1 Kings 17
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord lives, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew or rain during these years, except by the words of my mouth.”
Or, Elie le prophète thesbite, de Thesba en Galaad, dit à Achab: Vive le Seigneur, Dieu des armées, Dieu d'Israël, devant qui je suis, il n'y aura en ces années ni rosée ni pluie, sinon à ma voix.
2 And the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
Et la parole du Seigneur vint à Élie, disant:
3 “Withdraw from here, and go toward the east, and hide at the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.
Va-t'en d'ici du côté de l'orient, et cache-toi dans le torrent de Chorrath, en face du Jourdain.
4 And there you shall drink from the torrent. And I have instructed the ravens to feed you there.”
Tu boiras de l'eau du torrent, et j'ordonnerai aux corbeaux de te nourrir en ce lieu.
5 Therefore, he went and acted in accord with the word of the Lord. And going away, he settled by the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.
Et Elie fit selon la parole du Seigneur; il s'établit dans le torrent de Chorrath, en face du Jourdain.
6 And the ravens carried bread and flesh to him in the morning, and likewise bread and flesh in the evening. And he drank from the torrent.
Et les corbeaux lui apportèrent des pains à l'aurore, et des chairs le soir; et il but de l'eau du torrent.
7 But after some days, the torrent dried up. For it had not rained upon the earth.
Quelque temps après le torrent se tarit, car il n'y eut point de pluie sur la terre.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
Et la parole du Seigneur vint à Elie, disant:
9 “Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you.”
Lève-toi et va-t'en à Sarepta chez les Sidoniens; là, j'ai prescrit à une femme veuve de te nourrir.
10 He rose up and went away to Zarephath. And when he had arrived at the gate of the city, he saw the widowed woman collecting wood, and he called to her. And he said to her, “Give me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.”
Et il se leva, et il partit pour Sarepta; arrivé devant les portes de la ville, il y vit une femme veuve qui ramassait du bois. Et Elie cria après elle, et il lui dit: Prends un peu d'eau dans une cruche, et je boirai.
11 And as she was going to bring it, he called out after her, saying, “Bring me also, I beg you, a morsel of bread in your hand.”
Elle en alla prendre; puis, le prophète cria après elle, et il lui dit: Apporte-moi un morceau du pain que tu as en ta maison.
12 And she responded: “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. See, I am collecting a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and make it for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
Mais la femme répondit: Vive le Seigneur ton Dieu! je n'ai pas un seul pain cuit, je n'ai qu'un peu de farine dans la maie et quelques gouttes d'huile dans la fiole; je vais ramasser deux petits morceaux de bois; puis, je rentrerai, et je pétrirai pour moi et mes enfants; nous mangerons, et après nous mourrons.
13 And Elijah said to her: “Do not be afraid. But go and do as you have said. Yet truly, first make for me, from the same flour, a little bread baked under ashes, and bring it to me. Then afterward, make some for yourself and for your son.
Elie répliqua: Rassure-toi; rentre et fais ce que tu viens de dire; fais de plus pour moi un petit pain; tu me l'apporteras d'abord, tu en feras ensuite pour toi et pour tes enfants.
14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘The jar of flour will not fail, nor the bottle of oil be diminished, until the day when the Lord will grant rain upon the face of the earth.’”
Car voici ce que dit le Seigneur: La maie ne manquera plus de farine, et l'huile ne baissera plus dans la fiole, jusqu'au jour où le Seigneur donnera de la pluie à la terre.
15 She went and acted in accord with the word of Elijah. And he ate, and she and her household ate. And from that day,
Et la femme s'en alla; elle pétrit, elle mangea; et le prophète et ses enfants mangèrent.
16 the jar of flour did not fail, and the bottle of oil was not diminished, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of Elijah.
Et la maie ne manqua plus de farine, et l'huile ne baissa pas dans la fiole, selon la parole que le Seigneur avait dite par la voix d'Elie.
17 Now it happened that, after these things, the son of the woman who was the mother of the family became ill. And the sickness was very powerful, so that no breath remained in him.
Après cela, le fils de la femme maîtresse de la maison tomba malade, et sa maladie fut très violente; enfin le souffle de la vie se retira de lui.
18 Therefore, she said to Elijah: “What is there between you and me, O man of God? Have you entered to me, so that my iniquities would be remembered, and so that you would put to death my son?”
Et la femme dit à Elie: Qu'y a-t-il entre moi et toi, homme de Dieu? Es-tu venu chez moi pour rappeler le souvenir de mes péchés, et pour faire mourir mon fils?
19 And Elijah said to her, “Give your son to me.” And he took him from her bosom, and he carried him to an upper room, where he himself was staying. And he placed him on his own bed.
Et le prophète répondit à la femme: Donne-moi ton fils. Et il le prit de son sein; et il le porta dans la chambre où il demeurait, et il l'étendit sur sa couche.
20 And he cried out to the Lord, and he said, “O Lord, my God, have you even afflicted the widow by whom I am, in a sense, sustained, so that you would put to death her son?”
Là, il cria et il dit: Malheur à moi, Seigneur! je vous prends à témoin en faveur de cette veuve chez qui j'habite; vous l'avez affligée en faisant mourir son fils.
21 And he stretched himself out beside the boy three times. And he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord, my God, let the soul of this boy, I beg you, return to his body.”
Ensuite, il souffla trois fois sur l'enfant, il invoqua le Seigneur, et il dit: Seigneur mon Dieu, que l'âme de cet enfant revienne en lui.
22 And the Lord heeded the voice of Elijah. And the soul of the boy returned to him, and he revived.
Et il en fut ainsi. L'enfant jeta un grand cri;
23 And Elijah took the boy, and he brought him down from the upper room to the lower part of the house. And he gave him to his mother. And he said to her, “See, your son lives.”
Et Elie descendit de sa chambre dans la maison, et il le rendit à sa mère; et il lui dit: Regarde, ton enfant est en vie.
24 And the woman said to Elijah: “By this, I now realize that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.”
Et la femme dit à Elie: Je reconnais que tu es un homme de Dieu; la parole de Dieu dans ta bouche est véritable.
