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.
Le Seigneur dit alors à Abram: Sors de ta terre, de ta famille, et de la maison de ton père, pour te rendre en la terre que je te montrerai.
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 ferai sortir de toi un grand peuple; je te bénirai, je glorifierai ton nom, et il sera béni.
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; ceux qui je maudiront, je les maudirai, et en toi seront bénies toutes les tribus 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.
Et Abram s'en alla, comme avait dit le Seigneur, et Lot partit avec lui. Or, Abram avait soixante-quinze ans lorsqu'il sortit de Haran.
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 donc Sara, sa femme, Lot, fils de son frère, tout ce qui leur appartenait, tout ce qu'ils avaient acquis, toutes les âmes qu'ils avaient acquises dans Haran; et ils partirent pour passer en la terre de Chanaan.
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 traversa cette terre dans toute sa longueur jusqu'au territoire de Sichem, vers le grand chêne. Or, les Chananéens habitaient alors cette terre.
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.
Et le Seigneur apparut à Abram, et il lui dit: À ta face je donnerai cette terre; c'est pourquoi Abram bâtit là un autel au Seigneur 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.
Et il alla de ce lieu vers la montagne, à l'orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l'occident, et Angaï à l'orient; puis il éleva là un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua le nom du Seigneur.
9 Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
Ensuite Abram partit, et, ayant marché, il campa dans le désert.
10 There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
Il y eut alors une famine en la contrée, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, parce que la famine avait prévalu 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.
Or, il arriva qu'Abram, près d'entrer en Égypte, dit à Sara, sa femme: Je sais que tu es une femme très belle;
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 adviendra donc, quand les Égyptiens t'auront vue, qu'ils diront: C'est sa femme; alors ils me tueront, et ils s'empareront de toi.
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 donc: Je suis sa sœur, afin qu'à cause de toi je sois mieux traité, et qu'en ta considération j'aie la vie sauve.
14 And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
Et lorsque Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que sa femme était très 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.
Les officiers du Pharaon la virent aussi; ils la vantèrent devant le Pharaon, et ils la conduisirent en sa demeure.
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.
À cause d'elle, ils traitèrent bien Abram, et il eut des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs, des servantes, des mulets 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 Dieu envoya au Pharaon et à sa famille de grandes et cruelles afflictions, à cause de Sara, femme 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?
Et le Pharaon ayant appelé Abram, lui dit: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela, et ne m'as-tu pas dit: C'est ma 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: C'est ma sœur? Alors je l'ai prise pour qu'elle fût ma femme; or, maintenant voici ta femme devant toi; reprends-la, et pars aussitôt.
20 Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
Le Pharaon prescrivit à des hommes d'escorter Abram, sa femme, et tout ce qui lui appartenait.
