2 Kings 16
1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
La dix-septième année de Pékach, fils de Remalia, Achaz, fils de Jotham, roi de Juda, commença à régner.
2 He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.
Achaz avait vingt ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Il ne fit pas ce qui est droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, son Dieu, comme David, son père.
3 Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.
Mais il marcha dans la voie des rois d'Israël et fit même passer son fils par le feu, selon les abominations des nations que l'Éternel avait chassées devant les enfants d'Israël.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].
Il offrait des sacrifices et brûlait des parfums sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines et sous tout arbre vert.
5 While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.
Alors Retsin, roi de Syrie, et Pékah, fils de Remalia, roi d'Israël, montèrent à Jérusalem pour faire la guerre. Ils assiégèrent Achaz, mais ne purent le vaincre.
6 At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.
En ce temps-là, Retsin, roi de Syrie, récupéra Élath au profit de la Syrie et chassa les Juifs d'Élath; les Syriens s'installèrent à Élath et y ont vécu jusqu'à ce jour.
7 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”
Achaz envoya des messagers à Tiglath Pileser, roi d'Assyrie, en disant: « Je suis ton serviteur et ton fils. Monte et sauve-moi de la main du roi de Syrie et de la main du roi d'Israël, qui s'élèvent contre moi. »
8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.
Achaz prit l'argent et l'or qui se trouvaient dans la maison de l'Éternel et dans les trésors de la maison du roi, et il les envoya en cadeau au roi d'Assyrie.
9 So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.
Le roi d'Assyrie l'écouta; et le roi d'Assyrie monta contre Damas et s'en empara, emmena son peuple captif à Kir, et fit mourir Rezin.
10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.
Le roi Achaz alla à Damas pour rencontrer Tiglath Pileser, roi d'Assyrie, et il vit l'autel qui était à Damas. Le roi Achaz envoya au prêtre Urie un dessin de l'autel et les plans pour le construire.
11 So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.
Le prêtre Urie construisit l'autel. Selon tout ce que le roi Achaz avait envoyé de Damas, le prêtre Urie le construisit pour l'arrivée du roi Achaz de Damas.
12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
Lorsque le roi arriva de Damas, il vit l'autel; il s'approcha de l'autel et y fit des offrandes.
13 and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.
Il brûla son holocauste et son offrande, versa sa libation et fit aspersion sur l'autel du sang de ses sacrifices de prospérité.
14 The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].
Il fit venir l'autel d'airain qui était devant l'Éternel, de l'avant de la maison, entre son autel et la maison de l'Éternel, et le plaça au nord de son autel.
15 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”
Le roi Achaz donna cet ordre au prêtre Urie: « Sur le grand autel, brûlez l'holocauste du matin, l'offrande du soir, l'holocauste du roi et son offrande, ainsi que l'holocauste de tous les habitants du pays, leur offrande et leurs libations, et répandez-y tout le sang de l'holocauste et tout le sang du sacrifice; mais l'autel d'airain sera pour moi un lieu de consultation. »
16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
Le prêtre Urie fit ainsi, selon tout ce que le roi Achaz avait ordonné.
17 King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.
Le roi Achaz coupa les panneaux des socles, enleva la cuvette de dessus, enleva la mer de dessus les bœufs de bronze qui étaient dessous, et la posa sur un pavé de pierre.
18 Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.
Il enleva le chemin couvert pour le sabbat qu'on avait construit dans la maison, et l'entrée extérieure du roi dans la maison de Yahvé, à cause du roi d'Assyrie.
19 [If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Le reste des actes d'Achaz, qu'il fit, n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?
20 Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
Achaz se coucha avec ses pères et fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David; et Ézéchias, son fils, régna à sa place.
