Deuxième livre des Rois 25

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 En la neuvième année de son règne, au dixième mois, le dix du mois, Nabuchodonosor, roi deBabylone, vint attaquer Jérusalem avec toute son armée, il campa devant la ville et la cerna d'un retranchement.	1 Then it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he and his entire army, arrived against Jerusalem. And they encircled it, and they constructed fortifications all around it.
2 La ville fut investie jusqu'à la onzième année de Sédécias.	2 And the city was enclosed and besieged, even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
3 Au quatrième mois, le neuf du mois, alors que la famine sévissait dans la ville et que la populationn'avait plus rien à manger,	3 on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land.
4 une brèche fut faite au rempart de la ville. Alors le roi s'échappa de nuit avec tous les hommes deguerre par la porte entre les deux murs, qui est près du jardin du roi -- les Chaldéens cernaient la ville -- et il pritle chemin de la Araba.	4 And the city was breached. And all the men of war fled in the night along the way of the gate which is between the double wall at the garden of the king. Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides. And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.
5 Les troupes chaldéennes poursuivirent le roi et l'atteignirent dans les plaines de Jéricho, où tous sessoldats se dispersèrent loin de lui.	5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed, and they abandoned him.
6 Les Chaldéens s'emparèrent du roi et le menèrent à Ribla auprès du roi de Babylone, qui le fit passeren jugement.	6 Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah. And he was speaking with him in judgment.
7 Il fit égorger les fils de Sédécias sous ses yeux, puis il creva les yeux de Sédécias, le mit aux fers etl'emmena à Babylone.	7 Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.
8 Au cinquième mois, le sept du mois -- c'était en la dix-neuvième année de Nabuchodonosor, roi deBabylone --, Nebuzaradân, commandant de la garde, officier du roi de Babylone, fit son entrée à Jérusalem.	8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the army, a servant of the king of Babylon, went into Jerusalem.
9 Il incendia le Temple de Yahvé, le palais royal et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem.	9 And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king. And the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house, he burned with fire.
10 Les troupes chaldéennes qui étaient avec le commandant de la garde abattirent les remparts quientouraient Jérusalem.	10 And the entire army of the Chaldeans, which was with the leader of the military, tore down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
11 Nebuzaradân, commandant de la garde, déporta le reste de la population laissée dans la ville, lestransfuges qui avaient passé au roi de Babylone et le reste de la foule.	11 Then Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, carried away the rest of the people, who had remained in the city, and the fugitives, who had fled over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.
12 Du petit peuple du pays, le commandant de la garde laissa une partie, comme vignerons et commelaboureurs.	12 But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.
13 Les Chaldéens brisèrent les colonnes de bronze du Temple de Yahvé, les bases roulantes et la Merde bronze qui étaient dans le Temple de Yahvé, et ils en emportèrent le bronze à Babylone.	13 Now the pillars of brass which were in the temple of the Lord, and the bases, and the sea of brass, which was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke apart. And they took all the brass to Babylon.
14 Ils prirent aussi les vases à cendres, les pelles, les couteaux, les navettes et tous les ustensiles debronze qui servaient au culte.	14 Also, they took away the cooking pots of brass, and the scoops, and the forks, and the cups, and the little mortars, and all the articles of brass with which they were ministering.
15 Le commandant de la garde prit les encensoirs et les coupes d'aspersion, tout ce qui était en or ettout ce qui était en argent.	15 And the leader of the military even took away the censers and the bowls, whatever was of gold for the gold, and whatever was of silver for the silver,
16 Quant aux deux colonnes, à la Mer unique et aux bases roulantes, que Salomon avait fabriquéespour le Temple de Yahvé, on ne pouvait évaluer ce que pesait le bronze de tous ces objets.	16 and also the two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord. The brass of all these items was beyond measure.
