Genesis 16

1 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,

Or, Saraï, femme d'Abram, ne lui avait point donné d'enfant; et elle avait une servante égyptienne, nommée Agar.

2 she said to her husband: “Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least.” And when he agreed to her supplication,

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

3 she took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, ten years after they began to live in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to her husband as a wife.

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

4 And he entered to her. But when she saw that she had conceived, she despised her mistress.

Il vint donc vers Agar, et elle conçut. Et quand elle vit qu'elle avait conçu, elle méprisa sa maîtresse.

5 And Sarai said to Abram: “You have acted unfairly against me. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, who, when she saw that she had conceived, held me in contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

Alors Saraï dit à Abram: L'outrage qui m'est fait retombe sur toi. J'ai mis ma servante dans ton sein; et depuis qu'elle a vu qu'elle est enceinte, elle me méprise. Que l'Éternel juge entre moi et toi.

6 Abram responded to her by saying, “Behold, your handmaid is in your hand to treat as it pleases you.” And so, when Sarai afflicted her, she took flight.

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

7 And when the Angel of the Lord had found her, near the fountain of water in the wilderness, which is on the way to Shur in the desert,

Mais l'ange de l'Éternel la trouva près d'une source d'eau dans le désert, près de la source qui est sur le chemin de Shur.

8 he said to her: “Hagar, handmaid of Sarai, where have you come from? And where will you go?” And she answered, “I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.”

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

9 And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.”

Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Retourne vers ta maîtresse et humilie-toi sous sa main.

10 And again he said, “I will multiply your offspring continuously, and they will not be numbered because of their multitude.”

Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Je multiplierai tellement ta postérité qu'on ne pourra la compter, tant elle sera nombreuse.

11 But thereafter he said: “Behold, you have conceived, and you will give birth to a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your affliction.

Et l'ange de l'Éternel lui dit: Voici, tu es enceinte; et tu enfanteras un fils, et tu le nommeras Ismaël (Dieu entend); car l'Éternel t'a entendue dans ton affliction.

12 He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers.”

Il sera semblable à un âne sauvage; sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous contre lui; et il habitera en face de tous ses frères.

13 Then she called upon the name of the Lord who had spoken to her: “You are the God who has seen me.” For she said, “Certainly, here I have seen the back of the one who sees me.”

Et elle appela le nom de l'Éternel qui lui avait parlé Atta-El-Roï (tu es un Dieu qui voit). Car elle dit: N'ai-je pas même, ici, vu celui qui me voyait?

14 Because of this, she called that well: ‘The well of the one who lives and who sees me.’ The same is between Kadesh and Bered.

C'est pourquoi on appela ce puits, le puits de Lachaï-Roï (du Vivant qui me voit). Voici, il est entre Kadès et Béred.

15 And Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, who called his name Ishmael.

Et Agar enfanta un fils à Abram. Et Abram appela son fils, qu'Agar lui avait enfanté, Ismaël.

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

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