2 Chroniques 36
1 Le peuple du pays prit Joachaz, fils de Josias, et le fit roi à la place de son père, à Jérusalem.
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and they appointed him king in place of his father, in Jerusalem.
2 Joachaz avait vingt-trois ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.
3 Le roi d’Égypte le destitua à Jérusalem, et imposa au pays une contribution de cent talents d’argent et d’un talent d’or.
Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
4 Et il établit roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem Eliacim, frère de Joachaz, et il changea son nom en celui de Joakim. Néchao prit son frère Joachaz et l’emmena en Égypte.
And he appointed Eliakim, his brother, as king in his place, over Judah and Jerusalem. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Truly, he took Jehoahaz with him, and he led him away to Egypt.
5 Joakim avait vingt-cinq ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, son Dieu.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil before the Lord his God.
6 Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, monta contre lui, et le lia avec une double chaîne d’airain, pour le conduire à Babylone.
Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.
7 Nabuchodonosor emporta à Babylone des ustensiles de la maison de Yahweh, et il les mit dans son temple à Babylone.
And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.
8 Le reste des actes de Joakim, les abominations qu’il commit, et ce qui se trouvait en lui, voici que cela est écrit dans le livre des rois de Juda et d’Israël. Joachin, son fils, régna à sa place.
But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.
9 Joachin avait huit ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
10 Au retour de l’année, le roi Nabuchodonosor le fit emmener à Babylone, avec les ustensiles précieux de la maison de Yahweh; et il établit roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem Sédécias, frère de Joachin.
And when the course of a year had turned, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, carrying away, at the same time, the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord. Truly, he appointed his uncle, Zedekiah, as king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
12 Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, son Dieu, et il ne s’humilia pas devant Jérémie, le prophète, qui lui parlait de la part de Yahweh.
And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. And he did not show remorse before the face of the prophet Jeremiah, who was speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.
13 Il se révolta même contre le roi Nabuchodonosor, qui l’avait fait jurer par Dieu; il raidit son cou et endurcit son cœur, pour ne pas revenir à Yahweh, le Dieu d’Israël.
Also, he withdrew from king Nebuchadnezzar, who had bound him by an oath to God, and he hardened his own neck and his own heart, so that he did not return to the Lord, the God of Israel.
14 Tous les chefs des prêtres et le peuple multiplièrent aussi les transgressions, selon toutes les abominations des nations, et ils profanèrent la maison de Yahweh, qu’il avait sanctifiée à Jérusalem.
Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
15 Yahweh, le Dieu de leurs pères, leur avait envoyé des avertissements par l’organe de ses messagers, de bonne heure et à plusieurs reprises; car il avait compassion de son peuple et de sa propre demeure.
Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.
16 Mais ils se moquèrent des envoyés de Dieu, ils méprisèrent ses paroles et se raillèrent de ses prophètes, jusqu’à ce que la colère de Dieu s’élevât contre son peuple, et qu’il n’y eût plus de remède.
But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.
17 Alors Yahweh fit monter contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, qui tua par l’épée leurs jeunes gens dans la maison de leur sanctuaire, et n’épargna ni le jeune homme, ni la vierge, ni le vieillard, ni l’homme aux cheveux blancs; Yahweh livra tout entre ses mains.
For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.
18 Nabuchodonosor emporta à Babylone tous les ustensiles de la maison de Dieu, grands et petits, les trésors de la maison de Yahweh, et les trésors du roi et de ses chefs.
And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.
19 Ils brûlèrent la maison de Dieu, ils démolirent les murailles de Jérusalem, ils livrèrent au feu tous ses palais, et tous ses objets précieux furent livrés à la destruction.
The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.
20 Nabuchodonosor emmena captifs à Babylone ceux qui échappèrent à l’épée, et ils furent ses esclaves, à lui et à ses fils, jusqu’à la domination du royaume de Perse.
If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,
21 Ainsi s’accomplit la parole de Yahweh, qu’il avait dite par la bouche de Jérémie: Jusqu’à ce que le pays ait joui de ses sabbats; car il se reposa tout le temps de sa dévastation, — jusqu’à l’accomplissement de soixante-dix années.
and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.
22 La première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, pour accomplir la parole de Yahweh, qu’il avait dite par la bouche de Jérémie, Yahweh excita l’esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse, qui fit faire de vive voix et par écrit cette proclamation dans tout son royaume:
Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
23 « Ainsi dit Cyrus, roi de Perse: Yahweh, le Dieu du ciel, m’a donné tous les royaumes de la terre, et il m’a dit de lui bâtir une maison à Jérusalem, qui est en Juda. Qui d’entre vous est de son peuple? Que Yahweh, son Dieu, soit avec lui, et qu’il monte!... »
“Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”
