Genesis 27
1 When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
II arriva, comme Isaac était devenu vieux, que sa vue s’obscurcit. Un jour, il appela Ésaü, son fils aîné et lui dit: "Mon fils!" II répondit: "Me voici."
2 and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
Isaac reprit "Vois, je suis devenu vieux, je ne connais point l’heure de ma mort.
3 Isaac said, “Listen to me. I am very old, and I do not know when I will die. So now take your bow and quiver full of arrows and go out into the countryside, and hunt for a wild animal for me.
Et maintenant, je te prie, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc; va aux champs et prends du gibier pour moi.
4 Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die.”
Fais m’en un ragoût comme je l’aime, sers-le moi et que j’en mange afin que mon cœur te bénisse avant ma mort.
5 Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go to the countryside to hunt for a wild animal in order to kill it and bring it back,
Or Rébecca entendit ce qu’Isaac disait à Ésaü son fils. Ésaü alla aux champs pour chasser du gibier et le rapporter.
6 Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
Cependant Rébecca dit à Jacob, son fils: "Ecoute; j’ai entendu ton père parler ainsi à Ésaü, ton frère:
7 ‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’
‘Apporte-moi du gibier et apprête moi un ragoût que je mangerai et je te bénirai devant le Seigneur avant de mourir.’
8 So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
Et maintenant, mon fils, sois docile à ma voix, sur ce que je vais t’ordonner:
9 Go out to the flock and [kill] two nice young goats and bring [the meat] to me. Then I will prepare some tasty food for your father, the way he likes it.
va au menu bétail et prends moi deux beaux chevreaux et j’en ferai pour ton père un ragoût tel qu’il l’aime.
10 Then you can take it to your father, in order that he can eat it, and then, before he dies, he will give his blessing to you, [and not to your older brother].”
Tu le présenteras à ton père et il mangera; de sorte qu’il te bénira avant de mourir."
11 But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth!
Jacob dit à Rébecca sa mère: "Mais Ésaü, mon frère, est un homme velu et moi je ne le suis pas.
12 What will happen if my father touches me? He will realize that I am tricking him, and as a result (I will be cursed/he will say that God will do bad things to) me, not a blessing!”
Si par hasard mon père me tâte, je serai à ses yeux comme un trompeur, et, au lieu de bénédiction, c’est une malédiction que j’aurai attirée sur moi!"
13 His mother replied, “If that happens, let the curse be on me. You do what I am telling you. Go and get the goats for me!”
Sa mère lui répondit: "Je prends sur moi ta malédiction, mon fils. Obéis seulement à ma voix et va me chercher ce que j’ai dit."
14 So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then [with the meat] his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked.
Il alla le chercher et l’apporta à sa mère. Celle ci en fit un mets selon le goût de son père.
15 Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s clothes that were with her in the tent, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
Puis Rébecca prit les plus beaux vêtements d’Ésaü, son fils aîné, lesquels étaient sous sa main dans la maison et elle en revêtit Jacob, son plus jeune fils;
16 She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
de la peau des chevreaux, elle enveloppa ses mains et la surface lisse de son cou,
17 Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
et posa le mets avec le pain, qu’elle avait apprêtés, dans la main de Jacob, son fils.
18 Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?”
Celui-ci entra chez son père, disant: "Mon père!" II répondit: "Me voici; qui es tu, mon fils?"
19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I did what you told me to do. Sit up and eat some of the meat so that you can then bless me.”
Jacob dit à son père: "Je suis Ésaü, ton premier né; j’ai fait ainsi que tu m’as dit. Viens donc, assieds toi et mange de ma chasse afin que ton cœur me bénisse."
20 But Isaac asked his son, “My son, how is it that you were able to find and kill an animal so quickly?” Jacob replied, “Because Yahweh, whom you worship, enabled me to be successful.”
Isaac dit à son fils: "Qu’est ceci? tu as été prompt à faire capture mon fils!" Il répondit: "C’Est que l’Éternel ton Dieu m’a donné bonne chance."
21 Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near to me, my son, so that I can touch you and determine whether you are really my son Esau.”
Isaac dit à Jacob "Approche que je te tâte, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es mon fils Ésaü ou non."
22 So Jacob went close to him. Isaac. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy, like the hands of your older brother, Esau.”
Jacob s’approcha d’Isaac, son père, qui le tâta et dit: "Cette voix, c’est la voix de Jacob; mais ces mains sont les mains d’Ésaü."
23 Isaac did not recognize Jacob, [because he was blind] and because Jacob’s hands were now hairy, like those of his older brother, Esau. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
II ne le reconnut point, parce que ses mains étaient velues comme celles d’Ésaü son frère. Et il le bénit.
24 But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
Il dit encore: "Tu es bien mon fils Ésaü?" II répondit: "Je le suis."
25 Isaac said, “My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing.” So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it.
II reprit: "Donne, que je mange de la chasse de mon fils afin que mon cœur te bénisse!" II le servit et il mangea; lui présenta du vin et il but.
