Livre des Juges 3

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Voici les nations que Yahvé a laissé subsister afin de mettre par elles à l'épreuve tous les Israélites quin'avaient connu aucune des guerres de Canaan	1 These are the nations which the Lord left, so that by them he might instruct Israel and all who had not known the wars of the Canaanites,
2 (ce fut uniquement pour l'enseignement des descendants des Israélites, pour leur apprendre l'art de laguerre; à ceux du moins qui ne l'avaient pas connu autrefois):	2 so that afterward their sons might learn to contend with their enemies, and to have a willingness to do battle:
3 les cinq princes des Philistins et tous les Cananéens, les Sidoniens et les Hittites qui habitaient lachaîne du Liban, depuis la montagne de Baal-Hermôn jusqu'à l'Entrée de Hamat.	3 the five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who were living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-Hermon as far as the entrance to Hamath.
4 Ils servirent à éprouver Israël, pour savoir s'ils garderaient les commandements que Yahvé avaitdonnés à leurs pères par l'intermédiaire de Moïse.	4 And he left them, so that by them he might test Israel, as to whether or not they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he instructed to their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 Et les Israélites habitèrent au milieu des Cananéens, des Hittites, des Amorites, des Perizzites, desHivvites et des Jébuséens;	5 And so, the sons of Israel lived in the midst of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
6 ils épousèrent leurs filles, ils donnèrent leurs propres fils à leurs filles et ils servirent leurs dieux.	6 And they took their daughters as wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 Les Israélites firent ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahvé. Ils oublièrent Yahvé leur Dieu pour servir lesBaals et les Ashéras.	7 And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, while serving the Baals and Ashtaroth.
8 Alors la colère de Yahvé s'enflamma contre Israël, il les livra aux mains de Kushân-Risheatayim, roid'Edom, et les Israélites furent asservis à Kushân-Risheatayim pendant huit ans.	8 And the Lord, having become angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Mesopotamia, and they served him for eight years.
9 Alors les Israélites crièrent vers Yahvé et Yahvé suscita aux Israélites un sauveur qui les libéra, Otnielfils de Qenaz, frère cadet de Caleb.	9 And they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, and he freed them, namely, Othniel, the son of Kenaz, a younger brother of Caleb.
10 L'esprit de Yahvé fut sur lui; il devint juge d'Israël et se mit en campagne. Yahvé livra entre sesmains Kushân-Risheatayim, roi d'Edom, et il triompha de Kushân-Risheatayim.	10 And the Spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Syria, and he overwhelmed him.
11 Le pays fut alors en repos pendant 40 ans. Puis Otniel, fils de Qenaz, mourut.	11 And the land was quiet for forty years. And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died.
12 Les Israélites recommencèrent à faire ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahvé et Yahvé fortifia Eglôn, roide Moab, contre Israël, parce qu'ils faisaient ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahvé.	12 Then the sons of Israel resumed doing evil in the sight of the Lord, who strengthened Eglon, the king of Moab, against them because they did evil in his sight.
13 Eglôn s'adjoignit les fils d'Ammon et Amaleq, marcha contre Israël, le battit et s'empara de la villedes Palmiers.	13 And he joined to him the sons of Ammon and the sons of Amalek. And he went forth and struck Israel, and he possessed the City of Palms.
14 Les Israélites furent asservis à Eglôn, roi de Moab, pendant dix-huit ans.	14 And the sons of Israel served Eglon, the king of Moab, for eighteen years.
15 Alors les Israélites crièrent vers Yahvé et Yahvé leur suscita un sauveur, Ehud, fils de Géra,Benjaminite, qui était gaucher. Les Israélites le chargèrent de porter le tribut à Eglôn, roi de Moab.	15 And afterward, they cried out to the Lord, who raised up for them a savior, called Ehud, the son of Gera, the son of Benjamin, who used either hand as well as the right hand. And the sons of Israel sent gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab, by him.
16 Ehud se fit un poignard à double tranchant, long d'un gomed, et il le ceignit sous son vêtement, sur sahanche droite.	16 And he made for himself a two-edged sword, having a handle, reaching to the middle, the length of the palm of a hand. And he was girded with it under his cloak, on the right thigh.
