2 Chroniques 36
1 Le peuple du pays prit donc Joachaz, fils de Josias, et l’établit roi en la place de son père à Jérusalem.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Joachaz avait vingt-trois ans lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 Mais le roi d’Égypte, étant venu à Jérusalem, le déposa, et condamna le pays à cent talents d’argent et à un talent d’or.
King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
4 Et il établit Eliakim, son frère, roi en sa place sur Juda et sur Jérusalem, et il changea son nom en Joakim; mais Joachaz lui-même, il le prit avec lui et l’emmena en Égypte.
The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
5 Joakim avait vingt-cinq ans lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem; mais il fit le mal devant le Seigneur son Dieu.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
6 Contre lui monta Nabuchodonosor, roi des Chaldéens, et il l’emmena enchaîné à Babylone,
Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
7 Dans laquelle il transporta aussi les vases du Seigneur, et il les mit dans son temple.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
8 Mais le reste des actions de Joakim, et de ses abominations qu’il fit, et ce qui fut découvert en lui, est contenu dans le Livre des rois de Juda et d’Israël. Joachin son fils régna en sa place.
A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
9 Joachin avait huit ans lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem, et il fit le mal en la présence du Seigneur.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
10 Et lorsque le cours de l’année fut révolu, le roi Nabuchodonosor envoya des troupes qui l’emmenèrent à Babylone, emportant en même temps les vases les plus précieux de la maison du Seigneur. Or il établit Sédécias, son oncle, roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem.
During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
11 Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Et il fit le mal en la présence du Seigneur son Dieu, et il ne rougit point en face de Jérémie, le prophète, qui lui parlait par l’ordre du Seigneur.
He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
13 Il se détacha même du roi Nabuchodonosor, qui l’avait adjuré par Dieu; il endurcit sa tête et son cœur pour ne point retourner au Seigneur Dieu d’Israël.
He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
14 Et même tous les princes des prêtres, et le peuple, prévariquèrent iniquement suivant toutes les abominations des nations, et profanèrent la maison du Seigneur, qu’il avait sanctifiée pour lui à Jérusalem.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
15 Or le Seigneur Dieu de leurs pères s’adressait à eux par l’entremise de ses envoyés, se levant durant la nuit, et les avertissant chaque jour, parce qu’il ménageait son peuple et sa demeure.
Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
16 Mais eux se moquaient des envoyés de Dieu, faisaient peu de cas de ses paroles, et raillaient les prophètes, jusqu’à ce que la fureur du Seigneur montât contre son peuple, et qu’il n’y eût aucun remède.
But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
17 Car il amena contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, qui tua leurs jeunes hommes par le glaive dans la maison de son sanctuaire; et il n’eut pitié ni de l’adolescent, ni de la vierge, ni du vieillard, ni même de l’homme décrépit: mais il les livra tous entre ses mains,
He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
18 Et quant à tous les vases de la maison du Seigneur, tant les grands que les petits, et les trésors du temple, du roi et des princes, il les transporta à Babylone.
His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
19 Les ennemis incendièrent la maison de Dieu, détruisirent le mur de Jérusalem; brûlèrent toutes les tours; et tout ce qu’il y avait de précieux, ils le détruisirent.
They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
20 Si quelqu’un avait échappé au glaive, conduit à Babylone, il était esclave du roi et de ses enfants, jusqu’à ce que régnât le roi de Perse,
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
21 Et que fût accomplie la parole du Seigneur annoncée par la bouche de Jérémie, et que la terre célébrât ses sabbats; car pendant tous les jours de la désolation, elle fit le sabbat, jusqu’à ce que fussent accomplis les soixante-dix ans.
[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
22 Mais en la première année de Cyrus, roi des Perses, pour accomplir la parole du Seigneur qu’il avait dite par la bouche de Jérémie, le Seigneur suscita l’esprit de Cyrus, roi des Perses, qui commanda de publier dans tout son royaume un édit, même par écrit, disant:
During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
23 Voici ce que dit Cyrus, roi des Perses: Le Seigneur Dieu du ciel m’a donné tous les royaumes de la terre, et lui-même m’a ordonné de lui bâtir une maison dans Jérusalem, qui est dans la Judée. Qui d’entre vous est de tout son peuple? Que le Seigneur son Dieu soit avec lui, et qu’il monte.
“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
