Genèse 45
1 Cependant, Joseph ne pouvait plus se retenir devant tous ceux qui l'entouraient; il dit donc: Que l'on éloigne de moi tout le monde; et nul ne resta près de Joseph, lorsqu'il se fit reconnaître par 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 Et il éleva la voix avec des sanglots: tous les Égyptiens l'entendirent; on put l'ouïr dans tout le palais du Pharaon.
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 Joseph dit à ses frères: Je suis Joseph; mon père vit-il encore? Ses frères ne pouvaient lui répondre, tant ils étaient troublés.
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 Et Joseph dit à ses frères: Approchez-vous de moi, et ils s'approchèrent, il ajouta: Je suis Joseph, votre frère, que vous avez vendu en 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 Ne vous affligez pas; qu'il ne vous paraisse point douloureux de m'avoir vendu ici; car c'est pour notre salut que Dieu 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 Cette année-ci est la deuxième année de famine; il y aura cinq ans encore sans labourage 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 Dieu, en effet, m'a envoyé avant vous pour conserver votre race sur la terre, et pour nourrir vos nombreux descendants.
But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive.
8 Ce n'est donc point vous qui m'avez envoyé ici, mais Dieu, qui m'a fait comme le père du Pharaon maître de toute sa maison, et chef de toute l'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 de retourner chez mon père, et dites-lui: Voici ce que dit ton fils Joseph: Dieu m'a fait maître de toute l'Égypte; descends donc auprès de moi, n'y mets point de retard.
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 en la terre de Gessen d'Arabie, et tu seras auprès de moi, toi, tes fils, et les fils de tes fils, et tes brebis, et tes bœufs, 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 nourrirai, car il y aura encore cinq années de famine, et tu ne périras pas, ni tes fils, ni tes serviteurs.
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 Vos yeux voient, et aussi ceux de Benjamin, mon frère, que c'est ma bouche 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 Annoncez donc à mon père toute ma gloire en Égypte, et tout ce que vous avez vu; faites hâte, et amenez 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 Et se jetant au cou de Benjamin, son frère, il pleura sur lui. Benjamin pleurant aussi sur le sein de Joseph.
Then he threw his arms around his [younger] brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried.
15 Et, ayant embrassé ses frères, il pleura sur eux; après cela 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 Le bruit s'en répandit dans le palais du Pharaon; chacun disait: Les frères de Joseph sont venus. Le Pharaon s'en réjouit, et toute sa maison.
Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased.
17 Le Pharaon dit alors à Joseph: Dis à tes frères: Chargez vos ânes, et retournez en la terre de Chanaan.
The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region.
18 Prenez votre père et tout ce qui vous appartient, puis venez auprès de moi, je vous donnerai de tous les biens de l'Égypte, et vous mangerez la mœlle de la terre.
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 Toi cependant, ordonne qu'ils emmènent des chars d'Égypte pour vos enfants et pour vos femmes; dis-leur: Prenez votre père, et arrivez ici;
“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 Et ne songez pas à regretter vos meubles, car tous les biens de l'Égypte sont 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 chars, selon les ordres du roi Pharaon; il leur donna des vivres pour la route.
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 Et il leur donna deux robes à chacun; mais à Benjamin, il donna trois cents pièces d'or et cinq robes à changer.
To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin!
23 Il envoya à son père de semblables présents, avec dix ânes chargés de richesses d'Égypte, et dix mulets chargés de vivres, pour son père pendant le voyage.
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 Puis, il congédia ses frères, et il leur dit: N'allez pas vous quereller en route.
Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!”
25 Ainsi, il remontèrent de la terre d'Égypte, et arrivèrent en la terre de Chanaan, chez Jacob leur père.
So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan.
26 Et ils lui rapportèrent tout, disant: Ton fils Joseph vit, et il commande à toute la terre d'Égypte. Jacob, tout hors de lui, ne pouvait les croire.
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, il lui répétèrent toutes les paroles que Joseph leur avait dites, et lorsqu'il eut vu les chars envoyés par Joseph, ses esprits se ranimèrent.
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 Israël s'écria: Grand est mon bonheur si Joseph mon fils vit encore; 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!”
