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 (had sex/slept) with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, [which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’], because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel.
2 Elle enfanta encore Abel, son frère. Abel fut pasteur de brebis, et Caïn était laboureur.
[After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
3 Au bout de quelque temps, Caïn offrit des produits de la terre en oblation à Yahweh;
One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
4 Abel, de son côté, offrit des premiers-nés de son troupeau et de leur graisse. Yahweh regarda Abel et son offrande;
and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born [and killed them] and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, [which were the best parts]. Yahweh 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 was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
6 Yahweh dit à Caïn: « Pourquoi es-tu irrité, et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?
Yahweh said to Cain, “(You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?) [RHQ] (You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?) [RHQ]
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 had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) [RHQ], I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, [your desire to] sin [is ready to attack you like a wild animal that] [PRS] crouches outside the doorway, [ready to spring on its victim] [MET]. [Your desire to] sin wants to control you, but you must (control/not obey) it.”
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.
But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” [So they went together]. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel 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? »
[Later, even though] Yahweh [knew what Cain had done], he said to Cain, “[Do you know] where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. (My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?)” [RHQ]
10 Yahweh dit: « Qu’as-tu fait? La voix du sang de ton frère crie de la terre jusqu’à moi.
Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing [RHQ]! So now [it is as though] your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.
11 Maintenant tu es maudit de la terre, qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.
You have killed your younger brother, and the ground has soaked up his blood. So now I will expel you from this land and curse your efforts to produce crops.
12 Quand tu cultiveras la terre, elle ne donnera plus ses fruits; tu seras errant et fugitif sur la terre. »
You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few [HYP] crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.”
13 Caïn dit à Yahweh: « Ma peine est trop grande pour que je la puisse supporter.
Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
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 are about to expel me from the ground [that I have been cultivating], and I will no longer be able to come (into your presence/and talk with you). Furthermore, I will be continually wandering around the earth with no place to live permanently, and anyone who sees me will 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 Yahweh said to him, “No, that will not happen. I will put a mark on you to warn anyone who sees you that [I will punish him severely if] he kills you. I will punish that person seven times as severely as I am punishing you.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain’s forehead.
16 Puis Caïn s’éloigna de devant Yahweh, et il habita dans le pays de Nod, à l’orient d’Eden.
So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was 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.
Some time later, Cain (had sex/slept) with his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to a son, whom she named Enoch. Then Cain started to build a city, and he named the city ‘Enoch’, the same name that his son had.
18 Irad naquit à Hénoch, et il engendra Maviaël; Maviaël engendra Mathusaël, et Mathusaël engendra Lamech.
Enoch [grew up and married and] became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad [grew up he] became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael [grew up and] became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah [grew up and] became the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech prit deux femmes; le nom de l’une était Ada, et celui de la seconde Sella.
When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabel: il a été le père de ceux qui habitent sous des tentes et au milieu de troupeaux.
Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
21 Le nom de son frère était Jubal: il a été le père de tous ceux qui jouent de la harpe et du chalumeau.
Later, Jabal was the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. His younger brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person who made/played a (lyre/stringed instrument) and a flute.
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.
[Lamech’s other wife] Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a (blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron). Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name 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.
One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him.
24 Caïn sera vengé sept fois, et Lamech soixante-dix-sept fois.
Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain [for killing his younger brother]. So if anyone [tries to] kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much [as Yahweh punished Cain].”
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 continued to (have sex/sleep) with [EUP] his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’], because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 Seth eut aussi un fils, qu’il appela Enos. Ce fut alors que l’on commença à invoquer le nom de Yahweh.
When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
