2 Chronicles 31
1 After the festival ended, the Israelis who were there went to all the towns in Judah and smashed the stones/pillars [for worshiping idols], and cut down the poles [for worshiping the goddess] Asherah. They destroyed the shrines on the hilltops and the altars [of Baal] throughout the areas where the tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived, and also in the areas of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. After destroying all of them, they returned to their own towns.
Lorsque tout cela fut achevé, tous les Israéliens présents sortirent dans les villes de Juda et brisèrent les colonnes, coupèrent les mâts d'ashère et démolirent les hauts lieux et les autels de tout Juda et Benjamin, ainsi que d'Éphraïm et de Manassé, jusqu'à ce qu'ils les aient tous détruits. Puis tous les enfants d'Israël retournèrent, chacun dans sa propriété, dans leurs villes.
2 Hezekiah divided the priests and [other] descendants of Levi into groups. He appointed some of the groups to offer sacrifices that would be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh]. He appointed some groups to do other work at the temple: some to lead the people in their worship, some to thank Yahweh, and some to sing songs to praise to Yahweh at the gates of the temple.
Ézéchias établit les divisions des prêtres et des lévites selon leurs divisions, chacun selon son service, tant les prêtres que les lévites, pour les holocaustes et les sacrifices de prospérité, pour le service, les actions de grâces et les louanges aux portes du camp de l'Éternel.
3 The king contributed some of his own funds to buy animals that would be sacrificed in the morning and in the evening of each day, and on the Sabbath days, to celebrate the new moons, and during the other feasts, according to what was written in the laws [that Yahweh gave to Moses].
Il détermina aussi la part du roi dans ses biens pour les holocaustes: pour les holocaustes du matin et du soir, pour les holocaustes des sabbats, des nouvelles lunes et des fêtes, comme il est écrit dans la loi de l'Éternel.
4 Hezekiah told the people living in Jerusalem to give to the priests and the other descendants of Levi the portions [of meat] that should be given to them, in order that they could devote all their time to obeying the laws of Yahweh.
Il ordonna en outre au peuple qui habitait Jérusalem de donner la part des prêtres et des lévites, afin qu'ils se soumettent à la loi de l'Éternel.
5 As soon as he told that to the people, they generously gave the first part of their harvest of grain, and the first part of the new wine [that they produced], and [olive] oil and honey, and of the crops that grew in their fields. They brought [to the temple] a tenth of all their crops.
Dès que le commandement fut publié, les Israélites donnèrent en abondance les prémices du blé, du vin nouveau, de l'huile, du miel et de tout le produit des champs, et ils apportèrent en abondance la dîme de toutes choses.
6 The men of Israel and Judah who were living in various towns in Judah also brought a tenth of their cattle and sheep and goats, and a tenth of other things that they had dedicated to Yahweh their God, and they piled all those things in heaps.
Les enfants d'Israël et de Juda, qui habitaient dans les villes de Juda, apportèrent aussi la dîme du bétail et des brebis, et la dîme des choses consacrées à l'Éternel, leur Dieu, et les disposèrent en tas.
7 They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
Au troisième mois, ils commencèrent à poser les fondations des monticules, et ils les achevèrent au septième mois.
8 When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
Lorsqu'Ézéchias et les princes arrivèrent et virent les monticules, ils bénirent Yahvé et son peuple d'Israël.
9 But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
Puis Ézéchias interrogea les prêtres et les lévites sur les monceaux.
10 Then Azariah the [Supreme] Priest, a descendant of Zadok, replied, “Since the time that the people started to bring their offerings to the temple, we have had even more food than we need. This has happened because Yahweh has greatly blessed our fellow Israelis, with the result that all this is left over [after we priests and other descendants of Levi took all that we need]!”
