2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
Manassé avait douze ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna cinquante-cinq ans à Jérusalem.
2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled from Israel as his people advanced [though the land].
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, imitant les abominations des nations que Yahweh avait chassées devant les enfants d’Israël.
3 He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping idols] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to [honor] the statues of Baal, and to make altars to [honor the goddess] Asherah. He bowed down to [worship] all the stars.
Il rebâtit les hauts lieux qu’Ezéchias, son père, avait renversés; il éleva des autels aux Baals, il fit des aschérahs, et il se prosterna devant toute l’armée du ciel et la servit.
4 He directed his workers to build altars [for foreign gods] in the temple, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem that I want people to worship me, forever.”
Il bâtit des autels dans la maison de Yahweh, de laquelle Yahweh avait dit: « C’est dans Jérusalem que sera mon nom à perpétuité. »
5 He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
Il bâtit des autels à toute l’armée du ciel dans les deux parvis de la maison de Yahweh.
6 He even sacrificed [some of] his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
Il fit passer ses fils par le feu dans la vallée de Ben-Ennom; il pratiquait les augures, la divination et la magie; il institua des nécromanciens et des sorciers.
7 Manasseh took a carved idol [that his workers had made] and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen [where I want people to] worship me, forever.
Il mit l’image de l’idole qu’il avait faite dans la maison de Dieu, dont Dieu avait dit à David et à Salomon, son fils: « C’est dans cette maison et c’est dans Jérusalem, que j’ai choisie parmi toutes les tribus d’Israël, que je veux placer mon nom à perpétuité.
8 If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
Je ne ferai plus sortir le pied d’Israël de dessus la terre que j’ai destinée à vos pères, pourvu seulement qu’ils aient soin de mettre en pratique tout ce que je leur ai commandé, selon toute la loi, les préceptes et les ordonnances prescrites par l’organe de Moïse. »
9 But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced [through the land].
Manassé égara Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem, au point qu’ils firent plus de mal que les nations que Yahweh avait détruites devant les enfants d’Israël.
10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
Yahweh parla à Manassé et à son peuple, mais il n’y firent pas attention.
11 So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria [and their soldiers] to [come to Jerusalem, and they] captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his [feet] and took him to Babylon.
Alors Yahweh fit venir contre eux les chefs de l’armée du roi d’Assyrie; ils prirent Manassé avec des anneaux et, l’ayant lié d’une double chaîne d’airain, ils le menèrent à Babylone.
12 There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [worshiped], and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.
Lorsqu’il fut dans l’angoisse, il implora Yahweh, son Dieu, et il s’humilia profondément devant le Dieu de ses pères.
13 When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he [allowed him to] return to Jerusalem and [to] rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is [an all-powerful] God.
Il le pria, et Yahweh, se laissant fléchir, écouta sa supplication et le ramena à Jérusalem dans sa royauté. Et Manassé reconnut que Yahweh est Dieu.
14 Later, Manasseh’s [workers] rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and [they] made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring [north] to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel [Hill]. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them.
Après cela, il bâtit un mur extérieur à la cité de David, à l’occident, vers Gihon dans la vallée, jusqu’à l’entrée de la porte des poissons, de manière à entourer Ophel, et il l’éleva à une grande hauteur. Il mit aussi des chefs militaires dans toutes les villes fortes, en Juda.
15 Manasseh’s [workers] removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also [told them to] remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in [other places in] Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city.
Il fit disparaître de la maison de Yahweh les dieux étrangers et l’idole, ainsi que tous les autels qu’il avait bâtis sur la montagne de la maison de Yahweh et à Jérusalem, et il les jeta hors de la ville.
16 Then he [told them to] repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told [the people of] Judah that they must worship [only] Yahweh.
Il rebâtit l’autel de Yahweh et y offrit des sacrifices de paix et d’actions de grâces, et il dit à Juda de servir Yahweh, le Dieu d’Israël.
17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
Le peuple sacrifiait bien encore sur les hauts lieux, mais seulement à Yahweh, son Dieu.
18 The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Le reste des actes de Manassé, sa prière à son Dieu, et les paroles des voyants qui lui parlèrent au nom de Yahweh, le Dieu d’Israël, voici que cela se trouve dans les actes des rois d’Israël.
19 What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the [list of] places where he built shrines and set up poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah and other idols [before he humbled himself], are written in what the prophets wrote.
Sa prière et la manière dont il fut exaucé, ses péchés et ses infidélités; les places où il bâtit les hauts lieux et dressa des aschérahs et des images avant de s’être humilié, voici que cela est écrit dans les Paroles de Hozaï.
20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
Manassé se coucha avec ses pères, et on l’enterra dans sa maison. Amon, son fils, régna à sa place.
21 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
Amon avait vingt-deux ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna deux ans à Jérusalem.
22 He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s [workers] had made.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, comme avait fait Manassé, son père; Amon sacrifia à toutes les images qu’avait faites Manassé, son père, et il les servit;
23 But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.
et il ne s’humilia pas devant Yahweh, comme s’était humilié Manassé, son père; car lui, Amon, multiplia le péché.
24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
Ses serviteurs conspirèrent contre lui et le mirent à mort dans sa maison.
25 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
Mais le peuple du pays frappa tous ceux qui avaient conspiré contre le roi Amon, et le peuple du pays établit roi à sa place Josias, son fils.
