2 Rois 2
1 Or il arriva lorsque l'Eternel voulut enlever Elie aux cieux par un tourbillon, qu'Elie et Elisée partirent de Guilgal.
When Yahweh was about to take [the prophet] Elijah up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind), Elijah and [his fellow prophet] Elisha were traveling [south] from Gilgal [town].
2 Et Elie dit à Elisée: Je te prie demeure ici, car l'Eternel m'envoie jusqu'à Bethel. Mais Elisée répondit: L'Eternel est vivant, et ton âme est vivante, que je ne te laisserai point; ainsi ils descendirent à Bethel.
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Bethel [town].” But Elisha replied, “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went down [together] to Bethel.
3 Et les fils des Prophètes qui étaient à Bethel, sortirent vers Elisée, et lui dirent: Ne sais-tu pas bien qu'aujourd'hui l'Eternel va enlever ton maître d'avec toi? Et il répondit: Je le sais bien aussi; taisez-vous.
A group of prophets came to Elisha [and Elijah before they entered the town], and they asked Elisha, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” Elisha answered, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
4 Et Elie lui dit: Elisée, je te prie, demeure ici, car l'Eternel m'envoie à Jérico. Mais il lui répondit: L'Eternel est vivant, et ton âme est vivante, que je ne te laisserai point! Ainsi ils s'en allèrent à Jérico.
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Jericho.” But Elisha replied [again], “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went [together] to Jericho [city].
5 Et les fils des Prophètes qui étaient à Jérico vinrent vers Elisée, et lui dirent: Ne sais-tu pas bien que l'Eternel va enlever aujourd'hui ton maître d'avec toi? Et il répondit: Je le sais bien aussi; taisez-vous.
[As they neared] Jericho, a group of prophets who were from there came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” He answered again, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
6 Et Elie lui dit: Elisée, je te prie demeure ici, car l'Eternel m'envoie jusqu'au Jourdain. Mais il répondit: L'Eternel est vivant, et ton âme est vivante, que je ne te laisserai point; ainsi ils s'en allèrent eux deux ensemble.
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to the Jordan [River].” But [again] Elisha replied, “As certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they continued walking together.
7 Et cinquante hommes d'entre les fils des Prophètes vinrent, et se tinrent loin vis-à-vis; et eux deux s'arrêtèrent près du Jourdain.
Fifty men from a group of prophets [who were from Jericho] also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan [River].
8 Alors Elie prit son manteau, et le replia, et il en frappa les eaux, qui se divisèrent en deux, et ils passèrent tous deux à sec.
Then Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the water with it. A path opened up for them through the river, and they walked across [as though they were] on dry ground.
9 Quand ils furent passés, Elie dit à Elisée: Demande ce que tu veux que je fasse pour toi, avant que je sois enlevé d'avec toi. Et Elisée répondit: Je te prie que j'aie de ton esprit autant que deux.
When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before (I am taken away/Yahweh takes me away)?” Elisha replied, “I want to receive twice as much of your power [as you have had, ] (OR enable me to very powerfully continue your ministry).”
10 Et il lui dit: Tu as demandé une chose difficile; si tu me vois enlever d'avec toi, cela te sera accordé; mais si tu ne me vois point, cela ne te sera point accordé.
Elijah replied, “You have asked for something which is difficult [for me to cause to happen]. But, if you see me when (I am taken from you/Yahweh takes me from you), you will get what you are requesting. But if you do not see me, then you will not get it.”
11 Et il arriva que comme ils marchaient, en parlant, voilà, un chariot de feu et des chevaux de feu les séparèrent l'un de l'autre; et Elie monta aux cieux par un tourbillon.
As they were walking and talking, suddenly a chariot that had fire [surrounding it], pulled by horses which also had fire [surrounding them], appeared. [The chariot driver] drove the chariot between Elijah and Elisha and separated them. Then Elijah was taken up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind).
12 Et Elisée le regardant criait: Mon père! mon père! chariot d'Israël, et sa cavalerie! et il ne le vit plus; puis prenant ses vêtements, il les déchira en deux pièces.
