Genèse 34
1 Or Dina, fille de Lia, sortit pour voir les femmes de cette contrée.
And she went out Dinah [the] daughter of Leah whom she had borne to Jacob to look on [the] daughters of the land.
2 Lorsque Sichem, fils d’Hémor Hévéen, prince du pays, l’eut vue, il l’aima passionnément; et il l’enleva et dormit avec elle, faisant violence à cette jeune vierge.
And he saw her Shechem [the] son of Hamor the Hivite [the] chief of the land and he took her and he lay with with her and he humiliated her.
3 Et son âme s’attacha fortement à elle; et il adoucit sa tristesse par ses caresses.
And it cleaved self his to Dinah [the] daughter of Jacob and he loved the girl and he spoke to [the] heart of the girl.
4 Allant ensuite vers Hémor son père: Obtiens-moi, dit-il, cette jeune fille pour femme.
And he said Shechem to Hamor father his saying get for me the girl this to a wife.
5 Ce que Jacob ayant appris, ses fils étant absents et occupés à paître les troupeaux, il garda le silence jusqu’à ce qu’ils revinrent.
And Jacob he heard that he had defiled Dinah daughter his and sons his they were with livestock his in the field and he kept silent Jacob until came they.
6 Cependant Hémor, père de Sichem, étant sorti pour parler à Jacob,
And he went out Hamor [the] father of Shechem to Jacob to speak with him.
7 Voilà que ses fils revenaient de la campagne: or ayant appris ce qui était arrivé, ils furent très irrités de ce que Sichem avait fait une chose honteuse contre Israël, et de ce qu’en violant la fille de Jacob, il avait commis une action illicite.
And [the] sons of Jacob they came from the field when heard they and they were indignant the men and it burned to them exceedingly for a disgraceful folly he had done in Israel by lying with [the] daughter of Jacob and thus not it is done.
8 C’est pourquoi Hémor leur dit: L’âme de mon fils Sichem s’est attachée à votre jeune fille: donnez-la-lui pour femme:
And he spoke Hamor with them saying Shechem son my it loves self his daughter your give please her to him to a wife.
9 Faisons réciproquement des mariages: donnez-nous vos filles, et prenez nos filles;
And intermarry with with us daughters your you will give to us and daughters our you will take for yourselves.
10 Et habitez avec nous: la terre est en votre puissance; cultivez-la; trafiquez-y, et possédez-la.
And with us you will dwell and the land it will be before you dwell and go about in it and have possessions in it.
11 Mais Sichem lui-même dit au père et aux frères de Dina: Que je trouve grâce devant vous, et tout ce que vous aurez déterminé, je le donnerai.
And he said Shechem to father her and to brothers her let me find favor in view your and [that] which you will say to me I will give.
12 Augmentez le douaire et demandez des présents, et je vous accorderai volontiers ce que vous demanderez: seulement donnez-moi cette jeune fille pour femme.
Increase on me exceedingly a bride price and a gift so let me give [it] just as you will say to me and give to me the girl to a wife.
13 Les fils de Jacob, transportés de fureur à cause de l’outrage fait à leur sœur, répondirent avec ruse à Sichem et à son père:
And they answered [the] sons of Jacob Shechem and Hamor father his with deceit and they spoke that he had defiled Dinah sister their.
14 Nous ne pouvons faire ce que vous demandez, ni donner notre sœur à un homme incirconcis; parce que c’est une chose illicite et criminelle parmi nous.
And they said to them not we are able to do the thing this to give sister our to a man whom [belongs] to him a foreskin for [is] a reproach it to us.
15 Mais nous pourrons nous allier à cette condition, que vous vouliez être semblable à nous, et que tout mâle soit circoncis parmi vous.
Only in this we will agree to you if you will be like us by being circumcised of you every male.
16 Alors nous donnerons et nous accepterons mutuellement nos filles et les vôtres; et nous habiterons avec vous, et nous serons un seul peuple.
And we will give daughters our to you and daughters your we will take for ourselves and we will dwell with you and we will become a people one.
