2 Kings 4
1 One day the widow of one of [Yahweh’s] prophets came to Elisha and cried out to him, “My husband, who worked with you, is dead. You know that he revered Yahweh [very much]. But now a man to whom he owed a lot of money has come to me. [And because I cannot pay back the money, he is threatening] to take away my two sons to be his slaves [as payment for what I owe him]!”
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 Elisha replied, “What can I do to help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” She replied, “We have only a container of [olive] oil; we have nothing else.”
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 Elisha said, “Go to your neighbors and borrow from them as many empty jars as you can.
Il reprit: "Va emprunter des vases au dehors, chez tous tes voisins, des vases vides, mais pas en petit nombre.
4 Then take the jars into your house with your sons. Shut the door. Then pour olive oil from your container into the other jars. When each jar is full, set it aside [and fill another jar. Keep doing that until all the jars are 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 did what Elisha told her to do]. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she kept filling them.
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 Soon all the jars were full. So she said to one of her sons, “Bring me another jar!” But he replied, “There are no more jars!” And then the olive 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 When she told Elijah [what had happened], he said to her, “Now sell the jars of oil. And [with the money you get, ] pay what you owe, and there will be enough extra money to keep buying food for yourself and your sons.” [So she did that].
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 One day Elisha went to Shunem [town]. There was a wealthy woman who lived there [with her husband]. One day she invited Elisha to her house for a meal. [Elisha went there and] from then on, every time Elisha was in Shunem, he went to their house to eat a meal.
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 One day the woman said to her husband, “I am sure that this man who often comes here is a prophet [who brings messages] from God.
Elle dit à son époux: "Certes, je sais que c’est un homme de Dieu, un saint, cet homme qui nous visite toujours.
10 I think we should make a small room for him on our [flat] roof, and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it. If we do that, whenever he comes here, he will have a place to stay.” [So they did that].
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 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to that room to rest.
Or, un jour, passant par là, il se retira dans la cellule et y coucha.
12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman that I want to speak to her.” [So the servant went and told her]. When she came [to the doorway of Elisha’s room],
Et il dit à Ghéhazi, son serviteur: "Appelle cette Sunamite." Il l’appela, et elle se présenta devant lui.
13 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her that we both appreciate all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, ‘Do you want [me to go to] the king or the army commander, to request something for you?’” [Gehazi told her, ] and she replied, “No, [he does not need to do that, because] my family/relatives are able to give me what I need.”
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 [Later, ] Elisha asked Gehazi, “What do you think that we can do for that woman?” He replied, “She does not have a son, and her husband is an old man. [So maybe we should ask Yahweh to enable her to have a son].”
Il reprit "Que faire pour elle?" Ghéhazi repartit: "Eh mais! Elle n’a point de fils, et son époux est un vieillard."
15 Elisha told Gehazi, “Call her back again.” [So Gehazi went and called her]. And when the woman returned, as she stood in the doorway,
Il dit "Appelle-la." Il l’appela, et elle se présenta sur le seuil.
16 Elisha said to her, “About this time next year you will be holding your [infant] son in your arms.” But she protested, “O, sir, you are a prophet [who brings messages] from God, so please do not deceive/lie to me by saying things like that!”
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 a few months later, the woman became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son at that time the following year, just like Elisha had predicted.
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 When the child was older, one day he went out to the fields to see his father, who was [working] with the men who were harvesting [grain].
L’Enfant grandit. Or, un jour, il était allé trouver son père, auprès des moissonneurs;
19 [Suddenly] the boy exclaimed, “My head [hurts]! My head [hurts a lot]!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother!”
il cria à son père: "Ma tête! Ma tête!" Celui-ci dit au serviteur: "Porte-le chez sa mère."
20 So the servant carried him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But at noontime the boy died.
Il l’emporta et le remit à sa mère; il resta dans son giron jusqu’à midi, et mourut.
21 She carried him up [the steps] to the prophet’s room and laid him on the bed. She left him there and went out and shut the door.
Alors elle monta, le plaça sur le lit de l’homme de Dieu, ferma sur lui la porte, et sortit.
22 She then called out to her husband, saying, “Send to me one of the servants and a donkey, so that I can ride [on it] quickly to the prophet, and then come back!” [But she did not tell her husband that their son had died].
