2 Chroniques 36
1 Et le peuple du pays prit Joachaz, fils de Josias, et le fit roi en la place de son père à Jérusalem.
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and they appointed him king in place of his father, in Jerusalem.
2 Joachaz avait vingt-trois ans à son avènement, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.
3 Et le roi d'Égypte le destitua à Jérusalem et frappa le pays d'une amende de cent talents d'argent et un talent d'or.
Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
4 Et le roi d'Egypte fit son frère Eliakim roi de Juda et de Jérusalem et changea son nom en celui de Jojakim, et Nécho fit prisonnier son frère Joachaz et le mena en Egypte.
And he appointed Eliakim, his brother, as king in his place, over Judah and Jerusalem. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Truly, he took Jehoahaz with him, and he led him away to Egypt.
5 Jojakim avait vingt-cinq ans à son avènement, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, son Dieu.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil before the Lord his God.
6 Contre lui s'avança Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babel, qui le lia de chaînes pour le mener à Babel.
Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.
7 Nebucadnetsar emporta aussi à Babel de la vaisselle du Temple de l'Éternel, et la plaça dans son temple à Babel.
And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.
8 Le reste des actes de Jojakim, et ses abominations, auxquelles il s'adonna, et ce qui se trouvait en lui, cela est d'ailleurs consigné dans le livre des rois d'Israël et de Juda. Et Jojachin, son fils, devint roi en sa place.
But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.
9 Jojachin avait [dix-] huit ans à son avènement, et il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
10 Et l'année étant révolue, le roi Nebucadnetsar l'envoya chercher pour l'amener à Babel avec de la vaisselle précieuse du Temple de l'Éternel, et fit Sédécias, son frère, roi de Juda et de Jérusalem.
And when the course of a year had turned, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, carrying away, at the same time, the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord. Truly, he appointed his uncle, Zedekiah, as king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Sédécias avait vingt-un ans à son avènement, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
12 Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, son Dieu; il ne s'humilia point devant Jérémie, le prophète, interprète de l'Éternel.
And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. And he did not show remorse before the face of the prophet Jeremiah, who was speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.
13 Et il se rebella aussi contre le roi Nebucadnetsar, qui l'avait assermenté au nom de Dieu, et il eut le col trop roide, et le cœur trop dur pour revenir à l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël.
Also, he withdrew from king Nebuchadnezzar, who had bound him by an oath to God, and he hardened his own neck and his own heart, so that he did not return to the Lord, the God of Israel.
14 Tous les chefs des Prêtres aussi et le peuple accumulèrent les transgressions imitant toutes les abominables pratiques des nations, et souillèrent le Temple de l'Éternel dont Il avait fait un lieu saint à Jérusalem.
Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
15 Et l'Éternel, Dieu de leurs pères, leur adressa des messages par l'organe de ses envoyés, que dès le matin déléguait; car Il voulait épargner son peuple et sa résidence.
Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.
16 Mais ils se moquèrent des envoyés de Dieu, et méprisèrent leurs avis et se rirent de ses prophètes, jusqu'à ce qu'enfin monta le courroux de l'Éternel contre son peuple pour lequel il n'y eut plus de salut.
But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.
17 Alors il fit marcher contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, qui tua leurs jeunes hommes avec l'épée dans leur Sanctuaire et n'épargna ni l'adolescent, ni la vierge, ni le vieillard et l'homme caduc. Il livra tout entre ses mains.
For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.
18 Et tous les meubles de la Maison de Dieu, et les grands et les petits, et les trésors du Temple de l'Éternel et les trésors du roi et de ses princes, il emmena tout à Babel.
And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.
19 Et ils incendièrent la Maison de Dieu et démolirent la muraille de Jérusalem et en livrèrent tous les palais aux flammes et exterminèrent tous les meubles de prix.
The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.
20 Et il emmena à Babel les restants échappés a l'épée, comme prisonniers; et ils lui furent asservis et à ses fils jusqu'à l'avènement de la monarchie des Perses,
If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,
21 pour accomplir la menace de l'Éternel, prononcée par la bouche de Jérémie, jusqu'à ce que le pays eût satisfait à ses Sabbats; il y satisfit tout le temps de la désolation jusqu'à l'accomplissement de soixante-dix années.
and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.
22 Et dans la première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, afin que s'accomplît la promesse de l'Éternel faite par la bouche de Jérémie, l'Éternel émut l'esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse, lequel fit publier de vive voix dans tout son empire, et aussi par un rescrit, ce message:
Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
23 Ainsi parle Cyrus, roi de Perse: Tous les royaumes de la terre m'ont été donnés par l'Éternel, Dieu des Cieux, et il m'a enjoint de lui édifier une Maison à Jérusalem en Juda. Qu'avec tous ceux qui sont de son peuple, soit l'Éternel, son Dieu, et qu'ils partent!
“Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”
