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,
Or, après qu’Abram eut commencé sa quatre-vingt-dix-neuvième année, le Seigneur lui apparut, et lui dit: Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant: marche devant moi, et sois parfait.
2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.
J’établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et je te multiplierai prodigieusement.
3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
Abram tomba incliné sur sa face.
4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.
Et Dieu lui dit: C’est moi, et mon alliance sera avec toi, et tu seras père de beaucoup de nations.
5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.
Et on ne t’appellera plus du nom d’Abram, mais tu te nommeras Abraham; car je t’ai établi père de beaucoup de nations.
6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
Et je te ferai croître prodigieusement, et je t’établirai chef de nations; et des rois sortiront de toi.
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.
Ainsi j’établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et entre ta postérité après toi dans ses générations, par un pacte éternel; afin que je sois ton Dieu et le Dieu de 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 te donnerai et à ta postérité la terre de ton pèlerinage, toute la terre de Chanaan, en possession éternelle; et je serai leur Dieu.
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 encore à Abraham: Tu garderas mon alliance, toi et ta postérité après toi dans ses générations.
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 mon alliance que vous observerez entre moi et vous, et ta postérité après toi: Tout mâle d’entre vous sera circoncis.
11 In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.
Et vous circoncirez votre chair, afin que ce soit là un signe 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.
L’enfant de huit jours sera circoncis parmi vous; tout mâle en vos générations, tant le serviteur né dans votre maison, que le serviteur acheté, sera circoncis, et même celui qui ne sera pas de votre 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.
Ainsi mon pacte en votre chair sera une alliance éternelle.
14 And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.
Le mâle dont la chair n’aura pas été circoncise, cette âme sera exterminée du milieu de son peuple, parce qu’il aura rendu vaine mon alliance.
15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.
Dieu dit aussi à Abraham: Tu n’appelleras pas ta femme Saraï, mais 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, et d’elle je te donnerai un fils que je dois bénir aussi; et il sera chef de nations; et des rois de peuples sortiront de lui.
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 rit, disant en son cœur: Pensez-vous qu’à un centenaire naîtra un fils, et que Sara nonagénaire enfantera?
18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!
Et il dit à Dieu: Plaise à Dieu qu’Ismaël vive devant vous!
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.
Et Dieu répondit à Abraham: Sara ta femme t’enfantera un fils, et tu l’appelleras du nom d’Isaac, et je ferai de mon pacte avec lui et avec sa postérité après lui une alliance éternelle.
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.
Pour Ismaël, je t’ai aussi exaucé: voilà que je le bénirai, que je le ferai croître et que je le multiplierai grandement; il donnera naissance à douze chefs, et je le ferai père d’une grande nation.
21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.
Mais mon alliance, je l’établirai avec Isaac, que t’enfantera Sara en ce même temps, l’année prochaine.
22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.
Et lorsque fut fini le discours de Dieu qui lui parlait, 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 donc prit Ismaël son fils, tous les serviteurs nés dans sa maison et tous ceux qu’il avait achetés, tous mâles d’entre les hommes de sa maison, et il les circoncit aussitôt ce jour-là même, comme Dieu lui avait ordonné.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.
Or Abraham avait quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, quand il circoncit sa chair.
25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.
Et Ismaël son fils avait accompli treize ans au moment de sa circoncision.
26 Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.
Dans le même jour fut circoncis Abraham et 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 hommes de sa maison, tant les serviteurs nés chez lui, que ceux qui avaient été achetés, et les étrangers furent pareillement circoncis.
