Genesis 37
1 Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
Or Jacob demeura au pays où son père avait demeuré comme étranger, [c'est-à-dire] au pays de Canaan.
2 (This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that 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 Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
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 Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly 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 One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
Or Joseph songea un songe, lequel il récita à ses frères; et ils le haïrent encore davantage.
6 He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
Il leur dit donc: Ecoutez, je vous prie, le songe que j'ai songé.
7 In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle 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 His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
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 Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to 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 about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
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 older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
Et ses frères eurent de l'envie contre lui; mais son père retenait ses discours.
12 One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
Or ses frères s'en allèrent paître les troupeaux de leur père en Sichem.
13 Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
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 Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
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 while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching 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 Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
Et il répondit: Je cherche mes frères; je te prie, enseigne-moi où ils paissent.
17 The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near 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 when he was still far away, and 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 They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Voici, ce maître songeur vient.
20 and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
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 Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
Mais Ruben entendit cela, et le délivra de leurs mains, en disant: Ne lui otons point la vie.
22 Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back 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 where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
Aussitôt donc que Joseph fut venu à ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa robe, de cette robe bigarrée qui était sur lui.
24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no 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 After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
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 Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
Et Juda dit à ses frères: Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère, et à cacher son sang?
27 So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
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 When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph 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 returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
Puis Ruben retourna à la fosse, et voici, Joseph n'était plus dans la fosse; et [Ruben] déchira ses vêtements.
30 He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
Il retourna vers ses frères, et leur dit: L'enfant ne se trouve point; et moi! moi! où irai-je?
31 [Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
Et ils prirent la robe de Joseph, et ayant tué un bouc d'entre les chèvres, ils ensanglantèrent la robe.
32 They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
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 He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
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 was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
Et Jacob déchira ses vêtements, et mit un sac sur ses reins, et mena deuil sur son fils durant plusieurs jours.
35 All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (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 men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
Et les Madianites le vendirent en Egypte à Potiphar, Eunuque de Pharaon, Prévôt de l'hôtel.
