Genèse 20
1 Et Abraham s’en alla de là au pays du midi, et habita entre Kadès et Shur, et séjourna à Guérar.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Et Abraham dit de Sara, sa femme: Elle est ma sœur. Et Abimélec, roi de Guérar, envoya et prit Sara.
While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.
3 Et Dieu vint vers Abimélec la nuit, dans un songe, et lui dit: Voici, tu es mort à cause de la femme que tu as prise, car elle est une femme mariée.
But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
4 Or Abimélec ne s’était pas approché d’elle; et il dit: Seigneur, feras-tu périr même une nation juste?
But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?
5 Ne m’a-t-il pas dit: Elle est ma sœur? Et elle-même m’a dit: Il est mon frère. J’ai fait cela dans l’intégrité de mon cœur et dans l’innocence de mes mains.
He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
6 Et Dieu lui dit en songe: Moi aussi je sais que tu as fait cela dans l’intégrité de ton cœur, et aussi je t’ai retenu de pécher contre moi; c’est pourquoi je n’ai pas permis que tu la touches.
God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.
7 Et maintenant, rends la femme de cet homme; car il est prophète, et il priera pour toi, et tu vivras. Mais si tu ne la rends pas, sache que tu mourras certainement, toi et tout ce qui est à toi.
Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”
8 Et Abimélec se leva de bon matin, et appela tous ses serviteurs, et dit toutes ces paroles à leurs oreilles; et ces hommes eurent une grande peur.
Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].
9 Et Abimélec appela Abraham, et lui dit: Que nous as-tu fait? et en quoi ai-je péché contre toi, que tu aies fait venir sur moi et sur mon royaume un grand péché? Tu as fait à mon égard des choses qui ne doivent pas se faire.
Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”
10 Et Abimélec dit à Abraham: Qu’as-tu vu pour avoir fait ainsi?
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Et Abraham dit: C’est parce que je disais: Assurément il n’y a point de crainte de Dieu en ce lieu, et ils me tueront à cause de ma femme.
Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’
12 Et aussi, à la vérité, elle est ma sœur, fille de mon père; seulement elle n’est pas fille de ma mère, et elle est devenue ma femme.
Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.
13 Et il est arrivé, lorsque Dieu m’a fait errer loin de la maison de mon père, que je lui ai dit: Voici la grâce que tu me feras: Dans tous les lieux où nous arriverons, dis de moi: Il est mon frère.
Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”
14 Et Abimélec prit du menu bétail et du gros bétail, et des serviteurs et des servantes, et il les donna à Abraham, et lui rendit Sara, sa femme;
So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
15 et Abimélec dit: Voici, mon pays est devant toi; habite où il te plaira.
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
16 Et à Sara il dit: Voici, j’ai donné 1 000 [pièces] d’argent à ton frère; voici, cela te sera une couverture des yeux pour tous ceux qui sont avec toi, et pour tous. Ainsi elle fut reprise.
And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
17 Et Abraham pria Dieu, et Dieu guérit Abimélec, et sa femme et ses servantes, et elles eurent des enfants:
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 car l’Éternel avait entièrement fermé toute matrice de la maison d’Abimélec, à cause de Sara, femme d’Abraham.
This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.
