2 Kings 16
1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah: Ahaz, the son of Jotham, reigned as king of Judah.
En la dix-septième année du règne de Phacée, fils de Romélie, Achaz, fils de Joatham, devint roi de Juda.
2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, his God, as his father David did.
Il avait vingt ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem; il ne fit point ce qui est droit aux yeux du Seigneur son Dieu, aussi fidèlement que David, son aïeul.
3 Instead, he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he even consecrated his son, making him pass through fire, in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.
Et il marcha dans la voie des rois d'Israël; même il livra son fils aux flammes de Moloch, selon l'abomination des peuples que le Seigneur avait exterminés devant la face des fils d'Israël.
4 Also, he was immolating victims, and burning incense, in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree.
Et il immola des victimes sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines, et sous tout arbre touffu.
5 Then Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, ascended to do battle against Jerusalem. And they besieged Ahaz, but they were not able to overcome him.
Alors, Rasin, roi de Syrie, et Phacée, roi d'Israël, vinrent combattre sous les murs de Jérusalem; ils assiégèrent Achaz, mais ils ne purent prévaloir sur lui.
6 At that time, Rezin, the king of Syria, restored Elath to Syria, and he expelled the Judeans from Elath. And the Idumeans went into Elath, and they have lived there, even to this day.
En temps-là, Rasin reprit Elath pour la Syrie, il en chassa les Juifs, et des Iduméens y vinrent; et ils y sont demeurés jusqu'à nos jours.
7 Then Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians, saying: “I am your servant, and I am your son. Ascend and accomplish my salvation from the hand of the king of Syria, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have risen up together against me.”
Et Achaz envoya des messagers à Theglath-Phalasar, roi des Assyriens, disant: Moi et mon fils, nous sommes tes serviteurs; viens, sauve-moi des mains du roi de Syrie, et des mains du roi d'Israël, qui se sont levés contre moi.
8 And when he had collected the silver and the gold that could be found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasuries of the king, he sent it as a gift to the king of the Assyrians.
Achaz prit l'argent et l'or qui se trouva dans les trésors, soit du temple, soit du palais, et il en fit présent au roi d'Assyrie.
9 And he agreed to his will. For the king of the Assyrians ascended against Damascus, and he laid waste to it. And he carried away its inhabitants to Cyrene. But Rezin he killed.
Et le roi des Assyriens l'écouta; il marcha sur Damas, la prit, la dépeupla, et mit à mort le roi Rasin.
10 And king Ahaz traveled to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser, the king of the Assyrians. And when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Ahaz sent to Uriah, the priest, its pattern and likeness, according to all of its work.
Et le roi Achaz alla dans Damas à la rencontre de Theglath-Phalasar; il vit un autel à Damas, et il envoya au prêtre Urie l'image de l'autel, ses proportions, sa structure.
11 And Uriah, the priest, constructed an altar in accord with all that king Ahaz had commanded from Damascus. Uriah, the priest, did so, until king Ahaz arrived from Damascus.
Et le prêtre Urie bâtit un autel selon le modèle que le roi lui avait envoyé de Damas.
12 And when the king had arrived from Damascus, he saw the altar, and he venerated it. And he went up and immolated holocausts, with his own sacrifice.
Puis, Achaz vit l'autel et il y monta;
13 And he offered libations, and he poured out the blood of the peace offerings, which he had offered, upon the altar.
Il fit son holocauste, son sacrifice et sa libation, et il répandit le sang de ses hosties pacifiques offertes sur l'autel
14 But the altar of brass, which was before the Lord, he took away from the face of the temple, and from the place of the altar, and from the place of the temple of the Lord. And he positioned it at the side of the altar, toward the north.
D'airain qui était devant le Seigneur. Et il transporta cet autel de devant la façade du temple, du lieu entre l'autel et le temple, et il le dressa du même côté en tirant vers le nord.
15 Also, king Ahaz instructed Uriah, the priest, saying: “Upon the great altar, offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the holocaust of the king, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the entire people of the land, and their sacrifices. But their libations, and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, you shall pour out upon it. Then truly, the altar of brass shall be prepared for use at my will.”
Ensuite, le roi Achaz donna ses ordres au prêtre Urie, disant: Tu présenteras, sur le grand autel, l'holocauste du matin, les oblations du soir, l'holocauste du roi et son oblation, l'holocauste de tout le peuple, et son oblation et sa libation; tu répandras sur le même autel tout le sang de l'holocauste et tout le sang de toute autre victime, et l'autel d'airain le matin me sera réservé.
16 And so Uriah, the priest, acted in accord with all that king Ahaz had instructed to him.
Et Urie le prêtre fit tout ce que lui avait prescrit le roi Achaz.
17 Then king Ahaz took away the engraved bases, and the basin that was upon them. And he took down the sea from the bronze oxen, which were holding it up. And he positioned it upon a layer of pavement stone.
Le roi Achaz effaça les ciselures des bassins, il enleva les cuvettes qu'ils supportaient, et il ôta, pour la mettre sur une base de pierre, la mer qui reposait sur les bœufs d'airain.
18 Also, the canopy for the Sabbath, which he had built in the temple, and the exterior entrance of the king, he converted into the temple of the Lord, because of the king of the Assyrians.
Et il construisit une base pour le trône dans le temple du Seigneur, et il transporta à l'intérieur la porte extérieure par laquelle le roi entrait dans le temple, à cause du roi des Assyriens.
19 Now the rest of the words of Ahaz that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
Quant au reste de l'histoire du roi Achaz, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Faits et gestes des rois de Juda?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the city of David. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.
Et Achaz s'endormit avec ses pères; il fut enseveli dans la ville de David, et son fils Ezéchias régna à sa place.
