2 Rois 8
1 Élisée parla à la femme dont il avait fait revivre l’enfant, en ces termes: « Lève-toi, va-t-en, toi et ta famille, et séjourne où tu pourras; car Yahweh a appelé la famine, et elle vient en effet sur le pays pour sept années. »
After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.
2 La femme, s’étant levée, fit selon la parole de l’homme de Dieu: elle s’en alla, elle et sa famille, et séjourna sept ans au pays des Philistins.
So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.
3 Au bout des sept ans, la femme revint du pays des Philistins et alla implorer le roi au sujet de sa maison et de son champ.
After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.
4 Le roi s’entretenait avec Giézi, serviteur de l’homme de Dieu, en disant: « Raconte-moi, je te prie, toutes les grandes choses qu’Élisée a faites. »
When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
5 Pendant que le serviteur racontait au roi comment son maître avait rendu la vie à un mort, voici que la femme dont Élisée avait fait revivre le fils se mit à implorer le roi au sujet de sa maison et de son champ. Et Giézi dit: « Ô roi mon seigneur, voici la femme et voici son fils qu’Élisée a rendu à la vie. »
While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”
6 Le roi interrogea la femme, qui lui fit le récit; et le roi lui donna un eunuque, en disant: « Fais restituer tout ce qui lui appartient, avec tous les revenus du champ, depuis le jour où elle a quitté le pays jusqu’à présent. »
When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].
7 Élisée se rendit à Damas; Benhadad, roi de Syrie, était malade, et on l’informa, en disant: « l’homme de Dieu est arrivé ici. »
Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,
8 Le roi dit à Hazaël: « Prends avec toi un présent, et va au-devant de l’homme de Dieu; consulte par lui Yahweh, en disant: Survivrai-je à cette maladie? »
the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”
9 Hazaël alla au-devant d’ Élisée. Il avait pris avec lui un présent, de tout ce qu’il y avait de meilleur à Damas, la charge de quarante chameaux. Lorsqu’il fut arrivé, il se présenta devant Élisée en disant: « Ton fils Benhadad, roi de Syrie, m’envoie vers toi pour dire: Survivrai-je à cette maladie? »
So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”
10 Élisée lui répondit: « Va, dis-lui: Sûrement tu survivras. Mais Yahweh m’a fait voir que sûrement il mourra. »
Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”
11 L’homme de Dieu arrêta son regard sur Hazaël et le fixa jusqu’à le faire rougir; et l’homme de Dieu pleura.
Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.
12 Hazaël dit: « Pourquoi mon seigneur pleure-t-il? » Et Élisée répondit: « Parce que je sais le mal que tu feras aux enfants d’Israël: tu livreras aux flammes leurs villes fortes, tu tueras avec l’épée leurs jeunes gens, tu écraseras leurs petits enfants et tu fendras le ventre à leurs femmes enceintes. »
Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”
13 Hazaël dit: « Mais qu’est donc ton serviteur, un chien, pour faire de si grandes choses? » Élisée répondit: « Yahweh m’a fait voir que tu seras roi de Syrie. »
Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”
14 Hazaël, ayant quitté Élisée, revint auprès de son maître, qui lui dit: « Que t’a dit Élisée? » Il répondit: « Il m’a dit: Sûrement tu survivras. »
Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”
15 Le lendemain, Hazaël prit une couverture et, l’ayant plongée dans l’eau, il l’étendit sur le visage du roi, qui mourut. Et Hazaël régna à sa place.
But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.
16 La cinquième année de Joram, fils d’Achab, roi d’Israël, Josaphat étant encore roi de Juda, Joram, fils de Josaphat, roi de Juda, régna.
After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.
17 Il avait trente-deux ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna huit ans à Jérusalem.
He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
18 Il marcha dans la voie des rois d’Israël, comme avait fait la maison d’Achab, car il avait pour femme une fille d’Achab, et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh.
His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.
19 Mais Yahweh ne voulut pas détruire Juda, à cause de David, son serviteur, selon la promesse qu’il lui avait faite de lui donner toujours une lampe parmi ses fils.
But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.
20 De son temps Édom s’affranchit de la domination de Juda et se donna un roi.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
21 Joram passa à Séïra avec tous les chars; s’étant levé de nuit, il battit les Édomites qui l’entouraient et les chefs des chars, et le peuple s’enfuit dans ses tentes.
So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.
22 Édom s’affranchit de la domination de Juda, jusqu’à ce jour. Lobna s’affranchit aussi dans le même temps.
So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.
23 Le reste des actes de Joram, et tout ce qu’il a fait, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques de Juda?
[If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
24 Joram se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David; et Ochozias, son fils, régna à sa place.
Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.
25 La douzième année de Joram, fils d’Achab, roi d’Israël, régna Ochozias, fils de Joram, roi de Juda.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
26 Ochozias avait vingt-deux ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna un an à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Athalie, fille d’Amri, roi d’Israël.
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
27 Il marcha dans la voie de la maison d’Achab, et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, comme la maison d’Achab, car il était gendre de la maison d’Achab.
King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.
28 Il alla avec Joram, fils d’Achab, combattre Hazaël, roi de Syrie, à Ramoth-en-Galaad. Les Syriens blessèrent Joram;
Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.
29 le roi Joram s’en retourna pour se faire guérir à Jezrahel des blessures que les Syriens lui avaient faites à Ramoth, lorsqu’il se battait contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie. Ochozias, fils de Joram, roi de Juda, descendit pour voir Joram, fils d’Achab, à Jezrahel, parce qu’il était malade.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