Le grand prêtre Azaria, de la maison de Tsadok, prit la parole et dit: « Depuis que l'on a commencé à apporter des offrandes dans la maison de l'Éternel, nous avons mangé, nous nous sommes rassasiés et il nous reste beaucoup de choses, car l'Éternel a béni son peuple, et ce qui reste, c'est cette grande quantité. »
11 Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
Et Ezéchias leur ordonna de préparer des pièces dans la maison de Yahvé, et ils les préparèrent.
12 Then they brought into the storerooms all the tithes and offerings and the things dedicated to Yahweh [which the people had brought]. One of the descendants of Levi whose name was Conaniah was in charge of those things, and his [younger] brother Shimei was his assistant.
Ils apportèrent fidèlement les offrandes, les dîmes et les choses consacrées. Conania, le Lévite, était leur chef, et Shimei, son frère, était le second.
13 Those two men supervised Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah while they did the work. They were appointed by King Hezekiah; Azariah was in charge of [everything that was done in] the temple.
Jehiel, Azazia, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachia, Mahath et Benaja étaient surveillants sous la direction de Conania et de Shimei, son frère, d'après la décision du roi Ézéchias et d'Azaria, chef de la maison de Dieu.
14 Kore the son of Imnah, another descendant of Levi, who guarded the east gate of the temple, was in charge of the offerings to God that were made voluntarily. He distributed to the priests and [other] descendants of Levi the offerings and other things that were dedicated to Yahweh.
Koré, fils du Lévite Imna, gardien de la porte orientale, était chargé des offrandes volontaires de Dieu, de la distribution des offrandes de l'Éternel et des choses très saintes.
15 Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in the towns where the priests lived. They distributed those things to the groups of their fellow priests; they distributed them to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.
Il avait sous ses ordres Eden, Miniamin, Jéshua, Shemaia, Amaria et Shecania, dans les villes sacerdotales, pour remplir leurs fonctions de confiance, afin de distribuer à leurs frères, selon leurs divisions, les grands comme les petits,
16 They also distributed things to the males who were at least 30 years old, those whose names were written on the scrolls where lists of family names were written. They were males who [were allowed to] enter the temple to perform their tasks/work each day, the tasks that each group had been assigned to do.
ainsi que ceux qui étaient inscrits sur les listes généalogiques des mâles, depuis l'âge de trois ans et au-dessus, tous ceux qui entraient dans la maison de l'Éternel, selon le devoir de chaque jour, pour leur service dans leurs fonctions, selon leurs divisions;
17 The names of the priests were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written. They also distributed things to groups of [other] descendants of Levi, those who were at least 20 years old.
et les généalogistes des prêtres, selon les maisons de leurs pères, et des Lévites, depuis l'âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, selon leurs fonctions et leurs divisions;
18 They included all their little children and wives and other sons and daughters whose names were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written, because they also faithfully had dedicated themselves to Yahweh.
et les généalogistes de tous leurs petits enfants, de leurs femmes, de leurs fils et de leurs filles, dans toute la congrégation, car ils se sont sanctifiés dans la sainteté dans leur fonction.
19 [Hezekiah] also appointed other men to distribute portions of those offerings to the priests and other descendants of Levi who were living in the pasturelands around the towns in Judah. But they gave things only to those who were descendants of Aaron [the first Supreme Priest], whose names were on the scrolls containing the names of their clans.
Pour les fils d'Aaron, les prêtres, qui étaient dans les champs des pâturages de leurs villes, dans chaque ville, il y avait des hommes nommément désignés pour donner des parts à tous les mâles parmi les prêtres et à tous ceux qui étaient inscrits sur les listes généalogiques des Lévites.
20 That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
Ézéchias fit de même dans tout Juda, et il fit ce qui est bon, droit et fidèle devant l'Éternel, son Dieu.
21 In everything that he did for the worship in the temple, and as he obeyed God’s laws and commands, he tried to find out what his God wanted, and he worked energetically. So he was successful.
Tout ce qu'il entreprit dans le service de la maison de Dieu, dans la loi et dans les commandements, pour chercher son Dieu, il le fit de tout son cœur et prospéra.
