Genèse 45
1 Joseph ne put se contenir, malgré tous ceux qui l’entouraient. Il s’écria: "Faites sortir tout le monde d’ici!" Et nul homme ne fut présent lorsque Joseph se fit connaître à ses frères.
Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, “All of you go outside!” After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.
2 II éleva la voix en pleurant. Les Égyptiens l’entendirent, la maison de Pharaon l’entendit,
He cried so loudly that the people of Egypt who were outside heard it, and even the people in the king’s palace heard it.
3 et il dit à ses frères: "Je suis Joseph; mon père vit-il encore?" Mais ses frères ne purent lui répondre, car il les avait frappés de stupeur.
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?” But his brothers were not able to reply, because they were frightened because of what he said.
4 Joseph dit à ses frères: "Approchez-vous de moi, je vous prie." Et ils s’approchèrent. II reprit: "Je suis Joseph, votre frère que vous avez vendu pour l’Égypte.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me!” When they came closer, he said, “I am your brother Joseph! I am the one you sold to traders who brought me here to Egypt!
5 Et maintenant, ne vous affligez point, ne soyez pas irrités contre vous-mêmes de m’avoir vendu pour ce pays; car c’est pour le salut que le Seigneur m’y a envoyé avant vous.
But now, do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me to people who brought me here, because it was to save you from dying [because of the famine] that God sent me here ahead of you.
6 En effet, voici deux années que la famine règne au sein de la contrée et durant cinq années encore, il n’y aura ni culture ni moisson.
There has been a famine in this country for two years, and it will continue for five more years, so that no one will plow ground, and there will be no crops to harvest.
7 Le Seigneur m’a envoyé avant vous pour vous préparer une ressource dans ce pays et pour vous sauver la vie par une conservation merveilleuse.
But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.
8 Non, ce n’est pas vous qui m’avez fait venir ici, c’est Dieu; et il m’a fait devenir le père de Pharaon, le maître de toute sa maison et l’arbitre de tout le pays d’Égypte.
Therefore, it was not you who sent me here; it was God who sent me here! He has caused me to become like a father to the king. I am in charge of everything in his palace and the governor of everyone in Egypt!
9 Hâtez-vous, retournez chez mon père et dites lui: ‘Ainsi parle ton fils Joseph: Dieu m’a fait le maître de toute l’Égypte; viens auprès de moi, ne tarde point!
Now return to my father quickly, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has caused me to become the governor over the whole land of Egypt. Come down to me immediately!
10 Tu habiteras la terre de Gessen et tu seras rapproché de moi; toi, tes enfants, tes petits-enfants, ton menu et ton gros bétail et tout ce qui t’appartient.
You can live in the Goshen region. You and your children and your grandchildren, your sheep and goats and cattle, and everything that you own, will be near me.
11 Là je te fournirai des vivres car cinq années encore il y aura famine afin que tu ne souffres point, toi, ta famille et tout ce qui est à toi.’
Since there will be five more years of famine, I will make sure that you have food. If you do not come here, you and your family and all of your servants will starve. [EUP]”’
12 Or, vous voyez de vos yeux, comme aussi mon frère Benjamin, que c’est bien moi qui vous parle.
“Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you.
13 Faites part à mon père des honneurs qui m’entourent en Égypte et de tout ce que vous avez vu et hâtez vous d’amener ici mon père."
Go and tell my father about how greatly I am honored here in Egypt. And tell him about everything else that you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly!”
14 Il se jeta au cou de Benjamin son frère et pleura; et Benjamin aussi pleura dans ses bras.
Then he threw his arms around his [younger] brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.
15 Il embrassa tous ses frères et les baigna de ses larmes; alors seulement ses frères lui parlèrent.
And then as he kissed his older brothers [on their cheeks], he cried. After that, his brothers started to talk with him.
16 Or, le bruit s’était répandu à la cour de Pharaon, savoir: les frères de Joseph sont venus; ce qui avait plu à Pharaon et à ses serviteurs.
Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
17 Et Pharaon dit à Joseph: "Dis à tes frères: faites ceci: rechargez vos bêtes et mettez-vous en route pour le pays de Canaan.
The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region.
18 Emmenez votre père et vos familles et venez près de moi; je veux vous donner la meilleure province de l’Égypte, vous consommerez la moelle de ce pays.
Then bring your father and your families back here. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you will have the best food in the land to eat.’
19 Pour toi, tu es chargé de cet ordre: faites ceci: prenez, dans le pays d’Égypte, des voitures pour vos enfants et pour vos femmes; faites-y monter votre père et revenez.
“Also tell this to your brothers: ‘Take some carts from Egypt to carry your children and your wives, and get them and your father and come back here quickly.
20 N’Ayez point regret à vos possessions, car le meilleur du pays d’Égypte est à vous."
Do not worry about bringing your possessions, because the best things in Egypt will be yours. Because of that, you will not need to bring any of your things from Canaan.’”
21 Ainsi firent les fils d’Israël: Joseph leur donna des voitures d’après l’ordre de Pharaon et les munit de provisions pour le voyage.
Jacob’s sons did what the king suggested. Joseph gave them carts and food to eat along the way, as the king had ordered.
22 II donna à tous, individuellement, des habillements de rechange; pour Benjamin, il lui fit présent de trois cents pièces d’argent et de cinq habillements de rechange.
To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin!
23 Pareillement, il envoya à son père dix ânes chargés des meilleurs produits de l’Égypte et dix ânesses portant du blé, du pain et des provisions de voyage pour son père.
And this is what he sent to his father: Ten male donkeys, loaded with some of the best goods that come from Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for his father’s trip to Egypt.
24 Il reconduisit ses frères lorsqu’ils partirent et il leur dit: "Point de rixes durant le voyage!"
Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!”
25 Ils sortirent de l’Égypte et arrivèrent dans le pays de Canaan, chez Jacob leur père.
So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan.
26 Ils lui apprirent que Joseph vivait encore et qu’il commandait à tout le pays d’Égypte. Mais son cœur restait froid, parce qu’il ne les croyait pas.
One of them told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is the governor over all of Egypt!” Jacob was extremely astonished; he could not believe that it was true.
27 Alors ils lui répétèrent toutes les paroles que Joseph leur avait adressées et il vit les voitures que Joseph avait envoyées pour l’emmener et la vie revint au cœur de Jacob leur père.
But they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and Jacob saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him and his family and possessions to Egypt. Then their father Jacob’s shock ended.
28 Et Israël s’écria: "II suffit: mon fils Joseph vit encore! Ah! J’Irai et je le verrai avant de mourir!"
He said, “What you have said is enough to convince me! My son Joseph is still alive, and I will go and see him before I die!”
