2 Rois 21

1 Manassé avait douze ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna cinquante-cinq ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Hephtsiba.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.

2 Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, selon les abominations des nations que l’Éternel avait chassées devant les enfants d’Israël.

He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].

3 Il rebâtit les hauts lieux qu’Ézéchias, son père, avait détruits, il éleva des autels à Baal, il fit une idole d’Astarté, comme avait fait Achab, roi d’Israël, et il se prosterna devant toute l’armée des cieux et la servit.

He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.

4 Il bâtit des autels dans la maison de l’Éternel, quoique l’Éternel eût dit: C’est dans Jérusalem que je placerai mon nom.

He directed his workers to build altars [for worshiping foreign gods] in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship [MTY] me, forever.”

5 Il bâtit des autels à toute l’armée des cieux dans les deux parvis de la maison de l’Éternel.

He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.

6 Il fit passer son fils par le feu; il observait les nuages et les serpents pour en tirer des pronostics, et il établit des gens qui évoquaient les esprits et qui prédisaient l’avenir. Il fit de plus en plus ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, afin de l’irriter.

He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

7 Il mit l’idole d’Astarté, qu’il avait faite, dans la maison de laquelle l’Éternel avait dit à David et à Salomon, son fils: C’est dans cette maison, et c’est dans Jérusalem, que j’ai choisie parmi toutes les tribus d’Israël, que je veux à toujours placer mon nom.

He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.

8 Je ne ferai plus errer le pied d’Israël hors du pays que j’ai donné à ses pères, pourvu seulement qu’ils aient soin de mettre en pratique tout ce que je leur ai commandé et toute la loi que leur a prescrite mon serviteur Moïse.

And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”

9 Mais ils n’obéirent point; et Manassé fut cause qu’ils s’égarèrent et firent le mal plus que les nations que l’Éternel avait détruites devant les enfants d’Israël.

But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.

10 Alors l’Éternel parla en ces termes par ses serviteurs les prophètes:

[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:

11 Parce que Manassé, roi de Juda, a commis ces abominations, parce qu’il a fait pis que tout ce qu’avaient fait avant lui les Amoréens, et parce qu’il a aussi fait pécher Juda par ses idoles,

“Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.

12 voici ce que dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Je vais faire venir sur Jérusalem et sur Juda des malheurs qui étourdiront les oreilles de quiconque en entendra parler.

Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].

13 J’étendrai sur Jérusalem le cordeau de Samarie et le niveau de la maison d’Achab; et je nettoierai Jérusalem comme un plat qu’on nettoie, et qu’on renverse sens dessus dessous après l’avoir nettoyé.

I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].

14 J’abandonnerai le reste de mon héritage, et je les livrerai entre les mains de leurs ennemis; et ils deviendront le butin et la proie de tous leurs ennemis,

And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.

15 parce qu’ils ont fait ce qui est mal à mes yeux et qu’ils m’ont irrité depuis le jour où leurs pères sont sortis d’Égypte jusqu’à ce jour.

I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”

16 Manassé répandit aussi beaucoup de sang innocent, jusqu’à en remplir Jérusalem d’un bout à l’autre, outre les péchés qu’il commit et qu’il fit commettre à Juda en faisant ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel.

Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].

17 Le reste des actions de Manassé, tout ce qu’il a fait, et les péchés auxquels il se livra, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?

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

18 Manassé se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré dans le jardin de sa maison, dans le jardin d’Uzza. Et Amon, son fils, régna à sa place.

Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.

19 Amon avait vingt-deux ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna deux ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s’appelait Meschullémeth, fille de Haruts, de Jotba.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.

20 Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Éternel, comme avait fait Manassé, son père;

Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.

21 il marcha dans toute la voie où avait marché son père, il servit les idoles qu’avait servies son père, et il se prosterna devant elles;

He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].

22 il abandonna l’Éternel, le Dieu de ses pères, et il ne marcha point dans la voie de l’Éternel.

He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.

23 Les serviteurs d’Amon conspirèrent contre lui, et firent mourir le roi dans sa maison.

Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.

24 Mais le peuple du pays frappa tous ceux qui avaient conspiré contre le roi Amon; et le peuple du pays établit roi Josias, son fils, à sa place.

But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.

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

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

26 On l’enterra dans son sépulcre, dans le jardin d’Uzza. Et Josias, son fils, régna à sa place.

Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.