Genèse 43
1 La famine sévissait dans le pays.
The famine in Canaan got worse.
2 Lorsqu'ils eurent épuisé le blé qu'ils avaient apporté d'Égypte, leur père leur dit: « Retournez-y, achetez-nous encore un peu de nourriture. »
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!”
3 Juda lui parla, et dit: « L'homme nous a solennellement avertis, en disant: 'Vous ne verrez pas ma face, à moins que votre frère ne soit avec vous'.
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.’
4 Si tu envoies notre frère avec nous, nous descendrons et nous t'achèterons des vivres;
So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
5 mais si tu ne l'envoies pas, nous ne descendrons pas, car l'homme nous a dit: 'Tu ne verras pas ma face, à moins que ton frère ne soit avec toi'. »
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.’”
6 Israël a dit: « Pourquoi m'as-tu traité si mal, en disant à l'homme que tu avais un autre frère? »
Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
7 Ils répondirent: « L'homme nous a interrogés directement sur nous-mêmes et sur nos proches, en disant: « Ton père vit-il encore? As-tu un autre frère? Nous avons simplement répondu à ses questions. Pouvions-nous savoir qu'il allait dire: 'Fais descendre ton frère'? »
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]
8 Juda dit à Israël, son père: « Envoie le garçon avec moi, et nous nous lèverons et partirons, afin que nous vivions et ne mourions pas, nous, et toi, et aussi nos petits enfants.
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.
9 Je serai pour lui une garantie. C'est de ma main que vous le réclamerez. Si je ne vous l'amène pas, si je ne le mets pas devant vous, que j'en porte la responsabilité pour toujours;
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)].
10 car si nous n'avions pas tardé, nous serions déjà revenus une seconde fois. »
If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
11 Leur père, Israël, leur dit: « S'il doit en être ainsi, faites ceci: Prenez dans vos sacs des fruits de choix du pays, et descendez un présent pour l'homme, un peu de baume, un peu de miel, des aromates et de la myrrhe, des noix et des amandes;
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.
12 et prenez dans votre main de l'argent en double, et rapportez l'argent qui est revenu dans la bouche de vos sacs. C'était peut-être un oubli.
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.
13 Prends aussi ton frère, lève-toi, et retourne vers l'homme.
Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
14 Que le Dieu tout-puissant te fasse grâce devant cet homme, afin qu'il te relâche ton autre frère et Benjamin. Si je suis privé de mes enfants, je suis privé. »
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!”
15 Les hommes prirent ce présent, et ils prirent en main l'argent double, ainsi que Benjamin; ils se levèrent, descendirent en Égypte, et se présentèrent devant Joseph.
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.
16 Lorsque Joseph vit Benjamin avec eux, il dit à l'intendant de sa maison: « Fais entrer les hommes dans la maison, égorge une bête et prépare-toi, car les hommes dîneront avec moi à midi. »
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].
17 L'homme fit ce que Joseph avait ordonné, et l'homme amena les hommes dans la maison de Joseph.
The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
18 Les hommes eurent peur, parce qu'ils avaient été amenés à la maison de Joseph; ils dirent: « C'est à cause de l'argent qui est revenu dans nos sacs la première fois que nous sommes amenés, afin qu'il cherche une occasion contre nous, qu'il nous attaque et qu'il nous saisisse comme esclaves, avec nos ânes. »
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.”
19 Ils s'approchèrent de l'intendant de la maison de Joseph, lui parlèrent à la porte de la maison,
They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house,
20 et dirent: « Oh, mon seigneur, nous sommes en effet descendus la première fois pour acheter de la nourriture.
one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
21 Lorsque nous sommes arrivés au gîte, nous avons ouvert nos sacs, et voici que l'argent de chacun était dans l'ouverture de son sac, notre argent en plein poids. Nous l'avons rapporté dans notre main.
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.
22 Nous avons descendu d'autre argent dans notre main pour acheter de la nourriture. Nous ne savons pas qui a mis notre argent dans nos sacs. »
We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
23 Il dit: « La paix soit avec vous. N'ayez pas peur. Votre Dieu, et le Dieu de votre père, vous a donné un trésor dans vos sacs. J'ai reçu votre argent. » Il fit sortir Siméon vers eux.
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.
24 L'homme fit entrer les hommes dans la maison de Joseph, leur donna de l'eau et ils se lavèrent les pieds. Il donna du fourrage à leurs ânes.
Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
25 Ils préparèrent le cadeau pour la venue de Joseph à midi, car ils avaient entendu dire qu'ils devaient y manger du pain.
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.
26 Lorsque Joseph rentra chez lui, ils lui apportèrent dans la maison le présent qu'ils avaient en main, et se prosternèrent en terre devant lui.
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.
27 Il les interrogea sur leur bien-être et dit: « Votre père se porte-t-il bien, le vieillard dont vous avez parlé? Est-il encore en vie? »
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?”
28 Ils dirent: « Ton serviteur, notre père, se porte bien. Il est encore en vie. » Ils se prosternèrent humblement.
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.
29 Il leva les yeux et vit Benjamin, son frère, le fils de sa mère, et il dit: « Est-ce là ton plus jeune frère, dont tu m'as parlé? » Il répondit: « Que Dieu te fasse miséricorde, mon fils. »
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.”
30 Joseph se hâta, car son cœur se languissait de son frère, et il chercha un endroit pour pleurer. Il entra dans sa chambre, et y pleura.
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.
31 Il se lava le visage, et sortit. Il se maîtrisa, et dit: « Servez le repas. »
Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!”
32 Ils le servirent seuls, eux seuls, et les Égyptiens qui mangèrent avec lui seuls, car les Égyptiens ne mangent pas avec les Hébreux, car c'est une abomination pour les Égyptiens.
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.
33 Ils s'assirent devant lui, le premier-né selon son droit d'aînesse, et le plus jeune selon sa jeunesse, et les hommes s'étonnaient les uns des autres.
His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
34 Il leur envoya des parts de devant lui, mais la part de Benjamin était cinq fois plus importante que celle de n'importe lequel des leurs. Ils burent et furent joyeux avec lui.
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.
