Genèse 17

1 Lorsque Abram fut âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, l’Éternel apparut à Abram, et lui dit: Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant. Marche devant ma face, et sois intègre.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.

2 J’établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini.

And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

3 Abram tomba sur sa face; et Dieu lui parla, en disant:

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 Voici mon alliance, que je fais avec toi. Tu deviendras père d’une multitude de nations.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

5 On ne t’appellera plus Abram; mais ton nom sera Abraham, car je te rends père d’une multitude de nations.

Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

6 Je te rendrai fécond à l’infini, je ferai de toi des nations; et des rois sortiront de toi.

And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

7 J’établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et tes descendants après toi, selon leurs générations: ce sera une alliance perpétuelle, en vertu de laquelle je serai ton Dieu et celui de ta postérité après toi.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you, and to your seed after you.

8 Je te donnerai, et à tes descendants après toi, le pays que tu habites comme étranger, tout le pays de Canaan, en possession perpétuelle, et je serai leur Dieu.

And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land wherein you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 Dieu dit à Abraham: Toi, tu garderas mon alliance, toi et tes descendants après toi, selon leurs générations.

And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations.

10 C’est ici mon alliance, que vous garderez entre moi et vous, et ta postérité après toi: tout mâle parmi vous sera circoncis.

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

11 Vous vous circoncirez; et ce sera un signe d’alliance entre moi et vous.

And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 A l’âge de huit jours, tout mâle parmi vous sera circoncis, selon vos générations, qu’il soit né dans la maison, ou qu’il soit acquis à prix d’argent de tout fils d’étranger, sans appartenir à ta race.

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.

13 On devra circoncire celui qui est né dans la maison et celui qui est acquis à prix d’argent; et mon alliance sera dans votre chair une alliance perpétuelle.

He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 Un mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas été circoncis dans sa chair, sera exterminé du milieu de son peuple: il aura violé mon alliance.

And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

15 Dieu dit à Abraham: Tu ne donneras plus à Saraï, ta femme, le nom de Saraï; mais son nom sera Sara.

And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 Je la bénirai, et je te donnerai d’elle un fils; je la bénirai, et elle deviendra des nations; des rois de peuples sortiront d’elle.

And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

17 Abraham tomba sur sa face; il rit, et dit en son cœur: Naîtrait-il un fils à un homme de cent ans? Et Sara, âgée de quatre-vingt-dix ans, enfanterait-elle?

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

18 Et Abraham dit à Dieu: Oh! Qu’Ismaël vive devant ta face!

And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you!

19 Dieu dit: Certainement Sara, ta femme, t’enfantera un fils; et tu l’appelleras du nom d’Isaac. J’établirai mon alliance avec lui comme une alliance perpétuelle pour sa postérité après lui.

And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

20 A l’égard d’Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé. Voici, je le bénirai, je le rendrai fécond, et je le multiplierai à l’infini; il engendrera douze princes, et je ferai de lui une grande nation.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

21 J’établirai mon alliance avec Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera à cette époque-ci de l’année prochaine.

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.

22 Lorsqu’il eut achevé de lui parler, Dieu s’éleva au-dessus d’Abraham.

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham prit Ismaël, son fils, tous ceux qui étaient nés dans sa maison et tous ceux qu’il avait acquis à prix d’argent, tous les mâles parmi les gens de la maison d’Abraham; et il les circoncit ce même jour, selon l’ordre que Dieu lui avait donné.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said to him.

24 Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsqu’il fut circoncis.

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans lorsqu’il fut circoncis.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 Ce même jour, Abraham fut circoncis, ainsi qu’Ismaël, son fils.

In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27 Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés dans sa maison, ou acquis à prix d’argent des étrangers, furent circoncis avec lui.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.