Genèse 37
1 Mais Jacob habita dans la terre de Chanaan, dans laquelle son père avait été comme étranger.
Jacob [Supplanter] lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan [Humbled].
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.
This is the history of the generations of Jacob [Supplanter]. Joseph [May he add], being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah [Bashful] and Zilpah [Frailty], his father’s wives. Joseph [May he add] brought an evil report of 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 [God prevails] 'ahav ·affectionately loved· Joseph [May he add] more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.
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 'ahav ·affectionately loved· him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably 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.
Joseph [May he add] dreamed 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 sh'ma ·hear obey· this dream which I have dreamed:
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.
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, 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.
His brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
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.
He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, 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?
He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?”
11 Ainsi ses frères lui portaient envie, mais son père considérait la chose en silence.
His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
12 Et comme ses frères s’étaient arrêtés à Sichem pour paître les troupeaux de leur père,
His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13 Israël lui dit: Tes frères paissent les brebis dans les pâturages de Sichem: viens, je t’enverrai vers eux. Joseph répondant:
Israel [God prevails] said to Joseph [May he add], “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”
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:
He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of 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.
A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. 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 feeding 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 sh'ma ·heard obeyed· them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Joseph [May he add] 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:
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19 Et ils se disaient mutuellement: Voici le songeur qui vient;
They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
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 therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
21 Mais entendant cela, Ruben s’efforçait de le sauver de leurs mains, et disait:
Reuben [See, a son!] sh'ma ·heard obeyed· it, and delivered him out of their hand, 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 [See, a son!] 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 hand, 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.
When Joseph [May he add] came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph [May he add] of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
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 pit. 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.
They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites [Pays attention God] was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt [Abode of slavery].
26 Juda dit alors à ses frères: Que nous servira si nous tuons notre frère et nous cachons son sang?
Judah [Praised] 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 [Pays attention God], and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers sh'ma ·heard obeyed· him.
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.
Midianites [Descendants of Strife] who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph [May he add] out of the pit, and sold Joseph [May he add] to the Ishmaelites [Pays attention God] for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph [May he add] into Egypt [Abode of slavery].
29 Cependant Ruben étant revenu à la citerne, n’y trouva pas l’enfant;
Reuben [See, a son!] returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph [May he add] was not in the pit; 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 teshuvah ·completely returned· to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
31 Ils prirent donc sa tunique et la trempèrent dans le sang d’un chevreau qu’ils avaient tué,
They took Joseph [May he add]’s coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat 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.
They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son’s coat 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.
He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph [May he add] is without doubt torn in pieces.”
34 Et, ses vêtements déchirés, il se couvrit d’un cilice, pleurant son fils pendant longtemps.
Jacob [Supplanter] tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on 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. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol ·Place of the dead· to my son mourning.” His father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Les Madianites vendirent Joseph en Égypte à Putiphar, eunuque de Pharaon, chef des soldats.
The Midianites [Descendants of Strife] sold him into Egypt [Abode of slavery] to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
