2 Chroniques 10
1 Et Roboam alla à Sichem, car tout Israël était venu à Sichem pour le faire roi.
All the people of Israel went to Shechem [city] in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there.
2 Et quand Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, qui était en Égypte, où il s’était enfui de devant le roi Salomon, l’apprit, il arriva que Jéroboam revint d’Égypte.
Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had fled to Egypt [to escape] from King Solomon. But when he heard [about the people wanting to appoint Rehoboam to be their king], he returned [to Israel] from Egypt
3 Et on envoya et on l’appela; et Jéroboam et tout Israël vinrent et parlèrent à Roboam, disant:
So the [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and he went with them [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to Rehoboam,
4 Ton père a rendu notre joug dur; et maintenant, allège le dur service de ton père et son joug pesant qu’il a mis sur nous, et nous te servirons.
“Your father [Solomon] forced us to work very hard for him. If you do not force us to work that hard, and if you charge us less taxes than we were paying to him, we will serve you [faithfully].”
5 Et il leur dit: Encore trois jours, et revenez vers moi. Et le peuple s’en alla.
He replied, “Come back three days from now [and I will give you my answer].” So those leaders [and Jeroboam] left.
6 Et le roi Roboam tint conseil avec les vieillards qui s’étaient tenus devant Salomon, son père, lorsqu’il vivait, disant: Comment conseillez-vous de répondre à ce peuple?
Then King Rehoboam consulted his older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked them, “What shall I say to answer these men?”
7 Et ils lui parlèrent, disant: Si tu es bon envers ce peuple, et si tu es affable envers eux, et si tu leur dis de bonnes paroles, ils seront tes serviteurs à toujours.
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and do things that will please them, and if you say kind things to them when you answer them, they will always serve you.”
8 Mais il laissa le conseil des vieillards, qu’ils lui avaient donné, et tint conseil avec les jeunes gens qui avaient grandi avec lui, qui se tenaient devant lui;
But he ignored what the older men advised him to do. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him, who were now his advisors.
9 et il leur dit: Que conseillez-vous que nous répondions à ce peuple, qui m’a parlé, disant: Allège le joug que ton père a mis sur nous?
He said to them, “How should I answer the men who are asking me to reduce the [work and taxes] that my father required from them?”
10 Et les jeunes gens qui avaient grandi avec lui, lui parlèrent, disant: Tu diras ainsi au peuple qui t’a parlé, disant: Ton père a rendu pesant notre joug; toi, allège-le de dessus nous; – tu leur diras ainsi: Mon petit doigt est plus gros que les reins de mon père;
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “[Those men] have said that your father forced them to work very hard for him, so they want you to reduce the [work and taxes] that your father required from them. But this is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 et maintenant, mon père a chargé sur vous un joug pesant, et moi j’ajouterai à votre joug; mon père vous a corrigés avec des fouets, et moi [je vous corrigerai] avec des scorpions.
What I mean is that my father required you to [work hard and pay high taxes]. But I will make those loads heavier. [It was as though] my father whipped you, but I will whip you with whips that have pieces of metal in them.’”
12 Et Jéroboam et tout le peuple vinrent vers Roboam le troisième jour, comme le roi avait dit, en disant: Revenez vers moi le troisième jour.
Three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to King Rehoboam again, which is what he had told them to do.
13 Et le roi leur répondit avec dureté; et le roi Roboam laissa le conseil des vieillards;
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
14 et il leur parla selon le conseil des jeunes gens, disant: Mon père a rendu pesant votre joug, et moi j’y ajouterai; mon père vous a corrigés avec des fouets, et moi [je vous corrigerai] avec des scorpions.
[He told them what the younger men had advised.] He said, “My father put heavy burdens [of work and taxes] on you, but I will put heavier burdens on you. [It was as though] he beat you with whips, but I will beat you with whips that have pieces of metal in them!”
15 Et le roi n’écouta pas le peuple, car cela était amené par Dieu, afin que l’Éternel accomplisse sa parole, qu’il avait dite par Akhija, le Silonite, à Jéroboam, fils de Nebath.
So the king did not pay any attention to the Israeli leaders. But this happened in order that what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah about Jeroboam would happen.
16 Et tout Israël vit que le roi ne les avait pas écoutés. Et le peuple répondit au roi, disant: Quelle part avons-nous en David? Et nous n’avons pas d’héritage dans le fils d’Isaï. Chacun à ses tentes, Israël! Maintenant, David, regarde à ta maison! Et tout Israël s’en alla à ses tentes.
When the Israeli leaders realized that the king did not pay any attention to what they said, they shouted, “We do not want anything to do with this descendant of King David! We will not pay attention to what this grandson of Jesse says! You people of Israel, let’s go home! As for this descendant of David, he can rule his own kingdom!” So the Israeli leaders returned to their homes.
17 Mais, quant aux fils d’Israël qui habitaient dans les villes de Juda, Roboam régna sur eux.
And [after that, the only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribes of] Judah [and Benjamin].
18 Et le roi Roboam envoya Hadoram, qui était préposé sur les levées; et les fils d’Israël le lapidèrent avec des pierres, et il mourut. Et le roi Roboam se hâta de monter sur un char pour s’enfuir à Jérusalem.
Then King Rehoboam went with Adoniram [to talk to the Israeli people]. Adoniram was the man who supervised [all the men who were] forced to work [for Rehoboam]. But the Israeli people killed him by throwing stones at him. When that happened, King Rehoboam quickly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem.
19 Et Israël se rebella contre la maison de David, jusqu’à ce jour.
Ever since that time, [the people of the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants of [King] David.
