Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became the King [of Judah]. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of [a man named] Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
Sédécias était âgé de vingt et un ans quand il commença à régner, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Hamutal; elle était fille de Jérémie, de Libna.
2 Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
Il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel, tout comme avait fait Jéhojakim.
3 [The events that are summarized here happened] because Yahweh was angry with [the people of] Jerusalem and [of other places in] Judah, and finally he (exiled them/forced them to go to other countries) [and said that he did not want to have anything to do with] them any more. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Car, à cause de la colère de l'Éternel, il en arriva ainsi à Jérusalem et à Juda, jusqu'à ce qu'il les rejetât de devant sa face. Or Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.
4 [So, ] on January 15, when Zedekiah had been ruling for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army to attack Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [to enable them to attack the city].
Et il arriva, la neuvième année du règne de Sédécias, le dixième jour du dixième mois, que Nébucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, vint contre Jérusalem, lui et toute son armée; et ils campèrent contre elle et bâtirent des forts tout autour.
5 They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
Or la ville fut assiégée, jusqu'à la onzième année du roi Sédécias.
6 When Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, by July 18 of that year, the (famine/lack of food) in the city had become very severe, and there was no [more] food for the people [to eat].
Le neuvième jour du quatrième mois, la famine sévissait dans la ville, et il n'y avait plus de pain pour le peuple du pays.
7 Then [the soldiers of Babylonia] broke through [a section of] the city wall, and all the [Israeli] soldiers fled. But because the city was surrounded by soldiers from Babylonia, [Zedekiah and the Israeli] soldiers [waited until] it became dark. Then they left the city through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they ran towards the Jordan River Valley.
Alors la brèche fut faite à la ville, et tous les gens de guerre s'enfuirent et sortirent pendant la nuit hors de la ville, par le chemin de la porte, entre les doubles murailles, près du jardin du roi, pendant que les Caldéens bloquaient la ville tout autour; et on s'en alla par le chemin de la campagne.
8 But the soldiers of Babylonia pursued King Zedekiah, and they caught up with him on the plains near Jericho. [He was alone because] all his men had deserted him and had scattered.
Mais l'armée des Caldéens poursuivit le roi; et ils atteignirent Sédécias dans les campagnes de Jérico; et toute son armée se dispersa d'avec lui.
9 The soldiers of Babylonia took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath [region]. There the king of Babylon told [his soldiers what] they should do to punish Zedekiah.
Ils prirent donc le roi, et le firent monter vers le roi de Babylone, à Ribla, au pays de Hamath, où on lui fit son procès.
10 They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
Et le roi de Babylone fit égorger les fils de Sédécias en sa présence; il fit aussi égorger tous les chefs de Juda à Ribla.
11 [Then] they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. They put him in a prison, and he remained there until the day that he died.
Puis il fit crever les yeux à Sédécias, et le fit lier de chaînes d'airain. Et le roi de Babylone l'emmena à Babylone, et le mit en prison jusqu'au jour de sa mort.
12 On August 17 of that year, which was when King Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost 19 years, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the king’s bodyguards and one of the king’s officials, arrived in Jerusalem.
Le dixième jour du cinquième mois, la dix-neuvième année de Nébucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, Nébuzar-Adan, capitaine des gardes, officier ordinaire du roi de Babylone, entra dans Jérusalem.
13 He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. They [also] destroyed all the important buildings [in the city].
Il brûla la maison de l'Éternel, et la maison royale, et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem; et il livra aux flammes toutes les grandes maisons.
14 Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
Puis toute l'armée des Caldéens, qui était avec le capitaine des gardes, démolit toutes les murailles qui étaient autour de Jérusalem.
15 Then Nebuzaradan (forced to go/exiled) [to Babylon] some of the poorest people, those Israelis who had said they would support the king of Babylon, the rest of the craftsmen, and other people who had remained in Jerusalem.
Et Nébuzar-Adan, capitaine des gardes, emmena captifs quelques-uns des pauvres du peuple, ceux qui étaient demeurés de reste dans la ville, ceux qui s'étaient rendus au roi de Babylone et le reste de la multitude.
16 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
Toutefois Nébuzar-Adan, capitaine des gardes, en laissa quelques-uns des plus pauvres du pays, comme vignerons et laboureurs.
17 The soldiers from Babylonia broke [into pieces] the [huge] bronze pillars that were in front of the temple, and the [large] bronze water tank, and the [ten bronze water] carts, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
Et les Caldéens mirent en pièces les colonnes d'airain qui étaient dans la maison de l'Éternel, les socles, et la mer d'airain, qui étaient dans la maison de l'Éternel, et ils en emportèrent tout l'airain à Babylone.
18 They also took away the basins [for holding the ashes from the burned sacrifices], the shovels [for cleaning out the ashes], the tools for snuffing out the wicks of the lamps, the basins [for holding the blood of the sacrificed animals], the dishes [for incense], and all the [other] bronze items that were used when sacrifices were made at the temple.
Ils emportèrent aussi les chaudières, les pelles, les serpes, les bassins, les tasses, et tous les ustensiles d'airain employés pour le service.
