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.
La population du pays choisit Joachaz, fils de Josias, et on le proclama roi à Jérusalem à la place de son père.
2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months.
Joachaz avait vingt-trois ans en montant sur le trône, 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’Egypte le destitua à Jérusalem, et il imposa au pays un tribut de cent kikkar d’argent et d’un kikkar 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.
Puis le roi d’Egypte conféra la royauté sur Juda et Jérusalem à Elyakim, frère de Joachaz, et changea son nom en celui de Joïakim. Quant à Joachaz, son frère, Nekho l’emmena captif en Egypte.
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.
Joïakim avait vingt-cinq ans en montant sur le trône, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Il fit le mal aux yeux de l’Eternel, son Dieu.
6 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.
Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, marcha contre lui, et le fit jeter dans les fers pour l’amener 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.
En outre, Nabuchodonosor emporta à Babylone une partie des vases de la maison de l’Eternel et les déposa dans son sanctuaire 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.
Les autres faits et gestes de Joïakim, les abominations qu’il commit, tout ce qu’on peut relever contre lui, sont consignés dans le livre des Rois d’Israël et de Juda. Son fils Joïachin 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.
Agé de huit ans à son avènement, Joïachin régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l’Eternel.
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 renouvellement de l’année, le roi Nabuchodonosor donna ordre de l’amener à Babylone en même temps que les vases précieux du temple de l’Eternel, et il établit son frère Sédécias comme roi de Juda et de Jérusalem.
11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.
Sédécias avait vingt et un an à son avènement, 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 l’Eternel, son Dieu, ne s’humilia point devant le prophète Jérémie, qui était l’organe de l’Eternel.
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.
De plus, il se révolta contre Nabuchodonosor, qui lui avait fait prêter serment au nom de Dieu; il raidit son cou et endurcit son cœur, refusant de revenir à l’Eternel, 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.
De même, tous les chefs des prêtres et le peuple multiplièrent leurs félonies, en se livrant à toutes les abominations des peuples païens, et souillèrent la maison de l’Eternel, sanctifiée par lui 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;
L’Eternel, Dieu de leurs pères, les avertissait bien par ses messagers sans cesse et dès la première heure, car il voulait épargner son peuple et le lieu de sa résidence.
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 raillaient les messagers de Dieu, dédaignaient ses paroles et tournaient en dérision ses prophètes, jusqu’à ce que le courroux du Seigneur s’accrut contre son peuple de façon irrémédiable.
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.
Il fit marcher contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, fit périr leurs jeunes gens par le glaive dans le sanctuaire, et n’épargna ni l’adolescent ni la vierge, ni le vieillard ni les cheveux blancs; tous, il les abandonna en son pouvoir.
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.
Celui-ci transporta à Babylone tous les ustensiles, grands et petits, de la maison de Dieu, les trésors de la maison du Seigneur, les trésors du roi et de ses seigneurs.
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.
On brûla la maison de Dieu, on démolit le mur de Jérusalem, et on en livra aux flammes tous les palais; tous les objets de prix qu’elle renfermait furent la proie de 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:
Le roi des Chaldéens déporta à Babylone tous ceux qui avaient échappé au glaive; ils lui demeurèrent asservis, à lui et à ses fils, jusqu’à l’avènement du roi 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.
afin que s’accomplît la parole de l’Eternel, annoncée par Jérémie: "Jusqu’à ce que la terre eût acquitté la dette de son chômage, dans toute cette période de désolation, elle chôma, pour remplir la période de soixante-dix ans".
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,
Dans la première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, à l’époque où devait s’accomplir la parole de l’Eternel, annoncée par Jérémie, l’Eternel éveilla le bon vouloir de Cyrus, roi de Perse; et celui-ci fit proclamer, dans tout son royaume, par la voix des hérauts et aussi par des missives écrites, ce qui suit.
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 parle Cyrus, roi de Perse: L’Eternel, Dieu du ciel, m’a mis entre les mains tous les royaumes de la terre, et c’est lui qui m’a donné mission de lui bâtir un temple à Jérusalem, qui est en Judée. S’Il est parmi vous quelqu’un qui appartienne à son peuple, que l’Eternel, son Dieu, soit avec lui, pour qu’il monte!…"
