Genèse 4
1 Adam connut Eve, sa femme; elle conçut et enfanta Caïn, et elle dit: « J’ai acquis un homme avec le secours de Yahweh! »
And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.
2 Elle enfanta encore Abel, son frère. Abel fut pasteur de brebis, et Caïn était laboureur.
Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
3 Au bout de quelque temps, Caïn offrit des produits de la terre en oblation à Yahweh;
And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.
4 Abel, de son côté, offrit des premiers-nés de son troupeau et de leur graisse. Yahweh regarda Abel et son offrande;
And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
5 mais il ne regarda pas Caïn et son offrande. Caïn en fut très irrité et son visage fut abattu.
But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
6 Yahweh dit à Caïn: « Pourquoi es-tu irrité, et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?
And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?
7 Si tu fais bien, ne seras-tu pas agréé? Et si tu ne fais pas bien, le péché ne se couche-t-il pas à ta porte? Son désir se tourne vers toi; mais toi, tu dois dominer sur lui. »
If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.
8 Caïn dit à Abel, son frère: « Allons aux champs. » Et, comme ils étaient dans les champs, Caïn s’éleva contre Abel, son frère, et le tua.
And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.
9 Et Yahweh dit à Caïn: « Où est Abel, ton frère? » Il répondit: « Je ne sais pas; suis-je le gardien de mon frère? »
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
10 Yahweh dit: « Qu’as-tu fait? La voix du sang de ton frère crie de la terre jusqu’à moi.
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
11 Maintenant tu es maudit de la terre, qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
12 Quand tu cultiveras la terre, elle ne donnera plus ses fruits; tu seras errant et fugitif sur la terre. »
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
13 Caïn dit à Yahweh: « Ma peine est trop grande pour que je la puisse supporter.
And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.
14 Voici que vous me chassez aujourd’hui de cette terre, et je serai caché loin de votre face; je serai errant et fugitif sur la terre, et quiconque me trouvera me tuera. »
You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.
15 Yahweh lui dit: « Eh bien, si quelqu’un tue Caïn, Caïn sera vengé sept fois. » Et Yahweh mit un signe sur Caïn, afin que quiconque le rencontrerait ne le tuât pas.
And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.
16 Puis Caïn s’éloigna de devant Yahweh, et il habita dans le pays de Nod, à l’orient d’Eden.
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
17 Caïn connut sa femme; elle conçut et enfanta Hénoch. Et il se mit à bâtir une ville qu’il appela Hénoch, du nom de son fils.
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
18 Irad naquit à Hénoch, et il engendra Maviaël; Maviaël engendra Mathusaël, et Mathusaël engendra Lamech.
And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech prit deux femmes; le nom de l’une était Ada, et celui de la seconde Sella.
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabel: il a été le père de ceux qui habitent sous des tentes et au milieu de troupeaux.
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
21 Le nom de son frère était Jubal: il a été le père de tous ceux qui jouent de la harpe et du chalumeau.
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
22 Sella, de son côté, enfanta Tubal-Caïn, qui forgeait toute espèce d’instruments tranchants d’airain et de fer. La sœur de Tubal-Caïn était Noéma.
And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23 Lamech dit à ses femmes: Ada et Sella, entendez ma voix, femmes de Lamech, écoutez ma parole: J’ai tué un homme pour ma blessure, et un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure.
And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;
24 Caïn sera vengé sept fois, et Lamech soixante-dix-sept fois.
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.
25 Adam connut encore sa femme; elle enfanta un fils et l’appela Seth, car, dit-elle, « Dieu m’a donné une postérité à la place d’Abel, que Caïn a tué. »
And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.
26 Seth eut aussi un fils, qu’il appela Enos. Ce fut alors que l’on commença à invoquer le nom de Yahweh.
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
