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.
Amatsia commença à régner étant âgé de vingt-cinq ans, et il régna vingt-neuf ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère avait nom Jéhohaddam, [et] elle était de Jérusalem.
2 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
Il fit ce qui est droit devant l'Eternel; mais non pas 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.
Or il arriva qu'après qu'il fut affermi dans son Royaume, il fit mourir 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 point mourir leurs enfants, selon ce qui est écrit dans la Loi, au Livre de Moïse, dans lequel l'Eternel a commandé, en disant: Les pères ne mourront point pour les enfants, et les enfants ne mourront point pour les pères; mais chacun mourra pour son péché.
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.
Puis Amatsia assembla ceux de Juda; et les établit selon les familles des pères, selon les capitaines de milliers et de centaines, par tout Juda et Benjamin; et il en fit le dénombrement depuis l'âge de vingt ans, et au dessus; et il s'en trouva trois cent mille d'élite, marchant en bataille, et portant la javeline et le bouclier.
6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
Il prit aussi à sa solde cent mille hommes forts et vaillants de ceux d'Israël, 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.
Mais un homme de Dieu vint à lui, et lui dit: Ô Roi! que l'armée d'Israël ne marche point avec toi, car l'Eternel n'est point avec Israël; ils sont tous enfants 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.”
Sinon, va, fais, fortifie-toi pour la bataille; [mais] Dieu te fera tomber devant l'ennemi; car Dieu a la puissance d'aider 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].”
Et Amatsia répondit à l'homme de Dieu: Mais que deviendront les cent talents que j'ai donnés aux troupes d'Israël? et l'homme de Dieu dit: L'Eternel en a pour t'en donner beaucoup plus.
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].
Ainsi Amatsia sépara les troupes qui lui étaient venues d'Ephraïm, afin qu'elles retournassent en leur lieu; et leur colère s'enflamma fort contre Juda, et ils s'en retournèrent en leur lieu avec une grande ardeur 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.
Alors Amatsia ayant pris courage conduisit son peuple, et s'en alla en la vallée du sel; où il battit dix mille hommes des enfants de Séhir.
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.
Et les enfants de Juda prirent dix mille hommes vifs, et les ayant amenés sur le sommet d'une roche, ils les jetèrent du haut de la roche, de sorte qu'ils moururent tous.
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.
Mais les troupes qu'Amatsia avait renvoyées, afin qu'elles ne vinssent point avec lui à la guerre, se jetèrent sur les villes de Juda, depuis Samarie jusqu'à Béthoron, et tuèrent trois mille hommes, et emportèrent un gros butin.
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.
Or il arriva qu'Amatsia étant revenu de la défaite des Iduméens, et ayant apporté les dieux des enfants de Séhir, il se les établit pour dieux; il se prosterna devant eux, et leur fit des encensements.
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?”
Et la colère de l'Eternel s'enflamma contre Amatsia, et il envoya vers lui un Prophète qui lui dit: Pourquoi as-tu recherché les dieux d'un peuple qui n'ont point délivré 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.
Et comme il parlait au Roi, le Roi lui dit: T'a-t-on établi conseiller du Roi? arrête-toi; pourquoi te ferais-tu tuer? et le Prophète s'arrêta, et lui dit: Je sais très-bien que Dieu a délibéré de te détruire, parce que tu as fait cela, et que tu n'as point obéi à 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.”
Et Amatsia Roi de Juda, ayant tenu conseil, envoya vers Joas fils de Jéhoachaz, fils de Jéhu, Roi d'Israël, pour [lui] dire: Viens, [et] que nous nous voyions l'un l'autre.
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.
Et Joas Roi d'Israël envoya dire à Amatsia Roi de Juda: L'épine qui est au Liban a envoyé dire au cèdre qui est au Liban: Donne ta fille pour femme à mon fils; mais les bêtes sauvages qui sont au Liban, ont passé, et ont foulé 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 as dit: Voici, j'ai battu Edom, et ton cœur s'est élevé pour en tirer vanité. Demeure maintenant dans ta maison; pourquoi t'engagerais-tu dans un mal dans lequel tu tomberais, 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 Amatsia ne l'écouta point; car cela venait de Dieu, afin de les livrer entre les mains de [Joas], parce qu'ils avaient recherché les dieux d'Edom.
21 So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
Ainsi Joas Roi d'Israël monta, et ils se virent l'un l'autre, lui et Amatsia Roi de Juda, à Beth-sémes, qui est de Juda.
22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
Et Juda ayant été défait par Israël, ils s'enfuirent chacun dans leurs tentes.
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 Amatsia Roi de Juda, fils de Joas, fils de Jéhoachaz, à Beth-sémes; et l'amena à Jérusalem, et il fit une brèche de quatre cents coudées à la muraille de Jérusalem, depuis la porte d'Ephraïm, jusqu'à la porte du coin.
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.
Et ayant pris tout l'or et l'argent, et tous les vaisseaux qui furent trouvés dans la maison de Dieu sous la direction d'Hobed-Edom, avec les trésors de la Maison Royale, et des gens pour otages, il s'en retourna à Samarie.
25 King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
Et Amatsia fils de Joas Roi de Juda vécut quinze ans, après que Joas fils de Jéhoachaz Roi d'Israël fut mort.
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 faits d'Amatsia, tant les premiers que les derniers, voilà; n'est-il pas écrit au 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.
Or depuis le temps qu'Amatsia se fut détourné de l'Eternel, on fit une conspiration contre lui à Jérusalem, et il s'enfuit à Lakis; mais on envoya après lui à Lakis, et on le tua là.
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’.
Et on l'apporta sur des chevaux, et on l'ensevelit avec ses pères dans la ville de Juda.
