2 Chroniques 12
1 Et il arriva que, quand le royaume de Roboam fut affermi, et qu’il se fut fortifié, il abandonna la loi de l’Éternel, et tout Israël avec lui.
After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
2 Et parce qu’ils avaient péché contre l’Éternel, il arriva, en la cinquième année du roi Roboam, que Shishak, roi d’Égypte, monta contre Jérusalem,
As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
3 avec 1 200 chars et 60 000 cavaliers; et le peuple qui vint avec lui d’Égypte, Libyens, Sukkiens, et Éthiopiens, était sans nombre;
Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia.
4 et il prit les villes fortes qui étaient à Juda, et vint jusqu’à Jérusalem.
They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Et Shemahia, le prophète, vint vers Roboam et vers les chefs de Juda qui s’étaient assemblés à Jérusalem, fuyant Shishak, et leur dit: Ainsi dit l’Éternel: Vous m’avez abandonné, et moi je vous ai aussi abandonnés aux mains de Shishak.
Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of [the army of] Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to [allow you to be captured by the army of] Shishak.’”
6 Et les chefs d’Israël et le roi s’humilièrent, et dirent: L’Éternel est juste.
Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
7 Et quand l’Éternel vit qu’ils s’étaient humiliés, la parole de l’Éternel vint à Shemahia, disant: Ils se sont humiliés, je ne les détruirai pas; je leur donnerai un peu de délivrance, et ma fureur ne se déversera pas sur Jérusalem par le moyen de Shishak;
When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem,
8 mais ils lui seront asservis, et ils connaîtront ce que c’est que mon service, et le service des royaumes des pays.
but they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn [that it is better] to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.”
9 Et Shishak, roi d’Égypte, monta contre Jérusalem, et prit les trésors de la maison de l’Éternel et les trésors de la maison du roi: il prit tout. Et il prit les boucliers d’or que Salomon avait faits.
When Shishak’s [army] attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything [that was valuable], including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
10 Et le roi Roboam fit à leur place des boucliers d’airain, et les confia aux mains des chefs des coureurs qui gardaient l’entrée de la maison du roi.
So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace.
11 Et toutes les fois que le roi entrait dans la maison de l’Éternel, il arrivait que les coureurs venaient et les portaient, puis ils les rapportaient dans la chambre des coureurs.
After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then [when the king left, ] they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
12 Et quand il s’humilia, la colère de l’Éternel se détourna de lui, et il ne le détruisit pas entièrement; et aussi il y avait en Juda de bonnes choses.
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen in Judah.
13 Et le roi Roboam se fortifia dans Jérusalem, et régna. Or Roboam était âgé de 41 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna 17 ans à Jérusalem, la ville que l’Éternel avait choisie d’entre toutes les tribus d’Israël pour y mettre son nom; et le nom de sa mère était Naama, une Ammonite.
King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king [of Judah]. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him.
14 Mais il fit le mal; car il n’appliqua pas son cœur à rechercher l’Éternel.
Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
15 Et les actes de Roboam, les premiers et les derniers, ne sont-ils pas écrits dans les paroles de Shemahia, le prophète, et d’Iddo, le voyant, dans les registres généalogiques? Et il y eut des guerres continuelles entre Roboam et Jéroboam.
An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other.
16 Et Roboam s’endormit avec ses pères, et il fut enterré dans la ville de David; et Abija, son fils, régna à sa place.
When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
