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:
Mais le Seigneur dit à Abram: Sors de ton pays et de ta parenté et de la maison de ton père, et viens dans 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:
Et je te ferai père d’une grande nation; je te bénirai, je rendrai ton nom célèbre, et tu seras 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, et maudirai ceux qui te maudiront: et en toi seront bénies toutes les nations 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.
Abram donc sortit, comme lui avait ordonné le Seigneur, et Lot alla 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.
Ainsi, il prit Saraï sa femme et Lot fils de son frère, tout le bien qu’ils possédaient, et les âmes qu’ils avaient acquises à Haran; et ils sortirent pour aller dans la terre de Chanaan. Lorsqu’ils y furent arrivés,
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 le pays jusqu’au lieu de Sichem, jusqu’à la vallée illustre. Les Chananéens étaient alors dans ce pays.
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.
Or le Seigneur apparut à Abram et lui dit: C’est à ta postérité que je donnerai ce pays. Et 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 de là passant jusqu’à la montagne qui était à l’orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l’occident et Haï à l’orient; il bâtit là aussi un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua son nom.
9 And he went on, journeying still to the South.
Puis Abram s’en alla cheminant et s’avançant vers le midi.
10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
Mais il survint une famine en ce pays, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y habiter, car la famine régnait 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;
Lorsqu’il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï sa femme: Je sais que tu es une belle femme;
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.
Et que quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme; et ils me tueront, et ils te conserveront.
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 te conjure, que tu es ma sœur, afin que bien m’arrive à cause de toi, et que mon âme vive grâce à toi.
14 And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
Lors donc qu’Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que cette femme était extrêmement 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.
Et les princes en informèrent Pharaon, et la vantèrent devant lui; et elle fut enlevée pour la maison de Pharaon.
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.
Pour Abram, ils en usèrent bien à son égard, à cause d’elle; il reçut même des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses et des chameaux.
17 And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Mais le Seigneur frappa Pharaon de très grandes plaies et sa maison, à cause de Saraï 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?
Alors Pharaon appela Abram et lui dit: Qu’est-ce que tu m’as fait? que ne m’as-tu averti que c’était ta 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.
Pour quel motif as-tu dit que c’était ta sœur, afin que je la prisse pour ma femme? Maintenant donc voilà ta femme; prends-la et pars.
20 And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
Et Pharaon donna des ordres à ses gens au sujet d’Abram; et ils le reconduisirent, lui, et sa femme et tout ce qu’il avait.
