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Deuxième livre des Chroniques 12


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JERUSALEMCATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Alors que sa royauté s'était établie et affermie, Roboam abandonna la Loi de Yahvé, et toutIsraël avec lui.1 And when the kingdom of Rehoboam had been strengthened and fortified, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all of Israel with him.
2 La cinquième année du règne de Roboam, le roi d'Egypte, Sheshonq, marcha contreJérusalem, car elle avait été infidèle à Yahvé.2 Then, in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shishak, the king of Egypt, ascended against Jerusalem (for they had sinned against the Lord)
3 Avec 1.200 chars, 60.000 chevaux et une innombrable armée de Libyens, de Sukkiens et deKushites, qui vint avec lui d'Egypte,3 with one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the common people could not be numbered who had arrived with him from Egypt, namely, the Libyans, and the Troglodytes, and the Ethiopians.
4 il prit les villes fortifiées de Juda et atteignit Jérusalem.4 And he seized the most fortified cities in Judah, and he went even to Jerusalem.
5 Shemaya, le prophète, vint trouver Roboam et les officiers judéens qui, devant Sheshonq,s'étaient regroupés près de Jérusalem, et il leur dit: "Ainsi parle Yahvé. Vous m'avez abandonné, aussi vous ai-jeabandonnés moi-même aux mains de Sheshonq."5 Then Shemaiah, the prophet, entered to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together in Jerusalem while fleeing from Shishak, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord: You have abandoned me, and so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.”
6 Alors les officiers israélites et le roi s'humilièrent et dirent: "Yahvé est juste."6 And the leaders of Israel, and the king, being in consternation, said, “The Lord is just.”
7 Quant Yahvé vit qu'ils s'humiliaient, la parole de Yahvé fut adressée à Shemaya en cestermes: "Ils se sont humiliés, je ne les exterminerai pas; sous peu je leur permettrai d'échapper et ce n'est pas parles mains de Sheshonq que ma colère s'abattra sur Jérusalem.7 And when the Lord had seen that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying: “Because they have been humbled, I will not disperse them. And I will give to them a little help, and my fury will not rain down upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Mais ils deviendront ses esclaves et ils apprécieront ce que c'est que de me servir et de servirles royaumes des pays!"8 Yet truly, they shall serve him, so that they may know the difference between my servitude, and the servitude of a kingdom of the lands.”
9 Le roi d'Egypte Sheshonq marcha contre Jérusalem. Il se fit livrer les trésors du Temple deYahvé et ceux du palais royal, absolument tout, jusqu'aux boucliers d'or qu'avait faits Salomon;9 And so Shishak, the king of Egypt, withdrew from Jerusalem, taking up the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the house of the king. And he took away everything with him, even the gold shields that Solomon had made.
10 à leur place le roi Roboam fit des boucliers de bronze et les confia aux chefs des gardes quiveillaient à la porte du palais royal:10 In place of these, the king made bronze ones, and he delivered them to the leaders of the shield bearers, who were guarding the vestibule of the palace.
11 chaque fois que le roi allait au Temple de Yahvé, les gardes venaient les prendre, puis ils lesrapportaient à la salle des gardes.11 And when the king would enter into the house of the Lord, the shield bearers would arrive and take them, and they would carry them back to their armory.
12 Mais parce qu'il s'était humilié, la colère de Yahvé se détourna de lui et ne l'anéantit pascomplètement. Qui plus est, d'heureux événements survinrent en Juda,12 Yet truly, because they were humbled, the wrath of the Lord turned away from them, and so they were not utterly destroyed. And indeed, good works were also found in Judah.
13 le roi Roboam put s'affermir dans Jérusalem et régner. Il avait en effet 41 ans à sonavènement et il régna dix-sept ans à Jérusalem, la ville que Yahvé avait choisie entre toutes les tribus d'Israëlpour y placer son Nom. Sa mère s'appelait Naama, l'Ammonite.13 Therefore, king Rehoboam was strengthened in Jerusalem, and he reigned. He was forty-one years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, so that he might confirm his name there. Now the name of his mother was Naamah, an Ammonite.
14 Il fit le mal, parce qu'il n'avait pas disposé son coeur à rechercher Yahvé.14 But he did evil, and he did not prepare his heart so as to seek the Lord.
15 L'histoire de Roboam, du début à la fin, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans l'histoire du prophèteShemaya et du voyant Iddo? Il y eut tout le temps des combats entre Roboam et Jéroboam.15 Truly, the works of Rehoboam, the first and the last, have been written in the books of Shemaiah, the prophet, and of Iddo, the seer, and diligently set forth. And Rehoboam and Jeroboam fought against one another during all their days.
16 Roboam se coucha avec ses pères et fut enterré dans la Cité de David; son fils Abiyya régnaà sa place.16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. And his son, Abijah, reigned in his place.