Genèse 11
1 Et toute la terre avait une seule langue et les mêmes paroles.
At first, all the people in [MTY] the world spoke the same language [DOU].
2 Et il arriva que lorsqu’ils partirent de l’orient, ils trouvèrent une plaine dans le pays de Shinhar; et ils y habitèrent.
As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there.
3 Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Allons, faisons des briques, et cuisons-les au feu. Et ils avaient la brique pour pierre, et ils avaient le bitume pour mortier.
Then they said to each other, “(Hey/Come on), let’s form bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!” So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of (mortar/a mixture of cement, sand and lime) to hold them together.
4 Et ils dirent: Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville, et une tour dont le sommet [atteigne] jusqu’aux cieux; et faisons-nous un nom, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.
They said, “Hey, let’s build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way we will become famous! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!”
5 Et l’Éternel descendit pour voir la ville et la tour que bâtissaient les fils des hommes.
So they began to build the city and the tower. Then Yahweh looked down and saw the city and the tower that those [puny] men were building.
6 Et l’Éternel dit: Voici, c’est un seul peuple, et ils n’ont, eux tous, qu’un seul langage, et ils ont commencé à faire ceci; et maintenant ils ne seront empêchés en rien de ce qu’ils pensent faire.
Yahweh said, “These people are one group that all speak the same language. If they have begun to do this now, then (there is nothing that they will decide to do that will be impossible for them/they will be able to do whatever they decide to do) [LIT]!
7 Allons, descendons, et confondons là leur langage, afin qu’ils n’entendent pas le langage l’un de l’autre.
So, okay/now, we will go down there and cause there to be many different languages, so that they will not be able to understand each other.”
8 Et l’Éternel les dispersa de là sur la face de toute la terre; et ils cessèrent de bâtir la ville.
So Yahweh did that. As a result, the people stopped building the city, and Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
9 C’est pourquoi on appela son nom Babel, car là l’Éternel confondit le langage de toute la terre; et de là l’Éternel les dispersa sur la face de toute la terre.
The city was called Babel which means ‘confusion’, because there Yahweh caused the people to become confused because the people [MTY] spoke [different languages that the others could not understand], not just one language. From there Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
10 Ce sont ici les générations de Sem: Sem était âgé de 100 ans, et il engendra Arpacshad, deux ans après le déluge.
(This is a bigger list/I will now tell you more) of the descendants of Shem: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad.
11 Et Sem, après qu’il eut engendré Arpacshad, vécut 500 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 more years and had more sons and daughters.
12 Et Arpacshad vécut 35 ans, et engendra Shélakh.
When Arphachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Et Arpacshad, après qu’il eut engendré Shélakh, vécut 403 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 more years and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14 Et Shélakh vécut 30 ans, et engendra Héber.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 Et Shélakh, après qu’il eut engendré Héber, vécut 403 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 Et Héber vécut 34 ans, et engendra Péleg.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 Et Héber, après qu’il eut engendré Péleg, vécut 430 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 Et Péleg vécut 30 ans, et engendra Rehu.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 Et Péleg, après qu’il eut engendré Rehu, vécut 209 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Et Rehu vécut 32 ans, et engendra Serug.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 Et Rehu, après qu’il eut engendré Serug, vécut 207 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 Et Serug vécut 30 ans, et engendra Nakhor.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 Et Serug, après qu’il eut engendré Nakhor, vécut 200 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 Et Nakhor vécut 29 ans, et engendra Térakh.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 Et Nakhor, après qu’il eut engendré Térakh, vécut 119 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 Et Térakh vécut 70 ans, et engendra Abram, Nakhor, et Haran.
When Terah was 70 years old, his son Abram was born. Later, two other sons, Nahor and Haran were born.
27 Et ce sont ici les générations de Térakh: Térakh engendra Abram, Nakhor, et Haran. Et Haran engendra Lot.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Terah: Terah’s sons were Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran’s son was named Lot.
28 Et Haran mourut en la présence de Térakh, son père, au pays de sa naissance, à Ur des Chaldéens.
Haran died before his father died. He died in Ur [city] in Chaldea land, where he was born.
29 – Et Abram et Nakhor prirent des femmes: le nom de la femme d’Abram était Saraï, et le nom de la femme de Nakhor, Milca, fille de Haran, père de Milca et père de Jisca.
Abram and Nahor both married. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. Milcah and her younger sister Iscah were the daughters of Haran.
30 Et Saraï était stérile, elle n’avait pas d’enfants.
Sarai was unable to bear any children.
31 Et Térakh prit Abram son fils, et Lot, fils de Haran, fils de son fils, et Saraï, sa belle-fille, femme d’Abram, son fils; et ils sortirent ensemble d’Ur des Chaldéens pour aller au pays de Canaan; et ils vinrent jusqu’à Charan, et habitèrent là.
Terah decided to leave Ur and go to live in Canaan land. So he took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Abram’s wife Sarai with him. But instead of going to Canaan, they stopped at Haran [town] and lived there.
32 Et les jours de Térakh furent 205 ans; et Térakh mourut à Charan.
When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.
