2 Chroniques 16
1 La trente-sixième année du règne d'Asa, Baesha, roi d'Israël, monta contre Juda, et il bâtit Rama, afin de ne laisser sortir ni entrer aucun homme pour Asa, roi de Juda.
Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.
2 Alors Asa tira de l'argent et de l'or des trésors de la maison de l'Éternel et de la maison royale, et il envoya vers Ben-Hadad, roi de Syrie, qui habitait à Damas, pour lui dire:
Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
3 Il y a alliance entre moi et toi, comme entre mon père et le tien; voici, je t'envoie de l'argent et de l'or; va, romps ton alliance avec Baesha, roi d'Israël, afin qu'il se retire de moi.
“There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”
4 Et Ben-Hadad écouta le roi Asa, et il envoya les capitaines de ses armées contre les villes d'Israël, et ils frappèrent Ijjon, Dan, Abel-Maïm, et tous les magasins des villes de Nephthali.
And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.
5 Et aussitôt que Baesha l'eut appris, il cessa de bâtir Rama et suspendit son travail.
And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.
6 Alors le roi Asa prit avec lui tout Juda, et ils emportèrent les pierres et le bois de Rama, que Baesha faisait bâtir; et il en bâtit Guéba et Mitspa.
Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
7 En ce temps-là, Hanani, le voyant, vint vers Asa, roi de Juda, et lui dit: Parce que tu t'es appuyé sur le roi de Syrie, et que tu ne t'es point appuyé sur l'Éternel, ton Dieu, l'armée du roi de Syrie a échappé de ta main.
In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
8 Les Éthiopiens et les Libyens n'étaient-ils pas une fort grande armée, ayant des chars et des cavaliers en fort grand nombre? Mais parce que tu t'appuyais sur l'Éternel, il les livra entre tes mains.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
9 Car les yeux de l'Éternel parcourent toute la terre, pour soutenir ceux dont le cœur est tout entier à lui. Tu as agi follement en cela; car désormais tu auras des guerres.
For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
10 Et Asa fut irrité contre le voyant, et le mit en prison, car il était fort indigné contre lui à ce sujet. Asa opprima aussi, en ce temps-là, quelques-uns du peuple.
And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.
11 Or voici, les actions d'Asa, les premières et les dernières, sont écrites au livre des rois de Juda et d'Israël.
But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 La trente-neuvième année de son règne, Asa fut malade des pieds, et sa maladie fut très grave; et toutefois dans sa maladie, il ne chercha point l'Éternel, mais les médecins.
And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.
13 Puis Asa s'endormit avec ses pères, et il mourut la quarante et unième année de son règne.
And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 Et on l'ensevelit dans le tombeau qu'il s'était creusé dans la cité de David. On le coucha sur un lit qu'il avait rempli de parfums et d'aromates, préparés en ouvrage de parfumerie; et on lui en brûla une quantité très considérable.
And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.
