Genesis 17
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,
Lorsque Abram fut arrivé à l’âge de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, Yahweh lui apparut et lui dit: « Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; marche devant ma face et sois irréprochable:
2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.
j’établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini. »
3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
Abram tomba la face contre terre, et Dieu lui parla ainsi:
4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.
« Moi, voici mon alliance avec toi: tu deviendras père d’une multitude de nations.
5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.
On ne te nommera plus Abram, mais ton nom sera Abraham, car je te fais père d’une multitude de nations.
6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
Je te ferai croître extraordinairement, je ferai de toi des nations, et des rois sortiront de toi.
7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
J’établis mon alliance, entre moi et toi et tes descendants après toi, d’âge en âge, en une alliance perpétuelle, pour être ton Dieu et le Dieu de tes descendants après toi.
8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
Je te donnerai, à toi et à tes descendants après toi, le pays où tu séjournes comme étranger, tout le pays de Canaan, en possession perpétuelle, et je serai leur Dieu ».
9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.
Dieu dit à Abraham: « Et toi, tu garderas mon alliance, toi et tes descendants après toi, d’âge en âge.
10 And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.
Voici l’alliance que vous avez à garder, l’alliance entre moi et vous, et tes descendants après toi: tout mâle parmi vous sera circoncis.
11 In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.
Vous vous circoncirez dans votre chair, et ce sera le signe de l’alliance entre moi et vous.
12 Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.
Quand il aura huit jours, tout mâle parmi vous, d’âge en âge, sera circoncis, qu’il soit né dans la maison, ou qu’il ait été acquis à prix d’argent d’un étranger quelconque, qui n’est pas de ta race.
13 He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.
On devra circoncire le mâle né dans la maison ou acquis à prix d’argent, et mon alliance sera dans votre chair comme alliance perpétuelle.
14 And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.
Un mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas été circoncis dans sa chair, sera retranché de son peuple: il aura violé mon alliance. »
15 And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.
Dieu dit à Abraham: « Tu ne donneras plus à Saraï, ta femme, le nom de Saraï, car son nom est Sara.
16 And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.
Je la bénirai, et je te donnerai aussi d’elle un fils; je la bénirai, et elle deviendra des nations; des rois de peuples sortiront d’elle. »
17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
Abraham tomba la face contre terre, et il rit, disant dans son cœur: « Naîtra-t-il un fils à un homme de cent ans? Et Sara, une femme de quatre-vingt-dix ans, enfantera-t-elle? »
18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!
Et Abraham dit à Dieu: « Oh! qu’Ismaël vive devant votre face! »
19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.
Dieu dit: « Oui, Sara, ta femme, t’enfantera un fils; tu le nommeras Isaac, et j’établirai mon alliance avec lui comme une alliance perpétuelle pour ses descendants après lui.
20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Quant à Ismaël, je t’ai entendu. Voici, je l’ai béni, je le rendrai fécond et je le multiplierai extrêmement; il engendrera douze princes, et je ferai de lui une grande nation.
21 But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.
Mais mon alliance, je l’établirai avec Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera l’année prochaine, à cette époque. »
22 And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.
Et ayant achevé de parler avec lui, Dieu remonta d’auprès d’Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.
Abraham prit Ismaël, son fils, ainsi que tous les serviteurs nés dans sa maison et tous ceux qu’il avait acquis à prix d’argent, tous les mâles parmi les gens de sa maison, et il les circoncit en ce jour même, comme Dieu le lui avait commandé.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.
Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans lorsqu’il fut circoncis;
25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.
et Ismaël, son fils, avait treize ans lorsqu’il fut circoncis.
26 Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.
Ce même jour, Abraham fut circoncis, ainsi qu’Ismaël, son fils;
27 And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.
et tous les hommes de sa maison, ceux qui étaient nés chez lui et ceux qui avaient été acquis des étrangers à prix d’argent, furent circoncis avec lui.
