Genesis 20

1 Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.

Abraham partit de là pour la contrée du Midi; il s'établit entre Cadès et Sur, et fit un séjour à Gérare.

2 And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

Abraham disait de Sara, sa femme: " C'est ma sœur. " Abimélech, roi de Gérare, envoya prendre Sara.

3 Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: “Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband.”

Mais Dieu vint à Abimélech en songe pendant la nuit, et lui dit: " Voici, tu vas mourir à cause de la femme que tu as prise: car elle a un mari. "

4 In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?

Or Abimélech ne s'était pas approché d'elle; il répondit: " Seigneur, ferez-vous mourir des gens même innocents?

5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and did she not say, ‘He is my brother?’ In the sincerity of my heart and the purity of my hands, I have done this.”

Ne m'a-t-il pas dit: C'est ma sœur? Et elle-même m'a dit aussi: C'est mon frère. C'est avec un cœur intègre et des mains pures que j'ai fait cela. "

6 And God said to him: “And I know that you have acted with a sincere heart. And therefore I kept you from sinning against me, and I did not release you to touch her.

Dieu lui dit en songe: " Moi aussi, je sais que c'est avec un cœur intègre que tu as agi; aussi t'ai-je retenu de pécher contre moi. C'est pourquoi je n'ai pas permis que tu la touches.

7 Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours.”

Maintenant, rends la femme de cet homme, car il est prophète; il priera pour toi, et tu vivras. Si tu ne la rends pas, sache que tu mourras certainement, toi et tous ceux qui t'appartiennent. "

8 And immediately Abimelech, rising up in the night, called all his servants. And he spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were very afraid.

Abimélech se leva de bon matin, appela tous ses serviteurs et leur rapporta toutes ces choses; et ces gens furent saisis d'une grande frayeur.

9 Then Abimelech called also for Abraham, and he said to him: “What have you done to us? How have we sinned against you, so that you would bring so great a sin upon me and upon my kingdom? You have done to us what you ought not to have done.”

Puis Abimélech appela Abraham et lui dit: " Qu'est-ce que tu nous as fait? En quoi ai-je manqué à ton égard, que tu aies fait venir sur moi et sur mon royaume un si grand péché? Tu as fait avec moi des choses qui ne se font pas. "

10 And remonstrating him again, he said, “What did you see, so that you would do this?”

Abimélech dit encore à Abraham: " A quoi as-tu pensé en agissant de la sorte? "

11 Abraham responded: “I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife.

Abraham répondit: " Je me disais: Il n'y a sans doute aucune crainte de Dieu dans ce pays, et l'on me tuera à cause de ma femme.

12 Yet, in another way, she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her as a wife.

Et d'ailleurs elle est vraiment ma sœur; elle est fille de mon père, quoiqu'elle ne soit pas fille de ma mère, et elle est devenue ma femme.

13 Then, after God led me out of my father’s house, I said to her: ‘You will show this mercy to me. In every place, to which we will travel, you will say that I am your brother.’”

Lorsque Dieu me fit errer loin de la maison de mon père, je dis à Sara: Voici la grâce que tu me feras: dans tous les lieux où nous arriverons, dis de moi: C'est mon frère. "

14 Therefore, Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants and women servants, and he gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.

Alors Abimélech prit des brebis et des bœufs, des serviteurs et des servantes, et les donna à Abraham; et il lui rendit Sara, sa femme.

15 And he said, “The land is in your sight. Dwell wherever it will please you.”

Abimélech dit: " Voici, mon pays est devant toi; habite où il te plaira. "

16 Then to Sarah he said: “Behold, I have given your brother one thousand silver coins. This will be for you as a veil for your eyes, to all who are with you and wherever you will travel. And so, remember that you were taken.”

Et il dit à Sara: " Je donne à ton frère mille pièces d'argent; cela te sera un voile sur les yeux pour tous ceux qui sont avec toi et pour tous; te voilà justifiée. "

17 Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.

Abraham intercéda auprès de Dieu, et Dieu guérit Abimélech, sa femme et ses servantes, et ils eurent des enfants.

18 For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

Car Yahweh avait rendu tout sein stérile dans la maison d'Abimélech, à cause de Sara, femme d'Abraham.