Genesis 22
1 Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
Après cela, Dieu mit Abraham à l’épreuve et lui dit: « Abraham! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
2 And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
Et Dieu dit: « Prends ton fils, ton unique, celui que tu aimes, Isaac, et va-t’en au pays de Moria, et là offre-le en holocauste sur l’une des montagnes que je t’indiquerai. »
3 And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
Abraham se leva de bon matin et, ayant sellé son âne, il prit avec lui deux de ses serviteurs et son fils Isaac; il fendit le bois de l’holocauste et partit pour aller au lieu que Dieu lui avait dit.
4 And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off.
Le troisième jour, Abraham, levant les yeux, aperçut le lieu de loin;
5 Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you.
et Abraham dit à ses serviteurs: « Restez ici avec l’âne; moi et l’enfant, nous voulons aller jusque-là et adorer, puis nous reviendrons vers vous. »
6 And Abraham put the wood for the burned offering on his son's back, and he himself took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them went on together.
Et Abraham prit le bois de l’holocauste, et le mit sur Isaac, son fils, lui-même portait dans sa main le feu et le couteau, et ils s’en allèrent tous deux ensemble.
7 Then Isaac said to Abraham, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, We have wood and fire here, but where is the lamb for the burned offering?
Isaac parla à Abraham, son père, et dit: « Mon père! » Il répondit: « Me voici, mon fils. » Et Isaac dit: « Voici le feu et le bois; mais où est l’agneau pour l’holocauste? »
8 And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.
Abraham répondit: « Dieu verra à trouver l’agneau pour l’holocauste, mon fils. » Et ils allaient tous deux ensemble.
9 And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.
Lorsqu’ils furent arrivés au lieu que Dieu lui avait désigné, Abraham y éleva l’autel et arrangea le bois; puis il lia Isaac, son fils, et le mit sur l’autel, au-dessus du bois.
10 And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.
Et Abraham étendit la main et prit le couteau pour égorger son fils.
11 But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Alors l’ange de Yahweh lui cria du ciel et dit: « Abraham! Abraham! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
12 And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
Et l’ange dit: « Ne porte pas la main sur l’enfant et ne lui fais rien; car je sais maintenant que tu crains Dieu et que tu ne m’as pas refusé ton fils, ton unique. »
13 And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
Abraham, ayant levé les yeux, vit derrière lui un bélier pris dans un buisson par les cornes; et Abraham alla prendre le bélier et l’offrit en holocauste à la place de son fils.
14 And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
Et Abraham nomma ce lieu: « Yahweh-Yiréh », d’où l’on dit aujourd’hui: « Sur la montagne de Yahweh, il sera vu. »
15 And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,
L’ange de Yahweh appela du ciel Abraham une seconde fois, en disant:
16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
« Je l’ai juré par moi-même, dit Yahweh: parce que tu as fait cela, et que tu ne m’as pas refusé ton fils, ton unique,
17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
je te bénirai; je multiplierai ta postérité comme les étoiles du ciel et comme le sable qui est au bord de la mer, et ta postérité possédera la porte de ses ennemis.
18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
En ta postérité seront bénies toutes les nations de la terre, parce que tu as obéi à ma voix. »
19 Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.
Abraham retourna vers ses serviteurs et, s’étant levés, ils s’en allèrent ensemble à Bersabée. Et Abraham habita à Bersabée.
20 After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;
Après ces événements, on apporta à Abraham cette nouvelle: « Voici, Melcha a aussi enfanté des fils à Nachor, ton frère:
21 Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,
Hus, son premier-né, Buz, son frère, Camuel, père d’Aram,
22 And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.
Cased, Azau, Pheldas, Jedlaph et Bathuel. »
23 Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Bathuel fut père de Rébecca. Ce sont là les huit fils que Melcha enfanta à Nachor, frère d’Abraham.
24 And his servant Reumah gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
Sa concubine, nommée Roma, eut aussi des enfants: Tabée, Gaham, Taas et Maacha.
