Genesis 49
1 Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them,
Et Jacob appela ses fils, et dit: Assemblez-vous, et je vous déclarerai ce qui vous arrivera dans la suite des jours.
2 “Gather around me in order that I can tell you what will happen in the future. My sons, come and listen to me. I am your father, [Jacob, whom God named] Israel.
Assemblez-vous et écoutez, fils de Jacob, écoutez Israël, votre père.
3 Reuben, you are my oldest son. You were born when I was young and energetic/strong. You are prouder and stronger than all the rest of my sons.
Ruben, tu es mon premier-né, ma force, et les prémices de ma vigueur, prééminence de dignité et prééminence de puissance.
4 But you were as uncontrollable as a flood [SIM]. So now you will not be my most important son, because you climbed up onto my bed, and had sex with [MTY] my (concubine/slave who had become one of my wives). Your doing that caused me, your father, to have great shame.
Bouillonnant comme l'eau, tu n'auras point la prééminence, car tu es monté sur la couche de ton père. Tu as souillé mon lit en y montant.
5 Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently.
Siméon et Lévi sont frères. Leurs glaives sont des instruments de violence.
6 I do not want to be with you when you make evil plans [DOU]. I do not want to join you in your meetings, because you killed people when you became very angry, and you (hamstrung/cut the tendons in the legs of) oxen just to (have fun/see them suffer).
Que mon âme n'entre point dans leur conseil; que ma gloire ne se joigne point à leur assemblée; car dans leur colère ils ont tué des hommes, et dans leur caprice ils ont coupé les jarrets des taureaux.
7 God says, ‘I will (curse/cause bad things to happen to) them for being very angry, for acting very cruelly when they were very furious. I will scatter their descendants [MTY] throughout Israel land.’
Maudite soit leur colère, car elle fut violente; et leur fureur, car elle fut cruelle! Je les diviserai en Jacob, et les disperserai en Israël.
8 Judah, your [older and younger] brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat [MTY] your enemies.
Toi, Juda, tes frères te loueront; ta main sera sur le cou de tes ennemis; les fils de ton père se prosterneront devant toi.
9 Judah is like a young lion [SIM] that has returned to its den satisfied after eating the animals that it has killed. He is like a lion that lies down and stretches out after eating; no one would dare to disturb it [RHQ].
Juda est un jeune lion. Tu es revenu du butin, mon fils! Il s'est courbé, il s'est couché comme un lion, comme un vieux lion; qui le fera lever?
10 There will always be a ruler [MTY] from the descendants of Judah [MTY]. Each one will hold a scepter/staff to show that he has authority as a king. He will do that until the one to whom the scepter belongs comes, the one to whom the nations will bring tribute and show that they will obey him.
Le sceptre ne s'écartera point de Juda, ni le bâton de législateur d'entre ses pieds, jusqu'à ce que vienne le Silo (repos, pacificateur); à lui, l'obéissance des peuples!
11 The grapevines of Judah’s descendants will produce grapes very abundantly. As a result, they will not object to tying their young donkeys to the grapevines in order that the donkeys can eat the leaves of the grapevines. [Wine will be very plentiful, with the result that] they could wash their cloaks in wine that is as red as blood [MET].
Il attache à la vigne son ânon, et au cep choisi le petit de son ânesse; il lavera son vêtement dans le vin, et son manteau dans le sang des raisins.
12 Their eyes will be red because of [drinking too much] wine, but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk [from the cows].
Il a les yeux brillants de vin, et les dents blanches de lait.
13 Zebulun, your descendants will live by the seashore where there will be a safe harbor for ships. Their land will extend north as far as Sidon [city].
Zabulon habitera au rivage des mers; il sera au rivage des navires, et sa côte s'étendra vers Sidon.
14 Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys that are lying down on the ground between their loads, [so tired that they cannot get up]!
Issacar est un âne robuste couché entre les barres des étables.
15 They will see that their resting place is good, and that the land pleases them very much. But they will bend their backs to carry heavy loads and be forced to work for others.
Il a vu que le repos était bon, et que le pays était délicieux; et il a baissé son épaule pour porter, et s'est assujetti au tribut.
16 Dan, although your tribe will be small, their leaders will rule their people just like the leaders of other tribes of Israel will rule their people.
Dan jugera son peuple, comme l'une des tribus d'Israël.
17 Your descendants will be like snakes at the side of a road, like poisonous snakes lying beside a path. They will strike the heels of horses that pass by, causing the riders to fall backwards [as the horses rear up on their hind legs].”
