Genèse 16

1 Or Saraï femme d'Abram ne lui avait enfanté aucun enfant, mais elle avait une servante Egyptienne, nommée Agar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 Et elle dit à Abram: Voici maintenant, l'Eternel m'a rendue stérile; viens, je te prie, vers ma servante, peut-être aurai-je des enfants par elle. Et Abram acquiesça à la parole de Saraï.

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

3 Alors Saraï, femme d'Abram, prit Agar sa servante Egyptienne, et la donna pour femme à Abram son mari, après qu'il eut demeuré dix ans au pays de Canaan.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

4 Il vint donc vers Agar, et elle conçut. Et [Agar] voyant qu'elle avait conçu, méprisa sa maîtresse.

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

5 Et Saraï dit à Abram: L'outrage qui m'est fait, [revient] sur toi; je t'ai donné ma servante en ton sein, mais quand elle a vu qu'elle avait conçu, elle m'a méprisée; que l'Eternel en juge entre moi et toi.

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

6 Alors Abram répondit à Saraï: Voici, ta servante est entre tes mains, traite-la comme il te plaira. Saraï donc la maltraita, et [Agar] s'enfuit de devant elle.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

7 Mais l'Ange de l'Eternel la trouva auprès d'une fontaine d'eau au désert, près de la fontaine qui est au chemin de Sur.

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

8 Et il lui dit: Agar, servante de Saraï, d'où viens-tu? et où vas-tu? et elle répondit: Je m'enfuis de devant Saraï ma maîtresse.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

9 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel lui dit: Retourne à ta maîtresse, et t'humilie sous elle.

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

10 Davantage l'Ange de l'Eternel lui dit: Je multiplierai beaucoup ta postérité, tellement qu'elle ne se pourra nombrer; tant elle sera grande.

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

11 L'Ange de l'Eternel lui dit aussi: Voici, tu as conçu, et tu enfanteras un fils, que tu appelleras Ismaël, car l'Eternel a ouï ton affliction.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

12 Et ce sera un homme [farouche comme] un âne sauvage; sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous contre lui; et il habitera à la vue de tous ses frères.

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

13 Alors elle appela le nom de l'Eternel qui lui parlait à elle, tu es le [Dieu] Fort de vision; car elle dit, n'ai-je pas aussi vu ici après celui qui me voyait?

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

14 C'est pourquoi on a appelé ce puits, le puits du vivant qui me voit; lequel est entre Kadès et Béred.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Agar donc enfanta un fils à Abram; et Abram appela le nom de son fils, qu'Agar lui avait enfanté, Ismaël.

And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

16 Or Abram était âgé de quatre-vingt six ans, quand Agar lui enfanta Ismaël.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.