Genèse 11
1 Toute la terre avait alors une même parole; il y avait une seule langue pour tous.
At first, all the people in [MTY] the world spoke the same language [DOU].
2 Et il arriva qu'en s'éloignant de l'Orient, ils trouvèrent en la terre de Sennaar une plaine où ils s'établirent.
As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there.
3 Et chacun dit à son voisin: Allons, façonnons des briques et faisons-les cuire au feu. La brique leur servit donc de pierre, et le bitume de ciment.
Then they said to each other, “(Hey/Come on), let’s form bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!” So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of (mortar/a mixture of cement, sand and lime) to hold them together.
4 Puis ils dirent: Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville et une tour dont la tête ira jusqu'au ciel, et faisons-nous un nom, avant de nous disséminer sur toute la face de la terre.
They said, “Hey, let’s build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way we will become famous! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!”
5 Le Seigneur descendit voir la ville et la tour que bâtissaient les fils des hommes.
So they began to build the city and the tower. Then Yahweh looked down and saw the city and the tower that those [puny] men were building.
6 Et il dit: Les voilà une seule famille, avec une seule et même langue, et s'ils ont commencé par de tels travaux, rien désormais ne pourra échouer de tout ce qu'ils entreprendront.
Yahweh said, “These people are one group that all speak the same language. If they have begun to do this now, then (there is nothing that they will decide to do that will be impossible for them/they will be able to do whatever they decide to do) [LIT]!
7 Allons, et étant descendus, confondons ici leur langage de telle sorte que nul n'entende plus la parole de son voisin.
So, okay/now, we will go down there and cause there to be many different languages, so that they will not be able to understand each other.”
8 Et de ce lieu, Dieu les dispersa sur la face de toute la terre, et ils cessèrent de bâtir la ville et la tour.
So Yahweh did that. As a result, the people stopped building the city, and Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
9 À cause de cela, ce lieu fut appelé Babel (confusion), parce que là le Seigneur confondit les langues de toute la terre, et dispersa les hommes sur la face de toute la terre.
The city was called Babel which means ‘confusion’, because there Yahweh caused the people to become confused because the people [MTY] spoke [different languages that the others could not understand], not just one language. From there Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth.
10 Or, voici les générations de Sem: le fils Sem avait cent ans lorsqu il engendra Arphaxad, deux ans après le déluge.
(This is a bigger list/I will now tell you more) of the descendants of Shem: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad.
11 Sem vécut, après avoir engendré Arphaxad, cinq cents ans; il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 more years and had more sons and daughters.
12 Arphaxad vécut cent trente-cinq ans, et il engendra Caïnan.
When Arphachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
13 Arphaxad vécut, après avoir engendré Caïnan, quatre cent trente ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut. Caïnan vécut trente ans, et il engendra Salé. Caïnan vécut, après avoir engendré Salé, cent trente ans, et il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 more years and became the father of more sons and daughters.
14 Salé vécut cent trente ans, et il engendra Héber.
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
15 Et Salé vécut, après avoir engendré Héber, trois cent trente ans; il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
16 Héber vécut cent trente-quatre ans, et il engendra Phaleg.
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
17 Et Héber vécut, après avoir engendré Phaleg, deux cent soixante-dix ans; il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
18 Phaleg vécut cent trente ans, et il engendra Réhu.
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
19 Et Phaleg vécut, après avoir engendré Réhu, deux cent neuf ans; il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
20 Réhu vécut cent trente-deux ans, et il engendra Sarug.
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
21 Et Réhu vécut, après avoir engendré Sarug, deux cent sept ans; il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
22 Sarug vécut cent trente ans, et il engendra Nachor.
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
23 Et Sarug vécut, après avoir engendré Nachor, deux cents ans; il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
24 Nachor vécut soixante-dix-neuf ans, et il engendra Tharé.
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
25 Et Nachor vécut, après avoir engendré Tharé, cent vingt-neuf ans; il engendra des fils et des filles, et il mourut.
After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters.
26 Tharé vécut soixante-dix ans, et il engendra Abram, Nachor et Aram.
When Terah was 70 years old, his son Abram was born. Later, two other sons, Nahor and Haran were born.
27 Or voici les générations de Tharé: Tharé engendra Abram, Nachor et Aram, lequel engendra Lot.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Terah: Terah’s sons were Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran’s son was named Lot.
28 Et Aram mourut devant son père Tharé, en la terre où il était né, au pays des Chaldéens.
Haran died before his father died. He died in Ur [city] in Chaldea land, where he was born.
29 Et Abram ainsi que Nachor épousèrent des femmes. Le nom de la femme d'Abram était Sara; et le nom de la femme de Nachor, Melcha, fille d'Aran, père de Melcha et d'Iescha.
Abram and Nahor both married. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. Milcah and her younger sister Iscah were the daughters of Haran.
30 Sara était stérile, et elle n'enfanta point.
Sarai was unable to bear any children.
31 Tharé prit Abram son fils, et Lot fils d'Aran, son petit-fils, et Sara, femme d'Abram, son fils, et il les emmena du pays des Chaldéens pour être transportés en la terre de Chanaan; ils allèrent ainsi jusqu'à Haran et ils y demeurèrent.
Terah decided to leave Ur and go to live in Canaan land. So he took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Abram’s wife Sarai with him. But instead of going to Canaan, they stopped at Haran [town] and lived there.
32 Et tous les jours de Tharé, en la terre de Haran, formèrent deux cent cinq ans, et il mourut à Haran.
When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran.
