Genèse 37
1 Et Jacob habita dans le pays où son père avait séjourné, dans le pays de Canaan.
Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
2 Ce sont ici les générations de Jacob: Joseph, âgé de 17 ans, paissait le menu bétail avec ses frères, et, [encore] jeune garçon, il était avec les fils de Bilha et les fils de Zilpa, femmes de son père; et Joseph rapporta à leur père leur mauvaise renommée.
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
3 Et Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses fils, parce qu’il était pour lui le fils de sa vieillesse, et il lui fit une tunique bigarrée.
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
4 Et ses frères virent que leur père l’aimait plus que tous ses frères; et ils le haïssaient, et ne pouvaient lui parler paisiblement.
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
5 Et Joseph songea un songe, et le raconta à ses frères, et ils le haïrent encore davantage.
Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
6 Et il leur dit: Écoutez, je vous prie, ce songe que j’ai songé:
And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
7 Voici, nous étions à lier des gerbes au milieu des champs; et voici, ma gerbe se leva, et elle se tint debout; et voici, vos gerbes l’entourèrent, et se prosternèrent devant ma gerbe.
We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
8 Et ses frères lui dirent: Est-ce que tu dois donc régner sur nous? Domineras-tu sur nous? Et ils le haïrent encore davantage, à cause de ses songes et de ses paroles.
And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
9 Et il songea encore un autre songe, et le raconta à ses frères. Et il dit: Voici, j’ai encore songé un songe; et voici, le soleil, et la lune, et onze étoiles, se prosternaient devant moi.
Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
10 Et il le conta à son père et à ses frères. Et son père le reprit, et lui dit: Qu’est-ce que ce songe que tu as songé? Est-ce que moi, et ta mère, et tes frères, nous viendrons nous prosterner en terre devant toi?
And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
11 Et ses frères furent jaloux de lui; mais son père gardait cette parole.
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
12 Et ses frères allèrent paître le menu bétail de leur père à Sichem.
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
13 Et Israël dit à Joseph: Tes frères ne paissent-ils pas [le troupeau] à Sichem? Viens, et je t’enverrai vers eux. Et il lui dit: Me voici.
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 Et il lui dit: Va, je te prie; vois si tes frères se portent bien, et si le bétail est en bon état, et rapporte-m’en des nouvelles. Et il l’envoya de la vallée de Hébron; et il vint à Sichem.
And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 Et un homme le trouva, et voici, il errait dans les champs. Et l’homme lui demanda, disant: Que cherches-tu?
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
16 Et il dit: Je cherche mes frères; indique-moi, je te prie, où ils paissent [le troupeau].
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
17 Et l’homme dit: Ils sont partis d’ici, car j’ai entendu qu’ils disaient: Allons à Dothan. Et Joseph alla après ses frères, et il les trouva en Dothan.
And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18 Et ils le virent de loin; et avant qu’il soit proche d’eux, ils complotèrent contre lui pour le faire mourir.
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19 Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Le voici, il vient, ce maître songeur!
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20 Et maintenant, venez, tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une des citernes, et nous dirons: Une mauvaise bête l’a dévoré; et nous verrons ce que deviendront ses songes.
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21 Et Ruben entendit [cela], et le délivra de leurs mains; et il dit: Ne le frappons pas à mort.
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22 Et Ruben leur dit: Ne versez pas le sang. Jetez-le dans cette citerne qui est dans le désert, et ne mettez pas la main sur lui. [C’était] afin de le délivrer de leurs mains, pour le faire retourner vers son père.
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
23 Et il arriva, lorsque Joseph fut venu auprès de ses frères, qu’ils dépouillèrent Joseph de sa tunique, de la tunique bigarrée qui était sur lui;
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
24 et ils le prirent et le jetèrent dans la citerne; or la citerne était vide: il n’y avait point d’eau dedans.
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
25 Et ils s’assirent pour manger le pain; et ils levèrent les yeux et regardèrent, et voici, une caravane d’Ismaélites venait de Galaad; et leurs chameaux portaient des épices, du baume, et de la myrrhe, qu’ils allaient porter en Égypte.
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
26 Et Juda dit à ses frères: Quel profit aurons-nous à tuer notre frère et à cacher son sang?
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
27 Venez, vendons-le aux Ismaélites; et que notre main ne soit pas sur lui; car il est notre frère, notre chair. Et ses frères l’écoutèrent.
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
28 Et les hommes madianites, des marchands, passèrent. Et ils tirèrent Joseph de la citerne et le firent remonter; et ils vendirent Joseph pour 20 pièces d’argent aux Ismaélites; et ceux-ci emmenèrent Joseph en Égypte.
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
29 Et Ruben retourna à la citerne; et voici, Joseph n’était pas dans la citerne; et il déchira ses vêtements,
Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
30 et retourna vers ses frères, et dit: L’enfant n’y est pas, et moi, où irai-je?
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
31 Et ils prirent la tunique de Joseph, et tuèrent un bouc, et plongèrent la tunique dans le sang;
Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
32 et ils envoyèrent la tunique bigarrée, et la firent parvenir à leur père, et dirent: Nous avons trouvé ceci; reconnais si c’est la tunique de ton fils, ou non.
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
33 Et il la reconnut, et dit: C’est la tunique de mon fils; une mauvaise bête l’a dévoré: Joseph a certainement été déchiré!
And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
34 Et Jacob déchira ses vêtements, et mit un sac sur ses reins, et mena deuil sur son fils plusieurs jours.
Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
35 Et tous ses fils se levèrent, et toutes ses filles, pour le consoler; mais il refusa de se consoler, et dit: Certainement je descendrai, menant deuil, vers mon fils, au shéol. Et son père le pleura. (Sheol h7585)
And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Et les Madianites le vendirent en Égypte à Potiphar, officier du Pharaon, chef des gardes.
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
