Premier livre des Rois 21

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Nabot de Yizréel avait une vigne juste à côté du palais d’Akab, 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 Akab dit à Nabot: “Ta vigne est à côté de mon palais, donne-la moi pour que j’en fasse un jardin potager. À la place je te donnerai une vigne meilleure, ou si tu préfères, je te la paierai au prix 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 Nabot répondit à Akab: “Que Yahvé me garde d’abandonner 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 Akab rentra chez lui découragé et de très mauvaise humeur pour cette réponse de Nabot de Yizréel: “Je ne céderai pas l’héritage de mes pères.” Il se coucha sur son lit, tourna la tête contre le mur et refusa de manger.	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 Jézabel, sa femme, vint le trouver et lui dit: “Pourquoi fais-tu cette tête-là? Pourquoi 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: “Je viens de dire à Nabot de Yizréel: Donne-moi ta vigne, je te la paierai ou, si tu préfères, je t’en donnerai une autre à la place. Mais il m’a répondu: je ne te donnerai 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: “Te voilà bien là, roi d’Israël! Allez! Lève-toi, mange et cesse de faire cette tête. Je te donnerai, moi, 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 du roi une lettre qu’elle scella avec le cachet du roi, elle l’envoya aux anciens et aux chefs de la ville, les voisins de 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 Voici ce que disait cette lettre: “Proclamez un jeûne et placez Nabot face au 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 Vous trouverez bien deux vauriens pour lui lancer cette accusation: Tu as maudit Dieu et le roi! Alors vous le ferez sortir et vous le tuerez à coups de pierres.”	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 gens de la ville, les anciens et les chefs qui habitaient avec Nabot, firent ce que Jézabel demandait dans la lettre qu’elle leur avait envoyée.	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 ils placèrent Nabot face au 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, ils se placèrent devant Nabot pour témoigner contre lui et devant tout le peuple ils dirent: “Nabot a maudit Dieu et le roi!” On le fit sortir hors de la ville et on le lapida. Et Nabot 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 On le fit savoir à Jézabel: “Nabot a été tué à coups de pierres.”	14 And they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and he has died.”
15 Dès que Jézabel apprit la mort de Nabot, elle dit à Akab: “Lève-toi, prends la vigne de Nabot de Yizréel, celui qui ne voulait pas te la donner pour son prix; il n’y a plus de Nabot, car Nabot 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 Lorsque Akab entendit que Nabot était mort, il se leva pour descendre à Yizréel et il prit possession de la vigne de Nabot.	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 Mais la parole de Yahvé fut adressée à Élie de Tichbé:	17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying:
18 “Lève-toi, descends à la rencontre d’Akab roi d’Israël. Il est en ce moment à Samarie, il est allé à la vigne de Nabot pour en prendre possession.	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 cette parole de Yahvé: Tu assassines, et ensuite tu prends l’héritage! Écoute donc ceci: là où les chiens ont léché le sang de Nabot, les chiens lécheront aussi ton propre sang.”	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 Akab dit à Élie: “Te voilà! mon ennemi m’a surpris!” Élie répondit: “Oui, je t’ai surpris, car tu t’es vendu pour faire ce qui est mal aux yeux de 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 Aussi vais-je faire venir le malheur sur toi. Je balaierai derrière toi, je ferai disparaître tous les mâles de la maison d’Akab, qu’ils soient esclaves ou hommes 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 Puisque tu m’as mis en colère et que tu as fait pécher Israël, je rendrai ta maison semblable à la maison de Jéroboam, fils de Nabat, et à la maison de Bacha, fils d’Ahiya.”	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 Il y eut aussi une parole de Yahvé au sujet de Jézabel: “Les chiens mangeront Jézabel au pied du mur de Yizréel.	23 And about Jezebel also, the Lord spoke, saying: ‘The dogs shall consume Jezebel in the field of Jezreel.
24 Celui de la maison d’Akab qui mourra dans la ville sera dévoré par les chiens, et celui qui mourra dans la campagne sera mangé par les oiseaux du ciel.”	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 ne s’est trouvé vraiment personne comme Akab pour se vendre et faire ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahvé; il faut dire que sa femme Jézabel l’y entraînait.	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 s’est conduit de façon épouvantable, il a servi les idoles comme le faisaient les Amorites que Yahvé avait chassés 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 En entendant les paroles d’Élie, Akab déchira ses vêtements, il s’habilla avec un sac et jeûna; il dormait avec son sac et marchait lentement.	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 Élie de Tichbé:	28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying:
29 “As-tu remarqué comment Akab a fait pénitence devant moi? Puisqu’il a fait pénitence devant moi, je ne ferai pas venir le malheur durant sa vie, je le ferai venir sur sa maison durant la vie de son fils.”	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.”