2 Kings 5
1 Naaman, the leader of the military of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man with his lord. For through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria. And he was a strong and rich man, but a leper.
Naaman, général d’armée du roi de Syrie, était un homme considérable et en grande faveur chez son maître, parce que le Seigneur avait donné par lui la victoire à la Syrie; mais cet homme, ce vaillant guerrier, était lépreux.
2 Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.
Or, les Syriens, ayant fait une incursion sur le territoire d’Israël, en ramenèrent captive une jeune fille, qui entra au service de l’épouse de Naaman.
3 And she said to her lady: “I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly, he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”
Elle dit à sa maîtresse: "Ah! Si mon maître s’adressait au prophète qui est à Samarie, certes il le délivrerait de sa lèpre."
4 And so, Naaman entered to his lord, and he reported to him, saying: “The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”
Naaman vint l’annoncer à son maître, disant: "Voilà ce qu’a dit cette jeune fille, qui est du pays d’Israël."
5 And the king of Syria said to him, “Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” And when he had set out, he had taken with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand gold coins, and ten changes of fine clothing.
Le roi de Syrie répondit: "Va, pars; je veux envoyer une lettre au roi d’Israël." Et il partit, emportant dix kikkar d’argent, six mille pièces d’or et dix habillements de rechange.
6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: “When you will receive this letter, know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman, so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”
Il remit au roi d’Israël la lettre, ainsi conçue: "Au moment où cette lettre te parviendra, sache que j’ai envoyé vers toi Naaman, mon serviteur, pour que tu le délivres de sa lèpre."
7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: “Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”
A la lecture de cette lettre, le roi d’Israël déchira ses vêtements et dit: "Suis-je donc un dieu qui fasse mourir et ressuscite, pour que celui-ci me mande de délivrer quelqu’un de sa lèpre? Mais non, sachez-le bien et prenez-y garde, c’est qu’il me cherche querelle."
8 And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this, specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments, he sent to him, saying: “Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
Cependant, Elisée, l’homme de Dieu, ayant appris que le roi d’Israël avait déchiré ses vêtements, fit dire au roi: "Pourquoi as-tu déchiré tes vêtements? Qu’il vienne me trouver, et il saura qu’il est des prophètes en Israël!"
9 Therefore, Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
Naaman vint avec ses chevaux et son char, et s’arrêta à l’entrée de la demeure d’Elisée.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will receive health, and you will be clean.”
Elisée lui fit dire par un envoyé: "Va te plonger sept fois dans le Jourdain, et ta chair redeviendra nette."
11 And becoming angry, Naaman went away, saying: “I thought that he would have come out to me, and, standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God, and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand, and so have healed me.
Naaman se mit en colère et s’en alla en disant: "Certes, m’étais-je dit, il va sortir, s’arrêter, invoquer le nom de l’Eternel, son Dieu; puis il aurait passé sa main sur la partie malade et guéri le lépreux.
12 Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?” But then, after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,
Est-ce que l’Amana et le Parpar, ces rivières de Damas, ne valent pas mieux que toutes les eaux d’Israël? Pourquoi, en m’y baignant, ne deviendrais-je pas net?" Et il s’en retournait et partait furieux,
13 his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’”
quand ses serviteurs s’approchèrent pour l’exhorter et dirent: "Mon père, si le prophète t’avait imposé une chose difficile, ne l’aurais-tu pas faite? Combien plutôt, lorsqu’il te dit: "Baigne-toi, tu seras net!"
14 So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God. And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child. And he was made clean.
Il descendit, se plongea dans le Jourdain sept fois, selon la parole de l’homme de Dieu, et sa chair redevint comme la chair d’un jeune enfant: il était rétabli.
15 And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived, and stood before him, and he said: “Truly, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, except in Israel. And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”
Il s’en retourna chez l’homme de Dieu avec toute sa suite; arrivé, il se présenta devant lui et dit: "Ah! Certes, je reconnais qu’il n’y a point de dieu sur toute la terre, si ce n’est en Israël! Et maintenant, de grâce, accepte un présent de ton serviteur."
16 But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all.
Elisée répondit: "Par l’Eternel, que j’ai toujours servi, je n’accepterai point." Naaman le pressa d’accepter, mais il refusa.
17 And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.
Naaman reprit: "Eh bien, non! Qu’on donne du moins à ton serviteur autant de terre qu’en peuvent porter une paire de mulets; car ton serviteur ne fera plus d’holocauste ni de sacrifice à d’autres dieux qu’à l’Eternel.
18 But there is still this matter, for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon, so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand, if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon, while he is adoring in the same place, that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”
Toutefois, que l’Eternel pardonne une chose à ton serviteur: quand mon maître vient se prosterner dans le temple de Rimmôn, il s’appuie sur mon bras; je devrai donc me prosterner dans le temple de Rimmôn. Or, lorsque je me prosternerai dans ce temple, que l’Eternel pardonne cette action à ton serviteur."
19 And he said to him, “Go in peace.” Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.
Elisée lui répondit: "Va en paix." Or, il s’était déjà éloigné d’une kibra de pays…
20 And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
Ghéhazi, serviteur d’Elisée, l’homme de Dieu, s’était dit: "Mon maître a refusé d’accepter de la main de ce Syrien Naaman ce qu’il avait apporté. Vive Dieu! Je vais courir après lui, et j’en aurai quelque chose."
21 And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman. And when he had seen him running toward him, he leaped down from his chariot to meet him, and he said, “Is all well?”
Il suivit donc rapidement Naaman, qui, en le voyant courir après lui, se jeta à bas de son char, alla à sa rencontre et dit: "Tout est-il en paix?"
22 And he said: “It is well. My lord has sent me to you, saying: ‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim. Give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.’”
Il répondit: "Oui, en paix! C’Est mon maître qui m’envoie pour te dire: A l’instant arrivent chez moi deux jeunes prophètes de la montagne d’Ephraïm; donne pour eux, je te prie, un kikkar d’argent et deux vêtements de rechange."
23 And Naaman said, “It is better that you accept two talents.” And he urged him, and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he set them upon two of his servants, who carried them before him.
Naman répondit: "Veuille accepter deux kikkar." Il insista, puis serra deux kikkar d’argent dans deux sacoches avec deux vêtements de rechange, et les remit à deux de ses serviteurs pour les transporter.
24 And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away.
Arrivé à la colline, Ghéhazi prit le tout de leurs mains, le mit en sûreté dans la maison, et renvoya les hommes, qui s’en allèrent.
25 Then, having entered, he stood before his lord. And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from, Gehazi?” He responded, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”
Aussitôt de retour, il se présenta devant son maître. Elisée lui dit: "D’Où viens-tu, Ghéhazi?" Il répondit: "Ton serviteur n’est allé nulle part.
26 But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.
Mon esprit non plus n’a pas été absent, reprit Elisée, quand ce personnage a tourné bride pour aller à ta rencontre. Etait-ce le moment de prendre argent ou vêtements, oliviers ou vignobles, brebis ou bœufs, esclaves ou servantes?
27 So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.
La lèpre de Naaman s’attachera à toi et à ta postérité à jamais." Ghéhazi se retira de devant lui, lépreux comme neige.
