Genèse 20
1 Et Abraham s'en alla de là au pays de Midi, et demeura entre Kadès et Sur, et il habita comme étranger à Guérar.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Or Abraham dit de Sara sa femme: C'est ma sœur; et Abimélec, Roi de Guérar, envoya, et prit Sara.
While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.
3 Mais Dieu apparut la nuit dans un songe à Abimélec, et lui dit: Voici, tu es mort, à cause de la femme que tu as prise, car elle a un mari.
But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
4 Or Abimélec ne s'était point approché d'elle. Et il dit: Seigneur, feras-tu donc mourir une nation juste?
But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?
5 Ne m'a-t-il pas dit: C'est ma sœur? Et elle-même aussi n'a-t-elle pas dit: C'est mon frère? J'ai fait ceci dans l'intégrité de mon cœur, et dans la pureté de mes mains.
He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
6 Et Dieu lui dit en songe: Je sais que tu l'as fait dans l'intégrité de ton cœur, et aussi ai-je empêché que tu ne péchasses contre moi; c'est pourquoi je n'ai pas permis que tu la touchasses.
God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.
7 Maintenant donc rends à cet homme-là sa femme, car il est Prophète; et il priera pour toi, et tu vivras. Mais si tu ne la rends pas, sache que tu mourras de mort, avec tout ce qui est à toi.
Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”
8 Et Abimélec se leva de bon matin, et appela tous ses serviteurs, et leur rapporta toutes ces choses, eux l'écoutant; et ils furent saisis de crainte.
Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].
9 Puis Abimélec appela Abraham, et lui dit: Que nous as-tu fait? Et en quoi t'ai-je offensé, que tu aies fait venir sur moi et sur mon royaume un grand péché? Tu m'as fait des choses qui ne se doivent point faire.
Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”
10 Abimélec dit aussi à Abraham: Qu'as-tu vu [qui t'ait obligé] de faire cela?
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Et Abraham répondit: C'est parce que je disais: Assurément il n'y a point de crainte de Dieu en ce lieu-ci, et ils me tueront à cause de ma femme.
Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’
12 Et aussi, à la vérité, elle est ma sœur, fille de mon père; mais elle n'est pas fille de ma mère; et elle m'a été donnée pour femme.
Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.
13 Et il est arrivé que je lui ai dit, lors que Dieu ma conduit çà et là, hors de la maison de mon père; c'est ici la grâce que tu me feras, dis de moi dans tous les lieux où nous irons: C'est mon frère.
Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”
14 Alors Abimélec prit des brebis, des bœufs, des serviteurs, et des servantes, et les donna à Abraham, et lui rendit Sara, sa femme.
So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
15 Et [lui] dit: Voici mon pays est à ta disposition, demeure où il te plaira.
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
16 Et il dit à Sara: Voici, j'ai donné à ton frère mille [pièces] d'argent; voici, il t'est une couverture d'yeux envers tous ceux qui sont avec toi, et envers tous les [autres]; et ainsi elle fut reprise.
And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
17 Et Abraham fit requête à Dieu; et Dieu guérit Abimélec, sa femme, et ses servantes; et elles eurent des enfants.
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 Car l'Eternel avait entièrement resserré toute matrice de la maison d'Abimélec, à cause de Sara femme d'Abraham.
This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.
