2 Rois 9
1 Et Élisée, le prophète, appela un des fils des prophètes, et lui dit: Ceins tes reins, et prends cette fiole d’huile en ta main, et va-t’en à Ramoth de Galaad.
Now the prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets, and he said to him: “Gird your waist, and take this little bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
2 Et entre là, et vois-y Jéhu, fils de Josaphat, fils de Nimshi; et tu entreras, et tu le feras lever du milieu de ses frères, et tu le mèneras dans une chambre intérieure.
And when you arrive in that place, you will see Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. And upon entering, you shall raise him up from the midst of his brothers, and you shall lead him into an inner room.
3 Et tu prendras la fiole d’huile, et tu la verseras sur sa tête, et tu diras: Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Je t’oins roi sur Israël. Et tu ouvriras la porte, et tu t’enfuiras, et tu n’attendras pas.
And taking the little bottle of oil, you shall pour it upon his head, and you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’ And you shall open the door and flee. And you shall not remain in that place.”
4 Et le jeune homme, le jeune prophète, s’en alla à Ramoth de Galaad.
Therefore, the young man, a servant of the prophet, went away to Ramoth Gilead.
5 Et il entra, et voici, les chefs de l’armée étaient assis; et il dit: Chef, j’ai une parole pour toi. Et Jéhu dit: Pour qui de nous tous? Et il dit: Pour toi, chef.
And he entered that place, and behold, the leaders of the army were sitting there, and he said, “I have a word for you, O prince.” And Jehu said, “For which one among us all?” And he said, “For you, O prince.”
6 Et [Jéhu] se leva, et entra dans la maison. Et [le jeune homme] versa l’huile sur sa tête, et lui dit: Ainsi dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Je t’oins roi sur le peuple de l’Éternel, sur Israël;
And he rose up and entered into the room. And he poured the oil on his head, and he said: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you as king over Israel, the people of the Lord.
7 et tu frapperas la maison d’Achab, ton seigneur; et je vengerai, de la main de Jézabel, le sang de mes serviteurs les prophètes et le sang de tous les serviteurs de l’Éternel.
And you shall strike down the house of Ahab, your lord. And I will avenge the blood of my servants, the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, from the hand of Jezebel.
8 Et toute la maison d’Achab périra; et je retrancherai à Achab tous les mâles, l’homme lié et l’homme libre en Israël;
And I will destroy the entire house of Ahab. And I will cause to pass away from Ahab, whatever urinates against a wall, and whatever is lame, and whatever is least in Israel.
9 et je rendrai la maison d’Achab semblable à la maison de Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, et à la maison de Baësha, fils d’Akhija;
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah.
10 et les chiens mangeront Jézabel dans le champ de Jizreël, et il n’y aura personne qui l’enterre. Et il ouvrit la porte et s’enfuit.
Also, the dogs will consume Jezebel, in the field of Jezreel. Neither will there be anyone who may bury her.’” And then he opened the door, and he fled.
11 Et Jéhu sortit vers les serviteurs de son seigneur, et on lui dit: Tout va-t-il bien? Pourquoi ce fou est-il venu vers toi? Et il leur dit: Vous connaissez l’homme et sa pensée.
Then Jehu went out to the servants of his lord. And they said to him: “Is everything well? Why has this insane man come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man, and what he said.”
12 Et ils dirent: Mensonge! Dis-le-nous donc. Et il dit: Il m’a parlé de telle et telle manière, disant: Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Je t’ai oint roi sur Israël.
But they responded, “That is false; instead, you should tell us.” And he said to them, “He said to me these certain things, and he said, ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’”
13 Et ils se hâtèrent, et prirent chacun son vêtement, et les mirent sous lui sur les degrés mêmes; et ils sonnèrent de la trompette, et dirent: Jéhu est roi!
And so they hurried away. And each one, taking his cloak, placed it under his feet, in the manner of a seat for judgment. And they sounded the trumpet, and they said: “Jehu reigns!”
14 Et Jéhu, fils de Josaphat, fils de Nimshi, conspira contre Joram. (Et Joram gardait Ramoth de Galaad, lui et tout Israël, à cause de Hazaël, roi de Syrie.
Then Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram had besieged Ramoth Gilead, he and all of Israel, against Hazael, the king of Syria.
