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1 Or après la mort d'Achab Moab se rebella contre Israël.
And Moab rebelled against Israel, after the death of Achab.
2 Et Achazia tomba par le treillis de sa chambre haute qui était à Samarie, et en fut malade; et il envoya des messagers, et leur dit: Allez consulter Bahal-zébub, dieu de Hékron, [pour savoir] si je relèverai de cette maladie.
And Ochozias fell through the lattices of his upper chamber which he had in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, saying to them: Go, consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my illness.
3 Mais l'Ange de l'Eternel parla à Elie Tisbite, en disant: Lève-toi, monte au devant des messagers du Roi de Samarie, et leur dis: N'y [a-t-il] point de Dieu en Israël, que vous alliez consulter Bahal-zébub, dieu de Hékron?
And an angel of the Lord spoke to Elias the Thesbite, saying: Arise, and go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them: Is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to consult Beelzebub the god of Accaron?
4 C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Eternel: Tu ne descendras point du lit sur lequel tu es monté, mais certainement tu mourras. Cela dit, Elie s'en alla.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord: From the bed, on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die. And Elias went away.
5 Et les messagers s'en retournèrent vers Achazia, et il leur dit: Pourquoi êtes-vous revenus?
And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?
6 Et ils lui répondirent: Un homme est monté au-devant de nous, qui nous a dit: Allez, retournez vous-en vers le Roi qui vous a envoyés, et dites-lui: Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: N'y a-t-il point de Dieu en Israël, que tu envoies consulter Bahal-zébub dieu de Hékron? A cause de cela tu ne descendras point du lit sur lequel tu es monté, mais certainement tu mourras.
But they answered him: A man met us, and said to us: Go, and return to the king, that sent you, and you shall say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that thou sendest to Beelzebub the god of Accaron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed, on which thou art gone up, but then shalt surely die.
7 Et il leur dit: Comment était fait cet homme qui est monté au devant de vous, et qui vous a dit ces paroles?
And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words?
8 Et ils lui répondirent: C'est un homme vêtu de poil, qui a une ceinture de cuir, ceinte sur ses reins; et il dit: C'est Elie Tisbite.
But they said: A hairy man with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias the Thesbite.
9 Alors il envoya vers lui un capitaine de cinquante hommes, avec sa cinquantaine, lequel monta vers lui. Or voilà, il se tenait au sommet d'une montagne, et [ce capitaine] lui dit: Homme de Dieu, le Roi a dit que tu aies à descendre.
And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down.
10 Mais Elie répondit, et dit au capitaine de la cinquantaine: Si je suis un homme de Dieu, que le feu descende des cieux, et te consume, toi et ta cinquantaine! Et le feu descendit des cieux, et le consuma, lui et sa cinquantaine.
And Elias answering, said to the captain of fifty: If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee, and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him, and the fifty that were with him.
11 Et [Achazia] envoya encore un autre capitaine de cinquante hommes avec sa cinquantaine, qui prit la parole, et lui dit: Homme de Dieu, ainsi a dit le Roi: Hâte-toi de descendre.
And again he sent to him another captain of fifty men, and his fifty with him. And he said to him: Man of God, thus saith the king: Make haste and come down.
12 Mais Elie répondit, et leur dit: Si je suis un homme de Dieu, que le feu descende des cieux et te consume, toi et ta cinquantaine; et le feu de Dieu descendit des cieux, et le consuma, lui et sa cinquantaine.
Elias answering, said: If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And fire came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
13 Et [Achazia] envoya encore un capitaine d'une troisième cinquantaine avec sa cinquantaine, et ce troisième capitaine de cinquante hommes monta, et vint, et se courba sur ses genoux devant Elie, et le supplia, et lui dit: Homme de Dieu, je te prie que tu fasses cas de ma vie, et de la vie de ces cinquante hommes tes serviteurs.
Again he sent a third captain of fifty men, and the fifty that were with him. And when he was come, he fell upon his knees, before Elias, and besought him and said: Man of God, despise not my life, and the lives of thy servants that are with me.
14 Voilà, le feu est descendu des cieux, et a consumé les deux premiers capitaines de cinquante hommes, avec leurs cinquantaines; mais maintenant [je te prie], que tu fasses cas de ma vie.
Behold fire came down from heaven, and consumed the two first captains of fifty men, and the fifties that were with them: but now I beseech thee to spare my life.
15 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel dit à Elie: Descends avec lui, n'aie point peur de lui. Il se leva donc, et descendit avec lui vers le Roi,
And the angel of the Lord spoke to Elias, saying: Go down with him, fear not. He arose therefore, and went down with him to the king,
16 Et lui dit: Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: Parce que tu as envoyé des messagers pour consulter Bahal-zébub dieu de Hékron, comme s'il n'y avait point de Dieu en Israël, pour consulter sa parole: tu ne descendras point du lit sur lequel tu es monté, mais certainement tu mourras.
And said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast sent messengers to consult Beelzebub the god of Accaron, as though there were not a God in Israel, of whom thou mightest inquire the word; therefore from the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down, but thou shalt surely die.
17 Il mourut donc, selon la parole de l'Eternel, qu'Elie avait prononcée; et Joram commença à régner en sa place, la seconde année de Joram, fils de Josaphat, Roi de Juda, parce qu'Achazia n'avait point de fils.
So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elias spoke, and Joram his brother reigned in his stead, in the second year of Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda: because he had no son.
18 Le reste des faits d'Achazia, lesquels il fit, n'est-il pas écrit au Livre des Chroniques des Rois d'Israël?
But the rest of the acts of Ochozias which he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?
