2 Chronicles 17
1 Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the king [of Judah], and he enabled his army to become very strong, with the result that they could resist attacks from [the army of] Israel.
Josaphat, son fils, régna à sa place et se fortifia contre Israël.
2 He put soldiers in all the cities in Judah around which they had built walls, and he put soldiers in other places in Judah and in the towns in the area belonging to the tribe of Ephraim that [soldiers of] his father Asa had captured.
Il plaça des forces dans toutes les villes fortes de Juda, et il établit des garnisons dans le pays de Juda et dans les villes d'Ephraïm, dont Asa, son père, s'était emparé.
3 Yahweh helped Jehoshaphat because when he started [to rule Judah], he did the things that pleased Yahweh like his ancestor [King] David had done. He did not worship the idols of Baal.
Yahvé fut avec Josaphat, parce qu'il marcha dans les premières voies de David, son père, et qu'il ne chercha pas les Baals,
4 Instead, he sought advice from the God whom his father [had worshiped], and he obeyed God’s commands, and did not do the [evil things that the kings of] Israel continually did.
mais qu'il chercha le Dieu de son père, et qu'il marcha dans ses commandements, et non dans les voies d'Israël.
5 Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All [the people of] Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored.
C'est pourquoi Yahvé affermit le royaume entre ses mains. Tout Juda apportait un tribut à Josaphat, et il eut des richesses et des honneurs en abondance.
6 He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the shrines on the hilltops and the poles for [worshiping the goddess] Asherah throughout Judah.
Son cœur s'élevait dans les voies de l'Éternel. Il fit disparaître de Juda les hauts lieux et les mâts d'ashère.
7 When he had been ruling [Judah] for almost three years, he sent some of his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach the people in various towns in Judah.
La troisième année de son règne, il envoya ses chefs, Ben Haïl, Abdias, Zacharie, Nethaneel et Michée, enseigner dans les villes de Juda,
8 With them he sent several descendants of Levi—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—and two priests, Elishama and Jehoram.
et avec eux des Lévites, Schemaeja, Nethania, Zebadia, Asaël, Schemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonija, Tobija et Tobadonija, les Lévites, et avec eux Élischama et Joram, les prêtres.
9 They took with them a scroll on which were written the laws of Yahweh and taught them to the people in all the towns throughout Judah,
Ils enseignaient en Juda, ayant avec eux le livre de la loi de Yahvé. Ils parcoururent toutes les villes de Juda et enseignèrent parmi le peuple.
10 The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of [what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah], so they did not start wars with Jehoshaphat’s army.
La crainte de Yahvé s'abattit sur tous les royaumes des pays qui entouraient Juda, de sorte qu'ils ne firent pas la guerre à Josaphat.
11 Some people from Philistia brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, and they also brought to him the silver that he demanded that they pay to him. Some Arabs brought to him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
Des Philistins apportèrent à Josaphat des présents et de l'argent en guise de tribut. Les Arabes lui apportèrent aussi des troupeaux: sept mille sept cents béliers et sept mille sept cents chèvres mâles.
12 Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
Josaphat devint extrêmement grand, et il bâtit en Juda des forteresses et des villes de commerce.
13 Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
Il eut de nombreux ouvrages dans les villes de Juda, et des hommes de guerre, des vaillants hommes, à Jérusalem.
14 The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows: From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.
Voici leur dénombrement, selon les maisons de leurs pères: De Juda, les chefs de milliers: Adna, chef, et avec lui trois cent mille vaillants hommes;
15 His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
à côté de lui, Jochanan, chef, et avec lui deux cent quatre-vingt mille hommes;
16 Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.
à côté de lui, Amasia, fils de Zicri, qui s'offrit volontairement à l'Éternel, et avec lui deux cent mille vaillants hommes.
17 From the tribe of Benjamin, Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows [and arrows] and shields.
De Benjamin: Eliada, vaillant homme, et avec lui deux cent mille hommes armés de l'arc et du bouclier;
18 Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
et à côté de lui Jehozabad, et avec lui cent quatre-vingt mille hommes prêts à faire la guerre.
19 Those were the soldiers who served the king [in Jerusalem], in addition to the men whom the king had placed in the other cities in Judah that had walls around them.
Tels étaient ceux qui servaient le roi, sans compter ceux que le roi plaça dans les villes fortes de tout Juda.
