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.
Mais le Seigneur dit à Abram: Sors de ton pays et de ta parenté et de la maison de ton père, et viens dans 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.
Et je te ferai père d’une grande nation; je te bénirai, je rendrai ton nom célèbre, et tu seras 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, et maudirai ceux qui te maudiront: et en toi seront bénies toutes les nations 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 donc sortit, comme lui avait ordonné le Seigneur, et Lot alla 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.
Ainsi, il prit Saraï sa femme et Lot fils de son frère, tout le bien qu’ils possédaient, et les âmes qu’ils avaient acquises à Haran; et ils sortirent pour aller dans la terre de Chanaan. Lorsqu’ils y furent arrivés,
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 le pays jusqu’au lieu de Sichem, jusqu’à la vallée illustre. Les Chananéens étaient alors dans 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.
Or le Seigneur apparut à Abram et lui dit: C’est à ta postérité que je donnerai ce pays. Et 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 de là passant jusqu’à la montagne qui était à l’orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l’occident et Haï à l’orient; il bâtit là aussi un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua son nom.
9 Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
Puis Abram s’en alla cheminant et s’avançant 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.
Mais il survint une famine en ce pays, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y habiter, car la famine régnait 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.
Lorsqu’il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï sa femme: Je sais que tu es une belle femme;
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.
Et que quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme; et ils me tueront, et ils te conserveront.
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 te conjure, que tu es ma sœur, afin que bien m’arrive à cause de toi, et que mon âme vive grâce à toi.
14 And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
Lors donc qu’Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent 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.
Et les princes en informèrent Pharaon, et la vantèrent devant lui; et elle fut enlevée pour la maison 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.
Pour Abram, ils en usèrent bien à son égard, à cause d’elle; il reçut même des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, 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 le Seigneur frappa Pharaon de très grandes plaies et sa maison, à cause de Saraï 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?
Alors Pharaon appela Abram et lui dit: Qu’est-ce que tu m’as fait? que ne m’as-tu averti que c’était 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!”
Pour quel motif as-tu dit que c’était ta sœur, afin que je la prisse pour ma femme? Maintenant donc voilà ta femme; prends-la et pars.
20 Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
Et Pharaon donna des ordres à ses gens au sujet d’Abram; et ils le reconduisirent, lui, et sa femme et tout ce qu’il avait.
