Genesis 27
1 And it comes to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calls [for] his older son Esau and says to him, “My son”; and he says to him, “Here I [am].”
II arriva, comme Isaac était devenu vieux, que sa vue s’obscurcit. Un jour, il appela Ésaü, son fils aîné et lui dit: "Mon fils!" II répondit: "Me voici."
2 And he says, “Now behold, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death;
Isaac reprit "Vois, je suis devenu vieux, je ne connais point l’heure de ma mort.
3 and now, please take up your instruments, your quiver, and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt provision for me,
Et maintenant, je te prie, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc; va aux champs et prends du gibier pour moi.
4 and make tasteful things for me, [such] as I have loved, and bring [them] to me, and I eat, so that my soul blesses you before I die.”
Fais m’en un ragoût comme je l’aime, sers-le moi et que j’en mange afin que mon cœur te bénisse avant ma mort.
5 And Rebekah is listening while Isaac is speaking to his son Esau; and Esau goes to the field to hunt game—to bring in;
Or Rébecca entendit ce qu’Isaac disait à Ésaü son fils. Ésaü alla aux champs pour chasser du gibier et le rapporter.
6 and Rebekah has spoken to her son Jacob, saying, “Behold, I have heard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying,
Cependant Rébecca dit à Jacob, son fils: "Ecoute; j’ai entendu ton père parler ainsi à Ésaü, ton frère:
7 Bring game for me, and make tasteful things for me, and I eat, and bless you before YHWH before my death.
‘Apporte-moi du gibier et apprête moi un ragoût que je mangerai et je te bénirai devant le Seigneur avant de mourir.’
8 And now, my son, listen to my voice, to that which I am commanding you:
Et maintenant, mon fils, sois docile à ma voix, sur ce que je vais t’ordonner:
9 Now go to the flock, and take for me two good kids of the goats from there, and I make them tasteful things for your father, [such] as he has loved;
va au menu bétail et prends moi deux beaux chevreaux et j’en ferai pour ton père un ragoût tel qu’il l’aime.
10 and you have taken [them] to your father, and he has eaten, so that his soul blesses you before his death.”
Tu le présenteras à ton père et il mangera; de sorte qu’il te bénira avant de mourir."
11 And Jacob says to his mother Rebekah, “Behold, my brother Esau [is] a hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man,
Jacob dit à Rébecca sa mère: "Mais Ésaü, mon frère, est un homme velu et moi je ne le suis pas.
12 it may be my father feels me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought on me disapproval, and not a blessing”;
Si par hasard mon père me tâte, je serai à ses yeux comme un trompeur, et, au lieu de bénédiction, c’est une malédiction que j’aurai attirée sur moi!"
13 and his mother says to him, “On me your disapproval, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, take for me.”
Sa mère lui répondit: "Je prends sur moi ta malédiction, mon fils. Obéis seulement à ma voix et va me chercher ce que j’ai dit."
14 And he goes, and takes, and brings to his mother, and his mother makes tasteful things, [such] as his father has loved;
Il alla le chercher et l’apporta à sa mère. Celle ci en fit un mets selon le goût de son père.
15 and Rebekah takes the desirable garments of Esau her older son, which [are] with her in the house, and puts them on Jacob her younger son;
Puis Rébecca prit les plus beaux vêtements d’Ésaü, son fils aîné, lesquels étaient sous sa main dans la maison et elle en revêtit Jacob, son plus jeune fils;
16 and she has put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck,
de la peau des chevreaux, elle enveloppa ses mains et la surface lisse de son cou,
17 and she gives the tasteful things, and the bread which she has made, into the hand of her son Jacob.
et posa le mets avec le pain, qu’elle avait apprêtés, dans la main de Jacob, son fils.
18 And he comes to his father and says, “My father”; and he says, “Here I [am]; who [are] you, my son?”
Celui-ci entra chez son père, disant: "Mon père!" II répondit: "Me voici; qui es tu, mon fils?"
