Premier livre des Rois 21

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Voici ce qui arriva après ces événements: Nabot de Yizréel possédait une vigne à côté du palaisd'Achab, roi de Samarie,	1 And after these things, in that time, there was a vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, who was in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.
2 et Achab parla ainsi à Nabot: "Cède-moi ta vigne pour qu'elle me serve de jardin potager, car elleest tout près de ma maison; je te donnerai en échange une vigne meilleure, ou, si tu préfères, je te donnerail'argent qu'elle vaut."	2 Therefore, Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying: “Give your vineyard to me, so that I may make for myself a garden of herbs. For it is nearby and is beside my house. And I will give to you, in place of it, a better vineyard. Or if you consider it to be more convenient for you, I will give you the price in silver, whatever it is worth.”
3 Mais Nabot, dit à Achab: "Yahvé me garde de te céder l'héritage de mes pères!"	3 Naboth responded to him, “May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”
4 Achab s'en alla chez lui sombre et irrité à cause de cette parole que Nabot de Yizréel lui avait dite:"Je ne te céderai pas l'héritage de mes pères." Il se coucha sur son lit, détourna son visage et ne voulut pasmanger.	4 Then Ahab went into his house, angry and gnashing his teeth over the word that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had spoken to him, saying, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And casting himself on his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and he would not eat bread.
5 Sa femme Jézabel vint à lui et lui dit: "Pourquoi ton esprit est-il chagrin et ne manges-tu pas?"	5 Then Jezebel, his wife, entered to him, and she said to him: “What is this matter, by which your soul has been saddened? And why do you not eat bread?”
6 Il lui répondit: "J'ai parlé à Nabot de Yizréel et je lui ai dit: Cède-moi ta vigne pour de l'argent, ou,si tu aimes mieux, je te donnerai une autre vigne en échange. Mais il a dit: Je ne te céderai pas ma vigne."	6 And he responded to her: “I spoke to Naboth, the Jezreelite, and I said to him: ‘Give your vineyard to me, and accept money. Or if it pleases you, I will give to you a better vineyard, in place of it.’ And he said, ‘I will not give my vineyard to you.’ ”
7 Alors sa femme Jézabel lui dit: "Vraiment, tu fais un joli roi sur Israël! Lève-toi et mange, et queton coeur soit content, moi je vais te donner la vigne de Nabot de Yizréel."	7 Then Jezebel, his wife, said to him: “You are of great authority, and you rule well in the kingdom of Israel. Rise up and eat bread, and be even-tempered. I will give the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, to you.”
8 Elle écrivit au nom d'Achab des lettres qu'elle scella du sceau royal, et elle adressa les lettres auxanciens et aux notables qui habitaient avec Nabot.	8 And so, she wrote letters in the name of Ahab, and she sealed these with his ring. And she sent to those greater by birth, and to the nobles who were in his city and living with Naboth.
9 Elle avait écrit dans ces lettres: "Proclamez un jeûne et faites asseoir Nabot en tête du peuple.	9 And this was the judgment of the letters: “Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.
10 Faites asseoir en face de lui deux vauriens qui l'accuseront ainsi: Tu as maudit Dieu et le roi!Conduisez-le dehors, lapidez-le et qu'il meure!"	10 And send out two men, sons of Belial, against him. And let them speak the false testimony: ‘He has blasphemed God and king.’ And then lead him away, and stone him, and so let him die.”
11 Les hommes de la ville de Nabot, les anciens et les notables qui habitaient sa ville, firent commeJézabel leur avait mandé, comme il était écrit dans les lettres qu'elle leur avait envoyées.	11 Then his fellow citizens, those greater by birth and the nobles who were living with him in the city, did just as Jezebel had instructed them, and just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them.
12 Ils proclamèrent un jeûne et mirent Nabot en tête du peuple.	12 They proclaimed a fast, and they caused Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.
13 Alors arrivèrent les deux vauriens, qui s'assirent en face de lui, et les vauriens témoignèrent contreNabot devant le peuple en disant: "Nabot a maudit Dieu et le roi." On le fit sortir hors de la ville, on le lapida etil mourut.	13 And bringing forward two men, sons of the devil, they caused them to sit opposite him. And they, acting indeed like diabolical men, spoke testimony against him before the multitude: “Naboth has blasphemed God and king.” For this reason, they led him away, beyond the city, and they put him to death by stoning.
14 Puis on envoya dire à Jézabel: "Nabot a été lapidé et il est mort."	14 And they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and he has died.”
