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.
Or, quand Roboam eut organisé son royaume et s'y fut affermi, il abandonna les commandements du Seigneur, et tout le peuple suivit son exemple.
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.
Et la cinquième année de son règne, parce qu'il avait péché contre le Seigneur, Susacim (Sésac), roi d'Égypte, marcha contre Jérusalem,
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.
Avec douze cents chars, soixante mille chevaux et une multitude innombrable des Libyens, de Troglodytes et d'Ethiopiens.
4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
Et ils s'emparèrent de toutes les forteresses de Juda, et ils arrivèrent devant 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.’”
Et Samaïas le prophète alla trouver Roboam et les princes de Juda, qui s'étaient réunis à Jérusalem par crainte de Susacim, et il leur dit: Voici que dit le Seigneur: Vous m'avez abandonné, et moi je vous abandonnerai pour vous livrer à Susacim.
6 Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
Et le roi et les chefs de Juda eurent honte, et ils dirent: Le Seigneur 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,
Quand le Seigneur vit qu'ils s'étaient repentis, la parole du Seigneur vint à Samaïas, disant: Ils se sont repentis, je ne les détruirai pas; je leur accorderai comme une ombre de salut, et ma colère ne tombera pas sur Jérusalem.
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.”
Ils seront asservis, et ils connaîtront la différence de ma servitude avec la servitude des rois de la terre.
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.
Et Susacim, roi d'Égypte, marcha contre Jérusalem; il prit tous les trésors du temple du Seigneur, et tous les trésors du palais du roi, il prit tout; il prit aussi les boucliers d'or qu'avait faits 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 d'airain). Et le roi Susacim mit au-dessus de lui des capitaines de ses gardes surveillant la porte du palais.
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.
Et lorsque le roi entrait dans le temple du Seigneur, les gardes y entraient aussi, et avec les coureurs ceux qui allaient à la rencontre des coureurs.
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.
Mais parce qu'il s'était repenti, le Seigneur détourna de lui sa colère, et il ne fut pas entièrement détruit; car il y avait encore en Juda de bonnes pensées.
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.
Et le roi Roboam se raffermit en Jérusalem et il régna; il avait quarante et un ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna dix-sept ans à Jérusalem dans la ville que, parmi toutes les tribus d'Israël, le Seigneur s'était choisie pour que son nom y fût invoqué; sa mère, nommée Noomma, 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.
Et il fit le mal parce qu'il ne dirigea pas son cœur à la recherche de Dieu.
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.
Quant aux discours de Roboam, les premiers et les derniers, et à ses actions, ne sont-ils pas écrits dans les Récits de Samaïas le prophète, et d'Addo le voyant? Roboam fut toujours en guerre avec 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.
Et Roboam alla rejoindre ses pères, et il fut enseveli dans la ville de David; et Abias, son fils, régna à sa place.
