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.
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; elle fit selon la parole d'Élisée, elle et toute sa maison; puis, elle demeura sept ans au pays des Philistins.
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 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.
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 Or, le roi avait parlé à Giézi, serviteur d'Elisée, homme de Dieu, disant: Raconte-moi toutes les grandes choses qu'a faites Elisée.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 Elisée dit: Retourne-t'en, et dis-lui: Tu vivras certainement; mais le Seigneur m'a appris qu'il mourrait.
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 Or, l'homme de Dieu était en présence d'Hazaël; il lui parla tout confus, et il se prit à pleurer.
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 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.
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 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.
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 se sépara d'Elisée pour rentrer chez son maître; celui-ci lui demanda: Que t'a dit Elisée? Il répondit: Que tu vivras.
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, 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.
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 La cinquième année du règne de Joram en Israël, et, du vivant de Josaphat, roi de Juda, Joram, fils de Josaphat, commença à 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 avait trente-deux ans, et il régna huit ans en Jérusalem.
He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled 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.
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 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 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 Sous le règne de Joram, Edom s'affranchit du joug de Juda, et se donna un roi.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
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.
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 Toutefois, Edom s'affranchit pour toujours du joug de Juda; en ce même temps-là, Lobna s'affranchit pareillement.
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 Quant au reste de l'histoire de Joram, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Faits et gestes 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; il fut enseveli auprès d'eux dans la ville de David, son aïeul; et Ochozias, 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 Son règne commença dans la onzième année du règne de Joram en Israël.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
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 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 Il marcha dans la voie de la maison d'Achab, et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur, comme 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 Il alla avec Joram, fils d'Achab, combattre Azaël, roi des Syriens, à Ramoth-Galaad, où 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 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.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
