2 Rois 7
1 Élisée dit: « Écoute la parole de Yahvé. Yahvé dit: « Demain, à cette heure-ci, on vendra un seah de fleur de farine pour un sicle, et deux seahs d'orge pour un sicle, à la porte de Samarie. »
Elisha replied to the king, “Listen to what Yahweh says: ‘He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy (ten pounds/five kg.) of fine wheat or (20 pounds/ten kg.) of barley for [only] one piece of silver.’”
2 Alors le capitaine sur la main duquel le roi s'appuyait prit la parole devant l'homme de Dieu, et dit: « Voici, si Yahvé a fait des fenêtres dans le ciel, cela pourrait-il se produire? » Il a dit: « Voici, vous le verrez de vos yeux, mais vous n'en mangerez pas. »
The king’s officer said to Elijah, “That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky [and send grain down to us], that certainly could not [RHQ] happen!” Elisha replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
3 Or, il y avait quatre hommes atteints de lèpre à l'entrée de la porte. Ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: « Pourquoi restons-nous assis ici jusqu'à ce que nous mourions?
That day there were four men who had (leprosy/a dreaded skin disease) who were sitting outside the gate of Samaria [city. They said to each other, “(Why should we] wait here until we die?/[It is ridiculous for us to] wait here until we die.) [RHQ]
4 Si nous disons: « Nous entrerons dans la ville », la famine est dans la ville, et nous y mourrons. Si nous restons assis ici, nous mourrons aussi. Venez donc, et livrons-nous à l'armée des Syriens. S'ils nous sauvent la vie, nous vivrons; et s'ils nous tuent, nous ne pourrons que mourir. »
If we go into the city, we will die there, because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let’s go to where the army of Syria has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not die.”
5 Ils se levèrent au crépuscule pour aller au camp des Syriens. Lorsqu'ils furent arrivés à l'extrémité du camp des Syriens, voici, il n'y avait personne.
So when it was getting dark, those four men went to the camp where the army of Syria had set up their tents. But when they reached the camp, they saw that there was no one there!
6 Car l'Éternel avait fait entendre à l'armée des Syriens le bruit des chars et le bruit des chevaux, le bruit d'une grande armée; et ils se disaient les uns aux autres: « Voici, le roi d'Israël a engagé contre nous les rois des Héthiens et les rois des Égyptiens pour nous attaquer. »
What had happened was that Yahweh had caused the army of Syria to hear something that sounded like a large army marching with chariots and horses. So they said to each other, “Listen! The king of Israel has hired the kings of Egypt and the Heth people-group [and their armies], and they have come to attack us!”
7 Ils se levèrent donc et s'enfuirent au crépuscule, abandonnant leurs tentes, leurs chevaux et leurs ânes, et même le camp tel qu'il était, et s'enfuirent pour sauver leur vie.
So they all ran away that evening and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there, because [they were afraid that] they would be killed [if they stayed there].
8 Lorsque ces lépreux arrivèrent à l'extrémité du camp, ils entrèrent dans une tente, mangèrent et burent, puis emportèrent de l'argent, de l'or et des vêtements, et allèrent les cacher. Puis ils revinrent, entrèrent dans une autre tente, en emportèrent aussi des objets, et allèrent les cacher.
When those four lepers came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Syria had set up their tents, they went into one tent, [and saw all the things that had been left there]. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went [outside the tent] and hid those things. Then they entered another tent, and took things from there, and then went outside and hid them, also.
9 Ils se dirent alors les uns aux autres: « Nous ne faisons pas bien. Aujourd'hui est un jour de bonne nouvelle, et nous nous taisons. Si nous attendons la lumière du matin, le châtiment nous atteindra. Maintenant donc, venez, allons le dire à la maison du roi. »
But then they said to each other, “We are not doing what is right. We have good news [to tell others] today. If we do not tell it to anyone now, and if we wait until morning to tell it, we will certainly be punished [by Yahweh]. So let’s go right now to the palace and tell it to the king’s officials!”
