Judges 19
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Juges 19
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| Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah. | Dans ce temps où il n`y avait point de roi en Israël, un Lévite, qui séjournait à l`extrémité de la montagne d`Éphraïm, prit pour sa concubine une femme de Bethléhem de Juda. |
| And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months. | Sa concubine lui fit infidélité, et elle le quitta pour aller dans la maison de son père à Bethléhem de Juda, où elle resta l`espace de quatre mois. |
| Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy. | Son mari se leva et alla vers elle, pour parler à son coeur et la ramener. Il avait avec lui son serviteur et deux ânes. Elle le fit entrer dans la maison de son père; et quand le père de la jeune femme le vit, il le reçut avec joie. |
| And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there. | Son beau-père, le père de la jeune femme, le retint trois jours chez lui. Ils mangèrent et burent, et ils y passèrent la nuit. |
| Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way. | Le quatrième jour, ils se levèrent de bon matin, et le Lévite se disposait à partir. Mais le père de la jeune femme dit à son gendre: Prends un morceau de pain pour fortifier ton coeur; vous partirez ensuite. |
| So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad. | Et ils s`assirent, et ils mangèrent et burent eux deux ensemble. Puis le père de la jeune femme dit au mari: Décide-toi donc à passer la nuit, et que ton coeur se réjouisse. |
| And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night. | Le mari se levait pour s`en aller; mais, sur les instances de son beau-père, il passa encore la nuit. |
| Then early on the morning of the fifth day he got up to go away; but the girl's father said, Keep up your strength; so the two of them had a meal, and the man and his woman and his servant did not go till after the middle of the day. | Le cinquième jour, il se leva de bon matin pour partir. Alors le père de la jeune femme dit: Fortifie ton coeur, je te prie; et restez jusqu`au déclin du jour. Et ils mangèrent eux deux. |
| And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house. | Le mari se levait pour s`en aller, avec sa concubine et son serviteur; mais son beau-père, le père de la jeune femme, lui dit: Voici, le jour baisse, il se fait tard, passez donc la nuit; voici, le jour est sur son déclin, passe ici la nuit, et que ton coeur se réjouisse; demain vous vous lèverez de bon matin pour vous mettre en route, et tu t`en iras à ta tente. |
| But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman. | Le mari ne voulut point passer la nuit, il se leva et partit. Il arriva jusque devant Jebus, qui est Jérusalem, avec les deux ânes bâtés et avec sa concubine. |
| When they got near Jebus the day was far gone; and the servant said to his master, Now let us go from our road into this town of the Jebusites and take our night's rest there. | Lorsqu`ils furent près de Jebus, le jour avait beaucoup baissé. Le serviteur dit alors à son maître: Allons, dirigeons-nous vers cette ville des Jébusiens, et nous y passerons la nuit. |
| But his master said to him, We will not go out of our way into a strange town, whose people are not of the children of Israel; but we will go on to Gibeah. | Son maître lui répondit: Nous n`entrerons pas dans une ville d`étrangers, où il n`y a point d`enfants d`Israël, nous irons jusqu`à Guibea. |
| And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah. | Il dit encore à son serviteur: Allons, approchons-nous de l`un de ces lieux, Guibea ou Rama, et nous y passerons la nuit. |
| So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin. | Ils continuèrent à marcher, et le soleil se coucha quand ils furent près de Guibea, qui appartient à Benjamin. |
| And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night. | Ils se dirigèrent de ce côté pour aller passer la nuit à Guibea. Le Lévite entra, et il s`arrêta sur la place de la ville. Il n`y eut personne qui les reçût dans sa maison pour qu`ils y passassent la nuit. |
| Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. | Et voici, un vieillard revenait le soir de travailler aux champs; cet homme était de la montagne d`Éphraïm, il séjournait à Guibea, et les gens du lieu étaient Benjamites. |
| And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from? | Il leva les yeux, et vit le voyageur sur la place de la ville. Et le vieillard lui dit: Où vas-tu, et d`où viens-tu? |
| And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house. | Il lui répondit: Nous allons de Bethléhem de Juda jusqu`à l`extrémité de la montagne d`Éphraïm, d`où je suis. J`étais allé à Bethléhem de Juda, et je me rends à la maison de l`Éternel. Mais il n`y a personne qui me reçoive dans sa demeure. |
| But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything. | Nous avons cependant de la paille et du fourrage pour nos ânes; nous avons aussi du pain et du vin pour moi, pour ta servante, et pour le garçon qui est avec tes serviteurs. Il ne nous manque rien. |
| And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street. | Le vieillard dit: Que la paix soit avec toi! Je me charge de tous tes besoins, tu ne passeras pas la nuit sur la place. |
| So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink. | Il les fit entrer dans sa maison, et il donna du fourrage aux ânes. Les voyageurs se lavèrent les pieds; puis ils mangèrent et burent. |
| While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him. | Pendant qu`ils étaient à se réjouir, voici, les hommes de la ville, gens pervers, entourèrent la maison, frappèrent à la porte, et dirent au vieillard, maître de la maison: Fais sortir l`homme qui est entré chez toi, pour que nous le connaissions. |
| So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong. | Le maître de la maison, se présentant à eux, leur dit: Non, mes frères, ne faites pas le mal, je vous prie; puisque cet homme est entré dans ma maison, ne commettez pas cette infamie. |
| See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man. | Voici, j`ai une fille vierge, et cet homme a une concubine; je vous les amènerai dehors; vous les déshonorerez, et vous leur ferez ce qu`il vous plaira. Mais ne commettez pas sur cet homme une action aussi infâme. |
| But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go. | Ces gens ne voulurent point l`écouter. Alors l`homme prit sa concubine, et la leur amena dehors. Ils la connurent, et ils abusèrent d`elle toute la nuit jusqu`au matin; puis ils la renvoyèrent au lever de l`aurore. |
| Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light. | Vers le matin, cette femme alla tomber à l`entrée de la maison de l`homme chez qui était son mari, et elle resta là jusqu`au jour. |
| In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step. | Et le matin, son mari se leva, ouvrit la porte de la maison, et sortit pour continuer son chemin. Mais voici, la femme, sa concubine, était étendue à l`entrée de la maison, les mains sur le seuil. |
| And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house. | Il lui dit: Lève-toi, et allons-nous-en. Elle ne répondit pas. Alors le mari la mit sur un âne, et partit pour aller dans sa demeure. |
| And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel. | Arrivé chez lui, il prit un couteau, saisit sa concubine, et la coupa membre par membre en douze morceaux, qu`il envoya dans tout le territoire d`Israël. |
| And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it. | Tous ceux qui virent cela dirent: Jamais rien de pareil n`est arrivé et ne s`est vu depuis que les enfants d`Israël sont montés du pays d`Égypte jusqu`à ce jour; prenez la chose à coeur, consultez-vous, et parlez! |
