2 Rois 16
1 En la dix-septième année du règne de Phacée, fils de Romélie, Achaz, fils de Joatham, devint roi de Juda.
In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.
2 Il avait vingt ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna seize ans à Jérusalem; il ne fit point ce qui est droit aux yeux du Seigneur son Dieu, aussi fidèlement que David, son aïeul.
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.
3 Et il marcha dans la voie des rois d'Israël; même il livra son fils aux flammes de Moloch, selon l'abomination des peuples que le Seigneur avait exterminés devant la face des fils d'Israël.
But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
4 Et il immola des victimes sur les hauts lieux, sur les collines, et sous tout arbre touffu.
And he made offerings, burning them in the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.
5 Alors, Rasin, roi de Syrie, et Phacée, roi d'Israël, vinrent combattre sous les murs de Jérusalem; ils assiégèrent Achaz, mais ils ne purent prévaloir sur lui.
Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.
6 En temps-là, Rasin reprit Elath pour la Syrie, il en chassa les Juifs, et des Iduméens y vinrent; et ils y sont demeurés jusqu'à nos jours.
At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.
7 Et Achaz envoya des messagers à Theglath-Phalasar, roi des Assyriens, disant: Moi et mon fils, nous sommes tes serviteurs; viens, sauve-moi des mains du roi de Syrie, et des mains du roi d'Israël, qui se sont levés contre moi.
So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.
8 Achaz prit l'argent et l'or qui se trouva dans les trésors, soit du temple, soit du palais, et il en fit présent au roi d'Assyrie.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold which were in the house of the Lord and in the king's store-house, and sent them as an offering to the king of Assyria.
9 Et le roi des Assyriens l'écouta; il marcha sur Damas, la prit, la dépeupla, et mit à mort le roi Rasin.
And the king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and took it, and took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.
10 Et le roi Achaz alla dans Damas à la rencontre de Theglath-Phalasar; il vit un autel à Damas, et il envoya au prêtre Urie l'image de l'autel, ses proportions, sa structure.
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure.
11 Et le prêtre Urie bâtit un autel selon le modèle que le roi lui avait envoyé de Damas.
And from the copy King Ahaz sent from Damascus, Urijah made an altar and had it ready by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus.
12 Puis, Achaz vit l'autel et il y monta;
And when the king came from Damascus, he saw the altar; and he went up on it and made an offering on it.
13 Il fit son holocauste, son sacrifice et sa libation, et il répandit le sang de ses hosties pacifiques offertes sur l'autel
He made his burned offering and his meal offering and his drink offering there, draining out the blood of his peace-offerings on the altar.
14 D'airain qui était devant le Seigneur. Et il transporta cet autel de devant la façade du temple, du lieu entre l'autel et le temple, et il le dressa du même côté en tirant vers le nord.
And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
15 Ensuite, le roi Achaz donna ses ordres au prêtre Urie, disant: Tu présenteras, sur le grand autel, l'holocauste du matin, les oblations du soir, l'holocauste du roi et son oblation, l'holocauste de tout le peuple, et son oblation et sa libation; tu répandras sur le même autel tout le sang de l'holocauste et tout le sang de toute autre victime, et l'autel d'airain le matin me sera réservé.
And King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, Make the morning burned offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burned offering and meal offering, with the burned offerings of all the people and their meal offerings and drink offerings, on the great altar, and put on it all the blood of the burned offerings and of the beasts which are offered; but the brass altar will be for my use to get directions from the Lord.
16 Et Urie le prêtre fit tout ce que lui avait prescrit le roi Achaz.
So Urijah the priest did everything as the king said
17 Le roi Achaz effaça les ciselures des bassins, il enleva les cuvettes qu'ils supportaient, et il ôta, pour la mettre sur une base de pierre, la mer qui reposait sur les bœufs d'airain.
And King Ahaz took off the sides of the wheeled bases, and took down the great water-vessel from off the brass oxen which were under it and put it on a floor of stone.
18 Et il construisit une base pour le trône dans le temple du Seigneur, et il transporta à l'intérieur la porte extérieure par laquelle le roi entrait dans le temple, à cause du roi des Assyriens.
the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.
19 Quant au reste de l'histoire du roi Achaz, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Faits et gestes des rois de Juda?
Now the rest of the things which Ahaz did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
20 Et Achaz s'endormit avec ses pères; il fut enseveli dans la ville de David, et son fils Ezéchias régna à sa place.
And Ahaz went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Hezekiah his son became king in his place.
