Genèse 37
Louis Segond 1910Translation
Louis Segond 1910
Berean Standard Bible
1Jacob demeura dans le pays de Canaan, où avait séjourné son père.
1Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.
2Voici la postérité de Jacob. Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, faisait paître le troupeau avec ses frères; cet enfant était auprès des fils de Bilha et des fils de Zilpa, femmes de son père. Et Joseph rapportait à leur père leurs mauvais propos.
2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
3Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils, parce qu’il l’avait eu dans sa vieillesse; et il lui fit une tunique de plusieurs couleurs.
3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
4Ses frères virent que leur père l’aimait plus qu’eux tous, et ils le prirent en haine. Ils ne pouvaient lui parler avec amitié.
4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
5Joseph eut un songe, et il le raconta à ses frères, qui le haïrent encore davantage.
5Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
6Il leur dit: Écoutez donc ce songe que j’ai eu!
6He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
7Nous étions à lier des gerbes au milieu des champs; et voici, ma gerbe se leva et se tint debout, et vos gerbes l’entourèrent et se prosternèrent devant elle.
7We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
8Ses frères lui dirent: Est-ce que tu régneras sur nous? Est-ce que tu nous gouverneras? Et ils le haïrent encore davantage, à cause de ses songes et à cause de ses paroles.
8“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
9Il eut encore un autre songe, et il le raconta à ses frères. Il dit: J’ai eu encore un songe! Et voici, le soleil, la lune et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi.
9Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
10Il le raconta à son père et à ses frères. Son père le réprimanda, et lui dit: Que signifie ce songe que tu as eu? Faut-il que nous venions, moi, ta mère et tes frères, nous prosterner en terre devant toi?
10He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
11Ses frères eurent de l’envie contre lui, mais son père garda le souvenir de ces choses.
11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
12Les frères de Joseph étant allés à Sichem, pour faire paître le troupeau de leur père,
12Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
13Israël dit à Joseph: Tes frères ne font-ils pas paître le troupeau à Sichem? Viens, je veux t’envoyer vers eux. Et il répondit: Me voici!
13Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
14Israël lui dit: Va, je te prie, et vois si tes frères sont en bonne santé et si le troupeau est en bon état; et tu m’en rapporteras des nouvelles. Il l’envoya ainsi de la vallée d’Hébron; et Joseph alla à Sichem.
14Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
15Un homme le rencontra, comme il errait dans les champs. Il le questionna, en disant: Que cherches-tu?
15a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
16Joseph répondit: Je cherche mes frères; dis-moi, je te prie, où ils font paître leur troupeau.
16“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
17Et l’homme dit: Ils sont partis d’ici; car je les ai entendus dire: Allons à Dothan. Joseph alla après ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothan.
17“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
18Ils le virent de loin; et, avant qu’il fût près d’eux, ils complotèrent de le faire mourir.
18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
19Ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Voici le faiseur de songes qui arrive.
19“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
20Venez maintenant, tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une des citernes; nous dirons qu’une bête féroce l’a dévoré, et nous verrons ce que deviendront ses songes.
20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
21Ruben entendit cela, et il le délivra de leurs mains. Il dit: Ne lui ôtons pas la vie.
21When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
22Ruben leur dit: Ne répandez point de sang; jetez-le dans cette citerne qui est au désert, et ne mettez pas la main sur lui. Il avait dessein de le délivrer de leurs mains pour le faire retourner vers son père.
22“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
23Lorsque Joseph fut arrivé auprès de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa tunique, de la tunique de plusieurs couleurs, qu’il avait sur lui.
23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
24Ils le prirent, et le jetèrent dans la citerne. Cette citerne était vide; il n’y avait point d’eau.
24and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
25Ils s’assirent ensuite pour manger. Ayant levé les yeux, ils virent une caravane d’Ismaélites venant de Galaad; leurs chameaux étaient chargés d’aromates, de baume et de myrrhe, qu’ils transportaient en Égypte.
25And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
26Alors Juda dit à ses frères: Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère et à cacher son sang?
26Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27Venez, vendons-le aux Ismaélites, et ne mettons pas la main sur lui, car il est notre frère, notre chair. Et ses frères l’écoutèrent.
27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
28Au passage des marchands madianites, ils tirèrent et firent remonter Joseph hors de la citerne; et ils le vendirent pour vingt sicles d’argent aux Ismaélites, qui l’emmenèrent en Égypte.
28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29Ruben revint à la citerne; et voici, Joseph n’était plus dans la citerne. Il déchira ses vêtements,
29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
30retourna vers ses frères, et dit: L’enfant n’y est plus! Et moi, où irai-je?
30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
31Ils prirent alors la tunique de Joseph; et, ayant tué un bouc, ils plongèrent la tunique dans le sang.
31Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
32Ils envoyèrent à leur père la tunique de plusieurs couleurs, en lui faisant dire: Voici ce que nous avons trouvé! Reconnais si c’est la tunique de ton fils, ou non.
32They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
33Jacob la reconnut, et dit: C’est la tunique de mon fils! une bête féroce l’a dévoré! Joseph a été mis en pièces!
33His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
34Et il déchira ses vêtements, il mit un sac sur ses reins, et il porta longtemps le deuil de son fils.
34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35Tous ses fils et toutes ses filles vinrent pour le consoler; mais il ne voulut recevoir aucune consolation. Il disait: C’est en pleurant que je descendrai vers mon fils au séjour des morts! Et il pleurait son fils.
35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
36Les Madianites le vendirent en Égypte à Potiphar, officier de Pharaon, chef des gardes.
36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
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