Genèse 20

1 Abraham quitta ce lieu pour la contrée du Midi; il s’établit entre Cadès et Chour et séjourna à Gherar.

Abraham traveled towards the Negev, staying between Kadesh and Shur. After that he moved on to live in Gerar.

2 Abraham disait de Sara, sa femme: "Elle est ma sœur": Abimélec, roi de Gherar, envoya prendre Sara.

During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, “She's my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.

3 Le Seigneur visita Abimélec dans un songe nocturne et lui dit: "Tu vas mourir, à cause de cette femme que tu as prise et qui est en puissance de mari."

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “Listen! You're going to die because the woman you've taken is already married—she has a husband.”

4 Or, Abimélec n’avait pas approché d’elle. II dit: "Seigneur! frapperais-tu donc aussi un peuple innocent?

Abimelech hadn't touched Sarah, and he asked, “Lord, do you kill good people?

5 Quoi! ne m’a-t-il pas dit: ‘Elle est ma sœur?’ et elle, elle aussi, a dit: ‘II est mon frère.’ C’Est avec un cœur innocent et des mains pures que j’ai agi ainsi."

Didn't Abraham tell me himself, ‘She's my sister,’ and didn't Sarah also say, ‘He's my brother’? I did this in all innocence—my conscience is clear!”

6 Dieu lui répondit dans le songe: "Moi aussi je savais que tu avais agi ainsi dans la simplicité de ton cœur et j’ai voulu, de mon côté, te préserver de m’offenser; aussi ne t’ai-je pas permis d’approcher d’elle.

God told him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in all innocence, so I prevented you from sinning against me. That's why I didn't let you touch her.

7 Et maintenant, restitue l’épouse de cet homme, car il est prophète; il priera pour toi et tu vivras. Que si tu ne la rends pas, sache que tu mourras, toi et tous les tiens!"

Send the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don't send her back to him, you should know for sure that you and all your family will die.”

8 Abimélec se leva de bonne heure, appela tous ses serviteurs et leur fit entendre toutes ces choses; ces hommes furent fort effrayés.

Abimelech got up early in the morning and called all his servants together. He explained everything that had happened, and they were all terrified.

9 Abimélec manda Abraham et lui dit "Que nous as-tu fait! et qu’avais-je commis envers toi, pour que tu exposasses moi et mon royaume à un péché grave? Tu as fait à mon égard des choses qui ne doivent point se faire!"

Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and asked him “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you should treat me like this, bringing this terrible sin on me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that no one should ever do!”

10 Abimélec dit encore à Abraham: "Qu’avais-tu en vue, en agissant de la sorte?"

Then Abimelech asked Abraham “What were you thinking when you did this?”

11 Abraham répondit: "C’Est que je pensais: ‘Pour peu que la crainte de Dieu ne règne pas dans ce pays, ils me tueront à cause de ma femme.

“Well, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody respects God in this place. They'll kill me just to get my wife,’” Abraham replied.

12 Et d’ailleurs, de fait, elle est ma sœur, la fille de mon père, mais non la fille de ma mère et elle m’appartient comme épouse.

“Anyway, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father but not my mother, and I married her.

13 Or, lorsque Dieu me fit errer loin de la maison de mon père, je lui dis: ‘Voici la grâce que tu me feras. Dans tous les lieux où nous irons, dis que je suis ton frère."

Since my God made me move far away from my family home, I told her, ‘If you really love me, then wherever you go with me you must tell people: He's my brother.’”

14 Abimélec choisit des pièces de menu et de gros bétail, des esclaves mâles et femelles, en fit présent à Abraham et lui restitua Sara son épouse.

Then Abimelech gave Abraham gifts of sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves, and returned his wife Sarah to him.

15 Et il lui dit: "Voici mon territoire devant toi, établis-toi où bon te semblera."

Abimelech told him, “Look over my land. You can choose to live anywhere you like.”

16 Et à Sara il dit: "Voici, j’ai donné mille pièces d’argent à ton parent: certes! il est pour toi comme un voile contre quiconque t’approcherait; tous, tu peux les regarder en face."

Abimelech also told Sarah, “Notice that I'm giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. This is to compensate you for the wrong done to you in the eyes of everyone with you, and to make sure that your name is publicly cleared.”

17 Abraham intercéda auprès de Dieu, qui guérit Abimélec, sa femme et ses servantes, de sorte qu’elles purent enfanter.

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves, so that they could have children again.

18 Car Dieu avait fermé toute matrice dans la maison d’Abimélec, à cause de Sara, épouse d’Abraham.

For the Lord had made all the women unable to have children because Abraham's wife, Sarah, had been taken.