2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years.
Manassé avait douze ans à son avènement et il régna cinquante-cinq ans à Jérusalem.
2 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled from Israel as his people advanced [though the land].
Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, imitant les abominations des nations que l'Éternel avait chassées devant les enfants d'Israël.
3 He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping idols] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to [honor] the statues of Baal, and to make altars to [honor the goddess] Asherah. He bowed down to [worship] all the stars.
Et il releva les tertres qu'Ézéchias, son père, avait renversés, et érigea des autels aux Baals, et fit des Astartés et adora toute l'armée des Cieux et lui rendit un culte.
4 He directed his workers to build altars [for foreign gods] in the temple, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem that I want people to worship me, forever.”
Et il bâtit des autels dans le Temple de l'Éternel, dont l'Éternel avait dit: A Jérusalem sera mon Nom éternellement.
5 He directed that altars for [worshiping] all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.
Et il bâtit des autels a toute l'armée des Cieux dans les deux parvis du Temple de l'Éternel.
6 He even sacrificed [some of] his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.
Et il fit passer ses fils par le feu dans la Vallée des fils de Hinnom, et pratiqua la magie, les augures et les évocations, et institua des évocateurs et des pronostiqueurs et il fit le mal à l'extrême aux yeux de l'Éternel, à l'effet de le provoquer.
7 Manasseh took a carved idol [that his workers had made] and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen [where I want people to] worship me, forever.
Et il plaça le simulacre sculpté qu'il avait fait, dans le Temple de Dieu, dont Dieu avait dit à David et à Salomon, son fils: Dans ce Temple-ci, et à Jérusalem que j'ai choisie sur toutes les Tribus d'Israël, je mettrai Mon Nom pour l'éternité.
8 If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”
Et je ne laisserai plus le pied d'Israël quitter le sol que j'ai assuré à vos pères, pourvu seulement qu'ils veillent à pratiquer tout ce que par l'organe de Moïse je leur ai prescrit, toute la Loi, et les statuts et les arrêts.
9 But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced [through the land].
Mais Manassé égara Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem au point qu'ils firent pis que les nations que l'Éternel avait exterminées devant les enfants d'Israël.
10 Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.
Et l'Éternel parla à Manassé et à son peuple, mais ils n'y prirent pas garde.
11 So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria [and their soldiers] to [come to Jerusalem, and they] captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his [feet] and took him to Babylon.
Alors l'Éternel les fit envahir par les généraux d'armée du roi d'Assyrie, qui avec des ceps firent Manassé prisonnier et le lièrent avec des chaînes et le menèrent à Babel.
12 There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [worshiped], and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.
Et dans la gêne où il était, il chercha à fléchir l'Éternel, son Dieu, et s'humilia profondément devant le Dieu de ses pères,
13 When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he [allowed him to] return to Jerusalem and [to] rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is [an all-powerful] God.
et lui adressa sa prière, et Dieu se laissa fléchir et exauça sa prière et le fit revenir à Jérusalem dans son royaume, et Manassé reconnut que l'Éternel est Dieu.
14 Later, Manasseh’s [workers] rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and [they] made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring [north] to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel [Hill]. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them.
Et ensuite il bâtit un mur extérieur à la Cité de David, à l'occident de Gihon dans le ravin, et à l'avenue de la porte des Poissons, et lui fit contourner Ophel, et l'éleva très haut, et il plaça des commandants militaires dans toutes les places fortes de Juda.
15 Manasseh’s [workers] removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also [told them to] remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in [other places in] Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city.
Et il fit disparaître les dieux de l'étranger et le simulacre, du Temple de l'Éternel, et tous les autels qu'il avait bâtis sur la montagne du Temple de l'Éternel et à Jérusalem, et les jeta en dehors de la ville.
16 Then he [told them to] repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told [the people of] Judah that they must worship [only] Yahweh.
Et il releva l'autel de l'Éternel et y offrit des sacrifices pacifiques et d'actions de grâces et enjoignit à Juda de servir l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël.
17 The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God.
Cependant le peuple sacrifiait encore sur les tertres, mais seulement à l'Éternel, leur Dieu.
18 The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Le reste des actes de Manassé et sa prière à son Dieu, et les discours des Voyants qui lui parlèrent au nom de l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël, sont d'ailleurs consignés dans les histoires des rois d'Israël;
19 What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the [list of] places where he built shrines and set up poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah and other idols [before he humbled himself], are written in what the prophets wrote.
et sa prière et son exaucement et tout son péché et sa rébellion et les lieux où il avait construit des tertres et érigé des Astartés et des idoles, avant de s'être humilié, tout cela se trouve consigné dans les Histoires de Hozaï.
20 Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king [of Judah].
Et Manassé reposa à côté de ses pères et reçut la sépulture dans sa demeure, et Amon, son fils, devint roi en sa place.
21 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years.
Amon avait vingt-deux ans à son avènement, et il régna deux ans à Jérusalem.
22 He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s [workers] had made.
Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel comme avait fait Manassé, son père, et Amon offrit des sacrifices à toutes les idoles qu'avait faites Manassé, son père, et leur rendit un culte.
23 But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.
Mais il ne s'humilia pas devant l'Éternel, comme s'était humilié Manassé, son père; car lui, Amon, se rendit beaucoup plus coupable.
24 Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace.
Et ses serviteurs conjurèrent contre lui et le tuèrent dans son palais.
25 But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.
Cependant le peuple du pays fit main basse sur tous ceux qui avaient conjuré contre le roi Amon, et établit Josias, son fils, roi en sa place.
