1 Rois 16
1 La parole du Seigneur s’adressa à Jéhu, fils de Hanani, pour qu’il tint ce discours à Baasa:
During the time that Baasha [was king of Israel], [the prophet] Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh:
2 "Alors que je t’avais tiré de la poussière pour te faire prince de mon peuple d’Israël, tu as marché dans la voie de Jéroboam et tu as fait pécher les enfants d’Israël, provoquant ma colère par leurs péchés.
“You were very insignificant/unimportant [IDM] when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing [IDM] the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin.
3 Eh bien! Je ferai place nette derrière toi, Baasa, et derrière ta maison, je la traiterai comme la maison de Jéroboam, fils de Nebat.
So now I will get rid of you and your family [MTY]. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family.
4 Ceux de Baasa qui mourront dans la ville seront dévorés par les chiens, et ceux qui mourront dans les champs seront la pâture des oiseaux du ciel…"
[The bodies of] those in your family who die in this city [will not be buried; they] will be eaten by dogs; and [the corpses of] those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.”
5 Quant au reste de l’histoire de Baasa, à ses actes et à ses exploits, ils sont consignés dans le livre des annales des rois d’Israël.
The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
6 Baasa, s’étant endormi avec ses pères, fut enseveli à Tirça. Il eut pour successeur son fils Ela.
When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, [the capital city]. Then his son Elah became king.
7 C’Est par l’organe de Jéhu, fils de Hanani, le prophète, que la parole de l’Eternel avait été prononcée contre Baasa et sa maison, soit à cause du mal qu’il avait fait aux yeux de l’Eternel, l’irritant par sa conduite et imitant la famille de Jéroboam, soit parce qu’il avait frappé cette dernière.
Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family.
8 Dans la vingt-sixième année du règne d’Asa, roi de Juda, Ela, fils de Baasa, devint roi d’Israël: il résida deux ans à Tirça.
After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for [only] two years.
9 Son officier Zimri, qui commandait la moitié de sa cavalerie, forma un complot contre lui, tandis qu’il s’enivrait à Tirça dans la maison d’Arça, son intendant en cette ville.
[A man named] Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s (chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses). He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of [a man named] Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace.
10 Zimri survint et le frappa à mort (c’était la vingt-septième année du règne d’Asa, roi de Juda), et devint roi à sa place.
Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years.
11 Devenu roi et en possession du trône, il fit périr toute la maison de Baasa, ses parents et ses amis, sans en épargner la plus infime créature.
As soon as Zimri became king [MTY], he killed all of Baasha’s family [MTY]. That included every male [IDM] in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.
12 Zimri détruisit ainsi toute la maison de Baasa, selon la parole de l’Eternel, transmise à Baasa par le prophète Jéhu:
That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen.
13 en punition de tous les péchés de Baasa et de son fils Ela, péchés qu’ils commirent et firent commettre aux Israélites, irritant le Seigneur, Dieu d’Israël, par leurs vaines idoles.
Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people [to worship] worthless idols.
14 Pour le reste de l’histoire et des actes d’Ela, ils sont consignés dans le livre des annales des rois d’Israël.
Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
15 Dans la vingt-septième année du règne d’Asa, roi de Juda, Zimri devint roi et résida sept jours à Tirça; le peuple assiégeait alors Ghibetôn, ville des Philistins.
So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group.
16 Le peuple campé là ayant appris que Zimri avait conspiré et même avait tué le roi, tout Israël proclama roi Omri, chef de l’armée d’Israël, ce jour-là même, dans le camp.
The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel.
17 Omri, accompagné de tout Israël, se retira de Ghibetôn et vint assiéger Tirça.
The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon [city]. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city.
18 Zimri, voyant que la ville était prise, pénétra dans le donjon du palais du roi, mit de sa propre main le feu au palais et périt dans les flammes.
When Zimri realized that the city was [about to be] captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died [in the fire].
19 C’Était la punition des péchés qu’il avait commis en faisant ce qui déplaît à l’Eternel, en suivant la conduite de Jéroboam en ce qui concerne les péchés qu’il avait fait commettre à Israël.
He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned.
20 Pour le reste de l’histoire de Zimri et du complot qu’il avait organisé, on le trouve consigné dans le livre des annales des rois d’Israël.
All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled [against King Elah], are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
21 Le peuple israélite se partagea alors en deux moitiés, dont l’une s’attacha à Tibni, fils de Ghinat, qu’elle proclama roi, et l’autre à Omri.
After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri [to be the king].
22 Les partisans d’Omri triomphèrent de ceux de Tibni, fils de Ghinat; Tibni périt et Omri resta roi.
Those who supported Omri (were stronger than/defeated) those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king.
23 C’Est dans la trente et unième année du règne d’Asa, roi de Juda, qu’Omri devint roi d’Israël; il régna douze ans, dont six à Tirça.
Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah.
24 Il acquit de Chémer la montagne de Samarie, pour deux kikkar d’argent; et il bâtit sur cette montagne une ville à laquelle il donna le nom de Samarie, d’après celui de Chémer, propriétaire de la montagne.
Then he bought a hill from [a man named] Shemer and paid him about (150 pounds/70 kg.) of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously.
25 Omri fit ce qui déplaît à l’Eternel, et se conduisit plus mal qu’aucun de ses devanciers.
But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
26 Il imita en tout la conduite de Jéroboam, fils de Nebat, et les péchés qu’il avait fait commettre aux Israélites, irritant le Seigneur, Dieu d’Israël, par leurs vaines idoles.
[When] Jeroboam [was previously the king, he] had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols.
27 Quant au reste de l’histoire d’Omri et à ses hauts faits, ils sont mentionnés dans le livre des annales des rois d’Israël.
Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his [army] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
28 Omri, s’étant endormi avec ses pères, fut inhumé à Samarie, et eut pour successeur son fils Achab.
After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king.
29 Achab, fils d’Omri, devint roi d’Israël l’an trente-huit du règne d’Asa, roi de Juda; il régna sur Israël, à Samarie, vingt-deux ans.
Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria [city] for 22 years.
30 Achab, fils d’Omri, fit ce qui déplaît au Seigneur, plus que tous ceux qui l’avaient précédé.
Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.
31 Ne se contentant pas d’imiter les péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nebat, il prit pour femme Jézabel, fille d’Etbaal, roi des Sidoniens, puis s’adonna au culte de Baal et se prosterna devant lui.
He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married [a woman named] Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon [city]. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, [the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped].
32 Il érigea un autel en son honneur, dans le temple qu’il lui avait bâti à Samarie.
He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for [making sacrifices to] Baal.
33 Achab fit aussi une Achêra. Bref, il excita, par sa conduite, la colère de l’Eternel, Dieu d’Israël, plus que tous les rois d’Israël, ses prédécesseurs.
He also made an idol that represented Asherah, [Baal’s wife]. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done.
34 Sous son règne, Hiél, de Béthel, rebâtit Jéricho; la pose des fondations coûta la vie à son fils aîné, Abiram, et celle des portes à Segoub, son plus jeune fils, conformément à la parole de Dieu transmise par l’organe de Josué, fils de Noun.
During the years that Ahab [ruled], Hiel, a man from Bethel [city], rebuilt Jericho [city]. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And [when the city was finished, ] while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen [to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho].
