2 Rois 21
1 Manassé avait douze ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna cinquante-cinq ans à Jérusalem; sa mère se nommait Apsiba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 Et il fit le mal aux yeux du Seigneur: les abominations des peuples que le Seigneur avait détruits devant les fils d'Israël.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].
3 Il se pervertit, et il rebâtit les hauts lieux qu'avait abattus Ezéchias, son père; il releva l'autel de Baal; il planta des bois sacrés, comme Achab, roi d'Israël; il adora toute l'armée du ciel, et il la servit.
He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.
4 Il bâtit un autel dans le temple du Seigneur, qui avait dit: En Jérusalem je placerai mon nom.
He directed his workers to build altars [for worshiping foreign gods] in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship [MTY] me, forever.”
5 Et il bâtit un autel à toute l'armée du ciel, dans chacun des deux parvis du temple du Seigneur.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Et il fit passer de ses fils dans la flamme; il usa de la divination et des augures, il consacra des enclos; il multiplia les devins, faisant le mal aux yeux du Seigneur pour l'irriter.
He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
7 L'idole du bois sacré, il la mit dans le temple, dont le Seigneur avait dit à David et à Salomon, son fils: En ce temple et en cette ville de Jérusalem, que j'ai choisie parmi toutes les tribus, je placerai mon nom pour toujours.
He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.
8 Car je ne veux plus éloigner de la terre que j'ai donnée à leurs pères le pied des fils d'Israël, du moins de ceux qui garderont tout ce que j'ai prescrit, tous les commandements que leur a fait connaître Moïse, mon serviteur;
And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
9 Mais ils n'écoutèrent pas le Seigneur; Manassé les égara, pour qu'ils fissent le mal aux yeux du Seigneur, plus encore que les nations que le Seigneur avait détruites devant Israël.
But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.
10 Et le Seigneur parla par la voix de ses serviteurs les prophètes, disant:
[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:
11 En punition de ce qu'a fait Manassé, de ses abominations, de ses crimes, qui surpassent ceux de l'Amorrhéen d'autrefois, de ce qu'il a fait tomber Israël dans le péché, par ses idoles,
“Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.
12 Il n'en sera pas ainsi. Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: Voilà que j'apporte à Jérusalem et à Juda des maux tels, que les oreilles de quiconque les ouïra en tinteront.
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].
13 Et j'étendrai sur Jérusalem la mesure de Samarie et le niveau de la maison d'Achab; je récurerai Jérusalem comme on récure un vase que l'on retourne sens dessus dessous en l'essuyant.
I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].
14 Je répudierai les restes de mon héritage; je les livrerai aux mains de leurs ennemis; ils seront pour tous leurs ennemis une proie et un butin.
And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.
15 En punition de ce qu'ils ont fait le mal à mes yeux, et de ce qu'ils n'ont jamais cessé de m'irriter, depuis que j'ai tiré leurs pères de l'Égypte jusqu'à ce jour.
I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”
16 Or, Manassé répandit à grands flots le sang innocent, jusqu'à ce que, d'une extrémité à l'autre, il en eût rempli Jérusalem, outre les péchés où il fit tomber Juda en faisant le mal aux yeux du Seigneur.
Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].
17 Quant au reste de l'histoire de Manassé, et aux péchés où il tomba, ne sont-ils pas écrits au livre des Faits et gestes des rois de Juda?
[If you want to know more about] all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
18 Et Manassé s'endormit avec ses pères; il fut enseveli dans le jardin de son palais, dans le jardin d'Oza, et son fils Amos régna à sa place.
Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.
19 Amos avait vingt-deux ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna deux ans à Jérusalem; sa mère se nommait Mésollam, fille d'Arus de Jétéba.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.
20 Et il fit le mal aux yeux du Seigneur, comme l'avait fait Manassé, son père.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Il marcha dans toutes les voies où son père avait marché, et il servit les idoles que son père avait servies, et il les adora.
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Il abandonna le Seigneur Dieu de ses pères; il ne marcha pas dans la voie du Seigneur.
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Et les serviteurs d'Amos conspirèrent contre lui, et ils le tuèrent dans son palais.
Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.
24 Alors, le peuple de la terre mit à mort ceux qui avaient conspiré contre le roi Amos, et il proclama roi Josias, son fils.
But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
25 Quant au reste de l'histoire d'Amos, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Faits et gestes des rois de Juda?
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
26 Et on l'ensevelit en son sépulcre dans le jardin d'Oza, et Josias, son fils, régna à sa place.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
