2 Rois 24
1 En ses jours, Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, monta; et Jehoïakim fut son serviteur pendant trois ans; et il se retourna et se révolta contre lui.
While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
2 Et l’Éternel envoya contre lui les bandes des Chaldéens, et les bandes des Syriens, et les bandes de Moab, et les bandes des fils d’Ammon; et il les envoya contre Juda pour le détruire, selon la parole de l’Éternel, qu’il avait prononcée par ses serviteurs les prophètes.
Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
3 Certainement cela arriva par le commandement de l’Éternel contre Juda, pour l’ôter de devant sa face, à cause des péchés de Manassé, selon tout ce qu’il avait fait,
These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
4 et aussi à cause du sang innocent qu’il avait versé, car il avait rempli Jérusalem de sang innocent; et l’Éternel ne voulut pas [lui] pardonner.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Et le reste des actes de Jehoïakim, et tout ce qu’il fit, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des chroniques des rois de Juda?
The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
6 Et Jehoïakim s’endormit avec ses pères; et Jehoïakin, son fils, régna à sa place.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Et le roi d’Égypte ne sortit plus de nouveau de son pays, car le roi de Babylone avait pris tout ce qui était au roi d’Égypte, depuis le torrent d’Égypte jusqu’au fleuve Euphrate.
[The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
8 Jehoïakin était âgé de 18 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Nehushta, fille d’Elnathan, de Jérusalem.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
9 Et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, selon tout ce que son père avait fait.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 En ce temps-là, les serviteurs de Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, montèrent contre Jérusalem, et la ville fut assiégée.
[While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
11 Et Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, vint contre la ville, pendant que ses serviteurs l’assiégeaient.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Et Jehoïakin, roi de Juda, sortit vers le roi de Babylone, lui, et sa mère, et ses serviteurs, et ses chefs, et ses eunuques; et le roi de Babylone le prit, la huitième année de son règne.
Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
13 Et il emporta de là tous les trésors de la maison de l’Éternel et les trésors de la maison du roi, et mit en pièces tous les ustensiles d’or que Salomon, roi d’Israël, avait faits dans le temple de l’Éternel, comme l’Éternel l’avait dit.
Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
14 Et il transporta tout Jérusalem, et tous les chefs, et tous les hommes forts et vaillants, 10 000 captifs, et tous les charpentiers et les forgerons; il ne demeura rien de reste que le peuple pauvre du pays.
They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
15 Et il transporta Jehoïakin à Babylone; et la mère du roi, et les femmes du roi, et ses eunuques, et les puissants du pays, il les emmena captifs de Jérusalem à Babylone,
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 et tous les hommes vaillants, 7 000, et les charpentiers et les forgerons, 1 000, tous hommes propres à la guerre; et le roi de Babylone les amena captifs à Babylone.
They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
17 Et le roi de Babylone établit roi, à la place de Jehoïakin, Matthania, son oncle, et lui changea son nom en celui de Sédécias.
Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
18 Sédécias était âgé de 21 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Hamutal, fille de Jérémie de Libna.
When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
19 Et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, selon tout ce que Jehoïakim avait fait.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Car, parce que la colère de l’Éternel fut contre Jérusalem et contre Juda, jusqu’à les rejeter de devant sa face, Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.
Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
