Genesis 17

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

Abraham étant âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, le Seigneur lui apparut et lui dit: "Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; conduis-toi à mon gré, sois irréprochable,

2 Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

et je maintiendrai mon alliance avec toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini."

3 Abram bowed low with his face to the ground and God talked with him, saying,

Abram tomba sur sa face, et Dieu lui parla de la sorte:

4 “As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

"Moi-même, oui, je traite avec toi: tu seras le père d’une multitude de nations.

5 No longer will your name be Abram, but your name will be Abraham—for I appoint you to be the father of a multitude of nations.

Ton nom ne s’énoncera plus, désormais, Abram: ton nom sera Abraham, car je te fais le père d’une multitude de nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Je te ferai fructifier prodigieusement; je ferai de toi des peuples, et des rois seront tes descendants.

7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

Cette alliance, établie entre moi et entre toi et ta postérité dernière, je l’érigerai en alliance perpétuelle, étant pour toi un Dieu comme pour ta postérité après toi.

8 I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land where you have been living, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”

Et je donnerai à toi et à ta postérité la terre de tes pérégrinations, toute la terre de Canaan, comme possession indéfinie; et je serai pour eux un Dieu tutélaire."

9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

Dieu dit à Abraham: "Pour toi, sois fidèle à mon alliance, toi et ta postérité après toi dans tous les âges.

10 This is my covenant, which you must keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Voici le pacte que vous observerez, qui est entre moi et vous, jusqu’à ta dernière postérité: circoncire tout mâle d’entre vous.

11 You must be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Vous retrancherez la chair de votre excroissance, et ce sera un symbole d’alliance entre moi et vous.

12 Every male among you that is eight days old must be circumcised, throughout your people's generations. This includes him who is born into your household and him who is bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.

A l’âge de huit jours, que tout mâle, dans vos générations, soit circoncis par vous; même l’enfant né dans ta maison, ou acheté à prix d’argent parmi les fils de l’étranger, qui ne sont pas de ta race.

13 He who is born into your household and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus my covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Oui, il sera circoncis, l’enfant de ta maison ou celui que tu auras acheté; et mon alliance, à perpétuité, sera gravée dans votre chair.

14 Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

Et le mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas retranché la chair de son excroissance, sera supprimé lui-même du sein de son peuple pour avoir enfreint mon alliance."

15 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai any more. Instead, her name will be Sarah.

Dieu dit à Abraham: "Saraï, ton épouse, tu ne l’appelleras plus Saraï, mais bien Sara.

16 I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will become the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

Je la bénirai, en te donnant, par elle aussi, un fils; je la bénirai, en ce qu’elle produira des nations et que des chefs de peuples naîtront d’elle."

17 Then Abraham bowed low with his face to the ground, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? How can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?”

Abraham tomba sur sa face et sourit; et il dit en son coeur"Quoi! un centenaire engendrerait encore! et à quatre-vingt-dix ans, Sara deviendrait mère!"

18 Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

Abraham dit au Seigneur: "Puisse Ismaël, à tes yeux, mériter de vivre!"

19 God said, “No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you must name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant with his descendants after him.

Le Seigneur répondit: "Certes, Sara, ton épouse, te donnera un fils, et tu le nommeras Isaac. Je maintiendrai mon pacte avec lui, comme pacte perpétuel à l’égard de sa descendance.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I hereby bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him abundantly. He will be the father of twelve leaders of tribes, and I will make him become a great nation.

Quant à Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé: oui, je l’ai béni; je le ferai fructifier et multiplier à l’infini; il engendra douze princes, et je le ferai devenir une grande nation.

21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time in the next year.”

Pour mon alliance, je la confirmerai sur Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera à pareille époque, l’année prochaine."

22 When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

Ayant achevé de lui parler, Dieu disparut de devant Abraham.

23 Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all those who were born into his household, and all those who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in that same day, as God had said to him.

Abraham prit Ismaël son fils, tous les enfants de ses esclaves et ceux qu’il avait achetés à prix d’argent, tous les mâles de la maison d’Abraham; il retrancha la chair de leur excroissance, ce jour-là même, ainsi que Dieu le lui avait dit.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Or, Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsque fut retranchée la chair de son excroissance.

25 Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans, lorsque la chair de son excroissance fut retranchée.

26 On the very same day Abraham and Ishmael his son were both circumcised.

C’Est en ce même jour que fut circoncis Abraham, ainsi qu’Ismaël son fils.

27 All the men of his household were circumcised with him, including those born into the household and those bought with money from a foreigner.

Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés chez lui ou achetés à prix d’argent à l’étranger, furent circoncis en même temps.