2 Kings 21
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
Manassé avait douze ans en montant sur le trône, et il régna cinquante-cinq ans à Jérusalem; sa mère s’appelait Hefci-Bah.
2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].
Il fit le mal aux yeux de l’Eternel, imitant les abominations des peuples que l’Eternel avait dépossédés au profit des enfants d’Israël.
3 He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.
Il rétablit de nouveau les hauts-lieux qu’Ezéchias, son père, avait détruits, érigea des autels à Baal, institua une Achêra à l’exemple d’Achab, roi d’Israël, se prosterna devant toute la milice céleste et l’adora.
4 He directed his workers to build altars [for worshiping foreign gods] in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship [MTY] me, forever.”
Il construisit des autels dans le temple du Seigneur, malgré cette parole de l’Eternel: "C’Est à Jérusalem que je ferai dominer mon nom."
5 He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
Or, c’est en l’honneur de toute la milice céleste qu’il érigea des autels dans les deux parvis du temple.
6 He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
Il fit passer son fils par le feu, s’adonna aux augures et aux sortilèges, et pratiqua les évocations et les divinations. Immense fut le mal qu’il fit aux yeux de l’Eternel pour l’irriter.
7 He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.
L’Idole d’Astarté qu’il avait fabriquée, il la plaça dans le temple, dont l’Eternel avait dit à David et à son fils Salomon: "C’Est dans ce temple, à Jérusalem, la ville élue entre toutes les tribus d’Israël, que je ferai à jamais résider mon nom.
8 And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
Je ne ferai plus errer les pas d’Israël loin du pays que j’ai donné à ses ancêtres, pourvu qu’il accomplisse scrupuleusement mes commandements, ainsi que toute la loi que mon serviteur Moïse lui a prescrite."
9 But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.
Mais ils désobéirent; Manassé les induisit à agir plus mal que les peuples exterminés par l’Eternel au profit des enfants d’Israël.
10 [These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
C’Est pourquoi, l’Eternel parla ainsi par l’organe des prophètes, ses serviteurs:
11 “Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.
"Puisque Manassé, roi de Juda, s’est rendu coupable de ces abominations en faisant le mal plus que les Amorréens qui l’avaient précédé, et qu’il a entraîné même Juda au péché par ses idoles,
12 Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].
moi, l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël, je susciterai contre Jérusalem et contre Juda des calamités telles que les deux oreilles tinteront à qui les apprendra.
13 I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].
Je passerai sur Jérusalem le cordeau de Samarie et le niveau de la maison d’Achab, et je nettoierai Jérusalem comme on nettoie un vase qu’on retourne après l’avoir nettoyé.
14 And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.
J’Abandonnerai les débris de mon héritage, je les livrerai au pouvoir de leurs ennemis, qui tous les pilleront et les dépouilleront,
15 I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”
en raison du mal qu’ils ont fait à mes yeux, de façon à m’irriter, depuis le jour où leurs ancêtres sont sortis de l’Egypte jusqu’au jour présent."
16 Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].
Manassé répandit aussi le sang innocent en si grande abondance que Jérusalem en était remplie d’une extrémité à l’autre, sans parler du crime d’avoir induit Juda à faire le mal aux yeux de l’Eternel.
17 [If you want to know more about] all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Le reste de l’histoire de Manassé, les œuvres qu’il a accomplies et les péchés qu’il a commis, tout cela est consigné dans les arme es des rois de Juda.
18 Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.
Manassé s’endormit avec ses pères, et fut enseveli dans le jardin de son palais, dans le jardin d’Ouzza. Son fils Amon lui succéda.
19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.
Aman avait vingt-deux ans en montant sur le trône, et il régna deux ans à Jérusalem; sa mère s’appelait Mechoullémet, fille de Harouç, de Yotba.
20 Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
Il fit le mal aux yeux de l’Eternel, à l’exemple de Manassé, son père.
21 He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
Il suivit en tout la voie où celui-ci avait marché, Il adora les idoles que son père avait servies et se prosterna devant elles;
22 He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
il abandonna l’Eternel, le Dieu de ses ancêtres, et ne marcha pas dans ses voies.
23 Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
Les officiers d’Amon conspirèrent contre lui, et le mirent à mort dans son palais.
24 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
La population du pays massacra tous ceux qui s’étaient conjurés contre le roi Amon, et proclama roi à sa place son fils Josias.
25 [If you want to read about] [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Le reste de l’histoire d’Amon et les faits accomplis par lui sont consignés dans le livre des annales des rois de Juda.
26 Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
On l’ensevelit dans son sépulcre du jardin d’Ouzza, et Josias le remplaça sur le trône.
