Genesis 37
1 Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
Jacob s’établit dans le pays où son père avait séjourné dans le pays de Canaan.
2 This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
Voici l’histoire de Jacob. Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, faisait paître les brebis avec ses frères; comme il était encore jeune, il se trouvait avec les fils de Bala et avec les fils de Zelpha, femmes de son père; et Joseph rapporta à leur père de mauvais bruits qui couraient sur leur compte.
3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
Or Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils, parce que c’était un fils de sa vieillesse; et il lui fit une robe longue.
4 When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
Ses frères, voyant que leur père l’aimait plus qu’eux tous, le prirent en haine, et ils ne pouvaient plus lui parler amicalement.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Joseph eut un songe, et il le raconta à ses frères, qui le haïrent encore davantage.
6 “Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
Il leur dit: « Ecoutez, je vous prie, le songe que j’ai eu:
7 “We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
Nous étions à lier des gerbes au milieu des champs; et voici, ma gerbe s’est levée et s’est tenue debout, et vos gerbes l’ont entourée et se sont prosternées devant elle. »
8 “Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
Ses frères lui dirent: « Est-ce que tu régneras sur nous? est-ce que tu nous domineras? » Et ils le haïrent encore davantage pour ses songes et pour ses paroles.
9 Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before me.”
Il eut encore un autre songe, qu’il raconta à ses frères. Il dit: « J’ai eu encore un songe: le soleil, la lune et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi. »
10 He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
Il le raconta à son père et à ses frères, et son père le réprimanda, en disant: « Que signifie ce songe que tu as eu? Faudra-t-il que nous venions, moi, ta mère et tes frères, nous prosterner à terre devant toi? »
11 Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Et ses frères furent jaloux de lui, mais son père conservait la chose dans son cœur.
12 One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Les frères de Joseph allèrent paître les troupeaux de leur père à Sichem.
13 Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
Et Israël dit à Joseph: « Tes frères ne paissent-ils pas le troupeau à Sichem? Viens, que je t’envoie vers eux. » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
14 So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
Et Israël lui dit: « Va donc, et vois si tes frères vont bien et si le troupeau est en bon état, et tu m’en apporteras des nouvelles. » Et il l’envoya de la vallée d’Hébron, et Joseph alla à Sichem.
15 and arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
Un homme, l’ayant rencontré errant dans la campagne, le questionna, en disant: « Que cherches-tu? »
16 “I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
Il répondit: « Je cherche mes frères; indique-moi, je te prie, où ils font paître leur troupeau. »
17 “They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with them at Dothan.
Et l’homme dit: « Ils sont partis d’ici; car je les ai entendus dire: Allons à Dothaïn. » Joseph alla après ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothaïn.
18 But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
Ils l’aperçurent de loin et, avant qu’il fût près d’eux, ils complotèrent de le faire mourir.
19 “Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
Ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: « Voici l’homme aux songes; c’est bien lui qui arrive.
20 “Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
Venez donc, tuons-le et jetons-le dans une des citernes, et nous dirons qu’une bête féroce l’a dévoré; nous verrons ce qui en sera de ses songes! »
21 When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
Ruben entendit et il le délivra de leurs mains. Il dit: « Ne le frappons pas à mort. »
22 “Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home to his father.
Ruben leur dit: « Ne versez pas le sang; jetez-le dans cette citerne qui est dans le désert, et ne portez pas la main sur lui. » — Son dessein était de le délivrer de leurs mains, pour le faire retourner vers son père. —
23 So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
Lorsque Joseph arriva auprès de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa robe, de la robe longue qu’il portait;
24 grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
et, l’ayant pris, ils le jetèrent dans la citerne. Cette citerne était vide: il n’y avait pas d’eau.
25 They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.
Puis ils s’assirent pour manger. Levant les yeux, ils virent, et voici qu’une caravane d’Ismaélites venait de Galaad; leurs chameaux étaient chargés d’astragale, de baume et de ladanum, qu’ils transportaient en Égypte.
26 “What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
Alors Juda dit à ses frères: « Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère et à cacher son sang?
27 Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
Allons le vendre aux Ismaélites et ne portons pas la main sur lui; car il est notre frère, notre chair. » Ses frères l’écoutèrent
28 So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to Egypt.
et, quand les marchands madianites passèrent, ils tirèrent Joseph et le firent remonter de la citerne; et ils le vendirent pour vingt pièces d’argent aux Ismaélites, qui l’emmenèrent en Égypte.
29 When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
Ruben revint à la citerne, et voici que Joseph n’était plus dans la citerne.
30 He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
Il déchira ses vêtements et, étant retourné vers ses frères, il dit: « L’enfant n’y est plus, et moi, où irai-je? »
31 They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
Ils prirent alors la robe de Joseph et, ayant tué un bouc, ils plongèrent la robe dans le sang.
32 Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe or not.”
Et ils envoyèrent à leur père la longue robe, en lui faisant dire: « Voilà ce que nous avons trouvé; reconnais si c’est la robe de ton fils, ou non. »
33 His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
Jacob la reconnut et dit: « C’est la robe de mon fils! Une bête féroce l’a dévoré! Joseph a été mis en pièces! »
34 Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
Et il déchira ses vêtements, mit un sac sur ses reins et fit le deuil de son fils pendant longtemps.
35 All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (Sheol h7585)
Tous ses fils et toutes ses filles vinrent pour le consoler; mais il refusa d’être consolé; il disait: « Je descendrai dans le deuil vers mon fils au séjour des morts. » Et son père le pleura. (Sheol h7585)
36 In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
Les Madianites le vendirent en Égypte à Putiphar, officier de Pharaon, chef des gardes.
