Judges 8
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Juges 8
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| And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him. | Les hommes d`Éphraïm dirent à Gédéon: Que signifie cette manière d`agir envers nous? pourquoi ne pas nous avoir appelés, quand tu es allé combattre Madian? Et ils eurent avec lui une violente querelle. |
| And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting? | Gédéon leur répondit: Qu`ai-je fait en comparaison de vous? Le grappillage d`Éphraïm ne vaut-il pas mieux que la vendange d`Abiézer? |
| God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder. | C`est entre vos mains que Dieu a livré les chefs de Madian, Oreb et Zeeb. Qu`ai-je donc pu faire en comparaison de vous? Lorsqu`il eut ainsi parlé, leur colère contre lui s`apaisa. |
| Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food. | Gédéon arriva au Jourdain, et il le passa, lui et les trois cents hommes qui étaient avec lui, fatigués, mais poursuivant toujours. |
| And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian. | Il dit aux gens de Succoth: Donnez, je vous prie, quelques pains au peuple qui m`accompagne, car ils sont fatigués, et je suis à la poursuite de Zébach et de Tsalmunna, rois de Madian. |
| But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army? | Les chefs de Succoth répondirent: La main de Zébach et de Tsalmunna est-elle déjà en ton pouvoir, pour que nous donnions du pain à ton armée? |
| Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor. | Et Gédéon dit: Eh bien! lorsque l`Éternel aura livré entre mes mains Zébach et Tsalmunna, je broierai votre chair avec des épines du désert et avec des chardons. |
| So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given. | De là il monta à Penuel, et il fit aux gens de Penuel la même demande. Ils lui répondirent comme avaient répondu ceux de Succoth. |
| So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down. | Et il dit aussi aux gens de Penuel: Quand je reviendrai en paix, je renverserai cette tour. |
| Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death. | Zébach et Tsalmunna étaient à Karkor et leur armée avec eux, environ quinze mille hommes, tous ceux qui étaient restés de l`armée entière des fils de l`Orient; cent vingt mille hommes tirant l`épée avaient été tués. |
| And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger. | Gédéon monta par le chemin de ceux qui habitent sous les tentes, à l`orient de Nobach et de Jogbeha, et il battit l`armée qui se croyait en sûreté. |
| And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse. | Zébach et Tsalmunna prirent la fuite; Gédéon les poursuivit, il s`empara des deux rois de Madian, Zébach et Tsalmunna, et il mit en déroute toute l`armée. |
| Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight: | Gédéon, fils de Joas, revint de la bataille par la montée de Hérès. |
| And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men. | Il saisit d`entre les gens de Succoth un jeune homme qu`il interrogea, et qui lui mit par écrit les noms des chefs et des anciens de Succoth, soixante-dix-sept hommes. |
| So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness? | Puis il vint auprès des gens de Succoth, et dit: Voici Zébach et Tsalmunna, au sujet desquels vous m`avez insulté, en disant: La main de Zébach et de Tsalmunna est-elle déjà en ton pouvoir, pour que nous donnions du pain à tes hommes fatigués? |
| Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems. | Et il prit les anciens de la ville, et châtia les gens de Succoth avec des épines du désert et avec des chardons. |
| And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death. | Il renversa aussi la tour de Penuel, et tua les gens de la ville. |
| Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son. | Il dit à Zébach et à Tsalmunna: Comment étaient les hommes que vous avez tués au Thabor? Ils répondirent: Ils étaient comme toi, chacun avait l`air d`un fils de roi. |
| And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death. | Il dit: C`étaient mes frères, fils de ma mère. L`Éternel est vivant! si vous les eussiez laissés vivre, je ne vous tuerais pas. |
| Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy. | Et il dit à Jéther, son premier-né: Lève-toi, tue-les! Mais le jeune homme ne tira point son épée, parce qu`il avait peur, car il était encore un enfant. |
| Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks. | Zébach et Tsalmunna dirent: Lève-toi toi-même, et tue-nous! car tel est l`homme, telle est sa force. Et Gédéon se leva, et tua Zébach et Tsalmunna. Il prit ensuite les croissants qui étaient aux cous de leurs chameaux. |
| Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian. | Les hommes d`Israël dirent à Gédéon: Domine sur nous, et toi, et ton fils, et le fils de ton fils, car tu nous as délivrés de la main de Madian. |
| But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you. | Gédéon leur dit: Je ne dominerai point sur vous, et mes fils ne domineront point sur vous; c`est l`Éternel qui dominera sur vous. |
| Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.) | Gédéon leur dit: J`ai une demande à vous faire: donnez-moi chacun les anneaux que vous avez eus pour butin. -Les ennemis avaient des anneaux d`or, car ils étaient Ismaélites. - |
| And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken. | Ils dirent: Nous les donnerons volontiers. Et ils étendirent un manteau, sur lequel chacun jeta les anneaux de son butin. |
| The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks. | Le poids des anneaux d`or que demanda Gédéon fut de mille sept cents sicles d`or, sans les croissants, les pendants d`oreilles, et les vêtements de pourpre que portaient les rois de Madian, et sans les colliers qui étaient aux cous de leurs chameaux. |
| And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house. | Gédéon en fit un éphod, et il le plaça dans sa ville, à Ophra, où il devint l`objet des prostitutions de tout Israël; et il fut un piège pour Gédéon et pour sa maison. |
| So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon. | Madian fut humilié devant les enfants d`Israël, et il ne leva plus la tête. Et le pays fut en repos pendant quarante ans, durant la vie de Gédéon. |
| And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there. | Jerubbaal, fils de Joas, s`en retourna, et demeura dans sa maison. |
| Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives. | Gédéon eut soixante-dix fils, issus de lui, car il eut plusieurs femmes. |
| And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech. | Sa concubine, qui était à Sichem, lui enfanta aussi un fils, à qui on donna le nom d`Abimélec. |
| And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. | Gédéon, fils de Joas, mourut après une heureuse vieillesse; et il fut enterré dans le sépulcre de Joas, son père, à Ophra, qui appartenait à la famille d`Abiézer. |
| And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god. | Lorsque Gédéon fut mort, les enfants d`Israël recommencèrent à se prostituer aux Baals, et ils prirent Baal Berith pour leur dieu. |
| And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side; | Les enfants d`Israël ne se souvinrent point de l`Éternel, leur Dieu, qui les avait délivrés de la main de tous les ennemis qui les entouraient. |
| And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel. | Et ils n`eurent point d`attachement pour la maison de Jerubbaal, de Gédéon, après tout le bien qu`il avait fait à Israël. |
