Genèse 37
1 Mais Jacob habita dans la terre de Chanaan, dans laquelle son père avait été comme étranger.
Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
2 Et voici ses générations: Joseph, lorsqu’il avait seize ans, paissait le troupeau de son père, avec ses frères, étant encore enfant: et il était avec les fils de Bala et de Zelpha, femmes de son père; et il accusa ses frères auprès de son père d’un crime détestable.
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, tended the flock with his brothers; he was an assistant to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
3 Or Israël aimait Joseph par-dessus tous ses fils, parce que c’est dans sa vieillesse qu’il l’avait engendré: et il lui fit une tunique d’un tissu de diverses couleurs.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he had been born to him in his old age. And he made a long ornamented robe for him.
4 Ses frères donc voyant qu’il était aimé par son père plus que tous ses autres frères, le haïssaient, et ne pouvaient rien lui dire avec douceur.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak a kind word to him.
5 Il arriva aussi qu’il raconta à ses frères un songe qu’il avait vu; prétexte qui fut la semence d’une plus grande haine.
Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6 Il leur dit donc: Ecoutez mon songe que j’ai vu:
He said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had:
7 Je croyais que nous étions à fier des gerbes dans le champ, et que ma gerbe se levait et se tenait comme debout, et que les vôtres, étant autour, se prosternaient devant ma gerbe.
And look, we were binding sheaves in the field, and look, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf."
8 Ses frères lui répondirent: Est-ce que tu seras notre roi? ou serons-nous soumis à ta puissance? Ainsi ce prétexte de songes et de discours fournit un aliment à leur envie et à leur haine.
Then his brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed rule over us?" So they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.
9 Il vit encore un autre songe qu’il raconta à ses frères, disant: J’ai vu en songe comme le soleil et la lune et onze étoiles se prosterner devant moi.
And he had another dream, and told it to his father and to his brothers, and said, "Look, I had yet another dream, and look, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
10 Lorsqu’il l’eut rapporté à son père et à ses frères, son père le reprit, et dit: Que veut dire ce songe que tu as vu? est-ce que moi, ta mère et tes frères, nous nous prosternerons devant toi sur la terre?
When he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you had? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come and bow down to the ground in front of you?"
11 Ainsi ses frères lui portaient envie, mais son père considérait la chose en silence.
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the matter.
12 Et comme ses frères s’étaient arrêtés à Sichem pour paître les troupeaux de leur père,
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.
13 Israël lui dit: Tes frères paissent les brebis dans les pâturages de Sichem: viens, je t’enverrai vers eux. Joseph répondant:
And Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers pasturing the flock near Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I am ready."
14 Je suis prêt, il lui dit: Va, et vois si tout va bien pour tes frères et pour les troupeaux, et rapporte-moi ce qui se fait. Envoyé de la vallée d’Hébron, il vint à Sichem:
So he said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and report back to me." So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 Et un homme le trouva errant dans la campagne, et lui demanda ce qu’il cherchait.
And a man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
16 Et lui répondit: Ce sont mes frères que je cherche; dis-moi où ils paissent les troupeaux.
He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock."
17 Et cet homme lui dit: Ils sont partis d’ici; et je les ai entendus, disant: Allons à Dothaïn. Joseph alla donc après ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothaïn.
The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 Lorsque ceux-ci l’eurent vu de loin, avant qu’il approchât d’eux, ils projetèrent de le tuer:
Now they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they plotted against him to kill him.
19 Et ils se disaient mutuellement: Voici le songeur qui vient;
And they said to one another, "Look, this dreamer is coming.
20 Venez, tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une vieille citerne; nous dirons: Une bête sauvage l’a dévoré; et alors on verra ce que lui servent ses songes.
Come now, and let's kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we will say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we will see what will become of his dreams."
21 Mais entendant cela, Ruben s’efforçait de le sauver de leurs mains, et disait:
But Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let's not take his life."
22 Ne tuez pas son âme et ne versez pas son sang; mais jetez-le dans cette citerne qui est dans le désert, et conservez vos mains pures. Or il disait cela, voulant l’arracher de leurs mains, et le rendre à son père.
Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"—that he might deliver him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.
23 Aussitôt donc qu’il fut arrivé près de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa tunique longue, tissue de diverses couleurs.
It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his robe, the long ornamented robe that he was wearing.
24 Et ils le jetèrent dans la vieille citerne, où il n’y avait pas d’eau.
And they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the pit was empty. There was no water in it.)
25 Puis s’asseyant pour manger du pain, ils virent des voyageurs Ismaélites qui venaient de Galaad, et leurs chameaux portant des aromates, de la résine et du stacté en Égypte.
Then they sat down to eat a meal. And they looked up, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26 Juda dit alors à ses frères: Que nous servira si nous tuons notre frère et nous cachons son sang?
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 Il vaut mieux qu’il soit vendu aux Ismaélites, et que nos mains ne soient pas souillées; car il est notre frère et notre chair. Ses frères acquiescèrent à ses discours.
Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our flesh." And his brothers agreed.
28 Et des marchands Madianites passant, ils le retirèrent de la citerne, et le vendirent vingt pièces d’argent aux Ismaélites qui le menèrent en Égypte.
So the Midianites merchants passed by, and they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the cistern, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.
29 Cependant Ruben étant revenu à la citerne, n’y trouva pas l’enfant;
And Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph wasn't in the cistern; and he tore his clothes.
30 Alors, ses vêtements déchirés, il retourna vers ses frères et dit: L’enfant ne paraît pas, et moi, où irai-je?
He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone. Now, what am I to do?"
31 Ils prirent donc sa tunique et la trempèrent dans le sang d’un chevreau qu’ils avaient tué,
They took Joseph's robe and killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
32 Envoyant des gens pour la porter à leur père, et pour lui dire: Nous l’avons trouvée; vois si c’est la tunique de ton fils, ou non.
And they sent the long ornamented robe and they brought it to their father, and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's robe or not."
33 Quand le père l’eut reconnue, il dit: C’est la tunique de mon fils; une bête farouche et cruelle l’a dévoré, une bête a dévoré Joseph.
And he recognized it, and said, "It is my son's robe. A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."
34 Et, ses vêtements déchirés, il se couvrit d’un cilice, pleurant son fils pendant longtemps.
Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35 Or, tous ses enfants s’étant rassemblés pour adoucir la douleur de leur père, il ne voulut pas recevoir de consolation, mais il dit: Je descendrai pleurant vers mon fils dans l’enfer. Et lui persévérant dans son pleur, (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Indeed, I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." And his father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Les Madianites vendirent Joseph en Égypte à Putiphar, eunuque de Pharaon, chef des soldats.
Now the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