15 Et le roi Joram s’en était retourné à Jizreël pour se faire guérir des blessures que les Syriens lui avaient faites lorsqu’il combattait contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie.) Et Jéhu dit: Si c’est votre pensée, que personne ne s’échappe de la ville et ne sorte pour aller raconter [la nouvelle] à Jizreël.
And he had returned, so that he might be cured at Jezreel, because of his wounds. For the Syrians had struck him, while he was fighting against Hazael, the king of Syria. And Jehu said, “If it pleases you, let no one depart, fleeing from the city; otherwise he may go and give a report in Jezreel.”
16 Et Jéhu monta en char, et s’en alla à Jizreël, car Joram y était alité; et Achazia, roi de Juda, était descendu pour voir Joram.
And he climbed up and set out for Jezreel, because Joram was sick there, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, had gone down to visit Joram.
17 Et la sentinelle se tenait sur la tour à Jizreël, et vit la troupe de Jéhu, comme il arrivait, et dit: Je vois une troupe [de gens]. Et Joram dit: Prends un cavalier, et envoie-le à leur rencontre, et qu’il dise: Est-ce la paix?
And so the watchman, who was standing upon the tower of Jezreel, saw the crowd of Jehu arriving, and he said, “I see a crowd.” And Joram said: “Take a chariot, and send to meet them. And those who go should say, ‘Is everything well?’”
18 Et l’homme à cheval partit à sa rencontre, et dit: Ainsi a dit le roi: Est-ce la paix? Et Jéhu dit: Qu’as-tu à faire de la paix? Tourne, [et passe] derrière moi. Et la sentinelle annonça, disant: Le messager est venu jusqu’à eux, et il ne revient pas.
Therefore, he who had climbed into the chariot went away to meet him, and he said, “The king says this: ‘Is everything peaceful?’” And Jehu said: “What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.” Also the watchman gave a report, saying, “The messenger went to them, but he did not return.”
19 Et il envoya un second homme à cheval; et il vint à eux, et dit: Ainsi dit le roi: Est-ce la paix? Et Jéhu dit: Qu’as-tu à faire de la paix? Tourne, [et passe] derrière moi.
And then he sent a second chariot of horses. And he went to them, and he said, “The king says this: ‘Is there peace?’” And Jehu said: “What peace is there for you? Pass by and follow me.”
20 Et la sentinelle annonça, disant: Il est venu jusqu’à eux, et ne revient pas. Et la manière de conduire est celle de Jéhu, fils de Nimshi; car il conduit avec furie.
Then the watchman gave a report, saying: “He went all the way to them, but he did not return. But their advance is like the advance of Jehu, the son of Nimshi. For he advances precipitously.”
21 Et Joram dit: Qu’on attelle. Et on attela son char. Et Joram, roi d’Israël, sortit, et Achazia, roi de Juda, chacun dans son char; et ils sortirent à la rencontre de Jéhu, et le trouvèrent dans le champ de Naboth, Jizreélite.
And Joram said, “Yoke the chariot.” And they yoked his chariot. And Joram, the king of Israel, and Ahaziah, the king of Judah, departed, each in his chariot. And they went out to meet Jehu. And they met him in the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite.
22 Et il arriva que, quand Joram vit Jéhu, il dit: Est-ce la paix, Jéhu? Et il dit: Quelle paix, … aussi longtemps que les prostitutions de Jézabel, ta mère, et ses enchantements sont en si grand nombre?
And when Joram had seen Jehu, he said, “Is there peace, Jehu?” And he responded: “What is peace? For still the fornications of your mother, Jezebel, and her many poisons, are thriving.”
23 Et Joram tourna sa main, et s’enfuit, et dit à Achazia: Trahison, Achazia!
Then Joram turned his hand, and, fleeing, he said to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
24 Et Jéhu prit son arc en main, et frappa Joram entre les bras, et la flèche sortit au travers de son cœur; et il s’affaissa dans son char.
But Jehu bent his bow with his hand, and he struck Joram between the shoulders. And the arrow went through his heart, and immediately he fell in his chariot.
