Genèse 37
1 Et Jacob habita dans le pays où son père avait séjourné, dans le pays de Canaan.
Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, 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, being seventeen years old, tended the flock with his brothers; he was an assistant to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
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 Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he had been born to him in his old age. And he made a long ornamented robe 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.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak 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 told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6 Et il leur dit: Écoutez, je vous prie, ce songe que j’ai songé:
He said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had:
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.
And look, we were binding sheaves in the field, and look, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf."
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.
Then his brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed rule over us?" So they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.
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.
And he had another dream, and told it to his father and to his brothers, and said, "Look, I had yet another dream, and look, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down 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?
When he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you had? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come and bow down to the ground in front of you?"
11 Et ses frères furent jaloux de lui; mais son père gardait cette parole.
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the matter.
12 Et ses frères allèrent paître le menu bétail de leur père à Sichem.
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near 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, "Aren't your brothers pasturing the flock near Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I am ready."
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.
So he said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and report back to me." So he sent him from 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 found him, and look, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
16 Et il dit: Je cherche mes frères; indique-moi, je te prie, où ils paissent [le troupeau].
He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the 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.
The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 Et ils le virent de loin; et avant qu’il soit proche d’eux, ils complotèrent contre lui pour le faire mourir.
Now they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they plotted against him to kill him.
19 Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Le voici, il vient, ce maître songeur!
And they said to one another, "Look, this dreamer is coming.
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.
Come now, and let's kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we will say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we will see what will become 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 heard it, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let's 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.
Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"—that he might deliver him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.
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;
It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his robe, the long ornamented robe that he was wearing.
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 threw him into the cistern. (Now the pit was empty. There was 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 they sat down to eat a meal. And they looked up, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26 Et Juda dit à ses frères: Quel profit aurons-nous à tuer notre frère et à cacher son sang?
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal 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.
Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our flesh." And his brothers agreed.
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.
So the Midianites merchants passed by, and they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the cistern, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.
29 Et Ruben retourna à la citerne; et voici, Joseph n’était pas dans la citerne; et il déchira ses vêtements,
And Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph wasn't in the cistern; and he tore his clothes.
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 boy is gone. Now, what am I to do?"
31 Et ils prirent la tunique de Joseph, et tuèrent un bouc, et plongèrent la tunique dans le sang;
They took Joseph's robe and killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
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 sent the long ornamented robe and they brought it to their father, and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's robe 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 recognized it, and said, "It is my son's robe. A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."
34 Et Jacob déchira ses vêtements, et mit un sac sur ses reins, et mena deuil sur son fils plusieurs jours.
Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
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)
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Indeed, I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." And his father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Et les Madianites le vendirent en Égypte à Potiphar, officier du Pharaon, chef des gardes.
Now the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
