Genèse 4
1 Or, Adam connut Éve sa femme, qui, ayant conçu, enfanta Caïn; et elle dit: J'ai obtenu un homme grâce à Dieu.
Adam (had sex/slept) with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, [which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’], because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel.
2 Ensuite elle enfanta son frère Abel, qui fut pasteur des brebis; de son côté Caïn s'adonna au labourage de la terre.
[After those boys grew up], Abel (tended/took care of) sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
3 Après bien des jours, il arriva que Caïn apporta des fruits de la terre en offrande au Seigneur.
One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him,
4 Or, Abel apporta des premiers-nés de son troupeaux et de leur graisse. Et Dieu regarda Abel et ses présents.
and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born [and killed them] and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, [which were the best parts]. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his offering,
5 Mais il ne fit attention ni à Caïn, ni à son offrande; Caïn en fut très affligé, et eut le visage tout abattu.
but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected.
6 Le Seigneur dit à Caïn: D'où vient que tu es si fort affligé et que ton visage est tout abattu?
Yahweh said to Cain, “(You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?) [RHQ] (You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?) [RHQ]
7 Si tu as bien fait de m'apporter des offrandes, en les choisissant mal n'as-tu pas péché? Calme-toi, le péché est sous ta puissance, et c'est à toi de le dominer.
If you had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) [RHQ], I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, [your desire to] sin [is ready to attack you like a wild animal that] [PRS] crouches outside the doorway, [ready to spring on its victim] [MET]. [Your desire to] sin wants to control you, but you must (control/not obey) it.”
8 Et Caïn dit à Abel son frère: Allons aux champs. Et voilà que comme ils étaient aux champs, Caïn se leva contre son frère Abel et le tua.
But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” [So they went together]. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel and killed him.
9 Et le Seigneur dit à Caïn: Où est Abel ton frère? Il répondit: Je ne sais: suis-je le gardien de mon frère?
[Later, even though] Yahweh [knew what Cain had done], he said to Cain, “[Do you know] where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. (My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?)” [RHQ]
10 Le Seigneur Dieu dit: Qu'as-tu fait? Le cri du sang de ton frère a retenti de la terre jusqu'à moi.
Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing [RHQ]! So now [it is as though] your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged.
11 Maintenant donc, maudit sois-tu sur la terre qui a ouvert la bouche pour recueillir de ta main le sang de ton frère.
You have killed your younger brother, and the ground has soaked up his blood. So now I will expel you from this land and curse your efforts to produce crops.
12 Lorsque tu travailleras à la terre, elle n'emploiera pas sa force pour te faire ses dons; tu seras gémissant et tremblant sur la terre.
You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few [HYP] crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.”
13 Caïn dit au Seigneur: Mon crime est trop grand pour m'être pardonné.
Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure.
14 Si vous me bannissez aujourd'hui de la face de cette terre, je serai caché loin de vos yeux; je serai gémissant et tremblant sur la terre, et le premier qui me rencontrera me tuera.
You are about to expel me from the ground [that I have been cultivating], and I will no longer be able to come (into your presence/and talk with you). Furthermore, I will be continually wandering around the earth with no place to live permanently, and anyone who sees me will kill me.”
15 Le Seigneur lui dit: Il n'en sera point ainsi; tout être qui tuerait Caïn encourrait sept châtiments. Et le Seigneur Dieu mit un signe à Caïn, pour que tout être qui le rencontrerait ne le tuât point.
But Yahweh said to him, “No, that will not happen. I will put a mark on you to warn anyone who sees you that [I will punish him severely if] he kills you. I will punish that person seven times as severely as I am punishing you.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain’s forehead.
16 Or, Caïn s'éloigna de la face de Dieu, et il habita la terre de Nod vis-à- vis Éden.
So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, [which means ‘wandering’], which was east of Eden.
17 Après cela Caïn connut sa femme, qui, ayant conçu, enfanta Enoch; ensuite Caïn bâtit une ville, et du nom de son fils, il la nomma Enoch.
Some time later, Cain (had sex/slept) with his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to a son, whom she named Enoch. Then Cain started to build a city, and he named the city ‘Enoch’, the same name that his son had.
18 Or, d'Enoch fut engendré Gaïdad, Gaïdad engendra Malalehël, Malalehël engendra Mathusala, et Mathusala engendra Lamech.
Enoch [grew up and married and] became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad [grew up he] became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael [grew up and] became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah [grew up and] became the father of Lamech.
19 Et Lamech épousa deux femmes: la première nommée Ada, la seconde nommée Sella.
When Lamech [grew up he] married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabel; celui-ci fut le père de ceux qui demeurèrent sous des tentes, des nourrisseurs de bestiaux.
Adah gave birth to [a son she named] Jabal.
21 Et son frère eut le nom Jubal; celui-ci inventa le psaltérion et la cithare.
Later, Jabal was the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. His younger brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person who made/played a (lyre/stringed instrument) and a flute.
22 Or Sella de son côté enfanta Thobel ou Tubalcaïn, et il fut ouvrier au marteau, forgeron du fer et de l'airain. La sœur de Tubalcaïn fut Noéma.
[Lamech’s other wife] Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a (blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron). Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name was Naamah.
23 Or, Lamech dit à ses femmes Ada et Sella: Écoutez ma voix, femmes de Lamech, faites attention à mes paroles: J'ai tué un homme pour mon malheur, un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure.
One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him.
24 On eût vengé sept fois le meurtre de Caïn; celui de Lamech le serait septante fois sept.
Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain [for killing his younger brother]. So if anyone [tries to] kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much [as Yahweh punished Cain].”
25 Or, Adam connut Éve sa femme, et, ayant conçu, elle enfanta un fils à qui elle donna le nom de Seth (substitué). Car, dit-elle, Dieu a fait sortir de moi un autre rejeton, en place d'Abel que Caïn a tué.
Adam continued to (have sex/sleep) with [EUP] his wife, and she [became pregnant and] gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’], because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 Et à Seth naquit un fils, auquel il donna le nom d'Enos; celui-ci, plein de confiance, invoqua le nom du Seigneur Dieu.
When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh [again].
