Genèse 4
1 Or, Adam connut Éve sa femme, qui, ayant conçu, enfanta Caïn; et elle dit: J'ai obtenu un homme grâce à Dieu.
And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.
2 Ensuite elle enfanta son frère Abel, qui fut pasteur des brebis; de son côté Caïn s'adonna au labourage de la terre.
Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
3 Après bien des jours, il arriva que Caïn apporta des fruits de la terre en offrande au Seigneur.
And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.
4 Or, Abel apporta des premiers-nés de son troupeaux et de leur graisse. Et Dieu regarda Abel et ses présents.
And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
5 Mais il ne fit attention ni à Caïn, ni à son offrande; Caïn en fut très affligé, et eut le visage tout abattu.
But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
6 Le Seigneur dit à Caïn: D'où vient que tu es si fort affligé et que ton visage est tout abattu?
And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?
7 Si tu as bien fait de m'apporter des offrandes, en les choisissant mal n'as-tu pas péché? Calme-toi, le péché est sous ta puissance, et c'est à toi de le dominer.
If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.
8 Et Caïn dit à Abel son frère: Allons aux champs. Et voilà que comme ils étaient aux champs, Caïn se leva contre son frère Abel et le tua.
And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.
9 Et le Seigneur dit à Caïn: Où est Abel ton frère? Il répondit: Je ne sais: suis-je le gardien de mon frère?
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
10 Le Seigneur Dieu dit: Qu'as-tu fait? Le cri du sang de ton frère a retenti de la terre jusqu'à moi.
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
11 Maintenant donc, maudit sois-tu sur la terre qui a ouvert la bouche pour recueillir de ta main le sang de ton frère.
And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;
12 Lorsque tu travailleras à la terre, elle n'emploiera pas sa force pour te faire ses dons; tu seras gémissant et tremblant sur la terre.
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
13 Caïn dit au Seigneur: Mon crime est trop grand pour m'être pardonné.
And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.
14 Si vous me bannissez aujourd'hui de la face de cette terre, je serai caché loin de vos yeux; je serai gémissant et tremblant sur la terre, et le premier qui me rencontrera me tuera.
You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.
15 Le Seigneur lui dit: Il n'en sera point ainsi; tout être qui tuerait Caïn encourrait sept châtiments. Et le Seigneur Dieu mit un signe à Caïn, pour que tout être qui le rencontrerait ne le tuât point.
And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.
16 Or, Caïn s'éloigna de la face de Dieu, et il habita la terre de Nod vis-à- vis Éden.
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
17 Après cela Caïn connut sa femme, qui, ayant conçu, enfanta Enoch; ensuite Caïn bâtit une ville, et du nom de son fils, il la nomma Enoch.
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
18 Or, d'Enoch fut engendré Gaïdad, Gaïdad engendra Malalehël, Malalehël engendra Mathusala, et Mathusala engendra Lamech.
And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.
19 Et Lamech épousa deux femmes: la première nommée Ada, la seconde nommée Sella.
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 Ada enfanta Jabel; celui-ci fut le père de ceux qui demeurèrent sous des tentes, des nourrisseurs de bestiaux.
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
21 Et son frère eut le nom Jubal; celui-ci inventa le psaltérion et la cithare.
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
22 Or Sella de son côté enfanta Thobel ou Tubalcaïn, et il fut ouvrier au marteau, forgeron du fer et de l'airain. La sœur de Tubalcaïn fut Noéma.
And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23 Or, Lamech dit à ses femmes Ada et Sella: Écoutez ma voix, femmes de Lamech, faites attention à mes paroles: J'ai tué un homme pour mon malheur, un jeune homme pour ma meurtrissure.
And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;
24 On eût vengé sept fois le meurtre de Caïn; celui de Lamech le serait septante fois sept.
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.
25 Or, Adam connut Éve sa femme, et, ayant conçu, elle enfanta un fils à qui elle donna le nom de Seth (substitué). Car, dit-elle, Dieu a fait sortir de moi un autre rejeton, en place d'Abel que Caïn a tué.
And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.
26 Et à Seth naquit un fils, auquel il donna le nom d'Enos; celui-ci, plein de confiance, invoqua le nom du Seigneur Dieu.
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
