Genesis 17
1 In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.
Lorsque Abram fut âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, l’Éternel apparut à Abram, et lui dit: Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant. Marche devant ma face, et sois intègre.
2 And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”
J’établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini.
3 Abram fell prone on his face.
Abram tomba sur sa face; et Dieu lui parla, en disant:
4 And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.
Voici mon alliance, que je fais avec toi. Tu deviendras père d’une multitude de nations.
5 No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.
On ne t’appellera plus Abram; mais ton nom sera Abraham, car je te rends père d’une multitude de nations.
6 And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.
Je te rendrai fécond à l’infini, je ferai de toi des nations; et des rois sortiront de toi.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
J’établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et tes descendants après toi, selon leurs générations: ce sera une alliance perpétuelle, en vertu de laquelle je serai ton Dieu et celui de ta postérité après toi.
8 And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”
Je te donnerai, et à tes descendants après toi, le pays que tu habites comme étranger, tout le pays de Canaan, en possession perpétuelle, et je serai leur Dieu.
9 Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations.
Dieu dit à Abraham: Toi, tu garderas mon alliance, toi et tes descendants après toi, selon leurs générations.
10 This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.
C’est ici mon alliance, que vous garderez entre moi et vous, et ta postérité après toi: tout mâle parmi vous sera circoncis.
11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Vous vous circoncirez; et ce sera un signe d’alliance entre moi et vous.
12 An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock.
A l’âge de huit jours, tout mâle parmi vous sera circoncis, selon vos générations, qu’il soit né dans la maison, ou qu’il soit acquis à prix d’argent de tout fils d’étranger, sans appartenir à ta race.
13 And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.
On devra circoncire celui qui est né dans la maison et celui qui est acquis à prix d’argent; et mon alliance sera dans votre chair une alliance perpétuelle.
14 The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.”
Un mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas été circoncis dans sa chair, sera exterminé du milieu de son peuple: il aura violé mon alliance.
15 God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.
Dieu dit à Abraham: Tu ne donneras plus à Saraï, ta femme, le nom de Saraï; mais son nom sera Sara.
16 And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.”
Je la bénirai, et je te donnerai d’elle un fils; je la bénirai, et elle deviendra des nations; des rois de peuples sortiront d’elle.
17 Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
Abraham tomba sur sa face; il rit, et dit en son cœur: Naîtrait-il un fils à un homme de cent ans? Et Sara, âgée de quatre-vingt-dix ans, enfanterait-elle?
18 And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”
Et Abraham dit à Dieu: Oh! Qu’Ismaël vive devant ta face!
19 And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.
Dieu dit: Certainement Sara, ta femme, t’enfantera un fils; et tu l’appelleras du nom d’Isaac. J’établirai mon alliance avec lui comme une alliance perpétuelle pour sa postérité après lui.
20 Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless and enlarge him, and I will multiply him greatly. He will produce twelve leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
A l’égard d’Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé. Voici, je le bénirai, je le rendrai fécond, et je le multiplierai à l’infini; il engendrera douze princes, et je ferai de lui une grande nation.
21 Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”
J’établirai mon alliance avec Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera à cette époque-ci de l’année prochaine.
22 And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.
Lorsqu’il eut achevé de lui parler, Dieu s’éleva au-dessus d’Abraham.
23 Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.
Abraham prit Ismaël, son fils, tous ceux qui étaient nés dans sa maison et tous ceux qu’il avait acquis à prix d’argent, tous les mâles parmi les gens de la maison d’Abraham; et il les circoncit ce même jour, selon l’ordre que Dieu lui avait donné.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsqu’il fut circoncis.
25 And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.
Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans lorsqu’il fut circoncis.
26 On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.
Ce même jour, Abraham fut circoncis, ainsi qu’Ismaël, son fils.
27 And all the men of his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.
Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés dans sa maison, ou acquis à prix d’argent des étrangers, furent circoncis avec lui.
