Genesis 27
1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyesight was failing so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
Isaac était devenu vieux, et ses yeux s'étaient obscurcis au point de ne plus voir. Il appela Esaü, son fils aîné, et lui dit: " Mon fils! " Celui-ci lui–répondit: " Me voici. "
2 He said, "Look, I am old now. I do not know the day of my death.
Isaac dit: " Voici donc, je suis vieux; je ne connais pas le jour de ma mort.
3 Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt down a wild animal for me.
Maintenant donc, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc, va dans la campagne et tue-moi du gibier.
4 Make me the tasty food that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die."
Fais-m'en un bon plat, selon mon goût, et apporte-le-moi, que je le mange, afin que mon âme te bénisse avant que je meure. "
5 Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went out to the field to hunt for a wild animal and bring it back to his father.
— Rebecca entendait pendant qu'Isaac parlait à Esaü, son fils. — Et Esaü s'en alla dans la campagne pour tuer du gibier et l'apporter.
6 And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
Alors Rebecca parla ainsi à Jacob, son fils: " Voici, j'ai entendu ton père qui parlait ainsi à ton frère Esaü:
7 'Bring me a wild animal and prepare for me some tasty food, that I may eat it and bless you in my presence before my death.'
Apporte-moi du gibier et fais-m'en un bon plat, afin que je le mange et que je te bénisse devant Yahweh avant de mourir.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
Maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix dans ce que je vais te commander.
9 Go now to the flock, and get me from there two choice young goats. I will prepare them in a tasty way for your father, the way he likes it.
Va au troupeau et prends-moi deux beaux chevreaux; j'en ferai pour ton père un bon plat, selon son goût,
10 You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."
et tu le porteras à ton père, et il en mangera, afin qu'il te bénisse avant de mourir. "
11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Jacob répondit à Rebecca, sa mère: " Voici, Esaü, mon frère, est velu, et moi j'ai la peau lisse.
12 What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
Peut-être que mon père me touchera, et je passerai à ses yeux pour m'être joué de lui, et j'attirerai sur moi une malédiction au lieu d'une bénédiction. "
13 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."
Sa mère lui dit: " Je prends sur moi ta malédiction, mon fils. Ecoute seulement ma voix et va me prendre les chevreaux. "
14 He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.
Jacob alla les prendre et les apporta à sa mère, qui en fit un bon plat, selon le goût de son père.
15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
Et Rebecca prit les habits d'Esaü, son fils aîné, les plus beaux, qu'elle avait dans la maison, et elle en revêtit Jacob, son fils cadet.
16 She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
Puis elle lui couvrit les mains de la peau des chevreaux, ainsi que la partie lisse du cou.
17 She handed the tasty food and the bread which she had prepared to her son Jacob.
Et elle mit dans la main de Jacob, son fils, le bon plat et le pain qu'elle avait préparés.
18 He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"
Il vint vers son père et dit: " Mon père! " — " Me voici, dit Isaac; qui es-tu, mon fils? "
19 Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please sit up and eat what I hunted so that you can bless me."
Jacob répondit à son père: « Je suis Esaü, ton premier-né; j'ai fait ce que tu m'as dit. Lève-toi, je te prie, assieds-toi et mange de ma chasse, afin que ton âme me bénisse. »
20 Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because your God gave me success."
Isaac dit à son fils: " Comment as-tu trouvé si vite, mon fils? " Jacob, répondit: " C'est que Yahweh, ton Dieu, l'a fait venir devant moi. "
21 Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
Et Isaac dit à Jacob: " Approche donc, que je te touche, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es bien mon fils Esaü, ou non. "
22 Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
Jacob s'étant approché d'Isaac, son père, celui-ci le toucha et dit: " La voix est la voix de Jacob, mais les mains sont les mains d'Esaü. "
23 He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau. So he blessed him.
Il ne le reconnut pas, parce que ses mains étaient velues, comme les mains d'Esaü, son frère, et il le bénit.
24 He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He said, "I am."
Il dit: " C'est bien toi qui es mon fils Esaü? " — " C'est moi ", répondit Jacob.
25 He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of what my son caught so that I can bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
Et Isaac dit: " Sers-moi, que je mange du gibier de mon fils et que mon âme te bénisse. " Jacob le servit, et il mangea; il lui présenta aussi du vin, et il but.
