Genesis 43
1 The famine in Canaan got worse.
La famine s’appesantissait sur le pays.
2 Finally, when Jacob and his family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain for us!”
Quand ils eurent fini de manger le blé qu’ils avaient apporté d’Égypte, leur père leur dit: « Retournez nous acheter un peu de vivres. »
3 But Judah said to him, “The man who sold us the grain warned us sternly, ‘I will not let you see me [SYN] again if you come and your younger brother is not with you.’
Juda lui répondit: « Cet homme nous a fait cette déclaration formelle: Vous ne verrez pas ma face que votre frère ne soit avec vous.
4 So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
Si donc tu laisses venir notre frère avec nous, nous descendrons et nous t’achèterons des vivres.
5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.’”
Mais si tu ne le laisses pas venir, nous ne descendrons point; car cet homme nous a dit: Vous ne verrez pas ma face que votre frère ne soit avec vous. »
6 Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
Et Israël dit: « Pourquoi m’avez-vous causé cette peine, de dire à cet homme que vous aviez encore un frère? »
7 One of them replied, “The man asked about us and about our family. He said, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. (We could not know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’/How could we know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’)” [RHQ]
Ils dirent: « Cet homme nous a adressé beaucoup de questions sur nous et sur notre famille, en disant: Votre père vit-il encore? Avez-vous un autre frère? Et nous avons répondu selon ces questions. Pouvions-nous savoir qu’il dirait: Faites descendre votre frère? »
8 Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send the boy with me, and we will go immediately, in order that we and you and our children may get grain and not die from hunger.
Et Juda dit à Israël, son père: « Laisse partir l’enfant avec moi, afin que nous nous levions et nous mettions en route, et nous vivrons et ne mourrons point, nous, toi et nos petits enfants.
9 I myself will guarantee that he will return. You can require me to do what I am promising [IDM]. If I do not bring him back to you safely, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it was my fault [that he did not return to you)].
C’est moi qui réponds de lui, tu le redemanderas de ma main. Si je ne le ramène pas auprès de toi, si je ne le mets pas devant toi, je serai coupable envers toi à tout jamais.
10 If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
Car si nous n’avions pas tant tardé, nous serions maintenant deux fois de retour. »
11 Then their father Jacob said to them, “If there is no other way, do this: Put in your sacks some of the best things that are grown in this land, and take them down to the man as a gift. Take some balm/perfume and honey and spices and myrrh/ointment, some pistachio nuts, and almonds.
Israël, leur père, leur dit: « Eh bien, puisqu’il le faut, faites ceci: Prenez dans vos vaisseaux des meilleures productions du pays et portez à cet homme un présent: un peu de baume et un peu de miel, de l’astragale, du ladanum, des pistaches et des amandes.
12 Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks.
Prenez dans vos mains de l’argent en double, et reportez celui qui a été mis à l’entrée de vos sacs, peut-être par erreur.
13 Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
Prenez votre frère, levez-vous et retournez vers cet homme.
14 I will pray that God Almighty will cause that man to act mercifully toward you, so that he will let your other brother, as well as Benjamin, come back here with you. But as for me, if my sons are taken from me, then I will not have my sons!”
Que le Dieu tout-puissant vous fasse trouver grâce devant cet homme, afin qu’il laisse revenir avec vous votre autre frère, ainsi que Benjamin! Pour moi, si je dois être privé de mes enfants, que j’en sois privé! »
15 So the men took the gifts that Jacob said that they should take, and twice the amount of money that the grain would cost, and they also took Benjamin. They went down quickly to Egypt, and they stood in front of Joseph.
Les hommes prirent ce présent, et ils prirent dans leurs mains de l’argent au double, ainsi que Benjamin; et, s’étant levés, ils descendirent en Égypte et se présentèrent devant Joseph.
16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man who (was in charge of/supervised) things in his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare a meal, because I want them to eat with me at noon.” [And he told him in what order they were to be seated].
Dès que Joseph vit Benjamin avec eux, il dit à son intendant: « Fais entrer ces gens dans la maison, tue des victimes et apprête un repas, car ces gens mangeront avec moi à midi. »
17 The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
Cet homme fit ce que Joseph avait ordonné, et il conduisit ces gens dans la maison de Joseph.
18 But they were afraid because he was taking them to Joseph’s house. They were thinking, “He is taking us here because of the silver that was put in our sacks the first time that we came here. While we are eating, he will have his servants attack us and seize us and cause us to become his slaves, and also take our donkeys.”
