2 Kings 25
1 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it; and they built forts against it around it.
Dans la neuvième année de son règne, le dixième mois, le roi Nabuchodonosor arriva de Babylone avec toute son armée contre Jérusalem; il campa autour de ses remparts, et il les enveloppa d'une muraille qu'il bâtit.
2 So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Et la ville fut investie jusqu'au neuvième mois de la onzième année du règne de Sédécias.
3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
La famine prévalait dans la cité, et il n'y avait pas de pains pour le peuple de la terre.
4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and they went by the way of the Arabah.
Une brèche fut faite aux murailles, et à la nuit les hommes de guerre sortirent par le chemin de la porte qui est entre les remparts, la porte même du jardin du roi; cependant, les Chaldéens entouraient le reste de la ville. Alors, le roi prit la route de la plaine.
5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Et l'armée des Chaldéens les poursuivit; Sédécias fut pris en Araboth-Jéricho, et toute sa troupe se dispersa tout alentour.
6 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
Les Chaldéens firent donc le roi captif; ils le menèrent au roi de Babylone à Reblatha, et Nabuchodonosor prononça contre lui son arrêt.
7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Il égorgea tous ses fils sous ses yeux, qu'ensuite il arracha; puis, après l'avoir chargé de chaînes et d'entraves, il l'emmena à Babylone.
8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
Le septième jour du cinquième mois de la dix-neuvième année du règne de Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan son général en chef, celui qui se tenait devant lui, marcha sur Jérusalem.
9 He burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
Et il livra aux flammes le temple du Seigneur, le palais du roi et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem;
10 All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
Le général en chef [brûla tout].
11 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
Et Nabuzardan enleva tout ce qui survivait du peuple demeuré dans la ville, et ceux qui étaient tombés dans les mains du roi de Babylone, et tout le reste de la multitude.
12 But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
Il ne laissa pour être vignerons et laboureurs que la plus infinie populace.
13 The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the LORD and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of the LORD, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon.
Et les Chaldéens brisèrent les colonnes d'airain, les bassins et la mer d'airain du temple; et ils emportèrent le métal à Babylone.
14 They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
Ils prirent aussi les chaudières, les fourchettes, les coupes, les encensoirs et les vases d'airain employés dans le temple.
15 The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.
Le général en chef prit les portes, les coupes d'or et d'argent,
16 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the bronze of all these vessels was without weight.
Les deux colonnes, la mer et les bassins que Salomon avait placés dans le temple; on ne sut pas le poids de tous les ornements d'airain.
17 The height of the one pillar was thirty-one feet, and a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the capital was eight feet seven inches, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
Chaque colonne avait dix-huit coudées de haut; elle était surmontée d'un chapiteau d'airain, haut de trois coudées, avec un filet entouré de grenades; elles étaient toutes les deux pareilles.
18 The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
Le général en chef fit aussi captifs Saraïas le grand prêtre, Sophonie prêtre du second rang, et les trois gardiens des portes.
19 and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
On prit en outre: hors de la ville, un eunuque commandant les hommes de guerre; dans la ville, cinq de ceux qui voyaient la face du roi, et le scribe du chef de l'armée qui rangeait les troupes en bataille, et soixante hommes de la campagne alors à Jérusalem.
20 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Nabuzardan conduisit les captifs au roi de Babylone, à Reblatha.
21 The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Et Nabuchodonosor les frappa, et les fit mettre à mort à Reblatha dans la terre d'Emath; puis, il emmena Juda loin de sa terre.
22 As for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
Et à la tête du peuple qui resta sur le territoire de Juda, le roi mit Godolias, fils d'Achiman, fils de Saphan.
23 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
Et tous les chefs de l'armée, eux et leurs hommes, apprirent que le roi avait choisi Godolias; alors, Ismaël, fils de Nathanie; Jonas, fils de Careth; Saraïas, fils de Thanamath le Nephthalite, et Jézonias, fils de Machathi, l'allèrent trouver avec leurs hommes à Maspha,
24 Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, "Do not be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you."
Et Godolias prêta serment à eux et à leurs hommes, disant: Ne craignez plus d'invasion des Chaldéens, demeurez en votre terre, servez le roi de Babylone, et tout ira bien pour vous.
25 But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
Et le septième mois, Ismaël, fils de Nathanie, de la race royale, et dix de ses hommes allèrent à Maspha; là, ils attaquèrent Godolias, et ils le tuèrent ainsi que les Chaldéens qui s'y trouvaient avec lui.
26 All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Et tout le peuple, du petit au grand, et les chefs de l'armée se levèrent, et ils s'en allèrent en Égypte, car ils craignaient les Chaldéens.
27 It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Awil-Marduk king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
En la trente-septième année de la captivité de Joachim, roi de Juda, le vingt-septième jour du douzième mois, Evilmerodach, roi de Babylone, dès la première année de son règne, releva la tête de Joachim, roi de Juda, et le fit sortir de prison.
28 and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who 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.
29 and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
Il lui ôta ses vêtements de prisonnier, et il le fit manger, en sa présence, tous les jours de sa vie.
30 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
Et sa portion, portion perpétuelle, lui fut donnée de la maison du roi; il en fut ainsi tous les jours de sa vie.
