Genesis 37
1 Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.
Mais Jacob habita dans la terre de Chanaan, dans laquelle son père avait été comme étranger.
2 And these are his generations. Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, when he was still a boy. And he was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, the wives of his father. And he accused his brothers to their father of a most sinful crime.
Et voici ses générations: Joseph, lorsqu’il avait seize ans, paissait le troupeau de son père, avec ses frères, étant encore enfant: et il était avec les fils de Bala et de Zelpha, femmes de son père; et il accusa ses frères auprès de son père d’un crime détestable.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors.
Or Israël aimait Joseph par-dessus tous ses fils, parce que c’est dans sa vieillesse qu’il l’avait engendré: et il lui fit une tunique d’un tissu de diverses couleurs.
4 Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.
Ses frères donc voyant qu’il était aimé par son père plus que tous ses autres frères, le haïssaient, et ne pouvaient rien lui dire avec douceur.
5 Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
Il arriva aussi qu’il raconta à ses frères un songe qu’il avait vu; prétexte qui fut la semence d’une plus grande haine.
6 And he said to them, “Listen to my dream that I saw.
Il leur dit donc: Ecoutez mon songe que j’ai vu:
7 I thought we were binding sheaves in the field. And my sheaf seemed to rise up and stand, and your sheaves, standing in a circle, reverenced my sheaf.”
Je croyais que nous étions à fier des gerbes dans le champ, et que ma gerbe se levait et se tenait comme debout, et que les vôtres, étant autour, se prosternaient devant ma gerbe.
8 His brothers responded: “Would you be our king? Or will we be subject to your dominion?” Therefore, this matter of his dreams and words provided kindling to their envy and hatred.
Ses frères lui répondirent: Est-ce que tu seras notre roi? ou serons-nous soumis à ta puissance? Ainsi ce prétexte de songes et de discours fournit un aliment à leur envie et à leur haine.
9 Likewise, he saw another dream, which he explained to his brothers, saying, “I saw by a dream, as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars were reverencing me.”
Il vit encore un autre songe qu’il raconta à ses frères, disant: J’ai vu en songe comme le soleil et la lune et onze étoiles se prosterner devant moi.
10 And when he had related this to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, and he said: “What does it mean to you, this dream that you have seen? Should I, and your mother, and your brothers reverence you upon the earth?”
Lorsqu’il l’eut rapporté à son père et à ses frères, son père le reprit, et dit: Que veut dire ce songe que tu as vu? est-ce que moi, ta mère et tes frères, nous nous prosternerons devant toi sur la terre?
11 Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
Ainsi ses frères lui portaient envie, mais son père considérait la chose en silence.
12 And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father’s flocks,
Et comme ses frères s’étaient arrêtés à Sichem pour paître les troupeaux de leur père,
13 Israel said to him: “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” And when he answered,
Israël lui dit: Tes frères paissent les brebis dans les pâturages de Sichem: viens, je t’enverrai vers eux. Joseph répondant:
14 “I am ready,” he said to him, “Go, and see if everything is prospering with your brothers and the cattle, and report to me what is happening.” So, having been sent from the valley of Hebron, he arrived at Shechem.
Je suis prêt, il lui dit: Va, et vois si tout va bien pour tes frères et pour les troupeaux, et rapporte-moi ce qui se fait. Envoyé de la vallée d’Hébron, il vint à Sichem:
15 And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.
Et un homme le trouva errant dans la campagne, et lui demanda ce qu’il cherchait.
16 So he responded: “I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks.”
Et lui répondit: Ce sont mes frères que je cherche; dis-moi où ils paissent les troupeaux.
17 And the man said to him: “They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.
Et cet homme lui dit: Ils sont partis d’ici; et je les ai entendus, disant: Allons à Dothaïn. Joseph alla donc après ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothaïn.
18 And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.
Lorsque ceux-ci l’eurent vu de loin, avant qu’il approchât d’eux, ils projetèrent de le tuer:
19 And they said one to another: “Behold, the dreamer approaches.
Et ils se disaient mutuellement: Voici le songeur qui vient;
20 Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”
Venez, tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une vieille citerne; nous dirons: Une bête sauvage l’a dévoré; et alors on verra ce que lui servent ses songes.
21 But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said:
Mais entendant cela, Ruben s’efforçait de le sauver de leurs mains, et disait:
22 “Do not take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless.” But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to return him to his father.
Ne tuez pas son âme et ne versez pas son sang; mais jetez-le dans cette citerne qui est dans le désert, et conservez vos mains pures. Or il disait cela, voulant l’arracher de leurs mains, et le rendre à son père.
23 And so, as soon as he came to his brothers, they very quickly stripped him of his tunic, which was ankle-length and woven of many colors,
Aussitôt donc qu’il fut arrivé près de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa tunique longue, tissue de diverses couleurs.
24 and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water.
Et ils le jetèrent dans la vieille citerne, où il n’y avait pas d’eau.
25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into Egypt.
Puis s’asseyant pour manger du pain, ils virent des voyageurs Ismaélites qui venaient de Galaad, et leurs chameaux portant des aromates, de la résine et du stacté en Égypte.
26 Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: “What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Juda dit alors à ses frères: Que nous servira si nous tuons notre frère et nous cachons son sang?
27 It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh.” His brothers agreed to his words.
Il vaut mieux qu’il soit vendu aux Ismaélites, et que nos mains ne soient pas souillées; car il est notre frère et notre chair. Ses frères acquiescèrent à ses discours.
28 And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into Egypt.
Et des marchands Madianites passant, ils le retirèrent de la citerne, et le vendirent vingt pièces d’argent aux Ismaélites qui le menèrent en Égypte.
29 And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
Cependant Ruben étant revenu à la citerne, n’y trouva pas l’enfant;
30 And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”
Alors, ses vêtements déchirés, il retourna vers ses frères et dit: L’enfant ne paraît pas, et moi, où irai-je?
31 Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
Ils prirent donc sa tunique et la trempèrent dans le sang d’un chevreau qu’ils avaient tué,
32 sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: “We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not.”
Envoyant des gens pour la porter à leur père, et pour lui dire: Nous l’avons trouvée; vois si c’est la tunique de ton fils, ou non.
33 And when the father acknowledged it, he said: “It is the tunic of my son. An evil wild beast has eaten him; a beast has devoured Joseph.”
Quand le père l’eut reconnue, il dit: C’est la tunique de mon fils; une bête farouche et cruelle l’a dévoré, une bête a dévoré Joseph.
34 And tearing his garments, he was clothed in haircloth, mourning his son for a long time.
Et, ses vêtements déchirés, il se couvrit d’un cilice, pleurant son fils pendant longtemps.
35 Then, when all of his sons gathered together to ease their father’s sorrow, he was not willing to accept consolation, but he said: “I will descend in mourning to my son in the underworld.” And while he persevered in weeping, (Sheol h7585)
Or, tous ses enfants s’étant rassemblés pour adoucir la douleur de leur père, il ne voulut pas recevoir de consolation, mais il dit: Je descendrai pleurant vers mon fils dans l’enfer. Et lui persévérant dans son pleur, (Sheol h7585)
36 the Midianites in Egypt sold Joseph to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, instructor of the soldiers.
Les Madianites vendirent Joseph en Égypte à Putiphar, eunuque de Pharaon, chef des soldats.
