Genèse 17

1 Abraham étant âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, le Seigneur lui apparut et lui dit: "Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; conduis-toi à mon gré, sois irréprochable,

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

2 et je maintiendrai mon alliance avec toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini."

I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

3 Abram tomba sur sa face, et Dieu lui parla de la sorte:

Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

4 "Moi-même, oui, je traite avec toi: tu seras le père d’une multitude de nations.

“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 Ton nom ne s’énoncera plus, désormais, Abram: ton nom sera Abraham, car je te fais le père d’une multitude de nations.

Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 Je te ferai fructifier prodigieusement; je ferai de toi des peuples, et des rois seront tes descendants.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 Cette alliance, établie entre moi et entre toi et ta postérité dernière, je l’érigerai en alliance perpétuelle, étant pour toi un Dieu comme pour ta postérité après toi.

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.

8 Et je donnerai à toi et à ta postérité la terre de tes pérégrinations, toute la terre de Canaan, comme possession indéfinie; et je serai pour eux un Dieu tutélaire."

I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”

9 Dieu dit à Abraham: "Pour toi, sois fidèle à mon alliance, toi et ta postérité après toi dans tous les âges.

God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.

10 Voici le pacte que vous observerez, qui est entre moi et vous, jusqu’à ta dernière postérité: circoncire tout mâle d’entre vous.

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 Vous retrancherez la chair de votre excroissance, et ce sera un symbole d’alliance entre moi et vous.

You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 A l’âge de huit jours, que tout mâle, dans vos générations, soit circoncis par vous; même l’enfant né dans ta maison, ou acheté à prix d’argent parmi les fils de l’étranger, qui ne sont pas de ta race.

He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.

13 Oui, il sera circoncis, l’enfant de ta maison ou celui que tu auras acheté; et mon alliance, à perpétuité, sera gravée dans votre chair.

He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 Et le mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas retranché la chair de son excroissance, sera supprimé lui-même du sein de son peuple pour avoir enfreint mon alliance."

The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

15 Dieu dit à Abraham: "Saraï, ton épouse, tu ne l’appelleras plus Saraï, mais bien Sara.

God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.

16 Je la bénirai, en te donnant, par elle aussi, un fils; je la bénirai, en ce qu’elle produira des nations et que des chefs de peuples naîtront d’elle."

I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

17 Abraham tomba sur sa face et sourit; et il dit en son coeur"Quoi! un centenaire engendrerait encore! et à quatre-vingt-dix ans, Sara deviendrait mère!"

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

18 Abraham dit au Seigneur: "Puisse Ismaël, à tes yeux, mériter de vivre!"

Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

19 Le Seigneur répondit: "Certes, Sara, ton épouse, te donnera un fils, et tu le nommeras Isaac. Je maintiendrai mon pacte avec lui, comme pacte perpétuel à l’égard de sa descendance.

God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

20 Quant à Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé: oui, je l’ai béni; je le ferai fructifier et multiplier à l’infini; il engendra douze princes, et je le ferai devenir une grande nation.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 Pour mon alliance, je la confirmerai sur Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera à pareille époque, l’année prochaine."

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

22 Ayant achevé de lui parler, Dieu disparut de devant Abraham.

When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham prit Ismaël son fils, tous les enfants de ses esclaves et ceux qu’il avait achetés à prix d’argent, tous les mâles de la maison d’Abraham; il retrancha la chair de leur excroissance, ce jour-là même, ainsi que Dieu le lui avait dit.

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

24 Or, Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsque fut retranchée la chair de son excroissance.

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans, lorsque la chair de son excroissance fut retranchée.

Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 C’Est en ce même jour que fut circoncis Abraham, ainsi qu’Ismaël son fils.

In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

27 Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés chez lui ou achetés à prix d’argent à l’étranger, furent circoncis en même temps.

All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.