2 Chroniques 22
1 Les habitants de Jérusalem firent régner à sa place Achazia, son plus jeune fils; car la troupe venue au camp avec les Arabes avait tué tous les plus âgés. Ainsi régna Achazia, fils de Joram, roi de Juda.
Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem appointed his youngest son, Ahaziah, as king in his place. For the robbers of the Arabians, who had fallen upon the camp, had put to death all those who were greater by birth before him. And so Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, reigned as king of Judah.
2 Achazia avait quarante-deux ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna un an à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Athalie, fille d’Omri.
Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.
3 Il marcha dans les voies de la maison d’Achab, car sa mère lui donnait des conseils impies.
But he too went forth in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother impelled him to act impiously.
4 Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, comme la maison d’Achab, où il eut après la mort de son père des conseillers pour sa perte.
And so he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as the house of Ahab did. For after the death of his father, they were counselors to him, to his destruction.
5 Entraîné par leur conseil, il alla avec Joram, fils d’Achab, roi d’Israël, à la guerre contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie, à Ramoth en Galaad. Et les Syriens blessèrent Joram.
And he walked in their counsels. And he went with Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, to war against Hazael, the king of Syria, at Ramoth Gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram.
6 Joram s’en retourna pour se faire guérir à Jizreel des blessures que les Syriens lui avaient faites à Rama, lorsqu’il se battait contre Hazaël, roi de Syrie. Azaria, fils de Joram, roi de Juda, descendit pour voir Joram, fils d’Achab, à Jizreel, parce qu’il était malade.
And he returned, so that he might be cured at Jezreel. For he had received many wounds in the above-stated battle. And so Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, descended, so that he might visit Joram, the son of Ahab, at Jezreel, while he was ill.
7 Par la volonté de Dieu, ce fut pour sa ruine qu’Achazia se rendit auprès de Joram. Lorsqu’il fut arrivé, il sortit avec Joram pour aller au-devant de Jéhu, fils de Nimschi, que l’Éternel avait oint pour exterminer la maison d’Achab.
Indeed, it was the will of God against Ahaziah that he would go to Joram, and when he had gone, that he also would go out with him against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
8 Et comme Jéhu faisait justice de la maison d’Achab, il trouva les chefs de Juda et les fils des frères d’Achazia, qui étaient au service d’Achazia, et il les tua.
Therefore, when Jehu was overthrowing the house of Ahab, he found the leaders of Judah, with the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, who were ministering to him, and he put them to death.
9 Il chercha Achazia, et on le saisit dans Samarie, où il s’était caché. On l’amena auprès de Jéhu, et on le fit mourir. Puis ils l’enterrèrent, car ils disaient: C’est le fils de Josaphat, qui cherchait l’Éternel de tout son cœur. Et il ne resta personne de la maison d’Achazia qui fût en état de régner.
Also, while he himself was seeking Ahaziah, he found him to be hiding in Samaria. And having been led to him, he killed him. And they buried him, because he was the son of Jehoshaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. But there was no longer any hope that someone from the stock of Ahaziah would reign.
10 Athalie, mère d’Achazia, voyant que son fils était mort, se leva et fit périr toute la race royale de la maison de Juda.
For indeed, his mother, Athaliah, seeing that her son had died, rose up and killed the entire royal stock of the house of Jehoram.
11 Mais Joschabeath, fille du roi, prit Joas, fils d’Achazia, et l’enleva du milieu des fils du roi, quand on les fit mourir: elle le mit avec sa nourrice dans la chambre des lits. Ainsi Joschabeath, fille du roi Joram, femme du sacrificateur Jehojada, et sœur d’Achazia, le déroba aux regards d’Athalie, qui ne le fit point mourir.
But Jehosheba, the daughter of the king, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from the midst the king’s sons when they were being slain. And she hid him with his nurse in a bedroom. Now Jehosheba, the one who had hidden him, was the daughter of king Jehoram, and the wife of the high priest Jehoiada, and the sister of Ahaziah. And because of this, Athaliah did not kill him.
12 Il resta six ans caché avec eux dans la maison de Dieu. Et c’était Athalie qui régnait dans le pays.
Therefore, he was with them, hidden in the house of God, for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
