1 Rois 22
1 Et on resta trois ans sans qu’il y ait guerre entre la Syrie et Israël.
For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
2 Et il arriva, en la troisième année, que Josaphat, roi de Juda, descendit vers le roi d’Israël.
Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
3 Et le roi d’Israël dit à ses serviteurs: Savez-vous que Ramoth de Galaad est à nous? Et nous nous taisons, sans la reprendre de la main du roi de Syrie!
[While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
4 Et il dit à Josaphat: Viendras-tu avec moi à la guerre, à Ramoth de Galaad? Et Josaphat dit au roi d’Israël: Moi, je suis comme toi, mon peuple comme ton peuple, mes chevaux comme tes chevaux.
Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
5 Et Josaphat dit au roi d’Israël: Enquiers-toi aujourd’hui, je te prie, de la parole de l’Éternel.
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
6 Et le roi d’Israël rassembla les prophètes, environ 400 hommes, et leur dit: Irai-je à la guerre contre Ramoth de Galaad, ou m’en abstiendrai-je? Et ils dirent: Monte; et le Seigneur la livrera en la main du roi.
So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
7 Et Josaphat dit: N’y a-t-il pas ici encore un prophète de l’Éternel, pour que nous nous enquérions auprès de lui?
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
8 Et le roi d’Israël dit à Josaphat: Il y a encore un homme, pour consulter l’Éternel par lui; mais je le hais, car il ne prophétise pas du bien à mon égard, mais du mal; c’est Michée, fils de Jimla. Et Josaphat dit: Que le roi ne parle pas ainsi!
The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
9 Et le roi d’Israël appela un eunuque, et dit: Fais promptement venir Michée, fils de Jimla.
So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
10 Et le roi d’Israël et Josaphat, roi de Juda, étaient assis chacun sur son trône, revêtus de leurs robes, sur une place ouverte, à l’entrée de la porte de Samarie; et tous les prophètes prophétisaient devant eux.
The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
11 Et Sédécias, fils de Kenaana, se fit des cornes de fer, et dit: Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Avec celles-ci tu heurteras les Syriens, jusqu’à les exterminer.
One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
12 Et tous les prophètes prophétisaient de même, disant: Monte à Ramoth de Galaad, et prospère; et l’Éternel la livrera en la main du roi.
All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
13 Et le messager qui était allé pour appeler Michée, lui parla, disant: Voici, les paroles des prophètes, d’une seule bouche, [annoncent] du bien au roi; que ta parole soit, je te prie, comme la parole de l’un d’eux, et annonce du bien.
Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
14 Mais Michée dit: L’Éternel est vivant, que ce que l’Éternel me dira, je l’annoncerai.
But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
15 Et il vint vers le roi. Et le roi lui dit: Michée, irons-nous à la guerre à Ramoth de Galaad, ou nous en abstiendrons-nous? Et il lui dit: Monte et prospère; et l’Éternel la livrera en la main du roi.
When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
16 Et le roi lui dit: Combien de fois t’adjurerai-je de ne me dire que la vérité au nom de l’Éternel?
But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
17 Et [Michée] dit: J’ai vu tout Israël dispersé sur les montagnes, comme un troupeau qui n’a pas de berger; et l’Éternel a dit: Ceux-ci n’ont pas de seigneur; qu’ils s’en retournent en paix chacun à sa maison.
So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
18 Et le roi d’Israël dit à Josaphat: Ne t’ai-je pas dit qu’il ne prophétise pas du bien à mon égard, mais du mal?
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
19 Et [Michée] dit: C’est pourquoi, écoute la parole de l’Éternel. J’ai vu l’Éternel assis sur son trône, et toute l’armée des cieux se tenant près de lui, à sa droite et à sa gauche;
But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
20 et l’Éternel dit: Qui persuadera Achab, afin qu’il monte et qu’il tombe à Ramoth de Galaad? Et celui-ci dit ainsi, et celui-là dit ainsi.
And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
21 Et un esprit sortit, et se tint devant l’Éternel, et dit: Moi, je le persuaderai. Et l’Éternel lui dit: Comment?
Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
22 Et il dit: Je sortirai, et je serai un esprit de mensonge dans la bouche de tous ses prophètes. Et [l’Éternel] dit: Tu le persuaderas, et aussi tu réussiras: sors, et fais ainsi.
Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
23 Et maintenant, voici, l’Éternel a mis un esprit de mensonge dans la bouche de tous tes prophètes que voilà, et l’Éternel a prononcé du mal à ton sujet.
So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
24 Et Sédécias, fils de Kenaana, s’approcha et frappa Michée sur la joue, et dit: Par où a passé l’Esprit de l’Éternel, d’avec moi, pour te parler?
Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
25 Et Michée dit: Voici, tu le verras ce jour-là, quand tu iras de chambre en chambre pour te cacher.
Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
26 Et le roi d’Israël dit: Prends Michée, et emmène-le à Amon, chef de la ville, et à Joas, fils du roi;
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
27 et tu diras: Ainsi dit le roi: Mettez cet [homme] en prison, et donnez-lui à manger le pain d’affliction et l’eau d’affliction, jusqu’à ce que je revienne en paix.
Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
28 Et Michée dit: Si jamais tu reviens en paix, l’Éternel n’a point parlé par moi. Et il dit: Peuples, entendez-le tous!
Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
29 Et le roi d’Israël monta, et Josaphat, roi de Juda, à Ramoth de Galaad.
So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
30 Et le roi d’Israël dit à Josaphat: Je me déguiserai, et j’irai à la bataille; mais toi, revêts-toi de tes robes. Et le roi d’Israël se déguisa et fut à la bataille.
King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
31 Et le roi de Syrie commanda aux 32 chefs de ses chars, disant: Ne combattez ni contre petit ni contre grand, mais contre le roi d’Israël seul.
The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
32 Et il arriva que, quand les chefs des chars virent Josaphat, ils dirent: Certainement c’est le roi d’Israël. Et ils se détournèrent, pour combattre contre lui; et Josaphat cria.
So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
33 Et il arriva que, lorsque les chefs des chars virent que ce n’était pas le roi d’Israël, ils s’en revinrent de sa poursuite.
they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
34 Et un homme tira de l’arc à l’aventure et frappa le roi d’Israël entre les pièces d’attache et la cuirasse; et [Achab] dit au conducteur de son char: Tourne ta main, et mène-moi hors de l’armée, car je suis blessé.
But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
35 Et la bataille se renforça ce jour-là, et le roi fut soutenu debout sur [son] char, vis-à-vis des Syriens; et il mourut le soir; et le sang de la blessure coulait dans le fond du char.
The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
36 Et une proclamation passa par le camp, au coucher du soleil, disant: Chacun à sa ville, et chacun à son pays!
Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
37 Et le roi mourut, et on l’amena à Samarie; et on enterra le roi à Samarie.
So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
38 Et on lava le char à l’étang de Samarie, et les chiens léchèrent le sang d’Achab, là où les prostituées se lavaient, selon la parole de l’Éternel qu’il avait prononcée.
They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
39 Et le reste des actes d’Achab, et tout ce qu’il fit, et la maison d’ivoire qu’il bâtit, et toutes les villes qu’il bâtit: ces choses ne sont-elles pas écrites dans le livre des chroniques des rois d’Israël?
The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
40 Et Achab s’endormit avec ses pères; et Achazia, son fils, régna à sa place.
When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
41 Et Josaphat, fils d’Asa, commença de régner sur Juda, la quatrième année d’Achab, roi d’Israël.
Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
42 Josaphat était âgé de 35 ans, lorsqu’il commença de régner, et il régna 25 ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Azuba, fille de Shilkhi.
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 Et il marcha dans toute la voie d’Asa, son père; il ne s’en détourna pas, faisant ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Éternel. Seulement, les hauts lieux ne furent pas ôtés: le peuple sacrifiait encore et faisait fumer de l’encens sur les hauts lieux.
Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
44 Et Josaphat fut en paix avec le roi d’Israël.
Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
45 Et le reste des actes de Josaphat, et la puissance qu’il montra, et les guerres qu’il fit, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des chroniques des rois de Juda?
All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
46 Et il extermina du pays le reste des hommes voués à la prostitution, qui étaient restés dans les jours d’Asa, son père.
Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
47 Et il n’y avait pas de roi en Édom; un gouverneur y régnait.
At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
48 Josaphat construisit des navires de Tarsis pour aller à Ophir chercher de l’or; mais ils n’allèrent pas, car les navires furent brisés à Étsion-Guéber.
Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
49 Alors Achazia, fils d’Achab, dit à Josaphat: Que mes serviteurs aillent avec tes serviteurs dans les navires; et Josaphat ne le voulut pas.
Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
50 Et Josaphat s’endormit avec ses pères, et il fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David, son père; et Joram, son fils, régna à sa place.
When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
51 Achazia, fils d’Achab, commença de régner sur Israël, à Samarie, la dix-septième année de Josaphat, roi de Juda; et il régna sur Israël deux ans.
Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
52 Et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, et il marcha dans la voie de son père, et dans la voie de sa mère, et dans la voie de Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, qui fit pécher Israël.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
53 Et il servit Baal, et se prosterna devant lui, et provoqua à colère l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, selon tout ce que son père avait fait.
Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.
