2 Chronicles 25
1 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
Amasias devint roi à l'âge de vingt cinq ans, et il régna neuf ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Joadan, de Jérusalem.
2 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de Yahweh, mais non d'un cœur parfait.
3 As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
Lorsque la royauté fut affermie sur lui, il mit à mort ses serviteurs qui avaient tué le roi, son père;
4 But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
mais il ne fit pas mourir leurs fils, selon ce qui est écrit dans la Loi, dans le livre de Moïse, où Yahweh donne ce commandement: " Les pères ne mourront pas pour les enfants, et les enfants ne mourront pas pour les pères; mais chacun mourra pour ses péchés. "
5 Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
Amasias rassembla les hommes de Juda et les organisa d'après les maisons patriarcales, les chefs de milliers et les chefs de centaines, pour tout Juda et Benjamin; il en fit le recensement depuis l'âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, et il trouva trois cent mille hommes d'élite, en état d'aller à la guerre, et de manier la lance et le bouclier.
6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
Il prit encore à sa solde, parmi ceux d'Israël, cent mille vaillants hommes pour cent talents d'argent.
7 But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
Un homme de Dieu vint auprès de lui, en disant: " O roi, qu'une armée d'Israël ne marche point avec toi, car Yahweh n'est pas avec Israël, avec tous les fils d'Ephraïm.
8 Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
Mais pars seul, agis, sois vaillant dans le combat, et Dieu ne te laissera pas tomber devant l'ennemi, car Dieu a le pouvoir de secourir et de faire tomber. "
9 Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
Amasias dit à l'homme de Dieu: " Mais que faire à l'égard des cent talents que j'ai donnés à la troupe d'Israël? " L'homme de Dieu répondit: " Yahweh peut te donner beaucoup plus que cela. "
10 So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
Amasias sépara la troupe qui lui était venue d'Ephraïm, pour qu'elle allât dans son pays. Mais la colère de ces gens s'alluma contre Juda, et ils s'en allèrent dans leur pays enflammés de colère.
11 Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
Amasias, rempli de courage, conduisit son peuple; il s'en alla dans la vallée du Sel, et battit dix mille hommes des fils de Séir.
12 The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
Les fils de Juda en firent captifs dix mille vivants, et les menèrent au sommet d'un rocher; ils les précipitèrent du sommet du rocher, et tous furent broyés.
13 While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
Cependant, les gens de la troupe qu'Amasias avait renvoyés pour qu'ils n'allassent pas à la guerre avec lui, se jetèrent sur les villages de Juda; depuis Samarie jusqu'à Béthoron, y tuèrent trois mille hommes et enlevèrent de nombreuses dépouilles.
14 When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
Après qu'Amasias fut revenu de battre les Edomites, il apporta les dieux des fils de Séir et, les ayant établis pour ses dieux, il se prosterna devant eux et leur offrit des parfums.
15 Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
La colère de Yahweh s'enflamma contre Amasias, et il envoya vers lui un prophète, qui lui dit: " Pourquoi as-tu honoré les dieux de ce peuple, qui n'ont pu délivrer leur peuple de ta main? "
16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
Comme il lui parlait, Amasias lui dit: " Est-ce que nous t'avons fait conseiller du roi? Retire-toi! Pourquoi te frapperait-on? " Le prophète se retira et dit: " Je sais que Dieu a résolu de te détruire, parce que tu as fait cela et que tu n'as pas écouté mon conseil. "
17 Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
Après avoir pris avis, Amasias, roi de Juda, envoya dire à Joas, fils de Joachaz, fils de Jéhu, roi d'Israël: " Viens, et voyons-nous en face! " Et Joas, roi d'Israël, envoya répondre à Amasias, roi de Juda:
18 But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
" L'épine qui est au Liban envoya dire au cèdre qui est au Liban: Donne ta fille pour femme à mon fils. Et les bêtes sauvages qui sont au Liban passèrent et foulèrent l'épine.
19 [The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
Tu te dis: Voici que tu as battu les Edomites, et ton cœur te porte à te glorifier. Maintenant, reste chez toi! Pourquoi t'engager dans le malheur, pour tomber, toi et Juda avec toi? "
20 But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
Mais Amasias ne l'écouta pas car ce fut d'après la volonté de Dieu qu'il fit cette guerre, afin de livrer les hommes de Juda entre les mains de l'ennemi, parce qu'ils avaient honoré les dieux d'Edom.
21 So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
Et Joas, roi d'Israël, monta, et ils se virent en face, lui et Amasias, roi de Juda, à Bethsamès, qui est à Juda.
22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
Juda fut battu devant Israël, et chacun s'enfuit dans sa tente.
23 King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
Et Joas, roi d'Israël, prit à Bethsamès Amasias, roi de Juda, fils de Joas, fils de Joachaz. Il l'emmena à Jérusalem, et il fit une brèche de quatre cents coudées dans la muraille de Jérusalem, depuis la porte d'Ephraïm jusqu'à la porte de l'angle.
24 His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
Il prit tout l'or et l'argent et tous les ustensiles qui se trouvaient dans la maison de Dieu, chez Obédédom, et les trésors de la maison du roi; il prit aussi des otages, et retourna à Samarie.
25 King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
Amasias, fils de Joas, roi de Juda, vécut quinze ans après la mort de Joas, fils de Joachaz, roi d'Israël.
26 An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Le reste des actes, d'Amasias, les premiers et les derniers, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des rois de Juda et d'Israël?
27 From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
Après qu'Amasias se fut détourné de Yahweh, on ourdit contre lui une conspiration à Jérusalem, et il s'enfuit à Lachis; mais on envoya après lui des hommes à Lachis, et on l'y mit à mort.
28 They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
On le transporta sur des chevaux, et on l'enterra avec ses pères dans la ville de Juda.
