Deuxième livre des Chroniques 24

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Joas avait sept ans à son avènement et il régna 40 ans à Jérusalem; sa mère s'appelait Cibya,elle était de Bersabée.	1 Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
2 Joas fit ce qui est agréable à Yahvé tout le temps que vécut le prêtre Yehoyada,	2 And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.
3 qui lui avait fait épouser deux femmes dont il eut des fils et des filles.	3 Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
4 Après quoi Joas désira restaurer le Temple de Yahvé.	4 After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.
5 Il réunit les prêtres et les lévites et leur dit: "Partez dans les cités judéennes et recueillezauprès de tous les Israélites de l'argent pour réparer le Temple de votre Dieu, autant qu'il en faudra chaqueannée. Hâtez cette affaire." Mais les lévites ne se pressèrent pas.	5 And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: “Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.” But the Levites acted negligently.
6 Alors le roi appela Yehoyada, le premier d'entre eux, et lui dit: "Pourquoi n'as-tu pas exigédes lévites qu'ils fassent rentrer de Juda et de Jérusalem le tribut de Moïse, serviteur de Yahvé et de l'assembléed'Israël, pour la Tente du Témoignage?	6 And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: “Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?
7 Athalie et ses fils qu'elle a pervertis ont endommagé le Temple de Dieu et ont même attribuéaux Baals tous les revenus sacrés du Temple de Yahvé."	7 For that very impious woman Athaliah and her sons have destroyed the house of God, and they have adorned the shrine of Baal from all the things that had been sanctified in the temple of the Lord.”
8 Et le roi ordonna de faire un coffre, qu'ils mirent devant la porte du Temple de Yahvé.	8 Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside.
9 On proclama en Juda et à Jérusalem qu'il fallait apporter à Yahvé le tribut que Moïse, leserviteur de Dieu, avait imposé à Israël dans le désert.	9 And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel.
10 Tous les officiers et tout le peuple vinrent avec joie jeter leur dû dans le coffre jusqu'àpaiement complet.	10 And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced. And upon entering, they together took and placed so much into the ark of the Lord that it was filled.
11 Or, au moment d'apporter le coffre à l'administration royale qui était aux mains des lévites,ceux-ci virent qu'il y avait beaucoup d'argent; le secrétaire royal vint avec le préposé du premier prêtre; ilssoulevèrent le coffre, l'emportèrent, puis le remirent en place. Ils firent ainsi chaque jour et recueillirentbeaucoup d'argent.	11 And when it was time for them to bring the ark before the king by the hands of the Levites, for they saw that there was much money, the scribe of the king, and the one whom the high priest had appointed, entered. And they poured out the money that was in the ark. Then they carried the ark back to its place. And they did this on each day. And an immense sum of money was gathered.
12 Le roi et Yehoyada le donnèrent au maître d'oeuvre attaché au service du Temple de Yahvé.Les salariés, maçons et charpentiers, se mirent à restaurer le Temple de Yahvé; des forgerons et des bronzierstravaillèrent aussi à le réparer.	12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were in charge of the works of the house of the Lord. Then with it they hired hewers of stone, and artisans of every kind, so that they might repair the house of the Lord, and also so that the works of iron and of brass, which had begun to fall, would be reinforced.
13 Les maîtres d'oeuvre s'étant donc mis au travail, les réparations progressèrent entre leursmains, ils réédifièrent le Temple de Dieu dans ses dimensions propres et le consolidèrent.	13 And those who were hired were working industriously. And the breach in the walls was healed by their hands. And they returned the house of the Lord to a pristine state. And they caused it stand firm.
14 Quand ils eurent terminé, ils apportèrent au roi et à Yehoyada le reste de l'argent; on enfabriqua du mobilier pour le Temple de Yahvé, vases pour le service et les holocaustes, coupes et objets d'or etd'argent. On put ainsi offrir l'holocauste perpétuel dans le Temple de Yahvé tout le temps que vécut Yehoyada.	14 And when they had completed all the works, they brought the remaining part of the money before the king and Jehoiada. And from it, the vessels of the temple were made, for the ministry and for the holocausts, including bowls and other vessels of gold and silver. And holocausts were being offered in the house of the Lord continually, during all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Puis Yehoyada vieillit et mourut rassasié de jours. Il avait 130 ans à sa mort	15 But Jehoiada was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.
16 et on l'ensevelit avec les rois dans la Cité de David, car il avait bien agi en Israël enversDieu et son Temple.	16 And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.
17 Après la mort de Yehoyada, les officiers de Juda vinrent se prosterner devant le roi, et cettefois le roi les écouta.	17 Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.
18 Les Judéens abandonnèrent le Temple de Yahvé, Dieu de leurs pères, pour rendre un culteaux pieux sacrés et aux idoles. A cause de cette faute, la colère de Dieu s'abattit sur Juda et sur Jérusalem.	18 And they abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and they served sacred groves and graven images. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin.
19 Des prophètes leur furent envoyés pour les ramener à Yahvé; mais ils témoignèrent contreeux sans qu'ils prêtent l'oreille.	19 And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them.
20 L'Esprit de Dieu revêtit Zacharie, le fils du prêtre Yehoyada, qui se tint debout devant lepeuple et lui dit: "Ainsi parle Dieu. Pourquoi transgressez-vous les commandements de Yahvé sans aboutir àrien? Parce que vous avez abandonné Yahvé, il vous abandonne."	20 And so the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood in the sight of the people, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God: Why have you transgressed the precept of the Lord, though it was not to your benefit, and why have you abandoned the Lord, so that he would then abandon you?”
21 Ils se liguèrent alors contre lui et sur l'ordre du roi le lapidèrent sur le parvis du Temple deYahvé.	21 And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.
22 Le roi Joas, oubliant la générosité que lui avait témoignée Yehoyada, père de Zacharie, tuaZacharie son fils, qui en mourant s'écria: "Yahvé verra et demandera compte!"	22 And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”
23 Or, au retour de l'année, l'armée araméenne partit en guerre contre Joas. Elle atteignit Judaet Jérusalem, extermina parmi la population tous les officiers et envoya toutes leurs dépouilles au roi de Damas.	23 And when a year had turned, the army of Syria ascended against him. And they went to Judah and Jerusalem. And they put to death all the leaders of the people. And they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.
24 Certes, l'armée araméenne n'était venue qu'avec peu d'hommes, mais c'est une arméeconsidérable que Yahvé livra entre ses mains pour l'avoir abandonné, lui, le Dieu de leurs pères. Les Araméensfirent justice de Joas,	24 And although certainly there had arrived a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an immense multitude. For they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Also, against Joash they executed disgraceful judgments.
25 et quand ils le quittèrent, le laissant gravement malade, ses serviteurs se conjurèrent contrelui pour venger le fils du prêtre Yehoyada et le tuèrent sur son lit. Il mourut et on l'ensevelit dans la Cité deDavid, mais non pas dans les sépultures royales.	25 And upon departing, they left him greatly debilitated. Then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.
26 Voici les conjurés: Zabad fils de Shiméat l'Ammonite, Yehozabad fils de Shimrit laMoabite.	26 Truly, those who ambushed him were Zabad, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shimrith.
27 Quant à ses fils, l'importance du tribut qui lui fut imposé et la restauration du Temple deDieu, on trouvera cela consigné dans le Midrash du livre des Rois. Amasias, son fils, régna à sa place.	27 But concerning his sons, and the sum of money that had been amassed under him, and the repairing of the house of God, these things have been written more diligently in the book of kings. Then his son, Amaziah, reigned in his place.