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Deuxième livre des Chroniques 23


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JERUSALEMCATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 La septième année, Yehoyada se décida. Il envoya chercher les officiers de centaines, Azaryafils de Yeroham, Yishmaël fils de Yehohanân, Azaryahu fils d'Obed, Maaséyahu fils d'Adayahu, Elishaphat filsde Zikri, qui étaient liés à lui par un pacte.1 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada having been strengthened, he took the centurions, namely, Azariah, the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan, and also Azariah, the son of Obed, and Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri, and he formed a pact with them.
2 Ils parcoururent Juda, rassemblèrent les lévites de toutes les cités judéennes et les chefs defamille israélites. Ils vinrent à Jérusalem2 And traveling through Judah, they gathered together the Levites from all of the cities of Judah, and the leaders of the families of Israel, and they went to Jerusalem.
3 et toute cette Assemblée conclut un pacte avec le roi dans le Temple de Dieu. "Voici le filsdu roi, leur dit Yehoyada. Qu'il règne, comme l'a déclaré Yahvé des fils de David!3 Then the entire multitude formed a pact with the king, in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them: “Behold, the son of the king shall reign, just as the Lord has said concerning the sons of David.
4 Voici ce que vous allez faire: tandis que le tiers d'entre vous, prêtres, lévites et portiers desseuils, entrera pour le sabbat,4 Therefore, this is the word that you shall do:
5 un tiers se trouvera au palais royal, un tiers à la porte du Fondement et tout le peuple dans lesparvis du Temple de Yahvé.5 One third part of you who arrive on the Sabbath, priests, and Levites, and porters, shall be at the gates. Truly, one third part shall be at the house of the king. And one third shall be at the gate which is called the Foundation. Yet truly, let all the remainder of the common people be in the courts of the house of the Lord.
6 Que personne n'entre dans le Temple de Yahvé, sinon les prêtres et les lévites de service, carils sont consacrés. Tout le peuple observera les ordonnances de Yahvé.6 Let no one else enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests, and those from the Levites who are ministering. These alone may enter, for they have been sanctified. And let all the remainder of the common people observe the watches of the Lord.
7 Les lévites feront cercle autour du roi, chacun ses armes à la main, et ils accompagneront leroi partout où il ira; mais quiconque entrera dans le Temple sera mis à mort."7 Then let the Levites encircle the king, each one having his weapons. And if anyone else will have entered into the temple, let him be slain. And may they be with the king, both entering and departing.”
8 Les lévites et tous les Judéens exécutèrent tout ce que leur avait ordonné le prêtre Yehoyada.Ils prirent chacun leurs hommes, ceux qui commençaient la semaine et ceux qui la terminaient, le prêtreYehoyada n'ayant exempté aucune des classes.8 Then the Levites, and all of Judah, acted in accord with all that the high priest Jehoiada had instructed. And each of them took the men who were under him, and who were arriving by the course of the Sabbath, with those who had fulfilled the Sabbath and who were about to depart. For indeed the high priest Jehoiada had not permitted the companies to depart, which were accustomed to replace one another each week.
9 Puis le prêtre donna aux centeniers les lances, les rondaches et les boucliers du roi David, quiétaient dans le Temple de Dieu.9 And Jehoiada, the priest, gave to the centurions the lances and round shields and crescent shields of king David, which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord.
10 Il rangea tout le peuple, chacun son arme à la main, depuis l'angle sud jusqu'à l'angle norddu Temple, entourant l'autel et le Temple pour faire cercle autour du roi.10 And he positioned all the people, holding short swords, from the right part of the temple to the left part of the temple, before the altar and the temple, all around the king.
11 On fit alors sortir le fils du roi, on lui imposa le diadème et on lui donna le documentd'alliance. Puis Yehoyada et ses fils lui donnèrent l'onction royale et s'écrièrent: "Vive le roi!"11 And they led out the son of the king. And they imposed the diadem on him, and the testimony. And they gave him the law to hold in his hand. And they appointed him as king. Also, the high priest Jehoiada and his sons anointed him. And they prayed for him, and said, “May the king live!”
12 Entendant les cris du peuple qui se précipitait vers le roi et l'acclamait, Athalie se renditauprès du peuple au Temple de Yahvé.12 And when Athaliah had heard it, specifically the sound of running and the praising of the king, she entered to the people in the temple of the Lord.
13 Quand elle vit le roi debout sur l'estrade, à l'entrée, les chefs et les trompettes auprès du roi,tout le peuple du pays exultant de joie et sonnant de la trompette, les chantres avec les instruments de musiquedirigeant le chant des hymnes, Athalie déchira ses vêtements et s'écria: "Trahison! Trahison!"13 And when she had seen the king standing upon the step at the entrance, and the leaders and companies around him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets, and playing on instruments of various kinds, and the voice of those who were praising, she tore her garments, and she said: “Treason! Treason!”
14 Mais Yehoyada fit sortir les officiers de centaines, qui commandaient la troupe, et leur dit:"Faites-la sortir entre les rangs, et si quelqu'un la suit, qu'on le passe au fil de l'épée"; car le prêtre avait dit: "Nela tuez pas dans le Temple de Yahvé."14 Then the high priest Jehoiada, going out to the centurions and to the leaders of the army, said to them: “Lead her away, beyond the borders of the temple. And let her be put to death outside, with the sword.” And the priest instructed that she should not be killed in the house of the Lord.
15 Ils mirent la main sur elle et, quand elle arriva au palais royal, à l'entrée de la porte desChevaux, là ils la mirent à mort.15 And they laid hands on her neck. And when she had entered the gate for the horses at the king’s house, they put her to death there.
16 Yehoyada conclut entre tout le peuple et le roi une alliance par laquelle le peuple s'obligeaità être le peuple de Yahvé.16 Then Jehoiada formed a covenant between himself and the entire people, and the king, so that they would be the people of the Lord.
17 Tout le peuple se rendit ensuite au temple de Baal et le démolit; on brisa ses autels et sesimages et on tua Mattân, prêtre de Baal, devant les autels.17 And so, all the people entered into the house of Baal, and they destroyed it. And they broke apart his altars and idols. Also, they put to death Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.
18 Yehoyada établit des postes de surveillance du Temple de Yahvé, confiés aux prêtreslévites. C'est à eux que David avait donné pour part le Temple de Yahvé afin d'offrir les holocaustes de Yahvécomme il est écrit dans la Loi de Moïse, dans la joie et avec des chants, selon les ordres de David.18 Then Jehoiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests and Levites, whom David had distributed to the house of the Lord so that they might offer holocausts to the Lord, just as it was written in the law of Moses, with gladness and singing, in accord with the disposition of David.
19 Il installa des portiers aux entrées du Temple de Yahvé pour qu'en aucun cas un hommeimpur n'y pénétrât.19 Also, he appointed porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, so that whoever was unclean for any reason would not enter.
20 Puis il prit les centeniers, les notables, ceux qui avaient une autorité publique et tout lepeuple du pays; et il fit descendre le roi du Temple de Yahvé. Ils entrèrent au palais royal par la voûte centralede la Porte Supérieure, et ils firent asseoir le roi sur le trône royal.20 And he took the centurions, and the most valiant men, and the leaders of the people, and all the common people of the land, and they set out to descend to the king, from the house of the Lord, and to enter through the middle of the upper gate, to the house of the king. And they placed him on the royal throne.
21 Tout le peuple du pays était en joie, mais la ville ne bougea pas. Quant à Athalie, on la fitpérir par l'épée.21 And all the people of the land were rejoicing, and the city was quieted. But Athaliah was slain with the sword.