2 Chronicles 28
1 Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh
Achaz avait vingt ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Il ne fit point ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Éternel, comme avait fait David, son père.
2 and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
Il marcha dans les voies des rois d’Israël; et même il fit des images en fonte pour les Baals,
3 He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.
il brûla des parfums dans la vallée des fils de Hinnom, et il fit passer ses fils par le feu, suivant les abominations des nations que l’Éternel avait chassées devant les enfants d’Israël.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
Il offrait des sacrifices et des parfums sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines et sous tout arbre vert.
5 Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.
L’Éternel, son Dieu, le livra entre les mains du roi de Syrie; et les Syriens le battirent et lui firent un grand nombre de prisonniers, qu’ils emmenèrent à Damas. Il fut aussi livré entre les mains du roi d’Israël, qui lui fit éprouver une grande défaite.
6 In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
Pékach, fils de Remalia, tua dans un seul jour en Juda cent vingt mille hommes, tous vaillants, parce qu’ils avaient abandonné l’Éternel, le Dieu de leurs pères.
7 Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.
Zicri, guerrier d’Éphraïm, tua Maaséja, fils du roi, Azrikam, chef de la maison royale, et Elkana, le second après le roi.
8 The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
Les enfants d’Israël firent parmi leurs frères deux cent mille prisonniers, femmes, fils et filles, et ils leur prirent beaucoup de butin, qu’ils emmenèrent à Samarie.
9 But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.
Il y avait là un prophète de l’Éternel, nommé Oded. Il alla au-devant de l’armée qui revenait à Samarie, et il leur dit: C’est dans sa colère contre Juda que l’Éternel, le Dieu de vos pères, les a livrés entre vos mains, et vous les avez tués avec une fureur qui est montée jusqu’aux cieux.
10 And now you want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!
Et vous pensez maintenant faire des enfants de Juda et de Jérusalem vos serviteurs et vos servantes! Mais vous, n’êtes-vous pas coupables envers l’Éternel, votre Dieu?
11 So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”
Écoutez-moi donc, et renvoyez ces captifs que vous avez faits parmi vos frères; car la colère ardente de l’Éternel est sur vous.
12 Then some of the leaders of [the tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.
Quelques-uns d’entre les chefs des fils d’Éphraïm, Azaria, fils de Jochanan, Bérékia, fils de Meschillémoth, Ézéchias, fils de Schallum, et Amasa, fils de Hadlaï, s’élevèrent contre ceux qui revenaient de l’armée,
13 They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] Israel!”
et leur dirent: Vous ne ferez point entrer ici des captifs; car, pour nous rendre coupables envers l’Éternel, vous voulez ajouter à nos péchés et à nos fautes. Nous sommes déjà bien coupables, et la colère ardente de l’Éternel est sur Israël.
14 So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.
Les soldats abandonnèrent les captifs et le butin devant les chefs et devant toute l’assemblée.
15 The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] returned to Samaria.
Et les hommes dont les noms viennent d’être mentionnés se levèrent et prirent les captifs; ils employèrent le butin à vêtir tous ceux qui étaient nus, ils leur donnèrent des habits et des chaussures, ils les firent manger et boire, ils les oignirent, ils conduisirent sur des ânes tous ceux qui étaient fatigués, et ils les menèrent à Jéricho, la ville des palmiers, auprès de leurs frères. Puis ils retournèrent à Samarie.
16 About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
En ce temps-là, le roi Achaz envoya demander du secours aux rois d’Assyrie.
17 [He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.
Les Édomites vinrent encore, battirent Juda, et emmenèrent des captifs.
18 At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby villages.
Les Philistins firent une invasion dans les villes de la plaine et du midi de Juda; ils prirent Beth-Schémesch, Ajalon, Guedéroth, Soco et les villes de son ressort, Thimna et les villes de son ressort Guimzo et les villes de son ressort, et ils s’y établirent.
19 Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
Car l’Éternel humilia Juda, à cause d’Achaz, roi d’Israël, qui avait jeté le désordre dans Juda et commis des péchés contre l’Éternel.
20 Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.
Tilgath-Pilnéser, roi d’Assyrie, vint contre lui, le traita en ennemi, et ne le soutint pas.
21 Ahaz’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.
Car Achaz dépouilla la maison de l’Éternel, la maison du roi et celle des chefs, pour faire des présents au roi d’Assyrie; ce qui ne lui fut d’aucun secours.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
Pendant qu’il était dans la détresse, il continuait à pécher contre l’Éternel, lui, le roi Achaz.
23 He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.
Il sacrifia aux dieux de Damas, qui l’avaient frappé, et il dit: Puisque les dieux des rois de Syrie leur viennent en aide, je leur sacrifierai pour qu’ils me secourent. Mais ils furent l’occasion de sa chute et de celle de tout Israël.
24 Ahaz gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at every street corner in Jerusalem.
Achaz rassembla les ustensiles de la maison de Dieu, et il mit en pièces les ustensiles de la maison de Dieu. Il ferma les portes de la maison de l’Éternel, il se fit des autels à tous les coins de Jérusalem,
25 In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.
et il établit des hauts lieux dans chacune des villes de Juda pour offrir des parfums à d’autres dieux. Il irrita ainsi l’Éternel, le Dieu de ses pères.
26 A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Le reste de ses actions et toutes ses voies, les premières et les dernières, cela est écrit dans le livre des rois de Juda et d’Israël.
27 Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
Achaz se coucha avec ses pères, et on l’enterra dans la ville de Jérusalem, car on ne le mit point dans les sépulcres des rois d’Israël. Et Ézéchias, son fils, régna à sa place.
