2 Rois 14
1 La seconde année de Joas, fils de Joachaz, roi d’Israël, Amatsia, fils de Joas, roi de Juda, régna.
After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.
2 Il avait vingt-cinq ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna vingt-neuf ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Joaddan, de Jérusalem.
He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
3 Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Éternel, non pas toutefois comme David, son père; il agit entièrement comme avait agi Joas, son père.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done.
4 Seulement, les hauts lieux ne disparurent point; le peuple offrait encore des sacrifices et des parfums sur les hauts lieux.
But, [like his father, ] he did not tear down the places for worshipping Yahweh at pagan shrines. The people continued to burn incense [to honor Yahweh] on those hills [instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed].
5 Lorsque la royauté fut affermie entre ses mains, il frappa ses serviteurs qui avaient tué le roi, son père.
As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
6 Mais il ne fit pas mourir les fils des meurtriers, selon ce qui est écrit dans le livre de la loi de Moïse, où l’Éternel donne ce commandement: On ne fera point mourir les pères pour les enfants, et l’on ne fera point mourir les enfants pour les pères; mais on fera mourir chacun pour son péché.
But he did not execute their children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: “Parents must not be executed for [the crimes/sins committed by] their children, and children must not be executed for [crimes/sins committed by] their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves [have committed].”
7 Il battit dix mille Édomites dans la vallée du sel; et durant la guerre, il prit Séla, et l’appela Joktheel, nom qu’elle a conservé jusqu’à ce jour.
Amaziah’s soldiers killed 10,000 soldiers of the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [south of the Dead Sea], and they captured Sela [city] and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name.
8 Alors Amatsia envoya des messagers à Joas, fils de Joachaz, fils de Jéhu, roi d’Israël, pour lui dire: Viens, voyons-nous en face!
Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.”
9 Et Joas, roi d’Israël, fit dire à Amatsia, roi de Juda: L’épine du Liban envoya dire au cèdre du Liban: Donne ta fille pour femme à mon fils! Et les bêtes sauvages qui sont au Liban passèrent et foulèrent l’épine.
But King Jehoash replied to King Amaziah: “Once a thornbush growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in order that he may marry her.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it.
10 Tu as battu les Édomites, et ton cœur s’élève. Jouis de ta gloire, et reste chez toi. Pourquoi t’engager dans une malheureuse entreprise, qui amènerait ta ruine et celle de Juda?
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom, and allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble [by fighting against] us, you will surely [RHQ] cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people.”
11 Mais Amatsia ne l’écouta pas. Et Joas, roi d’Israël, monta; et ils se virent en face, lui et Amatsia, roi de Juda, à Beth-Schémesch, qui est à Juda.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. So he marched with his army to fight against the Israeli army at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
12 Juda fut battu par Israël, et chacun s’enfuit dans sa tente.
The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home.
13 Joas, roi d’Israël, prit à Beth-Schémesch Amatsia, roi de Juda, fils de Joas, fils d’Achazia. Il vint à Jérusalem, et fit une brèche de quatre cents coudées dans la muraille de Jérusalem, depuis la porte d’Éphraïm jusqu’à la porte de l’angle.
Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about (200 yards/180 meters) long.
14 Il prit tout l’or et l’argent et tous les vases qui se trouvaient dans la maison de l’Éternel et dans les trésors de la maison du roi; il prit aussi des otages, et il retourna à Samarie.
Jehoash’s soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, and all the utensils that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace, and took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
15 Le reste des actions de Joas, ce qu’il a fait, ses exploits, et la guerre qu’il eut avec Amatsia, roi de Juda, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois d’Israël?
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he [and his army] fought against [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
16 Joas se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré à Samarie avec les rois d’Israël. Et Jéroboam, son fils, régna à sa place.
Jehoash died [EUP], and he was buried in Samaria, where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam became the king.
17 Amatsia, fils de Joas, roi de Juda, vécut quinze ans après la mort de Joas, fils de Joachaz, roi d’Israël.
Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died.
18 Le reste des actions d’Amatsia, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Amaziah did, it is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
19 On forma contre lui une conspiration à Jérusalem, et il s’enfuit à Lakis; mais on le poursuivit à Lakis, où on le fit mourir.
Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish [city]. But they followed him there and killed him.
20 On le transporta sur des chevaux, et il fut enterré à Jérusalem avec ses pères, dans la ville de David.
They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’.
21 Et tout le peuple de Juda prit Azaria, âgé de seize ans, et l’établit roi à la place de son père Amatsia.
Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king
22 Azaria rebâtit Élath et la fit rentrer sous la puissance de Juda, après que le roi fut couché avec ses pères.
After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath [city], and it came under the control of Judah again.
23 La quinzième année d’Amatsia, fils de Joas, roi de Juda, Jéroboam, fils de Joas, roi d’Israël, régna à Samarie. Il régna quarante et un ans.
When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 41 years.
24 Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel; il ne se détourna d’aucun des péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, qui avait fait pécher Israël.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also.
25 Il rétablit les limites d’Israël depuis l’entrée de Hamath jusqu’à la mer de la plaine, selon la parole que l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, avait prononcée par son serviteur Jonas, le prophète, fils d’Amitthaï, de Gath-Hépher.
His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath [city] in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher [town], would happen.
26 Car l’Éternel vit l’affliction d’Israël à son comble et l’extrémité à laquelle se trouvaient réduits esclaves et hommes libres, sans qu’il y eût personne pour venir au secours d’Israël.
That happened because Yahweh saw that [the Israelis’ enemies were causing] the Israelis [to] suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them.
27 Or l’Éternel n’avait point résolu d’effacer le nom d’Israël de dessous les cieux, et il les délivra par Jéroboam, fils de Joas.
But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam to rescue them.
28 Le reste des actions de Jéroboam, tout ce qu’il a fait, ses exploits à la guerre, et comment il fit rentrer sous la puissance d’Israël Damas et Hamath qui avaient appartenu à Juda, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois d’Israël?
[If you want to know more about] everything else that Jeroboam did, [about] his fighting courageously in battles, and [about] his [enabling the Israelis to] capture again Damascus and Hamath [cities], they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
29 Jéroboam se coucha avec ses pères, avec les rois d’Israël. Et Zacharie, son fils, régna à sa place.
Jeroboam died [EUP], [and was buried] where the other kings of Israel [were buried], and his son Zechariah became the king.
