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 que ces choses se furent passées, Dieu éprouva Abraham, et lui dit: Abraham, Abraham. Et lui 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.”
Dieu lui dit: Prends ton fils unique, que tu chéris, Isaac, et va dans la terre de vision, et là tu l’offriras en holocauste sur une des montagnes que je te montrerai.
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 s’étant donc levé de nuit, prépara son âne, amenant avec lui deux jeunes hommes et Isaac son fils; et lorsqu’il eut coupé du bois pour un holocauste, il s’en alla vers le lieu que Dieu lui avait prescrit.
4 On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
Mais le troisième jour, les yeux levés, il vit 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 il dit à ses serviteurs: Attendez ici avec l’âne, moi et mon fils nous hâtant d’aller jusque-là, après que nous aurons adoré, nous reviendrons à 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.
Il prit aussi le bois de l’holocauste, et le mit sur son fils Isaac, mais lui-même portait en ses mains le feu et le glaive. Comme ils s’avançaient 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 dit à son père: Mon père. Et celui-ci répondit: Que veux-tu, mon fils? Voici, dit-il, le feu et le bois; où est la victime de 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.
Et Abraham répondit: Dieu, mon fils, se pourvoira lui-même de la victime de l’holocauste. Ils s’avançaient donc 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.
Et ils arrivèrent au lieu que Dieu lui avait indiqué. Abraham y bâtit un autel, et déposa le bois dessus; et, lorsqu’il eut lié Isaac son fils, il le mit sur l’autel, au-dessus du tas de bois.
10 Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
Alors il étendit la main, et il saisit le glaive pour immoler son fils.
11 But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
Et voilà que l’ange du Seigneur cria du ciel, disant: Abraham, Abraham. Lequel 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: N’étends pas ta main sur l’enfant, et ne lui fais rien; je sais maintenant que tu crains Dieu, puisque tu n’as pas épargné ton fils unique à cause de moi.
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 leva les yeux et vit derrière lui un bélier embarrassé par les cornes dans un buisson; le prenant, il 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 il appela ce lieu du nom de: Le Seigneur voit. D’où l’on dit encore aujourd’hui: Sur la montagne le Seigneur verra.
15 The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
Mais l’ange du Seigneur appela Abraham une seconde fois du ciel, 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,
Par moi-même j’ai juré, dit le Seigneur: parce que tu as fait cela, et que tu n’as pas épargné ton fils unique à cause de moi,
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, et je multiplierai ta postérité comme les étoiles du ciel, et comme le sable qui est sur le rivage de la mer; ta postérité possédera les portes 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.”
Et seront bénies en ta postérité 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.
Et Abraham retourna vers ses serviteurs, et ils s’en allèrent ensemble à Bersabée, et il y habita.
20 After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
Ces choses s’étant ainsi passées, on annonça à Abraham que Melcha aussi avait enfanté des fils à Nachor son frère:
21 The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
Hus, le premier-né, Buz, son frère, et Camuel, père des Syriens,
22 After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
Cazed, Azau et aussi Pheldas et Jedlaph,
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.
Et Bathuel, dont naquit 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 femme du second rang, du nom de Roma, enfanta Tabée, Gaham, Tahas et Maacha.
