2 Chronicles 25
1 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
Amatsia avait vingt-cinq ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna vingt-neuf ans à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Joaddan, de Jérusalem.
2 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, mais pas avec un cœur parfait.
3 As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
Et lorsque la royauté fut établie en sa faveur, il tua ses serviteurs qui avaient tué le roi son père.
4 But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
Mais il ne fit pas mourir leurs enfants, et il agit selon ce qui est écrit dans la loi, dans le livre de Moïse, comme Yahvé l'a ordonné, en disant: « Les pères ne mourront pas pour les enfants, et les enfants ne mourront pas pour les pères; mais chacun mourra pour son propre péché. »
5 Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
Amatsia rassembla Juda et les classa selon les maisons de leurs pères, sous les chefs de milliers et les chefs de centaines, tout Juda et Benjamin. Il les compta depuis l'âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, et il trouva qu'il y avait trois cent mille hommes d'élite, capables d'aller à la guerre, sachant manier la lance et le bouclier.
6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
Il loua aussi cent mille hommes vaillants d'Israël pour cent talents d'argent.
7 But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
Un homme de Dieu vint lui dire: « O roi, ne laisse pas l'armée d'Israël aller avec toi, car Yahvé n'est pas avec Israël, avec tous les enfants d'Ephraïm.
8 Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
Mais si tu veux y aller, agis, et sois fort pour la bataille. Dieu vous renversera devant l'ennemi, car Dieu a le pouvoir de secourir et de renverser. »
9 Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
Amatsia dit à l'homme de Dieu: « Mais que ferons-nous pour les cent talents que j'ai donnés à l'armée d'Israël? » L'homme de Dieu répondit: « Yahvé est capable de te donner beaucoup plus que cela. »
10 So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
Alors Amatsia sépara l'armée qui était venue à lui d'Ephraïm, pour la renvoyer chez elle. C'est pourquoi leur colère s'enflamma contre Juda, et ils retournèrent chez eux avec fureur.
11 Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
Amatsia prit courage, conduisit son peuple et alla dans la vallée du sel; il frappa dix mille hommes des fils de Séir.
12 The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
Les enfants de Juda en emportèrent dix mille vivants, les amenèrent au sommet du rocher et les jetèrent du haut du rocher, de sorte qu'ils furent tous brisés en morceaux.
13 While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
Mais les hommes de l'armée qu'Amatsia avait renvoyés pour ne pas aller avec lui au combat, tombèrent sur les villes de Juda, depuis Samarie jusqu'à Beth Horon, en battirent trois mille et firent un grand pillage.
14 When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
Après qu'Amatsia fut revenu du massacre des Édomites, il fit venir les dieux des fils de Séir et les érigea en dieux, il se prosterna devant eux et leur offrit des parfums.
15 Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
La colère de Yahvé s'enflamma contre Amatsia, et il lui envoya un prophète qui lui dit: « Pourquoi as-tu recherché les dieux de ces peuples qui n'ont pas délivré leur propre peuple de ta main? »
16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
Comme il parlait avec lui, le roi lui dit: « T'avons-nous fait un des conseillers du roi? Arrête! Pourquoi devrais-tu être frappé? » Le prophète s'arrêta et dit: « Je sais que Dieu a décidé de te détruire, parce que tu as fait cela et que tu n'as pas écouté mes conseils. »
17 Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
Alors Amatsia, roi de Juda, consulta ses conseillers et envoya dire à Joas, fils de Joachaz, fils de Jéhu, roi d'Israël: « Viens! Regardons-nous en face. »
18 But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
Joas, roi d'Israël, envoya dire à Amatsia, roi de Juda: « Le chardon du Liban envoya dire au cèdre du Liban: « Donne ta fille pour femme à mon fils. Alors une bête sauvage qui était au Liban passa et piétina le chardon.
19 [The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
Tu te dis que tu as frappé Édom, et ton cœur te pousse à te glorifier. Maintenant, reste chez toi. Pourquoi te mêler à la détresse, pour que tu tombes, toi et Juda avec toi? ».
20 But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
Mais Amatsia ne voulut pas écouter, car c'était Dieu qui voulait les livrer entre les mains de leurs ennemis, parce qu'ils avaient recherché les dieux d'Édom.
21 So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
Joas, roi d'Israël, monta, et lui et Amatsia, roi de Juda, se regardèrent en face à Beth Shemesh, qui appartient à Juda.
22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
Juda fut vaincu par Israël, et chacun s'enfuit dans sa tente.
23 King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
Joas, roi d'Israël, prit à Beth Shemesh Amatsia, roi de Juda, fils de Joas, fils de Joachaz, et l'amena à Jérusalem. Il abattit la muraille de Jérusalem depuis la porte d'Ephraïm jusqu'à la porte de l'angle, soit quatre cents coudées.
24 His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
Il prit tout l'or et l'argent, tous les objets qui se trouvaient dans la maison de Dieu avec Obed-Edom, les trésors de la maison du roi et les otages, et il retourna à Samarie.
25 King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
Amatsia, fils de Joas, roi de Juda, vécut quinze ans après la mort de Joas, fils de Joachaz, roi d'Israël.
26 An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Le reste des actes d'Amatsia, les premiers et les derniers, ne sont-ils pas écrits dans le livre des rois de Juda et d'Israël?
27 From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
Depuis qu'Amatsia s'est détourné de Yahvé, on a formé une conspiration contre lui à Jérusalem. Il s'enfuit à Lakis, mais ils le poursuivirent à Lakis et l'y tuèrent.
28 They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
On le fit monter sur des chevaux et on l'enterra avec ses pères dans la ville de Juda.