Elisha saw it. He cried out, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [have taken my master away]!” [They disappeared into the sky, ] and Elisha never saw Elijah again. Then Elisha tore his own robe into two pieces [to show that he was sad].
13 Et il leva le manteau d'Elie qui était tombé de dessus lui, et s'en retourna, et s'arrêta sur le bord du Jourdain.
Elijah’s cloak [had fallen off when he was taken away, so] Elisha picked it up and returned to the bank of the Jordan [River].
14 Ensuite il prit le manteau d'Elie, qui était tombé de dessus lui, et frappa les eaux, et dit: Où est l'Eternel le Dieu d'Elie, l'Eternel lui-même? Il frappa donc les eaux, et elles se divisèrent en deux; et Elisée passa.
He [rolled up the cloak and] struck the water with it, and cried out, “Will Yahweh, the God who [enabled] Elijah [to perform miracles, enable me to do similar things]?” Then the water separated, and a path opened up for him, and Elisha went across.
15 Et quand les fils des Prophètes qui étaient à Jérico vis-à-vis, l'eurent vu, ils dirent: L'Esprit d'Elie s'est posé sur Elisée, et ils vinrent au-devant de lui, et se prosternèrent devant lui en terre;
When the group of prophets from Jericho saw what happened, they exclaimed, “Elisha now has the power that Elijah had!” [MTY] They walked over to him and bowed down in front of him.
16 Et lui dirent: Voici maintenant avec tes serviteurs cinquante hommes puissants, nous te prions qu'ils s'en aillent chercher ton maître, de peur que l'Esprit de l'Eternel ne l'ait enlevé, et ne l'ait jeté sur quelque montagne, ou dans quelque vallée; et il répondit: N'y envoyez point.
[One of] them said, “Sir, if you permit us, 50 of our strongest men will go and search for your master [on the other side of the river]. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has left him on some mountain or in some valley.” Elisha replied, “No, do not send them.”
17 Mais ils le pressèrent tant par leurs paroles, qu'il en était honteux. Il [leur] dit donc: Envoyez-y. Et ils envoyèrent [ces] cinquante hommes, qui pendant trois jours cherchèrent [Elie], mais ils ne le trouvèrent point.
But they kept insisting. Finally he was tired of saying “No,” and he said, “Okay, send them.” So 50 men searched for three days, but they did not find Elijah.
18 Puis ils retournèrent vers lui à Jérico, où il s'était arrêté, et il leur dit: Ne vous avais-je pas dit de n'y aller point?
They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, “I told you that you should not go, [because you would not find him]!” [RHQ]
19 Et les gens de la ville dirent à Elisée: Voici maintenant, la demeure de cette ville est bonne, comme mon Seigneur voit, mais les eaux en sont mauvaises, et la terre en est stérile.
Then the leaders of [Jericho] city came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place [to live in]. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.”
20 Et il dit: Apportez-moi un vase neuf, et mettez-y du sel; et ils le lui apportèrent.
Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him.
21 Puis il alla vers le lieu d'où sortaient les eaux, et il y jeta le sel, en disant: Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: J'ai rendu ces eaux saines, elles ne causeront plus la mort, et [la terre ne sera plus] stérile.
Then he went out to the spring [from which the people in the town got water]. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have made this water good/pure. No longer will anyone die, from having drunk this water, and now crops will be able to grow.’” [LIT]
22 Elles furent donc rendues saines, [et elles l'ont été] jusqu'à ce jour, selon la parole qu'Elisée avait proférée.
And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.
23 Il monta de là à Bethel; et comme il montait par le chemin, des petits garçons sortirent de la ville, et en se moquant de lui, ils lui disaient: Monte chauve, monte chauve.
Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of young boys from Bethel [saw him and] started to make fun of him. They continued shouting, “Go away, you bald-headed man!”
24 Et [Elisée]regarda derrière lui, et les ayant regardés, il les maudit au Nom de l'Eternel; sur quoi deux ourses sortirent de la forêt, et déchirèrent quarante-deux de ces enfants-là.
Elisha turned around and looked/glared at them. He asked Yahweh to (curse them/do something bad to them). Immediately two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
25 Et il s'en alla de là en la montagne de Carmel, d'où il s'en retourna à Samarie.
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