26 His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
Alors Isaac, son père, lui dit: " Approche-toi donc et baise-moi, mon fils. "
27 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the scent of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Look, the scent of my son is as the scent of a field which God has blessed.
Jacob s'approcha et le baisa; et Isaac sentit l'odeur de ses vêtements, et il le bénit en disant: " Voici, l'odeur de mon fils est comme l'odeur d'un champ qu'a béni Yahweh. "
28 God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
Que Dieu te donne de la rosée du ciel et de la graisse de la terre, et abondance de froment et de vin!
29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
Que des peuples te servent, et que des nations se prosternent devant toi! Sois le maître de tes frères, et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Maudit soit qui te maudira, et béni soit qui te bénira!
30 It happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just left the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Isaac avait achevé de bénir Jacob, et Jacob venait de quitter Isaac, son père, lorsqu'Esaü, son frère, revint de la chasse.
31 He also made some tasty food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father get up and eat of what his son caught, so that you may bless me."
Il prépara, lui aussi, un bon plat, et l'apporta à son père; et il dit à son père: " Que mon père se lève et mange de la chasse de son fils, afin que ton âme me bénisse. "
32 Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
Isaac, son père, lui dit: " Qui es-tu? " Il répondit: " Je suis ton fils, ton premier-né, Esaü. "
33 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who was it then that hunted an animal and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
Isaac fut saisi d'une terreur extrême, et il dit: " Qui est donc celui qui a chassé du gibier et m'en a apporté? J'ai mangé de tout avant que tu vinsses, et je l'ai béni; et il sera béni en effet. "
34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out loudly and bitterly, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
Lorsqu'Esaü eut entendu les paroles de son père, il jeta un grand cri, une plainte très amère, et il dit à son père: " Bénis-moi, moi aussi, mon père. "
35 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."
Isaac dit: " Ton frère est venu avec ruse, et il a pris ta bénédiction. "
36 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has taken what should have been mine these two times. He took away my birthright. Look, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"
Esaü dit: " Est-ce parce qu'on l'appelle Jacob qu'il m'a supplanté deux fois? Il a pris mon droit d'aînesse, et voilà maintenant qu'il a pris ma bénédiction! " Il ajouta: " N'as-tu pas réservé pour moi une bénédiction? "
37 Isaac answered Esau, "Look, I have made him your lord, and I have made all of his brothers his servants. And I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son?"
Isaac répondit et dit à Esaü: " Voici, je l'ai établi ton maître et je lui ai donné tous ses frères pour serviteurs, et je l'ai pourvu de froment et de vin; et pour toi donc, que puis-je faire, mon fils?
38 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Esaü dit à son père: " N'as-tu que cette seule bénédiction, mon père? Bénis-moi, moi aussi, mon père! " Et Esaü éleva la voix et pleura.
39 Isaac his father answered him, "Look, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.
Isaac, son père, lui répondit: " Privée de la graisse de la terre sera ta demeure, privée de la rosée qui descend du ciel.
40 By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."
Tu vivras de ton épée, et tu seras asservi à ton frère; mais il arrivera que, en secouant son joug, tu le briseras de dessus ton cou. "
41 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Esaü conçut de la haine contre Jacob à cause de la bénédiction que son père lui avait donnée, et Esaü dit en son cœur: " Les jours où je ferai le deuil de mon père approchent; alors je tuerai Jacob, mon frère. "
42 The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Look, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
On rapporta à Rebecca les paroles d'Esaü, son fils aîné. Elle fit appeler Jacob, son fils cadet, et lui dit: " Voici qu'Esaü, ton frère, veut se venger de toi en te tuant.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
Maintenant donc, mon fils, écoute ma voix: lève-toi, fuis vers Laban, mon frère, à Haran;
44 Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away;
et tu resteras quelque temps auprès de lui, jusqu'à ce que la fureur de ton frère soit apaisée,
45 until your brother's anger against you subsides, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and get you from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"
jusqu'à ce que la colère de ton frère se soit détournée de toi, et qu'il ait oublié ce que tu lui as fait; alors je t'enverrai chercher de là. Pourquoi serais-je privée de vous deux en un même jour? "
46 Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good is my life?"
Rebecca dit à Isaac: " Je suis dégoûtée de la vie, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob prend une femme, comme celles-là, parmi les filles de Heth, parmi les filles de ce pays, à quoi me sert la vie? "
