2 Rois 25
1 Dans la neuvième année de son règne, le dixième mois, le roi Nabuchodonosor arriva de Babylone avec toute son armée contre Jérusalem; il campa autour de ses remparts, et il les enveloppa d'une muraille qu'il bâtit.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built a mound all around about it.
2 Et la ville fut investie jusqu'au neuvième mois de la onzième année du règne de Sédécias.
And the city was put in a state of siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3 La famine prévalait dans la cité, et il n'y avait pas de pains pour le peuple de la terre.
And on the ninth of the month, when the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land:
4 Une brèche fut faite aux murailles, et à la nuit les hommes de guerre sortirent par le chemin de la porte qui est entre les remparts, la porte même du jardin du roi; cependant, les Chaldéens entouraient le reste de la ville. Alors, le roi prit la route de la plaine.
The city was broken into, and all the men of war [fled] in the night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; [while the Chaldeans were all round about the city; ] and the people went the way toward the plain.
5 Et l'armée des Chaldéens les poursuivit; Sédécias fut pris en Araboth-Jéricho, et toute sa troupe se dispersa tout alentour.
And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from around him.
6 Les Chaldéens firent donc le roi captif; ils le menèrent au roi de Babylone à Reblatha, et Nabuchodonosor prononça contre lui son arrêt.
And they seized the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they called him to account.
7 Il égorgea tous ses fils sous ses yeux, qu'ensuite il arracha; puis, après l'avoir chargé de chaînes et d'entraves, il l'emmena à Babylone.
And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 Le septième jour du cinquième mois de la dix-neuvième année du règne de Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan son général en chef, celui qui se tenait devant lui, marcha sur Jérusalem.
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, came Nebusaradan, the chief of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
9 Et il livra aux flammes le temple du Seigneur, le palais du roi et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem;
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; also, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
10 Le général en chef [brûla tout].
And the walls of Jerusalem round about did all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the guard tear down.
11 Et Nabuzardan enleva tout ce qui survivait du peuple demeuré dans la ville, et ceux qui étaient tombés dans les mains du roi de Babylone, et tout le reste de la multitude.
And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had run over to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebusaradan the captain of the guard lead away into exile;
12 Il ne laissa pour être vignerons et laboureurs que la plus infinie populace.
But from the poorest of the land the captain of the guard left some to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.
13 Et les Chaldéens brisèrent les colonnes d'airain, les bassins et la mer d'airain du temple; et ils emportèrent le métal à Babylone.
And the pillars of copper that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the copper sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break up, and they carried the copper thereof to Babylon.
14 Ils prirent aussi les chaudières, les fourchettes, les coupes, les encensoirs et les vases d'airain employés dans le temple.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the knives, and the spoons, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, took they away.
15 Le général en chef prit les portes, les coupes d'or et d'argent,
And the censers, and the bowls, the gold of the golden things, and the silver of the silver things, took the captain of the guard away.
16 Les deux colonnes, la mer et les bassins que Salomon avait placés dans le temple; on ne sut pas le poids de tous les ornements d'airain.
The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the copper of all these vessels was too much to be weighed.
17 Chaque colonne avait dix-huit coudées de haut; elle était surmontée d'un chapiteau d'airain, haut de trois coudées, avec un filet entouré de grenades; elles étaient toutes les deux pareilles.
Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and the capital upon it was copper; and the height of the capital was three cubits; and the wreathed work, and the pomegranates upon the capitals round about, were all of copper: and the same had the second pillar together with the wreathed work.
18 Le général en chef fit aussi captifs Saraïas le grand prêtre, Sophonie prêtre du second rang, et les trois gardiens des portes.
And the captain of the guard took Serayah the chief-priest, and Zephanyahu the second priest, and the three door-keepers;
19 On prit en outre: hors de la ville, un eunuque commandant les hommes de guerre; dans la ville, cinq de ceux qui voyaient la face du roi, et le scribe du chef de l'armée qui rangeait les troupes en bataille, et soixante hommes de la campagne alors à Jérusalem.
And out of the city he took one court-officer that was appointed over the men of war, and five men of those that could come into the king's presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the chief of the army, who ordered to the army the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
20 Nabuzardan conduisit les captifs au roi de Babylone, à Reblatha.
And Nebusaradan the captain of the guard took these, and conducted them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;
21 Et Nabuchodonosor les frappa, et les fit mettre à mort à Reblatha dans la terre d'Emath; puis, il emmena Juda loin de sa terre.
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Chamath. So did Judah wander away into exile out of their land.
22 Et à la tête du peuple qui resta sur le territoire de Juda, le roi mit Godolias, fils d'Achiman, fils de Saphan.
And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shaphan.
23 Et tous les chefs de l'armée, eux et leurs hommes, apprirent que le roi avait choisi Godolias; alors, Ismaël, fils de Nathanie; Jonas, fils de Careth; Saraïas, fils de Thanamath le Nephthalite, et Jézonias, fils de Machathi, l'allèrent trouver avec leurs hommes à Maspha,
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedalyahu, they came to Gedalyahu to Mizpah; even Ishma'el the son of Nethanyah, and Jochanan the son of Kareach, and Serayah the son of Tanchumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazanyahu the son of a Ma'achathite, they and their men.
24 Et Godolias prêta serment à eux et à leurs hommes, disant: Ne craignez plus d'invasion des Chaldéens, demeurez en votre terre, servez le roi de Babylone, et tout ira bien pour vous.
And Gedalyahu swore to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Be not afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans: remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it will be well with you.
25 Et le septième mois, Ismaël, fils de Nathanie, de la race royale, et dix de ses hommes allèrent à Maspha; là, ils attaquèrent Godolias, et ils le tuèrent ainsi que les Chaldéens qui s'y trouvaient avec lui.
But it happened in the seventh month, that there came Ishma'el the son of Nethanyah, the son of Elishama', of the seed royal, and ten men with him, and they smote Gedalyahu, so that he died, also the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
26 Et tout le peuple, du petit au grand, et les chefs de l'armée se levèrent, et ils s'en allèrent en Égypte, car ils craignaient les Chaldéens.
And then arose all the people, from small to great, and the captains of the armies, and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
27 En la trente-septième année de la captivité de Joachim, roi de Juda, le vingt-septième jour du douzième mois, Evilmerodach, roi de Babylone, dès la première année de son règne, releva la tête de Joachim, roi de Juda, et le fit sortir de prison.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, that Evil-merodach the king of Babylon in the year that he became king did lift up the head of Jehoyachin the king of Judah out of the prison;
28 Et il lui parla avec douceur, et il lui donna un trône plus élevé que les trônes des autres rois qui l'entouraient à Babylone.
And he spoke kindly to him, and set his chair above the chair of the kings that were with him in Babylon:
29 Il lui ôta ses vêtements de prisonnier, et il le fit manger, en sa présence, tous les jours de sa vie.
And changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.
30 Et sa portion, portion perpétuelle, lui fut donnée de la maison du roi; il en fut ainsi tous les jours de sa vie.
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, the necessary ration for the day on its day, all the days of his life.
