Genèse 20
1 Abraham quitta ce lieu pour la contrée du Midi; il s’établit entre Cadès et Chour et séjourna à Gherar.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Abraham disait de Sara, sa femme: "Elle est ma sœur": Abimélec, roi de Gherar, envoya prendre Sara.
While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.
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 during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
4 Or, Abimélec n’avait pas approché d’elle. II dit: "Seigneur! frapperais-tu donc aussi un peuple innocent?
But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?
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."
He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
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 said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with 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!"
Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”
8 Abimélec se leva de bonne heure, appela tous ses serviteurs et leur fit entendre toutes ces choses; ces hommes furent fort effrayés.
Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].
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!"
Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”
10 Abimélec dit encore à Abraham: "Qu’avais-tu en vue, en agissant de la sorte?"
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing 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.
Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’
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.
Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, 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."
Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is 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.
So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
15 Et il lui dit: "Voici mon territoire devant toi, établis-toi où bon te semblera."
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place 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."
And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
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’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 Car Dieu avait fermé toute matrice dans la maison d’Abimélec, à cause de Sara, épouse d’Abraham.
This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.
