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]!”
Et une femme des fils des prophètes invoqua le secours d'Elisée, disant: Mon mari, ton serviteur, est mort, et tu sais que ton serviteur avait la crainte de Dieu; or, son créancier est venu réclamer pour lui mes deux fils, et ils seront 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 répondit: Que ferai-je pour toi? Qu'as-tu en ta maison? Elle reprit: Ta servante n'a rien dans sa maison, sinon l'huile dont je dois m'oindre.
3 Elisha said, “Go to your neighbors and borrow from them as many empty jars as you can.
Et il lui dit: Va, demande à tous tes voisins des vases vides, et ne te contente pas d'un 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].”
Puis, tu rentreras; tu fermeras la porte sur toi et sur tes fils; tu verseras ton huile dans ces vases; et à mesure que tu les auras remplis, tu les enlèveras.
5 [So she did what Elisha told her to do]. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she kept filling them.
Elle s'éloigna d'Elisée; et ferma sa porte sur elle et sur ses fils: ceux-ci lui apportèrent les vases, elle y versa l'huile jusqu'à ce qu'ils en fussent pleins.
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.
Et elle dit à ses fils: Approchez encore un vase. Il n'y en a plus, dirent-ils. Et l'huile cessa de couler.
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].
Alors elle alla trouver l'homme de Dieu, et lui raconta ce qui venait d'arriver. Elisée lui dit: Pars, et donne de l'huile en paiement; tu acquitteras ainsi ta dette; ensuite, toi et tes deux fils vous vivrez du reste de l'huile.
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.
Un autre jour, Elisée traversa Sunam; il y avait là une femme riche qui le contraignit de manger de son pain; plus tard, toutes les fois qu'il entrait en cette ville après une longue marche, il allait chez elle, et il y mangeait.
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.
Et la femme dit à son mari: Je vois bien que ce saint homme qui vient toujours chez nous est un homme de Dieu.
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 pour lui une chambre haute, il ne la lui faut pas bien grande; mettons-y un lit, une table, une chaise, une lampe, et il y couchera quand il viendra chez nous.
11 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to that room to rest.
Or, un jour, il entra dans cette maison, monta à sa chambre, et se mit au lit.
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],
Puis, il dit à Giézi, son serviteur: Appelle-moi cette Sunamite. Giézi l'appela, et elle se tint devant Elisée,
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.”
Qui dit à son serviteur, dis-lui: Voilà que pour nous tu t'es donné tous ces soins: que devons-nous faire en ta faveur? As-tu quelque chose à demander au roi ou à l'un des chefs de l'armée? Elle répondit: Je suis dans ma maison, au milieu de mon peuple.
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].”
Or, Elisée dit à Giézi: Que faut-il faire pour elle? Giézi, son serviteur, répondit: Elle n'a point de fils, et son mari est vieux.
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,
Et il la rappela; mais elle était restée près de la porte.
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!”
Elisée lui dit: A pareille époque l'an prochain, en cette même saison, tu vivras et tu embrasseras un fils. Et elle s'écria: Non, seigneur, ne trompe point 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.
En effet, la femme conçut; elle enfanta un fils au temps, en la saison, que lui avait dits Elisée, et elle vécut.
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].
Et l'enfant grandit, et un jour qu'il était vers 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 dit à son père: Ma tête! ma tête! Et le père dit à son serviteur: Porte-le à sa mère.
20 So the servant carried him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But at noontime the boy died.
Et le serviteur le porta à sa mère, qui le tint couché sur ses genoux jusqu'au milieu du jour; alors, il 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.
Et elle l'emporta, l'étendit sur le lit de l'homme de Dieu, ferma sur lui la porte et sortit de la maison.
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].
Puis, elle appela son mari et lui dit: Envoie-moi l'un de tes serviteurs et une ânesse; je courrai jusqu'à l'homme de Dieu, et je reviendrai.
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.”
Mais il dit: Pourquoi veux-tu l'aller trouver ce jour-ci, qui n'est ni sabbat ni nouvelle lune? Or, elle reprit: C'est bien.
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!”
