Genèse 4
1 Adam connut Ève, sa femme; elle conçut, et enfanta Caïn et elle dit: J’ai formé un homme avec l’aide de l’Éternel.
Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.”
2 Elle enfanta encore son frère Abel. Abel fut berger, et Caïn fut laboureur.
And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer.
3 Au bout de quelque temps, Caïn fit à l’Éternel une offrande des fruits de la terre;
Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth.
4 et Abel, de son côté, en fit une des premiers-nés de son troupeau et de leur graisse. L’Éternel porta un regard favorable sur Abel et sur son offrande;
Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts.
5 mais il ne porta pas un regard favorable sur Caïn et sur son offrande. Caïn fut très irrité, et son visage fut abattu.
Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell.
6 Et l’Éternel dit à Caïn: Pourquoi es-tu irrité, et pourquoi ton visage est-il abattu?
And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?
7 Certainement, si tu agis bien, tu relèveras ton visage, et si tu agis mal, le péché se couche à la porte, et ses désirs se portent vers toi: mais toi, domine sur lui.
If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it.”
8 Cependant, Caïn adressa la parole à son frère Abel; mais, comme ils étaient dans les champs, Caïn se jeta sur son frère Abel, et le tua.
And Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go outside.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.
9 L’Éternel dit à Caïn: Où est ton frère Abel? Il répondit: Je ne sais pas; suis-je le gardien de mon frère?
And the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” And he responded: “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10 Et Dieu dit: Qu’as-tu fait? La voix du sang de ton frère crie de la terre jusqu’à moi.
And he said to him: “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to me from the land.
11 Maintenant, tu seras maudit de la terre qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.
Now, therefore, you will be cursed upon the land, which opened its mouth and received the blood of your brother at your hand.
12 Quand tu cultiveras le sol, il ne te donnera plus sa richesse. Tu seras errant et vagabond sur la terre.
When you work it, it will not give you its fruit; a vagrant and a fugitive shall you be upon the land.”
13 Caïn dit à l’Éternel: Mon châtiment est trop grand pour être supporté.
And Cain said to the Lord: “My iniquity is too great to deserve kindness.
14 Voici, tu me chasses aujourd’hui de cette terre; je serai caché loin de ta face, je serai errant et vagabond sur la terre, et quiconque me trouvera me tuera.
Behold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me.”
15 L’Éternel lui dit: Si quelqu’un tuait Caïn, Caïn serait vengé sept fois. Et l’Éternel mit un signe sur Caïn pour que quiconque le trouverait ne le tuât point.
And the Lord said to him: “By no means will it be so; rather, whoever would kill Cain, will be punished sevenfold.” And the Lord placed a seal upon Cain, so that anyone who found him would not put him to death.
16 Puis, Caïn s’éloigna de la face de l’Éternel, et habita dans la terre de Nod, à l’orient d’Éden.
And so Cain, departing from the face of the Lord, lived as a fugitive on the earth, toward the eastern region of Eden.
17 Caïn connut sa femme; elle conçut, et enfanta Hénoc. Il bâtit ensuite une ville, et il donna à cette ville le nom de son fils Hénoc.
Then Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he built a city, and he called its name by the name of his son, Enoch.
18 Hénoc engendra Irad, Irad engendra Mehujaël, Mehujaël engendra Metuschaël, et Metuschaël engendra Lémec.
Thereafter, Enoch conceived Irad, and Irad conceived Mahujael, and Mahujael conceived Mathusael, and Mathusael conceived Lamech.
19 Lémec prit deux femmes: le nom de l’une était Ada, et le nom de l’autre Tsilla.
Lamech took two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabal: il fut le père de ceux qui habitent sous des tentes et près des troupeaux.
And Adah conceived Jabel, who was the father of those who live in tents and are shepherds.
21 Le nom de son frère était Jubal: il fut le père de tous ceux qui jouent de la harpe et du chalumeau.
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of those who sing to the harp and the organ.
22 Tsilla, de son côté, enfanta Tubal-Caïn, qui forgeait tous les instruments d’airain et de fer. La sœur de Tubal-Caïn était Naama.
Zillah also conceived Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artisan in every work of brass and iron. In fact, the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.
23 Lémec dit à ses femmes: Ada et Tsilla, écoutez ma voix! Femmes de Lémec, écoutez ma parole! J’ai tué un homme pour ma blessure, Et un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure.
And Lamech said to his wives Adah and Zillah: “Listen to my voice, you wives of Lamech, pay attention to my speech. For I have killed a man to my own harm, and an adolescent to my own bruising.
24 Caïn sera vengé sept fois, Et Lémec soixante-dix-sept fois.
Sevenfold vengeance will be given for Cain, but for Lamech, seventy-seven times.”
25 Adam connut encore sa femme; elle enfanta un fils, et l’appela du nom de Seth, car, dit-elle, Dieu m’a donné un autre fils à la place d’Abel, que Caïn a tué.
Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, “God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
26 Seth eut aussi un fils, et il l’appela du nom d’Énosch. C’est alors que l’on commença à invoquer le nom de l’Éternel.
But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos. This one began to invoke the name of the Lord.
