Jeremiah 52
1 One and twenty years was Zedekiah old when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Chamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Sédécias avait vingt et un ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem, et sa mère s'appelait Amitaal, et elle était fille de Jérémie, de Lobna.
2 And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that Jehoyakim had done.
3 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass against Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out of his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and they encamped against it, and built against it works of attack round about.
Dans la neuvième année de son règne, le neuvième année, le dixième jour du mois, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, vint avec toutes ses forces vers Jérusalem, et ils l'entourèrent de retranchements, et ils bâtirent alentour un mur en grandes pierres de taille.
5 So the city was placed in a state of siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Et la ville fut investie jusqu'à la onzième année du règne de Sédécias,
6 And in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, when the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land:
Jusqu'au neuvième jour du mois; et alors la famine prévalut dans la cité, et il n'y avait plus de pain pour le peuple de la terre.
7 The city was broken in, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was near the king's garden; [while the Chaldeans were round about the city; ] and they went by the way of the plain.
Une brèche fut faite aux murailles; les hommes de guerre sortirent de nuit par le chemin de la porte, entre les remparts et les forts avancés qu'on avait élevés près du jardin du roi; et les Chaldéens entouraient le reste de la ville, et les fugitifs prirent la route d'Araba.
8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was scattered from him.
Et l'armée des Chaldéens les poursuivit, et ils prirent le roi auprès de Jéricho, et tous ses serviteurs s'étaient dispersés loin de lui.
9 And they caught the king, and they brought him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Chamath: and he called him to account.
Les Chaldéens firent donc le roi captif et ils le menèrent au roi de Babylone, à Déblatha, et Nabuchodonosor prononça contre lui son arrêt.
10 And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: and also all the princes of Judah did he slaughter in Riblah.
Et il égorgea les fils de Sédécias sous ses yeux, et il égorgea tous les princes de Juda en Déblatha.
11 And the eyes of Zedekiah did he blind; and the king of Babylon bound him with brazen fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in the ward-house till the day of his death.
Et il arracha les yeux de Sédécias; puis, après l'avoir chargé de chaînes, il l'emmena à Babylone; là il le mit avec les esclaves qui tournaient la meule, jusqu'au jour où il mourut.
12 And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, [who] served the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem.
Et le cinquième mois, le sixième jour du mois, Nabuzardan, chef des cuisines, qui se tenait devant le roi de Babylone, marcha sur Jérusalem.
13 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house: and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, did he burn with fire:
Et il livra aux flammes le temple du Seigneur, le palais du roi et toutes les maisons de la ville, et il mit le feu à toutes les grandes maisons.
14 And all the walls of Jerusalem round about did all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, pull down.
Et l'armée des Chaldéens qui étaient avec le chef des cuisines rasa les remparts dont la ville était entourée.
15 And certain of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that had been left in the city, and the deserters, that had run away to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away into exile.
16 But certain of the poorest of the land did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard leave for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
Mais Nabuzardan y laissa les restes du peuple, pour être vignerons et laboureurs.
17 Also the pillars of copper that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the copper sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break, and they carried off all their copper to Babylon.
Et les Chaldéens brisèrent les colonnes d'airain et leurs bases et la mer d'airain qui étaient dans le temple du Seigneur, et ils en emportèrent le métal à Babylone,
18 And the pots, and the shovels, and the knives, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they used to perform the service, did they take away.
Avec les couronnes, les coupes et les chaudières, et tous les vases d'airain employés au service du temple.
19 And the basins, and the censers, and the bowls, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the purifying-tubes: of what was of gold the gold, and of what was of silver the silver, did the captain of the guard take away.
Et il prit aussi les cassolettes et les bassins, et les vases à verser de l'huile, et les chandeliers, et les encensoirs, et les coupes, qui étaient les unes d'or, les autres d'argent;
20 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve copper oxen that served instead of the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the copper of all these vessels could not be weighed.
Et les deux colonnes, et la mer, et les douze bœufs d'airain sous la mer, qu'avait faits le roi Salomon pour le temple du Seigneur. On ne sut pas le poids des vases d'airain.
21 And as regardeth the pillars, eighteen cubits was the height of each one pillar; and a thread of twelve cubits would compass it; and its thickness was four fingers: it was hollow.
Et les colonnes étaient hautes chacune de trente-cinq coudées, et elles étaient, entourées de chaînes longues de douze coudées, épaisses de quatre doigts.
22 And a capital was upon it of copper; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of copper. And the like was the case with the second pillar and the pomegranates.
Et leurs chapiteaux d'airain avaient cinq coudées de haut, et elles étaient entourées d'un filet et de grenades d'airain, et il y avait huit grenades par coudée, et il y avait douze coudées,
23 And the pomegranates were ninety and six on every side: all the pomegranates upon the network were one hundred round about.
Et il y avait quatre-vingt-seize grenades sur les côtés, et il y avait en tout cent grenades sur le filet tout autour.
24 And the captain of the guard took Serayah the chief priest, and Zephanyah the priest second in rank, and the three door-keepers;
Et Nabuzardan prit le premier prêtre, puis le second et les trois gardiens de la voie,
25 And out of the city he took a certain court-officer, who had the supervision of the men of war: and seven men of those that had free access to the kings presence, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the chief of the army, who ordered to the army the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city;
Et un eunuque, chef des gens de guerre, et sept hommes distingués se tenant devant le roi, qui se trouvaient dans la ville, et le scribe des armées, chargé des écritures du peuple de la terre, et soixante hommes de la campagne qui se trouvaient dans la ville.
26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and led them away unto the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Et Nabuzardan, cuisinier en chef du roi, les prit et les conduisit au roi de Babylone à Déblatha.
27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Chamath. Thus Judah was carried away into exile out of his own country.
Et le roi les fit mettre à mort à Déblatha, en la terre d'Émath.
28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away into exile: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty and three Jews;
29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar from Jerusalem, eight hundred thirty and two persons;
30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away into exile of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons; all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the exile of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the five and twentieth day of the month that Evil-merodach the king of Babylon in the [first] year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, and brought him forth out of the prison-house;
En la trente-septième année de la captivité de Joakim, roi de Juda, le douzième mois, le vingt-troisième jour du mois, Ulémadachar, roi de Babylone, l'année même où il monta sur le trône, prit la tête de Joakim et lui coupa les cheveux, et le fit sortir de la maison où il était gardé,
32 And he spoke kindly with him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
Et il lui parla avec douceur, et il lui donna un trône plus élevé que les trônes des autres rois qui l'entouraient à Babylone.
33 And he changed his prison-garments: and he ate bread before him continually all the days of his life.
Et il lui fit changer la robe qu'il avait en prison; et il le fit manger en sa présence tous les jours qu'il vécut.
34 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, the necessary ration for the day on its day, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Et tous les jours, jusqu'à ce qu'il mourût, il régla constamment toute sa dépense.