10 Ils vinrent donc appeler les portiers de la ville, et ils leur dirent: « Nous sommes arrivés au camp des Syriens, et voici qu'il n'y avait personne, pas même une voix d'homme, mais les chevaux attachés, les ânes attachés, et les tentes comme elles étaient. »
So they went to the guards at the city gates and called out to them, “We went to where the army of Syria had set up their tents, but we did not see or hear anyone there. Their horses and donkeys were still tied up, but their tents were all deserted/abandoned!”
11 Et les gardiens de la porte crièrent et le racontèrent à la maison du roi qui était à l'intérieur.
The guards shouted the news, and some people [who heard it] went to the palace and reported it there.
12 Le roi se leva pendant la nuit et dit à ses serviteurs: « Je vais vous montrer ce que les Syriens nous ont fait. Ils savent que nous avons faim. Ils sont sortis du camp pour se cacher dans les champs, en disant: « Quand ils sortiront de la ville, nous les prendrons vivants et nous entrerons dans la ville. »
[When] the king [heard it, he] got up out of his bed and said to his officials, “I will tell you what the army of Syria is planning to do. They know that we have no food here, so they have left their tents and are hiding in the fields. They think that we will leave the city [to find some food], and then they will capture us and capture the city.”
13 L'un de ses serviteurs prit la parole et dit: « Qu'on prenne cinq des chevaux qui restent dans la ville. Voici, ils sont comme toute la multitude d'Israël qui est restée dans la ville. Voici qu'ils sont comme toute la multitude d'Israël qui est consumée. Envoyons et voyons. »
But one of his officials said, “Many of our Israeli people have already died [from (hunger/not having anything to eat]). If those of us who are still alive all stay here, we also will die anyway. So let’s send some men with five of our horses that are still alive to go and see [what has really happened].”
14 Ils prirent donc deux chars avec des chevaux, et le roi les envoya vers l'armée syrienne, en disant: « Allez et voyez. »
So they chose some men and told them to go in a chariot and find out what had happened to the army of Syria.
15 Ils les suivirent jusqu'au Jourdain; et voici, tout le chemin était rempli de vêtements et d'équipements que les Syriens avaient jetés dans leur précipitation. Les messagers revinrent et en informèrent le roi.
They went as far as the Jordan [River]. All along the road they saw clothes and equipment that the soldiers from Syria had thrown away while they were running away very quickly. So the men returned to the king and reported [what they had seen].
16 Le peuple sortit et pilla le camp des Syriens. On vendit un seah de farine fine pour un sicle, et deux mesures d'orge pour un sicle, selon la parole de Yahvé.
Then many of the people of Samaria also went [out of the city and went] to where the army of Syria had previously set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. [So there was now plenty of everything!] As a result people could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen!
17 Le roi avait confié la garde de la porte au capitaine sur la main duquel il s'appuyait; le peuple le piétina à la porte, et il mourut comme l'avait dit l'homme de Dieu, qui avait parlé quand le roi était descendu vers lui.
The king of Israel had appointed the officer who was his assistant to supervise what was happening at the marketplace. But as he was standing near the gate, all the people [who were rushing outside the city] trampled on him, and he died, which was what Elisha had said would happen to him when Elisha previously went to talk to the king.
18 Il arriva ce que l'homme de Dieu avait dit au roi: « Deux seahs d'orge pour un sicle et un seah de fleur de farine pour un sicle seront demain, à cette heure-ci, à la porte de Samarie. »
Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver.
19 Ce capitaine répondit à l'homme de Dieu: « Voici, si l'Éternel a fait des fenêtres dans le ciel, cela se pourrait-il? » Il répondit: « Voici, tu le verras de tes yeux, mais tu n'en mangeras pas. »
And the officer had answered, “That certainly cannot [RHQ] happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the sky and send down some grain, that could not happen.” And Elisha had replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
20 Cela lui arriva ainsi, car le peuple le piétina à la porte, et il mourut.
And that is what happened to him. The people [who were rushing out of] the city gate trampled on him, and he died.
