KJV ¹ And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

S21 ¹ Deux jours plus tard, lorsque David arriva à Tsiklag avec ses hommes, les Amalécites avaient lancé une attaque dans le Néguev et à Tsiklag. Ils avaient détruit et brûlé Tsiklag,

KJV ² And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

S21 ² après avoir fait prisonniers les femmes et tous ceux qui s'y trouvaient, petits et grands. Ils n'avaient tué personne, mais ils avaient tout emmené et s'étaient remis en route.

KJV ³ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

S21 ³ En arrivant à la ville,David et ses hommes virent qu'elle était brûlée et que leurs femmes, leurs fils et leurs filles avaient été faits prisonniers.

KJV ⁴ Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

S21 ⁴ Alors David et la troupe qui l'accompagnait se mirent à pleurer tout haut jusqu'à ce qu'ils n'aient plus la force de pleurer.

KJV ⁵ And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

S21 ⁵ Les deux femmes de David, Achinoam de Jizreel et Abigaïl de Carmel, la femme de Nabal, avaient été emmenées.

KJV ⁶ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

S21 ⁶ David fut dans une grande angoisse, car la troupe parlait de le lapider. Tous éprouvaient en effet de l'amertume, chacun à cause de ses fils et de ses filles. Mais David reprit courage en s'appuyant sur l'Eternel, son Dieu.

KJV ⁷ And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

S21 ⁷ Il dit au prêtre Abiathar, fils d'Achimélec: «Apporte-moi donc l'éphod!» Abiathar le lui apporta.

KJV ⁸ And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

S21 ⁸ David consulta l'Eternel en disant: «Dois-je poursuivre cette troupe? Réussirai-je à la rattraper?» L'Eternel lui répondit: «Poursuis-la, car tu la rattraperas et tu délivreras les prisonniers.»

KJV ⁹ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

S21 ⁹ David se mit en marche avec ses 600 compagnons. Ils arrivèrent au torrent de Besor, où ceux qui traînaient à l'arrière s'arrêtèrent.

KJV ¹⁰ But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

S21 ¹⁰ David continua la poursuite avec 400 hommes, tandis que 200 s'étaient arrêtés, trop fatigués pour passer le torrent de Besor.

KJV ¹¹ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

S21 ¹¹ Ils trouvèrent dans les champs un Egyptien qu'ils conduisirent vers David. Ils lui firent manger du pain et boire de l'eau,

KJV ¹² And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

S21 ¹² et ils lui donnèrent un morceau d'un gâteau aux figues sèches et deux gâteaux aux raisins secs. Lorsqu'il eut mangé, les forces lui revinrent, car il n'avait pas pris de nourriture et pas bu d'eau depuis 3 jours et 3 nuits.

KJV ¹³ And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

S21 ¹³ David lui dit: «A qui appartiens-tu et d'où viens-tu?» Il répondit: «Je suis un jeune Egyptien. J'étais au service d'un Amalécite, mais voilà 3 jours que mon maître m'a abandonné parce que j'étais malade.

KJV ¹⁴ We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

S21 ¹⁴ Nous avons lancé une attaque dans le sud du territoire des Kéréthiens, sur le territoire de Juda et au sud du territoire de Caleb, et nous avons brûlé Tsiklag.»

KJV ¹⁵ And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

S21 ¹⁵ David lui dit: «Veux-tu me faire descendre vers cette troupe?» Il répondit: «Jure-moi au nom de Dieu que tu ne me tueras pas et que tu ne me livreras pas à mon maître, et je te ferai descendre vers cette troupe.»

KJV ¹⁶ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

S21 ¹⁶ Il lui servit ainsi de guide. Les Amalécites étaient dispersés dans la région. Ils mangeaient, buvaient et dansaient à cause du grand butin qu'ils avaient pris au pays des Philistins et de Juda.

KJV ¹⁷ And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

S21 ¹⁷ David leur porta des coups depuis l'aube de ce jour-là jusqu'au lendemain soir, et aucun d'eux ne put s'échapper, excepté 400 jeunes hommes qui montèrent sur des chameaux et s'enfuirent.

KJV ¹⁸ And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

S21 ¹⁸ David sauva tout ce que les Amalécites avaient pris et il délivra aussi ses deux femmes.

KJV ¹⁹ And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

S21 ¹⁹ Il ne leur manqua personne, ni petit ni grand, ni fils ni fille, ni quoi que ce soit du butin ni rien de ce qu'on leur avait enlevé. David ramena tout.

KJV ²⁰ And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

S21 ²⁰ David prit tout le petit et le gros bétail. Ceux qui conduisaient ce troupeau et marchaient à sa tête disaient: «Voici le butin de David!»

KJV ²¹ And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

S21 ²¹ David arriva vers les 200 hommes qui avaient été trop fatigués pour le suivre et qu'on avait laissés au torrent de Besor. Ils s'avancèrent à la rencontre de David et de sa troupe. David s'approcha d'eux et leur demanda comment ils allaient.

KJV ²² Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

S21 ²² Tous les hommes méchants et les vauriens qui avaient accompagné David prirent la parole et dirent: «Puisqu'ils ne sont pas venus avec nous, nous ne leur donnerons rien du butin que nous avons sauvé, à part à chacun sa femme et ses enfants. Qu'ils les emmènent et s'en aillent.»

KJV ²³ Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

S21 ²³ Mais David dit: «N'agissez pas ainsi, mes frères, au sujet de ce que l'Eternel nous a donné. En effet, il nous a gardés et a livré entre nos mains la troupe qui était venue nous faire du mal.

KJV ²⁴ For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

S21 ²⁴ Qui pourrait vous écouter dans cette affaire? La part doit être la même pour celui qui est descendu sur le champ de bataille et pour celui qui est resté près du matériel: ils partageront tout ensemble.»

KJV ²⁵ And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

S21 ²⁵ Cela se passa ainsi dès ce jour et par la suite, et l'on en a fait jusqu'à aujourd'hui une prescription et une règle en Israël.

KJV ²⁶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

S21 ²⁶ De retour à Tsiklag, David envoya une partie du butin aux anciens de Juda qui étaient ses amis en leur adressant ces paroles: «Voici pour vous un cadeau pris sur le butin des ennemis de l'Eternel.»

KJV ²⁷ To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

S21 ²⁷ Il fit ainsi des envois aux anciens de Béthel, de Ramoth dans le Néguev, de Jatthir,

KJV ²⁸ And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,

S21 ²⁸ d'Aroër, de Siphmoth, d'Eshthemoa,

KJV ²⁹ And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

S21 ²⁹ de Racal, des villes des Jerachmeélites, des villes des Kéniens,

KJV ³⁰ And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,

S21 ³⁰ de Horma, de Cor-Ashan, d'Athac,

KJV ³¹ And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

S21 ³¹ d'Hébron et dans tous les endroits que ses hommes et lui avaient parcourus.