Jérémie 52
1 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.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became the King [of Judah]. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of [a man named] Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
2 Et il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, selon tout ce que Jehoïakim avait fait.
Zedekiah did [many] things that Yahweh says are evil, like [his father] Jehoiakim had done.
3 Car, parce que la colère de l’Éternel fut contre Jérusalem et Juda, jusqu’à les rejeter de devant sa face, Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.
[The events that are summarized here happened] because Yahweh was angry with [the people of] Jerusalem and [of other places in] Judah, and finally he (exiled them/forced them to go to other countries) [and said that he did not want to have anything to do with] them any more. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 Et il arriva, en la neuvième année de son règne, au dixième mois, le dixième [jour] du mois, que Nebucadretsar, roi de Babylone, vint contre Jérusalem, lui et toute son armée; et ils campèrent contre elle, et bâtirent contre elle une circonvallation tout à l’entour.
[So, ] on January 15, when Zedekiah had been ruling for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army to attack Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls [to enable them to attack the city].
5 Et la ville fut assiégée jusqu’à la onzième année du roi Sédécias.
They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years.
6 Au quatrième mois, le neuvième [jour] du mois, la famine se renforça dans la ville, et il n’y avait point de pain pour le peuple du pays.
When Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, by July 18 of that year, the (famine/lack of food) in the city had become very severe, and there was no [more] food for the people [to eat].
7 Et la brèche fut faite à la ville; et tous les hommes de guerre s’enfuirent et sortirent de nuit de la ville, par le chemin de la porte qui était entre les deux murailles près du jardin du roi (et les Chaldéens étaient près de la ville tout à l’entour); et ils s’en allèrent par le chemin de la plaine.
Then [the soldiers of Babylonia] broke through [a section of] the city wall, and all the [Israeli] soldiers fled. But because the city was surrounded by soldiers from Babylonia, [Zedekiah and the Israeli] soldiers [waited until] it became dark. Then they left the city through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they ran towards the Jordan River Valley.
8 Et l’armée des Chaldéens poursuivit le roi; et ils atteignirent Sédécias dans les plaines de Jéricho, et toute son armée se dispersa d’avec lui.
But the soldiers of Babylonia pursued King Zedekiah, and they caught up with him on the plains near Jericho. [He was alone because] all his men had deserted him and had scattered.
9 Et ils prirent le roi, et le firent monter vers le roi de Babylone à Ribla, dans le pays de Hamath; et il prononça son jugement.
The soldiers of Babylonia took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath [region]. There the king of Babylon told [his soldiers what] they should do to punish Zedekiah.
10 Et le roi de Babylone égorgea les fils de Sédécias devant ses yeux, et il égorgea aussi tous les chefs de Juda à Ribla;
They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
11 et il creva les yeux à Sédécias, et le lia avec des chaînes d’airain, et le roi de Babylone l’amena à Babylone, et le mit sous garde en prison, jusqu’au jour de sa mort.
[Then] they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. They put him in a prison, and he remained there until the day that he died.
12 Et au cinquième mois, le dixième [jour] du mois (c’était la dix -neuvième année du roi Nebucadretsar, roi de Babylone), Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, qui se tenait devant le roi de Babylone, vint à Jérusalem.
On August 17 of that year, which was when King Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost 19 years, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the king’s bodyguards and one of the king’s officials, arrived in Jerusalem.
13 Et il brûla la maison de l’Éternel, et la maison du roi, et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem; et il brûla par le feu toutes les grandes maisons.
He [commanded his soldiers to] burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. They [also] destroyed all the important buildings [in the city].
14 Et toute l’armée des Chaldéens qui était avec le chef des gardes abattit toutes les murailles [qui étaient] autour de Jérusalem.
Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem.
15 Et les plus pauvres du peuple, et le reste du peuple, qui était demeuré de reste dans la ville, et les transfuges qui s’étaient rendus au roi de Babylone, et le reste de la multitude, Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, les transporta;
Then Nebuzaradan (forced to go/exiled) [to Babylon] some of the poorest people, those Israelis who had said they would support the king of Babylon, the rest of the craftsmen, and other people who had remained in Jerusalem.
16 mais des pauvres du pays, Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, en laissa pour être vignerons et laboureurs.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain [in Judah] to take care of the vineyards and fields.
17 Et les Chaldéens brisèrent les colonnes d’airain qui étaient devant la maison de l’Éternel, et les bases, et la mer d’airain qui était dans la maison de l’Éternel, et en emportèrent tout l’airain à Babylone.
The soldiers from Babylonia broke [into pieces] the [huge] bronze pillars that were in front of the temple, and the [large] bronze water tank, and the [ten bronze water] carts, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.
18 Ils prirent aussi les vases [à cendre], et les pelles, et les couteaux, et les bassins, et les coupes, et tous les ustensiles d’airain avec lesquels on faisait le service.
They also took away the basins [for holding the ashes from the burned sacrifices], the shovels [for cleaning out the ashes], the tools for snuffing out the wicks of the lamps, the basins [for holding the blood of the sacrificed animals], the dishes [for incense], and all the [other] bronze items that were used when sacrifices were made at the temple.
