1. Moab se révolta contre Israël, après la mort d'Achab.
2. Or Achazia tomba par le treillis de sa chambre haute à Samarie, et il en fut malade. Il fit partir des messagers, et leur dit: Allez, consultez Baal-Zebub, dieu d'Ekron, pour savoir si je guérirai de cette maladie.
3. Mais l'ange de l'Eternel dit à Elie, le Thischbite: Lève-toi, monte à la rencontre des messagers du roi de Samarie, et dis-leur: Est-ce parce qu'il n'y a point de Dieu en Israël que vous allez consulter Baal-Zebub, dieu d'Ekron?
4. C'est pourquoi ainsi parle l'Eternel: Tu ne descendras pas du lit sur lequel tu es monté, car tu mourras. Et Elie s'en alla.
5. Les messagers retournèrent auprès d'Achazia. Et il leur dit: Pourquoi revenez-vous?
6. Ils lui répondirent: Un homme est monté à notre rencontre, et nous a dit: Allez, retournez vers le roi qui vous a envoyés, et dites-lui: Ainsi parle l'Eternel: Est-ce parce qu'il n'y a point de Dieu en Israël que tu envoies consulter Baal-Zebub, dieu d'Ekron? C'est pourquoi tu ne descendras pas du lit sur lequel tu es monté, car tu mourras.
7. Achazia leur dit: Quel air avait l'homme qui est monté à votre rencontre et qui vous a dit ces paroles?
8. Ils lui répondirent: C'était un homme vêtu de poil et ayant une ceinture de cuir autour des reins. Et Achazia dit: C'est Elie, le Thischbite.
9. Il envoya vers lui un chef de cinquante avec ses cinquante hommes. Ce chef monta auprès d'Elie, qui était assis sur le sommet de la montagne, et il lui dit: Homme de Dieu, le roi a dit: Descends!
10. Elie répondit au chef de cinquante: Si je suis un homme de Dieu, que le feu descende du ciel et te consume, toi et tes cinquante hommes! Et le feu descendit du ciel et le consuma, lui et ses cinquante hommes.
11. Achazia envoya de nouveau vers lui un autre chef de cinquante avec ses cinquante hommes. Ce chef prit la parole et dit à Elie: Homme de Dieu, ainsi a dit le roi: Hâte-toi de descendre!
12. Elie leur répondit: Si je suis un homme de Dieu, que le feu descende du ciel et te consume, toi et tes cinquante hommes! Et le feu de Dieu descendit du ciel et le consuma, lui et ses cinquante hommes.
13. Achazia envoya de nouveau un troisième chef de cinquante avec ses cinquante hommes. Ce troisième chef de cinquante monta; et à son arrivée, il fléchit les genoux devant Elie, et lui dit en suppliant: Homme de Dieu, que ma vie, je te prie, et que la vie de ces cinquante hommes tes serviteurs soit précieuse à tes yeux!
14. Voici, le feu est descendu du ciel et a consumé les deux premiers chefs de cinquante et leurs cinquante hommes: mais maintenant, que ma vie soit précieuse à tes yeux!
15. L'ange de l'Eternel dit à Elie: Descends avec lui, n'aie aucune crainte de lui. Elie se leva et descendit avec lui vers le roi.
16. Il lui dit: Ainsi parle l'Eternel: Parce que tu as envoyé des messagers pour consulter Baal-Zebub, dieu d'Ekron, comme s'il n'y avait en Israël point de Dieu dont on puisse consulter la parole, tu ne descendras pas du lit sur lequel tu es monté, car tu mourras.
17. Achazia mourut, selon la parole de l'Eternel prononcée par Elie. Et Joram régna à sa place, la seconde année de Joram, fils de Josaphat, roi de Juda; car il n'avait point de fils.
18. Le reste des actions d'Achazia, et ce qu'il a fait, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois d'Israël?
1. After the death of Ahab, Moab made itself free from the authority of Israel.
2. Now Ahaziah had a fall from the window of his room in Samaria, and was ill. And he sent men, and said to them, Put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, about the outcome of my disease, to see if I will get well or not.
3. But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?
4. Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.
5. And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?
6. And they said to him, On our way we had a meeting with a man who said, Go back to the king who sent you and say to him, The Lord says, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? For this reason, you will not come down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.
7. And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?
8. And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
9. Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.
10. And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men.
11. Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly.
12. And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.
13. Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.
14. For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.
15. Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.
16. And he said to him, This is the word of the Lord: Because you sent men to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, for this reason you will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.
17. So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.
18. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
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