2 Rois 4

1 Et une femme d’entre les femmes des fils des prophètes cria à Élisée, disant: Ton serviteur, mon mari, est mort; et tu sais que ton serviteur craignait l’Éternel; et le créancier est venu pour prendre mes deux enfants, afin qu’ils soient ses serviteurs.

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

2 Et Élisée lui dit: Que ferai-je pour toi? Dis-moi ce que tu as à la maison. Et elle dit: Ta servante n’a rien du tout dans la maison qu’un pot d’huile.

Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil.

3 Et il dit: Va, demande pour toi, du dehors, des vases à tous tes voisins, des vases vides (n’en demande pas peu);

Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.

4 et rentre, et ferme la porte sur toi et sur tes fils, et verse dans tous ces vases, et ôte ceux qui seront remplis.

Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.

5 Et elle s’en alla d’auprès de lui, et elle ferma la porte sur elle et sur ses fils: ceux-ci lui apportaient [les vases], et elle versait.

So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.

6 Et il arriva que, quand les vases furent remplis, elle dit à son fils: Apporte-moi encore un vase. Et il lui dit: Il n’y a plus de vase. Et l’huile s’arrêta.

And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.

7 Et elle s’en vint et le raconta à l’homme de Dieu, et il dit: Va, vends l’huile, et paie ta dette; et vous vivrez, toi et tes fils, de ce qui restera.

So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.

8 Et, un jour, il arriva qu’Élisée passa par Sunem; et il y avait là une femme riche, et elle le retint pour manger le pain. Et il se trouva que, chaque fois qu’il passait, il se retirait là pour manger le pain.

Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there, who made him come in and have a meal with her. And after that, every time he went by, he went into her house for a meal.

9 Et elle dit à son mari: Voici, je connais que c’est un saint homme de Dieu qui passe chez nous continuellement.

And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.

10 Faisons, je te prie, une petite chambre haute en maçonnerie, et mettons-y pour lui un lit, et une table, et un siège, et un chandelier; et il arrivera que, quand il viendra chez nous, il se retirera là.

So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

11 Or, un jour, il arriva qu’il vint là, et qu’il se retira dans la chambre haute et y coucha.

Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there.

12 Et il dit à Guéhazi, son jeune homme: Appelle cette Sunamite. Et il l’appela, et elle se tint devant lui.

And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Send for this Shunammite. So in answer to his voice she came before him.

13 Et il dit à Guéhazi: Dis-lui, je te prie: Voici, tu as montré pour nous tout cet empressement; qu’y a-t-il à faire pour toi? Faut-il parler pour toi au roi, ou au chef de l’armée? Et elle dit: J’habite au milieu de mon peuple.

And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? will you have any request made for you to the king or the captain of the army? But she said, I am living among my people.

14 Et il dit: Qu’y a-t-il donc à faire pour elle? Et Guéhazi dit: Eh bien, elle n’a pas de fils, et son mari est vieux.

So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.

15 Et [Élisée] dit: Appelle-la. Et il l’appela. Et elle se tint dans la porte.

Then he said, Send for her. And in answer to his voice she took her place at the door.

16 Et il [lui] dit: À cette même époque, quand ton terme sera là, tu embrasseras un fils. Et elle dit: Non, mon seigneur, homme de Dieu, ne mens pas à ta servante!

And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

17 Et la femme conçut, et enfanta un fils à cette même époque, quand son terme fut là, comme Élisée lui avait dit.

Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.

18 Et l’enfant grandit: et il arriva qu’un jour il sortit vers son père, vers les moissonneurs;

Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

19 et il dit à son père: Ma tête! ma tête! Et [le père] dit au serviteur: Porte-le à sa mère.

And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

20 Et il l’emporta, et l’amena à sa mère; et il resta sur ses genoux jusqu’à midi, et mourut.

And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.

21 Et elle monta, et le coucha sur le lit de l’homme de Dieu; et elle ferma la porte sur lui, et sortit.

Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.

22 Et elle appela son mari, et dit: Envoie-moi, je te prie, un des jeunes hommes, et une des ânesses, et je courrai jusqu’à l’homme de Dieu; et je reviendrai.

And she said to her husband, Send me one of the servants and one of the asses so that I may go quickly to the man of God and come back again.

23 Et il dit: Pourquoi vas-tu vers lui aujourd’hui? Ce n’est ni nouvelle lune ni sabbat. Et elle dit: Tout va bien.

And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

24 Et elle fit seller l’ânesse, et dit à son jeune homme: Mène-la, et marche; ne m’arrête pas dans la course, à moins que je ne te le dise.

Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

25 Et elle s’en alla, et vint vers l’homme de Dieu, sur la montagne du Carmel. Et il arriva que, quand l’homme de Dieu la vit de loin, il dit à Guéhazi, son jeune homme: Voici cette Sunamite!

So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God. And when the man of God saw her coming in his direction, he said to Gehazi, his servant, See, there is the Shunammite;

26 Cours maintenant, je te prie, à sa rencontre, et dis-lui: Tout va-t-il bien? Ton mari va-t-il bien? L’enfant va-t-il bien? Et elle dit: Bien.

Go quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are they well? And she said in answer, All is well.

27 Et elle vint vers l’homme de Dieu sur la montagne, et elle le saisit par les pieds; et Guéhazi s’approcha pour la repousser; et l’homme de Dieu dit: Laisse-la, car son âme est dans l’amertume, et l’Éternel me l’a caché et ne me l’a pas déclaré.

And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.

28 Alors elle dit: Ai-je demandé un fils à mon seigneur? N’ai-je pas dit: Ne me trompe pas?

Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?

29 Et il dit à Guéhazi: Ceins tes reins, et prends mon bâton en ta main, et va-t’en: si tu trouves quelqu’un, ne le salue pas, et si quelqu’un te salue, ne lui réponds pas, et tu mettras mon bâton sur le visage du jeune garçon.

Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

30 Et la mère du jeune garçon dit: L’Éternel est vivant, et ton âme est vivante, que je ne te laisserai point! Et il se leva, et s’en alla après elle.

But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

31 Et Guéhazi les devança, et il mit le bâton sur le visage du jeune garçon, mais il n’y eut pas de voix, pas de signe d’attention. Et il s’en retourna à la rencontre d’Élisée, et lui rapporta, disant: Le jeune garçon ne s’est pas réveillé.

And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.

32 Et Élisée entra dans la maison, et voici, le jeune garçon était mort, couché sur son lit.

And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.

33 Et il entra, et ferma la porte sur eux deux, et supplia l’Éternel.

So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

34 Et il monta, et se coucha sur l’enfant, et mit sa bouche sur sa bouche, et ses yeux sur ses yeux, et ses mains sur ses mains, et se courba sur lui; et la chair de l’enfant se réchauffa.

Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands; and the child's body became warm.

35 Et il se retirait et allait par la maison, tantôt ici, tantôt là; et il montait, et se courbait sur lui. Et le jeune garçon éternua par sept fois, et le jeune garçon ouvrit ses yeux.

Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself out on the child seven times; and the child's eyes became open.

36 Et [Élisée] appela Guéhazi, et [lui] dit: Appelle cette Sunamite. Et il l’appela, et elle vint vers lui. Et il dit: Prends ton fils.

And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.

37 Et elle vint et tomba à ses pieds, et se prosterna en terre; et elle prit son fils et sortit.

And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.

38 Et Élisée retourna à Guilgal. Or il y avait une famine dans le pays. Et les fils des prophètes étaient assis devant lui; et il dit à son jeune homme: Mets la grande marmite, et cuis un potage pour les fils des prophètes.

And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.

39 Et l’un [d’eux] sortit aux champs pour cueillir des herbes, et il trouva de la vigne sauvage et y cueillit des coloquintes sauvages, plein sa robe; et il rentra et les coupa en morceaux dans la marmite du potage, car on ne les connaissait pas.

And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the fruit of it till the fold of his robe was full, he came back and put the fruit, cut up small, into the pot of soup, having no idea what it was.

40 Et on versa à manger aux hommes; et il arriva que, comme ils mangeaient du potage, on cria et dit: Homme de Dieu, la mort est dans la marmite! Et ils n’en pouvaient manger.

Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

41 Et il dit: Apportez de la farine. Et il la jeta dans la marmite, et dit: Verses-en à ce peuple, et qu’ils mangent. Et il n’y avait rien de mauvais dans la marmite.

But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot.

42 Et il vint de Baal-Shalisha un homme qui apporta à l’homme de Dieu du pain des premiers fruits, 20 pains d’orge et du grain en épi dans son sac. Et [Élisée] dit: Donne [cela] au peuple, et qu’ils mangent.

Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.

43 Et celui qui le servait, dit: Comment mettrai-je ceci devant 100 hommes? Et il dit: Donne-le au peuple, et qu’ils mangent; car ainsi dit l’Éternel: On mangera, et il y en aura de reste.

But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people for food; for the Lord says, There will be food for them and some over.

44 Et il le mit devant eux, et ils mangèrent, et ils en eurent de reste, selon la parole de l’Éternel.

So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.