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Guérison de Naaman le lépreux
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Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
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She said to her mistress, "I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy."
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Someone went in, and told his lord, saying, "The maiden who is from the land of Israel said this."
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The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
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He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "Now when this letter has come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy."
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It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me."
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It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel."
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So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
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Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean."
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But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, "Behold, I thought, 'He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.'
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Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them, and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.
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His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean?'"
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Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, "See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant."
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But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.
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Naaman said, "If not, then, please let two mules' burden of earth be given to your servant; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.
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In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing."
La faute de Guéhazi
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He said to him, "Go in peace." So he departed from him a little way.
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But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him."
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So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, "Is all well?"
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He said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, 'Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'"
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Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
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When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.
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But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, "Where did you come from, Gehazi?" He said, "Your servant went nowhere."
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He said to him, "Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
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Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed forever." He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
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Guérison de Naaman le lépreux
1
Or Naaman, chef de l'armée du roi de Syrie, était un grand homme devant son seigneur, et considéré, car par lui l'Éternel avait délivré les Syriens ; et cet homme était fort et vaillant, mais lépreux.
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Et les Syriens étaient sortis par bandes, et avaient amené captive du pays d'Israël une petite fille, et elle servait la femme de Naaman.
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Et elle dit à sa maîtresse : Oh, si mon seigneur était devant le prophète qui est à Samarie ! alors il le délivrerait de sa lèpre.
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Et Naaman vint et le rapporta à son seigneur, disant : La jeune fille qui est du pays d'Israël a dit ainsi et ainsi.
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Et le roi de Syrie dit : Soit ! va, et j'enverrai une lettre au roi d'Israël. Et il alla, et prit en sa main dix talents d'argent, et six mille pièces d'or, et dix vêtements de rechange.
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Et il apporta au roi d'Israël la lettre, qui disait : Maintenant, quand cette lettre te parviendra, voici, je t'ai envoyé Naaman, mon serviteur, afin que tu le délivres de sa lèpre.
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Et il arriva que, lorsque le roi d'Israël eut lu la lettre, il déchira ses vêtements, et dit : Suis-je Dieu, pour faire mourir et pour faire vivre, que celui-ci envoie vers moi pour délivrer un homme de sa lèpre ? Sachez donc, et voyez qu'il cherche une occasion contre moi.
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Et il arriva que lorsque Élisée, homme de Dieu, eut entendu que le roi d'Israël avait déchiré ses vêtements, il envoya dire au roi : Pourquoi as-tu déchiré tes vêtements ? Qu'il vienne, je te prie, vers moi, et il saura qu'il y a un prophète en Israël.
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Et Naaman vint avec ses chevaux et avec son char, et se tint à l'entrée de la maison d'Élisée.
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Et Élisée envoya vers lui un messager, disant : Va, et lave-toi sept fois dans le Jourdain, et ta chair redeviendra saine, et tu seras pur.
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Et Naaman se mit en colère, et s'en alla, et dit : Voici, je me disais : Il sortira sans doute, et se tiendra là, et invoquera le nom de l'Éternel, son Dieu, et il promènera sa main sur la place malade et délivrera le lépreux.
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L'Abana et le Parpar, rivières de Damas, ne sont-elles pas meilleures que toutes les eaux d'Israël ? Ne puis-je pas m'y laver et être pur ? Et il se tourna, et s'en alla en colère.
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Et ses serviteurs s'approchèrent de lui, et lui parlèrent, et dirent : Mon père, si le prophète t'eût dit quelque grande chose, ne l'eusses-tu pas faite ? Combien plus, quand il t'a dit : Lave-toi, et tu seras pur.
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Et il descendit, et se plongea sept fois dans le Jourdain, selon la parole de l'homme de Dieu ; et sa chair redevint comme la chair d'un jeune garçon, et il fut pur.
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Et il retourna vers l'homme de Dieu, lui et tout son camp, et il vint et se tint devant lui, et dit : Voici, je sais qu'il n'y a point de Dieu en toute la terre, sinon en Israël. Et maintenant, je te prie, prends un présent de ton serviteur.
