Genèse 42
1 Jacob vit qu'il y avait du blé en Égypte, et il dit à ses fils: « Pourquoi vous regardez-vous les uns les autres? »
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!”
2 Il répondit: « Voici, j'ai appris qu'il y a du blé en Égypte. Descendez-y et achetez-en pour nous, afin que nous vivions et que nous ne mourions pas. »
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!”
3 Les dix frères de Joseph descendirent pour acheter du blé en Égypte.
So Joseph’s ten [older] brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain.
4 Mais Jacob n'envoya pas Benjamin, le frère de Joseph, avec ses frères, car il dit: « De peur qu'il ne lui arrive du mal. »
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.
5 Les fils d'Israël vinrent acheter parmi ceux qui étaient venus, car la famine sévissait au pays de Canaan.
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.
6 Joseph était le gouverneur du pays. C'est lui qui vendit à tous les habitants du pays. Les frères de Joseph vinrent, et ils se prosternèrent devant lui, le visage contre terre.
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.
7 Joseph vit ses frères et les reconnut, mais il se comporta comme un étranger avec eux et leur parla durement. Il leur dit: « D'où venez-vous? » Ils ont dit: « Du pays de Canaan, pour acheter de la nourriture. »
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.”
8 Joseph reconnut ses frères, mais ils ne le reconnurent pas.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Joseph se souvint des rêves qu'il avait eus à leur sujet, et il leur dit: « Vous êtes des espions! Vous êtes venus voir la nudité du pays. »
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]!”
10 Ils lui dirent: « Non, mon seigneur, mais tes serviteurs sont venus pour acheter de la nourriture.
One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain.
11 Nous sommes tous fils d'un seul homme, nous sommes des hommes honnêtes. Tes serviteurs ne sont pas des espions. »
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
12 Il leur dit: « Non, mais vous êtes venus pour voir la nudité du pays! »
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!”
13 Ils dirent: « Nous, tes serviteurs, sommes douze frères, fils d'un seul homme au pays de Canaan; et voici que le plus jeune est aujourd'hui avec notre père, et l'autre n'est plus. »
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]”
14 Joseph leur dit: « C'est comme je vous l'ai dit, en disant: « Vous êtes des espions ».
Joseph replied, “[You are lying! I think] it is just as I told you. You are spies!
15 Par ceci, vous serez mis à l'épreuve. Par la vie de Pharaon, vous ne sortirez pas d'ici, à moins que votre plus jeune frère ne vienne ici.
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!
16 Envoie l'un d'entre vous, qu'il aille chercher ton frère, et tu seras lié, afin que tes paroles soient mises à l'épreuve et qu'on sache s'il y a de la vérité en toi, ou si, par la vie de Pharaon, tu es un espion. »
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.”
17 Il les mit tous ensemble en détention pendant trois jours.
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
18 Le troisième jour, Joseph leur dit: « Faites cela, et vivez, car je crains Dieu.
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.
19 Si vous êtes des hommes honnêtes, laissez donc l'un de vos frères être lié dans votre prison; mais vous, partez, portez du blé pour la famine de vos maisons.
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.
20 Amenez-moi votre plus jeune frère; ainsi vos paroles seront vérifiées, et vous ne mourrez pas. » Ils firent ainsi.
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.
21 Ils se dirent les uns aux autres: « Nous sommes certainement coupables à l'égard de notre frère, en ce que nous avons vu la détresse de son âme, lorsqu'il nous suppliait, et que nous n'avons pas voulu l'écouter. C'est pourquoi cette détresse est venue sur nous. »
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!”
22 Ruben leur répondit: « Ne vous ai-je pas dit: « Ne péchez pas contre l'enfant », et n'avez-vous pas voulu écouter? C'est pourquoi aussi, voici, son sang est requis. »
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]!”
23 Ils ne savaient pas que Joseph les comprenait, car il y avait un interprète entre eux.
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.
24 Il se détourna d`eux, et pleura. Puis il revint vers eux, leur parla, prit Siméon du milieu d'eux et le lia sous leurs yeux.
[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.
25 Puis Joseph donna l'ordre de remplir leurs sacs de blé, de remettre l'argent de chacun dans son sac, et de leur donner de la nourriture pour le chemin. C'est ainsi qu'il leur fut fait.
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,
26 Ils chargèrent leurs ânes de leur grain, et partirent de là.
his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left.
27 Comme l'un d'eux ouvrait son sac pour donner à manger à son âne dans le lieu d'hébergement, il vit son argent. Voici, il était dans l'ouverture de son sac.
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.
28 Il dit à ses frères: « Mon argent a été retrouvé! Voici qu'il est dans mon sac. » Leur cœur les abandonna, et ils se tournèrent en tremblant les uns vers les autres, en disant: « Qu'est-ce que Dieu nous a fait? »
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?”
29 Ils se rendirent auprès de Jacob, leur père, au pays de Canaan, et lui racontèrent tout ce qui leur était arrivé, en disant:
When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said,
30 « Cet homme, le seigneur du pays, nous a parlé durement et nous a pris pour des espions du pays.
“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.
31 Nous lui avons répondu: « Nous sommes d'honnêtes hommes. Nous ne sommes point des espions.
But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies.
32 Nous sommes douze frères, fils de notre père; l'un d'eux n'est plus, et le plus jeune est aujourd'hui avec notre père au pays de Canaan.
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.’
33 L'homme, le seigneur du pays, nous dit: « Voici comment je saurai que vous êtes des hommes honnêtes: laissez-moi l'un de vos frères, prenez du blé pour la famine de vos maisons, et partez.
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.
34 Amenez-moi votre plus jeune frère. Je saurai alors que vous n'êtes pas des espions, mais que vous êtes des hommes honnêtes. Je vous livrerai donc votre frère, et vous ferez du commerce dans le pays.'"
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.’”
35 Comme ils vidaient leurs sacs, voici que chacun avait dans son sac son paquet d'argent. Lorsqu'ils virent leurs liasses d'argent, eux et leur père eurent peur.
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.
36 Jacob, leur père, leur dit: « Vous m'avez privé de mes enfants! Joseph n'est plus, Siméon n'est plus, et vous voulez m'enlever Benjamin. Toutes ces choses sont contre moi. »
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!”
37 Ruben parla à son père et dit: « Tue mes deux fils, si je ne te le ramène pas. Confie-le à mes soins, et je te le ramènerai. »
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.”
38 Il dit: « Mon fils ne descendra pas avec toi, car son frère est mort et il ne reste que lui. S'il lui arrive malheur sur le chemin que vous empruntez, vous ferez descendre mes cheveux blancs avec tristesse au séjour des morts. » (Sheol h7585)
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)
