Genesis 33
1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.
Jacob, levant les yeux, aperçut Ésaü qui venait, accompagné de quatre cents hommes. II répartit les enfants entre Léa, Rachel et les deux servantes.
2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
Il plaça les servantes avec leurs enfants au premier rang, Léa et ses enfants derrière, Rachel et Joseph les derniers.
3 And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.
Pour lui, il prit les devants et se prosterna contre terre, sept fois, avant d’aborder son frère.
4 Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.
Ésaü courut à sa rencontre, l’embrassa, se jeta à son cou et le baisa; et ils pleurèrent.
5 Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.
En levant les yeux, il vit les femmes et les enfants et dit: "Que te sont ceux là?" II répondit: "Ce sont les enfants dont Dieu a gratifié ton serviteur."
6 Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.
Les servantes s’approchèrent ainsi que leurs enfants et se prosternèrent.
7 And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.
Léa aussi s’approcha avec ses enfants et ils se prosternèrent; puis, Joseph s’approcha avec Rachel et ils seprosternèrent.
8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.
II reprit: "Qu’est ce que toute cette troupe, venant de ta part, que j’ai rencontrée?" II répondit: "Pour obtenir la bienveillance de mon seigneur."
9 But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.
Ésaü dit: "J’En ai amplement; mon frère, garde ce que tu as."
10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.
Jacob répondit: "Oh non! Si toutefois j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, tu accepteras cet hommage de ma main; puisque aussi bien j’ai regardé ta face comme on regarde la face d’un puissant et que tu m’as agréé.
11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.
Reçois donc le présent que de ma part on t’a offert, puisque Dieu m’a favorisé et que je possède suffisamment." Sur ses instances Ésaü accepta.
12 And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.
Il dit: "Partons et marchons ensemble; je me conformerai à ton pas."
13 But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.
Il lui répondit: "Mon seigneur sait que ces enfants sont délicats, que ce menu et ce gros bétail qui allaitent exigent mes soins; si on les surmène un seul jour, tout le jeune bétail périra.
14 Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.
Que mon seigneur veuille passer devant son serviteur; moi, je cheminerai à ma commodité, selon le pas de la suite qui m’accompagne et selon le pas des enfants, jusqu’à ce que je rejoigne mon seigneur à Séir."
15 And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?
Ésaü dit: "Je veux alors te faire escorter par une partie de mes hommes." II répondit: "A quoi bon? Je voudrais trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!"
16 So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.
Ce jour même, Ésaü reprit le chemin de Séir.
17 And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.
Quant à Jacob, il se dirigea vers Soukkoth; il s’y bâtit une demeure et pour son bétail il fit des enclos: c’est pourquoi l’on appela cet endroit Soukkoth.
18 So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.
Jacob arriva ensuite à Salem, ville de Sichem, dans le pays de Canaan, à son retour du territoire d’Aram; et il se fixa à l’entrée de cette ville.
19 And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.
Il acquit la portion de terrain ou il établit sa tente, de la main des enfants de Hamor, père de Sichem pour cent kesita.
20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
Il y érigea un autel qu’il dénomma: "le Seigneur est le Dieu d’Israël."