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Mais Élisée dit : L'Éternel, devant qui je me tiens, est vivant, que je ne le prendrai pas. Et Naaman le pressa de le prendre, mais il refusa.
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Et Naaman dit : Si cela ne se peut, qu'on donne, je te prie, de cette terre à ton serviteur la charge de deux mulets. Car ton serviteur n'offrira plus d'holocauste ni de sacrifice à d'autres dieux, mais seulement à l'Éternel.
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Qu'en ceci l'Éternel pardonne à ton serviteur : quand mon seigneur entrera dans la maison de Rimmon pour s'y prosterner, et qu'il s'appuiera sur ma main, et que je me prosternerai dans la maison de Rimmon, que l'Éternel, je te prie, pardonne à ton serviteur en ceci, quand je me prosternerai dans la maison de Rimmon !
La faute de Guéhazi
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Et il lui dit : Va en paix. Et il s'en alla d'avec lui un bout de chemin.
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Et Guéhazi, le jeune homme d'Élisée, homme de Dieu, dit : Voici, mon maître a épargné Naaman, ce Syrien, en ne prenant pas de sa main ce qu'il avait apporté ; l'Éternel est vivant, si je ne cours après lui, et si je ne prends de lui quelque chose !
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Et Guéhazi poursuivit Naaman : et Naaman vit qu'il courait après lui ; et il descendit de son char à sa rencontre, et lui dit : Tout va-t-il bien ?
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Et il dit : Bien. Mon maître m'a envoyé, disant : Voici, dans ce moment, deux jeunes hommes d'entre les fils des prophètes sont venus vers moi, de la montagne d'Éphraïm ; donne-leur, je te prie, un talent d'argent et deux vêtements de rechange.
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Et Naaman dit : Consens à prendre deux talents. Et il le pressa avec insistance ; et il lia deux talents d'argent dans deux sacs, et deux vêtements de rechange, et il les donna à deux de ses jeunes hommes ; et ils les portèrent devant Guéhazi.
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Et quand il fut arrivé à la colline, il les prit de leurs mains, et les serra dans la maison ; et il renvoya les hommes et ils s'en allèrent.
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Et lui, il entra et se tint devant son maître. Et Élisée lui dit : D'où viens-tu, Guéhazi ? Et il dit : Ton serviteur n'est allé nulle part.
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Et Élisée lui dit : Mon coeur n'est-il pas allé, quand l'homme s'est retourné de dessus son char à ta rencontre ? Est-ce le temps de prendre de l'argent, et de prendre des vêtements, et des oliviers, et des vignes, et du menu et du gros bétail, et des serviteurs et des servantes ?...
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La lèpre de Naaman s'attachera à toi et à ta semence pour toujours. Et Guéhazi sortit de devant lui, lépreux, blanc comme la neige.
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Guérison de Naaman le lépreux
1
Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
2
The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
3
She said to her mistress, "I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy."
4
Someone went in, and told his lord, saying, "The maiden who is from the land of Israel said this."
5
The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
6
He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "Now when this letter has come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy."
7
It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me."
8
It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel."
9
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10
Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean."
11
But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, "Behold, I thought, 'He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.'
12
Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them, and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.
13
His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean?'"
14
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15
He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, "See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant."
16
But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.
17
Naaman said, "If not, then, please let two mules' burden of earth be given to your servant; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.
18
In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing."
La faute de Guéhazi
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He said to him, "Go in peace." So he departed from him a little way.
20
But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him."
21
So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, "Is all well?"
22
He said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, 'Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'"
23
Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
24
When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.
25
But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, "Where did you come from, Gehazi?" He said, "Your servant went nowhere."
26
He said to him, "Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
27
Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed forever." He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
Par son refus Elisée veut éviter ce qui pourrait affaiblir dans l'esprit de ce païen l'effet moral que doit produire sur lui cette guérison. L'acceptation d'une récompense eût rabaissé aux yeux de celui-ci le prophétisme israélite au niveau de la sorcellerie païenne. Comparez sur tout ce récit Luc 4.27.