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 était âgé de douze ans quand 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 mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel, selon les abominations des nations que l'Éternel 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'Ézéchias, son père, avait démolis, il éleva des autels aux Baals, il fit des emblèmes d'Ashéra, et se prosterna devant toute l'armée des cieux 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 aussi des autels dans la maison de l'Éternel, de laquelle l'Éternel avait dit: Mon nom sera dans Jérusalem à jamais.
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 des cieux, dans les deux parvis de la maison de l'Éternel.
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 du fils de Hinnom; il pratiquait la magie, les sorcelleries et les augures; il établit des nécromanciens et des devins. Il fit de plus en plus ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel, pour l'irriter.
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 plaça une image taillée, une idole qu'il avait faite, dans la maison de Dieu, de laquelle Dieu avait dit à David et à Salomon, son fils: Je mettrai à perpétuité mon nom dans cette maison et dans Jérusalem, que j'ai choisie entre toutes les tribus d'Israël;
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.”
Et je ne ferai plus sortir Israël de la terre que j'ai assignée à leurs pères, pourvu seulement qu'ils prennent garde à faire tout ce que je leur ai commandé, selon toute la loi, les préceptes et les ordonnances prescrites par 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 fit donc que Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem s'égarèrent, jusqu'à faire pis que les nations que l'Éternel avait exterminées devant les enfants d'Israël.
10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
Et l'Éternel parla à Manassé et à son peuple; mais ils n'y voulurent point entendre.
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 l'Éternel fit venir contre eux les chefs de l'armée du roi des Assyriens, qui mirent Manassé dans les fers; ils le lièrent d'une double chaîne d'airain, et l'emmenèrent 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.
Et lorsqu'il fut dans l'angoisse, il implora l'Éternel, son Dieu, et il s'humilia fort 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 lui adressa ses supplications, et Dieu fut fléchi par sa prière, et exauça sa supplication; et il le fit retourner à Jérusalem, dans son royaume; et Manassé reconnut que c'est l'Éternel qui 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 une muraille extérieure à la cité de David, à l'occident, vers Guihon, dans la vallée, jusqu'à l'entrée de la porte des Poissons; il en entoura Ophel, et lui donna une grande hauteur; il établit aussi des chefs d'armée dans toutes les villes fortes de 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 ôta de la maison de l'Éternel les dieux des étrangers, et l'idole, et tous les autels, qu'il avait bâtis sur la montagne de la maison de l'Éternel 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.
Puis il rebâtit l'autel de l'Éternel et y offrit des sacrifices de prospérités et de louanges; et il ordonna à Juda de servir l'Éternel, le Dieu d'Israël.
17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
Toutefois le peuple sacrifiait encore dans les hauts lieux, mais seulement à l'Éternel, 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 actions de Manassé, sa prière à son Dieu, et les paroles des Voyants qui lui parlaient au nom de l'Éternel, le Dieu d'Israël, voici, cela est écrit 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 comment Dieu fut fléchi, tout son péché et son infidélité, les places dans lesquelles il bâtit des hauts lieux, et dressa des emblèmes d'Ashéra et des images taillées, avant qu'il s'humiliât, voici cela est écrit dans les paroles des Voyants.
20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
Puis Manassé s'endormit avec ses pères, et on l'ensevelit dans sa maison; et 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 était âgé de vingt-deux ans quand 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 mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel, comme avait fait Manassé, son père; il sacrifia à toutes les images taillées que Manassé, son père, avait faites, 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.
Mais il ne s'humilia point devant l'Éternel, comme Manassé, son père, s'était humilié, car lui, Amon, se rendit coupable de plus en plus.
24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
Et ses serviteurs conspirèrent contre lui, et le firent mourir 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 pour roi, à sa place, Josias, son fils.