Aussitôt, elle bâta son ânesse, et elle dit à son serviteur: Allons, marche, ne m'arrête point, sur ma monture, que je ne te dise: C'est ici; alors tu iras trouver l'homme de Dieu au mont Carmel.
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 partit donc, et alla jusqu'à l'homme de Dieu sur la montagne. Dès qu'Elisée l'aperçut venant à lui, il dit à Giézi, son serviteur: Voilà certainement cette 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.”
Cours à sa rencontre, dis-lui: Vas-tu bien, et ton époux, et ton enfant? Elle répondit: Tout va bien.
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.”
Puis, elle aborda Elisée sur la montagne, elle lui baisa les pieds, et Giézi s'avança pour la repousser; mais Elisée lui dit: Laisse-la, car son âme est pleine de douleur, et le Seigneur s'est caché de moi; il ne me l'a point dit.
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]
Et la femme ajouta: Est-ce que j'avais demandé à mon maître un fils? N'avais-je point dit: Ne me trompe pas?
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].”
Et Elisée dit à Giézi: Ceins-toi les reins, prends en ta main mon bâton, et pars; si tu rencontres un homme, ne le bénis pas; si un homme te bénit, ne lui réponds pas; ensuite, tu poseras mon bâton sur le visage 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].
Et la mère de l'enfant dit: Vive le Seigneur et vive ton âme! je ne te quitterai point. Elisée se leva donc, 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.”
Cependant, Giézi la devança; il posa le bâton sur le visage de l'enfant; mais il n'y avait plus de voix pour lui répondre, plus d'oreilles pour l'ouir; enfin il revint au-devant d'elle, et lui dit: L'enfant ne s'est point réveillé.
32 When Elisha reached the house, he saw that the boy was lying dead on his bed.
Et Elisée entra dans la maison; il vit l'enfant mort étendu sur son lit.
33 Elisha went into the room by himself and shut the door and prayed to Yahweh.
Et à peine entré dans la maison, Elisée ferma la porte sur eux tous, et il adora 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; il se coucha sur l'enfant; il mit sa bouche contre sa bouche, ses yeux contre ses yeux, ses mains sur ses mains; il se courba sur lui, et la chair de l'enfant fut réchauffée.
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!
Et le prophète descendit; il marcha çà et là dans la maison; puis, il remonta et se courba sur l'enfant, jusqu'à sept fois; et l'enfant ouvrit 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!”
Alors, Elisée appelant à grands cris son serviteur, lui dit: Fais venir cette Sunamite. Il la fit venir; elle entra auprès du prophète, et il lui dit: Prends ton fils.
37 She [gratefully] prostrated herself at Elisha’s feet. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs.
La femme s'avança, se jeta aux pieds du prophète, et l'adora la face contre terre; puis, elle prit son enfant et sortit.
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 retourna à Galgala; il y avait là grande famine, et les fils des prophètes étaient assis devant lui. Elisée dit à son serviteur: Prends une grande chaudière et fais cuire à manger pour les fils des prophètes.
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.
Lui-même alla aux champs recueillir des légumes sauvages; il trouva une vigne, il y prit des courges sauvages plein son manteau, et il les jeta dans la chaudière, sans qu'on le vit.
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.
Cela fait, il porta aux hommes à manger, et tandis qu'ils mangeaient de cette bouillie, ils jetèrent un cri, et dirent: La mort est dans la chaudière, ô homme de Dieu. Et ils ne purent manger davantage.
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.
Alors, il dit: Prenez de la farine et jetez-la dans la chaudière; et s'adressant à Giézi, son serviteur, il ajouta: Donne de cette bouillie au peuple et qu'ils mangent. Et il n'y eut plus rien de mauvais dans la chaudière.
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.”
Et un homme vint de Bétharisa, et il présenta à l'homme de Dieu de ses prémices: vingt pains d'orge avec des cabas de figues; et l'homme de Dieu dit: Donnez cela au peuple, et qu'ils mangent.
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!”
A quoi son serviteur répondit: Pourquoi donner cela à cent hommes! Mais Elisée reprit: Donne-le au peuple, qu'il mange; car le Seigneur a dit: Ils mangeront et ils en laisseront.
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.
Et ils mangèrent et ils en laissèrent, selon la parole du Seigneur.