19 And Jacob says to his father, “I [am] Esau your firstborn; I have done as you have spoken to me; please rise, sit and eat of my game, so that your soul blesses me.”
Jacob dit à son père: "Je suis Ésaü, ton premier né; j’ai fait ainsi que tu m’as dit. Viens donc, assieds toi et mange de ma chasse afin que ton cœur me bénisse."
20 And Isaac says to his son, “What [is] this you have hurried to find, my son?” And he says, “That which your God YHWH has caused to come before me.”
Isaac dit à son fils: "Qu’est ceci? tu as été prompt à faire capture mon fils!" Il répondit: "C’Est que l’Éternel ton Dieu m’a donné bonne chance."
21 And Isaac says to Jacob, “Please come near, and I feel you, my son, whether you [are] he, my son Esau, or not.”
Isaac dit à Jacob "Approche que je te tâte, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es mon fils Ésaü ou non."
22 And Jacob comes near to his father Isaac, and he feels him, and says, “The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.”
Jacob s’approcha d’Isaac, son père, qui le tâta et dit: "Cette voix, c’est la voix de Jacob; mais ces mains sont les mains d’Ésaü."
23 And he has not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of his brother Esau, and he blesses him,
II ne le reconnut point, parce que ses mains étaient velues comme celles d’Ésaü son frère. Et il le bénit.
24 and says, “You are he—my son Esau?” And he says, “I [am].”
Il dit encore: "Tu es bien mon fils Ésaü?" II répondit: "Je le suis."
25 And he says, “Bring [it] near to me, and I eat of my son’s game, so that my soul blesses you”; and he brings [it] near to him, and he eats; and he brings wine to him, and he drinks.
II reprit: "Donne, que je mange de la chasse de mon fils afin que mon cœur te bénisse!" II le servit et il mangea; lui présenta du vin et il but.
26 And his father Isaac says to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son”;
Isaac son père lui dit: "Approche, je te prie et embrasse moi, mon fils."
27 and he comes near, and kisses him, and he smells the fragrance of his garments, and blesses him, and says, “See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which YHWH has blessed;
II s’approcha et l’embrassa. Isaac aspira l’odeur de ses vêtements; il le bénit et dit: "Voyez! le parfum de mon fils est comme le parfum d’une terre favorisée du Seigneur!
28 and God gives to you of the dew of the heavens, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and wine;
Puisse-t-il t’enrichir, le Seigneur, de la rosée des cieux et des sucs de la terre, d’une abondance de moissons et de vendanges!
29 peoples serve you, and nations bow themselves to you, be mighty over your brothers, and the sons of your mother bow themselves to you; those who curse you [are] cursed, and those who bless you [are] blessed.”
Que des peuples t’obéissent! Que des nations tombent à tes pieds! Sois le chef de tes frères et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Malédiction à qui te maudira et qui te bénira soit béni!"
30 And it comes to pass, as Isaac has finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau has come in from his hunting;
Or, comme Isaac avait achevé de bénir Jacob, il arriva que Jacob sortait précisément de devant Isaac son père, lorsque son frère Ésaü revint de la chasse.
31 and he also makes tasteful things, and brings to his father, and says to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s game, so that your soul blesses me.”
II apprêta, lui aussi, un ragoût et le présenta à son père en lui disant: "Que mon père se dispose à manger de la chasse de son fils, afin que ton cœur me bénisse.
32 And his father Isaac says to him, “Who [are] you?” And he says, “I [am] your son, your firstborn, Esau”;
lsaac, son père, lui demanda: "Qui es-tu?" II répondit: "Je suis ton fils, ton premier-né, Ésaü."
33 and Isaac trembles a very great trembling and says, “Who, now, [is] he who has provided game, and brings to me, and I eat of all before you come in, and I bless him? Indeed, he is blessed.”