Pendant qu’on les conduisait à la maison de Joseph, les hommes eurent peur, et ils dirent: « C’est à cause de l’argent rapporté l’autre fois dans nos sacs qu’on nous emmène; c’est pour nous assaillir, tomber sur nous, nous prendre comme esclaves avec nos ânes. »
19 They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house,
S’étant approchés de l’intendant de la maison de Joseph, ils lui adressèrent la parole, à l’entrée de la maison,
20 one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
en disant: « Pardon, mon seigneur. Nous sommes déjà descendus une fois pour acheter des vivres.
21 But at the place where we stopped for the night as we were returning home, we opened our sacks. We were astonished to see that in the top of each of our sacks was the exact amount of silver that we had paid for the grain! So we have brought it back with us.
Au retour, quand nous arrivâmes à l’endroit où nous devions passer la nuit, nous avons ouvert nos sacs, et voici, l’argent de chacun était à l’entrée de son sac, notre argent selon son poids: nous le rapportons avec nous;
22 We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
et en même temps nous avons apporté d’autre argent pour acheter des vivres. Nous ne savons pas qui a mis notre argent dans nos sacs. »
23 The man replied, [“Relax]! Do not worry about it! I received the silver that you brought. Your God, the God your father worships, must have put it in your sacks.” And then he brought Simeon to them from the prison.
Il leur dit: « Que la paix soit avec vous! Ne craignez rien. C’est votre Dieu, le Dieu de votre père, qui vous a donné un trésor dans vos sacs. Votre argent m’a été remis. » Et il leur amena Siméon.
24 Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
Cet homme, les ayant fait entrer dans la maison de Joseph, leur donna de l’eau et ils se lavèrent les pieds; il donna aussi du fourrage à leurs ânes.
25 He told them that they were going to eat with Joseph at noon. So the men prepared their gifts to give to Joseph when he arrived.
Ils préparèrent leur présent, en attendant que Joseph vint à midi; car on leur avait annoncé qu’ils mangeraient chez lui.
26 When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.
Quand Joseph fut arrivé chez lui, ils lui apportèrent dans la maison le présent qu’ils avaient dans la main, et se prosternèrent par terre devant lui.
27 He asked them if they were (well/in good health), and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?”
Il leur demanda comment ils se portaient, puis il dit: « Votre vieux père, dont vous avez parlé, est-il en bonne santé? vit-il encore? »
28 One of them replied, “Yes, our father, [who is willing to be] your servant, is still alive, and he is well.” Then again they bowed down in front of him.
Ils répondirent: « Ton serviteur, notre père, est en bonne santé; il vit encore «; et ils s’inclinèrent et se prosternèrent.
29 Then he saw his [younger] brother Benjamin, his own mother’s other son. He asked them, “Is this your youngest brother, the one whom you told me about?” After they said “Yes,” he said to Benjamin, “Young man, I pray that God will act kindly toward you.”
Joseph leva les yeux, et il vit Benjamin, son frère, fils de sa mère; il dit: « Est-ce là votre jeune frère dont vous m’avez parlé? » Et il dit: « Que Dieu te soit favorable, mon fils! »
30 Joseph quickly left the room. He realized that he was about to cry because he (was full of emotion about his younger brother/loved his younger brother so much). He went into his private room and cried there.
Alors, en toute hâte, car ses entrailles étaient émues pour son frère, Joseph chercha un endroit pour pleurer; il entra dans sa chambre et il y pleura.
31 Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!”
Après s’être lavé le visage, il sortit et, faisant des efforts pour se contenir, il dit: « Servez à manger. »
32 The people of Egypt considered that it was disgraceful for them to eat with Hebrews, so the servants served food to Joseph by himself, and served the other people of Egypt who ate with him by themselves, and they served Joseph’s older brothers and younger brother by themselves.
On le servit à part, et ses frères à part, à part aussi les Egyptiens qui mangeaient avec lui, car les Egyptiens ne peuvent prendre leurs repas avec les Hébreux: c’est une abomination pour les Egyptiens.
33 His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
Les frères de Joseph s’assirent devant lui, le premier-né selon son droit d’aînesse, et le plus jeune selon son âge; et ils se regardaient les uns les autres avec étonnement.
34 And when their portions of food were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s portion! So they ate food and drank wine with Joseph and became very cheerful.
Il leur fit porter des portions de devant lui, et la portion de Benjamin était cinq fois plus forte que les portions d’eux tous. Ils burent joyeusement avec lui.