17 La hauteur d'une colonne était de dix-huit coudées, elle avait un chapiteau de bronze et la hauteurdu chapiteau était de cinq coudées; il y avait un treillis et des grenades autour du chapiteau, le tout en bronze. Demême pour la seconde colonne.	17 One pillar had eighteen cubits in height. And the head of brass upon it was three cubits in height. And the network and pomegranates upon the head of the pillar were all of brass. And the second pillar had a similar adornment.
18 Le commandant de la garde fit prisonnier Seraya, le prêtre en chef, Cephanyahu, le prêtre ensecond, et les trois gardiens du seuil.	18 Also, the leader of the military took away Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, and three doorkeepers,
19 De la ville, il fit prisonniers un eunuque, préposé aux hommes de guerre, cinq des familiers du roi,qui furent trouvés dans la ville, le secrétaire du chef de l'armée, chargé de la conscription, et 60 hommes du pays,qui furent trouvés dans la ville.	19 and from the city, one eunuch, who was in charge of the men of war, and five men out of those who had stood before the king, whom he found in the city, and Sopher, the leader of the army who trained the young soldiers from the people of the land, and sixty men from the common people, who had been found in the city.
20 Nebuzaradân, commandant de la garde, les prit et les mena auprès du roi de Babylone à Ribla,	20 Taking them, Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21 et le roi de Babylone les fit mettre à mort à Ribla, au pays de Hamat. Ainsi Juda fut déporté loin desa terre.	21 And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And Judah was taken away from his land.
22 Quant à la population qui était restée dans le pays de Juda et qu'avait laissée Nabuchodonosor, roide Babylone, celui-ci lui préposa Godolias fils d'Ahiqam fils de Shaphân.	22 But over the people who had remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had permitted, he appointed as ruler Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
23 Tous les officiers des troupes et leurs hommes apprirent que le roi de Babylone avait instituéGodolias gouverneur et ils vinrent auprès de lui à Miçpa: Yishmaël fils de Netanya, Yohanân fils de Qaréah,Seraya fils de Tanhumèt, le Netophatite, Yaazanyahu, le Maakatite, eux et leurs hommes.	23 And when all the commanders of the military had heard this, they and the men who were with them, specifically, that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of a Maacathite, they and their companions.
24 Godolias leur fit un serment, à eux et à leurs hommes, et leur dit: "Ne craignez rien des Chaldéens,demeurez dans le pays, servez le roi de Babylone et vous vous en trouverez bien."	24 And Gedaliah swore to them and to their companions, saying: “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”
25 Mais, au septième mois, Yishmaël fils de Netanya fils d'Elishama, qui était de race royale, et dixhommes avec lui, vinrent frapper à mort Godolias, ainsi que les Judéens et les Chaldéens qui étaient avec lui àMiçpa.	25 But it happened that, in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of royal offspring, and ten men with him, went and struck Gedaliah, who then died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 Alors tout le peuple, du plus petit au plus grand, et les chefs des troupes partirent et allèrent enEgypte, parce qu'ils eurent peur des Chaldéens.	26 And all the people, from small to great, and the leaders of the military, rising up, went away to Egypt, fearing the Chaldeans.
27 En la trente-septième année de la déportation de Joiakîn, roi de Juda, au douzième mois, le 27 dumois, Evil-Mérodak, roi de Babylone, en l'année de son avènement, fit grâce à Joiakîn, roi de Juda, et le tira deprison.	27 Truly, it happened that, in the thirty-seventh year of the transmigration of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach, the king of Babylon, in the year when he had begun to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, from prison.
28 Il lui parla avec faveur et lui accorda un siège supérieur à ceux des autres rois qui étaient avec lui àBabylone.	28 And he spoke kindly to him. And he set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him at Babylon.
29 Joiakîn quitta ses vêtements de captif et mangea toujours à la table du roi, sa vie durant.	29 And he changed his garments that he had worn in prison. And he ate bread before him always, during all the days of his life.
30 Son entretien fut assuré constamment par le roi, jour après jour, sa vie durant.	30 Also, he appointed to him an allowance without ceasing, which also was given to him by the king, for each day, during all the days of his life.