2 Chronicles 16
1 Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.
Et, en la trente-huitième année du règne d'Asa, le roi d'Israël marcha contre Juda, et il bâtit Rhama pour empêcher le roi Asa de sortir et d'entrer.
2 Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
Et Asa prit tout l'argent et l'or des trésors, tant du temple que du palais, et il l'envoya au fils d'Ader, roi de Syrie, qui résidait à Damas, disant:
3 “There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”
Fais avec moi l'alliance qui existait entre ton père et le mien; voilà que je t'offre de l'argent et de l'or; viens, disperse Baasa, roi d'Israël, qu'il s'éloigne de mon royaume.
4 And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.
Et le fils d'Ader accueillit la demande d'Asa; il fit partir les chefs de ses armées contre les villes d'Israël, qui dévastèrent Ahion, Dan, Abelmaïn, et tout ce qui environne Nephthali.
5 And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.
Quand Baasa l'apprit, il abandonna les constructions de Rhama, et il renonça à son entreprise.
6 Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
Et le roi Asa rentra en possession de tout Juda, et il prit à Rhama les pierres et les bois que Baasa avait employés pour la bâtir, et il s'en servit pour construire Gabaa et Maspha.
7 In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
En ce temps-là, Anani le prophète vint trouver Asa, roi de Juda, et il lui dit: Parce que tu t'es confié au roi de Syrie, et que tu n'as point eu foi en ton Dieu, l'armée de Syrie a échappé à tes mains.
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
Les Ethiopiens et les Libyens n'avaient-ils pas une armée nombreuse, pleine d'audace, forte par ses cavaliers et sa multitude? Tu as eu foi en Dieu, et il te l'a livrée.
9 For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
Car les regards du Seigneur sont fixés sur la terre pour fortifier tout cœur parfait devant lui; en cela, tu as follement agi, et maintenant, tu seras toujours en guerre.
10 And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.
Asa se mit en colère contre le prophète, et il le jeta en prison, tant il avait de courroux; et, en ce temps-là, Asa maltraita quelques-uns de son peuple.
11 But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Et les actes d'Asa, les premiers et les derniers, sont écrits au livre des Rois de Juda et d'Israël.
12 And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.
En la trente-neuvième année de son règne, Asa souffrit d'un mal aux pieds, dont il fut très-malade; et, en cette maladie, il ne chercha pas le Seigneur, mais les médecins.
13 And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
Et Asa s'endormit avec ses pères, et il mourut en la quarantième année de son règne.
14 And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.
Et on l'ensevelit dans le sépulcre qu'il s'était creusé en la ville de David; or, on l'avait étendu sur sa couche, on l'avait rempli d'aromates et de toutes les substances dent se composent les parfums, et on lui fit de magnifiques funérailles.
