Genesis 37
1 Jacob settled down and lived in Canaan as his father had done.
Or Jacob demeura au pays où son père avait demeuré comme étranger, [c'est-à-dire] au pays de Canaan.
2 This is the story of Jacob and his family. Joseph was seventeen, and helped look after the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
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 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him when he was already old. He made a colorful robe with long sleeves for Joseph.
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 When his brothers noticed that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and had nothing good to say about him.
Et ses frères voyant que leur père l'aimait plus qu'eux tous, le haïssaient, et ne pouvaient lui parler avec douceur.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Or Joseph songea un songe, lequel il récita à ses frères; et ils le haïrent encore davantage.
6 “Listen to this dream I had,” he told them.
Il leur dit donc: Ecoutez, je vous prie, le songe que j'ai songé.
7 “We were tying up bundles of grain out in the fields when all of a sudden my bundle stood up, and your bundles came over and bowed down to it.”
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 “Do you really think you're going to be our king?” they asked. “Do you honestly believe you're going to rule over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and how he described it.
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 Then he had another dream told his brothers about it. “Listen, I had another dream,” he explained. “The sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down before 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 He also told his father as well as his brothers, and his father told him off, saying, “What's this dream that you've had? Are we—I and your mother and brothers—really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
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 Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Et ses frères eurent de l'envie contre lui; mais son père retenait ses discours.
12 One day Joseph's brothers took their father's flocks to graze near Shechem.
Or ses frères s'en allèrent paître les troupeaux de leur père en Sichem.
13 Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.
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 So he told him, “Off you go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and come back and let me know.” So he sent him off. Joseph set out from the Hebron Valley,
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 arrived in Shechem. A man there found him wandering about in the field, so he asked him, “What are you looking for?”
Et un homme le trouva comme il était errant par les champs; et cet homme lui demanda, et lui dit: Que cherches-tu?
16 “I'm looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they're looking after the flock?”
Et il répondit: Je cherche mes frères; je te prie, enseigne-moi où ils paissent.
17 “They've already left,” the man replied. “I heard them say, ‘Let's go to Dothan.’” So Joseph followed his brothers and caught up with 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 But they saw him coming way off in the distance, and before he got to them, they made plans to kill him.
Et ils le virent de loin; et avant qu'il approchât d'eux, ils complotèrent contre lui, pour le tuer.
19 “Look, here comes the Lord of Dreams!” they said to each other.
Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Voici, ce maître songeur vient.
20 “Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We'll say that some wild animal has eaten him. Then we'll see what happens to his dreams!”
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 When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.
Mais Ruben entendit cela, et le délivra de leurs mains, en disant: Ne lui otons point la vie.
22 “Let's not attack and kill him,” he suggested. “Don't murder him, just throw him into this pit here in the desert. You don't need to be guilty of violence.” Reuben said this so that he could come back later and rescue Joseph from them and take him home 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 So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off his robe—the colorful long-sleeved robe he was wearing—
Aussitôt donc que Joseph fut venu à ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa robe, de cette robe bigarrée qui était sur lui.
24 grabbed him and threw him into a pit. (The pit was empty—it didn't have any water in it.)
Et l'ayant pris, ils le jetèrent dans la fosse; mais la fosse était vide, et il n'y avait point d'eau.
25 They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to 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 “What's the point of killing our brother?” Judah asked his brothers. “Then we'd have to cover up his death!
Et Juda dit à ses frères: Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère, et à cacher son sang?
27 Instead, why don't we sell him to these Ishmaelites? We don't have to kill him. After all he's our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.
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 So when the Ishmaelites (who were traders from Midian) came by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites took him to 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 When Reuben came back later and looked into the pit, Joseph was gone. He tore his clothes in grief.
Puis Ruben retourna à la fosse, et voici, Joseph n'était plus dans la fosse; et [Ruben] déchira ses vêtements.
30 He returned to his brothers. “The boy's gone!” he moaned. “What am I going to do now?”
Il retourna vers ses frères, et leur dit: L'enfant ne se trouve point; et moi! moi! où irai-je?
31 They slaughtered a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in the blood.
Et ils prirent la robe de Joseph, et ayant tué un bouc d'entre les chèvres, ils ensanglantèrent la robe.
32 Then they sent the colorful robe to their father with the message, “We found this. Please examine it and see if it's your son's robe 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 His father recognized it right away and said, “This is my son's robe! Some wild animal must have eaten him. Poor Joseph has been ripped to pieces, no doubt about it!”
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 Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of 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 All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he rejected their attempts. “No,” he said, “I will go down into my grave mourning for my son.” So Joseph's father went on weeping for him. (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 In the meantime the Ishmaelites had arrived in Egypt and had sold Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh's officers, the captain of the guard.
Et les Madianites le vendirent en Egypte à Potiphar, Eunuque de Pharaon, Prévôt de l'hôtel.
