2 Chroniques 31

1 Et, quand tout fut fini, ceux d'Israël qui se trouvaient dans les villes de Juda sortirent, brisèrent les Colonnes, arrachèrent les bois sacrés, démolirent les hauts lieux et les autels, dans tout Juda, dans Benjamin, dans Ephraïm, dans Manassé jusqu'à la fin; et ceux d'Israël rentrèrent chacun en son héritage et en sa ville.

And when these things had been celebrated according to ritual, all of Israel who had been found in the cities of Judah went forth, and they broke apart the idols and cut down the sacred groves. They demolished the high places and destroyed the altars, not only out of all Judah and Benjamin, but also out of Ephraim as well as Manasseh, until they utterly destroyed them. And all the sons of Israel returned to their possessions and cities.

2 Et Ezéchias régla les services des prêtres et des lévites, chacun selon son emploi, tant pour les holocaustes que pour les hosties pacifiques, les louanges, les actions de grâces, et la garde des portes ou des parvis du temple du Seigneur.

Then Hezekiah appointed the companies of the priests and Levites by their divisions, each man in his proper office, certainly as much for the priests as for the Levites, for the sake of holocausts and peace offerings, so that they might minister and confess and sing, at the gates of the camp of the Lord.

3 Il régla aussi la part que devait donner le roi, de ce qui lui appartenait, pour les holocaustes du matin et du soir, pour les holocaustes des sabbats, des nouvelles lunes et des fêtes désignées en la loi du Seigneur.

Now the portion of the king, from his own substance, was such that they could offer a holocaust always, in morning and in evening, also on the Sabbaths, and the new moons, and the other solemnities, just as it was written in the law of Moses.

4 Et il dit au peuple qui habitait Jérusalem de donner la part des prêtres et des lévites, afin qu'ils fussent affermis dans le service du Seigneur.

And now he instructed the people living in Jerusalem that they were to give portions to the priests and Levites, so that they would be able to attend to the law of the Lord.

5 Or, dès qu'il eut ordonné ces choses, Israël apporta en abondance les prémices du blé, du vin, de l'huile, du miel et de ce que produisent les champs; les fils d'Israël et de Juda apportèrent des dîmes abondantes de tous leurs fruits.

And when this had reached the ears of the multitude, the sons of Israel brought an abundance of first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and also honey. And they offered a tenth part of all that the soil brings forth.

6 Et ceux qui habitaient les villes de Juda offrirent aussi la dîme de leurs bœufs, de leurs brebis, de leurs chèvres; et ils la consacrèrent au Seigneur leur Dieu, et ils apportèrent, et ils offrirent de toutes choses des monceaux, des monceaux.

Then too, the sons of Israel and Judah, who were living in the cities of Judah, brought tithes of oxen and sheep, and tithes of the holy things that they had vowed to the Lord their God. And carrying all these things, they made many stacks.

7 Et ils commencèrent, le troisième mois, à empiler ces monceaux, et eurent fini le septième mois.

In the third month, they began to lay out the foundations of the stacks. And in the seventh month, they finished them.

8 Et le roi Ezéchias et les princes vinrent, et ils virent ces monceaux, et ils bénirent le Seigneur et son peuple Israël.

And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered, they saw the stacks, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.

9 Et Ezéchias questionna les prêtres et les lévites au sujet de ces monceaux.

And Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites, as to why the stacks were laid out in this way.

10 Et le prêtre Azarias, chef de la maison de Sadoc, lui dit: Depuis que l'on apporte de ces prémices dans le temple du Seigneur, nous avons bu, nous avons mangé et nous avons laissé beaucoup; car le Seigneur a béni son peuple, et ces monceaux nous sont restés.

Azariah, the high priest from the stock of Zadok, answered him, saying: “Since the first-fruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten and been satisfied, and much remains. For the Lord has blessed his people. Then what was left over is this great abundance, which you see.”

11 Et le roi ordonna que l'on préparât des magasins dans le temple du Seigneur, et on les prépara.

And so Hezekiah instructed that they should prepare storage places for the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,

12 Et l'on y transporta fidèlement les prémices et les dîmes, dont on donna l'intendance au lévite Honénias et à Sémei, son frère et son lieutenant.

they faithfully brought in the first-fruits, as well as the tithes and all that they had vowed. Now the overseer of these things was Conaniah, a Levite; and his brother, Shimei, was second.

13 Et Jehiel, Ozias, Naeth, Azaël, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Elihel, Samachie, Maath, Banaïas et ses fils, furent subordonnés à Honénias et à son frère Sémeï; ainsi que l'ordonnèrent le roi Ezéchias et Azarias, qui avait le premier rang dans le temple de Dieu.

And after him, there was Jehiel, and Azariah, and Nahath, and Asaahel, and Jerimoth, and also Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, who were overseers under the hands of Conaniah, and his brother, Shimei, by the authority of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the high priest of the house of God, to whom all these things belonged.

14 Et Coré le lévite, fils de Jemna, gardien de la porte orientale, eut l'intendance des dons que l'on faisait, soit comme prémices du Seigneur, soit pour le Saint des saints,

Yet truly, Kore, the son of Imnah, a Levite and the porter of the eastern gate, was the overseer of the things that were being offered freely to the Lord, and of the first-fruits, and of the things consecrated for the Holy of Holies.

15 Par les mains d'Odom, de Benjamin, de Jésué, de Sémei, d'Amarias et de Séchonias, ou par celles des prêtres à qui l'on se confiait; et ils en faisaient la distribution à leurs frères, selon leurs services journaliers, du petit au grand,

And under his charge were Eden, and Benjamin, Jeshua, and Shemaiah, and also Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, so that they would distribute faithfully to their brothers, the small as well as the great, their portions

16 Hormis les enfants mâles de trois ans et au-dessous, à tous ceux qui entraient dans le temple du Seigneur, selon l'ordre des jours, pour s'acquitter des fonctions qui leur étaient assignées.

(except for the males from three years old and upward) for all who were entering the temple of the Lord, and for whatever was needed for the ministry, throughout each day, as well as for the observances according to their divisions.

17 Ainsi se fit la distribution aux prêtres, par familles paternelles. Quant aux lévites de vingt ans et au-dessus, pendant leurs services journaliers,

And so, for the priests, by their families, and for the Levites, from the twentieth year and upward, by their orders and companies,

18 Ils purent, dans leur classification, compter même leurs jeunes enfants, fils ou filles, quel qu'en fût le nombre, parce qu'ils avaient purifié fidèlement le sanctuaire.

and for the entire multitude, as much for the wives as for their children of both sexes, provisions were offered faithfully from whatever had been sanctified.

19 Aux fils d'Aaron, exerçant le sacerdoce dans les villes, des hommes, nommés à cet effet en chaque ville, donnaient aussi une portion pour chaque mâle, parmi les prêtres; ils en donnaient pareillement à ceux qui étaient comptés comme lévites.

Then too, men were appointed of the sons of Aaron, throughout the fields and the suburbs of each city, who would distribute portions to all the males among the priests and Levites.

20 Ezéchias établit cet ordre en tout Juda, et il fit ce qui est bon et droit devant le Seigneur son Dieu.

Therefore, Hezekiah did all these things (which we have said) in all of Judah. And he worked what is good and upright and true before the Lord his God,

21 Et en toute œuvre qu'il entreprit dans le temple du Seigneur, dans ses lois, dans ses ordonnances, il chercha son Dieu de toute son âme, et il agit, et il prospéra.

for the whole service of the ministry of the house of the Lord, in accord with the law and the ceremonies, desiring to seek his God with his whole heart. And he did so, and he prospered.