Genesis 2
1 That is the way God created the heavens and the earth.
Ainsi furent achevés le ciel et la terre, et toute leur armée.
2 By the time it was the seventh day, God had finished the work of creating everything, so he did not work any more on that day.
Et Dieu eut achevé le septième jour son œuvre qu’il avait faite, et il se reposa le septième jour de toute son œuvre qu’il avait faite.
3 God blessed each seventh day, and he set those days apart to be special days, because on the seventh day God did not work any more, after finishing all his work of creating everything.
Et Dieu bénit le septième jour et le sanctifia, parce qu’en ce jour-là il s’était reposé de toute l’œuvre qu’il avait créée en la faisant.
4 That is how God created the heavens and the earth. God, whose name is Yahweh, made the heavens and the earth.
Voici l’histoire du ciel et de la terre quand ils furent créés, lorsque Yahweh Dieu eut fait une terre et un ciel.
5 At first there were no plants growing, because Yahweh God had not yet caused rain to fall on the ground. Furthermore, there was no one to till the ground for planting crops.
Il n’y avait encore sur la terre aucun arbrisseau des champs, et aucune herbe des champs n’avait encore germé; car Yahweh Dieu n’avait pas fait pleuvoir sur la terre, et il n’y avait pas d’homme pour cultiver le sol.
6 Instead, mist rose up from the ground, so that it watered the surface of the ground.
Mais une vapeur montait de la terre et arrosait toute la surface du sol.
7 Then Yahweh God took some soil and formed a man. He breathed into the man’s nostrils his own breath that gives life, and as a result the man became a living person.
Yahweh Dieu forma l’homme de la poussière du sol, et il souffla dans ses narines un souffle de vie, et l’homme devint un être vivant.
8 Yahweh God made a park/garden in a place named Eden, which was east of the land of Canaan, and he put there the man that he had created.
Puis Yahweh Dieu planta un jardin en Eden du côté de l’Orient, et il y mit l’homme qu’il avait formé.
9 Yahweh God also put there every kind of tree that is beautiful to see and that produced fruit that was good to eat. He also placed in the middle of the park/garden a tree [whose fruit would enable those who ate it] to live forever. He also placed there another tree whose fruit would enable those who ate it to know what actions were good [to do] and what actions were evil [to do].
Et Yahweh Dieu fit pousser du sol toute espèce d’arbres agréables à voir et bons à manger, et l’arbre de la vie au milieu du jardin, et l’arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal.
10 A river flowed from Eden to provide water for the park/garden. Outside of Eden, the river divided into four rivers.
Un fleuve sortait d’Eden pour arroser le jardin, et de là il se partageait en quatre bras.
11 The name of the first river is Pishon. That river flows through all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Le nom du premier est Phison; c’est celui qui entoure tout le pays d’Hévilath, où se trouve l’or.
12 That gold (is very pure/has no impurities in it). There is [also a sweet-smelling gum called] bdellium, and valuable stones called onyx.
Et l’or de ce pays est bon; là aussi se trouvent le bdellium et la pierre d’onyx.
13 The name of the second river is Gihon. That river flows through all the land of Cain.
Le nom du second fleuve est Géhon; c’est celui qui entoure toute la terre de Cousch.
14 The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows east of [the city of] Asshur. The name of the fourth river is Euphrates.
Le nom du troisième est le Tigre; c’est celui qui coule à l’orient d’Assur. Le quatrième fleuve est l’Euphrate.
15 Yahweh God took the man and put him in Eden park/garden to till/cultivate it and take care of it.
Yahweh Dieu prit l’homme et le plaça dans le jardin d’Eden pour le cultiver et pour le garder.
16 But Yahweh said to him, “You must not eat the fruit of the tree that will enable you to know what actions are good to do and what actions are evil to do. If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that day your relationship with me will end. But I will permit you to eat the fruit of any of the other trees in the park/garden.”
Et Yahweh Dieu donna à l’homme cet ordre: « Tu peux manger de tous les arbres du jardin;
mais tu ne mangeras pas de l’arbre de la connaissance du bien et du mal, car le jour où tu en mangeras, tu mourras certainement. »
18 Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for this man to be alone. So I will make someone who will be a suitable partner for him.”
Yahweh Dieu dit: « Il n’est pas bon que l’homme soit seul; je lui ferai une aide semblable à lui. »
19 Yahweh God had taken some soil and had formed from it all kinds of animals and birds, and he brought them to the man to hear what names he would give them.
Et Yahweh Dieu, qui avait formé du sol tous les animaux des champs et tous les oiseaux du ciel, les fit venir vers l’homme pour voir comment il les appellerait, et pour que tout être vivant portât le nom que lui donnerait l’homme.
20 Then the man gave names to all the kinds of livestock and birds and wild animals, but none of these creatures was a partner that was suitable for the man.
Et l’homme donna des noms à tous les animaux domestiques, aux oiseaux du ciel et à tous les animaux des champs; mais il ne trouva pas pour l’homme une aide semblable à lui.
21 So Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, Yahweh took out one of the man’s ribs. Then he immediately closed the opening in his body [and healed it].
Alors Yahweh Dieu fit tomber un profond sommeil sur l’homme, qui s’endormit, et il prit une de ses côtes et referma la chair à sa place.
22 Yahweh then made a woman from the rib that he had taken from the man’s body, and he brought her to the man.
De la côte qu’il avait prise de l’homme, Yahweh Dieu forma une femme, et il l’amena à l’homme.
23 The man exclaimed, “[Wow]! This is truly (someone like me/what I was looking for!) She is truly from my bones and from my flesh. So I will call her woman, because she was taken from me, a man.”
Et l’homme dit: « Celle-ci cette fois est os de mes os et chair de ma chair! Celle-ci sera appelée femme, parce qu’elle a été prise de l’homme. »
24 [The first woman was taken from the man’s body, ] so that is why when a man and a woman marry, they must leave their parents. The man will join very closely to his wife, so that the two of them will be as though they are one person.
C’est pourquoi l’homme quittera son père et sa mère, et s’attachera à sa femme, et ils deviendront une seule chair.
25 Although the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about that.
Ils étaient nus tous deux, l’homme et sa femme, sans en avoir honte.