Isaac fut saisi d’une frayeur extrême et il dit: "Quel est donc cet autre, qui avait pris du gibier et me l’avait apporté? J’Ai mangé de tout avant ton arrivée et je l’ai béni. Eh bien! Il restera béni!"
34 When Esau hears the words of his father, then he cries a very great and bitter cry, and says to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father”;
Ésaü, entendant les paroles de son père, poussa des cris bruyants et douloureux et il dit à son père "Moi aussi bénis-moi, mon père!"
35 and he says, “Your brother has come with subtlety, and takes your blessing.”
II répondit: "Ton frère a usé de ruse et il a enlevé ta bénédiction."
36 And he says, “Is it because he whose name is called Jacob takes me by the heel these two times? He has taken my birthright; and behold, now he has taken my blessing”; he also says, “Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
Ésaü dit alors: "Est ce parce qu’on l’a nommé Jacob qu’il m’a supplanté deux fois déjà? II m’a enlevé mon droit d’aînesse et voici que maintenant il m’enlève ma bénédiction!" Et il ajouta: "N’As tu pas réservé une bénédiction pour moi?"
37 And Isaac answers and says to Esau, “Behold, a mighty one have I set him over you, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants, and [with] grain and wine have I sustained him; and for you now, what will I do, my son?”
Isaac répondit en ces termes à Ésaü: "Certes! je l’ai institué ton supérieur, j’ai fait de tous ses frères ses serviteurs, je lai gratifié de la moisson et de la vendange: pour toi, dès lors, que puis je faire, mon fils?"
38 And Esau says to his father, “One blessing have you my father? Bless me, me also, O my father”; and Esau lifts up his voice, and weeps.
Ésaü dit à son père: "Ne possèdes tu qu’une seule bénédiction, mon père? Mon père, bénis moi aussi!" Et Esaü éclata en pleurs.
39 And his father Isaac answers and says to him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth is your dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
Pour réponse, Isaac son père lui dit: "Eh bien! une grasse contrée sera ton domaine et les cieux t’enverront leur rosée.
40 and by your sword you live, and your brother serves you; and it has come to pass, when you rule, that you have broken his yoke from off your neck.”
Mais tu ne vivras qu’à la pointe de ton épée; tu seras tributaire de ton frère. Pourtant, après avoir plié sous le joug, ton cou s’en affranchira."
41 And Esau hates Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau says in his heart, “The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay my brother Jacob.”
Ésaü prit Jacob en haine à cause de la bénédiction que son père lui avait donnée. Et Ésaü se dit en lui même: "Le temps du deuil de mon père approche; je ferai périr Jacob mon frère."
42 And the words of Esau her older son are declared to Rebekah, and she sends and calls for Jacob her younger son, and says to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is comforting himself in regard to you—to slay you;
Et Rébecca fut informée des desseins d’Ésaü son fils aîné. Elle fit appeler Jacob, son plus jeune fils et lui dit "Écoute, Ésaü ton frère veut se venger de toi en te faisant mourir.
43 and now, my son, listen to my voice, and rise, flee for yourself to my brother Laban, to Haran,
Et maintenant, mon fils, obéis à ma voix: pars, va te réfugier auprès de Laban, mon frère, à Haràn.
44 and you have dwelt with him some days, until your brother’s fury turns back,
Tu resteras chez lui quelque temps, jusqu’à ce que s’apaise la fureur de ton frère.
45 until your brother’s anger turns back from you, and he has forgotten that which you have done to him, and I have sent and taken you from there; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?”
Lorsque l’animosité de ton frère ne te menacera plus et qu’il aura oublié ce que tu lui as fait, je t’enverrai ramener de là bas: pourquoi m’exposer à vous perdre tous deux à la fois?"
46 And Rebekah says to Isaac, “I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these—from the daughters of the land—why do I live?”
Rébecca dit à Isaac: "La vie m’est à charge, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob choisit une épouse parmi les filles de Heth, telle que celles-ci, parmi les filles de cette contrée, que m’importe la vie?"
