2 Kings 16
1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
En la dix-septième année du règne de Phacée, fils de Romélie, Achaz, fils de Joatham, devint roi de Juda.
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.
Il avait vingt ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem; il ne fit point ce qui est droit aux yeux du Seigneur son Dieu, aussi fidèlement que David, son aïeul.
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.
Et il marcha dans la voie des rois d'Israël; même il livra son fils aux flammes de Moloch, selon l'abomination des peuples que le Seigneur avait exterminés devant la face des fils 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].
Et il immola des victimes sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines, et sous tout arbre touffu.
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, Rasin, roi de Syrie, et Phacée, roi d'Israël, vinrent combattre sous les murs de Jérusalem; ils assiégèrent Achaz, mais ils ne purent prévaloir sur lui.
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 temps-là, Rasin reprit Elath pour la Syrie, il en chassa les Juifs, et des Iduméens y vinrent; et ils y sont demeurés jusqu'à nos jours.
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.”
Et Achaz envoya des messagers à Theglath-Phalasar, roi des Assyriens, disant: Moi et mon fils, nous sommes tes serviteurs; viens, sauve-moi des mains du roi de Syrie, et des mains du roi d'Israël, qui se sont levés 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 trouva dans les trésors, soit du temple, soit du palais, et il en fit présent 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.
Et le roi des Assyriens l'écouta; il marcha sur Damas, la prit, la dépeupla, et mit à mort le roi Rasin.
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.
Et le roi Achaz alla dans Damas à la rencontre de Theglath-Phalasar; il vit un autel à Damas, et il envoya au prêtre Urie l'image de l'autel, ses proportions, sa structure.
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.
Et le prêtre Urie bâtit un autel selon le modèle que le roi lui avait envoyé de Damas.
12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
Puis, Achaz vit l'autel et il y monta;
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 fit son holocauste, son sacrifice et sa libation, et il répandit le sang de ses hosties pacifiques offertes sur l'autel
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].
D'airain qui était devant le Seigneur. Et il transporta cet autel de devant la façade du temple, du lieu entre l'autel et le temple, et il le dressa du même côté en tirant vers le nord.
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.”
Ensuite, le roi Achaz donna ses ordres au prêtre Urie, disant: Tu présenteras, sur le grand autel, l'holocauste du matin, les oblations du soir, l'holocauste du roi et son oblation, l'holocauste de tout le peuple, et son oblation et sa libation; tu répandras sur le même autel tout le sang de l'holocauste et tout le sang de toute autre victime, et l'autel d'airain le matin me sera réservé.
16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
Et Urie le prêtre fit tout ce que lui avait prescrit le roi Achaz.
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 effaça les ciselures des bassins, il enleva les cuvettes qu'ils supportaient, et il ôta, pour la mettre sur une base de pierre, la mer qui reposait sur les bœufs d'airain.
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.
Et il construisit une base pour le trône dans le temple du Seigneur, et il transporta à l'intérieur la porte extérieure par laquelle le roi entrait dans le temple, à cause du roi des Assyriens.
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’.
Quant au reste de l'histoire du roi Achaz, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Faits et gestes 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.
Et Achaz s'endormit avec ses pères; il fut enseveli dans la ville de David, et son fils Ezéchias régna à sa place.
