Genesis 43
1 The famine in Canaan got worse.
Et la famine pesait 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!”
Et il arriva, lorsqu’ils eurent achevé de manger le blé qu’ils avaient apporté d’Égypte, que leur père leur dit: Retournez, achetez-nous 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.’
Et Juda lui parla, disant: Cet homme nous a expressément protesté, disant: Vous ne verrez pas ma face, à moins 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 tu envoies 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 l’envoies pas, nous ne descendrons pas; car l’homme nous a dit: Vous ne verrez pas ma face, à moins 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 fait le tort de déclarer à l’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]
Et ils dirent: L’homme s’est soigneusement enquis de nous et de notre parenté, disant: Votre père vit-il encore? Avez-vous [encore] un frère? Et nous l’avons informé selon la teneur de ces paroles. Pouvions-nous donc 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: Envoie le jeune homme avec moi, et nous nous lèverons et nous irons, et nous vivrons et ne mourrons pas, ni nous, ni toi, ni 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)].
Moi, je réponds de lui; tu le redemanderas de ma main. Si je ne te le ramène, et si je ne le présente devant ta face, je serai tous mes jours coupable envers toi.
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 tardé, certes nous serions déjà revenus deux fois.
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.
Et Israël, leur père, leur dit: Eh bien, s’il en est ainsi, faites ceci: Prenez dans vos vases des meilleurs produits du pays, et portez à l’homme un présent: un peu de baume et un peu de miel, des épices et de la myrrhe, 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.
Et prenez d’autre argent dans vos mains; et l’argent qui a été remis à l’ouverture de vos sacs, reportez-le dans vos mains; peut-être était-ce une erreur.
13 Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
Et prenez votre frère, et levez-vous, retournez vers l’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!”
et le Dieu Tout-puissant vous fasse trouver compassion devant l’homme, afin qu’il renvoie votre autre frère, et Benjamin! Et moi, si je suis privé d’enfants, j’en serai 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.
Et les hommes prirent ce présent; et ils prirent double argent dans leurs mains, et Benjamin, et ils se levèrent, et descendirent en Égypte; et ils se tinrent 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].
Et Joseph vit Benjamin avec eux; et il dit à celui qui était [préposé] sur sa maison: Mène ces hommes dans la maison, et tue, et apprête; car ces hommes mangeront avec moi à midi.
17 The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
Et l’homme fit comme Joseph avait dit, et il amena les hommes 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.”
Et les hommes eurent peur de ce qu’on les menait dans la maison de Joseph, et ils dirent: C’est à cause de l’argent qui fut remis dans nos sacs au commencement, que nous sommes emmenés, pour qu’on se jette sur nous, et pour qu’on tombe sur nous, et pour qu’on nous prenne comme serviteurs, 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,
Et ils s’approchèrent de l’homme qui était [préposé] sur la maison de Joseph, et lui parlèrent 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.
et dirent: Ah, mon seigneur! nous sommes descendus au commencement 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.
et il est arrivé, lorsque nous sommes venus au caravansérail, que nous avons ouvert nos sacs, et voici, l’argent de chacun était à l’ouverture de son sac, notre argent selon son poids; et nous l’avons rapporté dans nos mains.
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 nous avons apporté d’autre argent dans nos mains 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.
Et il dit: Paix vous soit, ne craignez pas. C’est votre Dieu et le Dieu de votre père qui vous a donné un trésor dans vos sacs; votre argent m’est parvenu. Et il fit sortir Siméon vers eux.
24 Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
Et l’homme introduisit ces hommes dans la maison de Joseph, et leur donna de l’eau, et ils lavèrent leurs pieds; et il donna 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.
Et ils préparèrent le présent pour l’arrivée de Joseph à midi, car ils avaient entendu qu’ils mangeraient là le pain.
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.
Et Joseph vint à la maison, et ils lui apportèrent dans la maison le présent qui était dans leurs mains, et se prosternèrent devant lui contre terre.
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?”
Et il leur demanda s’ils étaient bien, et il dit: Votre père, le vieillard dont vous m’avez parlé, est-il bien? 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.
Et ils dirent: Ton serviteur, notre père, est bien; 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.”
Et il leva les yeux, et vit Benjamin, son frère, fils de sa mère, et dit: Est-ce là votre plus jeune frère dont vous m’avez parlé? Et il dit: Dieu te fasse grâce, 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.
Et Joseph se hâta, car ses entrailles s’étaient émues envers son frère, et il cherchait [où] pleurer; et il entra dans sa chambre, et 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!”
Puis il se lava le visage, et sortit; et il se contint, et dit: Servez le pain.
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.
Et on le servit, lui à part, et eux à part, et les Égyptiens qui mangeaient avec lui, à part: car les Égyptiens ne pouvaient manger le pain avec les Hébreux; car c’est une abomination pour les Égyptiens.
33 His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
Et ils s’assirent devant lui, le premier-né selon son droit d’aînesse, et le plus jeune selon sa jeunesse; et ces hommes s’étonnaient entre eux.
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.
Et il leur fit porter des mets de devant lui; et la portion de Benjamin était cinq fois plus grande que les portions d’eux tous; et ils burent, et firent bonne chère avec lui.
