2 Chronicles 12
1 After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
Une fois que Roboam eut affermi sa royauté et fut devenu puissant, il abandonna la Loi de l’Eternel, suivi de tout Israël.
2 As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
Dans la cinquième année du règne de Roboam, Sésak, roi d’Egypte, vint attaquer Jérusalem, parce qu’on était devenu infidèle au Seigneur;
3 Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia.
il disposait de douze cents chars, de soixante mille cavaliers. Innombrable était la multitude venue avec lui d’Egypte et composée de Libyens, de Soukkiites et d’Ethiopiens.
4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
Il s’empara des villes fortes de Juda et arriva jusqu’à Jérusalem.
5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of [the army of] Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to [allow you to be captured by the army of] Shishak.’”
Alors Chemaya, le prophète, vint trouver Roboam et les grands de Juda qui s’étaient retirés à Jérusalem à l’approche de Sésak, et leur dit: "Ainsi parle le Seigneur: Vous m’avez abandonné, à mon tour je vous abandonne à la merci de Sésak."
6 Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
Les grands d’Israël et Roboam s’humilièrent et dirent: "L’Eternel est juste!"
7 When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem,
Le Seigneur, voyant qu’ils s’humiliaient, s’adressa à Chemaya en ces termes: "Ils se sont humiliés, je ne les détruirai point; mais encore un peu, j’assurerai leur salut, et mon courroux ne fondra pas sur Jérusalem par l’entremise de Sésak.
8 but they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn [that it is better] to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.”
Mais quand ils lui seront asservis, ils sauront ce que c’est de me servir ou de servir les royaumes étrangers."
9 When Shishak’s [army] attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything [that was valuable], including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
Sésak, roi d’Egypte, marcha donc contre Jérusalem: il s’empara des trésors de la maison du Seigneur et de ceux de la maison du roi, et emporta le tout. Il enleva aussi les boucliers d’or qu’avait fait faire Salomon.
10 So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace.
Le roi Roboam les remplaça par des boucliers de cuivre, dont il confia la garde aux chefs des coureurs chargés de surveiller l’entrée du palais royal.
11 After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then [when the king left, ] they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
Chaque fois que le roi se rendait à la maison du Seigneur, les coureurs venaient porter les boucliers, puis les replaçaient dans leur salle de service.
12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen in Judah.
Comme il s’était humilié, la colère de l’Eternel se détourna de lui et n’acheva point sa ruine. Aussi bien, Juda avait conservé de bonnes qualités.
13 King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king [of Judah]. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him.
Le roi Roboam s’affermit dans Jérusalem et continua de régner. En effet, Roboam était âgé de quarante et un ans à son avènement et il régna dix-sept ans à Jérusalem, la ville que le Seigneur avait choisie entre toutes les tribus d’Israël pour y faire dominer son nom. Sa mère se nommait Naama; elle était Ammonite.
14 Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
Il fit le mal, car il n’avait pas appliqué son cœur à rechercher l’Eternel.
15 An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other.
L’Histoire de Roboam, du début à la fin, se trouve consignée dans le récit du prophète Schemaya et du Voyant Iddo, avec les livres de généalogie. La guerre fut permanente entre Roboam et Jéroboam.
16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
Roboam s’endormit avec ses pères et fut enseveli dans la Cité de David. Il eut pour successeur son fils Abiyya.
