Deuxième livre des Chroniques 36

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Le peuple du pays prit Joakaz, fils de Josias, pour le faire roi à la place de son père à Jérusalem.	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 Joakaz avait 23 ans quand il monta sur le trône 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’Égypte l’écarta du trône de Jérusalem et frappa le pays d’un impôt de 100 talents d’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’Égypte établit comme roi sur Juda et Jérusalem son frère Élyakim, dont il changea le nom en Joïaqim. Quant à Joakaz, son frère, Nékao le prit et l’emmena en Égypte.	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 Joïaqim avait 25 ans quand il monta sur le trône, il régna 11 ans à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal au regard de Yahvé 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 Nabukodonozor, roi de Babylone monta contre lui et l’emmena à Babylone, enchaîné d’une double chaîne de bronze.	6 Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.
7 Nabukodonozor emporta à Babylone une partie du mobilier de la Maison de Yahvé et le déposa dans son palais à Babylone.	7 And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.
8 Le reste des actes de Joïaqim, ses pratiques honteuses et ce qu’elles lui valurent, cela est écrit dans le livre des rois d’Israël et de Juda. Joïakin, 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 Joïakin avait 18 ans lorsqu’il monta sur le trône, il régna trois mois et dix jours à Jérusalem. Il fit ce qui est mal au regard de 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 Nabukodonozor le fit saisir pour l’emmener à Babylone où se trouvaient déjà les objets précieux de la Maison de Yahvé, et il établit comme roi sur Juda et Jérusalem son oncle Sédécias.	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 quand il monta sur le trône, il régna 11 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 est mal au regard de Yahvé et ne s’humilia pas devant Jérémie, le prophète, qui lui parlait de la part 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 même contre Nabukodonozor alors qu’il lui avait juré sur Dieu d’être fidèle. Il fit la forte tête, il durcit son cœur au lieu de revenir vers Yahvé, 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 Tous les chefs de Juda, les prêtres et le peuple, multiplièrent eux aussi les infidélités, ils imitèrent toutes les pratiques honteuses des nations, ils souillèrent la Maison que Yahvé avait consacrée dans 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 envoyait des messagers sans se lasser car il voulait épargner 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 eux se moquaient des messagers de Dieu, ils méprisaient ses paroles et tournaient ses prophètes en ridicule, à tel point que la colère de Yahvé contre son peuple se déchaîna: cette fois ce fut irrémédiable.	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 Aussi Dieu fit-il venir contre eux le roi des Kaldéens: il tua les jeunes par l’épée à l’intérieur même du Sanctuaire, il n’épargna ni l’adolescent, ni la vierge, ni l’homme mûr, ni le vieillard: Dieu les lui livra tous!	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 Il emporta à Babylone tous les objets de la Maison de Dieu, grands et petits, les trésors de la Maison de Yahvé, ceux du roi et des chefs.	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 la Maison de Dieu, on abattit le rempart de Jérusalem, on livra au feu tous les palais et on détruisit tous leurs 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 Nabukodonozor déporta à Babylone ceux que l’épée avait épargnés, ils devinrent ses esclaves et les esclaves de ses fils jusqu’à l’arrivée de l’empire 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 Ainsi s’accomplissait la parole de Yahvé proclamée par Jérémie: “La terre devra acquitter ses années de repos qui n’ont pas été respectées, elle chômera durant tout le temps où elle sera désertée, durant 70 ans.”	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 La première année de Cyrus roi de Perse, la parole de Yahvé proclamée par Jérémie s’accomplit; Yahvé éveilla l’esprit de Cyrus roi de Perse. De vive voix, mais aussi par écrit, Cyrus fit proclamer ceci dans tout son royaume:	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 des Cieux, m’a donné tous les royaumes de la terre; et voici qu’il me charge de rebâtir sa Maison à Jérusalem de Juda. Quiconque parmi vous appartient à son peuple, que Yahvé 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.”