1 Rois 15
1 C’Est dans la dix-huitième année du règne de Jéroboam, fils de Nebat, qu’Abiam devint roi de Juda.
After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 18 years, Abijah became the king of Judah.
2 Il régna trois ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère se nommait Maakha, fille d’Abichalom.
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the granddaughter of [David’s son] Absalom.
3 Il se rendit coupable de tous les péchés que son père avait commis avant lui, et son cœur n’appartint pas sans partage à l’Eternel, son Dieu, comme le cœur de son aïeul David.
Abijah committed the same kind of sins that his father had committed. He was not fully dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God, as his grandfather David had been.
4 Car, c’est en faveur de David que l’Eternel, son Dieu, lui avait accordé un domaine en Jérusalem, voulant conserver son descendant après lui et assurer la durée de Jérusalem;
But, because of [what Yahweh his God had promised to] David, Yahweh gave Abijah a son [MET] to rule in Jerusalem after him, and in order to protect Jerusalem [from their enemies].
5 parce que David avait fait ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Eternel et n’avait contrevenu, toute sa vie, à aucune de ses prescriptions, à part l’affaire d’Urie, le Héthéen.
Yahweh did that because David had always done what pleased Yahweh and because David had always obeyed Yahweh. The only time when he disobeyed Yahweh was when he caused Uriah [to be killed].
6 Il y eut guerre entre Roboam et Jéroboam tout le temps de sa vie.
There were wars between [the armies of] Rehoboam and Jeroboam all during the time that Abijah ruled.
7 Pour le surplus des faits et gestes d’Abiam, ils sont mentionnés dans le livre des annales des rois de Juda, ainsi que la guerre entre Abiam et Jéroboam.
Everything else that Abijah did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
8 Abiam reposa avec ses pères, et fut enseveli dans la Cité de David. Asa, son fils, lui succéda.
Abijah died [EUP] and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, and his son Asa became king.
9 C’Est dans la vingtième année du règne de Jéroboam sur Israël qu’Asa devint roi de Juda.
After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 20 years, Asa started to rule Judah.
10 Il régna quarante et un ans à Jérusalem. Le nom de sa mère était Maakha, fille d’Abichalom.
He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.
11 Asa fit ce qui est agréable au Seigneur, à l’exemple de son aïeul David.
Asa did what was pleasing to Yahweh, as his ancestor David had done.
12 Il fit disparaître du pays ceux qui se prostituaient, et il en éloigna toutes les impures idoles faites par ses pères.
He got rid of the male prostitutes that were at the places where the people worshiped idols, and he also got rid of all the idols that his ancestors had made.
13 Il destitua même de la régence sa mère Maakha, qui avait consacré une image à Achéra; par l’ordre d’Asa, cette image fut abattue et brûlée dans la vallée de Cédron.
He also removed his grandmother Maacah so that she no longer had influence in the government [because of] being the mother of a previous king. He did that because she had made a disgusting [wooden] statue of the goddess Asherah. Asa [told his workers to] cut down the statue and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
14 Toutefois, les hauts-lieux ne disparurent point; mais le cœur d’Asa resta fidèle à l’Eternel, son Dieu, toute sa vie.
He was not able to destroy all the places where the people worshiped [idols] on the high hills, but he continued to be dedicated/committed to Yahweh his entIre life.
15 Il fit porter dans la maison du Seigneur ce que son père et lui-même avaient consacré en fait d’argent, d’or et de vases précieux.
He [told his workers to] place in the temple all the items that his father had dedicated to God, and all the gold and silver things that he had dedicated to God.
16 Il y eut guerre entre lui et Baasa, roi d’Israël, toute leur vie.
There were wars between [the armies of] Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, all during the time that they ruled.
17 Baasa, roi d’Israël, étant venu attaquer Juda, fortifia Rama pour ne pas laisser l’entrée libre à Asa, roi de Juda.
Baasha’s army invaded Judah. They captured Ramah [town north of Jerusalem]. Then they started to build a wall around it in order to prevent people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa.
18 Alors Asa prit tout l’argent et l’or qui restaient dans les trésors du temple, joints aux trésors de la maison du roi, les remit à ses serviteurs et les envoya à Ben-Hadad, fils de Tabrimmôn, fils de Hezyôn, roi de Syrie, résidant à Damas, avec ces paroles:
So Asa [told] his workers [to] take all the silver and gold that was still in the storerooms in the temple and in the palace. He told them to take it to Damascus and give it to King Ben-Hadad who ruled Syria. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion. He told the workers to say this to Ben-Hadad:
19 "Toi et moi soyons alliés, comme mon père fut allié du tien. Je t’envoie un cadeau d’argent et d’or, afin que tu rompes ton alliance avec Baasa, roi d’Israël, et qu’il se retire de chez moi."
