2 Chronicles 29
1 Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of [a man whose name was] Zechariah.
Ézéchias devint roi à l'âge de vingt-cinq ans, et il régna vingt-neuf ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Abija, fille de Zacharie.
2 Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
Il fit ce qui est droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, tout comme avait fait David, son père.
3 During March of the first year that Hezekiah was ruling Judah, he unlocked the doors of the temple, and his workers repaired them.
La première année de son règne, au premier mois, il ouvrit les portes de la maison de l'Éternel, et il les répara.
4 Then he gathered the priests and other descendants of Levi in the area on the east side of the temple,
Il fit venir les sacrificateurs et les Lévites, et les assembla dans la place orientale.
5 and he said to them, “You descendants of Levi, listen to me! Consecrate yourselves. And then consecrate the temple of Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped/belonged to]. Remove from the temple all the things that are not pleasing to God.
Et il leur dit: Écoutez-moi, Lévites! sanctifiez-vous maintenant, et sanctifiez la maison de l'Éternel, le Dieu de vos pères, et ôtez du sanctuaire la souillure.
6 Our ancestors disobeyed God; they did many things that he considered to be evil, things that were not pleasing to him. They abandoned this place where Yahweh lives, and they have turned away from him.
Car nos pères ont péché et fait ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel, notre Dieu; ils l'ont abandonné, ils ont détourné leurs faces de la demeure de l'Éternel et lui ont tourné le dos.
7 They locked the doors of the temple and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn any incense, and they did not offer any sacrifices that were to be completely burned [on the altar].
Ils ont même fermé les portes du portique, et ont éteint les lampes, et ils n'ont point fait fumer le parfum, et ils n'ont point offert l'holocauste au Dieu d'Israël dans le sanctuaire.
8 Therefore, Yahweh has become very angry with us people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, and he has caused other people to become frightened and horrified [when they hear what Yahweh did to punish us]. And they ridicule us. You know this very well.
C'est pourquoi le courroux de l'Éternel a été sur Juda et sur Jérusalem; et il les a livrés au trouble, à la désolation, à la moquerie, comme vous le voyez de vos yeux.
9 That is why our fathers have been killed in battles, and our sons and daughters and our wives have been captured and taken [to other countries].
Et voici, à cause de cela, nos pères sont tombés par l'épée, et nos fils, nos filles et nos femmes sont en captivité.
10 But now I intend to make an agreement with Yahweh, our God, in order that he will no longer be angry with us.
Maintenant donc j'ai l'intention de traiter alliance avec l'Éternel, le Dieu d'Israël, pour que l'ardeur de sa colère se détourne de nous.
11 [You who are like] my sons, do not waste any time. [Do immediately what Yahweh wants you to do.] Yahweh has chosen you to stand in his presence and offer sacrifices and burn incense.”
Or, mes enfants, ne soyez pas indifférents; car l'Éternel vous a choisis, afin que vous vous teniez devant lui pour le servir, pour être ses serviteurs, et pour lui offrir le parfum.
12 Then these descendants of Levi started to work [in the temple]: From the descendants of Kohath there were Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah. From the descendants of Merari there were Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel. From the descendants of Gershon there were Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah.
Et les Lévites se levèrent: Machath, fils d'Amasaï, Joël, fils d'Azaria, des enfants des Kéhathites; et des enfants de Mérari, Kis, fils d'Abdi, Azaria, fils de Jéhalléléel; et des Guershonites, Joach, fils de Zimma, et Éden, fils de Joach;
13 From the descendants of Elizaphan there were Shimri and Jeiel. From the descendants of Asaph there were Zechariah and Mattaniah.
Et des enfants d'Élitsaphan, Shimri et Jéïel; et des enfants d'Asaph, Zacharie et Matthania;
14 From the descendants of Heman there were Jehiel and Shimei. From the descendants of Jeduthun there were Shemaiah and Uzziel.
Et des enfants d'Héman, Jéhiel et Shimeï, et des enfants de Jéduthun, Shémaja et Uzziel.
15 When those men had gathered their fellow descendants of Levi and had consecrated themselves, they entered the temple in order to consecrate it. That was what the king had commanded them to do, and they were also obeying what Yahweh had commanded.
