2 Rois 16

1 La dix-septième année de Pékach, fils de Remalia, Achaz, fils de Jotham, roi de Juda, régna.

When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.

2 Achaz avait vingt ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem. Il ne fit point ce qui est droit aux yeux de l’Éternel, son Dieu, comme avait fait David, son père.

He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.

3 Il marcha dans la voie des rois d’Israël; et même il fit passer son fils par le feu, suivant les abominations des nations que l’Éternel avait chassées devant les enfants d’Israël.

Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.

4 Il offrait des sacrifices et des parfums sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines et sous tout arbre vert.

Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].

5 Alors Retsin, roi de Syrie, et Pékach, fils de Remalia, roi d’Israël, montèrent contre Jérusalem pour l’attaquer. Ils assiégèrent Achaz; mais ils ne purent pas le vaincre.

While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.

6 Dans ce même temps, Retsin, roi de Syrie, fit rentrer Élath au pouvoir des Syriens; il expulsa d’Élath les Juifs, et les Syriens vinrent à Élath, où ils ont habité jusqu’à ce jour.

At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.

7 Achaz envoya des messagers à Tiglath-Piléser, roi d’Assyrie, pour lui dire: Je suis ton serviteur et ton fils; monte, et délivre-moi de la main du roi de Syrie et de la main du roi d’Israël, qui s’élèvent contre moi.

King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”

8 Et Achaz prit l’argent et l’or qui se trouvaient dans la maison de l’Éternel et dans les trésors de la maison du roi, et il l’envoya en présent au roi d’Assyrie.

Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.

9 Le roi d’Assyrie l’écouta; il monta contre Damas, la prit, emmena les habitants en captivité à Kir, et fit mourir Retsin.

So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.

10 Le roi Achaz se rendit à Damas au-devant de Tiglath-Piléser, roi d’Assyrie. Et ayant vu l’autel qui était à Damas, le roi Achaz envoya au sacrificateur Urie le modèle et la forme exacte de cet autel.

When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.

11 Le sacrificateur Urie construisit un autel entièrement d’après le modèle envoyé de Damas par le roi Achaz, et le sacrificateur Urie le fit avant que le roi Achaz fût de retour de Damas.

So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.

12 A son arrivée de Damas, le roi vit l’autel, s’en approcha et y monta:

When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it

13 il fit brûler son holocauste et son offrande, versa ses libations, et répandit sur l’autel le sang de ses sacrifices d’actions de grâces.

and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.

14 Il éloigna de la face de la maison l’autel d’airain qui était devant l’Éternel, afin qu’il ne fût pas entre le nouvel autel et la maison de l’Éternel; et il le plaça à côté du nouvel autel, vers le nord.

The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].

15 Et le roi Achaz donna cet ordre au sacrificateur Urie: Fais brûler sur le grand autel l’holocauste du matin et l’offrande du soir, l’holocauste du roi et son offrande, les holocaustes de tout le peuple du pays et leurs offrandes, verses-y leurs libations, et répands-y tout le sang des holocaustes et tout le sang des sacrifices; pour ce qui concerne l’autel d’airain, je m’en occuperai.

Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”

16 Le sacrificateur Urie se conforma à tout ce que le roi Achaz avait ordonné.

So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.

17 Et le roi Achaz brisa les panneaux des bases, et en ôta les bassins qui étaient dessus. Il descendit la mer de dessus les bœufs d’airain qui étaient sous elle, et il la posa sur un pavé de pierres.

King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.

18 Il changea dans la maison de l’Éternel, à cause du roi d’Assyrie, le portique du sabbat qu’on y avait bâti et l’entrée extérieure du roi.

Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.

19 Le reste des actions d’Achaz, et tout ce qu’il a fait, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?

[If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

20 Achaz se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré avec ses pères dans la ville de David. Et Ézéchias, son fils, régna à sa place.

Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.