“I want there to be a peace treaty between you and me, like there was between your father and my father. For that reason, I am giving you this silver and gold. So now please cancel the treaty that you made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”
20 Ben-Hadad, accédant à la demande d’Asa, envoya ses généraux contre les villes d’Israël, et prit de vive force Iyyôn, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maakha, toute la région de Kinnerot avec tout le territoire de Nephtali.
[So the workers went and gave the message to] Ben-Hadad, [and he] did what Asa suggested. He sent his army commanders [and their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah, the area near Galilee Lake, and all the land of [the tribe of] Naphtali.
21 Lorsque Baasa en fut informé, il renonça à fortifier Rama et s’établit à Tirça.
When Baasha heard about that, he [told his soldiers to] stop working at Ramah. He [and his soldiers returned to] Tirzah [and] stayed there.
22 Le roi Asa convoqua alors tous les gens de Juda, sans dispenser personne; et ils enlevèrent les pierres et le bois employés par Baasa aux travaux de Rama; Asa s’en servit pour fortifier Ghéba-en-Benjamin et Miçpa.
Then King Asa sent a message to all the [people in the] towns in Judah, stating that they all were required to go to Ramah and carry away the stones and timber that Baasha’s soldiers had been using to build a wall around the city. With those stones and timber they fortified Mizpah [city north of Jerusalem], and Geba, [a town] in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
23 Pour le surplus de l’histoire d’Asa, ses exploits et ses travaux, et les villes qu’il a bâties, tous ces faits sont consignés dans le livre des annales des rois de Juda; il est à noter seulement que, dans sa vieillesse, il eut les pieds malades.
Everything else that Asa did, the armies that his soldiers defeated, and the names of the cities that he caused to be fortified, are [RHQ] written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. But when Asa became old, he got a disease in his feet.
24 Asa s’endormit avec ses pères et fut inhumé auprès d’eux dans la Cité de David, son aïeul. Josaphat, son fils, régna à sa place.
He died [EUP] and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoshaphat became king.
25 Nadab, fils de Jéroboam, devint roi d’Israël la seconde année du règne d’Asa, roi de Juda, et régna deux ans sur Israël.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost two years, King Jeroboam’s son Nadab started to rule Israel. He ruled for two years.
26 Il fit ce qui déplaît à l’Eternel, imitant la conduite de son père et les péchés qu’il avait fait commettre à Israël.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. His behavior was sinful like his father’s behavior had been, and what he did led the people of Israel to sin.
27 Baasa, fils d’Ahiyya, de la maison d’Issachar, conspira contre lui et le fit périr à Ghibetôn, ville des Philistins, tandis que Nadab et tout Israël assiégeaient cette ville.
[A man named] Baasha, from the tribe of Issachar, planned to harm him. He killed Nadab when Nadab and his army had surrounded Gibbethon [city] in the Philistia area.
28 C’Est la troisième année du règne d’Asa, roi de Juda, que Baasa tua Nadab, à qui il succéda.
That [DOU] was when Asa had been [the king ruling] Judah for almost three years. Then Baasha became the king of Israel.
29 Devenu roi, il extermina toute la famille de Jéroboam, n’en épargnant pas une âme, jusqu’à ce qu’il l’eût anéantie, ainsi que le Seigneur l’avait annoncé par l’organe de son serviteur Ahiyya, de Silo,
As soon as Baasha became king, [he commanded his soldiers to] kill all of Jeroboam’s family. Doing what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh would happen, they killed all of Jeroboam’s family. None of them (was left/remained alive).
30 à cause des péchés que Jéroboam avait commis et fait commettre à Israël, provoquant ainsi la colère du Seigneur, Dieu d’Israël.
That happened because Yahweh had become very angry with Jeroboam because of all the sins that Jeroboam had committed, and because of the sins that he had persuaded the people of Israel to commit.
31 Quant au reste de l’histoire et des actes de Nadab, ils sont consignés dans le livre des annales des rois d’Israël.
Everything else that Nadab did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
32 Il y eut guerre entre Asa et Baasa, toute leur vie.
There were wars between [the armies of] King Asa and King Baasha all the time that they ruled.
33 C’Est dans la troisième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, que Baasa, fils d’Ahiyya, devint roi de tout Israël; il résida à Tirça et régna vingt-quatre ans.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost three years, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, started to rule Israel at Tirzah [city]. He ruled for 24 years.
34 Il fit ce qui déplaît au Seigneur, imitant la conduite de Jéroboam et les péchés qu’il avait fait commettre à Israël.
He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, and his behavior was sinful like his father’s had been, and he led the people of Israel to sin.
