Deuxième livre des Chroniques 21

JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Josaphat se coucha avec ses pères et on l'enterra avec eux dans la Cité de David; son filsJoram régna à sa place.	1 And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Joram avait des frères, fils de Josaphat: Azarya, Yehiel, Zekaryahu, Azaryahu, Mikaël etShephatyahu; ce sont là tous les fils de Josaphat, roi d'Israël.	2 And he had brethren the sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jahiel, and Zacharias, and Azaria, and Michael, and Saphatias, all these were the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.
3 Leur père leur avait fait de multiples dons en argent, en or, en joyaux et en villes fortifiées deJuda, mais il avait laissé la royauté à Joram, car c'était l'aîné.	3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and pensions, with strong cities in Juda: but the kingdom he gave to Joram, because he was the eldest.
4 Joram put s'établir à la tête du royaume de son père, puis, s'étant affermi, il fit passer au fil del'épée tous ses frères, plus quelques officiers d'Israël.	4 So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel.
5 Joram avait 32 ans à son avènement et il régna huit ans à Jérusalem.	5 Joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 Il imita la conduite des rois d'Israël, comme avait fait la maison d'Achab, car il avait épouséune fille d'Achab; et il fit ce qui déplaît à Yahvé.	6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done: for his wife was a daughter of Achab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
7 Cependant Yahvé ne voulut pas détruire la maison de David à cause de l'alliance qu'il avaitconclue avec lui et selon la promesse qu'il lui avait faite de lui laisser toujours une lampe ainsi qu'à ses fils.	7 But the Lord would not destroy the house of David: because of the covenant which he had made with him: and because he had promised to give a lamp to him, and to his sons for ever.
8 De son temps, Edom s'affranchit de la domination de Juda et se donna un roi.	8 In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king.
9 Joram passa la frontière, et avec lui ses officiers et tous ses chars. Il se leva de nuit, et forçala ligne des Edomites qui l'encerclaient, et les commandants de chars avec lui.	9 And Joram went over with his princes, and all his cavalry with him, and rose in the night, and defeated the Edomites who had surrounded him, and all the captains of his cavalry.
10 Ainsi Edom s'affranchit de la domination de Juda, jusqu'à ce jour. C'est aussi l'époque oùLibna s'affranchit de sa domination. Il avait en effet abandonné Yahvé, le Dieu de ses pères.	10 However Edom revolted, from being under the dominion of Juda unto this day: at that time Lobna also revolted, from being under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers:
11 C'est aussi lui qui institua des hauts lieux sur les montagnes de Juda, qui fit se prostituer leshabitants de Jérusalem et s'égarer les Judéens.	11 Moreover he built also high places in the cities of Juda, and he made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and Juda to transgress.
12 Un écrit du prophète Elie lui parvint alors, qui disait: "Ainsi parle Yahvé, le Dieu de tonpère David. Parce que tu n'as pas suivi la conduite de Josaphat ton père, ni celle d'Asa, roi de Juda,	12 And there was a letter brought him from Elias the prophet, in which it was written: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Josaphat thy father nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,
13 mais parce que tu as suivi la conduite des rois d'Israël et que tu es cause de la prostitutiondes Judéens et des habitants de Jérusalem, comme l'a été la maison d'Achab, et parce que tu as en outre assassinétes frères, ta famille, qui étaient meilleurs que toi,	13 But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself,
14 Yahvé va frapper d'un grand désastre ton peuple et tes fils, tes femmes et tous tes biens.	14 Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance.
15 Toi-même tu seras frappé de graves maladies, d'un mal d'entrailles tel que par cette maladie,jour après jour, tu te videras de tes entrailles."	15 And thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of thy bowels, till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day.
16 Yahvé excita contre Joram l'animosité des Philistins et des Arabes voisins des Kushites.	16 And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.
17 Ils attaquèrent Juda, y pénétrèrent, et razzièrent tous les biens qui se trouvaient appartenir àla maison du roi, et même ses fils et ses femmes, et il ne lui resta plus d'autre fils qu'Ochozias, le plus petitd'entre eux.	17 And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest.
18 Après tout cela, Yahvé le frappa d'une maladie d'entrailles incurable;	18 And besides all this the Lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels.
19 cela arriva jour après jour, et vers la fin de la deuxième année, il se vida de ses entrailles etmourut dans de cruelles souffrances. Le peuple ne lui fit pas de feux comme il en avait fait pour ses pères.	19 And as day came after day, and time rolled on, two whole years passed: then after being wasted with a long consumption, so as to void his very bowels, his disease ended with his life. And he died of a most wretched illness, and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.
20 Il avait 32 ans à son avènement et régna huit ans à Jérusalem. Il s'en alla sans laisser deregrets et on l'enterra dans la Cité de David, mais non dans les sépultures royales.	20 He was two and thirty years old when he began his reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he walked not rightly, and they buried him in the city of David: but not in the sepulchres of the kings.