Genèse 20
1 Parti de là pour la terre australe, Abraham habita entre Cadès et Sur, et demeura comme étranger à Gérara.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Or il dit de Sara sa femme: C’est ma sœur. Abimélech, roi de Gérara, envoya donc vers lui et la fit enlever.
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 vint vers Abimélech dans un songe pendant la nuit, et lui dit: Voilà que tu mourras, à cause de la femme que tu as enlevée; 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 Abimélech ne l’avait pas touchée, et il dit: Seigneur, perdrez-vous une nation qui est dans l’ignorance, et innocente?
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 Lui-même ne m’a-t-il pas dit: C’est ma sœur? Et elle-même n’a-t-elle pas dit: C’est mon frère? C’est dans la simplicité de mon cœur et dans la pureté de mes mains que je l’ai fait.
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: Et moi aussi je sais que c’est avec un cœur simple que tu l’as fait; et c’est pour cela que je t’ai gardé, afin que tu ne péchasses pas contre moi, et que 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 son mari cette femme; parce que c’est un prophète, et il priera pour toi, et tu vivras; mais si tu ne la rends pas, sache que tu mourras de mort, toi et 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 Aussitôt, se levant de nuit, Abimélech appela tous ses serviteurs, et fit entendre toutes ces paroles à leurs oreilles; et tous ces hommes furent saisis d une grande 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 Abimélech appela aussi Abraham et lui dit: Que nous as-tu fait? et en quoi t’avons-nous offensé, pour que tu aies attiré sur moi et sur mon royaume un si grand péché? ce que tu ne devais pas faire, tu nous l’as fait.
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 Et de nouveau se plaignant, il dit: Qu’as-tu vu, pour agir ainsi?
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Abraham répondit: J’ai pensé en moi-même, disant: Peut-être n’y a-t-il point la crainte de Dieu en ce lieu-ci, et ils me feront mourir 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 D’ailleurs elle est vraiment aussi ma sœur, étant fille de mon père, quoiqu’elle ne soit pas fille de ma mère; et je l’ai prise 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 Or quand Dieu me fit sortir de la maison de mon père, je dis à Sara: Tu me feras cette grâce: dans tous les lieux où nous irons, tu diras que je suis ton 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 Abimélech prit donc des brebis, des bœufs, des serviteurs et des servantes, et il les donna à Abraham; et il 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 il dit: La terre est devant vous; partout où il te plaira, habites-y.
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
16 Mais à Sara il dit: Voilà que j’ai donné à ton frère mille pièces d’argent, pour que tu aies un voile sur les yeux devant tous ceux qui seront avec toi, et en quelque lieu que tu ailles: et souviens-toi que tu as été enlevée.
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 Mais Abraham ayant prié, Dieu guérit Abimélech, sa femme et ses servantes, et elles enfantèrent;
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 Car le Seigneur avait frappé de stérilité toute la maison d’Abimélech, 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.
