2 Chroniques 22
1 Et les habitants de Jérusalem proclamèrent roi à sa place Ochozias, son plus jeune fils, car l'armée de brigands qui était venue de l'Arabie et des bords de la mer, avait tué ses aînés; ainsi, Ochozias, fils de Joram, monta sur le trône de Juda.
Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem appointed his youngest son, Ahaziah, as king in his place. For the robbers of the Arabians, who had fallen upon the camp, had put to death all those who were greater by birth before him. And so Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, reigned as king of Judah.
2 Il avait alors vingt ans, et il régna un an à Jérusalem; le nom de sa mère était Athalie; elle était issue d'Ambri.
Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.
3 Et il marcha dans les voies de la maison d'Achab, parce que sa mère par ses conseils l'entraînait à pécher.
But he too went forth in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother impelled him to act impiously.
4 Et il fit le mal devant le Seigneur comme la maison d'Achab, car d'elle seule il prit conseil après la mort de son père, et il se perdit.
And so he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as the house of Ahab did. For after the death of his father, they were counselors to him, to his destruction.
5 Marchant donc selon ses conseils, il se joignit à Joram, fils d'Achab, roi d'Israël, pour livrer bataille, à Ramoth-Galaad, au roi de Syrie Azaël, quand des archers atteignirent Joram.
And he walked in their counsels. And he went with Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, to war against Hazael, the king of Syria, at Ramoth Gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram.
6 Et Joram revint à Jezraël pour se guérir des blessures que les Syriens lui avaient faites en Ramoth-Galaad, lorsqu'il combattait Azaël, roi de Syrie. Et Ochozias, fils de Joram, roi de Juda, alla voir, en Jezraël, Joram, roi d'Israël, parce qu'il était malade.
And he returned, so that he might be cured at Jezreel. For he had received many wounds in the above-stated battle. And so Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, descended, so that he might visit Joram, the son of Ahab, at Jezreel, while he was ill.
7 Et une catastrophe venant de Dieu arriva à Ochozias lorsqu'il y fut; car, alors Joram sortit avec lui contre Jéhu, fils de Namesseï, l'oint du Seigneur, suscité contre la maison d'Achab.
Indeed, it was the will of God against Ahaziah that he would go to Joram, and when he had gone, that he also would go out with him against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
8 Et au moment où Jéhu tirait vengeance de la maison d'Achab, il trouva là les princes de Juda, et les frères d'Ochozias employés à le servir, et il les tua.
Therefore, when Jehu was overthrowing the house of Ahab, he found the leaders of Judah, with the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, who were ministering to him, and he put them to death.
9 Ensuite, il ordonna de chercher Ochozias; on le prit en Samarie soignant ses blessures, on le conduisit à Jéhu qui le mit à mort, et on l'inhuma; car, dirent ces gens, il est issu de Josaphat qui de tout son cœur a cherché Dieu; il n'y avait plus personne de la maison d'Ochozias pour fortifier le pouvoir en son royaume.
Also, while he himself was seeking Ahaziah, he found him to be hiding in Samaria. And having been led to him, he killed him. And they buried him, because he was the son of Jehoshaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. But there was no longer any hope that someone from the stock of Ahaziah would reign.
10 Et Athalie, mère d'Ochozias, voyant son fils mort, se leva et détruisit toute la race royale en Juda.
For indeed, his mother, Athaliah, seeing that her son had died, rose up and killed the entire royal stock of the house of Jehoram.
11 Mais Josabeth, fille du roi Joram, enleva Joas, fils d'Ochozias; elle le déroba du milieu des fils du roi que l'on massacrait; et elle le mit, avec sa nourrice, dans une alcôve des chambres à coucher. Puis, Josabeth, fille de Joram, sœur d'Ochozias, femme de Joad le prêtre, le cacha d'Athalie, qui ne le tua pas.
But Jehosheba, the daughter of the king, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from the midst the king’s sons when they were being slain. And she hid him with his nurse in a bedroom. Now Jehosheba, the one who had hidden him, was the daughter of king Jehoram, and the wife of the high priest Jehoiada, and the sister of Ahaziah. And because of this, Athaliah did not kill him.
12 Il resta six ans avec Joad caché dans le temple de Dieu, pendant qu'Athalie régnait sur la terre.
Therefore, he was with them, hidden in the house of God, for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
