2 Kings 19
1 When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough cloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went to the temple [to ask God what to do].
Et il arriva que dès que le Roi Ezéchias eut entendu ces choses, il déchira ses vêtements, et se couvrit d'un sac, et entra dans la maison de l'Eternel.
2 He summoned Eliakim and Shebna and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, and told them to talk to me.
Puis il envoya Eliakim, Maître d'hôtel, et Sebna le Secrétaire, et les anciens d'entre les Sacrificateurs, couverts de sacs, vers Esaïe le Prophète fils d'Amots.
3 He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that we are having great distress/trouble now. [Other nations are causing] us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [MET] a woman who is about to give birth to a child, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
Et ils lui dirent: Ainsi a dit Ezéchias: Ce jour est un jour d'angoisse, et de répréhension, et de blasphème; car les enfants sont venus jusqu'à l'ouverture de la matrice, mais il n'y a point de force pour enfanter.
4 Perhaps Yahweh your God has heard everything that the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss/master, the king of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will rebuke/punish him for what he said.’ And he requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].”
Peut-être que l'Eternel ton Dieu aura entendu toutes les paroles de Rab-saké, que le Roi des Assyriens son Maître a envoyé pour blasphémer le Dieu vivant, et pour l'outrager par les paroles que l'Eternel ton Dieu a entendues; fais donc une prière pour le reste qui se trouve encore.
5 When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
Les serviteurs donc du Roi Ezéchias vinrent vers Esaïe.
6 Isaiah said to them, “[Go back to] your boss/master [and] tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Those messengers from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But you should not be disturbed because of what they said.
Et Esaïe leur dit, vous direz ainsi à votre Maître: Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: Ne crains point pour les paroles que tu as entendues, par lesquelles les serviteurs du Roi des Assyriens m'ont blasphémé.
7 Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, [that a foreign army is about to attack his country]. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.’”
Voici, je m'en vais mettre en lui un tel esprit, qu'ayant entendu un certain bruit, il retournera en son pays, et je le ferai tomber par l'épée dans son pays.
8 The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had left Lachish [city], and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official went there [to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem].
Or quand Rab-saké s'en fut retourné, il alla trouver le Roi des Assyriens qui battait Libna; car il avait appris qu'il était parti de Lakis.
9 Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
Le [Roi] donc [des Assyriens] eut des nouvelles touchant Tirhaca Roi d'Ethiopie: Voilà, [lui disait-on], il est sorti pour te combattre. C'est pourquoi il s'en retourna, mais il envoya des messagers à Ezéchias, en leur disant:
10 [In the letter] he wrote this to Hezekiah: “Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that [the city of] Jerusalem will not be captured by my army [MTY].
Vous parlerez ainsi à Ezéchias Roi de Juda, et lui direz: Que ton Dieu, en qui tu te confies, ne t'abuse point en te disant: Jérusalem ne sera point livrée entre les mains du Roi des Assyriens.
11 You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
Voilà, tu as entendu ce que les Rois des Assyriens ont fait à tous les pays en les détruisant entièrement; et tu échapperais?
12 Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue the people in the Gozan region and in Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria] and the people of Eden who had been (deported/forced to go) to Tel-Assar [city]? None of the gods of those cities were able to rescue them.
Les dieux des nations que mes ancêtres ont détruites, [savoir] de Gozan, de Caran, de Retseph, et des enfants d'Héden, qui sont en Thélasar, les ont-ils délivrées?
13 What happened to the kings of Hamath and Arpad and Sepharvaim and Ivvah [cities] [RHQ]? [Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported]!”
Où est le Roi de Hamath, le Roi d'Arpad, et le Roi de la ville de Sépharvajim, Hanath, et Hiwah?
14 Hezekiah took the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
Et quand Ezéchias eut reçu les Lettres de la main des messagers, et les eut lues, il monta dans la maison de l'Eternel, et Ezéchias les déploya devant l'Eternel.
15 Then Hezekiah prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the [statues of] creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created [everything on] the earth and [in] the sky.
Puis Ezéchias fit sa prière devant l'Eternel, et dit: Ô Eternel Dieu d'Israël! qui es assis entre les Chérubins, toi seul es le Dieu de tous les Royaumes de la terre; tu as fait les cieux et la terre.
16 So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look [at what is happening]. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.
Ô Eternel! incline ton oreille, et écoute; ouvre tes yeux, et regarde; et écoute les paroles de Sanchérib, [et] de celui qu'il a envoyé pour blasphémer le Dieu vivant.
17 “Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
Il est vrai, ô Eternel! que les Rois des Assyriens ont détruit ces nations-là, et leurs pays;
18 And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But [that was not difficult to do, because] they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
Et qu'ils ont jeté qu feu leurs dieux, car ce n'étaient point des dieux, mais des ouvrages de main d'homme, du bois, et de la pierre, c'est pourquoi ils les ont détruits.
19 So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power [MTY] [of the king of Assyria], in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God.”
Maintenant donc, ô Eternel notre Dieu! je te prie, délivre-nous de la main de Sanchérib, afin que tous les Royaumes de la terre sachent que c'est toi, ô Eternel! qui es le seul Dieu.
20 Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: 'I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.
