Genèse 22
1 Après cela, Dieu mit Abraham à l’épreuve et lui dit: « Abraham! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 Et Dieu dit: « Prends ton fils, ton unique, celui que tu aimes, Isaac, et va-t’en au pays de Moria, et là offre-le en holocauste sur l’une des montagnes que je t’indiquerai. »
And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.
3 Abraham se leva de bon matin et, ayant sellé son âne, il prit avec lui deux de ses serviteurs et son fils Isaac; il fendit le bois de l’holocauste et partit pour aller au lieu que Dieu lui avait dit.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 Le troisième jour, Abraham, levant les yeux, aperçut le lieu de loin;
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 et Abraham dit à ses serviteurs: « Restez ici avec l’âne; moi et l’enfant, nous voulons aller jusque-là et adorer, puis nous reviendrons vers vous. »
And Abraham said to his young men, Abide you here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 Et Abraham prit le bois de l’holocauste, et le mit sur Isaac, son fils, lui-même portait dans sa main le feu et le couteau, et ils s’en allèrent tous deux ensemble.
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 Isaac parla à Abraham, son père, et dit: « Mon père! » Il répondit: « Me voici, mon fils. » Et Isaac dit: « Voici le feu et le bois; mais où est l’agneau pour l’holocauste? »
And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 Abraham répondit: « Dieu verra à trouver l’agneau pour l’holocauste, mon fils. » Et ils allaient tous deux ensemble.
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 Lorsqu’ils furent arrivés au lieu que Dieu lui avait désigné, Abraham y éleva l’autel et arrangea le bois; puis il lia Isaac, son fils, et le mit sur l’autel, au-dessus du bois.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar on the wood.
10 Et Abraham étendit la main et prit le couteau pour égorger son fils.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 Alors l’ange de Yahweh lui cria du ciel et dit: « Abraham! Abraham! » Il répondit: « Me voici. »
And the angel of the LORD called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 Et l’ange dit: « Ne porte pas la main sur l’enfant et ne lui fais rien; car je sais maintenant que tu crains Dieu et que tu ne m’as pas refusé ton fils, ton unique. »
And he said, Lay not your hand on the lad, neither do you any thing to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.
13 Abraham, ayant levé les yeux, vit derrière lui un bélier pris dans un buisson par les cornes; et Abraham alla prendre le bélier et l’offrit en holocauste à la place de son fils.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 Et Abraham nomma ce lieu: « Yahweh-Yiréh », d’où l’on dit aujourd’hui: « Sur la montagne de Yahweh, il sera vu. »
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 L’ange de Yahweh appela du ciel Abraham une seconde fois, en disant:
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 « Je l’ai juré par moi-même, dit Yahweh: parce que tu as fait cela, et que tu ne m’as pas refusé ton fils, ton unique,
And said, By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:
17 je te bénirai; je multiplierai ta postérité comme les étoiles du ciel et comme le sable qui est au bord de la mer, et ta postérité possédera la porte de ses ennemis.
That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 En ta postérité seront bénies toutes les nations de la terre, parce que tu as obéi à ma voix. »
And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.
19 Abraham retourna vers ses serviteurs et, s’étant levés, ils s’en allèrent ensemble à Bersabée. Et Abraham habita à Bersabée.
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelled at Beersheba.
20 Après ces événements, on apporta à Abraham cette nouvelle: « Voici, Melcha a aussi enfanté des fils à Nachor, ton frère:
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she has also born children to your brother Nahor;
21 Hus, son premier-né, Buz, son frère, Camuel, père d’Aram,
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 Cased, Azau, Pheldas, Jedlaph et Bathuel. »
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 Bathuel fut père de Rébecca. Ce sont là les huit fils que Melcha enfanta à Nachor, frère d’Abraham.
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 Sa concubine, nommée Roma, eut aussi des enfants: Tabée, Gaham, Taas et Maacha.
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bore also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
