2 Chroniques 28
1 Achaz avait vingt ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Il ne fit pas ce qui est droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, comme David, son père,
Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh
2 mais il marcha dans les voies des rois d'Israël, et il fit aussi des images en fonte pour les Baals.
and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
3 Il brûlait des parfums dans la vallée de Hinnom, et il brûlait ses enfants au feu, selon les abominations des nations que l'Éternel avait chassées devant les enfants d'Israël.
He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.
4 Il offrait des sacrifices et brûlait des parfums sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines et sous tout arbre vert.
Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
5 Yahvé, son Dieu, le livra entre les mains du roi de Syrie. Ils l'ont frappé, ont enlevé de lui une grande multitude de captifs, et les ont amenés à Damas. Il fut aussi livré entre les mains du roi d'Israël, qui le frappa par une grande défaite.
Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.
6 Car Pékah, fils de Remalia, tua en Juda, en un seul jour, cent vingt mille hommes, tous vaillants, parce qu'ils avaient abandonné Yahvé, le Dieu de leurs pères.
In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
7 Zichri, un homme fort d'Éphraïm, tua Maaséja, fils du roi, Azrikam, chef de la maison, et Elkana, qui était près du roi.
Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.
8 Les enfants d'Israël emmenèrent captifs de leurs frères deux cent mille femmes, fils et filles, et ils leur prirent aussi beaucoup de butin, qu'ils apportèrent à Samarie.
The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
9 Il y avait là un prophète de Yahvé, du nom d'Oded, qui alla à la rencontre de l'armée venue à Samarie et lui dit: « Voici, parce que Yahvé, le Dieu de vos pères, s'est irrité contre Juda, il les a livrés entre vos mains, et vous les avez tués dans une colère qui est montée jusqu'au ciel.
But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.
10 Maintenant, vous avez l'intention d'avilir les enfants de Juda et de Jérusalem pour en faire des esclaves mâles et femelles pour vous-mêmes. N'y a-t-il pas chez vous des fautes personnelles contre Yahvé votre Dieu?
And now you want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!
11 Maintenant, écoutez-moi et renvoyez les captifs que vous avez emmenés de vos frères, car l'ardeur de la colère de Yahvé est sur vous. »
So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”
12 Alors quelques-uns des chefs des fils d'Éphraïm, Azaria, fils de Jochanan, Bérékia, fils de Meshillemoth, Jehizkia, fils de Shallum, et Amasa, fils de Hadlaï, se dressèrent contre ceux qui venaient de la guerre,
Then some of the leaders of [the tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.
13 et leur dirent: « Vous ne devez pas faire entrer ici les captifs, car vous avez l'intention de faire peser sur nous une faute contre Yahvé, d'ajouter à nos péchés et à notre culpabilité; Car notre culpabilité est grande, et la colère est vive contre Israël. »
They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] Israel!”
14 Les hommes armés laissèrent donc les captifs et le butin devant les princes et toute l'assemblée.
So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.
15 Les hommes nommés se levèrent et prirent les captifs; avec le butin, ils vêtirent tous ceux d'entre eux qui étaient nus, les habillèrent, leur donnèrent des sandales, leur donnèrent à manger et à boire, les oignirent, portèrent sur des ânes tous ceux qui étaient chétifs, et les amenèrent à Jéricho, la ville des palmiers, auprès de leurs frères. Puis ils retournèrent à Samarie.
The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] returned to Samaria.
16 En ce temps-là, le roi Achaz envoya demander aux rois d'Assyrie de lui venir en aide.
About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
17 Car les Édomites étaient encore venus, avaient frappé Juda et emmené des captifs.
[He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.
18 Les Philistins avaient aussi envahi les villes de la plaine et du midi de Juda, et ils s'étaient emparés de Beth Shemesh, d'Aijalon, de Gederoth, de Soco et de ses villages, de Timna et de ses villages, de Gimzo et de ses villages, et ils y habitaient.
At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby villages.
19 Car l'Éternel a abaissé Juda à cause d'Achaz, roi d'Israël, parce qu'il a agi sans retenue en Juda et s'est rendu coupable d'un grave délit contre l'Éternel.
Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
20 Tilgath-Pilnéser, roi d'Assyrie, vint à lui et lui fit des difficultés, mais il ne le fortifia pas.
Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.
21 Car Achaz prit une part de la maison de l'Éternel, de la maison du roi et des princes, et la donna au roi d'Assyrie; mais cela ne lui fut d'aucun secours.
Ahaz’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.
22 Au temps de sa détresse, il a encore péché contre Yahvé, ce même roi Achaz.
While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
23 Car il a sacrifié aux dieux de Damas qui l'avaient vaincu. Il disait: « Puisque les dieux des rois de Syrie les ont aidés, je leur sacrifierai, afin qu'ils m'aident. » Mais ils furent sa ruine et celle de tout Israël.
He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.
24 Achaz rassembla les ustensiles de la maison de Dieu, mit en pièces les ustensiles de la maison de Dieu et ferma les portes de la maison de Yahvé; il se fit des autels dans tous les coins de Jérusalem.
Ahaz gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at every street corner in Jerusalem.
25 Dans toutes les villes de Juda, il se fit des hauts lieux pour offrir des parfums à d'autres dieux, et il irrita Yahvé, le Dieu de ses pères.
In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.
26 Le reste de ses actes et toutes ses voies, les premiers et les derniers, sont écrits dans le livre des rois de Juda et d'Israël.
A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Achaz se coucha avec ses pères, et on l'enterra dans la ville, à Jérusalem, parce qu'on ne l'avait pas fait entrer dans les tombeaux des rois d'Israël; et Ézéchias, son fils, régna à sa place.
Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
