2 Kings 24
1 During his days, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. And again he rebelled against him.
De son temps, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, se mit en campagne, et Joakim lui fut assujetti pendant trois ans; mais il se révolta de nouveau contre lui.
2 And the Lord sent to him the robbers of the Chaldeans, and the robbers of Syria, and the robbers of Moab, and the robbers of the sons of Ammon. And he sent them into Judah, so that they might destroy it, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken through his servants, the prophets.
Yahweh envoya contre Joakim des bandes de Chaldéens, des bandes de Syriens, des bandes de Moabites et des bandes d'Ammonites; il les envoya contre Juda pour le détruire, selon la parole de Yahweh qu'il avait prononcée par l'organe de ses serviteurs les prophètes.
3 Then this occurred, by the word of the Lord against Judah, that he took him away from before himself because of all the sins of Manasseh which he did,
Ce fut uniquement sur l'ordre de Yahweh que cela arriva contre Juda, pour l'ôter de devant sa face, à cause de tous les péchés commis par Manassé,
4 and because of the innocent blood which he shed, and because he filled Jerusalem with the slaughter of the innocent. And for this reason, the Lord was not willing to be appeased.
et à cause du sang innocent qu'avait répandu Manassé, au point de remplir Jérusalem de sang innocent. C'est pourquoi Yahweh ne voulait point pardonner.
5 But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers.
Le reste des actes de Joakim, et tout ce qu'il a fait, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?
6 And Jehoiachin, his son, reigned in his place.
Joakim se coucha avec ses pères, et Joachin son fils, régna à sa place.
7 And the king of Egypt no longer continued to go out from his own land. For the king of Babylon had taken all that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.
Le roi d'Egypte ne sortit plus de son pays; car le roi de Babylone avait pris tout ce qui était au roi d'Egypte, depuis le torrent d'Egypte jusqu'au fleuve de l'Euphrate.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
Joachin avait dix-huit ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Nohesta, fille d'Elnathan, de Jérusalem.
9 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his father had done.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, selon tout ce qu'avait fait son père.
10 At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended against Jerusalem. And the city was encircled with fortifications.
En ce temps-là, les serviteurs de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, montèrent contre Jérusalem, et la ville fut assiégée.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, went to the city, with his servants, so that he might fight against it.
Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, vint devant la ville pendant que ses serviteurs l'assiégeaient.
12 And Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his leaders, and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon received him, in the eighth year of his reign.
Alors Joachin, roi de Juda, sortit auprès du roi de Babylone, avec sa mère, ses serviteurs, ses chefs et ses eunuques, et le roi de Babylone le fit prisonnier la huitième année de son règne.
13 And he took from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he cut up all the gold vessels which Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple of the Lord, in accord with the word of the Lord.
Il emporta de là tous les trésors de la maison de Yahweh et les trésors de la maison du roi, et il brisa tous les ustensiles d'or que Salomon, roi d'Israël, avait faits dans le temple de Yahweh, comme Yahweh l'avait annoncé.
14 And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.
Il emmena en captivité tout Jérusalem, tous les chefs et tous les hommes vaillants, — dix mille captifs, — avec tous les artisans et les forgerons; il ne resta que le peuple pauvre du pays.
15 Also, he carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs. And he led into captivity the judges of the land, from Jerusalem to Babylon,
Il transporta Joachin à Babylone, et il emmena captifs de Jérusalem à Babylone la mère du roi, les femmes du roi et ses eunuques, et les grands du pays.
16 and all the robust men, seven thousand, and the artisans and craftsman, one thousand: all who were strong men and fit for war. And the king of Babylon led them away as captives, into Babylon.
De plus, tous les guerriers au nombre de sept mille, ainsi que les artisans et les forgerons au nombre de mille, tous hommes vaillants et propres à la guerre: le roi de Babylone les emmena captifs à Babylone.
17 And he appointed Mattaniah, his uncle, in his place. And he imposed the name Zedekiah upon him.
Et le roi de Babylone établit roi, à la place de Joachin, Mathanias, son oncle, dont il changea le nom en celui de Sédécias.
18 Zedekiah held twenty-one years of life when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Amital, fille de Jérémie, de Lobna.
19 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, imitant tout ce qu'avait fait Joakim.
20 For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he cast them away from his face. And so Zedekiah withdrew from the king of Babylon.
Cela arriva à Jérusalem et en Juda, à cause de la colère de Yahweh, jusqu'à ce qu'il les rejette de devant sa face. Et Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.
