Genesis 12
1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
Le Seigneur dit alors à Abram: Sors de ta terre, de ta famille, et de la maison de ton père, pour te rendre en la terre que je te montrerai.
2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Je ferai sortir de toi un grand peuple; je te bénirai, je glorifierai ton nom, et il sera béni.
3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront; ceux qui je maudiront, je les maudirai, et en toi seront bénies toutes les tribus de la terre.
4 So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
Et Abram s'en alla, comme avait dit le Seigneur, et Lot partit avec lui. Or, Abram avait soixante-quinze ans lorsqu'il sortit de Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
Abram prit donc Sara, sa femme, Lot, fils de son frère, tout ce qui leur appartenait, tout ce qu'ils avaient acquis, toutes les âmes qu'ils avaient acquises dans Haran; et ils partirent pour passer en la terre de Chanaan.
6 And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
Abram traversa cette terre dans toute sa longueur jusqu'au territoire de Sichem, vers le grand chêne. Or, les Chananéens habitaient alors cette terre.
7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
Et le Seigneur apparut à Abram, et il lui dit: À ta face je donnerai cette terre; c'est pourquoi Abram bâtit là un autel au Seigneur qui lui était apparu.
8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
Et il alla de ce lieu vers la montagne, à l'orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l'occident, et Angaï à l'orient; puis il éleva là un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua le nom du Seigneur.
9 And he went on, journeying still to the South.
Ensuite Abram partit, et, ayant marché, il campa dans le désert.
10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
Il y eut alors une famine en la contrée, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, parce que la famine avait prévalu dans le pays.
11 Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
Or, il arriva qu'Abram, près d'entrer en Égypte, dit à Sara, sa femme: Je sais que tu es une femme très belle;
12 And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
Il adviendra donc, quand les Égyptiens t'auront vue, qu'ils diront: C'est sa femme; alors ils me tueront, et ils s'empareront de toi.
13 Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
Dis donc: Je suis sa sœur, afin qu'à cause de toi je sois mieux traité, et qu'en ta considération j'aie la vie sauve.
14 And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
Et lorsque Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que sa femme était très belle.
15 And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Les officiers du Pharaon la virent aussi; ils la vantèrent devant le Pharaon, et ils la conduisirent en sa demeure.
16 And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
À cause d'elle, ils traitèrent bien Abram, et il eut des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs, des servantes, des mulets et des chameaux.
17 And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Mais Dieu envoya au Pharaon et à sa famille de grandes et cruelles afflictions, à cause de Sara, femme d'Abram.
18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?
Et le Pharaon ayant appelé Abram, lui dit: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela, et ne m'as-tu pas dit: C'est ma femme?
19 Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.
Pourquoi as-tu dit: C'est ma sœur? Alors je l'ai prise pour qu'elle fût ma femme; or, maintenant voici ta femme devant toi; reprends-la, et pars aussitôt.
20 And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
Le Pharaon prescrivit à des hommes d'escorter Abram, sa femme, et tout ce qui lui appartenait.
