2 Rois 8

1 Et Elisée parla en ces termes à la femme dont il avait rendu le fils à la vie: Lève-toi et pars, toi et ta maison, et émigre quelque part, car l'Éternel fait venir la famine, et qui plus est, elle envahira le pays durant sept ans.

After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.

2 Et la femme se leva et se conforma à l'avis de l'homme de Dieu, et elle partit, elle et sa maison, et fut en émigration dans le pays des Philistins durant sept années.

So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.

3 Et au bout des sept années la femme revint du pays des Philistins; et elle sortit dans le but de réclamer auprès du roi pour sa maison et son champ.

After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.

4 Et le roi s'entretenait avec Gehazi, le valet de l'homme de Dieu, et disait: Raconte-moi donc toutes les grandes choses qu'a faites Elisée.

When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

5 Et en effet, Gehazi racontait au roi qu'il avait rendu la vie au mort, lorsque la femme au fils de laquelle il avait rendu la vie, fit au roi sa réclamation pour sa maison et son champ; et Gehazi dit au roi: O Roi, mon Seigneur, c'est la femme même et c'est à son fils qu'Elisée a rendu la vie.

While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”

6 Et le roi interrogea la femme et elle lui fit le récit, et le roi lui donna (pour l'accompagner) un eunuque auquel il dit: Restitue tout ce qui lui appartient, y compris le revenu du champ à partir du jour où elle a quitté le pays, jusqu'à maintenant.

When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].

7 Et Elisée vint à Damas, et Ben-Hadad, roi de Syrie, était malade; et il fut averti en ces termes: L'homme de Dieu est arrivé ici.

Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,

8 Alors le roi dit à Hazaël: Prends dans ta main une offrande et va au-devant de l'homme de Dieu, et adresse par lui cette question à l'Éternel: Relèverai-je de cette maladie?

the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”

9 Et Hazaël alla au-devant de lui, et prit dans sa main une offrande, tous les plus excellents produits de Damas, la charge de quarante chameaux, et il vint se présenter à lui et dit: Ton fils Ben-Hadad, roi de Syrie, m'envoie vers toi avec ce message: Relèverai-je de cette maladie?

So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”

10 Et Elisée lui dit: Va! dis-lui: Certainement tu en relèveras! Mais l'Éternel m'a découvert qu'il mourra.

Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”

11 Et l'homme de Dieu fixa sur lui son regard qu'il soutint jusqu'au point de le confondre, et l'homme de Dieu pleura.

Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.

12 Alors Hazaël dit: Pourquoi pleure mon Seigneur? Et il répondit: Parce que je sais le mal que tu feras aux enfants d'Israël: tu incendieras leurs forteresses, et égorgeras leur jeunesse avec l'épée, et écraseras leurs enfants et éventreras leurs femmes enceintes.

Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”

13 Et Hazaël dit: Mais! qu'est donc ton chien de serviteur pour exécuter de si grandes choses? Et Elisée dit: L'Éternel m'a fait voir en toi un roi de Syrie.

Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”

14 Et il quitta Elisée pour revenir chez son Maître qui lui dit: Que t'a dit Elisée? Et il répondit: il m'a dit: Certainement tu en relèveras.

Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”

15 Et le lendemain il prit la couverture qu'il plongea dans l'eau, et il l'étendit sur le visage du roi qui mourut; et Hazaël régna en sa place.

But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.

16 Cependant la cinquième année de Joram, fils du roi d'Israël, Achab, Joram, fils de Josaphat, devint roi de Juda.

After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.

17 Il avait trente-deux ans à son avènement, et il régna huit ans à Jérusalem.

He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.

18 Et il marcha sur les errements des rois d'Israël comme avait fait la maison d'Achab; car il avait épousé une fille d'Achab, et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel.

His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.

19 Mais l'Éternel ne voulut pas ruiner Juda, et cela pour l'amour de David, son serviteur, selon la promesse qu'il lui avait faite de lui laisser un flambeau pour ses fils dans tous les temps.

But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.

20 De son temps les Edomites se rendirent indépendants de Juda; et ils se donnèrent un roi.

During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.

21 Joram alors se porta sur Tsaïra avec tous ses chars: et il se leva la nuit et battit les Iduméens qui l'enveloppaient, et les chefs des chars; et la troupe s'enfuit dans ses tentes.

So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.

22 C'est ainsi que Edom est détaché de la domination de Juda jusqu'à ce jour. Alors à la même époque eut lieu la défection de Libna.

So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.

23 Le reste des actes de Joram et toutes ses entreprises sont d'ailleurs consignés dans le livre des annales des rois de Juda.

[If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

24 Et Joram reposa à côté de ses pères, et reçut la sépulture avec ses pères dans la ville de David, et Achazia, son fils, devint roi en sa place.

Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.

25 La douzième année de Joram, fils du roi d'Israël, Achab, Achazia, fils de Joram, devint roi de Juda.

After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.

26 Achazia avait vingt-deux ans à son avènement et il régna un an à Jérusalem. Or le nom de sa mère était Athalie, fille d'Omri, roi d'Israël.

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.

27 Et il marcha sur les errements de la maison d'Achab et fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, comme la maison d'Achab; car il s'était allié à la maison d'Achab.

King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.

28 Et il marcha avec Joram, fils d'Achab, dans la guerre contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie, pour Ramoth en Galaad. Et les Syriens blessèrent Joram.

Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.

29 Alors le roi Joram rebroussa pour se rétablir à Jizréel des blessures qu'il avait reçues des Syriens à Rama, lorsqu'il se battait contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie. Et Achazia, fils de Joram, roi de Juda, descendit pour visiter Joram, fils d'Achab, à Jizréel, car il était malade.

King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.