Genesis 22
1 Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
Après cela, Dieu mit Abraham à l’épreuve et lui dit: « Abraham! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
2 God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
Et Dieu dit: « Prends ton fils, ton unique, celui que tu aimes, Isaac, et va-t’en au pays de Moria, et là offre-le en holocauste sur l’une des montagnes que je t’indiquerai. »
3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
Abraham se leva de bon matin et, ayant sellé son âne, il prit avec lui deux de ses serviteurs et son fils Isaac; il fendit le bois de l’holocauste et partit pour aller au lieu que Dieu lui avait dit.
4 On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
Le troisième jour, Abraham, levant les yeux, aperçut le lieu de loin;
5 Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
et Abraham dit à ses serviteurs: « Restez ici avec l’âne; moi et l’enfant, nous voulons aller jusque-là et adorer, puis nous reviendrons vers vous. »
6 Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
Et Abraham prit le bois de l’holocauste, et le mit sur Isaac, son fils, lui-même portait dans sa main le feu et le couteau, et ils s’en allèrent tous deux ensemble.
7 Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
Isaac parla à Abraham, son père, et dit: « Mon père! » Il répondit: « Me voici, mon fils. » Et Isaac dit: « Voici le feu et le bois; mais où est l’agneau pour l’holocauste? »
8 Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
Abraham répondit: « Dieu verra à trouver l’agneau pour l’holocauste, mon fils. » Et ils allaient tous deux ensemble.
9 They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Lorsqu’ils furent arrivés au lieu que Dieu lui avait désigné, Abraham y éleva l’autel et arrangea le bois; puis il lia Isaac, son fils, et le mit sur l’autel, au-dessus du bois.
10 Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
Et Abraham étendit la main et prit le couteau pour égorger son fils.
11 But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
Alors l’ange de Yahweh lui cria du ciel et dit: « Abraham! Abraham! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
12 The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
Et l’ange dit: « Ne porte pas la main sur l’enfant et ne lui fais rien; car je sais maintenant que tu crains Dieu et que tu ne m’as pas refusé ton fils, ton unique. »
13 Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
Abraham, ayant levé les yeux, vit derrière lui un bélier pris dans un buisson par les cornes; et Abraham alla prendre le bélier et l’offrit en holocauste à la place de son fils.
14 Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
Et Abraham nomma ce lieu: « Yahweh-Yiréh », d’où l’on dit aujourd’hui: « Sur la montagne de Yahweh, il sera vu. »
15 The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
L’ange de Yahweh appela du ciel Abraham une seconde fois, en disant:
16 He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
« Je l’ai juré par moi-même, dit Yahweh: parce que tu as fait cela, et que tu ne m’as pas refusé ton fils, ton unique,
17 that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
je te bénirai; je multiplierai ta postérité comme les étoiles du ciel et comme le sable qui est au bord de la mer, et ta postérité possédera la porte de ses ennemis.
18 You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
En ta postérité seront bénies toutes les nations de la terre, parce que tu as obéi à ma voix. »
19 Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
Abraham retourna vers ses serviteurs et, s’étant levés, ils s’en allèrent ensemble à Bersabée. Et Abraham habita à Bersabée.
20 After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
Après ces événements, on apporta à Abraham cette nouvelle: « Voici, Melcha a aussi enfanté des fils à Nachor, ton frère:
21 The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
Hus, son premier-né, Buz, son frère, Camuel, père d’Aram,
22 After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
Cased, Azau, Pheldas, Jedlaph et Bathuel. »
23 who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
Bathuel fut père de Rébecca. Ce sont là les huit fils que Melcha enfanta à Nachor, frère d’Abraham.
24 Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Sa concubine, nommée Roma, eut aussi des enfants: Tabée, Gaham, Taas et Maacha.
