Genesis 37
1 Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
Cependant, Jacob demeurait dans la terre où son père avait été passager, la terre de Chanaan.
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 les générations de Jacob. Joseph avait dix-sept ans, et il paissait, avec ses frères, les brebis de son père; il était le plus jeune, et il paissait les brebis avec les fils de Balla, et avec les fils de Zelpha, femmes de son père; et ils portèrent contre Joseph à leur père une méchante accusation.
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.
Jacob aimait Joseph plus qu'aucun de ses fils, parce qu'il était le fils de sa vieillesse; et il lui fut faire une tunique bigarrée.
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, ayant vu que son père l'aimait plus qu'aucun de ses fils, le haïrent; et ils ne pouvaient plus lui dire une seule parole de paix.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Or, Joseph, ayant eu un songe, le rapporta à ses frères.
6 “Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
Il leur dit: Écoutez 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.”
Il me semblait que vous faisiez des gerbes au milieu du champ: ma gerbe se tenait debout et restait droite, et vos gerbes entourant la mienne se prosternaient 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 dois être roi et régner sur nous, ou nous dominer comme un seigneur? Et ils le haïssaient plus encore, à cause de ses songes et à cause de son récit.
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 plus tard un autre songe qu'il raconta à son père et à ses frères, disant: J'ai encore eu un songe; le voici: C'était comme le soleil, et la lune, et onze étoiles qui m'adoraient.
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?”
Son père le réprimanda, et lui dit: Qu'est-ce que ce songe que tu as eu? Est-ce donc que moi, et la mère, et tes frères, nous en viendrons à t'adorer sur la terre?
11 Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Ainsi ses frères le jalousaient; quant au père, il méditait sur ces choses.
12 One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Sur ces entrefaites, ses frères partirent pour paître en Sichem les brebis de leur père;
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 en Sichem? Viens, que je t'envoie auprès d'eux; et il dit: 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,
Jacob lui dit: Vas-y; vois si tes frères se portent bien, ainsi que les brebis, et rapporte-le-moi. Joseph étant donc parti de la vallée d'Hébron pour aller en 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 le rencontra errant dans la campagne, et l'homme l'interrogea, 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; dis-moi où ils paissent.
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.
L'homme reprit: Ils ont quitté leur pâturage, car je les ai entendus se dire: Allons en Dothaïn. Joseph alla aussitôt où étaient ses frères, et il les trouva en Dothaïn.
18 But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
Dès qu'ils l'aperçurent de loin, bien avant qu'il les eût abordés, ils pensèrent méchamment à le faire mourir;
19 “Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
Et ils se dirent entre eux: Voilà le songeur qui vient.
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!”
Maintenant donc allons, tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une des citernes; puis nous dirons: Une bête fauve l'a mangé; nous verrons alors ce qu'il adviendra de ses songes.
21 When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
Ce qu'ayant entendu Ruben, il résolut de l'arracher de leurs mains, et il dit: Non, ne lui donnons pas le coup de la 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, qui voulait l'arracher de leurs mains et le rendre à son père, leur dit: Ne versez pas de sang; jetez-le dans une des citernes du désert, mais ne portez pas les mains sur lui.
23 So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
Lors donc que Joseph arriva près de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de la tunique bigarrée dont il était vêtu.
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, qui alors se trouvait vide; il n'y avait pas une goutte 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.
Ils s'assirent ensuite pour manger du pain, et, ayant levé les yeux, ils virent des voyageurs ismaélites arrivant de Galaad avec leurs chamelles chargées de parfums, de gomme et de myrrhe qu'ils allaient vendre 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 nous reviendra-t-il d'avoir fait périr notre frère, et de 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.
Vendons-le plutôt à ces Ismaélites et ne portons pas les mains sur lui, car il est notre frère et notre chair. Ses frères y consentirent.
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.
Comme les marchands madianites approchaient, ils tirèrent Joseph de la citerne, le mirent sur pied, et le vendirent aux Ismaélites vingt drachmes d'or; et les hommes emmenèrent Joseph en Égypte.
29 When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
Cependant, Ruben était revenu vers la citerne, et n'y voyant point Joseph, il déchira ses vêtements.
30 He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
Puis se tournant vers ses frères, il leur dit: L'enfant n'est plus là; et moi, où désormais irai-je?
31 They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
Ils prirent la tunique de Joseph, égorgèrent un chevreau pris parmi les chèvres, souillèrent de sang la tunique bigarrée,
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 la renvoyèrent à leur père; ceux qui la portaient lui dirent: Nous avons trouvé cette tunique, vois si ce n'est pas la tunique de ton fils.
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!”
Il la reconnut aussitôt, et dit: C'est la tunique de mon fils; une bête fauve l'a mangé, une bête fauve a ravi Joseph.
34 Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
Et Jacob déchira ses vêtements; il ceignit ses reins d'un cilice, et il pleura son fils bien des jours.
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)
En vain ses fils se réunirent-ils avec ses filles, et vinrent-ils tous pour le consoler; il ne voulut point être consolé, disant: Je descendrai près de mon fils au sein de la terre en pleurant. Et le père de Joseph 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.
Quant aux Madianites, ils vendirent Joseph en Égypte, à Putiphar, eunuque du Pharaon, chef de ses cuisines.
