Genesis 31
1 Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”
Jacob entendit les paroles des fils de Laban, qui disaient: « Jacob a emporté tout ce qui appartenait à notre père. Il a obtenu toutes ces richesses avec ce qui appartenait à notre père. »
2 And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.
Jacob vit l'expression du visage de Laban, et voici, elle n'était pas tournée vers lui comme auparavant.
3 Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”
Yahvé dit à Jacob: « Retourne dans le pays de tes pères et dans ta famille, et je serai avec toi. »
4 So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.
Jacob envoya appeler Rachel et Léa aux champs, vers son troupeau,
5 When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.
et leur dit: Je vois l'expression du visage de votre père, qui n'est pas envers moi comme auparavant; mais le Dieu de mon père a été avec moi.
6 You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,
Vous savez que j'ai servi votre père de toute ma force.
7 but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.
Ton père m'a trompé et a changé dix fois mon salaire, mais Dieu n'a pas permis qu'il me fasse du mal.
8 When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.
S'il a dit: « Les tachetés seront ton salaire », tout le troupeau a porté des tachetés. S'il a dit: « Les rayés seront ton salaire », tout le troupeau a porté des rayés.
9 In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.
C'est ainsi que Dieu a pris le bétail de ton père et me l'a donné.
10 “One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.
Pendant la saison des amours, j'ai levé les yeux et j'ai regardé en songe: voici que les boucs qui sautaient sur le troupeau étaient rayés, tachetés et hérissés.
11 An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’
L'ange de Dieu me dit en songe: « Jacob », et je répondis: « Me voici ».
12 He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
Il dit: Lève les yeux, et voici, tous les boucs qui sautent sur le troupeau sont rayés, tachetés et marquetés; car j'ai vu tout ce que Laban te fait.
13 I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”
Je suis le Dieu de Béthel, où tu as oint une colonne, où tu m'as fait un vœu. Maintenant, lève-toi, sors de ce pays, et retourne dans le pays de ta naissance. »
14 Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].
Rachel et Léa lui répondirent: « Y a-t-il encore pour nous une part ou un héritage dans la maison de notre père?
15 He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!
Ne sommes-nous pas considérées par lui comme des étrangères? Car il nous a vendues, et il a aussi épuisé notre argent.
16 Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”
Car toutes les richesses que Dieu a enlevées à notre père sont à nous et à nos enfants. Maintenant donc, tout ce que Dieu vous a dit, faites-le. »
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.
Alors Jacob se leva, fit monter ses fils et ses femmes sur les chameaux,
18 He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.
et il emmena tout son bétail et tous les biens qu'il avait rassemblés, y compris le bétail qu'il avait acquis à Paddan Aram, pour aller vers Isaac, son père, au pays de Canaan.
19 Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].
Or Laban était allé tondre ses brebis; et Rachel vola les théraphim qui appartenaient à son père.
20 Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.
Jacob trompa Laban, l'Araméen, en ne lui disant pas qu'il s'enfuyait.
21 So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.
Il s'enfuit donc avec tout ce qu'il avait. Il se leva, passa le fleuve et se dirigea vers la montagne de Galaad.
22 On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.
Le troisième jour, Laban fut informé que Jacob s'était enfui.
23 So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.
Il prit avec lui ses proches, et le poursuivit pendant sept jours de marche. Il l'atteignit dans la montagne de Galaad.
24 Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”
Dieu apparut à Laban, l'Araméen, dans un songe nocturne, et lui dit: « Prends garde de ne pas parler à Jacob, ni en bien ni en mal. »
25 The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.
Laban rattrapa Jacob. Jacob avait dressé sa tente dans la montagne, et Laban et sa famille campaient dans la montagne de Galaad.
26 Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!
Laban dit à Jacob: « Qu'as-tu fait pour me tromper, et pour emmener mes filles comme des captives de l'épée?
27 Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?
Pourquoi t'es-tu enfui en cachette, et m'as-tu trompé, et ne m'as-tu rien dit, afin que je te renvoie avec de la joie et des chants, avec du tambourin et de la harpe;
28 (You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!
et ne m'as-tu pas permis d'embrasser mes fils et mes filles? Maintenant, vous avez fait une folie.
29 My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’
Il est au pouvoir de ma main de te faire du mal, mais le Dieu de ton père m'a parlé cette nuit, en disant: « Prends garde de ne pas parler à Jacob en bien ou en mal ».
30 Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”
Maintenant, tu veux partir, parce que tu as eu un grand désir de la maison de ton père, mais pourquoi as-tu volé mes dieux? »
31 Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.
