Juges 14
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Judges 14
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| Samson descendit à Thimna, et il y vit une femme parmi les filles des Philistins. | Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines; |
| Lorsqu`il fut remonté, il le déclara à son père et à sa mère, et dit: J`ai vu à Thimna une femme parmi les filles des Philistins; prenez-la maintenant pour ma femme. | And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife. |
| Son père et sa mère lui dirent: N`y a-t-il point de femme parmi les filles de tes frères et dans tout notre peuple, que tu ailles prendre une femme chez les Philistins, qui sont incirconcis? Et Samson dit à son père: Prends-la pour moi, car elle me plaît. | Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me. |
| Son père et sa mère ne savaient pas que cela venait de l`Éternel: car Samson cherchait une occasion de dispute de la part des Philistins. En ce temps là, les Philistins dominaient sur Israël. | Now his father and mother had no knowledge that this was the purpose of the Lord, who had the destruction of the Philistines in mind. Now the Philistines at that time were ruling over Israel. |
| Samson descendit avec son père et sa mère à Thimna. Lorsqu`ils arrivèrent aux vignes de Thimna, voici, un jeune lion rugissant vint à sa rencontre. | Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother,) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him. |
| L`esprit de l`Éternel saisit Samson; et, sans avoir rien à la main, Samson déchira le lion comme on déchire un chevreau. Il ne dit point à son père et à sa mère ce qu`il avait fait. | And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; (but he said nothing to his father and mother of what he had done.) |
| Il descendit et parla à la femme, et elle lui plut. | So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson. |
| Quelque temps après, il se rendit de nouveau à Thimna pour la prendre, et se détourna pour voir le cadavre du lion. Et voici, il y avait un essaim d`abeilles et du miel dans le corps du lion. | Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there. |
| Il prit entre ses mains le miel, dont il mangea pendant la route; et lorsqu`il fut arrivé près de son père et de sa mère, il leur en donna, et ils en mangèrent. Mais il ne leur dit pas qu`il avait pris ce miel dans le corps du lion. | And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion. |
| Le père de Samson descendit chez la femme. Et là, Samson fit un festin, car c`était la coutume des jeunes gens. | Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men. |
| Dès qu`on le vit, on invita trente compagnons qui se tinrent avec lui. | And he took thirty friends, and they were with him. |
| Samson leur dit: Je vais vous proposer une énigme. Si vous me l`expliquez pendant les sept jours du festin, et si vous la découvrez, je vous donnerai trente chemises et trente vêtements de rechange. | And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing; |
| Mais si vous ne pouvez pas me l`expliquer, ce sera vous qui me donnerez trente chemises et trente vêtements de rechange. Ils lui dirent: Propose ton énigme, et nous l`écouterons. | But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is. |
| Et il leur dit: De celui qui mange est sorti ce qui se mange, et du fort est sorti le doux. Pendant trois jours, ils ne purent expliquer l`énigme. | And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer. |
| Le septième jour, ils dirent à la femme de Samson: Persuade à ton mari de nous expliquer l`énigme; sinon, nous te brûlerons, toi et la maison de ton père. C`est pour nous dépouiller que vous nous avez invités, n`est-ce pas? | So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have? |
| La femme de Samson pleurait auprès de lui, et disait: Tu n`as pour moi que de la haine, et tu ne m`aimes pas; tu as proposé une énigme aux enfants de mon peuple, et tu ne me l`as point expliquée! Et il lui répondait: Je ne l`ai expliquée ni à mon père ni à ma mère; est-ce à toi que je l`expliquerais? | Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said to her, See, I have not given the answer even to my father or my mother; am I to give it to you? |
| Elle pleura auprès de lui pendant les sept jours que dura leur festin; et le septième jour, il la lui expliqua, car elle le tourmentait. Et elle donna l`explication de l`énigme aux enfants de son peuple. | And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people. |
| Les gens de la ville dirent à Samson le septième jour, avant le coucher du soleil: Quoi de plus doux que le miel, et quoi de plus fort que le lion? Et il leur dit: Si vous n`aviez pas labouré avec ma génisse, vous n`auriez pas découvert mon énigme. | Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer to my question. |
| L`esprit de l`Éternel le saisit, et il descendit à Askalon. Il y tua trente hommes, prit leurs dépouilles, et donna les vêtements de rechange à ceux qui avaient expliqué l`énigme. Il était enflammé de colère, et il monta à la maison de son père. | And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house. |
| Sa femme fut donnée à l`un de ses compagnons, avec lequel il était lié. | But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man. |
