1 Kings 16
1 During the time that Baasha [was king of Israel], [the prophet] Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh:
La parole de l’Éternel fut ainsi adressée à Jéhu, fils de Hanani, contre Baescha:
2 “You were very insignificant/unimportant [IDM] when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing [IDM] the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.
Je t’ai élevé de la poussière, et je t’ai établi chef de mon peuple d’Israël; mais parce que tu as marché dans la voie de Jéroboam, et que tu as fait pécher mon peuple d’Israël, pour m’irriter par leurs péchés,
3 So now I will get rid of you and your family [MTY]. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.
voici, je vais balayer Baescha et sa maison, et je rendrai ta maison semblable à la maison de Jéroboam, fils de Nebath.
4 [The bodies of] those in your family who die in this city [will not be buried; they] will be eaten by dogs; and [the corpses of] those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”
Celui de la maison de Baescha qui mourra dans la ville sera mangé par les chiens, et celui des siens qui mourra dans les champs sera mangé par les oiseaux du ciel.
5 The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Le reste des actions de Baescha, ce qu’il a fait, et ses exploits, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois d’Israël?
6 When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, [the capital city]. Then his son Elah became king.
Baescha se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré à Thirtsa. Et Éla, son fils, régna à sa place.
7 Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family.
La parole de l’Éternel s’était manifestée par le prophète Jéhu, fils de Hanani, contre Baescha et contre sa maison, soit à cause de tout le mal qu’il avait fait sous les yeux de l’Éternel, en l’irritant par l’œuvre de ses mains et en devenant semblable à la maison de Jéroboam, soit parce qu’il avait frappé la maison de Jéroboam.
8 After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for [only] two years.
La vingt-sixième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, Éla, fils de Baescha, régna sur Israël à Thirtsa. Il régna deux ans.
9 [A man named] Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s (chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses). He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of [a man named] Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace.
Son serviteur Zimri, chef de la moitié des chars, conspira contre lui. Éla était à Thirtsa, buvant et s’enivrant dans la maison d’Artsa, chef de la maison du roi à Thirtsa.
10 Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years.
Zimri entra, le frappa et le tua, la vingt-septième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, et il régna à sa place.
11 As soon as Zimri became king [MTY], he killed all of Baasha’s family [MTY]. That included every male [IDM] in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.
Lorsqu’il fut roi et qu’il fut assis sur son trône, il frappa toute la maison de Baescha, il ne laissa échapper personne qui lui appartînt, ni parent ni ami.
12 That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.
Zimri détruisit toute la maison de Baescha, selon la parole que l’Éternel avait dite contre Baescha par Jéhu, le prophète,
13 Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people [to worship] worthless idols.
à cause de tous les péchés que Baescha et Éla, son fils, avaient commis et qu’ils avaient fait commettre à Israël, irritant par leurs idoles l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël.
14 Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Le reste des actions d’Éla, et tout ce qu’il a fait, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois d’Israël?
15 So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group.
La vingt-septième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, Zimri régna sept jours à Thirtsa. Le peuple campait contre Guibbethon, qui appartenait aux Philistins.
16 The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
Et le peuple qui campait apprit cette nouvelle: Zimri a conspiré, et même il a tué le roi! Et ce jour-là, tout Israël établit dans le camp pour roi d’Israël Omri, chef de l’armée.
17 The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon [city]. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.
Omri et tout Israël avec lui partirent de Guibbethon, et ils assiégèrent Thirtsa.
18 When Zimri realized that the city was [about to be] captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died [in the fire].
Zimri, voyant que la ville était prise, se retira dans le palais de la maison du roi, et brûla sur lui la maison du roi.
19 He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.
C’est ainsi qu’il mourut, à cause des péchés qu’il avait commis en faisant ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, en marchant dans la voie de Jéroboam, et en se livrant aux péchés que Jéroboam avait commis pour faire pécher Israël.
20 All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled [against King Elah], are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Le reste des actions de Zimri, et la conspiration qu’il forma, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois d’Israël?
21 After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri [to be the king].
Alors le peuple d’Israël se divisa en deux partis: une moitié du peuple voulait faire roi Thibni, fils de Guinath, et l’autre moitié était pour Omri.
22 Those who supported Omri (were stronger than/defeated) those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.
Ceux qui suivaient Omri l’emportèrent sur ceux qui suivaient Thibni, fils de Guinath. Thibni mourut, et Omri régna.
23 Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.
La trente et unième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, Omri régna sur Israël. Il régna douze ans. Après avoir régné six ans à Thirtsa,
24 Then he bought a hill from [a man named] Shemer and paid him about (150 pounds/70 kg.) of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
il acheta de Schémer la montagne de Samarie pour deux talents d’argent; il bâtit sur la montagne, et il donna à la ville qu’il bâtit le nom de Samarie, d’après le nom de Schémer, seigneur de la montagne.
25 But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
Omri fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, et il agit plus mal que tous ceux qui avaient été avant lui.
26 [When] Jeroboam [was previously the king, he] had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.
Il marcha dans toute la voie de Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, et se livra aux péchés que Jéroboam avait fait commettre à Israël, irritant par leurs idoles l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël.
27 Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his [army] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Le reste des actions d’Omri, ce qu’il a fait, et ses exploits, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois d’Israël?
28 After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.
Omri se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré à Samarie. Et Achab, son fils, régna à sa place.
29 Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria [city] for 22 years.
Achab, fils d’Omri, régna sur Israël, la trente-huitième année d’Asa, roi de Juda. Achab, fils d’Omri, régna vingt-deux ans sur Israël à Samarie.
30 Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
Achab, fils d’Omri, fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, plus que tous ceux qui avaient été avant lui.
31 He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married [a woman named] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon [city]. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, [the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped].
Et comme si c’eût été pour lui peu de chose de se livrer aux péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, il prit pour femme Jézabel, fille d’Ethbaal, roi des Sidoniens, et il alla servir Baal et se prosterner devant lui.
32 He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for [making sacrifices to] Baal.
Il éleva un autel à Baal dans la maison de Baal qu’il bâtit à Samarie,
33 He also made an idol that represented Asherah, [Baal’s wife]. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.
et il fit une idole d’Astarté. Achab fit plus encore que tous les rois d’Israël qui avaient été avant lui, pour irriter l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël.
34 During the years that Ahab [ruled], Hiel, a man from Bethel [city], rebuilt Jericho [city]. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And [when the city was finished, ] while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen [to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho].
De son temps, Hiel de Béthel bâtit Jéricho; il en jeta les fondements au prix d’Abiram, son premier-né, et il en posa les portes au prix de Segub, son plus jeune fils, selon la parole que l’Éternel avait dite par Josué, fils de Nun.
