2 Chroniques 11
1 Roboam rentra donc à Jérusalem; puis, il réunit Juda et Benjamin, cent quatre-vingt mille jeunes gens allant à la guerre, afin de combattre Israël, et de recouvrer la royauté pour Roboam.
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against [the northern tribes of] Israel [and defeat them], in order that he could rule [all the tribes of] the kingdom again.
2 Mais, la parole du Seigneur vint à Samaïas, homme de Dieu; disant:
But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:
3 Parle à Roboam, fils de Salomon, à tout Juda et à Benjamin, dis-leur:
“Go and tell this to [Solomon’s son] Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israeli people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin:
4 Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Ne partez pas, ne combattez point vos frères les fils d'Israël, retournez chacun en votre demeure, car cette chose est de moi. Ils obéirent à la parole du Seigneur, et, selon son ordre, ils renoncèrent à marcher contre Jéroboam.
‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against [the people of Israel; they are] your distant relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” [So Shemaiah went and told that to them, ] and they all heeded what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they did not attack Jeroboam [and his soldiers].
5 Et Roboam habita Jérusalem, et il bâtit des places fortes en Judée.
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and his workers built walls around several of the cities and towns in Judah to protect them [against enemy attacks].
6 Il bâtit encore Bethléem, Etan, Thécoé,
In [the area that belonged to] the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7 Bethsura, Sochoth, Odollam,
Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8 Geth, Marisan, Ziph,
Gath, Mareshah,
9 Adoraï, Lachis, Azéca,
Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10 Saraa, Aïlon et Hébron, qui appartient à Juda et à Benjamin; toutes villes qu'il entoura de remparts.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron.
11 Et il les fortifia, et leur donna des chefs auxquels il assigna des vivres, de l'huile et du vin,
He also appointed an army commander in each of those cities and towns, and gave them supplies of food, olive oil, and wine [to keep in storage].
12 Et il approvisionna chacune d'elles de lances et de boucliers, et il en multiplia les défenses; et il eut à lui Juda et Benjamin.
He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them well-protected. So he continued to rule the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
13 Cependant, les prêtres et les lévites qui étaient en tout Israël, se rassemblaient auprès de lui de tous les points du territoire.
The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam.
14 Car, ils abandonnèrent leurs villes de résidence, et ils se rendirent en Juda et à Jérusalem, parce que Jéroboam et ses fils leur avaient ôté le service du Seigneur.
The descendants of Levi [who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin] abandoned their property and their pastureland, and they came to Jerusalem and [to other places in] Judah, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to do the work of priests of Yahweh.
15 Et Jéroboam avait institué pour lui des prêtres des hauts lieux qui sacrifiaient aux idoles, aux choses vaines, aux veaux d'or, qu'avaient faits Jéroboam.
Instead, Jeroboam appointed the priests that he wanted to work [at the altars he commanded to be built] on the hilltops, [to offer sacrifices to] the idols that he commanded to be made [that resembled] goats and calves.
16 Et il avait chassé des tribus d'Israël ceux qui dévouaient leur cœur à chercher le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël; et ils vinrent à Jérusalem pour sacrifier au Seigneur Dieu de leurs pères.
And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
17 Et ils affermirent le royaume de Juda, et Roboam, fils de Salomon, en fut fortifié pendant trois ans, parce qu'il marcha trois ans dans les voies de David et de Salomon.
They caused the kingdom of Judah to be strong, and for three years they were happy that Solomon’s son Rehoboam was the king. During that time they conducted their lives [righteously] as David and Solomon had done previously.
18 Roboam prit pour femmes Moolath, fille de Jerimuth, fils de David; et Abigaïl, fille d'Eliab, fils de Jessé.
Rehoboam married Mahalath. She was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, and her mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse.
19 Celle-ci lui enfanta des fils: Jéhu, Samoria et Zaam.
Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 Après cela, il épousa Maacha, fille d'Absalon, et elle lui enfanta Abias, Jetthi, Zéza et Salémoth.
Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 Or, Roboam aima Maacha, fille d'Absalon, plus que toutes ses femmes et ses concubines, car il avait dix-huit femmes et soixante concubines; il eut d'elles vingt-huit fils et soixante filles.
Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved any other of his wives and slave wives. Altogether he had 18 wives and 60 slave wives, and 28 sons and 60 daughters.
22 Et il fit Adias, fils de Maacha, chef de tous ses frères, car il avait dessein de lui laisser le trône.
Rehoboam appointed his son Abijah to be the leader of his [older and younger] brothers, because he wanted to appoint Abijah to be the next king.
23 Et il le fortifia plus que tous ses autres fils dispersés sur tout le territoire de Juda et de Benjamin, dans les villes entourées de remparts où Roboam maintenait abondance de vivres, et où il leur fit épouser beaucoup de femmes.
He very wisely sent some of his other sons to other cities in the areas of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the other cities that had walls around them. He gave them plenty of supplies and many wives.
