Genèse 22
1 Après que ces choses se furent passées, Dieu éprouva Abraham, et lui dit: Abraham, Abraham. Et lui répondit: Me voici.
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
2 Dieu lui dit: Prends ton fils unique, que tu chéris, Isaac, et va dans la terre de vision, et là tu l’offriras en holocauste sur une des montagnes que je te montrerai.
And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
3 Abraham s’étant donc levé de nuit, prépara son âne, amenant avec lui deux jeunes hommes et Isaac son fils; et lorsqu’il eut coupé du bois pour un holocauste, il s’en alla vers le lieu que Dieu lui avait prescrit.
And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
4 Mais le troisième jour, les yeux levés, il vit le lieu de loin.
And on the third day, Abraham, lifting up his eyes, saw the place a long way off.
5 Et il dit à ses serviteurs: Attendez ici avec l’âne, moi et mon fils nous hâtant d’aller jusque-là, après que nous aurons adoré, nous reviendrons à vous.
Then he said to his young men, Keep here with the ass; and I and the boy will go on and give worship and come back again to you.
6 Il prit aussi le bois de l’holocauste, et le mit sur son fils Isaac, mais lui-même portait en ses mains le feu et le glaive. Comme ils s’avançaient tous deux ensemble,
And Abraham put the wood for the burned offering on his son's back, and he himself took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them went on together.
7 Isaac dit à son père: Mon père. Et celui-ci répondit: Que veux-tu, mon fils? Voici, dit-il, le feu et le bois; où est la victime de l’holocauste?
Then Isaac said to Abraham, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, We have wood and fire here, but where is the lamb for the burned offering?
8 Et Abraham répondit: Dieu, mon fils, se pourvoira lui-même de la victime de l’holocauste. Ils s’avançaient donc ensemble.
And Abraham said, God himself will give the lamb for the burned offering: so they went on together.
9 Et ils arrivèrent au lieu que Dieu lui avait indiqué. Abraham y bâtit un autel, et déposa le bois dessus; et, lorsqu’il eut lié Isaac son fils, il le mit sur l’autel, au-dessus du tas de bois.
And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.
10 Alors il étendit la main, et il saisit le glaive pour immoler son fils.
And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.
11 Et voilà que l’ange du Seigneur cria du ciel, disant: Abraham, Abraham. Lequel répondit: Me voici.
But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 Et l’ange dit: N’étends pas ta main sur l’enfant, et ne lui fais rien; je sais maintenant que tu crains Dieu, puisque tu n’as pas épargné ton fils unique à cause de moi.
And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
13 Abraham leva les yeux et vit derrière lui un bélier embarrassé par les cornes dans un buisson; le prenant, il l’offrit en holocauste à la place de son fils.
And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
14 Et il appela ce lieu du nom de: Le Seigneur voit. D’où l’on dit encore aujourd’hui: Sur la montagne le Seigneur verra.
And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
15 Mais l’ange du Seigneur appela Abraham une seconde fois du ciel, disant:
And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,
16 Par moi-même j’ai juré, dit le Seigneur: parce que tu as fait cela, et que tu n’as pas épargné ton fils unique à cause de moi,
Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
17 Je te bénirai, et je multiplierai ta postérité comme les étoiles du ciel, et comme le sable qui est sur le rivage de la mer; ta postérité possédera les portes de ses ennemis,
That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
18 Et seront bénies en ta postérité toutes les nations de la terre, parce que tu as obéi à ma voix.
And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
19 Et Abraham retourna vers ses serviteurs, et ils s’en allèrent ensemble à Bersabée, et il y habita.
Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.
20 Ces choses s’étant ainsi passées, on annonça à Abraham que Melcha aussi avait enfanté des fils à Nachor son frère:
After these things, Abraham had news that Milcah, the wife of his brother Nahor, had given birth to children;
21 Hus, le premier-né, Buz, son frère, et Camuel, père des Syriens,
Uz the oldest, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel, the father of Aram,
22 Cazed, Azau et aussi Pheldas et Jedlaph,
And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel.
23 Et Bathuel, dont naquit Rébecca; ce sont là les huit fils que Melcha enfanta à Nachor, frère d’Abraham.
Bethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 Sa femme du second rang, du nom de Roma, enfanta Tabée, Gaham, Tahas et Maacha.
And his servant Reumah gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.
