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 à son avènement et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Et il ne fit pas ce qui est bien aux yeux de l'Éternel, comme David, son père,
2 and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
et il marcha sur les errements des rois d'Israël, et il fit aussi des images de fonte aux 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.
et il offrit de l'encens dans la vallée des fils de Hinnom et brûla ses fils au feu, imitant 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.
Et il offrit des victimes et de l'encens sur les tertres et sur les collines et sous tous les arbres verts.
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.
Alors l'Éternel, son Dieu, le livra aux mains du roi de Syrie, et [les Syriens] le battirent et lui firent beaucoup de prisonniers qu'ils menèrent à Damas; il fut aussi livré aux mains du roi d'Israël qui lui fit essuyer 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].
Et Pékach, fils de Remalia, tua en Juda dans une journée cent vingt mille hommes, tous braves guerriers, parce qu'ils abandonnaient l'Éternel, 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.
Et Zichri, héros d'Éphraïm, tua Maaseïa, fils du roi, et Azricam, préfet du palais, 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.
Et les Israélites emmenèrent en captivité, de leurs frères, deux cent mille femmes, fils et filles, et ils leur enlevèrent aussi un grand butin qu'ils amenèrent 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.
Or il y avait là un prophète de l'Éternel, nommé Oded, et il sortit à la rencontre de l'armée qui rentrait à Samarie et il leur dit: Voilà que dans sa colère contre Juda l'Éternel, Dieu de vos pères, les a livrés entre vos mains, et dans la fureur vous en avez fait un tel carnage, qu'il est parvenu 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 maintenant pensez-vous vous assujettir comme serviteurs et servantes les enfants de Juda et de Jérusalem? mais vous, en votre particulier, ne vous sentez-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 les prisonniers que vous avez faits sur vos frères; car la colère de l'Éternel est allumée 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.
Alors se levèrent des hommes d'entre les chefs des fils d'Éphraïm, Azaria, fils de Jochanan, Béréchia, fils de Mesillemoth, et Ézéchias, fils de Sallum, et Amasa, fils de Hadlaï, pour s'opposer à ceux qui venaient 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 ils leur dirent: N'introduisez pas ces prisonniers-là! pensez-vous en effet, pour nous attirer la vindicte de l'Éternel, augmenter encore nos péchés et notre culpabilité? car notre culpabilité est grande et la colère est allumée 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.
Alors la troupe armée laissa les prisonniers et le butin devant les chefs et 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, qui ont été désignés par leurs noms, se levèrent et s'emparèrent des prisonniers, et vêtirent tous ceux d'entre eux qui étaient nus, en prenant sur le butin, ils les vêtirent et les chaussèrent et leur donnèrent à manger et à boire, et les oignirent et les reconduisirent, sur des ânes tous les excédés, et les amenèrent à Jéricho, la ville des palmiers, chez leurs frères, puis-regagnèrent Samarie.
16 About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
Dans ce temps-là le roi Achaz députa vers les rois d'Assyrie pour se ménager leur secours.
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.
Et vinrent encore les Edomites qui firent un coup en 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.
Et il y eut invasion des Philistins dans les villes du pays-bas et du midi de Juda, et ils s'emparèrent de Bethsémès et d'Ajalon et de Gedéroth et de Socho et de ses annexes et de Thimna et de ses annexes, et de Gimzo et de ses annexes, et 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 humiliait Juda à cause d'Achaz, roi d'Israël, parce qu'il laissait Juda sans frein et qu'il était rebelle à 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.
Et il fut assailli par Thiglath-Pilnéser, roi d'Assyrie, qui le serra de près, loin de lui prêter secours.
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.
Bien que Achaz eût dépouillé le Temple de l'Éternel et le palais du roi et des Grands pour payer le roi d'Assyrie, cela ne lui servit de rien.
22 While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
Et dans le moment de la détresse il fut encore plus infidèle à 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.
Et il fit des sacrifices aux dieux de Damas qui l'avaient battu et il dit: Les dieux des rois de Syrie leur sont secourables, je veux leur faire des sacrifices afin qu'ils me soient secourables. Mais ils servirent à amener la chute de lui et 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.
Et Achaz ramassa toute la vaisselle de la Maison de Dieu et mit en pièces la vaisselle de la Maison de Dieu, et il ferma les portes du Temple de l'Éternel et 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 dans toutes les villes de Juda il fit des tertres pour brûler de l'encens aux autres dieux; et il provoqua l'Éternel, 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 actes et tous ses errements, les premiers et les derniers, sont d'ailleurs consignés 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.
Et Achaz reposa à côté de ses pères et reçut la sépulture dans la ville de Jérusalem; car on ne l'introduisit pas dans les tombeaux des rois d'Israël. Et Ezéchias, son fils, devint roi en sa place.
