Genèse 20
1 Et Abraham se transporta de là dans la région du Midi, et se fixa entre Kadès et Sur, et fit un séjour à Gérar.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Et Abraham disait de Sarah, sa femme: C'est ma sœur. Alors Abimélech, roi de Gérar, envoya enlever Sarah.
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 Mais Dieu descendit vers Abimélech dans un songe de la nuit, et lui dit: Voici, tu vas mourir à cause de la femme que tu as enlevée et qui est mariée à un mari.
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 Cependant Abimélech ne s'était point approché d'elle. Et il dit: Seigneur, veux-tu faire périr un peuple, même innocent?
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 Ne m'a-t-il pas dit: C'est ma sœur, et elle, elle-même a dit: Il est mon frère? C'est dans l'innocence de mon cœur et la pureté de mes mains que je l'ai fait.
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 Et Dieu lui dit en songe: Je sais aussi que tu l'as fait dans l'innocence de ton cœur, et aussi t'ai-je empoché de pécher contre moi; c'est pourquoi je n'ai pas permis que tu la touchasses.
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 Maintenant donc rends la femme à son mari, car il est prophète et il intercédera pour toi, afin que tu vives; mais si tu ne la rends pas, sache que tu mourras, toi et tout ce qui t'appartient.
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 Alors Abimélech se leva le matin, et manda tous ses serviteurs, et redit toutes ces choses à leurs oreilles, et ces hommes furent très effrayés.
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 Et Abimélech fit appeler a Abraham et lui dit: Qu'est-ce que tu nous as fait, et en quoi ai-je manqué à ton égard que tu aies attiré sur moi et sur mon royaume une si grande culpabilité? Tu t'es porté envers moi à des actions qu'on ne fait pas.
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 dit à Abraham: Qu'avais-tu en vue pour en agir ainsi avec moi?
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Et Abraham dit: C'est que je me disais: assurément il n'y a aucune crainte de Dieu dans ce lieu, et ils me tueront 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 Aussi bien elle est vraiment ma sœur, fille de mon père, seulement n'est-elle pas fille de ma 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 lorsque Dieu me fit quitter, pour voyager, la maison de mon père, je lui dis: Fais-moi cette grâce: dans quelque lieu que nous allions, 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 Alors Abimélech prit des brebis et des bœufs et des serviteurs et des servantes, et en fit un don à Abraham et lui rendit Sarah, sa femme.
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: Tu as tout mon pays devant toi; établis-toi où il le plaira.
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
16 Et à Sarah il dit: Voici, j'ai donné mille sicles d'argent à ton frère: eh bien! que ce soit une réparation auprès de tous tes entours, et auprès de tous le voilà justifiée.
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 Alors Abraham intercéda auprès de Dieu, et Dieu guérit Abimélech et sa femme et ses servantes, et elles purent enfanter.
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 Car l'Éternel avait frappé de stérilité toutes les femmes de la maison d'Abimélech, à cause de Sarah, 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.
