Genesis 37
1 Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.
Or Jacob demeura au pays où son père avait demeuré comme étranger, [c'est-à-dire] au pays de Canaan.
2 And these are his generations. Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, when he was still a boy. And he was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, the wives of his father. And he accused his brothers to their father of a most sinful crime.
Ce sont ici les générations de Jacob. Joseph âgé de dix-sept ans, paissait avec ses frères les troupeaux, et il était jeune garçon entre les enfants de Bilha, et entre les enfants de Zilpa, femmes de son père. Et Joseph rapporta à leur père leurs méchants discours.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors.
Or Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses [autres] fils, parce qu'il l'avait eu en sa vieillesse, et il lui fit une robe bigarrée.
4 Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.
Et ses frères voyant que leur père l'aimait plus qu'eux tous, le haïssaient, et ne pouvaient lui parler avec douceur.
5 Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
Or Joseph songea un songe, lequel il récita à ses frères; et ils le haïrent encore davantage.
6 And he said to them, “Listen to my dream that I saw.
Il leur dit donc: Ecoutez, je vous prie, le songe que j'ai songé.
7 I thought we were binding sheaves in the field. And my sheaf seemed to rise up and stand, and your sheaves, standing in a circle, reverenced my sheaf.”
Voici, nous liions des gerbes au milieu d'un champ; et voici, ma gerbe se leva, et se tint droite; et voici, vos gerbes l'environnèrent, et se prosternèrent devant ma gerbe.
8 His brothers responded: “Would you be our king? Or will we be subject to your dominion?” Therefore, this matter of his dreams and words provided kindling to their envy and hatred.
Alors ses frères lui dirent: Régnerais-tu en effet sur nous? et dominerais-tu en effet sur nous? Et ils le haïrent encore plus pour ses songes, et pour ses paroles.
9 Likewise, he saw another dream, which he explained to his brothers, saying, “I saw by a dream, as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars were reverencing me.”
Il songea encore un autre songe, et il le récita a ses frères, en disant: Voici, j'ai songé encore un songe, et voici, le soleil, et la lune, et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi.
10 And when he had related this to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, and he said: “What does it mean to you, this dream that you have seen? Should I, and your mother, and your brothers reverence you upon the earth?”
Et quand il le récita à son père, et à ses frères, son père le reprit, et lui dit: Que veut dire ce songe que tu as songé? Faudra-t-il que nous venions moi, et ta mère, et tes frères nous prosterner en terre devant toi?
11 Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
Et ses frères eurent de l'envie contre lui; mais son père retenait ses discours.
12 And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father’s flocks,
Or ses frères s'en allèrent paître les troupeaux de leur père en Sichem.
13 Israel said to him: “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” And when he answered,
Et Israël dit à Joseph: Tes frères ne paissent-ils pas [les troupeaux] en Sichem? Viens, que je t'envoie vers eux; et il lui répondit: Me voici.
14 “I am ready,” he said to him, “Go, and see if everything is prospering with your brothers and the cattle, and report to me what is happening.” So, having been sent from the valley of Hebron, he arrived at Shechem.
Et il lui dit: Va maintenant, vois si tes frères se portent bien, et si les troupeaux [sont en bon état], et rapporte-le-moi. Ainsi il l'envoya de la vallée de Hébron, et il vint jusqu'en Sichem.
15 And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.
Et un homme le trouva comme il était errant par les champs; et cet homme lui demanda, et lui dit: Que cherches-tu?
16 So he responded: “I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks.”
Et il répondit: Je cherche mes frères; je te prie, enseigne-moi où ils paissent.
17 And the man said to him: “They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.
Et l'homme dit: Ils sont partis d'ici; et j'ai entendu qu'ils disaient: Allons en Dothaïn. Joseph donc alla après ses frères, et les trouva en Dothaïn.
18 And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.
Et ils le virent de loin; et avant qu'il approchât d'eux, ils complotèrent contre lui, pour le tuer.
19 And they said one to another: “Behold, the dreamer approaches.
Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Voici, ce maître songeur vient.
20 Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”
Maintenant donc, venez, et tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une de ces fosses; et nous dirons qu'une mauvaise bête l'a dévoré, et nous verrons que deviendront ses songes.
21 But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said:
Mais Ruben entendit cela, et le délivra de leurs mains, en disant: Ne lui otons point la vie.
22 “Do not take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless.” But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to return him to his father.
Ruben leur dit encore: Ne répandez point le sang; jetez-le dans cette fosse qui est au désert, mais ne mettez point la main sur lui. C'était pour le délivrer de leurs mains, et le renvoyer à son père.
23 And so, as soon as he came to his brothers, they very quickly stripped him of his tunic, which was ankle-length and woven of many colors,
Aussitôt donc que Joseph fut venu à ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa robe, de cette robe bigarrée qui était sur lui.
24 and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water.
Et l'ayant pris, ils le jetèrent dans la fosse; mais la fosse était vide, et il n'y avait point d'eau.
25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into Egypt.
Ensuite ils s'assirent pour manger du pain; et levant les yeux ils regardèrent, et voici une troupe d'Ismaélites qui passaient, et qui venaient de Galaad, et leurs chameaux portaient des drogues, du baume, et de la myrrhe; et ils allaient porter ces choses en Egypte.
26 Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: “What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Et Juda dit à ses frères: Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère, et à cacher son sang?
27 It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh.” His brothers agreed to his words.
Venez, et vendons-le à ces Ismaélites, et ne mettons point notre main sur lui; car notre frère, [c'est] notre chair; et ses frères y acquiescèrent.
28 And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into Egypt.
Et comme les marchands Madianites passaient, ils tirèrent et firent remonter Joseph de la fosse, et le vendirent vingt [pièces] d'argent aux Ismaélites, qui emmenèrent Joseph en Egypte.
29 And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
Puis Ruben retourna à la fosse, et voici, Joseph n'était plus dans la fosse; et [Ruben] déchira ses vêtements.
30 And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”
Il retourna vers ses frères, et leur dit: L'enfant ne se trouve point; et moi! moi! où irai-je?
31 Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
Et ils prirent la robe de Joseph, et ayant tué un bouc d'entre les chèvres, ils ensanglantèrent la robe.
32 sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: “We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not.”
Puis ils envoyèrent et firent porter à leur père la robe bigarrée, en lui disant: Nous avons trouvé ceci; reconnais maintenant si c'est la robe de ton fils, ou non.
33 And when the father acknowledged it, he said: “It is the tunic of my son. An evil wild beast has eaten him; a beast has devoured Joseph.”
Et il la reconnut, et dit: C'est la robe de mon fils; une mauvaise bête l'a dévoré: certainement Joseph a été déchiré.
34 And tearing his garments, he was clothed in haircloth, mourning his son for a long time.
Et Jacob déchira ses vêtements, et mit un sac sur ses reins, et mena deuil sur son fils durant plusieurs jours.
35 Then, when all of his sons gathered together to ease their father’s sorrow, he was not willing to accept consolation, but he said: “I will descend in mourning to my son in the underworld.” And while he persevered in weeping, (Sheol h7585)
Et tous ses fils, et toutes ses filles vinrent pour le consoler. Mais il rejeta toute consolation, et dit: Certainement je descendrai en menant deuil au sépulcre vers mon fils; c'est ainsi que son père le pleurait. (Sheol h7585)
36 the Midianites in Egypt sold Joseph to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, instructor of the soldiers.
Et les Madianites le vendirent en Egypte à Potiphar, Eunuque de Pharaon, Prévôt de l'hôtel.
