Genesis 16
1 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,
Saraï, femme d’Abram, ne lui avait point donné d’enfants. Elle avait une servante égyptienne, nommée Agar.
2 she said to her husband: “Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least.” And when he agreed to her supplication,
Et Saraï dit à Abram: Voici, l’Éternel m’a rendue stérile; viens, je te prie, vers ma servante; peut-être aurai-je par elle des enfants. Abram écouta la voix de Saraï.
3 she took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, ten years after they began to live in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to her husband as a wife.
Alors Saraï, femme d’Abram, prit Agar, l’Égyptienne, sa servante, et la donna pour femme à Abram, son mari, après qu’Abram eut habité dix années dans le pays de Canaan.
4 And he entered to her. But when she saw that she had conceived, she despised her mistress.
Il alla vers Agar, et elle devint enceinte. Quand elle se vit enceinte, elle regarda sa maîtresse avec mépris.
5 And Sarai said to Abram: “You have acted unfairly against me. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, who, when she saw that she had conceived, held me in contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”
Et Saraï dit à Abram: L’outrage qui m’est fait retombe sur toi. J’ai mis ma servante dans ton sein; et, quand elle a vu qu’elle était enceinte, elle m’a regardée avec mépris. Que l’Éternel soit juge entre moi et toi!
6 Abram responded to her by saying, “Behold, your handmaid is in your hand to treat as it pleases you.” And so, when Sarai afflicted her, she took flight.
Abram répondit à Saraï: Voici, ta servante est en ton pouvoir, agis à son égard comme tu le trouveras bon. Alors Saraï la maltraita; et Agar s’enfuit loin d’elle.
7 And when the Angel of the Lord had found her, near the fountain of water in the wilderness, which is on the way to Shur in the desert,
L’ange de l’Éternel la trouva près d’une source d’eau dans le désert, près de la source qui est sur le chemin de Schur.
8 he said to her: “Hagar, handmaid of Sarai, where have you come from? And where will you go?” And she answered, “I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.”
Il dit: Agar, servante de Saraï, d’où viens-tu, et où vas-tu? Elle répondit: Je fuis loin de Saraï, ma maîtresse.
9 And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.”
L’ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Retourne vers ta maîtresse, et humilie-toi sous sa main.
10 And again he said, “I will multiply your offspring continuously, and they will not be numbered because of their multitude.”
L’ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Je multiplierai ta postérité, et elle sera si nombreuse qu’on ne pourra la compter.
11 But thereafter he said: “Behold, you have conceived, and you will give birth to a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your affliction.
L’ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Voici, tu es enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils, à qui tu donneras le nom d’Ismaël; car l’Éternel t’a entendue dans ton affliction.
12 He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers.”
Il sera comme un âne sauvage; sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous sera contre lui; et il habitera en face de tous ses frères.
13 Then she called upon the name of the Lord who had spoken to her: “You are the God who has seen me.” For she said, “Certainly, here I have seen the back of the one who sees me.”
Elle appela Atta-El-roï le nom de l’Éternel qui lui avait parlé; car elle dit: Ai-je rien vu ici, après qu’il m’a vue?
14 Because of this, she called that well: ‘The well of the one who lives and who sees me.’ The same is between Kadesh and Bered.
C’est pourquoi l’on a appelé ce puits le puits de Lachaï-roï; il est entre Kadès et Bared.
15 And Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, who called his name Ishmael.
Agar enfanta un fils à Abram; et Abram donna le nom d’Ismaël au fils qu’Agar lui enfanta.
16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for him.
Abram était âgé de quatre-vingt-six ans lorsqu’Agar enfanta Ismaël à Abram.