19 Et le chef des gardes prit les écuelles, et les brasiers, et les bassins, et les vases [à cendre], et les chandeliers, et les coupes et les vases, ce qui était d’or, en or, et ce qui était d’argent, en argent.
Nebuzaradan also [told his soldiers to] take away the small bowls, the dishes for burning incense, the basins, pots, lampstands, bowls [for incense], and the bowls used for pouring out the wine offerings. They took all the other items that were made of pure gold or silver.
20 Les deux colonnes, la mer unique, et les douze bœufs d’airain qui tenaient lieu de socles, que le roi Salomon avait faits pour la maison de l’Éternel: pour l’airain de tous ces objets il n’y avait point de poids.
The bronze from the two pillars, the [large water] tank and the twelve statues of oxen that were beneath it, and the water carts, was more/heavier than they could weigh. Those things had been made for the temple during the time that Solomon was the king.
21 Et quant aux colonnes, la hauteur d’une colonne était de 18 coudées, et un filet de douze coudées en faisait le tour, et son épaisseur était de quatre doigts; elle était creuse;
Each of the pillars was (27 feet/8 meters) tall and (18 feet/5.5 meters) around. They were hollow, and each had sides/walls that were (3 in./8 cm.) thick.
22 et il y avait dessus un chapiteau d’airain, et la hauteur d’un chapiteau était de cinq coudées; et il y avait un réseau et des grenades tout autour du chapiteau, le tout d’airain: et de même pour la seconde colonne, [elle avait] aussi des grenades;
The bronze head on the top of each pillar was (7-1/2 feet/over 2 meters) high and was decorated all around with a bronze [network of figures that represented] pomegranates.
23 et il y avait 96 grenades sur les [quatre] côtés; toutes les grenades sur le réseau à l’entour étaient au nombre de 100.
There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground.
24 Et le chef des gardes prit Seraïa, le premier sacrificateur, et Sophonie, le second sacrificateur, et les trois gardiens du seuil;
When Nebuzaradan [returned to Babylon], he took [with him as prisoners] Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah who was Seraiah’s deputy, and the three men who guarded the entrances [to the temple].
25 et il prit de la ville un eunuque qui était inspecteur des hommes de guerre, et sept hommes de ceux qui voyaient la face du roi, lesquels furent trouvés dans la ville, et le scribe du chef de l’armée, qui enrôlait le peuple du pays, et 60 hommes du peuple du pays, qui furent trouvés dans la ville.
He found [some other] people who were [hiding] in the city. [So] from them he took a commander of the army [of Judah], seven of the king’s advisors, the army commander’s chief secretary who was in charge of recruiting [soldiers for the army], and 60 [other] soldiers.
26 Et Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, les prit et les mena vers le roi de Babylone à Ribla.
Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, [who was still] at Riblah.
27 Et le roi de Babylone les frappa et les fit mourir à Ribla, dans le pays de Hamath. Et Juda fut transporté de dessus sa terre.
There at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded that they [all] be executed. [Many of the people of] Judah were (forced to leave/exiled from) their own land.
28 C’est ici le peuple que Nebucadretsar transporta: la septième année, 3 023 Juifs;
The number of people who were captured and sent to Babylon at that time, when Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost seven years, was 3,023.
29 la dix-huitième année de Nebucadretsar, [il transporta] de Jérusalem 832 âmes;
Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his [soldiers] took 832 [more Israeli people to Babylonia].
30 [et] la vingt-troisième année de Nebucadretsar, Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, transporta d’entre les Juifs 745 âmes: toutes les âmes furent 4 600.
When he had been ruling almost 23 years, he sent Nebuzaradan [to Jerusalem again], and he brought back 745 [more Israelis to Babylonia]. That was a total of 4,600 Israelis [who were taken to Babylonia].
31 Et il arriva, en la trente-septième année de la transportation de Jehoïakin, roi de Juda, au douzième mois, le vingt-cinquième [jour] du mois, qu’Évil-Merodac, roi de Babylone, l’année où il commença de régner, éleva la tête de Jehoïakin, roi de Juda, et le fit sortir de prison.
After King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in prison [in Babylon] for almost thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin and ordered that he be released from prison. That was on March 31 of the year that Evil-Merodach became king.
32 Et il lui parla avec bonté, et mit son trône au-dessus du trône des rois qui étaient avec lui à Babylone.
He [always] spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a position in which he was honored more than [all] the other kings [who had been exiled/taken to Babylon].
33 Et il lui changea ses vêtements de prison, et [Jehoïakin] mangea le pain devant lui constamment, tous les jours de sa vie:
He [supplied new clothes] for Jehoiachin, to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison. [He also allowed] Jehoiachin to eat with him every day, all during the rest of his life.
34 et quant à son entretien régulier, un entretien continuel lui fut donné de la part du roi de Babylone, jour par jour, jusqu’au jour de sa mort, tous les jours de sa vie.
Every day, the King [of Babylon] gave him some money [to buy the things that he needed. That continued] until the day that Jehoiachin died.
