2 Chronicles 36
1 Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
La population du pays choisit Joachaz, fils de Josias, et on le proclama roi à Jérusalem à la place de son père.
2 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
Joachaz avait vingt-trois ans en montant sur le trône, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.
3 King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
Le roi d’Egypte le destitua à Jérusalem, et il imposa au pays un tribut de cent kikkar d’argent et d’un kikkar d’or.
4 The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
Puis le roi d’Egypte conféra la royauté sur Juda et Jérusalem à Elyakim, frère de Joachaz, et changea son nom en celui de Joïakim. Quant à Joachaz, son frère, Nekho l’emmena captif en Egypte.
5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
Joïakim avait vingt-cinq ans en montant sur le trône, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Il fit le mal aux yeux de l’Eternel, son Dieu.
6 Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, marcha contre lui, et le fit jeter dans les fers pour l’amener à Babylone.
7 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
En outre, Nabuchodonosor emporta à Babylone une partie des vases de la maison de l’Eternel et les déposa dans son sanctuaire à Babylone.
8 A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
Les autres faits et gestes de Joïakim, les abominations qu’il commit, tout ce qu’on peut relever contre lui, sont consignés dans le livre des Rois d’Israël et de Juda. Son fils Joïachin régna à sa place.
9 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
Agé de huit ans à son avènement, Joïachin régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Eternel.
10 During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
Au renouvellement de l’année, le roi Nabuchodonosor donna ordre de l’amener à Babylone en même temps que les vases précieux du temple de l’Eternel, et il établit son frère Sédécias comme roi de Juda et de Jérusalem.
11 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
Sédécias avait vingt et un an à son avènement, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
12 He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Eternel, son Dieu, ne s’humilia point devant le prophète Jérémie, qui était l’organe de l’Eternel.
13 He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
De plus, il se révolta contre Nabuchodonosor, qui lui avait fait prêter serment au nom de Dieu; il raidit son cou et endurcit son cœur, refusant de revenir à l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël.
14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
De même, tous les chefs des prêtres et le peuple multiplièrent leurs félonies, en se livrant à toutes les abominations des peuples païens, et souillèrent la maison de l’Eternel, sanctifiée par lui à Jérusalem.
15 Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
L’Eternel, Dieu de leurs pères, les avertissait bien par ses messagers sans cesse et dès la première heure, car il voulait épargner son peuple et le lieu de sa résidence.
16 But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
Mais ils raillaient les messagers de Dieu, dédaignaient ses paroles et tournaient en dérision ses prophètes, jusqu’à ce que le courroux du Seigneur s’accrut contre son peuple de façon irrémédiable.
17 He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
Il fit marcher contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, fit périr leurs jeunes gens par le glaive dans le sanctuaire, et n’épargna ni l’adolescent ni la vierge, ni le vieillard ni les cheveux blancs; tous, il les abandonna en son pouvoir.
18 His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
Celui-ci transporta à Babylone tous les ustensiles, grands et petits, de la maison de Dieu, les trésors de la maison du Seigneur, les trésors du roi et de ses seigneurs.
19 They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
On brûla la maison de Dieu, on démolit le mur de Jérusalem, et on en livra aux flammes tous les palais; tous les objets de prix qu’elle renfermait furent la proie de la destruction.
20 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
Le roi des Chaldéens déporta à Babylone tous ceux qui avaient échappé au glaive; ils lui demeurèrent asservis, à lui et à ses fils, jusqu’à l’avènement du roi de Perse,
21 [Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
afin que s’accomplît la parole de l’Eternel, annoncée par Jérémie: "Jusqu’à ce que la terre eût acquitté la dette de son chômage, dans toute cette période de désolation, elle chôma, pour remplir la période de soixante-dix ans".
22 During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
Dans la première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, à l’époque où devait s’accomplir la parole de l’Eternel, annoncée par Jérémie, l’Eternel éveilla le bon vouloir de Cyrus, roi de Perse; et celui-ci fit proclamer, dans tout son royaume, par la voix des hérauts et aussi par des missives écrites, ce qui suit.
23 “I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
"Ainsi parle Cyrus, roi de Perse: L’Eternel, Dieu du ciel, m’a mis entre les mains tous les royaumes de la terre, et c’est lui qui m’a donné mission de lui bâtir un temple à Jérusalem, qui est en Judée. S’Il est parmi vous quelqu’un qui appartienne à son peuple, que l’Eternel, son Dieu, soit avec lui, pour qu’il monte!…"
