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.
Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do.
2 Sara devint enceinte, et elle enfanta un fils à Abraham dans sa vieillesse, au temps fixé dont Dieu lui avait parlé.
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old, at the time God promised it would happen.
3 Abraham donna le nom d’Isaac au fils qui lui était né, que Sara lui avait enfanté.
Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
4 Abraham circoncit son fils Isaac, âgé de huit jours, comme Dieu le lui avait ordonné.
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
5 Abraham était âgé de cent ans, à la naissance d’Isaac, son fils.
Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
6 Et Sara dit: Dieu m’a fait un sujet de rire; quiconque l’apprendra rira de moi.
And Sarah said, “[Although I was sad before because I did not have any children], God has now enabled me to laugh, and everyone who hears about what God has done for me 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.
Then she also said, “No one would have said to Abraham that some day Sarah would nurse a child, but I have given birth to a son when Abraham is very old.”
8 L’enfant grandit, et fut sevré; et Abraham fit un grand festin le jour où Isaac fut sevré.
The baby grew and was weaned [when he was about three years old]. On that day, Abraham prepared a large feast to celebrate.
9 Sara vit rire le fils qu’Agar, l’Égyptienne, avait enfanté à Abraham;
([One day/During the feast)] Sarah noticed that Hagar’s son Ishmael was (making fun of/playing with) Isaac.
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.
So she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman from Egypt and her son! I do not want the son of that slave woman to be alone (OR, to be an heir along with) my son, Isaac!”
11 Cette parole déplut fort aux yeux d’Abraham, à cause de son fils.
Abraham was very distressed about the matter, because he was concerned about his son [Ishmael].
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.
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about your son, Ishmael, and about your maidservant, Hagar. Do everything that Sarah tells you to do. Listen to her, because Isaac is the one who will be considered the ancestor of the descendants I promised to give you.
13 Je ferai aussi une nation du fils de ta servante; car il est ta postérité.
But I will also cause the son of your maidservant to be the ancestor of the people of a great nation [MTY], because he is also your son.”
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.
So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a container, and gave them to Hagar. He put them [in a bag] on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered in the desert near Beersheba [town].
15 Quand l’eau de l’outre fut épuisée, elle laissa l’enfant sous un des arbrisseaux,
After they had drunk all the water in the container, she put her son under one of the bushes there.
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.
Then she went and sat nearby, about (as far as someone can shoot an arrow/100 meters away), because she thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry [loudly] [MTY].
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.
[The boy was crying too.] And God heard the boy crying. So he caused one of his angels to call out from heaven to Hagar, saying, “Hagar, are you worried about something? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the boy crying there.
18 Lève-toi, prends l’enfant, saisis-le de ta main; car je ferai de lui une grande nation.
Help your son up, and hold his hand as you leave, because I will cause his descendants to become 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.
Then God showed her a well of water. So she went to the well and filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
20 Dieu fut avec l’enfant, qui grandit, habita dans le désert, et devint tireur d’arc.
God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good (archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows).
21 Il habita dans le désert de Paran, et sa mère lui prit une femme du pays d’Égypte.
He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
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, [King] Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “It is clear that God helps you with everything 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.
So now (solemnly promise/swear) to me here, as God is listening, that you will (not deceive/act fairly to) me and my children and my descendants, in return for my being kind to you. Be kind to me and to all the people here in the country where you are now living.”
24 Abraham dit: Je le jurerai.
So Abraham promised to do that.
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.
[Then] Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
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.
But Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done that. You did not tell me previously, and I did not hear about it until today.”
27 Et Abraham prit des brebis et des bœufs, qu’il donna à Abimélec; et ils firent tous deux alliance.
So Abraham brought some sheep and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a (treaty/peace agreement).
28 Abraham mit à part sept jeunes brebis.
Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock.
29 Et Abimélec dit à Abraham: Qu’est-ce que ces sept jeunes brebis, que tu as mises à part?
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What are these seven female lambs that you have separated from the rest of your flock?”
30 Il répondit: Tu accepteras de ma main ces sept brebis, afin que cela me serve de témoignage que j’ai creusé ce puits.
Abraham replied, “I want you truly to accept these female lambs from me [SYN], so that it may be a (public witness/proof) that this well belongs to me because I dug it.”
31 C’est pourquoi on appelle ce lieu Beer-Schéba; car c’est là qu’ils jurèrent l’un et l’autre.
So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, ] because there the two of them made that agreement.
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.
After they made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and his army commander, Phicol, left, and returned to the land of the Philistine people-group.
33 Abraham planta des tamaris à Beer-Schéba; et là il invoqua le nom de l’Éternel, Dieu de l’éternité.
Abraham planted a (tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel) there, and he worshiped the eternal God there.
34 Abraham séjourna longtemps dans le pays des Philistins.
Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time.
