2 Kings 4

1 Now a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be his slaves."

La femme de l’un des jeunes prophètes vint se plaindre à Elisée, disant: "Ton serviteur, mon époux, est mort: tu sais que ton serviteur révérait l’Eternel. Or, le créancier est venu prendre mes deux jeunes enfants pour en faire ses esclaves."

2 Then Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she said, "Your servant has nothing in the house, except a small jar of oil."

Elisée lui répondit: "Que puis-je faire pour toi? Dis-moi ce que tu possèdes dans ta demeure. Ta servante, répondit-elle, ne possède rien de plus, dans sa demeure, qu’un vase d’huile."

3 Then he said, "Go, ask for containers from outside, from all your neighbors, empty containers.

Il reprit: "Va emprunter des vases au dehors, chez tous tes voisins, des vases vides, mais pas en petit nombre.

4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these containers, and you are to set each one aside when it is full."

A ton retour, tu fermeras la porte sur toi et sur tes fils, tu rempliras tous ces vases, et à mesure qu’ils seront pleins; tu les mettras à part."

5 So she left him and shut the door behind herself and her sons; they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring.

Elle le quitta. Elle ferma la porte sur elle et sur ses fils: ils lui présentèrent les vases, et elle y versa l’huile.

6 Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, "Bring me another container." But he said to her, "There aren't any more." Then the oil stopped flowing.

Puis, lorsque les vases furent remplis, elle dit à son fils: "Avance-moi encore un vase! Il n’y a plus de vase," répondit-il. Et l’huile tarit.

7 Then she came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest."

Elle vint l’annoncer à l’homme de Dieu qui dit: "Va vendre cette huile, et paie ta dette; puis, toi et tes fils, vous vivrez avec le surplus."

8 Now it happened one day that Elisha traveled to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, who urged him to eat some food. so whenever he passed by, he would stop in there to eat some food.

Il arriva, un jour, qu’Elisée se rendit à Sunâm. Là vivait une femme de distinction, qui le pressa de manger chez elle. Depuis, chaque fois qu’il passait par cette ville, c’est là qu’il entrait pour manger.

9 And she said to her husband, "Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God who often passes by us.

Elle dit à son époux: "Certes, je sais que c’est un homme de Dieu, un saint, cet homme qui nous visite toujours.

10 Please, let's make a little room on the wall, and let's set up a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him there, so that whenever he comes to us, he can stay there."

Préparons, je te prie, une petite cellule avec des murs, et plaçons-y, pour son usage, lit, table, siège et flambeau; lorsqu’il viendra chez nous, il pourra s’y retirer."

11 Now it happened one day he came there, and he turned into the upper room and rested.

Or, un jour, passant par là, il se retira dans la cellule et y coucha.

12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." So he called for her and she stood before him.

Et il dit à Ghéhazi, son serviteur: "Appelle cette Sunamite." Il l’appela, et elle se présenta devant lui.

13 And he said to him, "Say now to her, 'Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you to the king, or to the commander of the army?'" She answered, "I have a home among my own people."

Il lui avait dit: "Parle ainsi à cette femme: Puisque tu t’es donné pour nous tout ce trouble, que faut-il faire en ta faveur? Y a-t-il à s’employer pour toi auprès du roi ou du général d’armée?" Elle répondit "Je vis tranquille au milieu de mes concitoyens."

14 So he said, "What then can I do for her?" And Gehazi replied, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old."

Il reprit "Que faire pour elle?" Ghéhazi repartit: "Eh mais! Elle n’a point de fils, et son époux est un vieillard."

15 Then he said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

Il dit "Appelle-la." Il l’appela, et elle se présenta sur le seuil.

16 And he said, "At this season, when the time comes around, you will be holding a son." And she said, "No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to your servant."

Il lui dit: "A pareille époque, au retour de cette saison, tu presseras un fils dans tes bras." Elle répondit: "Ah! Mon seigneur, homme de Dieu, ne trompe pas ta servante!"

17 But the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came around, just as Elisha had said to her.

Cette femme conçut, et elle mit au monde un fils à pareille époque, au retour de la même saison, ainsi que l’avait dit Elisée.

18 And the child grew and it happened one day that he went out to his father to the harvest workers.

L’Enfant grandit. Or, un jour, il était allé trouver son père, auprès des moissonneurs;

19 And he said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

il cria à son père: "Ma tête! Ma tête!" Celui-ci dit au serviteur: "Porte-le chez sa mère."

20 And when he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and died.

Il l’emporta et le remit à sa mère; il resta dans son giron jusqu’à midi, et mourut.

21 Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and left.

Alors elle monta, le plaça sur le lit de l’homme de Dieu, ferma sur lui la porte, et sortit.

22 Then she called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and then return."

Elle manda son époux et lui dit: "Envoie-moi, je te prie, un serviteur avec une ânesse; je cours chez l’homme de Dieu et je reviens."

23 But he said, "Why would you want to see him today? It is not the new moon or Sabbath." And she said, "It's alright."

Il répondit: "Pourquoi vas-tu chez lui aujourd’hui? Il n’y a point de néoménie, point de fête." Elle repartit: "Sois tranquille."

24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Lead on; do not slow down for me unless I tell you."