Ils assemblèrent leurs frères, et ils se sanctifièrent; et ils entrèrent selon le commandement du roi, et suivant les paroles de l'Éternel, pour purifier la maison de l'Éternel.
16 The priests entered the temple to consecrate it. They brought out into the courtyard of the temple everything that they had found in the temple that was not pleasing to Yahweh. Then the descendants of Levi took those things down to the Kidron Valley [and burned them there].
Ainsi les sacrificateurs entrèrent dans l'intérieur de la maison de l'Éternel, pour la purifier; et ils portèrent dehors, au parvis de la maison de l'Éternel, toutes les souillures qu'ils trouvèrent dans le temple de l'Éternel; et les Lévites les reçurent pour les emporter dehors, au torrent de Cédron.
17 The priests and other descendants of Levi started this work on the first day of March and finished purifying the courtyard [of the temple] on the eighth day of that month, and they finished purifying the temple one week later.
Ils commencèrent à sanctifier le temple, le premier jour du premier mois; le huitième jour du mois, ils entrèrent au portique de l'Éternel, et ils sanctifièrent la maison de l'Éternel pendant huit jours; le seizième jour du premier mois, ils eurent achevé.
18 Then they went to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have purified all parts of the temple, and the altar where sacrifices are completely burned, and all the items used at the altar, the table on which the priests place the sacred bread, and the things [used at that table].
Après cela ils se rendirent chez le roi Ézéchias, et dirent: Nous avons purifié toute la maison de l'Éternel, l'autel des holocaustes et tous ses ustensiles, et la table des pains de proposition et tous ses ustensiles.
19 While Ahaz was our king, he disobeyed what Yahweh had commanded, and he removed from the temple many things [that should be there], but now we have brought them back and placed them in front of the sacred altar.”
Nous avons remis en état et sanctifié tous les ustensiles que le roi Achaz avait rejetés pendant son règne, par suite de son péché; et voici, ils sont devant l'autel de l'Éternel.
20 Early the next morning, King Hezekiah gathered together the city officials, and they went to the [courtyard of the] temple.
Alors le roi Ézéchias se leva de bon matin, assembla les principaux de la ville, et monta à la maison de l'Éternel.
21 They took with them seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs, and seven male goats to be an offering in order that Yahweh would forgive the sins of all the people in the kingdom of Judah, and in order to purify the temple. The king commanded that the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, should offer those animals to be sacrificed to Yahweh on the altar.
Et ils amenèrent sept taureaux, sept béliers, sept agneaux et sept boucs, destinés à des sacrifices pour le péché, pour le royaume, pour le sanctuaire et pour Juda. Puis le roi dit aux sacrificateurs, fils d'Aaron, qu'ils les offrissent sur l'autel de l'Éternel.
22 So first the priests slaughtered those bulls, and took their blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar. Then they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled their blood on the altar.
Ils égorgèrent donc les bœufs, et les sacrificateurs en reçurent le sang, et le répandirent sur l'autel; ils égorgèrent les béliers, et en répandirent le sang sur l'autel; ils égorgèrent les agneaux, et en répandirent le sang sur l'autel.
23 The goats that were slaughtered to be an offering in order that Yahweh would forgive the sins of the people were brought to the king and the others who were there. Then the king and those who were present laid their hands on those goats.
Puis on fit approcher les boucs du sacrifice pour le péché, devant le roi et devant l'assemblée, et ils posèrent leurs mains sur eux;
24 Then the priests slaughtered those goats and splashed their blood on the altar in order that Yahweh would forgive the sins that all the Israeli people had committed. The priests did that because the king had commanded that offerings that would be completely burned [on the altar] and other sacrifices should be made for all the people of Israel.
Et les sacrificateurs les égorgèrent, et offrirent en expiation leur sang sur l'autel, pour faire l'expiation pour tout Israël; car le roi avait ordonné l'holocauste et le sacrifice pour le péché, pour tout Israël.
25 The king then told the descendants of Levi to stand in the temple with their cymbals and harps and lyres, obeying what David and his prophets Gad and Nathan had commanded. Those were things that Yahweh had told his prophets that the descendants of Levi should do.
