2 Chroniques 36
1 Et le peuple du pays prit Joakhaz, fils de Josias, et le fit roi à la place de son père, à Jérusalem.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Joakhaz était âgé de 23 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 Et le roi d’Égypte le déposa, à Jérusalem, et frappa le pays d’une amende de 100 talents d’argent et d’un talent d’or.
King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
4 Et le roi d’Égypte établit roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem, Éliakim, frère de Joakhaz, et changea son nom en celui de Jehoïakim; et Neco prit Joakhaz, frère de Jehoïakim, et l’emmena en Égypte.
The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
5 Jehoïakim était âgé de 25 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem, et fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, son Dieu.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
6 Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, monta contre lui, et le lia avec des chaînes d’airain pour le conduire à Babylone.
Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
7 Et Nebucadnetsar emporta à Babylone [une partie] des ustensiles de la maison de l’Éternel, et les mit dans son temple à Babylone.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
8 Et le reste des actes de Jehoïakim, et ses abominations qu’il commit, et ce qui fut trouvé en lui, voici, cela est écrit dans le livre des rois d’Israël et de Juda. Et Jehoïakin, son fils, régna à sa place.
A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
9 Jehoïakin était âgé de [dix]-huit ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
10 Et au retour de l’année, le roi Nebucadnetsar envoya, et l’amena à Babylone, avec les objets désirables de la maison de l’Éternel; et il établit Sédécias, son frère, roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem.
During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
11 Sédécias était âgé de 21 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, son Dieu; il ne s’humilia pas devant Jérémie, le prophète, [qui lui parlait] de la part de l’Éternel;
He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
13 et il se révolta aussi contre le roi Nebucadnetsar, qui lui avait fait jurer par Dieu; et il roidit son cou, et endurcit son cœur pour ne pas retourner à l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël.
He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
14 Tous les chefs des sacrificateurs aussi, et le peuple, multiplièrent beaucoup leurs péchés, selon toutes les abominations des nations; et ils rendirent impure la maison de l’Éternel qu’il avait sanctifiée à Jérusalem.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
15 Et l’Éternel, le Dieu de leurs pères, envoya vers eux par ses messagers, se levant de bonne heure et envoyant, car il avait compassion de son peuple et de sa demeure.
Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
16 Mais ils se moquaient des messagers de Dieu, et méprisaient ses paroles, et se raillaient de ses prophètes, jusqu’à ce que la fureur de l’Éternel monta contre son peuple et qu’il n’y eut plus de remède.
But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
17 Et il fit monter contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, et tua leurs jeunes hommes par l’épée dans la maison de leur sanctuaire; et il n’eut pas compassion du jeune homme, ni de la vierge, [ni] de l’ancien, ni du vieillard: il les livra tous entre ses mains.
He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
18 Et tous les ustensiles de la maison de Dieu, grands et petits, et les trésors de la maison de l’Éternel, et les trésors du roi et de ses chefs, il emporta tout à Babylone.
His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
19 Et ils brûlèrent la maison de Dieu, et abattirent la muraille de Jérusalem, et brûlèrent par le feu tous ses palais; et tous ses objets désirables furent livrés à la destruction.
They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
20 Et il transporta à Babylone le reste [échappé] à l’épée; et ils furent ses serviteurs, à lui et à ses fils, jusqu’au règne du royaume des Perses;
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
21 afin que fût accomplie la parole de l’Éternel, [dite] par la bouche de Jérémie, jusqu’à ce que le pays ait joui de ses sabbats. Tous les jours de sa désolation il se reposa, jusqu’à ce que 70 ans soient accomplis.
[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
22 Et la première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, afin que soit accomplie la parole de l’Éternel [dite] par la bouche de Jérémie, l’Éternel réveilla l’esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse; et il fit une proclamation dans tout son royaume, et la publia aussi par écrit, disant:
During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
23 Ainsi dit Cyrus, roi de Perse: L’Éternel, le Dieu des cieux, m’a donné tous les royaumes de la terre, et il m’a chargé de lui bâtir une maison à Jérusalem, qui est en Juda. Qui d’entre vous, quel qu’il soit, est de son peuple, – que l’Éternel, son Dieu, soit avec lui, et qu’il monte!
“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
