Genèse 45
1 Et Joseph ne put plus se contenir devant tous ceux qui se tenaient près de lui, et il cria: Faites sortir tout le monde d’auprès de moi. Et personne ne se tint près de Joseph quand il se fit connaître à ses frères.
Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, “All of you go outside!” After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.
2 Et il laissa éclater sa voix en pleurs, et les Égyptiens l’entendirent, et la maison du Pharaon l’entendit.
He cried so loudly that the people of Egypt who were outside heard it, and even the people in the king’s palace heard it.
3 Et Joseph dit à ses frères: Je suis Joseph. Mon père vit-il encore? Et ses frères ne pouvaient lui répondre, car ils étaient troublés devant lui.
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?” But his brothers were not able to reply, because they were frightened because of what he said.
4 Et Joseph dit à ses frères: Approchez-vous de moi. Et ils s’approchèrent. Et il dit: Je suis Joseph, votre frère, que vous avez vendu pour l’Égypte.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me!” When they came closer, he said, “I am your brother Joseph! I am the one you sold to traders who brought me here to Egypt!
5 Et maintenant, ne soyez pas attristés, et ne voyez pas d’un œil chagrin que vous m’ayez vendu ici, car c’est pour la conservation de la vie que Dieu m’a envoyé devant vous.
But now, do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me to people who brought me here, because it was to save you from dying [because of the famine] that God sent me here ahead of you.
6 Car voici deux ans que la famine est dans le pays, et il y a encore cinq ans, pendant lesquels il n’y aura ni labour, ni moisson.
There has been a famine in this country for two years, and it will continue for five more years, so that no one will plow ground, and there will be no crops to harvest.
7 Et Dieu m’a envoyé devant vous pour vous conserver de reste sur la terre, et pour vous conserver la vie par une grande délivrance.
But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.
8 Et maintenant, ce n’est pas vous qui m’avez envoyé ici, mais c’est Dieu; et il m’a établi père du Pharaon, et seigneur de toute sa maison, et gouverneur sur tout le pays d’Égypte.
Therefore, it was not you who sent me here; it was God who sent me here! He has caused me to become like a father to the king. I am in charge of everything in his palace and the governor of everyone in Egypt!
9 Hâtez-vous, et montez vers mon père, et vous lui direz: Ainsi dit ton fils, Joseph: Dieu m’a établi seigneur de toute l’Égypte; descends vers moi, ne t’arrête pas.
Now return to my father quickly, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has caused me to become the governor over the whole land of Egypt. Come down to me immediately!
10 Et tu habiteras dans le pays de Goshen, et tu seras près de moi, toi, et tes fils, et les fils de tes fils, et ton menu et ton gros bétail, et tout ce qui est à toi;
You can live in the Goshen region. You and your children and your grandchildren, your sheep and goats and cattle, and everything that you own, will be near me.
11 et je t’y entretiendrai, car il y a encore cinq années de famine, de peur que tu ne sois réduit à la misère, toi, et ta maison, et tout ce qui est à toi.
Since there will be five more years of famine, I will make sure that you have food. If you do not come here, you and your family and all of your servants will starve. [EUP]”’
12 Et voici, vos yeux, et les yeux de Benjamin, mon frère, voient que c’est ma bouche qui vous parle.
“Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you.
13 Et vous raconterez à mon père toute ma gloire en Égypte, et tout ce que vous avez vu; et vous vous hâterez, et vous ferez descendre ici mon père.
Go and tell my father about how greatly I am honored here in Egypt. And tell him about everything else that you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly!”
14 Et il se jeta au cou de Benjamin, son frère, et pleura; et Benjamin pleura sur son cou;
Then he threw his arms around his [younger] brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.
15 et il embrassa tous ses frères, et pleura sur eux; et après cela, ses frères parlèrent avec lui.
And then as he kissed his older brothers [on their cheeks], he cried. After that, his brothers started to talk with him.
16 Et la rumeur en arriva dans la maison du Pharaon, disant: Les frères de Joseph sont venus. Et cela fut bon aux yeux du Pharaon et aux yeux de ses serviteurs.
Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
17 Et le Pharaon dit à Joseph: Dis à tes frères: Faites ceci; chargez vos bêtes, et allez, entrez au pays de Canaan;
The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region.
18 et prenez votre père et vos familles, et venez vers moi; et je vous donnerai ce qu’il y a de meilleur au pays d’Égypte, et vous mangerez la graisse du pays.
Then bring your father and your families back here. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you will have the best food in the land to eat.’
19 Et à toi, il t’est ordonné: Faites ceci; prenez du pays d’Égypte des chariots pour vos petits enfants et pour vos femmes, et faites-y monter votre père, et venez.
“Also tell this to your brothers: ‘Take some carts from Egypt to carry your children and your wives, and get them and your father and come back here quickly.
20 Que vos yeux ne regrettent pas vos meubles; car le meilleur de tout le pays d’Égypte sera à vous.
Do not worry about bringing your possessions, because the best things in Egypt will be yours. Because of that, you will not need to bring any of your things from Canaan.’”
21 Et les fils d’Israël firent ainsi; et Joseph leur donna des chariots, selon le commandement du Pharaon; et il leur donna des provisions pour le chemin.
Jacob’s sons did what the king suggested. Joseph gave them carts and food to eat along the way, as the king had ordered.
22 Il donna à chacun d’eux tous des vêtements de rechange; et à Benjamin il donna 300 [pièces] d’argent, et cinq vêtements de rechange.
To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin!
23 Et à son père il envoya ceci: dix ânes chargés de ce qu’il y avait de meilleur en Égypte, et dix ânesses chargées de blé, et de pain, et de vivres pour son père, pour le chemin.
And this is what he sent to his father: Ten male donkeys, loaded with some of the best goods that come from Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for his father’s trip to Egypt.
24 Et il renvoya ses frères, et ils s’en allèrent. Et il leur dit: Ne vous querellez pas en chemin.
Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!”
25 Et ils montèrent de l’Égypte, et vinrent au pays de Canaan, vers Jacob, leur père;
So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan.
26 et ils lui rapportèrent, disant: Joseph vit encore; et même c’est lui qui gouverne tout le pays d’Égypte. Mais son cœur resta froid, car il ne les crut pas.
One of them told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is the governor over all of Egypt!” Jacob was extremely astonished; he could not believe that it was true.
27 Et ils lui dirent toutes les paroles de Joseph, qu’il leur avait dites; et il vit les chariots que Joseph avait envoyés pour le transporter; et l’esprit de Jacob leur père se ranima.
But they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and Jacob saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him and his family and possessions to Egypt. Then their father Jacob’s shock ended.
28 Et Israël dit: C’est assez! Joseph mon fils vit encore; j’irai, et je le verrai avant que je meure.
He said, “What you have said is enough to convince me! My son Joseph is still alive, and I will go and see him before I die!”
