2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem,
Manassé avait douze ans en montant sur le trône, et il régna cinquante-cinq ans à Jérusalem.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Il fit le mal aux yeux de l’Eternel, imitant les abominations des peuples que l’Eternel avait dépossédés au profit des enfants d’Israël.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Il rétablit de nouveau les hauts lieux qu’Ezéchias, son père, avait détruits, érigea des autels aux Bealim, dressa des Achêra, se prosterna devant toute la milice céleste et l’adora.
4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
Il construisit des autels dans le temple du Seigneur, malgré cette parole de l’Eternel: "C’Est à Jérusalem que sera mon nom à jamais."
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Or, c’est en l’honneur de toute la milice céleste qu’il érigea des autels dans les deux parvis du temple.
6 He also made his Children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Il fit passer ses fils par le feu dans la vallée de Ben-Hinnôm, s’adonna aux augures, aux sortilèges, aux sorcelleries, et pratiqua les évocations et les divinations. Immense fut le mal qu’il fit aux yeux de l’Eternel pour l’irriter.
7 And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
La statue de l’idole qu’il avait fabriquée, il la plaça dans le temple de Dieu, dont Dieu avait dit à David et à son fils Salomon: "C’Est dans ce temple, à Jérusalem, la ville élue entre toutes les tribus d’Israël, que je ferai résider à jamais mon nom.
8 neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
Je n’éloignerai plus les pas d’Israël du pays que j’ai assigné à vos pères, pourvu qu’ils accomplissent scrupuleusement ce que je leur ai prescrit, toute la loi, les statuts et les préceptes transmis par Moïse."
9 And Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, so that they did evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
Mais Manassé induisit Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem à agir plus mal que les peuples exterminés par l’Eternel au profit des enfants d’Israël.
10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they gave no heed.
L’Eternel parla à Manassé et à son peuple, mais ils n’écoutèrent point.
11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Alors l’Eternel amena contre eux les chefs de l’armée du roi d’Assyrie; ils se saisirent de Manassé, qu’ils mirent aux fers, le lièrent avec des chaînes et l’emmenèrent à Babylone.
12 And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Mais, dans sa détresse, il supplia l’Eternel, son Dieu, et s’humilia profondément devant le Dieu de ses pères.
13 And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
Il l’implora, et Dieu l’exauça, entendit sa supplication, le ramena à Jérusalem sur son trône, et Manassé reconnut que le Seigneur est Dieu.
14 Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate; and he compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Après cela, il bâtit un mur extérieur à la Cité de David, à l’ouest, vers le Ghihôn, dans la vallée, jusqu’à la porte des Poissons; il le fit contourner l’Ophel et lui donna une grande hauteur; il établit aussi des chefs militaires dans toutes les villes fortes de Juda.
15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
Il retira les dieux étrangers et l’idole du temple de l’Eternel, et tous les autels qu’il avait bâtis sur la montagne du temple de l’Eternel et à Jérusalem, et les jeta hors de la ville.
16 And he built up the altar of the LORD, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
Il restaura l’autel de l’Eternel, y offrit des sacrifices de rémunération et de reconnaissance, et ordonna à Juda de servir l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël.
17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, but only unto the LORD their God.
Mais le peuple continua à sacrifier sur les hauts lieux, toutefois, seulement à l’Eternel, leur Dieu.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
Le reste de l’histoire de Manassé, la prière qu’il adressa à son Dieu, les oracles des Voyants qui lui parlèrent au nom de l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël, tout cela est consigné dans l’histoire des rois d’Israël.
19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
Et sa prière, la façon dont Dieu l’exauça, tous ses péchés et son infidélité, les endroits où il bâtit des hauts lieux et dressa des Achêra et des idoles avant qu’il s’humiliât, tout cela se trouve consigné dans les paroles des Voyants.
20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Manassé s’endormit avec ses pères et fut enseveli dans sa maison. Son fils Amon lui succéda.
21 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
Amon avait vingt-deux ans en montant sur le trône, et il régna deux ans à Jérusalem.
22 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
Il fit le mal aux yeux de l’Eternel, à l’exemple de Manassé, son père. Toutes les idoles qu’avait fabriquées Manassé son père, Amon leur offrit des sacrifices et il les adora.
23 And he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
Il ne s’humilia point devant l’Eternel comme s’était humilié Manassé, son père, car lui, Amon, accumula les fautes.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
Ses officiers conspirèrent contre lui et le mirent à mort dans son palais.
25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
La population du pays massacra tous ceux qui s’étaient conjurés contre le roi Amon et proclama roi à sa place son fils Josias.
