2 Rois 21
1 Manassé avait douze ans lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna cinquante-cinq ans dans Jérusalem: le nom de sa mère était Haphsiba.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.
2 Et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur, selon le culte des idoles des nations que le Seigneur avait exterminées à la face des 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 Et il en revint à bâtir les hauts lieux qu’avait détruits Ezéchias son père, il dressa des autels à Baal; il fit planter des bois sacrés, comme avait fait Achab, roi d’Israël; il adora toute la milice du ciel, 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 construisit aussi des autels dans la maison du Seigneur, de laquelle le Seigneur avait dit: C’est dans Jérusalem que j’établirai 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 Et il construisit des autels à toute la milice du ciel dans les deux parvis du temple du Seigneur.
He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
6 Et il fit passer son fils par le feu, il aima les divinations, observa les augures, et établit des pythoniens et multiplia les aruspices, pour faire le mal devant le Seigneur, et 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 aussi l’idole du bois sacré qu’il avait planté, dans le temple du Seigneur, dont le Seigneur avait dit à David et à Salomon, son fils: C’est dans ce temple, et dans Jérusalem, que j’ai choisie d’entre toutes les tribus d’Israël, que j’établirai mon nom pour jamais.
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 Et je ne ferai plus que le pied d’Israël se meuve dehors de la terre que j’ai donnée à leurs pères; si cependant ils mettent à exécution tout ce que je leur ai ordonné, et la loi tout entière 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 Or eux n’ont point écouté; mais ils ont été séduits par Manassé, pour faire le mal plus que les nations qu’a brisées le Seigneur à a face des 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 Le Seigneur a parlé ensuite par l’entremise de ses serviteurs, les prophètes, disant:
[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 fait ces abominations, bien plus mauvaises que tout ce qu’ont fait les Amorrhéens avant lui, et qu’il a fait pécher même Juda par ses impuretés,
“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 C’est pourquoi le Seigneur Dieu d’Israël, dit ceci: Voilà que moi j’amènerai des maux sur Jérusalem et sur Juda; en sorte que quiconque les entendra, ses deux oreilles tinteront.
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 poids de la maison d’Achab, et j’effacerai Jérusalem comme on a coutume d’effacer les tablettes; et en l’effaçant, je tournerai et passerai souvent le style sur sa face.
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 Et j’abandonnerai les restes de mon héritage, et je les livrerai aux mains de leurs ennemis, et ils seront un objet de ravage et de rapine pour tous ceux qui les haïssent,
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 le mal devant moi, et qu’ils ont continué à m’irriter, depuis le jour que leurs pères sortirent de l’Egypte, 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 De plus, Manassé répandit même une quantité prodigieuse de sang innocent, au point d’en remplir Jérusalem jusqu’à la bouche, outre les péchés par lesquels il fit pécher Juda, pour faire le mal devant le Seigneur.
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 Mais le reste des actions de Manassé et tout ce qu’il a fait, et le péché qu’il a commis, n’est-ce pas écrit dans le Livre des actions des jours 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 Et Manassé dormit avec ses pères, et il fut enseveli dans le jardin de sa maison, dans le jardin d’Oza; et Amon, son fils, régna en 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 commença à régner; il régna aussi deux ans à Jérusalem: le nom de sa mère était Messalémeth, fille de Harus de Jétéba.
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 Et il fit le mal en la présence du Seigneur, comme avait fait Manassé, son père.
Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.
21 Et il marcha dans toutes les voies par lesquelles avait marché son père; il servit les impuretés qu’avait servies son père, et il les adora,
He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].
22 Et il abandonna le Seigneur Dieu de ses pères, et il ne marcha pas dans la voie du Seigneur;
He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.
23 Et ses serviteurs lui dressèrent des embûches, et tuèrent 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 tua tous ceux qui avaient conspiré contre le roi Amon, et ils établirent pour leur roi, Josias, son fils, en 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 Mais le reste des actions que fit Amon, n’est-il pas écrit dans le Livre des actions des jours 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’ensevelit en son sépulcre dans le jardin d’Oza; et Josias, son fils, régna en sa place.
Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.
