Genesis 17

1 And Abram is a son of ninety-nine years, and YHWH appears to Abram, and says to him, “I [am] God Almighty, habitually walk before Me, and be perfect;

Abraham étant âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, le Seigneur lui apparut et lui dit: "Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; conduis-toi à mon gré, sois irréprochable,

2 and I give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly.”

et je maintiendrai mon alliance avec toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini."

3 And Abram falls on his face, and God speaks with him, saying,

Abram tomba sur sa face, et Dieu lui parla de la sorte:

4 “I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become father of a multitude of nations;

"Moi-même, oui, je traite avec toi: tu seras le père d’une multitude de nations.

5 and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;

Ton nom ne s’énoncera plus, désormais, Abram: ton nom sera Abraham, car je te fais le père d’une multitude de nations.

6 and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.

Je te ferai fructifier prodigieusement; je ferai de toi des peuples, et des rois seront tes descendants.

7 And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;

Cette alliance, établie entre moi et entre toi et ta postérité dernière, je l’érigerai en alliance perpétuelle, étant pour toi un Dieu comme pour ta postérité après toi.

8 and I have given to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a continuous possession, and I have become their God.”

Et je donnerai à toi et à ta postérité la terre de tes pérégrinations, toute la terre de Canaan, comme possession indéfinie; et je serai pour eux un Dieu tutélaire."

9 And God says to Abraham, “And you keep My covenant, you and your seed after you, throughout their generations;

Dieu dit à Abraham: "Pour toi, sois fidèle à mon alliance, toi et ta postérité après toi dans tous les âges.

10 this [is] My covenant which you keep between Me and you, and your seed after you: every male of you [is] to be circumcised;

Voici le pacte que vous observerez, qui est entre moi et vous, jusqu’à ta dernière postérité: circoncire tout mâle d’entre vous.

11 and you have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it has become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

Vous retrancherez la chair de votre excroissance, et ce sera un symbole d’alliance entre moi et vous.

12 And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male throughout your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of your seed;

A l’âge de huit jours, que tout mâle, dans vos générations, soit circoncis par vous; même l’enfant né dans ta maison, ou acheté à prix d’argent parmi les fils de l’étranger, qui ne sont pas de ta race.

13 he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in your house, or bought with your money; and My covenant has become in your flesh a perpetual covenant;

Oui, il sera circoncis, l’enfant de ta maison ou celui que tu auras acheté; et mon alliance, à perpétuité, sera gravée dans votre chair.

14 and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, indeed, that person has been cut off from his people; My covenant he has broken.”

Et le mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas retranché la chair de son excroissance, sera supprimé lui-même du sein de son peuple pour avoir enfreint mon alliance."

15 And God says to Abraham, “Sarai your wife—you do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;

Dieu dit à Abraham: "Saraï, ton épouse, tu ne l’appelleras plus Saraï, mais bien Sara.

16 and I have blessed her, and have also given to you a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she has become nations—kings of peoples are from her.”

Je la bénirai, en te donnant, par elle aussi, un fils; je la bénirai, en ce qu’elle produira des nations et que des chefs de peuples naîtront d’elle."

17 And Abraham falls on his face, and laughs, and says in his heart, “Is one born to the son of one hundred years? Or does Sarah—daughter of ninety years—bear?”

Abraham tomba sur sa face et sourit; et il dit en son coeur"Quoi! un centenaire engendrerait encore! et à quatre-vingt-dix ans, Sara deviendrait mère!"

18 And Abraham says to God, “O that Ishmael may live before You”;

Abraham dit au Seigneur: "Puisse Ismaël, à tes yeux, mériter de vivre!"

19 and God says, “Your wife Sarah is certainly bearing a son to you, and you have called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a perpetual covenant, to his seed after him.

Le Seigneur répondit: "Certes, Sara, ton épouse, te donnera un fils, et tu le nommeras Isaac. Je maintiendrai mon pacte avec lui, comme pacte perpétuel à l’égard de sa descendance.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes does he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;

Quant à Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé: oui, je l’ai béni; je le ferai fructifier et multiplier à l’infini; il engendra douze princes, et je le ferai devenir une grande nation.

21 and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah does bear to you at this appointed time in the next year”;

Pour mon alliance, je la confirmerai sur Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera à pareille époque, l’année prochaine."

22 and He finishes speaking with him, and God goes up from Abraham.

Ayant achevé de lui parler, Dieu disparut de devant Abraham.

23 And Abraham takes his son Ishmael, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money—every male among the men of Abraham’s house and circumcises the flesh of their foreskin, in this very same day, as God has spoken with him.

Abraham prit Ismaël son fils, tous les enfants de ses esclaves et ceux qu’il avait achetés à prix d’argent, tous les mâles de la maison d’Abraham; il retrancha la chair de leur excroissance, ce jour-là même, ainsi que Dieu le lui avait dit.

24 And Abraham [is] a son of ninety-nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

Or, Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsque fut retranchée la chair de son excroissance.

25 and his son Ishmael [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;

Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans, lorsque la chair de son excroissance fut retranchée.

26 in this very same day Abraham has been circumcised, and his son Ishmael;

C’Est en ce même jour que fut circoncis Abraham, ainsi qu’Ismaël son fils.

27 and all the men of his house—born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger—have been circumcised with him.

Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés chez lui ou achetés à prix d’argent à l’étranger, furent circoncis en même temps.