Il fit aussi tenir les Lévites dans la maison de l'Éternel, avec des cymbales, des lyres et des harpes, selon le commandement de David et de Gad, le Voyant du roi, et de Nathan, le prophète; car c'était un commandement de l'Éternel, par ses prophètes.
26 So the descendants of Levi [went and] stood in the temple, ready to play the musical instruments that King David had given to them. And the priests were ready to blow their trumpets.
Les Lévites se tinrent donc là avec les instruments de David, et les sacrificateurs avec les trompettes.
27 Then Hezekiah told some of the priests to burn the animals that would be sacrificed on the altar. When they started to burn the animals, the people started to sing to [praise] Yahweh, while the other descendants of Levi were playing their instruments.
Alors Ézéchias commanda qu'on offrît l'holocauste sur l'autel; et au moment où commença l'holocauste, commença aussi le cantique de l'Éternel, avec les trompettes et l'accompagnement des instruments de David, roi d'Israël.
28 All the people who were there bowed to worship Yahweh, while the singers sang and the trumpeters blew their trumpets. They continued to do this until they had finished slaughtering all the animals that would be completely burned.
Et toute l'assemblée se prosterna, le chant retentit, et les trompettes sonnèrent; le tout jusqu'à ce qu'on eût achevé l'holocauste.
29 When they finished making those offerings, the king and all those who were there knelt down and worshiped Yahweh.
Et quand on eut achevé d'offrir l'holocauste, le roi et tous ceux qui se trouvaient avec lui fléchirent les genoux et se prosternèrent.
30 Then King Hezekiah and his officials commanded the descendants of Levi to praise Yahweh, singing the songs [composed/written] by David and Asaph the prophet. So they sang songs joyfully and bowed their heads to worship.
Puis le roi Ézéchias et les chefs dirent aux Lévites de louer l'Éternel avec les paroles de David et d'Asaph, le Voyant; et ils le louèrent avec des transports de joie, et ils s'inclinèrent et se prosternèrent.
31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to Yahweh. So come close to the temple and bring animals to be sacrificed and other offerings to thank [Yahweh for what he has done for you].” And those who wanted to bring animals to be completely burned [on the altar] brought them.
Alors Ézéchias prit la parole, et dit: Vous avez maintenant consacré vos mains à l'Éternel; approchez-vous, amenez des sacrifices, et offrez des louanges dans la maison de l'Éternel. Et l'assemblée amena des sacrifices et offrit des louanges, et tous ceux qui étaient de bonne volonté offrirent des holocaustes.
32 Altogether they brought 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 male lambs to be completely burned on the altar.
Le nombre des holocaustes que l'assemblée offrit, fut de soixante et dix taureaux, cent béliers, deux cents agneaux, le tout en holocauste à l'Éternel.
33 The other animals that they brought were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep and goats that were set apart to be sacrifices.
Six cents bœufs et trois mille brebis furent en outre consacrés.
34 But there were not enough priests to remove the skins from the animals that would be completely burned [on the altar]. So their fellow descendants of Levi helped them until that work was finished, and until other priests had purified/consecrated themselves to do that work. It was necessary for them to do that because many of the priests had not yet performed the rituals to consecrate themselves for that work, like the descendants of Levi had done.
Mais les sacrificateurs étaient en petit nombre, et ils ne purent pas dépouiller tous les holocaustes; les Lévites, leurs frères, les aidèrent, jusqu'à ce que l'ouvrage fût achevé, et jusqu'à ce que les autres sacrificateurs se fussent sanctifiés; car les Lévites eurent le cœur plus droit pour se sanctifier, que les sacrificateurs.
35 In addition to the all the offerings that were completely burned [on the altar], the priests also burned the fat of the other animals that were sacrificed to maintain good fellowship with Yahweh, and the usual wine offerings. So the worship at the temple began again.
Il y eut aussi un grand nombre d'holocaustes, avec les graisses des sacrifices de prospérités, et avec les libations des holocaustes. Ainsi le service de la maison de l'Éternel fut rétabli.
36 And Hezekiah and all the other people of Judah celebrated, because God had enabled them to do all those things very quickly.
Et Ézéchias et tout le peuple se réjouirent de ce que Dieu avait ainsi disposé le peuple; car la chose se fit subitement.