Elle sella l’ânesse et dit à son serviteur: "Conduis toujours, et n’arrête ma course que lorsque je te l’ordonnerai."

25 So she went and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. So it happened when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, "Look, there is the Shunammite.

Elle voyagea ainsi, et parvint jusqu’à l’homme de Dieu, au mont Carmel. L’Apercevant de loin, l’homme de Dieu dit à Ghéhazi, son serviteur: "Voici la Sunamite!

26 Please run now to meet her and ask her, 'Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?'" And she answered, "It is well."

Or çà, cours à sa, rencontre, et dis-lui: Es-tu en paix? Ton époux est-il en paix? en paix, l’enfant?" Elle répondit "En paix."

27 But when she came to the man of God to the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for she is in severe anguish, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me."

Arrivée près de l’homme de Dieu, sur la montagne, elle embrassa ses pieds. Ghéhazi se disposait à la repousser; mais l’homme de Dieu dit: "Laisse-la, car son âme est contristée; l’Eternel m’en a caché la cause, il ne me l’a pas révélée."

28 Then she said, "Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not mislead me?'"

Elle dit: "Est-ce que j’avais demandé un fils à mon seigneur? N’Ai-je pas dit: Ne m’abuse point?"

29 Then he said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child."

Il dit à Ghéhazi: "Ceins tes reins, prends mon bâton dans ta main et pars. Si tu rencontres quelqu’un, ne le salue pas; si quelqu’un te salue, ne lui réponds point. Tu poseras mon bâton sur la face de l’enfant."

30 But the mother of the child said, "As the LORD lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So he arose and followed her.

La mère de l’enfant s’écria: "Par l’Eternel et par ta propre vie si je te quitte!" Il se leva et la suivit.

31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them and placed the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or response. Therefore he came back to meet him and told him, saying, "The child did not wake up."

Ghéhazi les avait devancés; il avait posé le bâton sur le visage de l’enfant, mais pas un souffle, pas un mouvement. Il retourna à la rencontre du prophète et lui dit: "L’Enfant n’est pas revenu à lui."

32 When Elisha arrived at the house, look, the child was dead, lying on his bed.

Elisée entra dans la chambre, et il vit l’enfant inanimé, étendu sur son lit.

33 So he went in and shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the LORD.

Il alla fermer la porte sur eux deux, puis invoqua le Seigneur.

34 Then he got up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself upon him, and the body of the child grew warm.

Il monta sur le lit, se coucha sur l’enfant, appliqua sa bouche sur sa bouche, ses yeux sur ses yeux, ses mains sur les siennes, et resta étendu sur lui; la chaleur revint dans les membres de l’enfant.

35 Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself upon him, and the child sneezed seven times and the child opened his eyes.

Elisée quitta le lit, parcourut la chambre en long et en large, s’étendit de nouveau sur l’enfant; celui-ci éternua par sept fois et rouvrit les yeux.

36 Then he called to Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, "Pick up your son."

Le prophète appela Ghéhazi et dit: "Appelle cette Sunamite." Il l’appela, elle vint à lui, et il dit: "Emporte ton fils!"

37 Then she came in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground. Then she picked up her son and left.

Elle vint tomber à ses pieds et se prosterna contre terre; puis elle prit son fils et se retira.

38 Now Elisha came again to Gilgal, while there was a famine in the land. And the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, "Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."

Elisée était revenu à Ghilgal. Or, la famine régnait dans le pays, et les jeunes prophètes assiégeaient leur maître. Celui-ci dit à son serviteur: "Mets le grand pot et fais cuire un potage pour les disciples."

39 Then one of them went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, and gathered as many of its gourds as his garment would hold, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, for he was unaware what it was.

Cependant, un d’entre eux alla aux champs pour cueillir des herbes. Il trouva une vigne sauvage, en cueillit des coloquintes plein son vêtement, et, à son retour, il les coupa en morceaux dans le potage, sans savoir ce que c’était.

40 So they poured out for the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, "Man of God, there is death in the pot." And they could not eat it.

On versa à ces hommes le potage à manger, mais ils en avaient à peine goûté qu’ils s’écrièrent "Homme de Dieu, il y a du poison dans le potage!" C’Était immangeable.

41 But he said, "Bring some flour." And he threw it into the pot and said, "Pour it out for the people, that they may eat." And there was no harm in the pot.

Il dit: "Qu’on m’apporte de la farine!" Il la jeta dans le pot et dit: "Verse à tout ce monde, et qu’on mange!" Toute chose nuisible avait disparu du potage.

42 Now a man from Baal Shalishah came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."

Un homme, venant de Baal-Chalicha, apporta un jour à l’homme de Dieu, comme pain de prémices, vingt pains d’orge et du gruau dans sa panetière. Elisée dit: "Donne cela au peuple et qu’il mange!"

43 But his servant said, "What, should I set this before a hundred men?" So he said, "Give them to the people so that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, 'They will eat, and will have some left over.'"

Son serviteur répondit: "Comment donnerais-je ceci à cent hommes?" Mais il répéta: "Donne-le au peuple et qu’il mange, car voici ce qu’a dit l’Eternel: On mangera, et il en restera encore."

44 So he set it before them, and they ate, and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

On les servit, ils mangèrent et en eurent de reste, selon la parole de l’Eternel.