15 Lorsque Jézabel eut appris que Nabot avait été lapidé et qu'il était mort, elle dit à Achab: "Lève-toiet prends possession de la vigne de Nabot de Yizréel, qu'il n'a pas voulu te céder pour de l'argent, car Nabot n'estplus en vie, il est mort."	15 Then it happened that, when Jezebel had heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab: “Rise up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, who was not willing to acquiesce to you, and to give it to you in exchange for money. For Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
16 Quand Achab apprit que Nabot était mort, il se leva pour descendre à la vigne de Nabot de Yizréelet en prendre possession.	16 And when Ahab had heard this, namely, that Naboth was dead, he rose up and descended to the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, so that he might take possession of it.
17 Alors la parole de Yahvé fut adressée à Elie le Tishbite en ces termes:	17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying:
18 "Lève-toi et descends à la rencontre d'Achab, roi d'Israël à Samarie. Le voici qui est dans la vignede Nabot, où il est descendu pour se l'approprier.	18 “Rise up, and descend to meet Ahab, the king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is descending to the vineyard of Naboth, so that he may take possession of it.
19 Tu lui diras ceci: Ainsi parle Yahvé: Tu as assassiné, et de plus tu usurpes! C'est pourquoi, ainsiparle Yahvé: A l'endroit même où les chiens ont lapé le sang de Nabot, les chiens laperont ton sang à toi aussi."	19 And you shall speak to him, saying: ‘Thus says the Lord: You have killed. Moreover you have also taken possession.’ And after this, you shall add: ‘Thus says the Lord: In this place, where the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth, they shall also lick your blood.’ ”
20 Achab dit à Elie: "Tu m'as donc rattrapé, ô mon ennemi!" Elie répondit: "Oui, je t'ai rattrapé. Parceque tu as agi en fourbe, faisant ce qui déplaît à Yahvé,	20 And Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you discovered me to be your enemy?” And he said: “I have discovered you to have been sold, so that you would do evil in the sight of the Lord:
21 voici que je vais faire venir sur toi le malheur: je balayerai ta race, j'exterminerai les mâles de lafamille d'Achab, liés ou libres en Israël.	21 ‘Behold, I will lead evil over you. And I will cut down your posterity. And I will put to death of Ahab whatever urinates against a wall, and whatever is lame, and whatever is last in Israel.
22 Je ferai de ta maison comme de celles de Jéroboam fils de Nebat et de Basha fils d'Ahiyya, car tuas provoqué ma colère et fait pécher Israël.	22 And I will cause your house to be like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah. For you have acted so that you provoked me to anger, and so that you caused Israel to sin.’
23 (Contre Jézabel aussi Yahvé a prononcé une parole: Les chiens dévoreront Jézabel dans le champde Yizréel.	23 And about Jezebel also, the Lord spoke, saying: ‘The dogs shall consume Jezebel in the field of Jezreel.
24 Celui de la famille d'Achab qui mourra dans la ville, les chiens le mangeront, et celui qui mourradans la campagne, les oiseaux du ciel le mangeront."	24 If Ahab will have died in the city, the dogs will consume him. But if he will have died in the field, the birds of the air will consume him.’ ”
25 Il n'y eut vraiment personne comme Achab pour agir en fourbe, faisant ce qui déplaît à Yahvé,parce que sa femme Jézabel l'avait séduit.	25 And so, there was no other person similar to Ahab, who was sold so that he did evil in the sight of the Lord. For his wife, Jezebel, urged him on.
26 Il a agi d'une manière tout à fait abominable, s'attachant aux idoles, comme avaient fait lesAmorites que Yahvé chassa devant les Israélites.	26 And he became abominable, so much so that he followed the idols that the Amorites had made, whom the Lord consumed before the face of the sons of Israel.
27 Quand Achab entendit ces paroles, il déchira ses vêtements, mit un sac à même sa chair, jeûna,coucha avec le sac et marcha à pas lents.	27 Then, when Ahab had heard these words, he tore his garments, and he put haircloth on his body, and he fasted, and he slept in sackcloth, and he walked with his head downcast.
28 Alors la parole de Yahvé fut adressée à Elie le Tishbite en ces termes:	28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying:
29 "As-tu vu comme Achab s'est humilié devant moi? Parce qu'il s'est humilié devant moi, je ne feraipas venir le malheur pendant son temps; c'est au temps de son fils que je ferai venir le malheur sur sa maison."	29 “Have you not seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Therefore, since he has humbled himself because of me, I will not lead in the evil during his days. Instead, during the days of his son, I will bring in the evil to his house.”