Genèse 21
1 Or le Seigneur visita Sara, comme il l’avait promis, et il accomplit ce qu’il avait dit.
Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do.
2 Elle conçut et enfanta un fils dans sa vieillesse, au temps que Dieu lui avait prédit.
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 appela son fils que lui engendra Sara, du nom d’Isaac.
Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
4 Et il le circoncit le huitième jour, comme Dieu lui avait ordonné,
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
5 Ayant alors cent ans: car c’est à cet âge de son père que naquit Isaac.
Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
6 Et Sara dit: Dieu m’a donné sujet de rire: quiconque l’apprendra, rira avec 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 dit encore: Qui aurait cru qu’Abraham entendrait dire que Sara allaiterait un fils qu’elle lui a enfanté lorsqu’il était déjà vieux?
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 Cependant l’enfant grandit, et il fut sevré; et Abraham fit un grand festin au jour de son sevrage.
The baby grew and was weaned [when he was about three years old]. On that day, Abraham prepared a large feast to celebrate.
9 Mais Sara ayant vu le fils d’Agar l’Egyptienne se raillant d’Isaac son fils, elle dit à Abraham:
([One day/During the feast)] Sarah noticed that Hagar’s son Ishmael was (making fun of/playing with) Isaac.
10 Chasse cette servante et son fils; car le fils de la servante ne sera pas héritier avec mon fils 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 C’est avec peine qu’Abraham accueillit cette parole à cause de son fils.
Abraham was very distressed about the matter, because he was concerned about his son [Ishmael].
12 Dieu lui dit: Qu’elle ne te paraisse pas dure, cette parole sur l’enfant et sur la servante: quelque chose que te dise Sara, écoute sa voix; parce que c’est en Isaac que sera ta postérité.
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 Mais le fils même de la servante, je le ferai père d’une grande nation, parce qu’il est né de toi.
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 donc le matin, et prenant du pain et une outre pleine d’eau, il les mit sur l’épaule d’Agar, lui donna l’enfant et la renvoya. Celle-ci s’en étant allée, errait dans le désert de Bersabée.
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 Et quand l’eau de l’outre fut consommée, elle porta l’enfant sous un des arbres qui étaient là.
After they had drunk all the water in the container, she put her son under one of the bushes there.
16 Et elle s’en alla et s’assit vis-à-vis, aussi loin qu’un arc peut lancer son trait; car elle dit: Je ne verrai pas mourir mon fils. Et assise en face, elle éleva sa 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 Or Dieu entendit la voix de l’enfant: l’ange de Dieu appela Agar du ciel, disant: Que fais-tu, Agar? ne crains point, car Dieu a entendu la voix de l’enfant du lieu dans lequel 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 et le tiens par la main; car je le ferai père d’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 Alors Dieu lui ouvrit les yeux: et voyant un puits d’eau, elle alla et remplit 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 Et Dieu fut avec lui: il grandit, demeura dans le désert, et devint un jeune homme habile à tirer de l’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 Pharan, et sa mère prit pour lui une femme de la terre d’Égypte.
He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
22 En ce même temps Abimélech et Pichol, chef de son armée, dirent à Abraham: Dieu est avec toi en 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 donc par Dieu que tu ne feras pas de mal, ni à moi, ni à mes enfants, ni à ma race; mais que selon la miséricorde que j’ai exercée envers toi, tu l’exerceras envers moi et envers la terre dans laquelle tu as demeuré comme étranger.
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 Et Abraham dit: Je le jure.
So Abraham promised to do that.
25 Mais il se plaignit à Abimélech, à cause du puits d’eau que ses serviteurs lui avaient ôté avec violence.
[Then] Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
26 Abimélech repartit: Je n’ai pas su qui a fait cela; mais toi-même, tu ne m’en as pas averti; et moi je n’en ai pas ouï parler, si ce n’est 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 Abraham prit donc des brebis et des bœufs, et les donna à Abimélech, 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 Et Abraham mit sept jeunes brebis de son troupeau à part.
Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock.
29 Et Abimélech lui demanda: Que signifient ces 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 Mais Abraham: Ces sept jeunes brebis, dit-il, tu les recevras de ma main, afin qu’elles me soient en témoignage que c’est moi qui 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 ce lieu fut appelé Bersabée, parce que là l’un et l’autre jura.
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 C’est ainsi qu’ils firent alliance, pour le puits du serment.
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 Abimélech se leva ensuite, et Pichol, chef de son armée, et ils retournèrent dans le pays des Philistins. Mais Abraham planta un bois à Bersabée, et il invoqua là le nom du Seigneur Dieu éternel.
Abraham planted a (tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel) there, and he worshiped the eternal God there.
34 Et il demeura comme étranger dans la terre des Philistins, durant de longs jours.
Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time.