Alors Esaïe fils d'Amots, envoya vers Ezéchias, pour lui dire: Ainsi a dit l'Eternel le Dieu d'Israël: Je t'ai exaucé dans ce que tu m'as demandé touchant Sanchérib Roi des Assyriens.
21 This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem [MTY] despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
[C'est] ici la parole que l'Eternel a prononcée contre lui. La vierge fille de Sion t'a méprisé, et s'est moquée de toi; la fille de Jérusalem a hoché la tête après toi.
22 Who do you think that you are despising and ridiculing? Who do you think you were shouting at? Who do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the holy God whom the Israelis worship.
Qui as-tu outragé et blasphémé? contre qui as-tu élevé la voix, et levé les yeux en haut? c'est contre le Saint d'Israël.
23 The messengers that you sent made fun of me. You said, 'With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, even to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar trees and its nicest pine/cyprus trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its dense forests.
Tu as outragé le Seigneur par le moyen de tes messagers, et tu as dit: Avec la multitude de mes chariots je suis monté tout au haut des montagnes aux côtés du Liban; je couperai les plus hauts cèdres, et les plus beaux sapins qui y soient, et j'entrerai dans les logis qui sont à ses bouts, et dans la forêt de son Carmel.
24 We have dug wells in other countries and drank water from them. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”’
J'ai creusé des sources après avoir bu les eaux étrangères; et j'ai tari avec la plante de mes pieds tous les ruisseaux des forteresses.
25 [‘But I reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [that those things would happen]? I planned it long ago, and now I have been causing it to happen. I planned that your army would have [the power to] capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls, and cause them to become piles of rubble.
N'as-tu pas appris qu'il y a déjà longtemps que j'ai fait cette ville, et qu'anciennement je l'ai ainsi formée? et l'aurais-je maintenant amenée au point d'être réduite en désolation, [et] les villes munies, en monceaux de ruines?
26 The people who lived in those cities have no power, and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
Il est vrai que leurs habitants étant sans force ont été épouvantés, et confus, et qu'ils sont devenus [comme] l'herbe des champs, [comme] l'herbe verte, [et] le foin des toits, et [comme] la moisson qui a été touchée de la brûlure, avant qu elle soit crue en épi.
27 “But I know [everything about you]. I know when you are in your house and when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
Mais je sais ta demeure, ta sortie et ton entrée, [et] comment tu es forcené contre moi.
28 So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard [MTY] you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and an iron (bit/piece of metal) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country] on the same road on which you came here, [without conquering Jerusalem].” '
Or parce que tu es forcené contre moi, et que ton insolence est montée à mes oreilles, je mettrai ma boucle en tes narines, et mon mors dans tes mâchoires, et je te ferai retourner par le chemin par lequel tu es venu.
29 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “This is what will happen to prove [that I am telling the truth]: This year and next year you [and your people] will be able to harvest only (wild grain/grain that grows without having been planted). But the following year, you [Israelis] will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes that you harvest.
Et ceci te sera pour signe, [ô Ezéchias!] c'est qu'on mangera cette année ce qui viendra de soi-même aux champs; et la seconde année, ce qui croîtra encore sans semer; mais la troisième année, vous sèmerez, et vous moissonnerez; vous planterez des vignes, et vous en mangerez le fruit.
30 The people [MTY] in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much [MET].
Et ce qui est réchappé et demeuré de reste dans la maison de Juda, étendra sa racine par dessous, et elle produira son fruit par dessus.
31 There will be many people in Jerusalem [DOU] who will survive, because Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven, wants [PRS] it to happen.
Car de Jérusalem sortira quelque reste, et de la montagne de Sion quelques réchappés; la jalousie de l'Eternel des armées fera cela.
32 So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter this city; they will not even shoot any arrows into it! His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields, and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against [the city walls] [to enable them to attack the city].
C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Eternel touchant le Roi des Assyriens: Il n'entrera point dans cette ville, il n'y jettera même aucune flèche, et il ne se présentera point contr'elle avec le bouclier, et il ne dressera point de terrasse contr'elle.
33 Their king will return to his own country on the same road on which he came here. He will not enter this city! [That will happen because] I, Yahweh have said it!
Il s'en retournera par le chemin par lequel il est venu, et n'entrera point dans cette ville, dit l'Eternel.
34 I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.'”
Car je garantirai cette ville, afin de la délivrer, pour l'amour de moi, et pour l'amour de David mon serviteur.
35 That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere!
Il arriva donc cette nuit-là qu'un Ange de l'Eternel sortit, et tua cent quatre-vingt et cinq mille hommes au camp des Assyriens; et quand on se fut levé de bon matin, voilà, c'étaient tous corps morts.
36 Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
Et Sanchérib Roi des Assyriens partit de là, et s'en alla, et s'en retourna, et se tint à Ninive.
37 One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to [the] Ararat [region, northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib's sons, Esarhaddon, became the king of Assyria.
Et il arriva, comme il était prosterné dans la maison de Nisroc son Dieu, qu'Adrammélec et Saréetser ses fils le tuèrent avec l'épée, puis ils se sauvèrent au pays d'Ararat; et Esarhaddon son fils régna en sa place.
