2 Chronicles 12

1 Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

Lorsque Roboam se fut affermi dans son royaume et qu’il eut acquis de la force, il abandonna la loi de l’Éternel, et tout Israël l’abandonna avec lui.

2 Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,

La cinquième année du règne de Roboam, Schischak, roi d’Égypte, monta contre Jérusalem, parce qu’ils avaient péché contre l’Éternel.

3 With twelve hundred war-carriages and sixty thousand horsemen: and the people who came with him out of Egypt were more than might be numbered: Lubim and Sukkiim and Ethiopians.

Il avait mille deux cents chars et soixante mille cavaliers; et il vint d’Égypte avec lui un peuple innombrable, des Libyens, des Sukkiens et des Éthiopiens.

4 And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

Il prit les villes fortes qui appartenaient à Juda, et arriva jusqu’à Jérusalem.

5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.

Alors Schemaeja, le prophète, se rendit auprès de Roboam et des chefs de Juda qui s’étaient retirés dans Jérusalem à l’approche de Schischak, et il leur dit: Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Vous m’avez abandonné; je vous abandonne aussi, et je vous livre entre les mains de Schischak.

6 Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

Les chefs d’Israël et le roi s’humilièrent et dirent: L’Éternel est juste!

7 And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Et quand l’Éternel vit qu’ils s’humiliaient, la parole de l’Éternel fut ainsi adressée à Schemaeja: Ils se sont humiliés, je ne les détruirai pas, je ne tarderai pas à les secourir, et ma colère ne se répandra pas sur Jérusalem par Schischak;

8 But still they will become his servants, so that they may see how different my yoke is from the yoke of the kingdoms of the lands.

mais ils lui seront assujettis, et ils sauront ce que c’est que me servir ou servir les royaumes des autres pays.

9 So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

Schischak, roi d’Égypte, monta contre Jérusalem. Il prit les trésors de la maison de l’Éternel et les trésors de la maison du roi, il prit tout. Il prit les boucliers d’or que Salomon avait faits.

10 And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

Le roi Roboam fit à leur place des boucliers d’airain, et il les remit aux soins des chefs des coureurs, qui gardaient l’entrée de la maison du roi.

11 And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

Toutes les fois que le roi allait à la maison de l’Éternel, les coureurs venaient et les portaient; puis ils les rapportaient dans la chambre des coureurs.

12 And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

Comme Roboam s’était humilié, l’Éternel détourna de lui sa colère et ne le détruisit pas entièrement. Et il y avait encore de bonnes choses en Juda.

13 So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

Le roi Roboam s’affermit dans Jérusalem et régna. Il avait quarante et un ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna dix-sept ans à Jérusalem, la ville que l’Éternel avait choisie sur toutes les tribus d’Israël pour y mettre son nom. Sa mère s’appelait Naama, l’Ammonite.

14 And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

Il fit le mal, parce qu’il n’appliqua pas son cœur à chercher l’Éternel.

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

Les actions de Roboam, les premières et les dernières, ne sont-elles pas écrites dans les livres de Schemaeja, le prophète et d’Iddo, le prophète, parmi les registres généalogiques? Il y eut toujours guerre entre Roboam et Jéroboam.

16 And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

Roboam se coucha avec ses pères, et il fut enterré dans la ville de David. Et Abija, son fils, régna à sa place.