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!"
The man slept with Eve his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have produced a man with Yahweh's help.”
2 Elle enfanta ensuite son frère, Abel. Abel devint pasteur de menu bétail, et Caïn cultiva la terre.
Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd, but Cain cultivated the soil.
3 Au bout d’un certain temps, Caïn présenta, du produit de la terre, une offrande au Seigneur;
It came about that in the course of time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground as an offering to Yahweh.
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,
As for Abel, he brought some of the firstborn of his flock and some of the fat. Yahweh accepted 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 Cain and his offering he did not accept. So Cain was very angry, and he scowled.
6 Le Seigneur dit à Caïn; "Pourquoi es-tu chagrin, et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?
Yahweh said to Cain, “Why are you angry and why are you scowling?
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 do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin crouches at the door and desires to control you, but you must rule over it.”
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.
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. It came about that while they were in the fields, Cain rose up against Abel 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?"
Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?”
10 Dieu dit: "Qu’as-tu fait! Le cri du sang de ton frère s’élève, jusqu’à moi, de la terre.
Yahweh said, “What have you done? Your brother's blood is calling 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!"
Now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
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, from now on it will not yield to you its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer you will be in the earth.”
13 Caïn dit à l’Éternel: "Mon crime est trop grand pour qu’on me supporte.
Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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."
Indeed, you have driven me out this day from this ground, and I will be hidden from your face. I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth, and whoever finds me will 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.
Yahweh said to him, “If anyone kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain, so that if anyone found him, that person would not attack him.
16 Caïn se retira de devant l’Éternel, et séjourna dans le pays de Nôd, à l’orient d’Éden.
So Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and lived in the land of Nod, on the 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 conceived. She gave birth to Enoch. He built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
18 Hénoc devint père d’Iràd; celui-ci engendra Mehouyaél, qui engendra Lamec.
To Enoch was born Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
19 Lamec prit deux femmes, la première nommée Ada, et la seconde Cilla.
Lamech took for himself two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabal, souche de ceux qui habitent sous des tentes et conduisent des troupeaux.
Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of those who lived in tents who have livestock.
21 Le nom de son frère était Jabal: celui ci fut la souche de ceux qui manient la harpe et la lyre.
His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of those who play the harp and pipe.
22 Cilla, de son côté, enfanta Tubalcaïn, qui façonna toute sorte d’instruments de cuivre et de fer, et qui eut pour sœur Naama.
As for Zillah, she bore Tubal-Cain, the forger of tools of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was 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:
Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say. For I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
24 Si Caïn doit être vengé sept fois, Lamec le sera soixante-dix-sept fois."
If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged 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 bore another son. She called his name Seth and said, “God has given me another son in the place of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
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.
A son was born to Seth and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.
