1 Rois 17
1 Or, Elie le prophète thesbite, de Thesba en Galaad, dit à Achab: Vive le Seigneur, Dieu des armées, Dieu d'Israël, devant qui je suis, il n'y aura en ces années ni rosée ni pluie, sinon à ma voix.
Elijah was [a prophet] who lived in Tishbe [town] in [the] Gilead [region]. One day he [went to] King Ahab and said to him, “Yahweh is the God whom we Israelis [worship] and the God whom I worship and serve. Just as certainly as Yahweh lives, there will be no dew or rain for the next few years, if I do not command rain to fall!”
2 Et la parole du Seigneur vint à Élie, disant:
Then Yahweh said to Elijah,
3 Va-t'en d'ici du côté de l'orient, et cache-toi dans le torrent de Chorrath, en face du Jourdain.
“[Because you have made the king angry with you, escape from the king and, ] go to the east, to the Kerith Brook, east of where it flows into the Jordan [River].
4 Tu boiras de l'eau du torrent, et j'ordonnerai aux corbeaux de te nourrir en ce lieu.
You will be able to drink water from the brook, and [you will be able to eat what] the crows [bring to you, because] I have commanded them to bring food to you.”
5 Et Elie fit selon la parole du Seigneur; il s'établit dans le torrent de Chorrath, en face du Jourdain.
So Elijah did what Yahweh commanded him to do. He went and camped alongside Kerith Brook.
6 Et les corbeaux lui apportèrent des pains à l'aurore, et des chairs le soir; et il but de l'eau du torrent.
Crows bought bread and meat to him every morning and every evening, and he drank [water] from the brook.
7 Quelque temps après le torrent se tarit, car il n'y eut point de pluie sur la terre.
But after a while, the water in the brook dried up, because rain did not fall anywhere in the land.
8 Et la parole du Seigneur vint à Elie, disant:
Then Yahweh said to Elijah,
9 Lève-toi et va-t'en à Sarepta chez les Sidoniens; là, j'ai prescrit à une femme veuve de te nourrir.
“Go and live in Zarephath [village], near Sidon [city]. There is a widow there who will give you food to eat. I have [already] told her what to do about that.”
10 Et il se leva, et il partit pour Sarepta; arrivé devant les portes de la ville, il y vit une femme veuve qui ramassait du bois. Et Elie cria après elle, et il lui dit: Prends un peu d'eau dans une cruche, et je boirai.
So [Elijah did what God said]. He went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow who was gathering sticks. He said to her, “Would you please bring me a cup of water?”
11 Elle en alla prendre; puis, le prophète cria après elle, et il lui dit: Apporte-moi un morceau du pain que tu as en ta maison.
While she was going to get it, he called out to her, “Bring me a piece of bread, too!”
12 Mais la femme répondit: Vive le Seigneur ton Dieu! je n'ai pas un seul pain cuit, je n'ai qu'un peu de farine dans la maie et quelques gouttes d'huile dans la fiole; je vais ramasser deux petits morceaux de bois; puis, je rentrerai, et je pétrirai pour moi et mes enfants; nous mangerons, et après nous mourrons.
But she replied, “Your God knows that what I am telling you is true: I do not have even one piece of bread in my house. I have only a handful of flour in a jar, and a little [olive] oil in a jug. I was gathering a few sticks to use these to [make a fire and] cook one more meal, and then after my son and I eat that, we will die [from hunger].”
13 Elie répliqua: Rassure-toi; rentre et fais ce que tu viens de dire; fais de plus pour moi un petit pain; tu me l'apporteras d'abord, tu en feras ensuite pour toi et pour tes enfants.
But Elijah said to her, “Do not be worried! Go home and do what you said that you were going to do. But first, bake me a little loaf of bread and bring it to me. After you do that, take what is left and prepare some food for you and your son.
14 Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: La maie ne manquera plus de farine, et l'huile ne baissera plus dans la fiole, jusqu'au jour où le Seigneur donnera de la pluie à la terre.
[I know that you will be able to do that, ] because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says this: ‘There will always be plenty of flour and [olive] oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again [and the crops grow again]!’”
15 Et la femme s'en alla; elle pétrit, elle mangea; et le prophète et ses enfants mangèrent.
So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day,
16 Et la maie ne manqua plus de farine, et l'huile ne baissa pas dans la fiole, selon la parole que le Seigneur avait dite par la voix d'Elie.
because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just like Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen.
17 Après cela, le fils de la femme maîtresse de la maison tomba malade, et sa maladie fut très violente; enfin le souffle de la vie se retira de lui.
Some time later, the woman’s son became sick. He continued to get worse, and finally he died.
18 Et la femme dit à Elie: Qu'y a-t-il entre moi et toi, homme de Dieu? Es-tu venu chez moi pour rappeler le souvenir de mes péchés, et pour faire mourir mon fils?
So the woman went to Elijah and said to him, “You are a prophet; so why have you done this to me? Have you come here to punish me for my sins by causing my son to die?”
19 Et le prophète répondit à la femme: Donne-moi ton fils. Et il le prit de son sein; et il le porta dans la chambre où il demeurait, et il l'étendit sur sa couche.
But Elijah replied, “Give your son to me.” So she gave her son to him, and he took the boy’s [body] from her and carried it up [the steps] to the room where he stayed. He laid the boy’s [body] on his bed.
20 Là, il cria et il dit: Malheur à moi, Seigneur! je vous prends à témoin en faveur de cette veuve chez qui j'habite; vous l'avez affligée en faisant mourir son fils.
Then Elijah cried out to Yahweh, “O Yahweh my God, this widow [has kindly allowed] me to stay in her home. So why have you brought this tragedy to her and caused her son to die?” [RHQ]
21 Ensuite, il souffla trois fois sur l'enfant, il invoqua le Seigneur, et il dit: Seigneur mon Dieu, que l'âme de cet enfant revienne en lui.
Then Elijah stretched himself on top of the boy’s [body] and called out to Yahweh saying, “Yahweh my God, please allow this boy to become alive again!” He did this three times.
22 Et il en fut ainsi. L'enfant jeta un grand cri;
Yahweh heard what Elijah prayed, and [he caused] the boy [to] become alive again [DOU].
23 Et Elie descendit de sa chambre dans la maison, et il le rendit à sa mère; et il lui dit: Regarde, ton enfant est en vie.
Elijah carried the boy down [the steps] and gave him to his mother. He said, “Look, your son is alive!”
24 Et la femme dit à Elie: Je reconnais que tu es un homme de Dieu; la parole de Dieu dans ta bouche est véritable.
The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know [for certain] that you are a prophet and that the words that you speak are truly from Yahweh!”
