Genèse 16

1 Et Saraï, femme d’Abram, ne lui donnait pas d’enfant; et elle avait une servante égyptienne, et son nom était Agar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 Et Saraï dit à Abram: Tu vois que l’Éternel m’a empêchée d’avoir des enfants; va, je te prie, vers ma servante; peut-être me bâtirai-je [une maison] par elle. Et Abram écouta la voix de Saraï.

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

3 Et Saraï, femme d’Abram, prit Agar, l’Égyptienne, sa servante, après qu’Abram eut demeuré dix ans au pays de Canaan, et la donna à Abram, son mari, pour femme.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

4 Et il vint vers Agar, et elle conçut; et elle vit qu’elle avait conçu, et sa maîtresse fut méprisée à ses yeux.

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

5 Et Saraï dit à Abram: Le tort qui m’est fait est sur toi: moi, je t’ai donné ma servante dans ton sein; et elle voit qu’elle a conçu, et je suis méprisée à ses yeux. L’Éternel jugera entre moi et toi!

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

6 Et Abram dit à Saraï: Voici, ta servante est entre tes mains, fais-lui comme il sera bon à tes yeux. Et Saraï la maltraita, et elle s’enfuit de devant elle.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

7 Mais l’Ange de l’Éternel la trouva près d’une fontaine d’eau dans le désert, près de la fontaine qui est sur le chemin de Shur.

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

8 Et il dit: Agar, servante de Saraï, d’où viens-tu, et où vas-tu? Et elle dit: Je m’enfuis de devant Saraï, ma maîtresse.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

9 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Retourne vers ta maîtresse, et humilie-toi sous sa main.

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

10 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Je multiplierai beaucoup ta semence, et elle ne pourra se nombrer à cause de sa multitude.

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

11 Et l’Ange de l’Éternel lui dit: Voici, tu es enceinte, et tu enfanteras un fils, et tu appelleras son nom Ismaël, car l’Éternel a entendu ton affliction.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

12 Et lui, sera un âne sauvage; sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous sera contre lui; et il habitera à la vue de tous ses frères.

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

13 Et elle appela le nom de l’Éternel qui lui avait parlé: Tu es le Dieu qui te révèles; car elle dit: N’ai-je pas aussi vu ici, après qu’il s’est révélé?

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

14 C’est pourquoi on a appelé le puits: Beër-Lakhaï-roï; voici, il est entre Kadès et Béred.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Et Agar enfanta un fils à Abram; et Abram appela le nom de son fils, qu’Agar enfanta, Ismaël.

And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

16 Et Abram était âgé de 86 ans lorsque Agar enfanta Ismaël à Abram.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.