Genèse 22
1 Or il arriva après ces choses, que Dieu éprouva Abraham, et lui dit: Abraham! Et il répondit: Me voici.
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 Et Dieu lui dit: Prends maintenant ton fils, ton unique, celui que tu aimes, Isaac, et t'en va au pays de Morijah, et l'offre là en holocauste sur l'une des montagnes que je te dirai.
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 Abraham donc s'étant levé de bon matin mit le bât sur son âne, et prit deux de ses serviteurs avec lui, et Isaac son fils; et ayant fendu le bois pour l'holocauste, il se mit en chemin, et s'en alla au lieu que Dieu lui avait dit.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 Le troisième jour Abraham levant ses yeux, vit le lieu de loin.
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 Et il dit à ses serviteurs: Demeurez ici avec l'âne; moi et l'enfant marcherons jusque-là, et adorerons, après quoi nous reviendrons à vous.
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Et Abraham prit le bois de l'holocauste, et le mit sur Isaac son fils, et prit le feu en sa main, et un couteau; et ils s'en allèrent tous deux ensemble.
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 Alors Isaac parla à Abraham son père, et dit: Mon père! Abraham répondit: Me voici, mon fils. Et il dit: Voici le feu et le bois, mais où est la bête pour l'holocauste?
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Et Abraham répondit: Mon fils, Dieu se pourvoira lui-même de bête pour l'holocauste. Et ils marchaient tous deux ensemble.
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 Et étant arrivés au lieu que Dieu lui avait dit, Abraham bâtit là un autel, et rangea le bois, et ensuite il lia Isaac son fils, et le mit sur l'autel, au-dessus du bois.
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 Puis Abraham avançant sa main, se saisit du couteau pour égorger son fils.
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 Mais l'Ange de l'Eternel lui cria des cieux en disant: Abraham, Abraham! Il répondit: Me voici.
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 Et il lui dit: Ne mets point ta main sur l'enfant, et ne lui fais rien; car maintenant j'ai connu que tu crains Dieu, puisque tu n'as point épargné pour moi ton fils, ton unique.
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 Et Abraham levant ses yeux regarda, et voilà derrière [lui] un bélier, qui était retenu à un buisson par ses cornes; et Abraham alla prendre le bélier, et l'offrit en holocauste au lieu de son fils.
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 Et Abraham appela le nom de ce lieu-là, l'Eternel y pourvoira; c'est pourquoi on dit aujourd'hui; en la montagne de l'Eternel il y sera pourvu.
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel cria des cieux à Abraham pour la seconde fois,
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 En disant: J'ai juré par moi-même, dit l'Eternel; parce que tu as fait cette chose-ci, et que tu n'as point épargné ton fils, ton unique,
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 Certainement je te bénirai, et je multiplierai très-abondamment ta postérité comme les étoiles des cieux, et comme le sable qui est sur le bord de la mer; et ta postérité possédera la porte de ses ennemis.
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 Et toutes les nations de la terre seront bénies en ta semence, parce que tu as obéi à ma voix.
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 Ainsi Abraham retourna vers ses serviteurs, et ils se levèrent, et s'en allèrent ensemble en Beer-Sébah; car Abraham demeurait à Béer-Sébah.
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 Or il arriva après ces choses, que quelqu'un apporta des nouvelles à Abraham, en disant: Voici, Milca a aussi enfanté des enfants à Nacor ton frère.
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 [Savoir] Huts son premier-né, et Buz son frère, et Cémuel père d'Aram,
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 Et Késed, et Hazo, et Pildas, et Jidlaph, et Béthuel;
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 Et Béthuel a engendré Rébecca. Milca enfanta ces huit à Nacor frère d'Abraham.
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 Et sa concubine nommée Réuma, enfanta aussi Tébah, Gaham, Tahas, et Mahaca.
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
