Jérémie 52
1 Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu'il commença à régner. Il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Hamutal, fille de Jérémie, de Libna.
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].
2 Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, selon tout ce qu'avait fait Jojakim.
Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
3 Car c'est par la colère de Yahvé que cela arriva à Jérusalem et en Juda, jusqu'à ce qu'il les eût chassés de sa présence. Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.
[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.
4 La neuvième année de son règne, le dixième jour du mois, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, vint, lui et toute son armée, contre Jérusalem, et campa devant elle; ils construisirent des forts tout autour.
[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].
5 La ville fut ainsi assiégée jusqu'à la onzième année du roi Sédécias.
They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
6 Au quatrième mois, le neuvième jour du mois, la famine sévit dans la ville, de sorte qu'il n'y eut pas de pain pour le peuple du pays.
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].
7 Alors il y eut une brèche dans la ville, et tous les hommes de guerre s'enfuirent et sortirent de nuit de la ville par le chemin de la porte entre les deux murs, qui était près du jardin du roi. Or les Chaldéens étaient contre la ville tout autour. Les hommes de guerre se dirigèrent vers la plaine.
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.
8 Mais l'armée des Chaldéens poursuivit le roi et atteignit Sédécias dans les plaines de Jéricho, et toute son armée fut dispersée devant lui.
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.
9 Ils prirent le roi, et le firent monter vers le roi de Babylone, à Ribla, dans le pays de Hamath, qui prononça un jugement contre lui.
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.
10 Le roi de Babylone fit mourir sous ses yeux les fils de Sédécias. Il tua aussi tous les princes de Juda à Ribla.
They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
11 Il fit crever les yeux à Sédécias, et le roi de Babylone le lia avec des chaînes, le transporta à Babylone et le mit en prison jusqu'au jour de sa mort.
[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.
12 Le cinquième mois, le dixième jour du mois, qui était la dix-neuvième année du roi Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, qui se tenait devant le roi de Babylone, entra dans Jérusalem.
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.
13 Il brûla la maison de Yahvé et la maison du roi, et il brûla au feu toutes les maisons de Jérusalem, toutes les grandes maisons.
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].
14 Toute l'armée des Chaldéens, qui était avec le chef des gardes, abattit toutes les murailles de Jérusalem, tout autour.
Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
15 Puis Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, emmena en captivité les plus pauvres du peuple, le reste du peuple qui était resté dans la ville, les réfractaires qui s'étaient ralliés au roi de Babylone, et le reste de la multitude.
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.
16 Mais Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, laissa les plus pauvres du pays comme vignerons et cultivateurs.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
17 Les Chaldéens brisèrent 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 emportèrent tout l'airain à Babylone.
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.
18 Ils emportèrent aussi les marmites, les pelles, les éteignoirs, les bassins, les cuillères et tous les ustensiles d'airain avec lesquels on faisait le service.
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.
19 Le chef des gardes emporta les coupes, les poêles à feu, les bassins, les marmites, les chandeliers, les cuillères et les coupes, ce qui était d'or comme de l'or, et ce qui était d'argent comme de l'argent.
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.
20 Ils prirent les deux colonnes, la mer unique et les douze taureaux d'airain qui étaient sous les socles, que le roi Salomon avait faits pour la maison de Yahvé. Le bronze de tous ces objets était sans poids.
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.
21 Quant aux colonnes, la hauteur de l'une d'elles était de dix-huit coudées; une ligne de douze coudées l'entourait; son épaisseur était de quatre doigts. Elle était creuse.
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.
22 Il était surmonté d'un chapiteau d'airain; la hauteur de ce chapiteau était de cinq coudées, avec un réseau et des grenades sur le chapiteau tout autour, le tout d'airain. Le second pilier avait aussi la même chose, avec des grenades.
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.
23 Il y avait quatre-vingt-seize grenades sur les côtés, et cent grenades sur le réseau, tout autour.
There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground.
24 Le chef des gardes prit Seraja, le souverain sacrificateur, Sophonie, le second sacrificateur, et les trois gardiens du seuil;
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].
25 il prit dans la ville un officier préposé aux hommes de guerre, sept hommes de ceux qui avaient vu le visage du roi et qui se trouvaient dans la ville, le secrétaire du chef de l'armée, qui rassemblait le peuple du pays, et soixante hommes du peuple du pays, qui se trouvaient au milieu de la ville.
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.
26 Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, les prit et les amena au roi de Babylone, à Ribla.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
27 Le roi de Babylone les frappa et les fit mourir à Ribla, dans le pays de Hamath. Et Juda fut emmené captif hors de son pays.
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.
28 Voici le nombre de personnes que Nebucadnetsar emmena en captivité: la septième année, trois mille vingt-trois Juifs;
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.
29 La dix-huitième année de Nabuchodonosor, il emmena en captivité de Jérusalem huit cent trente-deux personnes;
Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
30 La vingt-troisième année de Nebucadnetsar, Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, emmena captifs des Juifs sept cent quarante-cinq personnes. Tout le peuple était au nombre de quatre mille six cents.
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].
31 La trente-septième année de la captivité de Jojakin, roi de Juda, le douzième mois, le vingt-cinquième jour du mois, Evilmérodac, roi de Babylone, la première année de son règne, releva la tête de Jojakin, roi de Juda, et le fit sortir de prison.
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.
32 Il lui parla avec bonté, plaça son trône au-dessus du trône des rois qui étaient avec lui à Babylone,
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].
33 et changea ses vêtements de prison. Jehoïachin mangea du pain devant lui continuellement tous les jours de sa vie.
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.
34 Pour son argent de poche, le roi de Babylone lui donna une allocation continuelle, chaque jour une portion jusqu'au jour de sa mort, tous les jours de sa vie.
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.