Que Dan soit un serpent sur le chemin, un céraste dans le sentier, mordant les pâturons du cheval, et celui qui le monte tombe à la renverse.
18 Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me [from my enemies].”
J'ai attendu ton salut, ô Éternel!
19 [Then Jacob continued telling his sons what would happen in the future. He said], “Gad, your tribe/descendants will be attacked by a group of bandits, but your tribe/descendants will pursue and attack them [MTY].
Gad! des troupes l'attaqueront; mais lui, il attaquera leur arrière-garde.
20 Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat.
D'Asser viendra le pain savoureux, et il fournira les délices royales.
21 Naphtali, your descendants will be like deer [MET] that are (free to/not tied down and can) run wherever they wish. They will give birth to children who are good-looking like (fawns/baby deer) [MET].
Nephthali est une biche élancée; il prononce d'élégantes paroles.
22 Joseph, you will have many descendants [MET]. Their children will be as many as the fruit on a vine near a spring of water, whose branches extend over a wall.
Joseph est le rameau d'un arbre fertile, le rameau d'un arbre fertile près d'une source; ses branches ont couvert la muraille.
23 Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Des archers l'ont harcelé, lui ont lancé des traits et l'ont attaqué.
24 But they will hold their bows steady and their arms will remain strong, because of the power [MTY] of my mighty God, because of Yahweh who guides and provides for me [MET] like a shepherd guides and provides for his sheep. The people of Israel will [ask Yahweh to protect them], [like people hide under] a huge [overhanging] to be protected.
Mais son arc est demeuré ferme, et ses bras et ses mains ont été renforcés par les mains du Puissant de Jacob, du lieu où réside le Berger, le Rocher d'Israël.
25 God, the one whom I worship, will help your descendants. God Almighty will bless them by sending them rain from the sky and by giving them water from deep/far below the ground. He will give them many cattle and children [MET] (OR, and their cattle will have many offspring).
C'est l'ouvrage du Dieu de ton père, qui t'aidera, et du Tout-Puissant qui te bénira, des bénédictions des cieux en haut, des bénédictions de l'abîme qui repose en bas, des bénédictions des mamelles et du sein maternel.
26 The blessings that I want God to give you are great ones. They are greater than the blessings that come from the eternal mountains, greater than the ones that come from the everlasting hills. Joseph, I pray that these blessings will (be given to you/come upon your head), because you are the leader of your [older] brothers [and younger brother].
Les bénédictions de ton père surpassent les bénédictions de ceux qui m'ont engendré. Jusqu'au terme des collines éternelles, elles seront sur la tête de Joseph, sur le front du prince de ses frères.
27 Benjamin, your descendants will be like [MET] vicious/fierce wolves: In the morning they will kill their enemies like a wolf devours (its prey/the animals that it has killed), and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they seized from their enemies.”
Benjamin est un loup qui déchire; au matin il dévore la proie, et sur le soir il partage le butin.
28 Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were appropriate for him.
Tous ceux-là sont les chefs des douze tribus d'Israël, et c'est ce que leur dit leur père en les bénissant; il bénit chacun d'eux de la bénédiction qui lui était propre.
29 Then Jacob said to his sons, “I will soon die. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people-group.
Et il commanda, et leur dit: Je vais être recueilli vers mon peuple; enterrez-moi auprès de mes pères dans la caverne qui est au champ d'Éphron le Héthien,
30 That field is in the Machpelah area, east of Mamre [town], in Canaan. My grandfather Abraham bought it from Ephron to use as a burial place.
Dans la caverne qui est au champ de Macpéla, qui est en face de Mamré, au pays de Canaan, laquelle Abraham acquit d'Éphron Héthien, avec le champ, en propriété sépulcrale.
31 That is where they buried him and his wife Sarah. That is where they buried my father Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And that is where I buried my wife Leah.
C'est là qu'on a enterré Abraham et Sara, sa femme; c'est là qu'on a enterré Isaac et Rébecca, sa femme; et c'est là que j'ai enterré Léa.
32 That field and the cave in it were bought from the Heth people-group; so that is where I want you to bury me.”
L'acquisition du champ et de la caverne qui y est, a été faite des enfants de Heth.
33 When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died [IDM].
Et quand Jacob eut achevé de donner ses ordres à ses fils, il retira ses pieds dans le lit, et expira, et fut recueilli vers ses peuples.