Jacob répondit à Laban: « Parce que j'ai eu peur, car j'ai dit: « De peur que tu ne m'enlèves tes filles par la force ».
32 But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.
Toute personne avec laquelle tu trouveras tes dieux ne vivra pas. Devant nos parents, discerne ce qui t'appartient chez moi, et prends-le. » Car Jacob ne savait pas que Rachel les avait volées.
33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.
Laban entra dans la tente de Jacob, dans la tente de Léa, et dans la tente des deux servantes; mais il ne les trouva pas. Il sortit de la tente de Léa, et entra dans la tente de Rachel.
34 But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.
Rachel avait pris les théraphim, les avait mis sur la selle du chameau et s'était assise dessus. Laban tâta toute la tente, mais ne les trouva pas.
35 Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.
Elle dit à son père: « Que mon seigneur ne soit pas fâché que je ne puisse pas me lever devant toi, car j'ai mes règles. » Il chercha, mais ne trouva pas les théraphim.
36 Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?
Jacob se mit en colère et discuta avec Laban. Jacob répondit à Laban: « Quelle est ma faute? Quel est mon péché, pour que tu me poursuives avec ardeur?
37 Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!
Maintenant que tu as fouillé dans toutes mes affaires, qu'as-tu trouvé de toutes tes affaires de famille? Mets-le ici devant ma famille et devant ta famille, afin qu'elles jugent entre nous deux.
38 I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.
« Voilà vingt ans que je suis avec vous. Tes brebis et tes chèvres n'ont pas mis bas, et je n'ai pas mangé les béliers de tes troupeaux.
39 When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.
Ce qui a été déchiré des animaux, je ne te l'ai pas apporté. J'en ai supporté la perte. C'est de ma main que vous l'avez exigé, qu'il ait été volé de jour ou de nuit.
40 I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!
Telle était ma situation: la sécheresse me consumait le jour, et la gelée la nuit; le sommeil fuyait de mes yeux.
41 I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].
Voilà vingt ans que je suis dans ta maison. Je t'ai servi quatorze ans pour tes deux filles, et six ans pour ton troupeau, et tu as changé dix fois mon salaire.
42 If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”
Si le Dieu de mon père, le Dieu d'Abraham et d'Isaac, n'avait pas été avec moi, tu m'aurais renvoyé à vide. Dieu a vu mon malheur et le travail de mes mains, et il t'a repris cette nuit. »
43 Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?
Laban répondit à Jacob: « Les filles sont mes filles, les enfants sont mes enfants, les troupeaux sont mes troupeaux, et tout ce que tu vois est à moi! Que puis-je faire aujourd'hui à ces filles, ou aux enfants qu'elles ont enfantés?
44 I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”
Maintenant, viens, faisons une alliance, toi et moi. Que cela serve de témoignage entre moi et toi. »
45 So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.
Jacob prit une pierre, et la dressa pour faire un pilier.
46 Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.
Jacob dit à ses proches: « Ramassez des pierres. » Ils prirent des pierres, et firent un tas. Ils mangèrent là, près du tas.
47 Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].
Laban l'appela Jegar Sahadutha, mais Jacob l'appela Galeed.
48 Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.
Laban dit: « Ce tas est un témoignage entre moi et toi aujourd'hui. » C'est pourquoi on l'appela Galéed
49 They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].
et Mitspa, car il dit: « L'Éternel veille entre moi et toi, quand nous sommes absents l'un de l'autre.
50 If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”
Si tu affliges mes filles, ou si tu prends des femmes en plus de mes filles, aucun homme n'est avec nous; voici, Dieu est témoin entre moi et toi. »
51 Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.
Laban dit à Jacob: « Vois ce monceau et vois le pilier que j'ai mis entre moi et toi.
52 Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.
Que ce monceau soit témoin, et que la colonne soit témoin, que je ne passerai pas ce monceau devant toi, et que tu ne passeras pas ce monceau et cette colonne devant moi, pour faire du mal.
53 We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.
Le Dieu d'Abraham et le Dieu de Nachor, le Dieu de leur père, juge entre nous. » Alors Jacob jura par la crainte de son père, Isaac.
54 He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.
Jacob offrit un sacrifice sur la montagne, et il appela ses proches à manger du pain. Ils mangèrent du pain et passèrent la nuit dans la montagne.
55 The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.
De bon matin, Laban se leva, embrassa ses fils et ses filles, et les bénit. Laban s'en alla et retourna à sa place.
