2 Rois 8
1 Et Élisée parla à la femme, au fils de laquelle il avait rendu la vie, disant: Lève-toi, et va-t’en, toi et ta maison, et séjourne où tu pourras séjourner; car l’Éternel a appelé la famine, et même elle viendra sur le pays pour sept ans.
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 Et la femme se leva et fit selon la parole de l’homme de Dieu, et s’en alla, elle et sa maison, et séjourna au pays des Philistins sept ans.
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 Et il arriva, au bout de sept ans, que la femme s’en revint du pays des Philistins. Et elle sortit pour crier au roi au sujet de sa maison et de ses champs.
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 Et le roi parlait à Guéhazi, serviteur de l’homme de Dieu, 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 Et il arriva que, tandis qu’il racontait au roi comment il avait rendu la vie à un mort, voici, la femme au fils de laquelle il avait rendu la vie, vint crier au roi au sujet de sa maison et de ses champs. Et Guéhazi dit: Ô roi, mon seigneur! c’est ici la femme, et c’est ici son fils auquel Élisée a rendu 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 Et le roi interrogea la femme, et elle lui raconta [tout]. Et le roi lui donna un eunuque, disant: Rends-lui tout ce qui lui appartient, et tout le revenu des champs, depuis le jour où elle a quitté le pays, jusqu’à maintenant.
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 Et Élisée vint à Damas; et Ben-Hadad, roi de Syrie, était malade, et on lui rapporta, disant: L’homme de Dieu est venu jusqu’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 Et le roi dit à Hazaël: Prends dans ta main un présent, et va à la rencontre de l’homme de Dieu, et consulte par lui l’Éternel, disant: Relèverai-je de 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 Et Hazaël alla à sa rencontre, et prit dans sa main un présent de toutes les bonnes choses de Damas, la charge de 40 chameaux; et il vint, et se tint devant lui, et dit: Ton fils Ben-Hadad, roi de Syrie, m’a envoyé vers toi, disant: Relèverai-je de 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 Et Élisée lui dit: Va, dis-lui: Certainement tu en relèveras. Mais l’Éternel m’a montré qu’il mourra certainement.
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 Et il arrêta sa face et la fixa [sur lui], jusqu’à ce qu’il fut confus; puis 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 Et Hazaël dit: Pourquoi mon seigneur pleure-t-il? Et il dit: Parce que je sais le mal que tu feras aux fils d’Israël: tu mettras le feu à leurs villes fortes, et tu tueras avec l’épée leurs jeunes hommes, et 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 Et Hazaël dit: Mais qu’est ton serviteur, un chien, pour qu’il fasse cette grande chose? Et Élisée dit: L’Éternel m’a montré que tu seras roi sur la 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 Et il s’en alla d’avec Élisée, et vint vers son maître; et [Ben-Hadad] lui dit: Que t’a dit Élisée? Et il dit: Il m’a dit que certainement tu en relèveras.
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 Et il arriva le lendemain, qu’il prit la couverture, et la plongea dans l’eau, et l’étendit sur le visage du roi; et il 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 Et la cinquième année de Joram, fils d’Achab, roi d’Israël, et Josaphat étant roi de Juda, Joram, fils de Josaphat, roi de Juda, commença de régner.
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 était âgé de 32 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; 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 Et il marcha dans la voie des rois d’Israël, selon ce que faisait la maison d’Achab, car il avait pour femme une fille d’Achab; et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel.
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 l’Éternel ne voulut point détruire Juda, à cause de David, son serviteur, selon ce qu’il lui avait dit, qu’il lui donnerait une lampe pour ses fils, à toujours.
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 En ses jours, Édom se révolta de dessous la main de Juda, et ils établirent un roi sur eux.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
21 Et Joram passa à Tsaïr, et tous les chars avec lui; et il se leva de nuit, et frappa Édom qui l’avait entouré, et les chefs des chars; et le peuple s’enfuit à 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 Mais Édom se révolta de dessous la main de Juda, jusqu’à ce jour. Alors, dans ce même temps, Libna se révolta.
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 Et le reste des actes de Joram, et tout ce qu’il fit, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des chroniques des rois 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 Et Joram s’endormit avec ses pères, et fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David; et Achazia, 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, Achazia, fils de Joram, roi de Juda, commença de régner.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
26 Achazia était âgé de 22 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna un an à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Athalie, fille d’Omri, 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 Et il marcha dans la voie de la maison d’Achab et fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, 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 Et il alla avec Joram, fils d’Achab, à la guerre contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie, à Ramoth de Galaad. Et 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 Et le roi Joram s’en retourna à Jizreël pour se faire guérir des blessures que les Syriens lui avaient faites à Rama, lorsqu’il combattait contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie; et Achazia, fils de Joram, roi de Juda, descendit à Jizreël pour voir Joram, fils d’Achab, parce qu’il était malade.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
