Genèse 22
1 Il advint alors que Dieu tenta Abraham; il lui dit: Abraham, Abraham. Celui-ci répondit: Me voici.
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 Prends, lui dit Dieu, ton enfant, ton fils chéri, ton Isaac, que tu aimes tant; va en la haute terre, et là, offre-le en holocauste, sur l'une des montagnes que je te dirai.
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 Et Abraham, s'étant levé de grand matin, bâta son ânesse; il prit avec lui deux serviteurs et Isaac son fils; puis, ayant fendu le bois pour l'holocauste, il partit, et il arriva le troisième jour au lieu que lui avait dit le Seigneur.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 Et Abraham, ayant levé les yeux, vit le lieu de loin,
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 Et dit à ses serviteurs: Arrêtez-vous ici avec l'ânesse, moi de mon côté j'irai avec l'enfant jusque là-bas; puis après avoir adoré, nous reviendrons auprès de vous.
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Abraham prit donc le bois de l'holocauste, et il le donna à porter à Isaac; lui-même porta dans ses mains le feu et le glaive; et ils marchèrent à côté l'un de l'autre.
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 Cependant, Isaac dit à Abraham, son père: Père, et celui-ci répondit: Qu'y a-t-il, mon enfant? Isaac reprit: Voici le feu et le bois; où est la brebis pour l'holocauste?
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Abraham répondit: Dieu se pourvoira lui-même d'une brebis pour l'holocauste, mon enfant, et, ayant marché tous deux ensemble,
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 Ils arrivèrent au lieu que lui avait dit le Seigneur; Abraham y éleva un autel; il disposa le bois, et, ayant lié Isaac son fils, il le plaça sur l'autel par-dessus le bois.
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 Et il étendit la main pour saisir le glaive, afin d'égorger son fils.
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 Alors un ange du Seigneur l'appela du ciel, disant: Abraham, Abraham; il répondit: Me voici.
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 Et l'ange dit: Ne porte pas la main sur l'enfant: ne lui fais rien; car je sais maintenant que tu crains le Seigneur, puisque pour moi tu n'as pas épargné ton fils bien-aimé.
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 Abraham, ayant levé les yeux, regarda: et voilà qu'un bélier se trouvait retenu par les cornes dans les broussailles de Sabec; aussitôt Abraham s'élance, prend le bélier, et l'offre en holocauste, au lieu de son fils Isaac.
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 Abraham appela ce lieu: Le Seigneur a vu, de sorte que l'on dit encore aujourd'hui: sur la montagne le Seigneur est apparu.
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 L'ange du Seigneur appela une seconde fois Abraham du haut du ciel, disant:
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 Je l'ai juré par moi-même, dit le Seigneur: parce que tu as fait ce que tu viens de faire, et que, pour moi, tu n'as pas épargné ton fils bien-aimé,
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 Je te bénirai et te bénirai, je multiplierai et multiplierai ta race, comme les étoiles du ciel, comme les grains de sable du rivage des mers, et ta race possédera les villes des ennemis;
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 Et, en ta race, seront bénies toutes les nations de la terre, parce que tu as obéi à ma voix.
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 Abraham retourna auprès de ses serviteurs, et ils partirent pour revenir ensemble vers le puits du Serment. Abraham demeura vers le puits du Serment.
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 Ensuite un message vint à lui, disant: Melcha a aussi enfanté des fils à Nachor ton frère:
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 Uz d'abord, puis Bayx son frère, et Samuel, père des Syriens,
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 Chazad, Azay, Phaldès, ensuite Jeddar et Bathuel;
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 Bathuel a engendré Rébécca: voilà les huit fils que Melcha a enfantés à Nachor, frère d'Abraham.
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 Et sa concubine nommée Rheuma a, de son côté, enfanté Tabec, Taam, Tochos et Mocha.
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
