2 Kings 24
1 While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
De son temps, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, se mit en campagne, et Joakim lui fut assujetti pendant trois ans; mais il se révolta de nouveau contre lui.
2 Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
Yahweh envoya contre Joakim des bandes de Chaldéens, des bandes de Syriens, des bandes de Moabites et des bandes d'Ammonites; il les envoya contre Juda pour le détruire, selon la parole de Yahweh qu'il avait prononcée par l'organe de ses serviteurs les prophètes.
3 These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
Ce fut uniquement sur l'ordre de Yahweh que cela arriva contre Juda, pour l'ôter de devant sa face, à cause de tous les péchés commis par Manassé,
4 Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
et à cause du sang innocent qu'avait répandu Manassé, au point de remplir Jérusalem de sang innocent. C'est pourquoi Yahweh ne voulait point pardonner.
5 The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Le reste des actes de Joakim, et tout ce qu'il a fait, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?
6 When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
Joakim se coucha avec ses pères, et Joachin son fils, régna à sa place.
7 [The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
Le roi d'Egypte ne sortit plus de son pays; car le roi de Babylone avait pris tout ce qui était au roi d'Egypte, depuis le torrent d'Egypte jusqu'au fleuve de l'Euphrate.
8 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
Joachin avait dix-huit ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Nohesta, fille d'Elnathan, de Jérusalem.
9 Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, selon tout ce qu'avait fait son père.
10 [While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
En ce temps-là, les serviteurs de Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, montèrent contre Jérusalem, et la ville fut assiégée.
11 While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, vint devant la ville pendant que ses serviteurs l'assiégeaient.
12 Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
Alors Joachin, roi de Juda, sortit auprès du roi de Babylone, avec sa mère, ses serviteurs, ses chefs et ses eunuques, et le roi de Babylone le fit prisonnier la huitième année de son règne.
13 Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
Il emporta de là tous les trésors de la maison de Yahweh et les trésors de la maison du roi, et il brisa tous les ustensiles d'or que Salomon, roi d'Israël, avait faits dans le temple de Yahweh, comme Yahweh l'avait annoncé.
14 They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
Il emmena en captivité tout Jérusalem, tous les chefs et tous les hommes vaillants, — dix mille captifs, — avec tous les artisans et les forgerons; il ne resta que le peuple pauvre du pays.
15 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
Il transporta Joachin à Babylone, et il emmena captifs de Jérusalem à Babylone la mère du roi, les femmes du roi et ses eunuques, et les grands du pays.
16 They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
De plus, tous les guerriers au nombre de sept mille, ainsi que les artisans et les forgerons au nombre de mille, tous hommes vaillants et propres à la guerre: le roi de Babylone les emmena captifs à Babylone.
17 Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
Et le roi de Babylone établit roi, à la place de Joachin, Mathanias, son oncle, dont il changea le nom en celui de Sédécias.
18 When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Amital, fille de Jérémie, de Lobna.
19 But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, imitant tout ce qu'avait fait Joakim.
20 Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Cela arriva à Jérusalem et en Juda, à cause de la colère de Yahweh, jusqu'à ce qu'il les rejette de devant sa face. Et Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.
