2 Chronicles 12

1 After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.

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 As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.

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

3 Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia.

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 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.

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

5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of [the army of] Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to [allow you to be captured by the army 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 king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”

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

7 When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem,

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 they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn [that it is better] to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.”

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

9 When Shishak’s [army] attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything [that was valuable], including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] 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 So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace.

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 After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then [when the king left, ] they would return the shields to the guards’ 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 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen 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 King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king [of Judah]. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him.

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 Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.

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

15 An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other.

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 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.

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