1 Rois 15
1 La dix-huitième année du règne de Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, Abijam régna sur 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 s’appelait Maaca, fille d’Abisalom.
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the granddaughter of [David’s son] Absalom.
3 Il se livra à tous les péchés que son père avait commis avant lui; et son cœur ne fut point tout entier à l’Éternel, son Dieu, comme l’avait été le cœur de David, son père.
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 Mais à cause de David, l’Éternel, son Dieu, lui donna une lampe à Jérusalem, en établissant son fils après lui et en laissant subsister 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 Car David avait fait ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Éternel, et il ne s’était détourné d’aucun de ses commandements pendant toute sa vie, excepté dans l’affaire d’Urie, le Héthien.
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, tant que vécut Roboam.
There were wars between [the armies of] Rehoboam and Jeroboam all during the time that Abijah ruled.
7 Le reste des actions d’Abijam, et tout ce qu’il a fait, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda? Il y eut guerre entre Abijam et Jéroboam.
Everything else that Abijah did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
8 Abijam se coucha avec ses pères, et on l’enterra dans la ville de David. Et Asa, son fils, régna à sa place.
Abijah died [EUP] and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, and his son Asa became king.
9 La vingtième année de Jéroboam, roi d’Israël, Asa régna sur 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. Sa mère s’appelait Maaca, fille d’Abisalom.
He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.
11 Asa fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Éternel, comme David, son père.
Asa did what was pleasing to Yahweh, as his ancestor David had done.
12 Il ôta du pays les prostitués, et il fit disparaître toutes les idoles que ses pères avaient faites.
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 Et même il enleva la dignité de reine à Maaca, sa mère, parce qu’elle avait fait une idole pour Astarté. Asa abattit son idole, et la brûla au torrent 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 Mais les hauts lieux ne disparurent point, quoique le cœur d’Asa fût en entier à l’Éternel pendant 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 mit dans la maison de l’Éternel les choses consacrées par son père et par lui-même, de l’argent, de l’or et des vases.
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 Asa et Baescha, roi d’Israël, pendant 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 Baescha, roi d’Israël, monta contre Juda; et il bâtit Rama, pour empêcher ceux d’Asa, roi de Juda, de sortir et d’entrer.
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 Asa prit tout l’argent et tout l’or qui étaient restés dans les trésors de la maison de l’Éternel et les trésors de la maison du roi, et il les mit entre les mains de ses serviteurs qu’il envoya vers Ben-Hadad, fils de Thabrimmon, fils de Hezjon, roi de Syrie, qui habitait à Damas. Le roi Asa lui fit dire:
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 Qu’il y ait une alliance entre moi et toi, comme il y en eut une entre mon père et ton père. Voici, je t’envoie un présent en argent et en or. Va, romps ton alliance avec Baescha, roi d’Israël, afin qu’il s’éloigne de 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 écouta le roi Asa; il envoya les chefs de son armée contre les villes d’Israël, et il battit Ijjon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maaca, tout Kinneroth, et tout le pays de Nephthali.
[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 Baescha l’apprit, il cessa de bâtir Rama, et il resta à Thirtsa.
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 tout Juda, sans exempter personne, et ils emportèrent les pierres et le bois que Baescha employait à la construction de Rama; et le roi Asa s’en servit pour bâtir Guéba de Benjamin et Mitspa.
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 Le reste de toutes les actions d’Asa, tous ses exploits et tout ce qu’il a fait, et les villes qu’il a bâties, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda? Toutefois, à l’époque de 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 se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David, son père. Et 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, régna sur Israël, la seconde année d’Asa, roi de Juda. Il 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 est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel; et il marcha dans la voie de son père, se livrant aux péchés que son père 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 Baescha, fils d’Achija, de la maison d’Issacar, conspira contre lui, et Baescha le tua à Guibbethon, qui appartenait aux Philistins, pendant que Nadab et tout Israël assiégeaient Guibbethon.
[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 Baescha le fit périr la troisième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, et il régna à sa place.
That [DOU] was when Asa had been [the king ruling] Judah for almost three years. Then Baasha became the king of Israel.
29 Lorsqu’il fut roi, il frappa toute la maison de Jéroboam, il n’en laissa échapper personne et il détruisit tout ce qui respirait, selon la parole que l’Éternel avait dite par son serviteur Achija 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 qu’il avait fait commettre à Israël, irritant ainsi l’Éternel, le 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 Le reste des actions de Nadab, et tout ce qu’il a fait, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques 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 Baescha, roi d’Israël, pendant toute leur vie.
There were wars between [the armies of] King Asa and King Baasha all the time that they ruled.
33 La troisième année d’Asa, roi de Juda, Baescha, fils d’Achija, régna sur tout Israël à Thirtsa. Il 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 est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, et il marcha dans la voie de Jéroboam, se livrant aux péchés que Jéroboam 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.
