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.
Sous son règne, Nabuchodonozor, roi de Babylone, fit une invasion, et Joïakim devint son vassal pendant trois ans; ensuite il se révolta 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.
Alors l’Eternel lâcha contre lui les bandes des Chaldéens, des Syriens, des Moabites et des Ammonites: tous ceux-ci, il les mit en mouvement contre Juda pour amener sa ruine, selon la parole divine qu’il avait fait annoncer par l’organe de 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].
Oui, c’était une sentence prononcée par l’Eternel contre Juda, de l’écarter de devant sa face, à cause de tous les péchés commis par Manassé,
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 avait répandu et dont il avait inondé Jérusalem: l’Eternel ne voulut plus 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’.
Les autres faits et gestes de Joïakim sont consignés dans le livre des annales des rois de Juda.
6 When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
Joiakim s’endormit avec ses ancêtres, et son fils Joïachin 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.
Dès lors, le roi d’Egypte ne continua plus à sortir de son pays, le roi de Babylone ayant conquis toutes les possessions du roi d’Egypte, depuis le torrent d’Egypte jusqu’au fleuve de l’Euphrate.
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.
Agé de dix-huit ans à son avènement, Joïachin régna trois mois à Jérusalem; le nom de sa mère était Nehouchta, 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’Eternel, tout comme avait agi 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, les serviteurs de Nabuchodonozor marchèrent contre Jérusalem, et cette ville subit un siège.
11 While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
Nabuchodonozor, roi de Babylone, arriva lui-même pour attaquer 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.
Alors Joïachin, roi de Juda, sortit pour se rendre au roi de Babylone avec sa mère, ses serviteurs, ses grands et ses officiers; le roi de Babylone le fit prisonnier 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 Jérusalem tous les trésors de la maison de Dieu, ainsi que les trésors du palais royal, et il mit en pièces tous les vases d’or faits par Salomon pour le sanctuaire divin. C’Est ce que l’Eternel avait prédit.
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 en exil tout Jérusalem, tous les grands et tous les vaillants hommes de guerre, au nombre de dix mille exilés, ainsi que tous les forgerons et serruriers; il ne resta sur place que la classe inférieure de la population du pays.
15 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
Il envoya aussi Joïachin captif à Babylone; de même la mère du roi, les femmes du roi, ses eunuques et les personnages d’élite du pays, il les emmena en exil 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.
En outre, tous les hommes de guerre, au nombre de sept mille, les forgerons et serruriers, au nombre de mille, tous gens vaillants, habitués à la guerre, le roi de Babylone les conduisit en captivité à Babylone.
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 établit comme roi, à la place de Joïachin, son oncle Mathania, dont il changea le nom en celui de 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 à son avènement, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem; le nom de sa mère était Hamoutal, 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’Eternel, tout comme avait agi Joïakim.
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.
C’Est ainsi que la colère de Dieu se manifesta contre Jérusalem et Juda, jusqu’à ce qu’il les eût rejetés de devant sa face. Or, Sédécias entra en révolte contre le roi de Babylone.
