Genèse 4
1 or, l’homme s’était uni à Ève, sa femme. Elle conçut et enfanta Caïn, en disant: "J’Ai fait naître un homme, conjointement avec l’Éternel!"
Adam slept with his wife Eve and she became pregnant. She gave birth to Cain, and said, “With the Lord's help I have made a man.”
2 Elle enfanta ensuite son frère, Abel. Abel devint pasteur de menu bétail, et Caïn cultiva la terre.
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, while Cain was a crop farmer.
3 Au bout d’un certain temps, Caïn présenta, du produit de la terre, une offrande au Seigneur;
Sometime later Cain brought some of the produce he'd grown as an offering to the Lord.
4 et Abel offrit, de son côté, des premiers-nés de son bétail, de leurs parties grasses. Le Seigneur se montra favorable à Abel et à son offrande,
Abel also brought an offering: the firstborn lambs of his flock, selecting the very best parts to offer. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
5 mais à Caïn et à son offrande il ne fut pas favorable; Caïn en conçut un grand chagrin, et son visage fut abattu.
but he wasn't pleased with Cain and his offering, which made Cain very angry and he frowned in annoyance.
6 Le Seigneur dit à Caïn; "Pourquoi es-tu chagrin, et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?
The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? Why do you look so annoyed?
7 Si tu t’améliores, tu pourras te relever, sinon le Péché est tapi à ta porte: il aspire à t’atteindre, mais toi, sache le dominer!"
If you were doing what's right, then you'd be looking happy. But if you don't do what's right, then sin will be like animal crouching outside your home, ready to pounce on you. It wants to have you, but you must be the one in control.”
8 Caïn parla à son frère Abel; mais il advint, comme ils étaient aux champs, que Caïn se jeta sur Abel, son frère, et le tua.
Later, when Cain was talking with his brother Abel they went out into the fields where Cain attacked his brother and killed him.
9 L’Éternel dit à Caïn: "Où est Abel ton frère?" Il répondit: "Je ne sais; suis-je le gardien de mon frère?"
“Where is your brother Abel?” the Lord asked Cain. “How should I know?” he replied. “Am I supposed to be my brother's care-giver?”
10 Dieu dit: "Qu’as-tu fait! Le cri du sang de ton frère s’élève, jusqu’à moi, de la terre.
“What have you done?” the Lord asked. “Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
11 Eh bien! tu es maudit à cause de cette terre, qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère!"
Consequently you are more cursed than the ground because you soaked it with your brother's blood.
12 Lorsque tu cultiveras la terre, elle cessera de te faire part de sa fécondité; tu seras errant et fugitif par le monde."
When you cultivate the ground, it won't produce crops for you. You'll be always on the run, wandering all over the earth.”
13 Caïn dit à l’Éternel: "Mon crime est trop grand pour qu’on me supporte.
“My punishment is more than I can take,” Cain replied.
14 Vois, tu me proscris aujourd’hui de dessus la face de la terre; mais puis-je me dérober à ta face? Je vais errer et fuir par le monde, mais le premier qui me trouvera me tuera."
“Look! You're driving me away right now—cursing the ground and banishing me from your presence. I'm going to have to hide and always be on the run, left to wander all over the earth. Anyone who finds me is going to kill me!”
15 L’Éternel lui dit: "Aussi, quiconque tuera Caïn sera puni au septuple." Et l’Éternel le marqua d’un signe, pour que personne, le rencontrant, ne le frappât.
But the Lord replied, “No, Cain. Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times over.” The Lord placed a mark on Cain so that no one who came across him would kill him.
16 Caïn se retira de devant l’Éternel, et séjourna dans le pays de Nôd, à l’orient d’Éden.
So Cain left the Lord's presence and went to live in a land called Nod, east of Eden.
17 Caïn connut sa femme; elle conçut et enfanta Hénoc. Caïn bâtissait alors une ville, qu’il désigna du nom de son fils Hénoc.
Cain slept with his wife and she became pregnant. She had a son named Enoch. At that time Cain was building a town, so he named it after his son Enoch.
18 Hénoc devint père d’Iràd; celui-ci engendra Mehouyaél, qui engendra Lamec.
Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad was the father of Mehujael, Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19 Lamec prit deux femmes, la première nommée Ada, et la seconde Cilla.
Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was named Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabal, souche de ceux qui habitent sous des tentes et conduisent des troupeaux.
Adah had a son named Jabal. He was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.
21 Le nom de son frère était Jabal: celui ci fut la souche de ceux qui manient la harpe et la lyre.
He had a brother named Jubal; he was the father of all those who play stringed and wind instruments.
22 Cilla, de son côté, enfanta Tubalcaïn, qui façonna toute sorte d’instruments de cuivre et de fer, et qui eut pour sœur Naama.
Zillah also had a son. He was named Tubal-cain and he was a blacksmith, making different kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain's sister was named Naamah.
23 Lamec dit à ses femmes"Ada et Cilla, écoutez ma voix! Femmes de Lamec, prêtez l’oreille à ma parole! J’Ai tué un homme parce qu’il m’avait frappé, Et un jeune homme à cause de ma blessure:
At one time Lamech told his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me. You wives of Lamech, pay attention to what I have to say. I killed a man because he wounded me; I killed a young man because he injured me.
24 Si Caïn doit être vengé sept fois, Lamec le sera soixante-dix-sept fois."
If the sentence for killing Cain was to be punished seven times over, then if someone kills me, Lamech, the punishment should be seventy-seven times.”
25 Adam connut de nouveau sa femme; elle enfanta un fils, et lui donna pour nom Seth: "Parce que Dieu m’a accordé une nouvelle postérité au lieu d’Abel, Caïn l’ayant tué."
Adam slept with his wife again, and she had a son and named him Seth, explaining that, “God has given me another child to replace Abel, the one Cain killed.”
26 A Seth, lui aussi, il naquit un fils; il lui donna pour nom Énos. Alors on commença d’invoquer le nom de l’Éternel.
Later Seth had a son named Enosh, because at that time people began to worship the Lord by name.
