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, se mit en campagne. Jojakim lui fut assujetti pendant trois ans; mais il se révolta de nouveau 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’Éternel envoya contre Jojakim des troupes de Chaldéens, des troupes de Syriens, des troupes de Moabites et des troupes d’Ammonites; il les envoya contre Juda pour le détruire, selon la parole que l’Éternel 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].
Cela arriva uniquement sur l’ordre de l’Éternel, qui voulait ôter Juda 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 à cause du sang innocent qu’avait répandu Manassé et dont il avait rempli Jérusalem. Aussi l’Éternel ne voulut-il point 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 actions 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.
Jojakim se coucha avec ses pères. Et Jojakin, 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 tout ce qui était au roi d’Égypte depuis le torrent d’Égypte 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.
Jojakin avait dix-huit ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Nehuschtha, 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, entièrement comme 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 contre Jérusalem, et la ville fut assiégée.
11 While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, arriva devant 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 Jojakin, roi de Juda, se rendit auprès du roi de Babylone, avec sa mère, ses serviteurs, ses chefs et ses eunuques. Et 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 tira de là tous les trésors de la maison de l’Éternel et les trésors de la maison du roi; et il brisa tous les ustensiles d’or que Salomon, roi d’Israël, avait faits dans le temple de l’Éternel, comme l’Éternel l’avait prononcé.
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 captivité tout Jérusalem, tous les chefs et tous les hommes vaillants, au nombre de dix mille exilés, avec tous les charpentiers et les serruriers: il ne resta que le peuple pauvre du pays.
15 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
Il transporta Jojakin à Babylone; et il emmena captifs de Jérusalem à Babylone la mère du roi, les femmes du roi et ses eunuques, et les grands du pays,
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.
tous les guerriers au nombre de sept mille, et les charpentiers et les serruriers au nombre de mille, tous hommes vaillants et propres à la guerre. Le roi de Babylone les emmena captifs 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.
Et le roi de Babylone établit roi, à la place de Jojakin, Matthania, son oncle, 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 lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Hamuthal, 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, entièrement comme avait fait Jojakim.
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.
Et cela arriva à cause de la colère de l’Éternel contre Jérusalem et contre Juda, qu’il voulait rejeter de devant sa face. Et Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.
