2 Rois 24
1 Dans les jours de Joakim, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, monta contre Juda, et Joakim lui fut assujetti durant trois ans; et ensuite il se révolta contre lui.
While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
2 Et le Seigneur envoya les voleurs des Chaldéens, les voleurs de Syrie, les voleurs de Moab et les voleurs des enfants d’Ammon, et il les envoya contre Juda pour l’exterminer, selon la parole que le Seigneur avait dite par ses serviteurs, les prophètes.
Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
3 Or ceci arriva par la parole du Seigneur contre Juda, pour l’ôter de devant lui, à cause de tous les péchés que Manassé fit,
These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
4 Et à cause du sang de l’innocent qu’il versa; car il remplit Jérusalem de sang innocent. C’est pour ce motif que le Seigneur ne voulut point se rendre propice.
Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
5 Mais le reste des actions de Joakim, et tout ce qu’il a fait, n’est-ce pas écrit dans le Livre des actions des jours des rois de Juda? Et Joakim dormit avec ses pères;
The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
6 Et Joachin, son fils, régna en sa place.
When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
7 Et le roi d’Egypte ne recommença plus à sortir de son pays; car le roi de Babylone avait emporté, depuis le torrent d’Egypte jusqu’au fleuve d’Euphrate, tout ce qui était au roi d’Egypte.
[The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
8 Joachin avait dix-huit ans lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem: le nom de sa mère était Nohesta, fille d’Elnathan de Jérusalem.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
9 Et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur, selon tout ce qu’avait fait son père.
Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
10 En ce temps-là les serviteurs de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, montèrent à Jérusalem, et la ville fut entourée de fortifications.
[While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
11 Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, vint aussi avec ses serviteurs pour l’attaquer.
While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
12 Et Joachin, roi de Juda, sortit vers le roi de Babylone, lui, sa mère, ses serviteurs, ses princes et ses eunuques; et le roi de Babylone le reçut la huitième année de son règne.
Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
13 Et il emporta de Jérusalem tous les trésors de la maison du Seigneur, et les trésors de la maison du roi; et il brisa tous les vases d’or que Salomon, roi d’Israël, avait faits dans le temple du Seigneur, selon la parole du Seigneur.
Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
14 Et il transféra toute la ville de Jérusalem, tous les princes et tous les forts de l’armée, au nombre de dix mille, en captivité, et aussi tous les ouvriers et tous les lapidaires, et rien ne fut laissé, excepté les pauvres du peuple du pays.
They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
15 Il transféra aussi à Babylone Joachin, la mère du roi, les femmes du roi, ses eunuques; et les juges du pays, il les emmena en captivité de Jérusalem à Babylone.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
16 Il transféra encore tous les hommes vigoureux, au nombre de sept mille, les ouvriers et les lapidaires au nombre de mille, tous les hommes courageux et guerriers; et le roi de Babylone les emmena captifs à Babylone.
They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
17 Il établit, en la place de Joachin, Matthanias son oncle, et il lui imposa le nom de Sédécias.
Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
18 Sédécias avait vingt-un ans d’âge lorsqu’il commença à régner, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem: le nom de sa mère était Amital, fille de Jérémie, de Lobna.
When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
19 Et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur, selon tout ce qu’avait fait Joakim.
But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 Car le Seigneur s’irritait contre Jérusalem et contre Juda, jusqu’à ce qu’il les rejetât de devant sa face; et Sédécias se détacha du roi de Babylone.
Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
