Genèse 37
1 Or Jacob demeura au pays où son père avait demeuré comme étranger, [c'est-à-dire] au pays de Canaan.
Now Jacob was living in the land where his father had made a place for himself, in the land of Canaan.
2 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.
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
3 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.
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
4 Et ses frères voyant que leur père l'aimait plus qu'eux tous, le haïssaient, et ne pouvaient lui parler avec douceur.
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
5 Or Joseph songea un songe, lequel il récita à ses frères; et ils le haïrent encore davantage.
Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
6 Il leur dit donc: Ecoutez, je vous prie, le songe que j'ai songé.
And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
7 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.
We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
8 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.
And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
9 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.
Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
10 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?
And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
11 Et ses frères eurent de l'envie contre lui; mais son père retenait ses discours.
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
12 Or ses frères s'en allèrent paître les troupeaux de leur père en Sichem.
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
13 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.
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 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.
And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 Et un homme le trouva comme il était errant par les champs; et cet homme lui demanda, et lui dit: Que cherches-tu?
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
16 Et il répondit: Je cherche mes frères; je te prie, enseigne-moi où ils paissent.
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
17 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.
And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18 Et ils le virent de loin; et avant qu'il approchât d'eux, ils complotèrent contre lui, pour le tuer.
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19 Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Voici, ce maître songeur vient.
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20 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.
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21 Mais Ruben entendit cela, et le délivra de leurs mains, en disant: Ne lui otons point la vie.
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22 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.
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
23 Aussitôt donc que Joseph fut venu à ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa robe, de cette robe bigarrée qui était sur lui.
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
24 Et l'ayant pris, ils le jetèrent dans la fosse; mais la fosse était vide, et il n'y avait point d'eau.
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
25 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.
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
26 Et Juda dit à ses frères: Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère, et à cacher son sang?
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
27 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.
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
28 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.
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
29 Puis Ruben retourna à la fosse, et voici, Joseph n'était plus dans la fosse; et [Ruben] déchira ses vêtements.
Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
30 Il retourna vers ses frères, et leur dit: L'enfant ne se trouve point; et moi! moi! où irai-je?
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
31 Et ils prirent la robe de Joseph, et ayant tué un bouc d'entre les chèvres, ils ensanglantèrent la robe.
Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
32 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.
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
33 Et il la reconnut, et dit: C'est la robe de mon fils; une mauvaise bête l'a dévoré: certainement Joseph a été déchiré.
And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
34 Et Jacob déchira ses vêtements, et mit un sac sur ses reins, et mena deuil sur son fils durant plusieurs jours.
Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
35 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)
And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Et les Madianites le vendirent en Egypte à Potiphar, Eunuque de Pharaon, Prévôt de l'hôtel.
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
