Genesis 42
1 When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “(Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!) [RHQ] We need some grain!”
Jacob, voyant qu’il y avait vente de blé en Égypte, dit à ses fils: "Pourquoi vous entre regarder?"
2 He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!”
II ajouta "J’Ai ouï dire qu’il y avait vente de blé en Égypte. Allez-y, achetez-y du blé pour nous et nous resterons en vie au lieu de mourir."
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Les frères de Joseph partirent à dix, pour acheter du grain en Égypte.
4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s [younger] brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph.
Quant à Benjamin, frère de Joseph, Jacob ne le laissa pas aller avec ses frères, parce qu’il se disait: "II pourrait lui arriver malheur."
5 So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also.
Les fils d’Israël vinrent s’approvisionner avec ceux qui allaient en "gypte, la disette régnant dans le pays de Canaan.
6 At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries [HYP] to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, [they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and] prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Or, Joseph était le gouverneur de la contrée; c’était lui qui faisait distribuer le blé à tout le peuple du pays. Les frères de Joseph à leur arrivée, se prosternèrent devant lui la face contre terre.
7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.”
En voyant ses frères, Joseph les reconnut; mais il dissimula vis à vis d’eux, et, leur parlant rudement, leur dit: "D’Où venez vous?" Ils répondirent: "Du pays de Canaan, pour acheter des vivres.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Joseph reconnut bien ses frères, mais eux ne le reconnurent point.
9 And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. [But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother]. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves [if you attack us]!”
Joseph se souvint alors des songes qu’il avait eus à leur sujet. II leur dit: "Vous êtes des espions! C’Est pour découvrir le côté faible du pays que vous êtes venus!"
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
Ils lui répondirent: "Non, seigneur, mais tes serviteurs sont venus pour acheter des vivres.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Tous fils d’un même père, nous sommes d’honnêtes gens; tes serviteurs ne furent jamais des espions."
12 He said to them, “[I do not believe you]. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”
II leur dit: "Point du tout! Vous êtes venus reconnaître les côtés faibles du territoire."
13 But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One [younger] brother has died. [EUP]”
Ils répondirent: "Nous, tes serviteurs, sommes douze frères, nés d’un même père, habitants du pays de Canaan; le plus jeune est auprès de notre père en ce moment et l’autre n’est plus."
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
Joseph leur dit: "Ce que je vous ai déclaré subsiste: vous êtes des espions.
15 But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!
C’Est par là que vous serez jugés: sur la vie de Pharaon, vous ne sortirez pas d’ici que votre plus jeune frère n’y soit venu.
16 Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.”
Dépêchez l’un de vous pour qu’il aille quérir votre frère et vous, restez prisonniers: on appréciera alors la sincérité de vos paroles. Autrement, par Pharaon! vous êtes des espions."
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Et il les garda en prison durant trois jours.
18 On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God [will punish me if I do not do what I promise]. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.
Le troisième jour, Joseph leur dit: "Faites ceci et vous vivrez; je crains le Seigneur.
19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine.
Si vous êtes de bonne foi, qu’un seul d’entre vous soit détenu dans votre prison, tandis que vous irez apporter à vos familles de quoi calmer leur faim.
20 But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that.
Puis amenez moi votre jeune frère et vos paroles seront justifiées et vous ne mourrez point." Ils acquiescèrent.
21 They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our [younger] brother that (we are being punished/God is punishing us)! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”
Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: "En vérité nous sommes punis à cause de notre frère; nous avons vu son désespoir lorsqu’il nous criait de grâce et nous sommes demeurés sourds. Voilà pourquoi ce malheur nous est arrivé."
22 Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy [RHQ], but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being (paid back/punished) for killing him [MTY]!”
Ruben leur répondit en ces termes: "Est ce que je ne vous disais pas alors: Ne vous rendez point coupables envers cet enfant! Et vous ne m’écoutâtes point. Eh bien! Voilà que son sang nous est redemandé."
23 While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through (an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language), but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.
Or ils ne savaient pas que Joseph les comprenaient, car il s’était servi d’un interprète.
24 [Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong]. He could not keep from crying, [and he did not want them to see him crying], so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go.
Il s’éloigna d’eux et pleura; puis il revint à eux, leur parla et sépara d’eux Siméon, qu’il fit incarcérer en leur présence.
25 Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers,
Joseph ordonna qu’on remplit leur bagages de blé; puis qu’on remit l’argent de chacun dans son sac et qu’on leur laissa des provisions de voyage, ce qui fut exécuté.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Ils chargèrent leur blé sur leurs ânes et partirent.
27 At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack.
L’Un d’eux, ayant ouvert son sac pour donner du fourrage à son âne, dansune hôtellerie, trouva son argent qui était à l’entrée de son sac.
28 He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?”
Et il dit à ses frères: "Mon argent a été remis; et de fait, le voici dans mon sac." Le cœur leur manqua et ils s’entreregardèrent effrayés en disant: "Qu’est ce donc que le Seigneur nous prépare!"
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
Arrivés chez Jacob leur père, au pays de Canaan, ils lui contèrent toute leur aventure en ces termes:
30 “The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country.
"Ce personnage, le maître du pays, nous a parlé durement; il nous a traités comme venant explorer le pays.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
Nous lui avons dit: "Nous sommes des gens de bien, nous ne fûmes jamais des espions.
32 Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died [EUP], and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’
Nous sommes douze frères, fils du même père: l’un est perdu et le plus jeune est actuellement avec notre père au pays de Canaan.
33 The man who is the governor of the land [did not believe us], so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go.
Le personnage, maître du pays, nous a répondu: ‘Voici à quoi je reconnaîtrai que vous êtes sincères: laissez l’un de vous auprès de moi, prenez ce que réclame le besoin de vos familles et partez;
34 But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’”
puis, amenez-moi votre jeune frère et je saurai que vous n’êtes pas des espions, que vous êtes d’honnêtes gens; je vous rendrai votre frère et vous pourrez circuler dans le pays.’
35 As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened.
Or, comme ils vidaient leurs sacs, voici que chacun retrouva son argent serré dans son sac; à la vue de cet argent ainsi enveloppé, eux et leur père frémirent.
36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!”
Jacob, leur père, leur dit: "Vous m’arrachez mes enfants! Joseph a disparu, Siméon a disparu et vous voulez m’ôter Benjamin! C’Est sur moi que tout cela tombe."
37 Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. [I will take him to Egypt and] bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.”
Ruben dit à son père: "Fais mourir mes deux fils, si je ne te le ramène! Confie le à mes mains et je le ramènerai près de toi."
38 But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His [older] brother is dead, and he is the only [one of my wife Rachel’s] sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” (Sheol h7585)
Il répondit: "Mon fils n’ira point avec vous; car son frère n’est plus et lui seul reste encore. Qu’un malheur lui arrive sur la route où vous irez et vous ferez descendre, sous le poids de la douleur, mes cheveux blancs dans latombe." (Sheol h7585)
