Genesis 20
1 Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
Abraham partit de là pour le pays du Midi, et il demeura entre Kadès et Shur, et il séjourna à Guérar.
2 While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.
Et Abraham dit de Sara sa femme: C'est ma sœur. Et Abimélec, roi de Guérar, envoya enlever Sara.
3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
Mais Dieu vint vers Abimélec, en songe, pendant la nuit, et lui dit: Voici, tu es mort, à cause de la femme que tu as prise; car elle a un mari.
4 But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?
Or, Abimélec ne s'était point approché d'elle. Et il répondit: Seigneur, feras-tu périr même une nation juste?
5 He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
Ne m'a-t-il pas dit: C'est ma sœur? Et elle, elle aussi, n'a-t-elle pas dit: C'est mon frère? C'est dans l'intégrité de mon cœur, et dans l'innocence de mes mains que j'ai fait cela.
6 God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.
Et Dieu lui dit en songe: Moi aussi je sais que tu l'as fait dans l'intégrité de ton cœur; aussi t'ai-je empêché de pécher contre moi; c'est pour cela que je n'ai point permis que tu la touchasses.
7 Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”
Mais maintenant rends la femme de cet homme, car il est prophète; et il priera pour toi, et tu vivras. Mais si tu ne la rends pas, sache que tu mourras certainement, toi et tout ce qui est à toi.
8 Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].
Et Abimélec se leva de bon matin, et appela tous ses serviteurs, et leur fit entendre toutes ces paroles; et ces gens furent saisis de crainte.
9 Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”
Puis Abimélec appela Abraham et lui dit: Que nous as-tu fait? Et en quoi t'ai-je offensé, que tu aies fait venir sur moi et sur mon royaume un si grand péché? Tu as fait à mon égard des choses qui ne se font pas.
10 Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
Puis Abimélec dit à Abraham: Qu'avais-tu en vue, pour en agir ainsi?
11 Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’
Et Abraham répondit: C'est que je me suis dit: Il n'y a sûrement aucune crainte de Dieu dans ce lieu, et ils me tueront à cause de ma femme.
12 Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.
Mais aussi, en vérité, elle est ma sœur, fille de mon père; seulement, elle n'est point fille de ma mère; et elle est devenue ma femme.
13 Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”
Or, lorsque Dieu me fit errer loin de la maison de mon père, je lui dis: Voici la faveur que tu me feras: Dans tous les lieux où nous irons, dis de moi: C'est mon frère.
14 So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
Alors Abimélec prit des brebis et des bœufs, des serviteurs et des servantes, et les donna à Abraham, et il lui rendit Sara sa femme.
15 And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
Et Abimélec dit: Voici, mon pays est à ta disposition; habite où il te plaira.
16 And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
Et il dit à Sara: Voici, j'ai donné à ton frère mille pièces d'argent; voici, ce sera pour toi un voile sur les yeux, devant tous ceux qui sont avec toi; et auprès de tous tu seras justifiée.
17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
Et Abraham pria Dieu; et Dieu guérit Abimélec, sa femme et ses servantes, et elles enfantèrent.
18 This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.
Car l'Éternel avait entièrement rendu stérile toute la maison d'Abimélec, à cause de Sara, femme d'Abraham.
