Genèse 20
1 Abraham se transporta dans la terre du midi, et il demeura entre Cadès et Sur, puis il vint habiter en Gérare.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Abraham dit alors de sa femme Sarra: Elle est ma sœur; car il avait crainte de dire: C'est ma femme, de peur qu'à cause d'elle les hommes de la ville ne le tuassent. Et Abimélech, roi de Gérare, fit enlever Sarra.
While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.
3 Or, le Seigneur entra vers Abimélech pendant son sommeil, la nuit, et dit: Tu vas mourir à cause de la femme que tu as prise, car elle est mariée à un homme.
But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
4 Abimélech ne s'était point encore approché d'elle; il dit donc: Seigneur, perdrez-vous une nation juste pour avoir ignoré?
But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?
5 Lui-même ne m'a-t-il pas dit: C'est ma sœur? Elle-même n'a-t-elle point dit: Il est mon frère? C'est dans la pureté de mon cœur et l'équité de mes mains que j'ai fait cela.
He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
6 Le Seigneur lui dit, toujours pendant son sommeil: Je sais que tu as agi avec un cœur pur; aussi t'ai-je préservé de pécher contre moi. Je ne t'ai point laissé t'approcher de cette femme.
God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.
7 Rends-la donc à son mari; c'est un prophète qui priera pour toi, et tu vivras; mais si tu ne la rends point, sache que tu périras avec tout ce qui est à toi.
Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”
8 Abimélech s'étant hâté de se lever de grand matin, appela tous ses serviteurs, et leur répéta toutes ces paroles, et tous ces hommes eurent grande crainte.
Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].
9 Abimélech appela aussi Abraham, et il lui dit: Pourquoi nous as-tu traités de la sorte; avions-nous péché envers toi pour que tu fisses tomber ainsi sur moi et sur mon royaume ce grand péché? Tu m'as fait ce que personne ne ferait.
Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”
10 Et Abimélech ajouta: En vue de quoi en as-tu agi de la sorte?
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Abraham répondit: Je me suis, en effet, dit: Peut-être n'y a-t-il point de piété en ce lieu, et vont-ils me tuer à cause de ma femme.
Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’
12 Du reste, elle est véritablement ma sœur de père et non de mère, et elle est devenue ma femme.
Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.
13 Et il est advenu, lorsque Dieu m'a fait sortir de la maison de mon père, que j'ai dit à ma femme: Tu me rendras cet équitable service en tous lieux où nous irons; dis de moi: C'est mon frère.
Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”
14 Abimélech prit mille doubles drachmes, et des brebis, et des veaux, et des serviteurs et des servantes, qu'il donna à Abraham, et il lui rendit sa femme Sarra.
So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
15 Et Abimélech dit à Abraham: Voilà ma terre devant toi, séjourne où il te plaira.
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
16 Il dit aussi à Sarra: Tu vois, je donne à ton frère mille drachmes; elles seront pour faire respecter ton visage et celui de tes suivantes; sois désormais véridique en tout.
And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
17 Abraham pria Dieu, et Dieu guérit Abimélech, sa femme et ses servantes, et elles enfantèrent.
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 Car le Seigneur avait fermé toutes les entrailles, en la maison d'Abimélech, à cause de Sarra, femme d'Abraham.
This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.
