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! »
Adam slept with his wife Eve and she became pregnant. She gave birth to Cain, and said, “With the Lord's help I have made a man.”
2 Elle enfanta encore Abel, son frère. Abel fut pasteur de brebis, et Caïn était laboureur.
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, while Cain was a crop farmer.
3 Au bout de quelque temps, Caïn offrit des produits de la terre en oblation à Yahweh;
Sometime later Cain brought some of the produce he'd grown as an offering to the Lord.
4 Abel, de son côté, offrit des premiers-nés de son troupeau et de leur graisse. Yahweh regarda Abel et son offrande;
Abel also brought an offering: the firstborn lambs of his flock, selecting the very best parts to offer. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
5 mais il ne regarda pas Caïn et son offrande. Caïn en fut très irrité et son visage fut abattu.
but he wasn't pleased with Cain and his offering, which made Cain very angry and he frowned in annoyance.
6 Yahweh dit à Caïn: « Pourquoi es-tu irrité, et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?
The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why do you look so annoyed?
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 were doing what's right, then you'd be looking happy. But if you don't do what's right, then sin will be like animal crouching outside your home, ready to pounce on you. It wants to have you, but you must be the one in control.”
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.
Later, when Cain was talking with his brother Abel they went out into the fields where Cain attacked his brother and killed him.
9 Et Yahweh dit à Caïn: « Où est Abel, ton frère? » Il répondit: « Je ne sais pas; suis-je le gardien de mon frère? »
“Where is your brother Abel?” the Lord asked Cain. “How should I know?” he replied. “Am I supposed to be my brother's care-giver?”
10 Yahweh dit: « Qu’as-tu fait? La voix du sang de ton frère crie de la terre jusqu’à moi.
“What have you done?” the Lord asked. “Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
11 Maintenant tu es maudit de la terre, qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.
Consequently you are more cursed than the ground because you soaked it with your brother's blood.
12 Quand tu cultiveras la terre, elle ne donnera plus ses fruits; tu seras errant et fugitif sur la terre. »
When you cultivate the ground, it won't produce crops for you. You'll be always on the run, wandering all over the earth.”
13 Caïn dit à Yahweh: « Ma peine est trop grande pour que je la puisse supporter.
“My punishment is more than I can take,” Cain replied.
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. »
“Look! You're driving me away right now—cursing the ground and banishing me from your presence. I'm going to have to hide and always be on the run, left to wander all over the earth. Anyone who finds me is going to kill me!”
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.
But the Lord replied, “No, Cain. Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times over.” The Lord placed a mark on Cain so that no one who came across him would kill him.
16 Puis Caïn s’éloigna de devant Yahweh, et il habita dans le pays de Nod, à l’orient d’Eden.
So Cain left the Lord's presence and went to live in a land called Nod, 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.
Cain slept with his wife and she became pregnant. She had a son named Enoch. At that time Cain was building a town, so he named it after his son Enoch.
18 Irad naquit à Hénoch, et il engendra Maviaël; Maviaël engendra Mathusaël, et Mathusaël engendra Lamech.
Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael, Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech prit deux femmes; le nom de l’une était Ada, et celui de la seconde Sella.
Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was named Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabel: il a été le père de ceux qui habitent sous des tentes et au milieu de troupeaux.
Adah had a son named Jabal. He was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.
21 Le nom de son frère était Jubal: il a été le père de tous ceux qui jouent de la harpe et du chalumeau.
He had a brother named Jubal; he was the father of all those who play stringed and wind instruments.
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.
Zillah also had a son. He was named Tubal-cain and he was a blacksmith, making different kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain's sister was named 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.
At one time Lamech told his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me. You wives of Lamech, pay attention to what I have to say. I killed a man because he wounded me; I killed a young man because he injured me.
24 Caïn sera vengé sept fois, et Lamech soixante-dix-sept fois.
If the sentence for killing Cain was to be punished seven times over, then if someone kills me, Lamech, the punishment should be seventy-seven times.”
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. »
Adam slept with his wife again, and she had a son and named him Seth, explaining that, “God has given me another child to replace Abel, the one Cain killed.”
26 Seth eut aussi un fils, qu’il appela Enos. Ce fut alors que l’on commença à invoquer le nom de Yahweh.
Later Seth had a son named Enosh, because at that time people began to worship the Lord by name.