17 Il offrit donc le tribut à Eglôn, roi de Moab. Cet Eglôn était très gros.	17 And he offered the gifts to Eglon, the king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceedingly fat.
18 Une fois le tribut offert, Ehud renvoya les gens qui l'avaient apporté.	18 And when he had presented the gifts to him, he followed out his companions, who had arrived with him.
19 Mais lui-même, arrivé aux Idoles qui sont près de Gilgal, revint et dit: "J'ai un message secret pourtoi, ô Roi!" Le roi répondit: "Silence!" et tous ceux qui se trouvaient auprès de lui sortirent.	19 And then, returning from Gilgal where the idols were, he said to the king, “I have a secret word for you, O king.” And he ordered silence. And when all those who were around him had departed,
20 Ehud vint vers lui; il était assis dans la chambre haute où l'on prend le frais, qui lui était réservée.Ehud lui dit: "C'est une parole de Dieu que j'ai pour toi, ô Roi!" Et celui-ci se leva aussitôt de son siège.	20 Ehud entered to him. Now he was sitting alone in a summer upper room. And he said, “I have a word from God to you.” And immediately he rose up from his throne.
21 Alors Ehud étendit la main gauche, prit le poignard de dessus sa hanche droite et l'enfonça dans leventre du roi.	21 And Ehud extended his left hand, and he took the dagger from his right thigh. And he thrust it into his abdomen
22 La poignée même entra avec la lame et la graisse se referma sur la lame, car Ehud n'avait pas retiré lepoignard de son ventre.	22 so strongly that the handle followed the blade into the wound, and was enclosed by the great amount of fat. Neither did he withdraw the sword. Instead, he left it in the body just as he had struck with it. And immediately, by the private parts of nature, the filth of the bowels went out.
23 Ehud sortit par les cabinets, il avait fermé derrière lui les portes de la chambre haute et poussé leverrou.	23 Then Ehud carefully closed the doors of the upper room. And securing the bars,
24 Quand il fut sorti, les serviteurs revinrent et ils regardèrent: les portes de la chambre haute étaientfermées au verrou. Ils se dirent: "Sans doute il se couvre les pieds dans le réduit de la chambre fraîche."	24 he departed by a back exit. And the servants of the king, entering, saw that the doors of the upper room were closed, and they said, “Perhaps he is emptying his bowels in the summer room.”
25 Ils attendirent indéfiniment, car il n'ouvrait toujours pas les portes de la chambre haute. Ils prirentenfin la clef et ouvrirent: leur maître gisait à terre, mort.	25 And after waiting a long time, until they were embarrassed, and seeing that no one opened the door, they took the key, and opening it, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
26 Pendant qu'ils attendaient, Ehud s'était enfui. Il dépassa les Idoles et se mit en sûreté à Ha-Séïra.	26 But Ehud, while they were in confusion, escaped and passed by the place of the idols, from which he had returned. And he arrived at Seirath.
27 Sitôt arrivé, il sonna du cor dans la montagne d'Ephraïm et les Israélites descendirent avec lui de lamontagne, lui à leur tête.	27 And immediately he sounded the trumpet on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel descended with him, he himself advancing at the front.
28 Et il leur dit: "Suivez-moi, car Yahvé a livré votre ennemi, Moab, entre vos mains." Ils le suivirentdonc, coupèrent à Moab le passage des gués du Jourdain et ne laissèrent passer personne.	28 And he said to them: “Follow me. For the Lord has delivered our enemies, the Moabites, into our hands.” And they descended after him, and they occupied the fords of the Jordan, which cross over to Moab. And they did not permit anyone to cross.
29 Ils battirent les gens de Moab en ce temps-là, au nombre d'environ 10.000 hommes, tous robustes etvaillants, et pas un n'échappa.	29 And so, they struck down the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and robust men. None of them were able to escape.
30 En ce jour-là Moab fut abaissé sous la main d'Israël et le pays fut en repos 80 ans.	30 And Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was quiet for eighty years.
31 Après lui il y eut Shamgar, fils d'Anat. Il défit les Philistins au nombre de 600 hommes avec unaiguillon à boeufs, et lui aussi sauva Israël.	31 After him, there was Shamgar, the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred men of the Philistines with a plowshare. And he also defended Israel.