Deuxième livre des Rois 2

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Voici ce qui arriva lorsque Yahvé enleva Elie au ciel dans le tourbillon: Elie et Elisée partirent deGilgal,	1 Now it happened that, when the Lord willed to lift up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were going out of Gilgal.
2 et Elie dit à Elisée: "Reste donc ici, car Yahvé ne m'envoie qu'à Béthel"; mais Elisée répondit: "Aussivrai que Yahvé est vivant et que tu vis toi-même, je ne te quitterai pas!" et ils descendirent à Béthel.	2 And Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” And Elisha said to him, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had descended to Bethel,
3 Les frères prophètes, qui résident à Béthel, sortirent à la rencontre d'Elisée et lui dirent: "Sais-tuqu'aujourd'hui Yahvé va emporter ton maître par-dessus ta tête?" Il dit: "Moi aussi je sais; silence!"	3 the sons of the prophets, who were at Bethel, went out to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he responded: “I know it. Be silent.”
4 Elie lui dit: "Elisée! Reste donc ici, car Yahvé ne m'envoie qu'à Jéricho"; mais il répondit: "Aussivrai que Yahvé est vivant et que tu vis toi-même, je ne te quitterai pas!" et ils allèrent à Jéricho.	4 Then Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had arrived at Jericho,
5 Les frères prophètes qui résident à Jéricho s'approchèrent d'Elisée et lui dirent: "Sais-tuqu'aujourd'hui Yahvé va emporter ton maître par-dessus ta tête?" Il dit: "Moi aussi je sais; silence!"	5 the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, drew near to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he said: “I know it. Be silent.”
6 Elie lui dit: "Reste donc ici, car Yahvé ne m'envoie qu'au Jourdain"; mais il répondit: "Aussi vrai queYahvé est vivant et que tu vis toi-même, je ne te quitterai pas!" et ils s'en allèrent tous deux.	6 Then Elijah said to him: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as the Jordan.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And so, the two of them continued on together.
7 50 frères prophètes vinrent et s'arrêtèrent à distance, au loin, pendant que tous deux se tenaient aubord du Jourdain.	7 And fifty men from the sons of the prophets followed them, and they stood opposite them, at a distance. But the two of them were standing above the Jordan.
8 Alors Elie prit son manteau, le roula et frappa les eaux, qui se divisèrent d'un côté et de l'autre, et tousdeux traversèrent à pied sec.	8 And Elijah took his cloak, and he rolled it up, and he struck the waters, which were divided into two parts. And they both went across on dry ground.
9 Dès qu'ils eurent passé, Elie dit à Elisée: "Demande: Que puis-je faire pour toi avant d'être enlevéd'auprès de toi?" Et Elisée répondit: "Que me revienne une double part de ton esprit!"	9 And when they had gone across, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what you wish that I may do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “I beg you, that twice your spirit may be accomplished in me.”
10 Elie reprit: "Tu demandes une chose difficile: si tu me vois pendant que je serai enlevé d'auprès detoi, cela t'arrivera; sinon, cela n'arrivera pas."	10 And he responded: “You have requested a difficult thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will have what you requested. But if you do not see, it shall not be.”
11 Or, comme ils marchaient en conversant, voici qu'un char de feu et des chevaux de feu se mirententre eux deux, et Elie monta au ciel dans le tourbillon.	11 And as they continued on, they were conversing while walking. And behold, a fiery chariot with fiery horses divided the two. And Elijah ascended by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 Elisée voyait et il criait: "Mon père! Mon père! Char d'Israël et son attelage!" puis il ne le vit pluset, saisissant ses vêtements, il les déchira en deux.	12 Then Elisha saw it, and he cried out: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel with its driver!” And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments, and he tore them into two parts.
13 Il ramassa le manteau d'Elie, qui avait glissé, et revint se tenir sur la rive du Jourdain.	13 And he picked up the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him. And turning back, he stood above the bank of the Jordan.
14 Il prit le manteau d'Elie et il frappa les eaux en disant: "Où est Yahvé, le Dieu d'Elie?" Il frappa leseaux, qui se divisèrent d'un côté et de l'autre, et Elisée traversa.	14 And he struck the waters with the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said, “Where is the God of Elijah, even now?” And he struck the waters, and they were divided here and there. And Elisha went across.
15 Les frères prophètes le virent à distance et dirent: "L'esprit d'Elie s'est reposé sur Elisée!;" ils vinrentà sa rencontre et se prosternèrent à terre devant lui.	15 Then the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, watching from a distance, said, “The spirit of Elijah has rested upon Elisha.” And approaching to meet him, they reverenced him prone on the ground.
16 Ils lui dirent: "Il y a ici avec tes serviteurs 50 braves. Permets qu'ils aillent à la recherche de tonmaître; peut-être l'Esprit de Yahvé l'a-t-il enlevé et jeté sur quelque montagne ou dans quelque vallée", mais ilrépondit: "N'envoyez personne."	16 And they said to him, “Behold, with your servants there are fifty strong men, who are able to go forth and to seek your lord. For perhaps, the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.” But he said, “Do not send them.”
17 Cependant, comme ils l'importunaient de leurs instances, il dit: "Envoyez!" Ils envoyèrent donc 50hommes, qui cherchèrent pendant trois jours sans le trouver.	17 And they urged him, until he acquiesced and said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men. And after they had searched for three days, they did not find him.
18 Ils revinrent vers Elisée qui était resté à Jéricho, et il leur dit: "Ne vous avais-je pas prévenus de nepas aller?"	18 And they returned to him, for he was living in Jericho. And he said to them: “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not send them?’ ”
19 Les hommes de la ville dirent à Elisée: "La ville est un séjour agréable, comme Monseigneur peutvoir, mais les eaux sont malsaines et le pays souffre d'avortements."	19 Also, the men of the city said to Elisha: “Behold, this city is a very good habitation, as you yourself perceive, O lord. But the waters are very bad, and the ground is barren.”
20 Il dit: "Apportez-moi une écuelle neuve où vous aurez mis du sel", et ils la lui apportèrent.	20 And so he said, “Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it.” And when they had brought it,
21 Il alla où jaillissaient les eaux, il y jeta du sel et dit: "Ainsi parle Yahvé: J'assainis ces eaux, il neviendra plus de là ni mort ni avortement."	21 he went out to the source of the waters, and he cast the salt into it. And he said: “Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters, and no longer shall there be death or barrenness in them.”
22 Et les eaux furent assainies jusqu'à ce jour, selon la parole qu'Elisée avait dite.	22 Then the waters were healed, even to this day, in accord with the word of Elisha, which he spoke.
23 Il monta de là à Béthel, et, comme il montait par le chemin, de jeunes garçons sortirent de la ville etse moquèrent de lui, en disant: "Monte, tondu! Monte, tondu!"	23 Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: “Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!”
24 Il se retourna, les vit et les maudit au nom de Yahvé. Alors deux ourses sortirent du bois etdéchirèrent 42 des enfants.	24 And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.
25 Il alla de là au mont Carmel, puis il revint à Samarie.	25 Then he went away from there to mount Carmel. And he returned from there into Samaria.