Deuxième livre des Chroniques 36

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Le peuple du pays prit Joachaz, fils de Josias, et on le fit roi à la place de son père àJérusalem.	1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and they appointed him king in place of his father, in Jerusalem.
2 Joachaz avait 23 ans à son avènement et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem.	2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.
3 Le roi d'Egypte l'enleva de Jérusalem et imposa au pays une contribution de cent talentsd'argent et d'un talent d'or.	3 Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
4 Puis le roi d'Egypte établit son frère Elyaqim comme roi sur Juda et Jérusalem, et il changeason nom en celui de Joiaqim. Quant à Joachaz, son frère, Neko le prit et l'emmena en Egypte.	4 And he appointed Eliakim, his brother, as king in his place, over Judah and Jerusalem. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Truly, he took Jehoahaz with him, and he led him away to Egypt.
5 Joiaqim avait 25 ans à son avènement et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem; il fit ce qui déplaît àYahvé, son Dieu.	5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil before the Lord his God.
6 Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, fit campagne contre lui et le mit aux fers pour l'emmenerà Babylone.	6 Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.
7 Nabuchodonosor emporta aussi à Babylone une partie du mobilier du Temple de Yahvé et ledéposa dans son palais de Babylone.	7 And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.
8 Le reste de l'histoire de Joiaqim, les abominations qu'il commit et ce qui a été relevé contrelui, cela est écrit dans le livre des Rois d'Israël et de Juda. Joiakîn son fils régna à sa place.	8 But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.
9 Joiakîn avait dix-huit ans à son avènement et il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem; il fitce qui déplaît à Yahvé.	9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
10 Au retour de l'année, le roi Nabuchodonosor l'envoya chercher et le fit conduire à Babyloneavec le mobilier précieux du Temple de Yahvé, et il établit Sédécias son frère comme roi sur Juda et Jérusalem.	10 And when the course of a year had turned, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, carrying away, at the same time, the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord. Truly, he appointed his uncle, Zedekiah, as king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Sédécias avait 21 ans à son avènement et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.	11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
12 Il fit ce qui déplaît à Yahvé, son Dieu. Il ne s'humilia pas devant le prophète Jérémie venusur l'ordre de Yahvé.	12 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. And he did not show remorse before the face of the prophet Jeremiah, who was speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.
13 Il se révolta en outre contre le roi Nabuchodonosor auquel il avait prêté serment par Dieu. Ilraidit sa nuque et endurcit son coeur au lieu de revenir à Yahvé, le Dieu d'Israël.	13 Also, he withdrew from king Nebuchadnezzar, who had bound him by an oath to God, and he hardened his own neck and his own heart, so that he did not return to the Lord, the God of Israel.
14 De plus, tous les chefs des prêtres et le peuple multiplièrent les infidélités, imitant toutes lesabominations des nations, et souillèrent le Temple que Yahvé s'était consacré à Jérusalem.	14 Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
15 Yahvé, le Dieu de leurs pères, leur envoya sans se lasser des messagers, car il voulaitépargner son peuple et sa Demeure.	15 Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.
16 Mais ils tournaient en dérision les envoyés de Dieu, ils méprisaient ses paroles, ils semoquaient de ses prophètes, tant qu'enfin la colère de Yahvé contre son peuple fut telle qu'il n'y eut plus deremède.	16 But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.
17 Il fit monter contre eux le roi des Chaldéens qui passa au fil de l'épée leurs jeunes guerriersdans leur sanctuaire et n'épargna ni le jeune homme, ni la jeune fille, ni le vieillard, ni l'homme à la tête chenue.Dieu les livra tous entre ses mains.	17 For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.
18 Tous les objets du Temple de Dieu, grands et petits, les trésors du Temple de Yahvé, lestrésors du roi et de ses officiers, il emporta le tout à Babylone.	18 And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.
19 On brûla le Temple de Dieu, on abattit les murailles de Jérusalem, on incendia tous sespalais et l'on détruisit tous ses objets précieux.	19 The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.
20 Puis Nabuchodonosor déporta à Babylone le reste échappé à l'épée; ils durent le servir ainsique ses fils jusqu'à l'établissement du royaume perse,	20 If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,
21 accomplissant ainsi ce que Yahvé avait dit par la bouche de Jérémie: "Jusqu'à ce que le paysait acquitté ses sabbats, il chômera durant tous les jours de la désolation, jusqu'à ce que 70 ans soient révolus."	21 and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.
22 Et la première année de Cyrus, roi de Perse, pour accomplir la parole de Yahvé prononcéepar Jérémie, Yahvé éveilla l'esprit de Cyrus, roi de Perse, qui fit proclamer -- et même afficher -- dans tout sonroyaume:	22 Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
23 "Ainsi parle Cyrus, roi de Perse: Yahvé, le Dieu du ciel, m'a remis tous les royaumes de laterre; c'est lui qui m'a chargé de lui bâtir un Temple à Jérusalem, en Juda. Quiconque, parmi vous, fait partie detout son peuple, que son Dieu soit avec lui et qu'il monte!"	23 “Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”