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 Her husband [called out to her and] said, “Why [do you want to go] today? This is not the day when we celebrate the Festival of the New Moon, and it is not a Sabbath day!” But she only replied, “[Just do what I requested and] everything will be all right.”
Il répondit: "Pourquoi vas-tu chez lui aujourd’hui? Il n’y a point de néoménie, point de fête." Elle repartit: "Sois tranquille."
24 So she [told the servant to] put saddles on [two] donkeys, and as they left, she said, “Hurry! Do not slow down unless t tell you to do that!”
Elle sella l’ânesse et dit à son serviteur: "Conduis toujours, et n’arrête ma course que lorsque je te l’ordonnerai."
25 As they approached Carmel Mountain, where Elisha was, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming!
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 Run to her, and ask her if everything is all right with her and her husband and with her child!” [So Gehazi ran to her and asked her, but she did not tell Gehazi anything.] She only said, “Yes, everything is fine.”
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 where Elisha was, she [prostrated herself on the ground in front of Elisha and] took hold of his feet. Gehazi started to push her away, but Elisha said, “(Do not push her away/Leave her alone)! Something is troubling her very much, but Yahweh has not told me what it is.”
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 to Elisha, “O, sir, I did not ask you to enable me to give birth to a son [RHQ]. And I told you not to lie to me about that!” [RHQ]
Elle dit: "Est-ce que j’avais demandé un fils à mon seigneur? N’Ai-je pas dit: Ne m’abuse point?"
29 Then Elisha [realized that something must have happened to her son. So he] said to Gehazi, “Get ready [to leave immediately]. Take my staff/walking stick and go [to her home]. Do not [stop to] talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly [to where her son is] and lay the staff on the child’s face. [If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will enable him to be well].”
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 boy’s mother said, “Just [as certain] as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not go home if you do not go with me.” So Elisha returned with her [to her home].
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 Gehazi hurried quickly, and [when he got to the woman’s home, ] he laid the staff/walking stick on the child’s face, but the child did not move or say anything. So Gehazi returned to meet Elisha [along the road], and told him, “The child is still dead.”
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 reached the house, he saw that the boy was lying dead on his bed.
Elisée entra dans la chambre, et il vit l’enfant inanimé, étendu sur son lit.
33 Elisha went into the room by himself and shut the door and prayed to Yahweh.
Il alla fermer la porte sur eux deux, puis invoqua le Seigneur.
34 Then he lay down on the boy’s body, and put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, and put his eyes on the boy’s eyes, and put his hands on the boy’s hands. Then the boy’s body started to become 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 Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room [several times]. Then he stretched his body on the boy’s body again. The boy sneezed seven times and 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 Elisha summoned Gehazi. He said, “Call the boy’s mother!” [So Gehazi went and called her, ] and when she came in, Elisha said, “Here, take 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 She [gratefully] prostrated herself at Elisha’s feet. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs.
Elle vint tomber à ses pieds et se prosterna contre terre; puis elle prit son fils et se retira.
38 Then Elisha returned to Gilgal. But at that time there was (a famine/very little food) in that area. One day as the group of prophets was sitting in front of Elisha [listening to what he was teaching], he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on [the stove] and make some stew for these men.”
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 One of the prophets went out to the fields to gather some vegetables. But he gathered [only] some wild gourds and put them in his cloak and brought them back. He shredded them and put them in the pot, but he did not know that the gourds were poisonous.
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 He served the stew to the prophets, but after the men had eaten only a couple bites, they cried out, “Elisha, there is something in the pot that will kill us!” So they would 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 Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” [They brought him some, and] he threw it in the pot and he said, “It is all right now. You can eat it.” And they ate it, and it did not harm them.
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 One day a man from Baal-Shalishah [town] brought to Elisha a sack of freshly cut grain and 20 loaves of barley bread, made from the first grain that they harvested [that year]. Elisha said [to his servant], “Give it to the group of prophets, so that they can eat it.”
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 exclaimed, “Do you think that we can feed 100 of us prophets with only that much?” [RHQ] But Elisha replied, “Give it to the prophets so that they can eat it, because Yahweh says that there will be plenty for all of them, and there will be 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 After his servant gave it to the prophets, they ate [all that they wanted], and there was food left over, just as Yahweh had promised.
On les servit, ils mangèrent et en eurent de reste, selon la parole de l’Eternel.
