Genesis 50
1 Joseph leaned close to his father’s face and cried over him and kissed him.
Joseph se précipita sur le visage de son père et le couvrit de pleurs et de baisers.
2 Joseph commanded his servants who were morticians to (embalm his father’s body/put spices on his father’s body) to (preserve it/keep it from decaying), and then wrap it with strips of cloth.
Joseph ordonna aux médecins, ses serviteurs, d’embaumer son père; et les médecins embaumèrent Israël.
3 So the morticians did that. It took 40 days to embalm Jacob’s body, because that is the amount of time that was always required for them to embalm a body. And the people of Egypt mourned for 70 days because of Jacob’s death.
On y employa quarante jours; car on emploie autant de jours pour ceux qu’on embaume. Les Égyptiens portèrent son deuil soixante-dix jours.
4 When the time of mourning was finished, Joseph said to the king’s officials, “If you are pleased with me, please take this message to the king:
Les jours de son deuil écoulés, Joseph parla ainsi aux gens de Pharaon: "De grâce, si j’ai trouvé faveur à vos yeux, veuillez porter aux oreilles de Pharaon ces paroles:
5 ‘When my father was about to die, he told me to solemnly promise that I would bury his body in Canaan, in the tomb that he himself had prepared. So please let me go up to Canaan and bury my father’s body. Then I will return.’”
Mon père m’a adjuré en ces termes: ‘Voici, je vais mourir; dans mon sépulcre, que j’ai acquis dans le pays de Canaan, là même tu m’enseveliras.’ Et maintenant, je voudrais partir, j’ensevelirai mon père et je reviendrai."
6 After they gave the king the message, he replied, “Tell Joseph, ‘Go up and bury your father’s body, as you (swore/solemnly promised) that you would do.’”
Pharaon répondit: "Pars et ensevelis ton père ainsi qu’il t’a adjuré."
7 So Joseph went [up to Canaan] to bury his father’s body. All of the king’s officials, all the king’s advisors, and all the elders in Egypt went with him.
Joseph partit pour ensevelir son père. II fut accompagné par tous les officiers de Pharaon qui avaient vieilli à sa cour, par tous les anciens du pays d’Égypte,
8 His own family’s small children and their sheep and goats and their cattle stayed in the Goshen region. But all the rest of Joseph’s family and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and his father’s family went with him.
par toute la maison de Joseph, par ses frères et par la maison de son père. Leurs enfants seuls, avec leur menu et leur gros bétail, restèrent dans la province de Gessen.
9 Men riding in chariots [MTY] and on horses also went along. It was a huge group.
Il y eut à sa suite et des chars et des cavaliers; le convoi fut très considérable.
10 They went to the east side of the Jordan [River] and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people (threshed/beat the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff.) There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days.
Parvenus jusqu’à l’Aire-du-Buisson, située au bord du Jourdain, ils y célébrèrent de grandes et solennelles funérailles et Joseph ordonna en l’honneur de son père un deuil de sept jours.
11 When the Canaan people-group who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, “This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!” So they named the place Abel-Mizraim, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘mourning of the Egyptians].’
L’Habitant du pays, le Cananéen, vit ce deuil de l’Aire-du-Buisson et ils dirent: "Voilà un grand deuil pour l’Égypte!" C’Est pourquoi on nomma Abêl-Miçrayim ce lieu situé de l’autre coté du Jourdain.
12 Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded.
Ses fils agirent à son égard, ponctuellement comme il leur avait enjoint:
13 They [crossed the Jordan River and] carried Jacob’s body to Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre [town]. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people-group, to use as a burial place.
ils le transportèrent au pays de Canaan et l’inhumèrent dans le caveau du champ de Makhpêla, ce champ qu’Abraham avait acheté comme possession tumulaire à Éfrôn le Héthéen, en face de Mambré.
14 After he had buried his father, Joseph and his [older] brothers [and younger brother] and all the others who had gone up to Canaan with him for the funeral returned to Egypt.
Joseph, après avoir enseveli son père, retourna en Égypte avec ses frères et tous ceux qui l’avaient accompagné pour ensevelir son père.
15 After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers became worried. They realized what might happen. They said, “Suppose Joseph hates us and tries to get revenge for all the evil things that we did to him many years ago?”
Or, les frères de Joseph, considérant que leur père était mort, se dirent: "Si Joseph nous prenait en haine! S’Il allait nous rendre tout le mal que nous lui avons fait souffrir!"
16 So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: “Before our father died, he told us this:
Ils mandèrent à Joseph ce qui suit: "Ton père a commandé avant sa mort, en ces termes:
17 ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive your [older] brothers for the evil thing that they did to you, for their terrible sin against you, because what they did to you was very wrong.”’ So now we, who are servants of your father’s God, ask you, please forgive us for what we did to you.” But Joseph just cried when he received their message.
‘Parlez ainsi à Joseph: Oh! Pardonne, de grâce, l’offense de tes frères et leur faute et le mal qu’ils t’ont fait!’ Maintenant donc, pardonne leur tort aux serviteurs du Dieu de ton père!" Joseph pleura lorsqu’on lui parla ainsi.
18 Then his [older] brothers themselves came and threw themselves on the ground in front of Joseph, and one of them said, “Please listen. We will just be your servants.”
Puis, ses frères vinrent eux-mêmes tomber à ses pieds, en disant: "Nous sommes prêts à devenir tes esclaves.
19 But Joseph replied to them, “Do not be afraid! [God is the one who punishes people]; (am I God?/I am not God!) [RHQ]
Joseph leur répondit: Soyez sans crainte; car suis-je à la place de Dieu?
20 As for you, yes, you wanted to do something very evil to me. But God caused something good to come from it! He wanted to save many people from dying of hunger, and that is what happened! Today they are alive!
Vous, vous aviez médité contre moi le mal: Dieu l’a combiné pour le bien, afin qu’il arrivât ce qui arrive aujourd’hui, qu’un peuple nombreux fût sauvé.
21 So I say [again], do not be afraid! I will make sure that you and your children have enough to eat.” In that way he reassured them and made made them feel much better.
Donc, soyez sans crainte: j’aurai soin de vous et de vos familles." Et il les rassura et il parla à leur cœur.
22 Joseph lived with his father’s family in Egypt until he was 110 years old.
Joseph demeura en Égypte, lui et la famille de son père et il vécut cent dix ans.
23 He lived long enough to see Ephraim’s children and grandchildren. The children of Joseph’s grandson Machir, who was Manasseh’s son, were born before Joseph died, and were adopted by Joseph to be his own children [IDM].
Il vit naître à Éphraïm des enfants de la troisième génération; de même les enfants de Makir, fils de Manassé, naquirent sur les genoux de Joseph.
24 One day Joseph said to his [older] brothers, “I am about to die. But God will certainly (help/take care of) you. And [some day] he will lead your [descendants] up out of this land and take them to Canaan, the land that he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Joseph dit à ses frères: "Je vais mourir. Sachez que le Seigneur vous visitera et vous ramènera de ce pays dans celui qu’il a promis par serment à Abraham, à Isaac et à Jacob."
25 Then Joseph said, “When God enables you to do that, you must take my body back to Canaan.” He made his older brothers solemnly promise to do that.
Et Joseph adjura les enfants d’Israël en disant: "Oui, le Seigneur vous visitera et alors vous emporterez mes ossements de ce pays."
26 So Joseph died in Egypt when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin there.
Joseph mourut âgé de cent dix ans; on l’embauma et il fut déposé dans un cercueil en Égypte.