26 Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
Isaac son père lui dit: "Approche, je te prie et embrasse moi, mon fils."
27 So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, “Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.
II s’approcha et l’embrassa. Isaac aspira l’odeur de ses vêtements; il le bénit et dit: "Voyez! le parfum de mon fils est comme le parfum d’une terre favorisée du Seigneur!
28 I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven [to water your fields], and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine.
Puisse-t-il t’enrichir, le Seigneur, de la rosée des cieux et des sucs de la terre, d’une abondance de moissons et de vendanges!
29 I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who (curse you/ask God to do bad things to you), and bless those who bless you.”
Que des peuples t’obéissent! Que des nations tombent à tes pieds! Sois le chef de tes frères et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Malédiction à qui te maudira et qui te bénira soit béni!"
30 After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
Or, comme Isaac avait achevé de bénir Jacob, il arriva que Jacob sortait précisément de devant Isaac son père, lorsque son frère Ésaü revint de la chasse.
31 Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!”
II apprêta, lui aussi, un ragoût et le présenta à son père en lui disant: "Que mon père se dispose à manger de la chasse de son fils, afin que ton cœur me bénisse.
32 His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
lsaac, son père, lui demanda: "Qui es-tu?" II répondit: "Je suis ton fils, ton premier-né, Ésaü."
33 Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, “Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot (take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him).”
Isaac fut saisi d’une frayeur extrême et il dit: "Quel est donc cet autre, qui avait pris du gibier et me l’avait apporté? J’Ai mangé de tout avant ton arrivée et je l’ai béni. Eh bien! Il restera béni!"
34 When Esau heard those words of his father, he cried loudly. He was very disappointed. He said to his father, “My father, bless me, too!”
Ésaü, entendant les paroles de son père, poussa des cris bruyants et douloureux et il dit à son père "Moi aussi bénis-moi, mon père!"
35 But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
II répondit: "Ton frère a usé de ruse et il a enlevé ta bénédiction."
36 Esau said, “It is right [RHQ] that his name is Jacob, which means ‘cheat,’ because he deceived me two times. The first time he took my rights from being his firstborn son, and this time he took my blessing!” Then he asked, “Do you not have any blessing left for me?”
Ésaü dit alors: "Est ce parce qu’on l’a nommé Jacob qu’il m’a supplanté deux fois déjà? II m’a enlevé mon droit d’aînesse et voici que maintenant il m’enlève ma bénédiction!" Et il ajouta: "N’As tu pas réservé une bénédiction pour moi?"
37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, (what can I do for you?/There is nothing more that I can do for you!)” [RHQ]
Isaac répondit en ces termes à Ésaü: "Certes! je l’ai institué ton supérieur, j’ai fait de tous ses frères ses serviteurs, je lai gratifié de la moisson et de la vendange: pour toi, dès lors, que puis je faire, mon fils?"
38 Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
Ésaü dit à son père: "Ne possèdes tu qu’une seule bénédiction, mon père? Mon père, bénis moi aussi!" Et Esaü éclata en pleurs.
39 His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven [to water the fields].
Pour réponse, Isaac son père lui dit: "Eh bien! une grasse contrée sera ton domaine et les cieux t’enverront leur rosée.
40 You will [rob and] kill people [MTY] in order to [get what you need to] live, and you will be as though you are your brother’s slave. But when you decide to rebel against him, you will (free yourself from/no longer be under) his control.”
Mais tu ne vivras qu’à la pointe de ton épée; tu seras tributaire de ton frère. Pourtant, après avoir plié sous le joug, ton cou s’en affranchira."
41 So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”
Ésaü prit Jacob en haine à cause de la bénédiction que son père lui avait donnée. Et Ésaü se dit en lui même: "Le temps du deuil de mon père approche; je ferai périr Jacob mon frère."
42 But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, “Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is [comforting himself by] planning to kill you, to get revenge because of your deceiving your father.
Et Rébecca fut informée des desseins d’Ésaü son fils aîné. Elle fit appeler Jacob, son plus jeune fils et lui dit "Écoute, Ésaü ton frère veut se venger de toi en te faisant mourir.
43 So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran [town].
Et maintenant, mon fils, obéis à ma voix: pars, va te réfugier auprès de Laban, mon frère, à Haràn.
44 Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
Tu resteras chez lui quelque temps, jusqu’à ce que s’apaise la fureur de ton frère.
45 When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you, to tell you to return from there. If Esau kills you, [others will kill him, and] then both my sons would die at the same time!” [RHQ]
Lorsque l’animosité de ton frère ne te menacera plus et qu’il aura oublié ce que tu lui as fait, je t’enverrai ramener de là bas: pourquoi m’exposer à vous perdre tous deux à la fois?"
46 Rebekah also said to Isaac, “These [foreign] women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. I would prefer to die than to see Jacob marry a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area!”
Rébecca dit à Isaac: "La vie m’est à charge, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob choisit une épouse parmi les filles de Heth, telle que celles-ci, parmi les filles de cette contrée, que m’importe la vie?"
