lying spread upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
17 David les massacra depuis l’aube jusqu’au soir et les extermina, pas un d’entre eux n’échappa sauf 400 jeunes qui s’étaient enfuis sur des chameaux.	17 And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.
18 David récupéra tout ce que les Amalécites avaient pris; il récupéra entre autres ses deux femmes.	18 So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
19 Rien ne fut laissé aux Amalécites, petit ou grand, garçon ou fille; rien non plus de tout le butin qu’ils avaient ramassé: David ramena tout.	19 And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had taken: David recovered all.
20 David prit leur petit et leur gros bétail, et l’on poussait ce troupeau devant lui en disant: “Voilà le butin de David!”	20 And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David.
21 Lorsque David arriva près des 200 hommes qui s’étaient arrêtés, trop fatigués, au torrent de Bésor, ils vinrent au-devant de lui et de la troupe qui l’accompagnait. David s’avança vers eux et les salua,	21 And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people saluted them peaceably.
22 mais parmi ceux qui l’accompagnaient, les plus mauvais et méchants prirent la parole: “Puisque ces hommes ne sont pas venus avec nous, nous ne leur donnerons rien du butin que nous avons récupéré. Nous ne leur rendrons que leurs femmes et leurs fils, ils les emmèneront et partiront.”	22 Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way.
23 Mais David leur dit: “Non, frères, ne faites pas cela après ce que Yahvé a fait pour vous. Voyez qu’il nous a protégés, il a livré entre nos mains cette bande de pillards qui étaient venus nous attaquer.	23 But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands.
24 Qui pourrait être d’accord avec vous? Le combattant et celui qui garde les bagages auront part égale.”	24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.
25 Depuis ce jour, cette façon de faire a été la règle et est devenue une coutume en Israël.	25 And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.
26 Une fois rentré à Siklag, David envoya une part du butin aux anciens de Juda; il leur dit: “Voici pour vous un cadeau sur le butin que nous avons pris aux ennemis de Yahvé.”	26 Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord.
27 Il l’envoya à Bétoul, à Rama du Négueb, à Yattir,	27 To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,
28 à Aroër, à Sifmot, à Echtémoa,	28 And to them that were in Aroer and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo,
29 à Karmel, dans les villes de Yérahméel, dans les villes des Kénites,	29 And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
30 à Horma, à Bor-Achan, à Éter,	30 And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach,
31 à Hébron, et dans tous les endroits que David avait fréquentés avec ses compagnons: chacun eut sa part.	31 And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.