Premier livre des Rois 17

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Elie le Tishbite, de Tishbé en Galaad, dit à Achab: "Par Yahvé vivant, le Dieu d'Israël que je sers, iln'y aura ces années-ci ni rosée ni pluie sauf à mon commandement."	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.”
2 La parole de Yahvé lui fut adressée en ces termes:	2 And the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
3 "Va-t'en d'ici, dirige-toi vers l'orient et cache-toi au torrent de Kerit, qui est à l'est du Jourdain.	3 “Withdraw from here, and go toward the east, and hide at the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.
4 Tu boiras au torrent et j'ordonne aux corbeaux de te donner à manger là-bas."	4 And there you shall drink from the torrent. And I have instructed the ravens to feed you there.”
5 Il partit donc et il fit comme Yahvé avait dit et alla s'établir au torrent de Kerit, à l'est du Jourdain.	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.
6 Les corbeaux lui apportaient du pain le matin et de la viande le soir, et il buvait au torrent.	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.
7 Mais il arriva au bout d'un certain temps que le torrent sécha, car il n'y avait pas eu de pluie dans lepays.	7 But after some days, the torrent dried up. For it had not rained upon the earth.
8 Alors la parole de Yahvé lui fut adressée en ces termes:	8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
9 "Lève-toi et va à Sarepta, qui appartient à Sidon, et tu y demeureras. Voici que j'ordonne là-bas àune veuve de te donner à manger."	9 “Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you.”
10 Il se leva et alla à Sarepta. Comme il arrivait à l'entrée de la ville, il y avait là une veuve quiramassait du bois; il l'interpella et lui dit: "Apporte-moi donc un peu d'eau dans la cruche, que je boive!"	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.”
11 Comme elle allait la chercher, il lui cria: "Apporte-moi donc un morceau de pain dans ta main!"	11 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.
12 Elle répondit: "Par Yahvé vivant, ton Dieu! je n'ai pas de pain cuit; je n'ai qu'une poignée de farinedans une jarre et un peu d'huile dans une cruche, je suis à ramasser deux bouts de bois, je vais préparer cela pourmoi et mon fils, nous mangerons et nous mourrons."	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.”
13 Mais Elie lui dit: "Ne crains rien, va faire comme tu dis; seulement, prépare-m'en d'abord unepetite galette, que tu m'apporteras: tu en feras ensuite pour toi et ton fils.	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.
14 Car ainsi parle Yahvé, Dieu d'Israël: Jarre de farine ne s'épuisera, cruche d'huile ne se videra,jusqu'au jour où Yahvé enverra la pluie sur la face de la terre."	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.’ ”
15 Elle alla et fit comme avait dit Elie, et ils mangèrent, elle, lui et son fils.	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,
16 La jarre de farine ne s'épuisa pas et la cruche d'huile ne se vida pas, selon la parole que Yahvéavait dite par le ministère d'Elie.	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.
17 Après ces événements, il arriva que le fils de la maîtresse de maison tomba malade, et sa maladiefut si violente qu'enfin il expira.	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.
18 Alors elle dit à Elie: "Qu'ai-je à faire avec toi, homme de Dieu? Tu es donc venu chez moi pourrappeler mes fautes et faire mourir mon fils!"	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?”
19 Il lui dit: "Donne-moi ton fils"; il l'enleva de son sein, le monta dans la chambre haute où il habitaitet le coucha sur son lit.
20 Puis il invoqua Yahvé et dit: "Yahvé, mon Dieu, veux-tu donc aussi du mal à la veuve quim'héberge, pour que tu fasses mourir son fils?"	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?”
21 Il s'étendit trois fois sur l'enfant et il invoqua Yahvé: "Yahvé, mon Dieu, je t'en prie, fais revenir enlui l'âme de cet enfant!"	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.”
22 Yahvé exauça l'appel d'Elie, l'âme de l'enfant revint en lui et il reprit vie.	22 And the Lord heeded the voice of Elijah. And the soul of the boy returned to him, and he revived.
23 Elie le prit, le descendit de la chambre haute dans la maison et le remit à sa mère; et Elie dit:"Voici, ton fils est vivant."	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.”
24 La femme lui répondit: "Maintenant je sais que tu es un homme de Dieu et que la parole de Yahvédans ta bouche est vérité!"	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.”