Deuxième livre des Rois 24

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Durant ses jours, Nabukodonozor roi de Babylone envahit le pays, et Joïaqim lui fut soumis pendant trois ans; mais ensuite il se révolta contre lui.	1 During his days, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. And again he rebelled against him.
2 Yahvé envoya contre lui des bandes kaldéennes, des Araméens, des Moabites et des Ammonites; il les envoya contre Juda pour le faire disparaître, selon la parole que Yahvé avait dite par la bouche de ses serviteurs les prophètes.	2 And the Lord sent to him the robbers of the Chaldeans, and the robbers of Syria, and the robbers of Moab, and the robbers of the sons of Ammon. And he sent them into Judah, so that they might destroy it, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken through his servants, the prophets.
3 C’est sur l’ordre de Yahvé que tout cela est arrivé à Juda. Il voulait écarter Juda loin de lui à cause des péchés de Manassé,	3 Then this occurred, by the word of the Lord against Judah, that he took him away from before himself because of all the sins of Manasseh which he did,
4 mais aussi à cause du sang innocent tellement répandu que Jérusalem en était remplie; Yahvé ne voulait plus pardonner.	4 and because of the innocent blood which he shed, and because he filled Jerusalem with the slaughter of the innocent. And for this reason, the Lord was not willing to be appeased.
5 Le reste des actes de Joïaqim, tout ce qu’il a fait, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le Livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?	5 But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers.
6 Joïaqim se coucha avec ses pères, et Joïakin, son fils, régna à sa place.	6 And Jehoiachin, his son, reigned in his place.
7 Le roi d’Égypte ne sortit plus de ses frontières, car le roi de Babylone avait pris tout ce qui appartenait au roi d’Égypte, depuis le torrent d’Égypte jusqu’au fleuve de l’Euphrate.	7 And the king of Egypt no longer continued to go out from his own land. For the king of Babylon had taken all that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.
8 Joïakin avait 18 ans lorsqu’il monta sur le trône, il régna trois mois à Jérusalem; sa mère Néhouchta était fille d’Elnatan de Jérusalem.	8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
9 Il fit ce qui est mal au regard de Yahvé, tout comme l’avait fait son père.	9 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his father had done.
10 En ce temps-là, les hommes de Nabukodonozor, roi de Babylone, marchèrent sur Jérusalem, et la ville fut assiégée.	10 At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ascended against Jerusalem. And the city was encircled with fortifications.
11 Nabukodonozor, roi de Babylone, arriva pour attaquer la ville alors que ses hommes l’assiégeaient.	11 And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, went to the city, with his servants, so that he might fight against it.
12 Joïakin, roi de Juda, sortit pour se rendre au roi de Babylone avec sa mère, ses serviteurs, ses chefs et ses eunuques; le roi de Babylone le fit prisonnier la huitième année de son règne.	12 And Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his leaders, and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon received him, in the eighth year of his reign.
13 Il emporta tous les trésors de la Maison de Yahvé et les trésors du palais royal. Il brisa tous les objets d’or que Salomon, roi d’Israël, avait faits pour la Maison de Yahvé, comme Yahvé l’avait prédit.	13 And he took from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he cut up all the gold vessels which Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple of the Lord, in accord with the word of the Lord.
14 Il déporta tout Jérusalem, tous les chefs et tous les hommes de guerre, soit 10 000 déportés en comptant tous les forgerons et tous les serruriers; du peuple-du-pays il ne laissa que les petites gens.	14 And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.
15 Il déporta Joïakin à Babylone; il fit partir en déportation de Jérusalem vers Babylone, la mère du roi, ses femmes, ses eunuques et les personnages importants du pays.	15 Also, he carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs. And he led into captivity the judges of the land, from Jerusalem to Babylon,
16 Le roi de Babylone fit déporter à Babylone 7 000 hommes qui valaient: 1 000 forgerons et serruriers et tous les hommes en état de porter les armes.	16 and all the robust men, seven thousand, and the artisans and craftsman, one thousand: all who were strong men and fit for war. And the king of Babylon led them away as captives, into Babylon.
17 Le roi de Babylone établit comme roi à la place de Joïakin son oncle Mattanyas dont il changea le nom en Sédécias.	17 And he appointed Mattaniah, his uncle, in his place. And he imposed the name Zedekiah upon him.
18 Sédécias avait 21 ans lorsqu’il monta sur le trône, il régna 11 ans à Jérusalem; sa mère Hamital était fille de Yirméya, de Libna.	18 Zedekiah held twenty-one years of life when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
19 Il fit ce qui est mal au regard de Yahvé, tout comme l’avait fait Joïaqim.	19 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 Et c’est la colère de Yahvé qui détermina le sort de Jérusalem et de Juda jusqu’au jour où il finit par les rejeter loin de lui. Sédécias se révolta contre le roi de Babylone.	20 For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he cast them away from his face. And so Zedekiah withdrew from the king of Babylon.