Genèse 21
1 L’Éternel se souvint de ce qu’il avait dit à Sara, et l’Éternel accomplit pour Sara ce qu’il avait promis.
Adonai visited Sarah [Princess] as he had said, and Adonai did to Sarah [Princess] as he had spoken.
2 Sara devint enceinte, et elle enfanta un fils à Abraham dans sa vieillesse, au temps fixé dont Dieu lui avait parlé.
Sarah [Princess] conceived, and bore Abraham [Father of a multitude] a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 Abraham donna le nom d’Isaac au fils qui lui était né, que Sara lui avait enfanté.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah [Princess] bore to him, Isaac [Laughter].
4 Abraham circoncit son fils Isaac, âgé de huit jours, comme Dieu le lui avait ordonné.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] circumcised his son, Isaac [Laughter], when he was eight days old, as God had enjoined him.
5 Abraham était âgé de cent ans, à la naissance d’Isaac, son fils.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac [Laughter], was born to him.
6 Et Sara dit: Dieu m’a fait un sujet de rire; quiconque l’apprendra rira de moi.
Sarah [Princess] said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who sh'ma ·hears obeys· will laugh with me.”
7 Elle ajouta: Qui aurait dit à Abraham: Sara allaitera des enfants? Cependant je lui ai enfanté un fils dans sa vieillesse.
She said, “Who would have said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], that Sarah [Princess] would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 L’enfant grandit, et fut sevré; et Abraham fit un grand festin le jour où Isaac fut sevré.
The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham [Father of a multitude] made a great feast on the day that Isaac [Laughter] was weaned.
9 Sara vit rire le fils qu’Agar, l’Égyptienne, avait enfanté à Abraham;
Sarah [Princess] saw the son of Hagar [Flight] the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], whom she had borne to Abraham [Father of a multitude], metzahek ·lewd and irreverent jokes·.
10 et elle dit à Abraham: Chasse cette servante et son fils, car le fils de cette servante n’héritera pas avec mon fils, avec Isaac.
Therefore she said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Divorce and cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac [Laughter].”
11 Cette parole déplut fort aux yeux d’Abraham, à cause de son fils.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham [Father of a multitude]’s sight on account of his son.
12 Mais Dieu dit à Abraham: Que cela ne déplaise pas à tes yeux, à cause de l’enfant et de ta servante. Accorde à Sara tout ce qu’elle te demandera; car c’est d’Isaac que sortira une postérité qui te sera propre.
God said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah [Princess] says to you, sh'ma ·hear obey· her voice. For your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac [Laughter].
13 Je ferai aussi une nation du fils de ta servante; car il est ta postérité.
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
14 Abraham se leva de bon matin; il prit du pain et une outre d’eau, qu’il donna à Agar et plaça sur son épaule; il lui remit aussi l’enfant, et la renvoya. Elle s’en alla, et s’égara dans le désert de Beer-Schéba.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar [Flight], putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath].
15 Quand l’eau de l’outre fut épuisée, elle laissa l’enfant sous un des arbrisseaux,
The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 et alla s’asseoir vis-à-vis, à une portée d’arc; car elle disait: Que je ne voie pas mourir mon enfant! Elle s’assit donc vis-à-vis de lui, éleva la voix et pleura.
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 Dieu entendit la voix de l’enfant; et l’ange de Dieu appela du ciel Agar, et lui dit: Qu’as-tu, Agar? Ne crains point, car Dieu a entendu la voix de l’enfant dans le lieu où il est.
God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of the boy. Ha mal'ak Elohim [The Angel of God] called to Hagar [Flight] out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar [Flight]? Don’t be afraid. For God has sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of the boy where he is.
18 Lève-toi, prends l’enfant, saisis-le de ta main; car je ferai de lui une grande nation.
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
19 Et Dieu lui ouvrit les yeux, et elle vit un puits d’eau; elle alla remplir d’eau l’outre, et donna à boire à l’enfant.
God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
20 Dieu fut avec l’enfant, qui grandit, habita dans le désert, et devint tireur d’arc.
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
21 Il habita dans le désert de Paran, et sa mère lui prit une femme du pays d’Égypte.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].
22 En ce temps-là, Abimélec, accompagné de Picol, chef de son armée, parla ainsi à Abraham: Dieu est avec toi dans tout ce que tu fais.
At that time, Abimelech [My father king] and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham [Father of a multitude], saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 Jure-moi maintenant ici, par le nom de Dieu, que tu ne tromperas ni moi, ni mes enfants, ni mes petits-enfants, et que tu auras pour moi et le pays où tu séjournes la même bienveillance que j’ai eue pour toi.
Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the chesed ·loving-kindness· that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”
24 Abraham dit: Je le jurerai.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, “I will swear.”
25 Mais Abraham fit des reproches à Abimélec, au sujet d’un puits d’eau, dont s’étaient emparés de force les serviteurs d’Abimélec.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] complained to Abimelech [My father king] because of a water well, which Abimelech [My father king]’s servants had violently taken away.
26 Abimélec répondit: J’ignore qui a fait cette chose-là; tu ne m’en as point informé, et moi, je ne l’apprends qu’aujourd’hui.
Abimelech [My father king] said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it until today.”
27 Et Abraham prit des brebis et des bœufs, qu’il donna à Abimélec; et ils firent tous deux alliance.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech [My father king]. Those two made a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·.
28 Abraham mit à part sept jeunes brebis.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Et Abimélec dit à Abraham: Qu’est-ce que ces sept jeunes brebis, que tu as mises à part?
Abimelech [My father king] said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”
30 Il répondit: Tu accepteras de ma main ces sept brebis, afin que cela me serve de témoignage que j’ai creusé ce puits.
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
31 C’est pourquoi on appelle ce lieu Beer-Schéba; car c’est là qu’ils jurèrent l’un et l’autre.
Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], because they both swore there.
32 Ils firent donc alliance à Beer-Schéba. Après quoi, Abimélec se leva, avec Picol, chef de son armée; et ils retournèrent au pays des Philistins.
So they made a covenant at Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath]. Abimelech [My father king] rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)].
33 Abraham planta des tamaris à Beer-Schéba; et là il invoqua le nom de l’Éternel, Dieu de l’éternité.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] planted a tamarisk tree in Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], and called there on the name of Adonai, the El 'Olam [God Everlasting].
34 Abraham séjourna longtemps dans le pays des Philistins.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)] many days.
