Genesis 12
1 Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.
L’Éternel avait dit à Abram: "Éloigne-toi de ton pays, de ton lieu natal et de la maison paternelle, et va au pays que je t’indiquerai.
2 I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become (famous/highly esteemed). What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
Je te ferai devenir une grande nation; je te bénirai, je rendrai ton nom glorieux, et tu seras un type de bénédiction.
3 I will bless those who (bless/ask God to do good things for) you, and I will (curse/ask God to punish) those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et qui t’outragera je le maudirai; et par toi seront heureuses toutes les races de la terre."
4 So Abram left Haran [town], as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.
Abram partit comme le lui avait dit l’Éternel, et Loth alla avec lui. Abram était âgé de soixante-quinze ans lorsqu’il sortit de Harân.
5 Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran [town], and they left there and went to Canaan land.
"Abram prit Saraï son épouse, Loth fils de son frère, et tous les biens et les gens qu’ils avaient acquis à Harân. Ils partirent pour se rendre dans le pays de Canaan, et ils arrivèrent dans ce pays.
6 In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem [town] and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that land.
Abram s’avança dans le pays jusqu’au territoire de Sichem, jusqu’à la plaine de Môré; le Cananéen habitait dès lors ce pays.
7 Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had appeared to him.
L’Éternel apparut à Abram et dit: "C’Est à ta postérité que je destine ce pays." Il bâtit en ce lieu un autel au Dieu qui lui était apparu.
8 From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel [town]. Bethel [town] was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai [town] was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.
Il se transporta de là vers la montagne à l’est de Béthel et y dressa sa tente, ayant Béthel à l’occident et Aï à l’orient; il y érigea un autel au Seigneur, et il proclama le nom de l’Éternel.
9 Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
Abram partit ensuite, se dirigeant constamment vers le midi.
10 There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
Or, il y eut une famine dans le pays. Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, la famine étant excessive dans le pays.
11 Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
Quand il fut sur le point d’arriver en Égypte, il dit à Saraï son épouse: "Certes, je sais que tu es une femme au gracieux visage.
12 When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill you.
Il arrivera que, lorsque les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: ‘C’Est sa femme’; et ils me tueront, et ils te conserveront la vie.
13 So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will (spare my life/not kill me).”
Dis, je te prie, que tu es ma soeur; et je serai heureux par toi, car j’aurai, grâce à toi, la vie sauve."
14 And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
En effet, lorsqu’Abram fut arrivé en Égypte, les Égyptiens remarquèrent que cette femme était extrêmement belle;
15 When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace.
puis les officiers de Pharaon la virent et la vantèrent à Pharaon et cette femme fut enlevée pour le palais de Pharaon.
16 The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.
Quant à Abram, il fut bien traité pour l’amour d’elle; il eut du menu et du gros bétail, des ânes, des esclaves mâles et femelles, des ânesses et des chameaux.
17 But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.
Mais l’Éternel affligea de plaies terribles Pharaon et sa maison, à cause de Saraï, l’épouse d’Abram.
18 When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Pharaon manda Abram, et dit: "Qu’as-tu fait là à mon égard? Pourquoi ne m’as-tu pas déclaré qu’elle est ta femme?
19 Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!”
"Pourquoi as-tu dit: ‘Elle est ma sœur’, de sorte que je l’ai prise pour moi comme épouse? Or maintenant, voici ta femme, reprends-la et retire-toi!"
20 Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
Pharaon lui donna une escorte, qui le reconduisit avec sa femme et toute sa suite.