19 Nebuzaradan also [told his soldiers to] take away the small bowls, the dishes for burning incense, the basins, pots, lampstands, bowls [for incense], and the bowls used for pouring out the wine offerings. They took all the other items that were made of pure gold or silver.
Le capitaine des gardes emporta aussi les coupes, et les encensoirs, et les bassins, et les chaudières, et les chandeliers, et les tasses et les gobelets, ce qui était d'or et ce qui était d'argent.
20 The bronze from the two pillars, the [large water] tank and the twelve statues of oxen that were beneath it, and the water carts, was more/heavier than they could weigh. Those things had been made for the temple during the time that Solomon was the king.
Pour ce qui est des deux colonnes, de la mer et des douze bœufs d'airain qui lui servaient de base, et que Salomon avait faits pour la maison de l'Éternel, on ne pouvait peser l'airain de tous ces objets.
21 Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall and (18 feet/5.5 meters) around. They were hollow, and each had sides/walls that were (3 in./8 cm.) thick.
Pour les colonnes, chaque colonne avait dix-huit coudées de haut, et un cordon de douze coudées en pouvait faire le tour; elle était épaisse de quatre doigts et creuse.
22 The bronze head on the top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/over 2 meters) high and was decorated all around with a bronze [network of figures that represented] pomegranates.
Et il y avait au-dessus un chapiteau d'airain; et la hauteur d'un des chapiteaux était de cinq coudées; et sur le chapiteau, à l'entour, étaient un réseau et des grenades, le tout d'airain. La seconde colonne était en tout semblable, et il y avait aussi des grenades.
23 There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground.
Et il y avait quatre-vingt-seize grenades extérieurement. Toutes les grenades sur le réseau étaient au nombre de cent, à l'entour.
24 When Nebuzaradan [returned to Babylon], he took [with him as prisoners] Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah who was Seraiah’s deputy, and the three men who guarded the entrances [to the temple].
Et le capitaine des gardes prit Séraja, premier sacrificateur, et Sophonie, second sacrificateur, et les trois gardes du seuil.
25 He found [some other] people who were [hiding] in the city. [So] from them he took a commander of the army [of Judah], seven of the king’s advisors, the army commander’s chief secretary who was in charge of recruiting [soldiers for the army], and 60 [other] soldiers.
Et de la ville il prit un eunuque qui avait la charge des gens de guerre, et sept hommes de ceux qui voyaient la face du roi, qui se trouvèrent dans la ville, le secrétaire en chef de l'armée, qui enrôlait le peuple du pays, et soixante hommes d'entre le peuple du pays, qui furent trouvés dans la ville.
26 Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
Nébuzar-Adan, capitaine des gardes, les prit et les mena au roi de Babylone, à Ribla.
27 There at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded that they [all] be executed. [Many of the people of] Judah were (forced to leave/exiled from) their own land.
Et le roi de Babylone les frappa, et les fit mourir à Ribla, au pays de Hamath. Ainsi Juda fut transporté hors de son pays.
28 The number of people who were captured and sent to Babylon at that time, when Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost seven years, was 3,023.
C'est ici le peuple que Nébucadnetsar emmena en captivité: La septième année, trois mille vingt-trois Juifs.
29 Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
La dix-huitième année de Nébucadnetsar, on emmena de Jérusalem huit cent trente-deux personnes.
30 When he had been ruling almost 23 years, he sent Nebuzaradan [to Jerusalem again], and he brought back 745 [more Israelis to Babylonia]. That was a total of 4,600 Israelis [who were taken to Babylonia].
La vingt-troisième année de Nébucadnetsar, Nébuzar-Adan, capitaine des gardes, transporta sept cent quarante-cinq personnes des Juifs. Toutes ces personnes furent donc quatre mille six cents.
31 After King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in prison [in Babylon] for almost thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin and ordered that he be released from prison. That was on March 31 of the year that Evil-Merodach became king.
Or il arriva, la trente-septième année de la captivité de Jéhojakim, roi de Juda, le vingt-cinquième jour du douzième mois, qu'Évilmérodac, roi de Babylone, l'année où il devint roi, releva la tête de Jéhojakim, roi de Juda, et le tira de prison.
32 He [always] spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a position in which he was honored more than [all] the other kings [who had been exiled/taken to Babylon].
Il lui parla avec douceur, et il mit son trône au-dessus du trône des rois qui étaient avec lui à Babylone.
33 He [supplied new clothes] for Jehoiachin, to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison. [He also allowed] Jehoiachin to eat with him every day, all during the rest of his life.
Et après qu'il lui eut changé ses vêtements de prisonnier, il mangea constamment en sa présence, tout le temps de sa vie.
34 Every day, the King [of Babylon] gave him some money [to buy the things that he needed. That continued] until the day that Jehoiachin died.
Et pour son entretien, un ordinaire continuel lui fut établi par le roi de Babylone, pour chaque jour, jusqu'à sa mort, tout le temps de sa vie.
