2 Kings 13
1 After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.
La vingt-troisième année de Joas, fils d'Achazia, roi de Juda, Joachaz, fils de Jéhu, devint roi sur Israël à Samarie, et il régna dix-sept ans.
2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.
Il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel; car il suivit les péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nébat, par lesquels il avait fait pécher Israël. Il ne s'en détourna point.
3 So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.
La colère de l'Éternel s'alluma donc contre Israël; et il les livra entre les mains de Hazaël, roi de Syrie, et entre les mains de Ben-Hadad, fils de Hazaël, durant tout ce temps-là.
4 Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.
Mais Joachaz supplia l'Éternel, et l'Éternel l'exauça; car il vit l'oppression des Israélites, il vit que le roi de Syrie les opprimait.
5 Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.
L'Éternel donna donc un libérateur à Israël, et ils sortirent de dessous la puissance des Syriens. Ainsi les enfants d'Israël habitèrent dans leurs tentes, comme auparavant.
6 But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.
Toutefois, ils ne se détournèrent point des péchés de la maison de Jéroboam, qu'il avait fait commettre à Israël; mais ils y marchèrent, et même l'emblème d'Ashéra subsista à Samarie,
7 Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.
Bien que Dieu n'eût laissé de troupes à Joachaz que cinquante cavaliers, dix chars, et dix mille hommes de pied. En effet, le roi de Syrie les avait détruits, et rendus tels que la poussière qu'on foule aux pieds.
8 [If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Le reste des actions de Joachaz, tout ce qu'il fit, et ses exploits, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Chroniques des rois d'Israël?
9 Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.
Joachaz s'endormit donc avec ses pères, et on l'ensevelit à Samarie. Et Joas son fils régna à sa place.
10 Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.
La trente-septième année de Joas, roi de Juda, Joas, fils de Joachaz, devint roi sur Israël à Samarie, et il régna seize ans.
11 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.
Il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel, et ne se détourna d'aucun des péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nébat, par lesquels il avait fait pécher Israël; mais il y marcha.
12 The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.
Le reste des actions de Joas, tout ce qu'il fit, et la valeur avec laquelle il combattit contre Amatsia, roi de Juda, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Chroniques des rois d'Israël?
13 When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.
Et Joas s'endormit avec ses pères, et Jéroboam s'assit sur son trône. Et Joas fut enseveli à Samarie avec les rois d'Israël.
14 Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”
Or, comme Élisée était malade de la maladie dont il mourut, Joas, roi d'Israël, descendit et pleura sur son visage, disant: Mon père, mon père, char d'Israël et sa cavalerie!
15 Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.
Et Élisée lui dit: Prends un arc et des flèches. Et il prit un arc et des flèches.
16 Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.
Et Élisée dit au roi d'Israël: Tends l'arc de ta main. Et quand il l'eut tendu, Élisée mit ses mains sur les mains du roi, et dit:
17 Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”
Ouvre la fenêtre vers l'Orient. Et il l'ouvrit. Et Élisée lui dit: Tire. Et il tira. Et Élisée dit: C'est une flèche de délivrance de la part de l'Éternel, une flèche de délivrance contre les Syriens. Tu frapperas les Syriens à Aphek, jusqu'à les détruire.
18 Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.
Élisée lui dit encore: Prends les flèches. Et il les prit. Et Élisée dit au roi d'Israël: Frappe contre terre. Joas frappa trois fois, puis s'arrêta.
19 But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”
Et l'homme de Dieu s'irrita contre lui, et dit: Il fallait frapper cinq ou six fois; alors tu eusses frappé les Syriens jusqu'à les détruire! Maintenant tu frapperas les Syriens trois fois.
20 Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).
Et Élisée mourut, et on l'ensevelit. Et, l'année suivante, des bandes de Moabites entrèrent dans le pays.
21 One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!
Et voici, des gens qui enterraient un homme virent une de ces bandes, et jetèrent l'homme dans le tombeau d' Élisée. Et cet homme, étant allé toucher les os d'Élisée, revint à la vie, et se leva sur ses pieds.
22 King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].
Or Hazaël, roi de Syrie, avait opprimé les Israélites pendant toute la vie de Joachaz.
23 But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.
Mais l'Éternel leur fit grâce, il eut compassion d'eux, et il se retourna vers eux à cause de son alliance avec Abraham, Isaac et Jacob. Il ne voulut point les exterminer; et, jusqu'à maintenant, il ne les a pas rejetés de devant sa face.
24 When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.
Alors Hazaël, roi de Syrie, mourut, et Ben-Hadad, son fils, régna à sa place.
25 [The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.
Et Joas, fils de Joachaz, reprit des mains de Ben-Hadad, fils de Hazaël, les villes que celui-ci avait conquises sur Joachaz, son père. Joas le battit par trois fois, et recouvra les villes d'Israël.
