2 Kings 24
1 While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
De son temps, Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, monta et Jehoïakim devint son serviteur pendant trois ans. Puis il se retourna et se rebella contre lui.
2 Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
Yahvé envoya contre lui des troupes de Chaldéens, des troupes de Syriens, des troupes de Moabites et des troupes d'Ammonites, et il les envoya contre Juda pour le détruire, selon la parole de Yahvé, qu'il avait prononcée par ses serviteurs les prophètes.
3 These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
Mais, sur l'ordre de l'Éternel, cela arriva à Juda, pour le soustraire à sa vue, à cause des péchés de Manassé, selon tout ce qu'il a fait,
4 Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
et aussi à cause du sang innocent qu'il a répandu, car il a rempli Jérusalem de sang innocent, et l'Éternel n'a pas voulu pardonner.
5 The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Le reste des actes de Jojakim, et tout ce qu'il a fait, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?
6 When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
Jehoïakim se coucha avec ses pères, et Jehoïakin, son fils, régna à sa place.
7 [The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
Le roi d'Égypte ne sortit plus de son pays, car le roi de Babylone avait pris, depuis le ruisseau d'Égypte jusqu'au fleuve Euphrate, tout ce qui appartenait au roi d'Égypte.
8 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
Jojakin avait dix-huit ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Nehushta, fille d'Elnathan, de Jérusalem.
9 Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, selon tout ce qu'avait fait son père.
10 [While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
En ce temps-là, les serviteurs de Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, montèrent à Jérusalem, et la ville fut assiégée.
11 While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, arriva dans la ville pendant que ses serviteurs l'assiégeaient.
12 Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
Jehoïachin, roi de Juda, sortit vers le roi de Babylone, lui, sa mère, ses serviteurs, ses chefs et ses officiers, et le roi de Babylone le captura la huitième année de son règne.
13 Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
Il emporta de là tous les trésors de la maison de l'Éternel et les trésors de la maison du roi, et il mit en pièces tous les vases d'or que Salomon, roi d'Israël, avait faits dans le temple de l'Éternel, comme l'Éternel l'avait dit.
14 They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
Il emmena tout Jérusalem, tous les chefs et tous les vaillants hommes, dix mille captifs, et tous les artisans et les forgerons. Il ne resta plus que le peuple le plus pauvre du pays.
15 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
Il emmena Jehoïachin à Babylone, avec la mère du roi, les femmes du roi, ses officiers et les chefs du pays. Il les emmena en captivité de Jérusalem à Babylone.
16 They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
Le roi de Babylone emmena en captivité à Babylone tous les vaillants hommes, au nombre de sept mille, et les artisans et les forgerons, au nombre de mille, tous forts et aptes à la guerre.
17 Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
Le roi de Babylone fit régner à sa place Matthania, frère du père de Jojakin, et changea son nom en Sédécias.
18 When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Hamutal, fille de Jérémie, de Libna.
19 But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, selon tout ce qu'avait fait Jehoïakim.
20 Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Car, par la colère de l'Éternel, cela arriva à Jérusalem et en Juda, jusqu'à ce qu'il les eût chassés de sa présence. Sédécias s'est alors rebellé contre le roi de Babylone.