25 Et [Jéhu] dit à Bidkar, son lieutenant: Prends-le, [et] jette-le dans la portion de champ de Naboth, le Jizreélite; car souviens-toi que, quand moi et toi, nous étions en char tous les deux, à la suite d’Achab, son père, l’Éternel prononça cet oracle contre lui:
And Jehu said to Bidkar, his commander: “Take and cast him into the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite. For I remember, when you and I, sitting in a chariot, were following Ahab, this man’s father, that the Lord lifted this burden upon him, saying:
26 N’ai-je pas vu hier le sang de Naboth et le sang de ses fils, dit l’Éternel? et je te le rendrai dans ce champ-ci, dit l’Éternel. Et maintenant, prends-le [et] jette-le dans le champ, selon la parole de l’Éternel.
‘Certainly, I will repay you in this field, says the Lord, for the blood of Naboth, and for the blood of his sons, which I saw yesterday, says the Lord.’ Therefore, take him now, and cast him into the field, in accord with the word of the Lord.”
27 Et Achazia, roi de Juda, vit [cela], et s’enfuit par le chemin de la maison du jardin; et Jéhu le poursuivit, et dit: Frappez-le, lui aussi, sur le char. [Ils le frappèrent] à la montée de Gur, qui est près de Jibleam; et il s’enfuit à Meguiddo, et y mourut.
But Ahaziah, the king of Judah, seeing this, fled along the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and he said, “Strike this one also in his chariot.” And they struck him on the ascent to Gur, which is beside Ibleam. But he fled into Megiddo, and he died there.
28 Et ses serviteurs le transportèrent sur un char à Jérusalem, et l’enterrèrent dans son sépulcre, avec ses pères, dans la ville de David.
And his servants placed him upon his chariot, and they took him to Jerusalem. And they buried him in the sepulcher with his fathers, in the city of David.
29 Or la onzième année de Joram, fils d’Achab, Achazia avait commencé de régner sur Juda.
In the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah reigned over Judah.
30 Et Jéhu vint à Jizreël; et Jézabel l’apprit, et mit du fard à ses yeux, et orna sa tête, et regarda par la fenêtre.
And Jehu went into Jezreel. But Jezebel, hearing of his arrival, painted her eyes with cosmetics, and adorned her head. And she watched through a window,
31 Et Jéhu entra dans la porte, et elle dit: Est-ce la paix, Zimri, assassin de son seigneur?
as Jehu was entering through the gate. And she said, “Is it possible for there to be peace for Zimri, who killed his lord?”
32 Et il leva sa face vers la fenêtre, et dit: Qui est pour moi? Qui? Et deux ou trois eunuques regardèrent vers lui.
And Jehu lifted up his face to the window, and he said, “Who is this woman?” And two or three eunuchs bowed down before him.
33 Et il dit: Jetez-la en bas. Et ils la jetèrent, et il rejaillit de son sang contre la muraille et contre les chevaux; et il la foula aux pieds.
And he said to them, “Throw her down with force.” And they threw her forcefully, and the wall was splattered with her blood, and the hoofs of the horses trampled her.
34 Et il entra, et mangea et but; et il dit: Allez donc voir cette maudite, et enterrez-la, car elle est fille de roi.
And when he had entered, so that he might eat and drink, he said: “Go, and see to that cursed woman, and bury her. For she is the daughter of a king.”
35 Et ils s’en allèrent pour l’enterrer, mais ils ne trouvèrent rien d’elle que le crâne, et les pieds, et les paumes des mains.
But when they had gone, so that they might bury her, they found nothing but the skull, and the feet, and the ends of her hands.
36 Et ils revinrent et le lui rapportèrent; et il dit: C’est la parole de l’Éternel, qu’il a dite par son serviteur Élie, le Thishbite, disant: Dans le champ de Jizreël, les chiens mangeront la chair de Jézabel;
And returning, they reported to him. And Jehu said: “It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, saying: ‘In the field of Jezreel, the dogs will consume the flesh of Jezebel.
37 et le cadavre de Jézabel sera comme du fumier sur la face des champs, dans le champ de Jizreël, en sorte qu’on ne dira pas: C’est ici Jézabel.
And the flesh of Jezebel will be like dung upon the face of the earth, in the field of Jezreel, so that those who pass by may say: Is this that same Jezebel?’”
