1 Manassé avait 12 ans quand il monta sur le trône, et il régna 55 ans à Jérusalem. | 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. |
2 Il fit ce qui est mal au regard de Yahvé, suivant les pratiques honteuses des nations que Yahvé avait dépossédées devant les Israélites. | 2 But he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all the abominations of the nations which the Lord overturned before the sons of Israel. |
3 Il rebâtit les Hauts-Lieux que son père Ézékias avait détruits, il éleva des autels aux Baals, il dressa des pieux sacrés, il se prosterna devant toute l’Armée des cieux et les servit. | 3 And turning away, he repaired the high places, which had been demolished by his father, Hezekiah. And he constructed altars to the Baals, and made sacred groves. And he adored the entire army of heaven, and he served them. |
4 Il construisit des autels dans la Maison dont Yahvé lui-même avait dit: “Mon Nom sera pour toujours à Jérusalem.” | 4 Also, he built altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” |
5 Il construisit des autels pour toute l’Armée des cieux dans les deux cours de la Maison de Yahvé. | 5 But he built these for the entire army of heaven, in the two courts of the house of the Lord. |
6 Il sacrifia ses fils par le feu dans la vallée de Ben-Hinnom. Il pratiqua l’astrologie, la divination, la sorcellerie, il eut recours à ceux qui évoquent les morts et aux devins. Que de fois n’a-t-il pas provoqué la colère de Dieu en faisant le mal sous son regard! | 6 And he caused his sons to pass through fire in the Valley of the son of Hinnom. He observed dreams, followed divinations, served the occult arts, had with him magicians and enchanters, and worked many evils before the Lord, so that he provoked him. |
7 Il avait fait une statue de monstre sacré, il la plaça dans ce Temple dont Dieu lui-même avait dit à David et à son fils Salomon: “Je mettrai mon Nom pour toujours dans ce Temple, dans Jérusalem que j’ai choisie parmi toutes les tribus d’Israël. | 7 Also, he set up a graven image and molten statue in the house of God, about which God said to David, and to his son Solomon: “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name forever. |
8 Si Israël veille à observer tout ce que je lui ai commandé selon toute la Loi, les ordonnances et les règles données par Moïse, je ne conduirai plus ses pas loin du pays que j’ai donné à leurs pères.” | 8 And I will not cause the foot of Israel to be moved from the land which I delivered to their fathers. Yet this is so, only if they will take care to do what I have instructed them, by the hand of Moses, with the entire law and the ceremonies and the judgments.” |
9 Mais Manassé égara Juda et les habitants de Jérusalem; il les amena à pratiquer le mal comme les nations que Yahvé avait anéanties devant les Israélites. | 9 And so Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil, more so than all the nations which the Lord had overturned before the face of the sons of Israel. |
10 Yahvé parla bien à Manassé et à son peuple, mais ils n’y prêtèrent aucune attention. | 10 And the Lord spoke to him and to his people, but they were not willing to pay attention. |
11 Yahvé envoya contre eux les chefs de l’armée du roi d’Assyrie. Ils immobilisèrent Manassé avec des crocs, ils le lièrent avec une double chaîne de bronze et l’emmenèrent à Babylone. | 11 Therefore, he led over them the leaders of the army of the king of the Assyrians. And they captured Manasseh, and they led him, bound with chains and fetters, to Babylon. |
12 Du fond de sa misère, il attendrit Yahvé son Dieu, il s’humilia sincèrement devant le Dieu de ses pères, | 12 And after this, being in great anguish, he prayed to the Lord his God. And he did penance greatly before the God of his fathers. |
13 il le pria et fut écouté. Yahvé écouta ses supplications et le ramena à Jérusalem dans son royaume, et Manassé reconnut que seul Yahvé est Dieu. | 13 And he petitioned and begged him intently. And he heeded his prayer, and led him back to Jerusalem, into his kingdom. And Manasseh realized that the Lord himself was God. |
14 Après cela il reconstruisit la muraille extérieure de la Cité de David, à l’ouest de Guihon, dans le ravin. Ce rempart faisait le tour de l’Ophel et atteignait l’entrée de la porte des Poissons, Manassé le suréleva beaucoup. Il plaça des chefs de guerre dans toutes les villes fortifiées de Juda. | 14 After these things, he built a wall outside the City of David, to the west of Gihon, at the steep valley, from the entrance to the fish gate, circling around as far as Ophel. And he raised it up greatly. And he appointed leaders of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah. |
15 Il fit disparaître de la Maison de Yahvé les dieux étrangers et l’idole du monstre sacré, il enleva tous les autels qu’il avait construits sur la montagne de la Maison de Yahvé ou dans Jérusalem: il fit tout jeter hors de la ville. | 15 And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol from the house of the Lord, and also the altars which he had made on the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem. And he cast all these things outside the city. |
16 Il restaura l’autel de Yahvé, il y offrit des sacrifices de communion et d’actions de grâces et il donna ordre aux Judéens de servir Yahvé, Dieu d’Israël. | 16 Then he repaired the altar of the Lord, and he immolated upon it victims, and peace offerings, with praise. And he instructed Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel. |
17 Le peuple continua bien d’offrir des sacrifices sur les Hauts-Lieux, mais seulement en l’honneur de Yahvé son Dieu. | 17 Yet still the people were immolating on the high places, to the Lord their God. |
18 Le reste des actes de Manassé, sa prière à Dieu, les paroles des voyants qui lui parlèrent au nom de Yahvé, Dieu d’Israël, se trouvent dans les actes des rois d’Israël. | 18 But the rest of the deeds of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and also the words of the seers who were speaking to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are contained in the words of the kings of Israel. |
19 Sa prière et comment il fut exaucé, tout son péché et toute son infidélité, les endroits où il éleva des Hauts-Lieux, des pieux sacrés et des idoles avant de s’humilier, cela est écrit dans les actes de Hozaï. | 19 Also, his prayer and its heeding, and all his sins and contempt, and the sites on which he built high places and made sacred groves and statues, before he repented, have been written in the words of Hozai. |
20 Manassé se coucha avec ses pères et on l’enterra dans le jardin de son palais. Son fils Amon régna à sa place. | 20 Then Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son, Amon, reigned in his place. |
21 Amon avait 22 ans lorsqu’il monta sur le trône, il régna deux ans à Jérusalem. | 21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. |
22 Il fit ce qui est mal au regard de Yahvé, comme l’avait fait son père Manassé. Amon offrit des sacrifices à toutes les idoles qu’avait faites son père Manassé, il les servit. | 22 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done. And he immolated to all the idols that Manasseh had fabricated, and he served them. |
23 Mais, contrairement à son père Manassé, il ne s’humilia pas devant Yahvé: il accumula les fautes. | 23 But he did not turn his face to the Lord, as his father Manasseh had turned himself. And he sinned much more grievously. |
24 Ses serviteurs conspirèrent contre lui et l’assassinèrent dans son palais. | 24 And when his servants had conspired against him, they killed him in his own house. |
25 Mais le peuple-du-pays mit à mort tous ceux qui avaient conspiré contre le roi Amon; on établit son fils Josias comme roi à sa place. | 25 But the rest of the multitude of the people, having slain those who had struck down Amon, appointed his son, Josiah, as king in his place. |