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 de Phacée, fils de Romélie, régna Achaz, fils de Joatham, 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.
Achaz avait vingt ans lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem: il ne fit point ce qui était agréable en la présence du Seigneur 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; de plus il consacra même son fils, le faisant passer par le feu, selon le culte des idoles des nations qu’avait dissipées le Seigneur 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 immolait aussi des victimes, et offrait de l’encens sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines, et sous tout arbre couvert de feuillage.
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, fils de Romélie, roi d’Israël, montèrent à Jérusalem pour livrer bataille, et quoiqu’ils tinssent Achaz assiégé, ils ne purent pas 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, Rasin, roi de Syrie, rendit Aila à la Syrie, et chassa les Juifs d’Aila; et les Iduméens vinrent à Aila, et ils y ont habité 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.”
Alors Achaz envoya des messagers à Théglathphalasar, roi des Assyriens, disant: Je suis votre serviteur et votre fils; montez, sauvez-moi de la main du roi de Syrie et de la main du roi d’Israël, qui se sont levés ensemble 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.
Et ayant amassé l’argent et l’or qui put être trouvé dans la maison du Seigneur et dans les trésors du roi, il envoya au roi des Assyriens des présents.
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.
Celui-ci acquiesça à sa volonté: le roi des Assyriens, en effet, monta à Damas, et la ravagea; il en transféra les habitants à Cyrène, mais il tua 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.
Alors le roi Achaz alla à la rencontre de Théglathphalasar, roi des Assyriens, à Damas; et lorsqu’il eut vu l’autel de Damas, le roi Achaz en envoya au prêtre Urie le modèle et la représentation d’après tout le travail de cet autel.
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.
Urie, le prêtre, construisit donc l’autel; selon tout ce que le roi Achaz avait ordonné de Damas, ainsi fit le prêtre Urie, jusqu’à ce que le roi Achaz vint de Damas.
12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
Et lorsque le roi fut venu de Damas, il vit cet autel, et il le révéra; puis il monta, et immola les holocaustes, et son sacrifice;
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.
Et il fit des libations, et répandit le sang des hosties pacifiques qu’il avait 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].
Quant à l’autel d’airain qui était devant le Seigneur, il le transféra de devant la face du temple, de la place de l’autel et de la place du temple du Seigneur, et il le mit à côté de l’autel, vers l’aquilon.
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 ordonna aussi à Urie, le prêtre, disant: Offre sur le grand autel l’holocauste du matin et le sacrifice du soir, l’holocauste du roi et son sacrifice, l’holocauste de tout le peuple, leurs sacrifices et leurs libations; mais tout le sang des holocaustes et tout le sang des victimes, tu le répandras sur cet autel; et quant à l’autel d’airain, il sera préparé selon ma volonté.
16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
Ainsi Urie, le prêtre, fit tout selon ce qu’avait ordonné 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.
Or le roi Achaz enleva les bases ciselées et le bassin qui était dessus, et il ôta la mer de dessus les bœufs d’airain, qui la soutenaient, et il la mit sur le pavé, qui était 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.
Même le Musach du sabbat, qu’il avait bâti dans le temple, et l’entrée extérieure du roi, il les transporta dans le temple du Seigneur, 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’.
Mais le reste des actions d’Achaz, qu’il a faites, n’est-il pas écrit dans le Livre des actions des jours 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 dormit avec ses pères, et fut enseveli avec eux dans la cité de David, et Ezéchias, son fils, régna en sa place.
