2 Chronicles 11
1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against [the northern tribes of] Israel [and defeat them], in order that he could rule [all the tribes of] the kingdom again.
Et Roboam s’en alla à Jérusalem. Et il assembla la maison de Juda, et Benjamin, 180 000 hommes d’élite propres à la guerre, pour faire la guerre à Israël, afin de ramener le royaume à Roboam.
2 But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
Et la parole de l’Éternel vint à Shemahia, homme de Dieu, disant:
3 “Go and tell this to [Solomon’s son] Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israeli people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:
Parle à Roboam, fils de Salomon, roi de Juda, et à tout Israël en Juda et en Benjamin, disant:
4 ‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against [the people of Israel; they are] your distant relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” [So Shemaiah went and told that to them, ] and they all heeded what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they did not attack Jeroboam [and his soldiers].
Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Ne montez pas, et ne faites pas la guerre à vos frères; retournez chacun à sa maison, car c’est de par moi que cette chose a eu lieu. Et ils écoutèrent les paroles de l’Éternel, et s’en retournèrent et n’allèrent pas contre Jéroboam.
5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and his workers built walls around several of the cities and towns in Judah to protect them [against enemy attacks].
Et Roboam demeura à Jérusalem. Et il bâtit des villes en Juda, et en [fit] des forteresses.
6 In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
Et il bâtit Bethléhem, et Étam, et Thekoa,
7 Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
et Beth-Tsur, et Soco, et Adullam,
8 Gath, Mareshah,
et Gath, et Marésha, et Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
et Adoraïm, et Lakis, et Azéka,
10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
et Tsorha, et Ajalon, et Hébron, qui étaient en Juda et en Benjamin, des villes fortes.
11 He also appointed an army commander in each of those cities and towns, and gave them supplies of food, olive oil, and wine [to keep in storage].
Et il fortifia les places fortes, et y mit des chefs, et des approvisionnements de vivres, et d’huile, et de vin;
12 He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them well-protected. So he continued to rule the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
et, dans chaque ville, des boucliers et des piques; et il les fortifia beaucoup. Et Juda et Benjamin étaient à lui.
13 The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
Et les sacrificateurs et les Lévites qui étaient dans tout Israël, se joignirent à lui de toutes leurs contrées;
14 The descendants of Levi [who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin] abandoned their property and their pastureland, and they came to Jerusalem and [to other places in] Judah, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to do the work of priests of Yahweh.
car les Lévites abandonnèrent leurs banlieues et leurs possessions, et vinrent en Juda et à Jérusalem, parce que Jéroboam et ses fils les avaient repoussés de la sacrificature de l’Éternel;
15 Instead, Jeroboam appointed the priests that he wanted to work [at the altars he commanded to be built] on the hilltops, [to offer sacrifices to] the idols that he commanded to be made [that resembled] goats and calves.
et [Jéroboam] s’était établi des sacrificateurs pour les hauts lieux, et pour les boucs et pour les veaux qu’il avait faits.
16 And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
Et à leur suite, ceux de toutes les tribus d’Israël qui avaient mis leur cœur à chercher l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, vinrent à Jérusalem pour sacrifier à l’Éternel, le Dieu de leurs pères.
17 They caused the kingdom of Judah to be strong, and for three years they were happy that Solomon’s son Rehoboam was the king. During that time they conducted their lives [righteously] as David and Solomon had done previously.
Et ils fortifièrent le royaume de Juda, et affermirent Roboam, fils de Salomon, pendant trois ans; car ils marchèrent dans le chemin de David et de Salomon pendant trois ans.
18 Rehoboam married Mahalath. She was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, and her mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse.
Et Roboam prit pour femme Mahalath, fille de Jerimoth, fils de David, [et] d’Abikhaïl, fille d’Éliab, fils d’Isaï;
19 Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
et elle lui enfanta des fils: Jehush, et Shemaria, et Zaham.
20 Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
Et après elle, il prit Maaca, fille d’Absalom; et elle lui enfanta Abija, et Atthaï, et Ziza, et Shelomith.
21 Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved any other of his wives and slave wives. Altogether he had 18 wives and 60 slave wives, and 28 sons and 60 daughters.
Et Roboam aima Maaca, fille d’Absalom, plus que toutes ses femmes et ses concubines; car il avait pris 18 femmes et 60 concubines, et il engendra 28 fils et 60 filles.
22 Rehoboam appointed his son Abijah to be the leader of his [older and younger] brothers, because he wanted to appoint Abijah to be the next king.
Et Roboam établit chef Abija, fils de Maaca, pour être prince parmi ses frères; car [il voulait] le faire roi.
23 He very wisely sent some of his other sons to other cities in the areas of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the other cities that had walls around them. He gave them plenty of supplies and many wives.
Et il agit avec intelligence, et dispersa tous ses fils par toutes les contrées de Juda et de Benjamin, dans toutes les villes fortes, et leur donna des vivres en abondance, et demanda [pour eux] beaucoup de femmes.
