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!”
Et Jacob, voyant qu'il y avait du blé à vendre en Égypte, dit à ses fils: Pourquoi vous regardez-vous les uns les autres?
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!”
Et il dit: Voici, j'ai appris qu'il y a du blé à vendre en Égypte; descendez-y, et achetez-nous-y du blé, afin que nous vivions, et ne mourions point.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Alors dix frères de Joseph descendirent, pour acheter du blé 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.
Mais Jacob n'envoya point Benjamin, frère de Joseph, avec ses frères; car il dit: Prenons garde qu'il ne lui arrive 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.
Et les fils d'Israël vinrent pour acheter du blé, au milieu de ceux qui venaient aussi; car la famine était au 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, c'était Joseph qui commandait dans le pays, c'était lui qui vendait le blé à tout le peuple du pays. Les frères de Joseph vinrent donc et 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.”
Et Joseph vit ses frères, et les reconnut; mais il fit l'étranger avec eux, et leur parla rudement, et leur dit: D'où venez-vous? Et ils répondirent: Du pays de Canaan, pour acheter des vivres.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Joseph reconnut donc 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]!”
Et Joseph se souvint des songes qu'il avait eus à leur sujet. Et il leur dit: Vous êtes des espions; vous êtes venus pour observer les lieux faibles du pays.
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
Et ils lui répondirent: Non, mon seigneur, mais tes serviteurs sont venus pour acheter des vivres.
11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Nous sommes tous fils d'un même homme; nous sommes gens de bien; tes serviteurs ne sont point 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!”
Et il leur dit: Non! mais vous êtes venus pour observer les lieux faibles du pays.
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]”
Et ils répondirent: Nous, tes serviteurs, sommes douze frères, fils d'un même homme, au pays de Canaan. Et voici, le plus jeune est aujourd'hui avec notre père; et l'un n'est plus.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
Et Joseph leur dit: C'est ce que je vous ai dit: 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!
Voici comment vous serez éprouvés: Par la vie de Pharaon, vous ne sortirez point d'ici, que votre 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.”
Envoyez l'un de vous et qu'il amène votre frère; et vous, demeurez prisonniers; et que vos paroles soient éprouvées, pour voir si la vérité est avec vous. Autrement, par la vie de Pharaon, vous êtes des espions.
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Et il les fit mettre ensemble en prison pour 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.
Et, au troisième jour, Joseph leur dit: Faites ceci, et vous vivrez; je crains Dieu.
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 gens de bien, que l'un de vous, votre frère, reste lié dans votre prison, et vous, allez, emportez du blé, pour subvenir à la famine de vos maisons.
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.
Et amenez-moi votre jeune frère; et vos paroles seront reconnues véritables, et vous ne mourrez point. Et ils firent ainsi.
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 disaient l'un à l'autre: Vraiment, nous sommes coupables à l'égard de notre frère; car nous avons vu l'angoisse de son âme, quand il nous demandait grâce, et nous ne l'avons point écouté; voilà pourquoi cette angoisse nous est arrivée.
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]!”
Et Ruben leur répondit, en disant: Ne vous disais-je pas bien: Ne commettez point ce péché contre cet enfant? Mais vous n'écoutâtes point; et voici 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 comprenait, parce qu'il leur parlait par le moyen 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.
Et il se détourna d'eux pour pleurer. Puis il retourna vers eux, et leur parla; et il prit d'entre eux Siméon, et le fit lier devant leurs yeux.
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,
Et Joseph commanda qu'on remplît leurs sacs de froment, et qu'on remît l'argent de chacun d'eux dans son sac, et qu'on leur donnât des provisions pour le chemin.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Ce qui fut fait. Puis ils chargèrent leur blé sur leurs ânes, et s'en allèrent.
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.
Et l'un d'eux ouvrit son sac pour donner du fourrage à son âne dans l'hôtellerie; et il vit son argent; et voici, il 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 m'a été rendu; et en effet, le voici dans mon sac. Et le cœur leur manqua, et ils se dirent en tremblant l'un à l'autre: Qu'est-ce que Dieu nous a fait?
29 When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
Et ils vinrent vers Jacob, leur père, au pays de Canaan, et lui racontèrent toutes les choses qui leur étaient arrivées, en disant:
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.
L'homme qui est le seigneur du pays, nous a parlé rudement, et nous a pris pour des espions.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
Mais nous lui avons répondu: Nous sommes des gens de bien, nous ne sommes point 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 de notre père; l'un n'est plus, et le plus jeune est aujourd'hui 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.
Et l'homme qui est le seigneur du pays, nous a dit: A ceci je connaîtrai que vous êtes des gens de bien: Laissez avec moi l'un de vos frères, prenez ce qu'il faut pour la famine de vos maisons, 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.’”
Et amenez-moi votre jeune frère. Alors je connaîtrai que vous n'êtes point des espions, mais des gens de bien; je vous rendrai votre frère, et vous trafiquerez 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.
Et comme ils vidaient leurs sacs, voici, le paquet d'argent de chacun était dans son sac; et ils virent, eux et leur père, leurs paquets d'argent, et ils eurent peur.
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!”
Alors Jacob, leur père, leur dit: Vous m'avez privé d'enfants: Joseph n'est plus, et Siméon n'est plus, et vous emmèneriez Benjamin! C'est sur moi que toutes ces choses sont tombées!
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.”
Et Ruben parla à son père, et lui dit: Tu feras mourir mes deux fils, si je ne te le ramène; confie-le-moi et je te le rendrai.
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)
Et il répondit: Mon fils ne descendra point avec vous; car son frère est mort, et celui-ci est resté seul. Et s'il lui arrivait malheur dans le chemin par où vous irez, vous feriez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec douleur au Sépulcre. (Sheol h7585)
