Genesis 16
1 And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.
Sara, femme d'Abram, ne lui avait point donné d'enfants; elle avait une servante égyptienne nommée Agar.
2 And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sara.
Elle dit donc à Abram: Le Seigneur a clos mes entrailles pour que je n'enfante point: Approche-toi de ma servante, afin que d'elle il me vienne un enfant. Abram prêta l'oreille à la parole de Sara.
3 So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him.
Et Sara, femme d'Abram, ayant pris l'Égyptienne Agar sa servante, après dix ans de séjour en la terre de Chanaan, la donna pour femme à Abram son mari.
4 And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her.
Celui-ci s'approcha d'Agar, et elle conçut; bientôt elle vit qu'elle portait un enfant; et sa maîtresse fut méprisée par elle.
5 And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by you; I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and you.
Sara dit alors à Abram: Tu me traites injustement; j'ai placé sur ton sein ma servante; elle a vu qu'elle porte un enfant, et je suis méprisée par elle; que Dieu juge entre toi et moi.
6 And Abram said to Sara, Behold your handmaid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.
Abram lui répondit: Voici la servante dans tes mains; uses-en avec elle comme il te sera agréable. Et Sara la maltraita, et elle s'enfuit loin de sa face.
7 And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur.
L'ange du Seigneur vint la trouver dans le désert auprès d'une fontaine, celle qui est sur le chemin de Sur,
8 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara's maid, whence come you, and wither go you? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara.
Et lui dit: Agar, servante de Sara, d'où viens-tu, et où vas-tu? Je fuis, répondit-elle, loin de la face de Sara ma maîtresse.
9 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.
L'Ange du Seigneur ajouta: Retourne vers ta maîtresse, humilie-toi, et courbe-toi sous ses mains.
10 And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply your seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Il dit ensuite: Je multiplierai et multiplierai ta race; elle sera innombrable par sa multitude.
11 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ismael, for the Lord has listened to your humiliation.
Et l'ange du Seigneur ajouta: Te voilà enceinte, tu enfanteras un fils, auquel tu donneras le nom d'Ismaël, parce que le Seigneur a ouï ton humiliation.
12 He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Ce sera un homme rude; ses mains seront sur tous et les mains de tous sur lui, et il habitera en face de tous ses frères.
13 And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, You are God who see me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me.
Alors Agar invoqua le nom du Seigneur qui lui parlait, disant: Dieu, vous m'avez regardée; car, se dit-elle, j'ai vu en face celui qui m'est apparu.
14 Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad.
À cause de cela, elle nomma la source: puits de celui que j'ai vu en face. Ce puits est entre Cadès et Barad.
15 And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael.
Bientôt Agar enfanta un fils à Abram, et Abram donna au fils que lui avait enfanté Agar le nom d'Ismaël.
16 And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.
Or Abram avait quatre-vingt-six ans, lorsque Agar lui enfanta Ismaël.
