Genesis 17

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

Abraham étant âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, le Seigneur lui apparut et lui dit: "Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; conduis-toi à mon gré, sois irréprochable,

2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

et je maintiendrai mon alliance avec toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini."

3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

Abram tomba sur sa face, et Dieu lui parla de la sorte:

4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

"Moi-même, oui, je traite avec toi: tu seras le père d’une multitude de nations.

5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

Ton nom ne s’énoncera plus, désormais, Abram: ton nom sera Abraham, car je te fais le père d’une multitude de nations.

6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

Je te ferai fructifier prodigieusement; je ferai de toi des peuples, et des rois seront tes descendants.

7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

Cette alliance, établie entre moi et entre toi et ta postérité dernière, je l’érigerai en alliance perpétuelle, étant pour toi un Dieu comme pour ta postérité après toi.

8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

Et je donnerai à toi et à ta postérité la terre de tes pérégrinations, toute la terre de Canaan, comme possession indéfinie; et je serai pour eux un Dieu tutélaire."

9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

Dieu dit à Abraham: "Pour toi, sois fidèle à mon alliance, toi et ta postérité après toi dans tous les âges.

10 And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

Voici le pacte que vous observerez, qui est entre moi et vous, jusqu’à ta dernière postérité: circoncire tout mâle d’entre vous.

11 In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

Vous retrancherez la chair de votre excroissance, et ce sera un symbole d’alliance entre moi et vous.

12 Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

A l’âge de huit jours, que tout mâle, dans vos générations, soit circoncis par vous; même l’enfant né dans ta maison, ou acheté à prix d’argent parmi les fils de l’étranger, qui ne sont pas de ta race.

13 He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

Oui, il sera circoncis, l’enfant de ta maison ou celui que tu auras acheté; et mon alliance, à perpétuité, sera gravée dans votre chair.

14 And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

Et le mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas retranché la chair de son excroissance, sera supprimé lui-même du sein de son peuple pour avoir enfreint mon alliance."

15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

Dieu dit à Abraham: "Saraï, ton épouse, tu ne l’appelleras plus Saraï, mais bien Sara.

16 And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

Je la bénirai, en te donnant, par elle aussi, un fils; je la bénirai, en ce qu’elle produira des nations et que des chefs de peuples naîtront d’elle."

17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

Abraham tomba sur sa face et sourit; et il dit en son coeur"Quoi! un centenaire engendrerait encore! et à quatre-vingt-dix ans, Sara deviendrait mère!"

18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

Abraham dit au Seigneur: "Puisse Ismaël, à tes yeux, mériter de vivre!"

19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

Le Seigneur répondit: "Certes, Sara, ton épouse, te donnera un fils, et tu le nommeras Isaac. Je maintiendrai mon pacte avec lui, comme pacte perpétuel à l’égard de sa descendance.

20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Quant à Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé: oui, je l’ai béni; je le ferai fructifier et multiplier à l’infini; il engendra douze princes, et je le ferai devenir une grande nation.

21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

Pour mon alliance, je la confirmerai sur Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera à pareille époque, l’année prochaine."

22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

Ayant achevé de lui parler, Dieu disparut de devant Abraham.

23 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

Abraham prit Ismaël son fils, tous les enfants de ses esclaves et ceux qu’il avait achetés à prix d’argent, tous les mâles de la maison d’Abraham; il retrancha la chair de leur excroissance, ce jour-là même, ainsi que Dieu le lui avait dit.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

Or, Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsque fut retranchée la chair de son excroissance.

25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans, lorsque la chair de son excroissance fut retranchée.

26 Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

C’Est en ce même jour que fut circoncis Abraham, ainsi qu’Ismaël son fils.

27 And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.

Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés chez lui ou achetés à prix d’argent à l’étranger, furent circoncis en même temps.