Genesis 37
1 Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
Jacob habitait dans le pays où voyageait son père, dans le pays de Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
Voici l'histoire des générations de Jacob. Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, faisait paître le troupeau avec ses frères. Il était en compagnie des fils de Bilha et de Zilpa, femmes de son père. Joseph fit un mauvais rapport sur eux à leur père.
3 Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
Or Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses enfants, car il était le fils de sa vieillesse, et il lui fit une tunique de plusieurs couleurs.
4 And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
Ses frères virent que leur père l'aimait plus que tous ses frères, et ils le haïrent, et ne purent pas lui parler en paix.
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
Joseph eut un songe, et il le raconta à ses frères, qui le haïrent d'autant plus.
6 And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
Il leur dit: « Écoutez, je vous prie, le songe que j'ai eu.
7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
Car voici, nous lions des gerbes dans le champ, et voici que ma gerbe se leva et se tint debout; et voici que vos gerbes s'approchèrent et se prosternèrent devant ma gerbe. »
8 And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
Ses frères lui demandèrent: « Vas-tu vraiment régner sur nous? Est-ce que tu vas dominer sur nous? » Ils le haïssaient d'autant plus qu'il rêvait et qu'il parlait.
9 Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
Il eut un autre songe, qu'il raconta à ses frères, et il dit: « Voici, j'ai eu un autre songe; et voici, le soleil, la lune et onze étoiles se sont prosternés devant moi. »
10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
Il le raconta à son père et à ses frères. Son père le réprimanda et lui dit: « Quel est ce rêve que tu as fait? Viendrons-nous, moi, ta mère et tes frères, nous prosterner en terre devant toi? »
11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
Ses frères l'envièrent, mais son père garda cette parole en mémoire.
12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
Ses frères allèrent faire paître le troupeau de leur père à Sichem.
13 And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Israël dit à Joseph: « Tes frères ne font-ils pas paître le troupeau à Sichem? Viens, et je t'enverrai vers eux. » Joseph lui répondit: « Me voici. »
14 And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Il lui dit: « Va maintenant, vois si tout va bien pour tes frères et pour le troupeau, et rapporte-moi des nouvelles. » Il l'envoya donc hors de la vallée d'Hébron, et il arriva à Sichem.
15 And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
Un homme le trouva, et voici qu'il errait dans les champs. L'homme lui demanda: « Que cherches-tu? »
16 And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
Il dit: « Je cherche mes frères. Dis-moi, je t'en prie, où ils font paître le troupeau. »
17 And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
L'homme dit: « Ils sont partis d'ici, car je les ai entendus dire: « Allons à Dothan ». » Joseph partit à la recherche de ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothan.
18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
Ils le virent de loin, et, avant qu'il ne s'approche d'eux, ils complotèrent contre lui pour le tuer.
19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
Ils se disaient les uns aux autres: « Voici que ce rêveur arrive.
20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
Venez donc maintenant, tuons-le, jetons-le dans une des fosses, et nous dirons: « Une bête malfaisante l'a dévoré ». Nous verrons ce qu'il adviendra de ses rêves. »
21 But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
Ruben l'entendit, le délivra de leurs mains, et dit: « Ne lui ôtons pas la vie. »
22 Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
Ruben leur dit: « Ne versez pas de sang. Jetez-le dans cette fosse qui est dans le désert, mais ne portez pas la main sur lui », afin de le délivrer de leurs mains et de le rendre à son père.
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
Lorsque Joseph arriva auprès de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa tunique, la tunique multicolore qu'il portait.
24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
Ils le prirent et le jetèrent dans la fosse. La fosse était vide. Il n'y avait pas d'eau dedans.
25 Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
Ils s'assirent pour manger du pain. Ils levèrent les yeux et regardèrent, et ils virent qu'une caravane d'Ismaélites venait de Galaad, avec leurs chameaux portant des aromates, du baume et de la myrrhe, pour les descendre en Égypte.
26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
Juda dit à ses frères: « Quel avantage y a-t-il à tuer notre frère et à cacher son sang?
27 Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
Venez, vendons-le aux Ismaélites, et ne mettons pas la main sur lui, car il est notre frère, notre chair. » Ses frères l'écoutèrent.
28 And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
Des marchands madianites passèrent par là; ils tirèrent et soulevèrent Joseph de la fosse, et le vendirent aux Ismaélites pour vingt pièces d'argent. Les marchands amenèrent Joseph en Égypte.
29 Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
Ruben retourna à la fosse, et vit que Joseph n'y était pas; il déchira ses vêtements.
30 He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
Il retourna vers ses frères et dit: « L'enfant n'est plus; et moi, où irai-je? »
31 Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
Ils prirent la tunique de Joseph, tuèrent un bouc, et plongèrent la tunique dans le sang.
32 And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
Elles prirent la tunique multicolore, l'apportèrent à leur père et dirent: « Nous avons trouvé ceci. Examine-la maintenant, et vois si c'est la tunique de ton fils ou non. »
33 And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
Il la reconnut et dit: « C'est la tunique de mon fils. Un animal malfaisant l'a dévoré. Joseph est sans doute déchiré en morceaux. »
34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
Jacob déchira ses vêtements, mit un sac sur sa taille et porta le deuil de son fils pendant plusieurs jours.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him. (Sheol h7585)
Tous ses fils et toutes ses filles se levèrent pour le consoler, mais il refusa d'être consolé. Il dit: « Car je descendrai au séjour des morts auprès de mon fils, en pleurant. » Son père pleura sur lui. (Sheol h7585)
36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
Les Madianites le vendirent en Égypte à Potiphar, un officier de Pharaon, le chef des gardes.
