2 Rois 13
1 En la vingt-troisième année de Joas, fils d’Ochozias, roi de Juda, Joachaz, fils de Jéhu, régna sur Israël dans Samarie, pendant dix-sept ans.
After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.
2 Il fit le mal devant le Seigneur, et il suivit les péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nabath, qui fit pécher Israël, et il ne s’en détourna point.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.
3 Et la fureur du Seigneur fut irritée contre Israël, et il les livra à la main d’Hazaël, roi de Syrie, et à la main de Bénadad, fils d’Hazaël, durant tous ses jours.
So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.
4 Or Joachaz implora la face du Seigneur, et le Seigneur l’écouta; car il vit l’angoisse d’Israël, parce que le roi de Syrie les avait brisés.
Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.
5 Et le Seigneur donna un sauveur à Israël, et il fut délivré de la main du roi de Syrie; et les enfants d’Israël habitèrent dans leurs tabernacles comme hier et avant-hier.
Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.
6 Cependant ils ne s’écartèrent pas des péchés de la maison de Jéroboam, qui fit pécher Israël; mais ils y marchèrent, puisque même le bois sacré demeura toujours en Samarie.
But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.
7 Et il ne resta de peuple à Joachaz que cinquante cavaliers, dix chariots et dix mille hommes de pied; car le roi de Syrie les avait tués et réduits comme la poussière dans un battage d’aire.
Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.
8 Mais le reste des actions de Joachaz, tout ce qu’il a fait, et son courage, n’est-ce pas écrit dans le Livre des actions des jours des rois d’Israël?
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
9 Et Joachaz dormit avec ses pères, et on l’ensevelit à Samarie; et Joas, son fils, régna en sa place.
Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.
10 En la trente-septième année de Joas, roi de Juda, Joas, fils de Joachaz, régna sur Israël dans Samarie, pendant seize ans;
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.
11 Et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur: il ne se détourna pas de tous les péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nabath, qui fit pécher Israël; mais il y marcha.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.
12 Mais le reste des actions de Joas, tout ce qu’il a fait, et son courage, et comment il combattit contre Amasias, roi de Juda, n’est-ce pas écrit dans le Livre des actions des jours des rois d’Israël?
The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.
13 Et Joas dormit avec ses pères; mais Jéroboam s’assit sur son trône. Or Joas fut enseveli à Samarie avec les rois d’Israël.
When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.
14 Cependant Élisée était malade de la maladie même dont il mourut; et Joas, roi d’Israël, descendit vers lui, et il pleurait devant lui, et disait: Mon père, mon père, vous le char d’Israël et son conducteur.
Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”
15 Et Élisée lui dit: Apportez-moi un arc et des flèches. Et lorsqu’il lui eut apporté un arc et des flèches,
Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.
16 Élisée dit: Mettez votre main sur cet arc. Et lorsque le roi eut mis sa main, Élisée mit ses mains sur les mains du roi,
Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.
17 Et dit: Ouvrez la fenêtre qui regarde l’orient. Et lorsqu’il l’eut ouverte, Élisée dit: Jetez une flèche. Et il la jeta. Et Élisée reprit: Flèche de salut du Seigneur, flèche de salut contre la Syrie; et vous frapperez la Syrie à Aphec, jusqu’à ce que vous l’exterminiez.
Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”
18 Il dit encore: Prenez les flèches. Lorsque le roi les eut prises, il lui dit de nouveau: Frappez la terre avec un dard. Et lorsqu’il eut frappé trois fois, et qu’il se fut arrêté,
Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.
19 L’homme de Dieu s’irrita contre lui et dit: Si vous eussiez frappé la terre cinq fois, ou six fois, ou sept fois, vous auriez frappé la Syrie jusqu’à l’extermination; mais maintenant vous la frapperez par trois fois.
But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”
20 Élisée mourut donc, et on l’ensevelit. Or des voleurs de Moab vinrent sur la terre d’Israël en cette même année.
Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).
21 Or quelques hommes enterrant un mort virent les voleurs, et jetèrent le cadavre dans le sépulcre d’Élisée. Lorsque le cadavre eut touché les os d’Élisée, l’homme revécut, et se tint sur ses pieds.
One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!
22 Hazaël, roi de Syrie, affligea donc Israël durant tous les jours de Joachaz;
King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].
23 Et le. Seigneur eut pitié d’eux, et il revint à eux à cause de son alliance qu’il avait faite avec Abraham, Isaac et Jacob: il ne voulut pas les perdre, ni les rejeter entièrement jusqu’au temps présent.
But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.
24 Cependant Hazaël, roi de Syrie, mourut, et Bénadad, son fils, régna en sa place.
When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.
25 Mais Joas, fils de Joachaz, reprit de la main de Bénadad, fils d’Hazaël, les villes qu’Hazaël avait prises de la main de Joachaz, son père, par le droit de la guerre. Joas le battit par trois fois, et il rendit les villes d’Israël.
[The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.
