Genèse 4
1 Et l’homme connut Ève sa femme; et elle conçut, et enfanta Caïn; et elle dit: J’ai acquis un homme avec l’Éternel.
Adam (had sex/slept) with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, [which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’], because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel.
2 Et elle enfanta encore son frère, Abel. Et Abel paissait le menu bétail, et Caïn labourait la terre.
[After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
3 Et il arriva, au bout de quelque temps, que Caïn apporta, du fruit du sol, une offrande à l’Éternel.
One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
4 Et Abel apporta, lui aussi, des premiers-nés de son troupeau, et de leur graisse. Et l’Éternel eut égard à Abel et à son offrande;
and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born [and killed them] and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, [which were the best parts]. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his offering,
5 mais à Caïn et à son offrande, il n’eut pas égard. Et Caïn fut très irrité, et son visage fut abattu.
but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
6 Et l’Éternel dit à Caïn: Pourquoi es-tu irrité, et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?
Yahweh said to Cain, “(You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?) [RHQ] (You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?) [RHQ]
7 Si tu fais bien, ne seras-tu pas agréé? Et si tu ne fais pas bien, le péché est couché à la porte. Et son désir sera [tourné] vers toi, et toi tu domineras sur lui.
If you had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) [RHQ], I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, [your desire to] sin [is ready to attack you like a wild animal that] [PRS] crouches outside the doorway, [ready to spring on its victim] [MET]. [Your desire to] sin wants to control you, but you must (control/not obey) it.”
8 Et Caïn parla à Abel son frère; et il arriva, comme ils étaient aux champs, que Caïn se leva contre Abel, son frère, et le tua.
But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” [So they went together]. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel and killed him.
9 Et l’Éternel dit à Caïn: Où est Abel, ton frère? Et il dit: Je ne sais. Suis-je, moi, le gardien de mon frère?
[Later, even though] Yahweh [knew what Cain had done], he said to Cain, “[Do you know] where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. (My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?)” [RHQ]
10 Et il dit: Qu’as-tu fait? La voix du sang de ton frère crie de la terre à moi.
Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing [RHQ]! So now [it is as though] your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.
11 Et maintenant, tu es maudit de la terre qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.
You have killed your younger brother, and the ground has soaked up his blood. So now I will expel you from this land and curse your efforts to produce crops.
12 Quand tu laboureras le sol, il ne te donnera plus sa force; tu seras errant et vagabond sur la terre.
You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few [HYP] crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.”
13 Et Caïn dit à l’Éternel: Mon châtiment est trop grand pour que j’en porte le poids.
Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
14 Voici, tu m’as chassé aujourd’hui de dessus la face de la terre, et je serai caché de devant ta face, et je serai errant et vagabond sur la terre; et il arrivera que quiconque me trouvera me tuera.
You are about to expel me from the ground [that I have been cultivating], and I will no longer be able to come (into your presence/and talk with you). Furthermore, I will be continually wandering around the earth with no place to live permanently, and anyone who sees me will kill me.”
15 Et l’Éternel lui dit: C’est pourquoi quiconque tuera Caïn sera puni sept fois. Et l’Éternel mit un signe sur Caïn, afin que quiconque le trouverait ne le tue point.
But Yahweh said to him, “No, that will not happen. I will put a mark on you to warn anyone who sees you that [I will punish him severely if] he kills you. I will punish that person seven times as severely as I am punishing you.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain’s forehead.
16 Et Caïn sortit de devant l’Éternel; et il habita dans le pays de Nod, à l’orient d’Éden.
So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
17 Et Caïn connut sa femme, et elle conçut, et enfanta Hénoc; et il bâtit une ville, et appela le nom de la ville d’après le nom de son fils Hénoc.
Some time later, Cain (had sex/slept) with his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to a son, whom she named Enoch. Then Cain started to build a city, and he named the city ‘Enoch’, the same name that his son had.
18 Et à Hénoc naquit Irad; et Irad engendra Mehujaël; et Mehujaël engendra Methushaël; et Methushaël engendra Lémec.
Enoch [grew up and married and] became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad [grew up he] became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael [grew up and] became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah [grew up and] became the father of Lamech.
19 Et Lémec prit deux femmes: le nom de l’une était Ada, et le nom de la seconde, Tsilla.
When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
20 Et Ada enfanta Jabal: lui, fut père de ceux qui habitent sous des tentes et ont du bétail.
Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
21 Et le nom de son frère fut Jubal: lui, fut père de tous ceux qui manient la harpe et la flûte.
Later, Jabal was the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. His younger brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person who made/played a (lyre/stringed instrument) and a flute.
22 Et Tsilla, elle aussi, enfanta Tubal-Caïn, qui fut forgeur de tous les outils d’airain et de fer. Et la sœur de Tubal-Caïn fut Naama.
[Lamech’s other wife] Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a (blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron). Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name was Naamah.
23 Et Lémec dit à ses femmes: Ada et Tsilla, écoutez ma voix; femmes de Lémec, prêtez l’oreille à ma parole: Je tuerai un homme pour ma blessure, et un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure;
One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him.
24 si Caïn est vengé sept fois, Lémec le sera 77 fois.
Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain [for killing his younger brother]. So if anyone [tries to] kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much [as Yahweh punished Cain].”
25 Et Adam connut encore sa femme; et elle enfanta un fils, et appela son nom Seth; car, [dit-elle], Dieu m’a assigné une autre semence au lieu d’Abel; car Caïn l’a tué.
Adam continued to (have sex/sleep) with [EUP] his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’], because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 Et à Seth, à lui aussi, naquit un fils; et il appela son nom Énosh. Alors on commença à invoquer le nom de l’Éternel.
When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
