2 Chroniques 36
1 Et le peuple du pays prit Joachaz, fils de Josias, et le fit roi en la place de son père à Jérusalem.
Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
2 Joachaz avait vingt-trois ans à son avènement, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.
Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
3 Et le roi d'Égypte le destitua à Jérusalem et frappa le pays d'une amende de cent talents d'argent et un talent d'or.
King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
4 Et le roi d'Egypte fit son frère Eliakim roi de Juda et de Jérusalem et changea son nom en celui de Jojakim, et Nécho fit prisonnier son frère Joachaz et le mena en Egypte.
The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
5 Jojakim avait vingt-cinq ans à son avènement, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, son Dieu.
Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
6 Contre lui s'avança Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babel, qui le lia de chaînes pour le mener à Babel.
Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
7 Nebucadnetsar emporta aussi à Babel de la vaisselle du Temple de l'Éternel, et la plaça dans son temple à Babel.
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
8 Le reste des actes de Jojakim, et ses abominations, auxquelles il s'adonna, et ce qui se trouvait en lui, cela est d'ailleurs consigné dans le livre des rois d'Israël et de Juda. Et Jojachin, son fils, devint roi en sa place.
A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
9 Jojachin avait [dix-] huit ans à son avènement, et il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
10 Et l'année étant révolue, le roi Nebucadnetsar l'envoya chercher pour l'amener à Babel avec de la vaisselle précieuse du Temple de l'Éternel, et fit Sédécias, son frère, roi de Juda et de Jérusalem.
During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
11 Sédécias avait vingt-un ans à son avènement, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
12 Et il fit ce qui est mal aux yeux de l'Éternel, son Dieu; il ne s'humilia point devant Jérémie, le prophète, interprète de l'Éternel.
He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
13 Et il se rebella aussi contre le roi Nebucadnetsar, qui l'avait assermenté au nom de Dieu, et il eut le col trop roide, et le cœur trop dur pour revenir à l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël.
He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
14 Tous les chefs des Prêtres aussi et le peuple accumulèrent les transgressions imitant toutes les abominables pratiques des nations, et souillèrent le Temple de l'Éternel dont Il avait fait un lieu saint à Jérusalem.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
15 Et l'Éternel, Dieu de leurs pères, leur adressa des messages par l'organe de ses envoyés, que dès le matin déléguait; car Il voulait épargner son peuple et sa résidence.
Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
16 Mais ils se moquèrent des envoyés de Dieu, et méprisèrent leurs avis et se rirent de ses prophètes, jusqu'à ce qu'enfin monta le courroux de l'Éternel contre son peuple pour lequel il n'y eut plus de salut.
But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
17 Alors il fit marcher contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, qui tua leurs jeunes hommes avec l'épée dans leur Sanctuaire et n'épargna ni l'adolescent, ni la vierge, ni le vieillard et l'homme caduc. Il livra tout entre ses mains.
He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
18 Et tous les meubles de la Maison de Dieu, et les grands et les petits, et les trésors du Temple de l'Éternel et les trésors du roi et de ses princes, il emmena tout à Babel.
His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
19 Et ils incendièrent la Maison de Dieu et démolirent la muraille de Jérusalem et en livrèrent tous les palais aux flammes et exterminèrent tous les meubles de prix.
They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
20 Et il emmena à Babel les restants échappés a l'épée, comme prisonniers; et ils lui furent asservis et à ses fils jusqu'à l'avènement de la monarchie des Perses,
Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
21 pour accomplir la menace de l'Éternel, prononcée par la bouche de Jérémie, jusqu'à ce que le pays eût satisfait à ses Sabbats; il y satisfit tout le temps de la désolation jusqu'à l'accomplissement de soixante-dix années.
[Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
22 Et dans la première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, afin que s'accomplît la promesse de l'Éternel faite par la bouche de Jérémie, l'Éternel émut l'esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse, lequel fit publier de vive voix dans tout son empire, et aussi par un rescrit, ce message:
During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
23 Ainsi parle Cyrus, roi de Perse: Tous les royaumes de la terre m'ont été donnés par l'Éternel, Dieu des Cieux, et il m'a enjoint de lui édifier une Maison à Jérusalem en Juda. Qu'avec tous ceux qui sont de son peuple, soit l'Éternel, son Dieu, et qu'ils partent!
“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