17 Mais si vous ne voulez pas être circoncis, nous prendrons notre fille et nous nous retirerons.
And if not you will listen to us by being circumcised and we will take daughter our and we will go.
18 Leur offre plut à Hémor et à Sichem son fils;
And they were good words their in [the] eyes of Hamor and in [the] eyes of Shechem [the] son of Hamor.
19 Et le jeune homme ne tarda pas d’accomplir ce que l’on demandait; car il aimait extrêmement la jeune fille, et il était de sa personne très considéré dans toute la maison de son père.
And not he delayed the young man to do the thing for he delighted in [the] daughter of Jacob and he [was] honored more than all [the] household of father his.
20 Etant donc venus à la porte de la ville, ils dirent au peuple:
And he went Hamor and Shechem son his to [the] gate of city their and they spoke to [the] men of city their saying.
21 Ces hommes sont paisibles, et veulent bien habiter avec nous: qu’ils trafiquent en cette terre, et la cultivent, car spacieuse et étendue, elle manque de laboureurs: nous prendrons leurs filles pour femmes, et nous leur donnerons les nôtres.
The men these [are] at peace they with us and let them dwell in the land and let them go about in it and the land there! [is] broad of both hands before them daughters their we will take for ourselves to wives and daughters our we will give to them.
22 Il y a une seule chose qui retarde un si grand avantage, c’est si nous faisons circoncire tous nos mâles, nous conformant à la coutume de cette nation.
Only in this they will agree to us the men to dwell with us to become a people one when has been circumcised of us every male just as they [are] circumcised.
23 Ainsi leurs richesses, leurs troupeaux, et tout ce qu’ils possèdent, seront à nous: acquiesçons seulement, et habitant ensemble, nous ferons un seul peuple.
Livestock their and possession[s] their and all animal[s] their ¿ not [belong] to us [will] they only let us agree with them and let them dwell with us.
24 Et tous consentirent, tous les mâles ayant été circoncis.
And they listened to Hamor and to Shechem son his all [those who] went out of [the] gate of city his and they were circumcised every male all [those who] went out of [the] gate of city his.
25 Mais voilà qu’au troisième jour, lorsque la douleur des plaies est très forte, deux des fils de Jacob, Siméon et Lévi, frères de Dina, leurs glaives pris, entrèrent hardiment dans la ville, et tous les mâles tués,
And it was on the day third when were they in pain and they took two of [the] sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi [the] brothers of Dinah each sword his and they went on the city security and they killed every male.
26 Massacrèrent pareillement Hémor et Sichem, enlevant Dina leur sœur de la maison de Sichem.
And Hamor and Shechem son his they slew to [the] mouth of [the] sword and they took Dinah from [the] house of Shechem and they went out.
27 Eux sortis, les autres fils de Jacob se jetèrent sur les morts et pillèrent la ville, comme vengeance de l’outrage,
[the] sons of Jacob they came on the [ones] slain and they plundered the city that people had defiled sister their.
28 Ravageant les brebis, le gros bétail et les ânes des habitants, et tout ce qui était dans les maisons et dans les champs;
Flock[s] their and herd[s] their and donkeys their and [that] which [was] in the city and [that] which [was] in the field they took.
29 Ils emmenèrent aussi captifs leurs petits enfants et leurs femmes.
And all wealth their and all little one[s] their and wives their they took captive and they plundered and all that [was] in the house.
30 Cet audacieux forfait commis, Jacob dit à Siméon et à Lévi: Vous m’avez profondément affligé, et rendu odieux aux Chananéens et aux Phérézéens habitants de ce pays: nous, nous sommes en petit nombre, mais eux réunis me battront, et je serai exterminé, moi et toute ma maison,
And he said Jacob to Simeon and to Levi you have troubled me by making odious me among [the] inhabitant[s] of the land among the Canaanite[s] and among the Perizzite[s] and I [am] men of number and they will gather on me and they will attack me and I will be destroyed I and household my.
31 Ils répondirent: Devaient-ils abuser de notre sœur comme d’une prostituée?
And they said ¿ like a prostitute will he use sister our.
