Deuxième livre des Chroniques 21

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the City of David. And his son, Jehoram, reigned in his place.
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 brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah.
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 to them many gifts of silver, and gold, and valuables, with very fortified cities in Judah. But the kingdom he handed on to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.
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 Therefore, Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father. And when he had established himself, he killed with the sword all his brothers, and certain ones from the leaders of Israel.
5 Joram avait 32 ans à son avènement et il régna huit ans à Jérusalem.	5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for 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, just as the house of Ahab had done. For his wife was a daughter of Ahab, 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 was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had formed with him, and because he had promised that he would provide a lamp to him, and to his sons, for all time.
8 De son temps, Edom s'affranchit de la domination de Juda et se donna un roi.	8 In those days, Edom rebelled, so as not to be subject to Judah, and they appointed for 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 when Jehoram had gone across with his leaders, and all the horsemen who were with him, he arose in the night, and struck the Edomites (who had surrounded him), and all the commanders of his horsemen.
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 Even so, Edom rebelled, so as not to be under the authority of Judah, even to this day. Also at that time, Libnah withdrew, so as not to be 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 also constructed high places in the cities of Judah. And he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, and Judah to prevaricate.
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 Then letters were conveyed to him from the prophet Elijah, in which it was written: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, the king of Judah,
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 instead you have advanced along the paths of the kings of Israel, and you have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, imitating the fornication of the house of Ahab, and moreover, you have killed your brothers, the house of your father, who are better than you:
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 you with a great plague, with all your people, and your sons and wives, and all your 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 you shall be sickened by a very grievous disease of your bowels, until your inner organs depart, little by little, each day.”
16 Yahvé excita contre Joram l'animosité des Philistins et des Arabes voisins des Kushites.	16 Therefore, the Lord stirred up, against Jehoram, the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who are along the borders of 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 ascended into the land of Judah. And they laid waste to it. And they despoiled all the substance that was found in the house of the king, including even his sons and wives. Neither did there remain for him any son, except Jehoahaz, who was the youngest born.
18 Après tout cela, Yahvé le frappa d'une maladie d'entrailles incurable;	18 And in addition to all these things, the Lord struck him with an incurable disease of the 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 followed after day, and the space of time turned, the course of two years was completed. And after having been wasted by a long consumption, so much so that even his inner organs were discharged, the disease ended along with his life. And so he died of a very grievous illness. And the people did not make a funeral for him, according to the custom 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 thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. And he did not walk uprightly. And they buried him in the City of David, yet truly, not in the sepulcher of the kings.