2 Kings 25
1 On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps [made of dirt against the walls of the city], so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.
La neuvième année du règne de Sédécias, le dixième mois, le dixième jour du mois, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, vint avec toute son armée contre Jérusalem, et établit son camp devant elle; on construisit tout autour des murs d’approche.
2 They did that for two years.
La ville fut assiégée jusqu’à la onzième année de Sédécias.
3 After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the (famine/shortage of food) had become very bad. All their food was gone.
Le neuvième jour du mois, comme la famine était plus grande dans la ville, et qu’il n’y avait plus de pain pour le peuple du pays,
4 On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, [and that enabled them to enter the city]. All the soldiers of Judah [wanted to escape]. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the [king and] the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan [River] Valley.
une brèche fut faite à la ville, et tous les gens de guerre s’enfuirent la nuit par le chemin de la porte entre les deux murs, près du jardin du roi, pendant que les Chaldéens environnaient la ville. Le roi prit le chemin de l’Araba.
5 But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.
Mais l’armée des Chaldéens poursuivit le roi et l’atteignit dans les plaines de Jéricho, et toute son armée se dispersa loin de lui.
6 The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah [city] in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him.
Ayant saisi le roi, ils le firent monter vers le roi de Babylone à Rébla, et on prononça sur lui une sentence.
7 There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on [his hands and feet] and then they took him to Babylon.
On égorgea les fils de Sédécias sous ses yeux. Puis Nabuchodonosor creva les yeux à Sédécias et le lia avec deux chaînes d’airain; et on le mena à Babylone.
8 On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king.
Le cinquième mois, le septième jour du mois, — c’était la dix-neuvième année du règne de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, — Nabuzardan, capitaine des gardes, serviteur du roi de Babylone, vint à Jérusalem.
9 He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city.
Il brûla la maison de Yahweh, la maison du roi et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem; il livra au feu toutes les grandes maisons.
10 Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Toute l’armée des Chaldéens qui était avec le capitaine des gardes démolit les murailles formant l’enceinte de Jérusalem.
11 Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people [who lived in that area], and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army.
Nabuzardan, capitaine des gardes, emmena captifs le reste du peuple qui était demeuré dans la ville, les transfuges qui s’étaient rendus au roi de Babylone et le reste de la multitude.
12 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and [to plant crops in] the fields.
Le capitaine des gardes laissa comme vignerons et comme laboureurs quelques-uns des pauvres du pays.
13 The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
Les Chaldéens brisèrent les colonnes d’airain qui étaient dans la maison de Yahweh, ainsi que les bases et la mer d’airain qui étaient dans la maison de Yahweh, et ils en emportèrent l’airain à Babylone.
14 They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for (snuffing out/extinguishing) [the wicks of] the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple.
Ils prirent les pots, les pelles, les couteaux, les coupes et tous les ustensiles d’airain avec lesquels on faisait le service.
15 The soldiers also took away the (firepans/trays for carrying burning coals), the basins, and [all the other] items made of pure gold or pure silver.
Le capitaine des gardes, prit encore les encensoirs et les tasses, ce qui était d’or et ce qui était d’argent.
16 The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. (Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things) for the temple when Solomon [was the king of Israel].
Quant aux deux colonnes, à la mer et aux bases que Salomon avait faites dans la maison de Yahweh, il n’y avait pas à peser l’airain de tous ces ustensiles.
17 Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates.
La hauteur d’une colonne était de dix-huit coudées; et il y avait au-dessus un chapiteau d’airain, et la hauteur du chapiteau était de trois coudées; et il y avait tout autour du chapiteau un treillis et des grenades, le tout d’airain; il en était de même de la seconde colonne avec le treillis.
18 Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance [to the temple].
Le capitaine des gardes prit Saraïas, le grand-prêtre, Sophonie, prêtre de second ordre, et les trois gardiens de la porte.
19 And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men.
Dans la ville, il prit un officier qui commandait aux gens de guerre, cinq hommes faisant partie du conseil privé du roi et qui furent trouvés dans la ville, le secrétaire du chef de l’armée chargé d’enrôler le peuple du pays, et soixante hommes du peuple du pays qui se trouvaient dans la ville.
20 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah [city].
Les ayant pris, Nabuzardan, capitaine des gardes, les conduisit vers le roi de Babylone à Rébla.
21 There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were (taken forcefully/exiled) from their land [to Babylon].
Et le roi de Babylone les frappa et les fit mourir à Rébla, dans le pays d’Emath. Ainsi Juda fut emmené captif loin de son pays.
22 Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah.
Quant au peuple demeuré au pays de Juda qu’y laissa Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, il lui donna pour gouverneur Godolias, fils d’Ahicam, fils de Saphan.
23 When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah [town]. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah [town], and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region.
Lorsque tous les chefs des troupes eurent appris, eux et leurs hommes, que le roi de Babylone avait établi Godolias pour gouverneur, ils vinrent vers Godolias à Maspha, savoir, Ismaël, fils de Nathanias, Johanan, fils de Carée, Saraïas, fils de Thanéhumeth, de Nétopha, et Jézonias, fils du Maachathien, eux et leurs hommes.
24 Gedaliah solemnly promised them [that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them]. He said, “You may live in this land [without being afraid] and serve the king of Babylon, and [if you do], everything will go well for you.”
Godolias leur dit avec serment, à eux et à leurs hommes: « Ne craignez rien de la part des serviteurs des Chaldéens; demeurez dans le pays, servez le roi de Babylone, et vous vous en trouverez bien. »
25 But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated.
Mais, le septième mois, Ismaël, fils de Nathanias, fils d’Elisama, de la race royale, vint accompagné de dix hommes, et ils frappèrent à mort Godolias, ainsi que les Juifs et les Chaldéens qui étaient avec lui à Maspha.
26 Then many [HYP] of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of [what] the Babylonians [would do to them], so they fled to Egypt.
Alors tout le peuple, depuis le plus petit jusqu’au plus grand, et les chefs des troupes, se levèrent et s’en allèrent en Égypte, parce qu’ils avaient peur des Chaldéens.
27 Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, [Nebuchadnezzar’s son] Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.
La trente-septième année de la captivité de Joachin, roi de Juda, le douzième mois, le vingt-septième jour du mois, Evil-Mérodach, roi de Babylone, en l’année de son avènement, releva la tête de Joachin, roi de Juda, et le tira de prison.
28 He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon.
Il lui parla avec bonté, et il mit son trône au-dessus du trône des rois qui étaient avec lui à Babylone.
29 He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life.
Il lui fit changer ses vêtements de prison, et Joachin mangea toujours en sa présence, tout le temps de sa vie.
30 The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died.
Quant à son entretien, son entretien perpétuel, le roi y pourvut chaque jour, tout le temps de sa vie.
