2 Chroniques 16
1 La trente-sixième année du règne d'Asa, Baësa, roi d'Israël, s'avança contre Juda et fortifia Rama pour couper entrée et sortie à Asa, roi de Juda.
When Asa had been ruling [Judah] for almost 36 years, King Baasha of Israel went [with his army] to attack Judah. They [captured the town of] Ramah [north of Jerusalem] and started to build a wall around [it], in order to prevent any people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa [because the only road into Judah from Israel went through Ramah].
2 Alors Asa sortit de l'argent et de l'or des trésors du temple de l'Éternel et du palais royal et l'envoya à Ben-hadad, roi de Syrie, résidant à Damas,
So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was in the storerooms of the temple and in his own palace, and take and give it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, who was ruling in Damascus. [He sent him a message, ] saying
3 avec ce message: Il existe une alliance entre moi et toi, et mon père et ton père: voici, je t'envoie de l'argent et de l'or; va! romps ton alliance avec Baësa, roi d'Israël, pour m'en débarrasser.
“I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, like there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you [a lot of] silver and gold. So please cancel the treaty that you have made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”
4 Et Ben-Hadad écouta le roi Asa et envoya ses généraux d'armée contre les villes d'Israël, et ils firent main basse sur Ijon, et Dan et Abel-Maïm et tous les magasins dans les villes de Nephthali.
Ben-Hadad agreed to do what King Asa [suggested]. He sent the commanders of his armies [with their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah and all the cities in the area belonging to the tribe of Naphtali where supplies were kept.
5 Et à cette nouvelle Baësa renonça à fortifier Rama et fit cesser ses travaux.
When Baasha heard about that, he [commanded his troops to] stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there.
6 Mais le roi Asa employa tout Juda pour faire enlever de Rama les pierres et le bois employés par Baësa, et il s'en servit pour fortifier Géba et Mitspa.
Then King Asa gathered all the men of Judah, and they took away from Ramah all the stones and timber that Baasha’s men had been using [to build the wall around that town]. They took those materials to [the town of] Geba and [the city of] Mizpah [north of Jerusalem] and built walls around them.
7 Or dans le même temps Hanani, le Voyant, vint trouver Asa, roi de Juda, et lui dit: Parce que tu as pris pour appui le roi de Syrie, et que tu n'as pas pris pour appui l'Éternel, ton Dieu, pour cette raison l'armée du roi de Syrie a échappé à ta main.
At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on Yahweh our God, you missed your opportunity to destroy the army of the king of Syria.
8 Est-ce que les Éthiopiens et les Libyens n'étaient pas des forces immenses quant au nombre, et aux chars et à la cavalerie? Mais parce que tu t'appuyais sur l'Éternel, Il les a livrés entre tes mains.
The huge armies from Ethiopia and Libya with all their chariots and soldiers [riding] on horses [were certainly very powerful. But] when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them.
9 Car les yeux de l'Éternel parcourent toute la terre pour soutenir ceux dont le cœur est tout à Lui. En cela tu as agi follement; car dès ce moment tu auras guerre à soutenir.
That happened because Yahweh sees [what is happening] all over the earth, and he strengthens those who completely trust him. You have done a very foolish thing, so from now on other armies will be fighting your army.”
10 Et Asa fut mécontent du Voyant et le mit en prison, car il était en colère contre lui à ce sujet. Dans ce temps aussi Asa opprima des gens dans le peuple.
Asa was very angry with the prophet because of what the prophet had said. So he [commanded his officials to] put Hanani in prison. At that same time, he started to treat some of his people very cruelly.
11 Les actes d'Asa, les premiers et les derniers, sont d'ailleurs consignés dans le livre des rois de Juda et d'Israël.
All the things that Asa did while he was ruling, from the time he started to rule until he died, are written in the scroll containing the record of the [activities of the] kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Et, la trente-neuvième année de son règne, Asa eut une maladie des pieds qui le rendait fort malade; et même dans sa maladie il eut recours non pas à l'Éternel, mais aux médecins.
When Asa had been ruling for almost 39 years, he was afflicted with a disease in his feet. The disease was very severe, but in spite of that, he did not request help from Yahweh. Instead he sought help only from doctors.
13 Et Asa reposa à côté de ses pères, et il mourut dans la quarante-unième année de son règne.
When he had been ruling for almost 40 years, he died.
14 Et on lui donna la sépulture dans son tombeau qu'il s'était taillé dans la Cité de David, et on le coucha sur le lit qu'on avait garni de parfums et d'aromates préparés en pâte balsamique au moyen d'un baume, et on lui fit une combustion d'une magnificence extrême.
He was buried in the tomb that his workers had made for him in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him.
