Genesis 16

1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

Or, Saraï, femme d'Abram, ne lui avait point donné d'enfant; et elle avait une servante égyptienne, nommée Agar.

2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

Et Saraï dit à Abram: Voici, l'Éternel m'a rendue stérile; viens, je te prie, vers ma servante; peut-être aurai-je des enfants par elle. Et Abram obéit à la voix de Saraï.

3 So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

Et Saraï, femme d'Abram, prit Agar, l'Égyptienne, sa servante, et la donna pour femme à Abram son mari, après qu'il eut demeuré dix ans au pays de Canaan.

4 And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

Il vint donc vers Agar, et elle conçut. Et quand elle vit qu'elle avait conçu, elle méprisa sa maîtresse.

5 And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

Alors Saraï dit à Abram: L'outrage qui m'est fait retombe sur toi. J'ai mis ma servante dans ton sein; et depuis qu'elle a vu qu'elle est enceinte, elle me méprise. Que l'Éternel juge entre moi et toi.

6 And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

Et Abram répondit à Saraï: Voici, ta servante est entre tes mains, traite-la comme il te plaira. Et Saraï la maltraita, et elle s'enfuit de devant elle.

7 And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

Mais l'ange de l'Éternel la trouva près d'une source d'eau dans le désert, près de la source qui est sur le chemin de Shur.

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

Et il lui dit: Agar, servante de Saraï, d'où viens-tu? et où vas-tu? Et elle répondit: Je fuis de devant Saraï ma maîtresse.

9 And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Retourne vers ta maîtresse et humilie-toi sous sa main.

10 And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Je multiplierai tellement ta postérité qu'on ne pourra la compter, tant elle sera nombreuse.

11 And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Voici, tu es enceinte; et tu enfanteras un fils, et tu le nommeras Ismaël (Dieu entend); car l'Éternel t'a entendue dans ton affliction.

12 And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

Il sera semblable à un âne sauvage; sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous contre lui; et il habitera en face de tous ses frères.

13 And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

Et elle appela le nom de l'Éternel qui lui avait parlé Atta-El-Roï (tu es un Dieu qui voit). Car elle dit: N'ai-je pas même, ici, vu celui qui me voyait?

14 So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

C'est pourquoi on appela ce puits, le puits de Lachaï-Roï (du Vivant qui me voit). Voici, il est entre Kadès et Béred.

15 And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

Et Agar enfanta un fils à Abram. Et Abram appela son fils, qu'Agar lui avait enfanté, Ismaël.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.

Or, Abram était âgé de quatre-vingt-six ans, quand Agar enfanta Ismaël à Abram.