2 Rois 8

1 Ensuite, Elisée parla à la femme dont il avait ressuscité le fils, disant: Lève-toi; pars, toi et ta maison; va, demeure où tu pourras; car le Seigneur a appelé sur cette terre la famine; elle y est venue pour sept ans.

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

2 Et la femme se leva; elle fit selon la parole d'Élisée, elle et toute sa maison; puis, elle demeura sept ans au pays des Philistins.

So the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

3 A la fin des sept ans, la femme revint du pays des Philistins en sa ville, et elle alla réclamer du roi sa maison et ses champs.

And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

4 Or, le roi avait parlé à Giézi, serviteur d'Elisée, homme de Dieu, disant: Raconte-moi toutes les grandes choses qu'a faites Elisée.

Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.

5 Et ceci advint: tandis qu'il racontait au roi comment il avait ressuscité l'enfant mort, la femme dont Elisée avait ressuscité le fils entra pour réclamer du roi sa maison et ses champs. Et Giézi s'écria: O roi mon maître, voici la femme, et voici son fils qu'Elisée a ressuscité.

And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.

6 Le roi questionna la femme, qui lui raconta tout; et le roi lui donna un eunuque, à qui il dit: Rends-lui tout ce qui était à elle, et tous les produits de ses champs, depuis le jour où elle les a quittés jusqu'à ce jour.

And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

7 Et Elisée alla à Damas, où Ben-Ader, roi de Syrie, était malade; on alla dire à ce dernier: L'homme de Dieu est venu jusqu'ici.

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of God has come.

8 Et le roi dit à Azaël: Prends en ta main un présent; va trouver l'homme de Dieu, et, par lui, demande au Seigneur si je guérirai de cette maladie.

Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

9 Azaël partit à la rencontre du prophète, ayant en la main un présent, et, de tout ce qu'il y avait de bon à Damas, la charge de quarante chameaux; il marcha, s'arrêta devant Elisée, et il lui dit: Ton fils Ben-Ader, roi de Syrie, m'envoie t'interroger, disant: Guérirai-je de cette maladie?

So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

10 Elisée dit: Retourne-t'en, et dis-lui: Tu vivras certainement; mais le Seigneur m'a appris qu'il mourrait.

And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

11 Or, l'homme de Dieu était en présence d'Hazaël; il lui parla tout confus, et il se prit à pleurer.

And he kept his eyes fixed on him till he was shamed, and the man of God was overcome with weeping.

12 Et Azaël lui dit: Pourquoi mon seigneur pleure-t-il? Il répondit: Parce que je sais combien de malheurs tu causeras aux fils d'Israël; tu livreras aux flammes leurs forteresses, tu feras périr par l'épée leurs plus vaillants, tu écraseras leurs enfants à la mamelle, et tu feras avorter les femmes enceintes.

And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

13 Et Azaël répondit: Qu'est donc ce chien mort, ton serviteur, pour accomplir de telles choses? Et le prophète reprit: Le Seigneur m'a montré que tu serais roi de Syrie.

And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has made it clear to me that you will be king over Aram.

14 Et il se sépara d'Elisée pour rentrer chez son maître; celui-ci lui demanda: Que t'a dit Elisée? Il répondit: Que tu vivras.

Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

15 Et, quand vint l'aurore, il prit un manteau épais, le plongea dans l'eau, et en couvrit la figure du roi qui mourut, et Azaël régna à sa place.

Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad's face, causing his death: and Hazael became king in his place.

16 La cinquième année du règne de Joram en Israël, et, du vivant de Josaphat, roi de Juda, Joram, fils de Josaphat, commença à régner.

In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

17 Il avait trente-deux ans, et il régna huit ans en Jérusalem.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

18 Il marcha dans la voie des rois d'Israël comme avait fait la maison d'Achab, parce que la fille d'Achab était sa femme, et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur.

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

19 Mais le Seigneur ne voulut pas détruire Juda, à cause de David, son serviteur; car il avait promis de lui donner un flambeau, et de le conserver toujours à ses fils.

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

20 Sous le règne de Joram, Edom s'affranchit du joug de Juda, et se donna un roi.

In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

21 Et Joram marcha sur Séir avec tous ses chars; il tailla en pièces Edom, qui l'avait enveloppé lui et les chefs des chars; et ce peuple s'enfuit chacun en sa demeure.

Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him, ... the captains of the war-carriages; and the people went in flight to their tents.

22 Toutefois, Edom s'affranchit pour toujours du joug de Juda; en ce même temps-là, Lobna s'affranchit pareillement.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.

23 Quant au reste de l'histoire de Joram, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Faits et gestes des rois de Juda?

Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

24 Et Joram s'endormit avec ses pères; il fut enseveli auprès d'eux dans la ville de David, son aïeul; et Ochozias, son fils, régna à sa place.

And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David: and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.

25 Son règne commença dans la onzième année du règne de Joram en Israël.

In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king;

26 Il avait vingt-deux ans, et il régna un an à Jérusalem, et sa mère était Athalie, issue d'Ambri, roi d'Israël.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

27 Il marcha dans la voie de la maison d'Achab, et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur, comme la maison d'Achab.

He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.

28 Il alla avec Joram, fils d'Achab, combattre Azaël, roi des Syriens, à Ramoth-Galaad, où les Syriens blessèrent Joram.

He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.

29 Et le roi Joram revint à Jezraël pour se guérir des blessures qu'il avait reçues à Ramoth-Galaad, dans la bataille livrée au roi de Syrie; et Ochozias, fils de Joram, alla voir Joram, fils d'Achab, parce qu'il était malade.

So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.