2 Chronicles 21
1 Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].
Josaphat s’endormit avec ses pères, et fut enseveli près de ses ancêtres dans la Cité de David. Son fils Joram lui succéda.
2 His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
Il avait des frères, fils de Josaphat: Azaria, Yehiêl, Zekhariahou, Azariahou, Mikhaël et Chefatiahou. Tous ceux-là étaient fils de Josaphat, roi d’Israël.
3 Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.
Leur père leur avait accordé d’importantes dotations en argent, en or, en objets de prix, en même temps qu’en places fortes dans Juda; mais la royauté, il l’avait conférée à Joram, en qualité d’aîné.
4 After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.
Joram, ayant pris possession du trône de son père et s’y sentant solidement assis, fit périr par le glaive tous ses frères et une partie des princes d’Israël.
5 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
Agé de trente-deux ans à son avènement, il régna huit ans à Jérusalem.
6 But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.
Il suivit la conduite des rois d’Israël, agissant comme la maison d’Achab; car il avait pour femme la fille d’Achab. Il fit donc ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Eternel.
7 However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.
Cependant le Seigneur ne voulut point détruire la maison de David, à cause de l’alliance qu’il avait conclue avec ce dernier et de la promesse qu’il lui avait faite de lui assurer à jamais un domaine, à lui et à ses descendants.
8 While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
De son temps, Edom, faisant défection, se rendit indépendant de Juda et se donna un roi.
9 So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.
Joram entra en campagne avec ses officiers et toute sa cavalerie. En pleine nuit, il se leva pour attaquer Edom qui le cernait, lui et les chefs de la cavalerie.
10 But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].
Edom secoua ainsi la domination de Juda jusqu’à ce jour; à la même époque Libna se rendit également indépendante de lui, parce que Joram avait abandonné l’Eternel, Dieu de ses pères.
11 On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.
Il établit aussi des hauts lieux sur les montagnes de Juda, poussa les habitants de Jérusalem à la prostitution et dévoya Juda.
12 One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.
Alors lui parvint de la part du prophète Elie un écrit conçu en ces termes: "Ainsi parle l’Eternel, le Dieu de ton père David: "Puisque tu n’as pas suivi la conduite de ton père Josaphat et d’Asa, roi de Juda,
13 Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.
mais que tu as suivi la voie des rois d’Israël, poussant à l’idolâtrie Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem, tout comme la maison d’Achab a poussé à l’idolâtrie; puisque tu es allé jusqu’à faire périr tes frères, les membres de ta famille, qui valaient mieux que toi,
14 So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.
eh bien! l’Eternel va frapper d’une grande calamité ton peuple, tes fils, tes femmes et tout ce qui t’appartient.
15 And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
Quant à toi, atteint d’une maladie d’entrailles, tu subiras des douleurs si intenses que tes entrailles sortiront après de longs jours."
16 Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.
L’Eternel excita contre Joram l’animosité des Philistins et des Arabes qui sont voisins des Ethiopiens.
17 Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.
Ils marchèrent contre Juda et y firent irruption; ils s’emparèrent de toutes les richesses qui se trouvaient dans le palais du roi, ainsi que de ses fils et de ses femmes; il ne lui resta d’autre fils que Joachaz, le plus jeune de tous.
18 After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
Après tout cela, le Seigneur lui infligea une maladie d’entrailles de nature incurable.
19 About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.
Les jours succédèrent aux jours, et juste au bout de deux années, ses entrailles s’échappèrent par l’effet de la maladie, et il mourut dans d’atroces douleurs. Son peuple ne brûla pas de bûcher en son honneur comme on l’avait fait pour ses ancêtres.
20 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.
Agé de trente-deux ans à son avènement, il avait régné huit ans à Jérusalem. Il s’en alla sans aucun prestige. On l’ensevelit dans la Cité de David, mais non dans les tombeaux des rois.
