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!”
Or Jacob apprenant que l’on vendait des vivres en Égypte, dit à ses fils: Pourquoi êtes-vous si négligents?
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!”
J’ai appris qu’on vend du blé en Égypte; descendez-y, et achetez ce qui nous est nécessaire, afin que nous puissions vivre, et que nous ne soyons pas consumés par la disette.
3 So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
Ainsi, descendant pour acheter du blé en Égypte, les dix frères de Joseph
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.
(Benjamin ayant été retenu dans la maison par Jacob qui avait dit à ses frères: C’est de peur qu’en chemin il n’éprouve quelque accident)
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.
Entrèrent dans la terre d’Égypte avec d’autres qui allaient pour en acheter; car la famine était dans la terre de Chanaan.
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 gouverneur dans la terre d’Égypte, et c’est selon sa volonté que le blé se vendait aux peuples. Lors donc que ses frères se furent prosternés devant lui
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 qu’il les eut reconnus, il leur parlait durement, comme à des étrangers, leur demandant: D’où êtes-vous venus? Ils répondirent: De la terre de Chanaan, afin d’acheter ce qui est nécessaire à la vie.
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Mais cependant reconnaissant ses frères, il ne fut pas reconnu d’eux.
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 se souvenant des songes qu’autrefois il avait vus, il leur dit: Vous êtes des espions; c’est pour voir les endroits les plus faibles du pays, que vous êtes venus.
10 One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
Ils répondirent: Il n’en est pas ainsi, seigneur; mais vos 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 seul homme; c’est en gens paisibles que nous sommes venus; et vos serviteurs ne méditent rien de mal.
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!”
Joseph leur repartit: Il en est autrement; vous êtes venus pour observer les places de l’Égypte qui ne sont pas fortifiées.
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]”
Mais eux: Nous, vos serviteurs, disent-ils, nous sommes douze frères, fils d’un seul homme dans la terre de Chanaan; le plus jeune est avec notre père, et l’autre n’est plus.
14 Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
C’est, reprit-il, ce que j’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!
Dès maintenant, je vous éprouverai: par la vie de Pharaon, vous ne sortirez pas d’ici, jusqu’à ce que vienne votre frère le plus jeune.
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 d’entre vous, et qu’il l’amène, mais vous, vous serez dans les liens jusqu’à ce qu’il soit prouvé que ce que vous avez dit est vrai ou faux: autrement, par la vie de Pharaon, vous êtes des espions.
17 Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Il les mit donc en prison pendant 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.
Mais, au troisième jour les ayant tirés de prison, il leur dit: Faites ce que j’ai dit et vous vivrez; car 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 des gens paisibles, que l’un de vos frères soit enchaîné dans la prison, et vous, allez et portez le blé que vous avez acheté dans 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.
Mais amenez-moi votre frère le plus jeune, afin que je puisse vérifier vos paroles, et que vous ne mouriez pas. Ils firent comme il avait dit.
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 les uns aux autres: C’est justement que nous souffrons tout ceci, parce que nous avons péché contre notre frère, voyant l’angoisse de son âme, quand il nous priait, et nous ne l’avons pas écouté: c’est pour cela qu’est venue sur nous cette tribulation.
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]!”
Un seul d’entre eux, Ruben dit: Ne vous ai-je pas dit: Ne péchez pas contre cet enfant? et vous ne m’avez pas écouté: voilà que son sang 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 entendît, parce que c’est par interprète qu’il leur parlait.
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.
Mais il se retira un moment et pleura: puis revenu, il leur parla.
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 prenant Siméon et le liant, eux présents, il commanda à ses ministres qu’ils emplissent leurs sacs de blé, et qu’ils remissent l’argent de chacun d’eux dans son sac, en leur donnant de plus des vivres pour la route: ceux-ci firent ainsi.
26 his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
Ainsi les frères de Joseph, emportant leur blé sur leurs ânes, 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.
Or l’un d’eux ayant ouvert son sac pour donner à manger à sa bête dans l’hôtellerie, et ayant vu son argent à l’entrée du 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?”
Dit à ses frères: Mon argent m’a été rendu, le voici dans le sac. Etonnés et troublés, ils se disaient mutuellement: 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,
Cependant ils vinrent vers Jacob leur père dans la terre de Chanaan, et ils lui racontèrent tout ce qui leur était arrivé, 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.
Le maître de ce pays nous a parlé durement, et il a cru que nous étions des explorateurs de la contrée.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
Nous lui avons répondu: Nous sommes des gens paisibles, et nous ne dressons aucune embûche.
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, engendrés d’un seul père: l’un n’est plus, et le plus jeune est avec notre père dans la terre de Chanaan.
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.
Il nous a reparti: Voici comment j’éprouverai si vous êtes des gens paisibles; laissez un de vos frères auprès de moi, et prenez les provisions nécessaires à vos maisons, et vous en allez.
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.’”
Mais votre frère le plus jeune, amenez-le-moi, afin que je sache que vous n’êtes pas des espions, et que vous puissiez recouvrer celui qui est retenu dans les liens, et qu’ensuite vous ayez la liberté d’acheter ce que vous voudrez.
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.
Ces choses dites, comme ils versaient leur blé, ils trouvèrent à l’entrée des sacs chacun leur argent lié; et étant tous ensemble saisis d’effroi,
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 dit: Vous avez fait que je suis sans enfants: Joseph n’est plus, Siméon est retenu dans les liens, et vous enlèverez Benjamin: c’est sur moi que tous ces malheurs sont retombés.
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 lui répondit: Tuez mes deux fils, si je ne vous le ramène; remettez-le en ma main, et moi, je vous 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)
Mais Jacob: Non, dit-il, il ne descendra pas avec vous, mon fils: son frère est mort, et lui seul est resté; si quelque chose de fâcheux lui arrivait dans le pays où vous allez, vous feriez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec douleur dans les enfers. (Sheol h7585)
