Genesis 34
1 One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women in that area.
Or Dina, fille de Lia, sortit pour voir les femmes de cette contrée.
2 Shechem, one of the sons of Hamor, the ruler of that area who was descended from the Hiv people-group, saw her. He wanted her. So he grabbed her and forced her to have sex [EUP] with him.
Lorsque Sichem, fils d’Hémor Hévéen, prince du pays, l’eut vue, il l’aima passionnément; et il l’enleva et dormit avec elle, faisant violence à cette jeune vierge.
3 He [SYN] was very much attracted to her, and fell in love with her, and he tried to get her to love him.
Et son âme s’attacha fortement à elle; et il adoucit sa tristesse par ses caresses.
4 So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Please get this girl for me. I want her to become my wife!”
Allant ensuite vers Hémor son père: Obtiens-moi, dit-il, cette jeune fille pour femme.
5 Jacob very soon found out that his daughter Dinah had been disgraced/defiled. But his sons were in the fields with his livestock, so he did nothing about it until they returned home.
Ce que Jacob ayant appris, ses fils étant absents et occupés à paître les troupeaux, il garda le silence jusqu’à ce qu’ils revinrent.
6 In the meantime, Shechem’s father Hamor went to talk with Jacob.
Cependant Hémor, père de Sichem, étant sorti pour parler à Jacob,
7 While they were still talking, Jacob’s sons came in from the field. When they found out what had happened, they were shocked and very angry. They said, “Shechem has done something that is very disgraceful among us Israeli people, something that never should be done!”
Voilà que ses fils revenaient de la campagne: or ayant appris ce qui était arrivé, ils furent très irrités de ce que Sichem avait fait une chose honteuse contre Israël, et de ce qu’en violant la fille de Jacob, il avait commis une action illicite.
8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem really likes this girl. Please allow him to marry her.
C’est pourquoi Hémor leur dit: L’âme de mon fils Sichem s’est attachée à votre jeune fille: donnez-la-lui pour femme:
9 Let’s make an agreement: You will give your daughters to our young men to be their wives, and we will give our daughters to your young men to be their wives.
Faisons réciproquement des mariages: donnez-nous vos filles, et prenez nos filles;
10 You can live among us, and live anywhere in our land that you wish. You can buy and sell things (OR, travel around) and if you find land that you want, then you can buy it.”
Et habitez avec nous: la terre est en votre puissance; cultivez-la; trafiquez-y, et possédez-la.
11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “If you feel good toward me and do what I am asking for, I will give you whatever you ask for.
Mais Sichem lui-même dit au père et aux frères de Dina: Que je trouve grâce devant vous, et tout ce que vous aurez déterminé, je le donnerai.
12 Tell me what gifts you want and what bride price you want, and I will give you what you ask for. I just want you to give the girl to me to be my wife.”
Augmentez le douaire et demandez des présents, et je vous accorderai volontiers ce que vous demanderez: seulement donnez-moi cette jeune fille pour femme.
13 But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor
Les fils de Jacob, transportés de fureur à cause de l’outrage fait à leur sœur, répondirent avec ruse à Sichem et à son père:
14 by saying to them, “No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.
Nous ne pouvons faire ce que vous demandez, ni donner notre sœur à un homme incirconcis; parce que c’est une chose illicite et criminelle parmi nous.
15 We will do that only if you do one thing: You must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you.
Mais nous pourrons nous allier à cette condition, que vous vouliez être semblable à nous, et que tout mâle soit circoncis parmi vous.
16 Then we will give our daughters to your young men to be your wives, and we will take your daughters to be the wives of our young men. We will live among you, and we will become one people-group.
Alors nous donnerons et nous accepterons mutuellement nos filles et les vôtres; et nous habiterons avec vous, et nous serons un seul peuple.
17 But if you will not agree to being circumcised, we will take our sister and go back to our land.”
Mais si vous ne voulez pas être circoncis, nous prendrons notre fille et nous nous retirerons.
18 What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
Leur offre plut à Hémor et à Sichem son fils;
19 Shechem was very much in love with Jacob’s daughter, so he quickly agreed to do what they suggested.
Et le jeune homme ne tarda pas d’accomplir ce que l’on demandait; car il aimait extrêmement la jeune fille, et il était de sa personne très considéré dans toute la maison de son père.
20 Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place near the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders, saying,
Etant donc venus à la porte de la ville, ils dirent au peuple:
21 “These men are friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around (OR, buy and sell things) and if they find land that they want, they can buy it. There is plenty of land for them to live here. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters.
Ces hommes sont paisibles, et veulent bien habiter avec nous: qu’ils trafiquent en cette terre, et la cultivent, car spacieuse et étendue, elle manque de laboureurs: nous prendrons leurs filles pour femmes, et nous leur donnerons les nôtres.
22 But these men will agree to live among us and become one people-group with us only if all our males are circumcised, as they are.
Il y a une seule chose qui retarde un si grand avantage, c’est si nous faisons circoncire tous nos mâles, nous conformant à la coutume de cette nation.
23 But if we do that, just think! Their livestock and their possessions and their other animals will become ours [RHQ]! So we should agree to do what they suggest, and then they will live among us!”
Ainsi leurs richesses, leurs troupeaux, et tout ce qu’ils possèdent, seront à nous: acquiesçons seulement, et habitant ensemble, nous ferons un seul peuple.
24 Shechem was the most respected person in his father’s household, so all the men who were there at the city gate agreed to what Hamor and Shechem suggested. So every male in the city was circumcised.
Et tous consentirent, tous les mâles ayant été circoncis.
25 On the third day after that, when the men of the city were still sore because of being circumcised, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and entered the city without anyone opposing them, and killed all the men.
Mais voilà qu’au troisième jour, lorsque la douleur des plaies est très forte, deux des fils de Jacob, Siméon et Lévi, frères de Dina, leurs glaives pris, entrèrent hardiment dans la ville, et tous les mâles tués,
26 They even killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left the city.
Massacrèrent pareillement Hémor et Sichem, enlevant Dina leur sœur de la maison de Sichem.
27 Then the other sons of Jacob went into the city where all those dead bodies were. They (looted/took everything in) the city to get revenge for the shameful thing that had been done to their sister.
Eux sortis, les autres fils de Jacob se jetèrent sur les morts et pillèrent la ville, comme vengeance de l’outrage,
28 They took away the people’s sheep and goats, their cattle, their donkeys, and everything else that they wanted from inside the city and from out in the countryside.
Ravageant les brebis, le gros bétail et les ânes des habitants, et tout ce qui était dans les maisons et dans les champs;
29 They took away everything that was valuable, even the children and the women. They seized and took away everything that was in the houses.
Ils emmenèrent aussi captifs leurs petits enfants et leurs femmes.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused a lot of trouble for me! Now the Canaan people-group and the Perizzi people-group and everyone else who lives in this land will (hate me/say my name stinks)! I do not have many men to fight for us, so if they all gather together and come to me and attack us, they will destroy us and all our household!”
Cet audacieux forfait commis, Jacob dit à Siméon et à Lévi: Vous m’avez profondément affligé, et rendu odieux aux Chananéens et aux Phérézéens habitants de ce pays: nous, nous sommes en petit nombre, mais eux réunis me battront, et je serai exterminé, moi et toute ma maison,
31 But they replied, “(Should we have allowed Shechem to treat our sister like a prostitute?/We could not just let Shechem treat our sister like a prostitute!)” [RHQ]
Ils répondirent: Devaient-ils abuser de notre sœur comme d’une prostituée?
