2 Chronicles 36
1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Le peuple du pays prit Joachaz, fils de Josias, et le fit roi à la place de son père, à Jérusalem.
2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.
Joachaz avait vingt-trois ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.
3 Then the king of Egypt took the kingdom from him in Jerusalem, and put on the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Le roi d’Égypte le destitua à Jérusalem, et imposa au pays une contribution de cent talents d’argent et d’un talent d’or.
4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, changing his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took his brother Jehoahaz away to Egypt.
Et il établit roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem Eliacim, frère de Joachaz, et il changea son nom en celui de Joakim. Néchao prit son frère Joachaz et l’emmena en Égypte.
5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
Joakim avait vingt-cinq ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, son Dieu.
6 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.
Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, monta contre lui, et le lia avec une double chaîne d’airain, pour le conduire à Babylone.
7 And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.
Nabuchodonosor emporta à Babylone des ustensiles de la maison de Yahweh, et il les mit dans son temple à Babylone.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
Le reste des actes de Joakim, les abominations qu’il commit, et ce qui se trouvait en lui, voici que cela est écrit dans le livre des rois de Juda et d’Israël. Joachin, son fils, régna à sa place.
9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Joachin avait huit ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh.
10 In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and took him away to Babylon, with the beautiful vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, his father's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Au retour de l’année, le roi Nabuchodonosor le fit emmener à Babylone, avec les ustensiles précieux de la maison de Yahweh; et il établit roi sur Juda et sur Jérusalem Sédécias, frère de Joachin.
11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.
Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu’il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, son Dieu, et il ne s’humilia pas devant Jérémie, le prophète, qui lui parlait de la part de Yahweh.
13 And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.
Il se révolta même contre le roi Nabuchodonosor, qui l’avait fait jurer par Dieu; il raidit son cou et endurcit son cœur, pour ne pas revenir à Yahweh, le Dieu d’Israël.
14 And more than this, all the great men of Judah and the priests and the people made their sin great, turning to all the disgusting ways of the nations; and they made unclean the house of the Lord which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
Tous les chefs des prêtres et le peuple multiplièrent aussi les transgressions, selon toutes les abominations des nations, et ils profanèrent la maison de Yahweh, qu’il avait sanctifiée à Jérusalem.
15 And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them by his servants, sending early and frequently, because he had pity on his people and on his living-place;
Yahweh, le Dieu de leurs pères, leur avait envoyé des avertissements par l’organe de ses messagers, de bonne heure et à plusieurs reprises; car il avait compassion de son peuple et de sa propre demeure.
16 But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
Mais ils se moquèrent des envoyés de Dieu, ils méprisèrent ses paroles et se raillèrent de ses prophètes, jusqu’à ce que la colère de Dieu s’élevât contre son peuple, et qu’il n’y eût plus de remède.
17 So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.
Alors Yahweh fit monter contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, qui tua par l’épée leurs jeunes gens dans la maison de leur sanctuaire, et n’épargna ni le jeune homme, ni la vierge, ni le vieillard, ni l’homme aux cheveux blancs; Yahweh livra tout entre ses mains.
18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the stored wealth of the Lord's house and the wealth of the king and his chiefs, he took away to Babylon.
Nabuchodonosor emporta à Babylone tous les ustensiles de la maison de Dieu, grands et petits, les trésors de la maison de Yahweh, et les trésors du roi et de ses chefs.
19 And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.
Ils brûlèrent la maison de Dieu, ils démolirent les murailles de Jérusalem, ils livrèrent au feu tous ses palais, et tous ses objets précieux furent livrés à la destruction.
20 And all who had not come to death by the sword he took away prisoners to Babylon; and they became servants to him and to his sons till the kingdom of Persia came to power:
Nabuchodonosor emmena captifs à Babylone ceux qui échappèrent à l’épée, et ils furent ses esclaves, à lui et à ses fils, jusqu’à la domination du royaume de Perse.
21 So that the words of the Lord, which he said by the mouth of Jeremiah, might come true, till the land had had pleasure in her Sabbaths; for as long as she was waste the land kept the Sabbath, till seventy years were complete.
Ainsi s’accomplit la parole de Yahweh, qu’il avait dite par la bouche de Jérémie: Jusqu’à ce que le pays ait joui de ses sabbats; car il se reposa tout le temps de sa dévastation, — jusqu’à l’accomplissement de soixante-dix années.
22 Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out through all his kingdom and put in writing, saying,
La première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, pour accomplir la parole de Yahweh, qu’il avait dite par la bouche de Jérémie, Yahweh excita l’esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse, qui fit faire de vive voix et par écrit cette proclamation dans tout son royaume:
23 Cyrus, king of Persia, has said, All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord, the God of heaven; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him and let him go up.
« Ainsi dit Cyrus, roi de Perse: Yahweh, le Dieu du ciel, m’a donné tous les royaumes de la terre, et il m’a dit de lui bâtir une maison à Jérusalem, qui est en Juda. Qui d’entre vous est de son peuple? Que Yahweh, son Dieu, soit avec lui, et qu’il monte!... »
