Genèse 22
1 Et après ces choses il arriva que Dieu mit Abraham à l'épreuve; et Il lui dit: Abraham! Et il répondit: Me voici!
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 Et Il dit: Eh bien! prends ton fils, ton unique, que tu aimes, Isaac, et va-t'en au pays de Moriah, et là offre-le en holocauste sur l'une des montagnes que je te dirai.
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 Et Abraham se leva Je matin et bâta son âne, et prit deux de ses valets avec lui, et Isaac, son fils, et il fendit du bois pour l'holocauste, et il se leva et prit son chemin vers le lieu que Dieu lui avait indiqué.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 Le troisième jour Abraham, levant les yeux, aperçut le lieu de loin.
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 Alors Abraham dit à ses valets: Restez ici avec l'âne, et moi et l'enfant nous irons jusque-là, et nous adorerons, puis nous vous rejoindrons.
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Puis Abraham prit le bois de l'holocauste, et en chargea Isaac, son fils, et il prit en sa main le feu et le couteau; et ils s'acheminèrent les deux ensemble.
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 Et Isaac parla à Abraham, son père, et dit: Mon père! Et il répondit: Me voici, mon fils. Et il dit: Voici bien le feu et le bois; mais où est la victime pour l'holocauste?
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Et Abraham répondit: Dieu verra à se trouver la victime pour l'holocauste, mon fils. Puis ils cheminèrent les deux ensemble.
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 Et ils arrivèrent au lieu que Dieu lui avait dit, et Abraham y éleva l'autel, et disposa le bûcher, et lia Isaac, son fils, et le plaça sur l'autel par dessus le bûcher.
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 Et Abraham étendit la main et prit le couteau pour immoler son fils.
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 Alors l'ange de l'Éternel l'appela des cieux et dit: Abraham! Abraham! Et il répondit: Me voici!
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 Et il dit: Ne porte pas la main sur l'enfant, et ne lui fais rien; car maintenant je sais que tu crains Dieu, et tu ne m'as pas refusé ton fils, ton unique.
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 Alors Abraham leva les yeux et regarda, et voilà que derrière lui un bélier était pris par les cornes dans le hallier, et Abraham alla prendre le bélier, et il l'offrit en holocauste à la place de son fils.
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 Et Abraham donna à ce lieu le nom de: L'Éternel verra; d'où vient l'expression d'aujourd'hui: A la montagne de l'Éternel Il se rendra visible.
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 Et l'ange de l'Éternel appela une seconde fois Abraham des cieux
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 et dit: Je jure par moi-même, déclare l'Éternel, que parce que tu as accompli cet acte, et n'as point refusé ton fils, ton unique,
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 je te bénirai et multiplierai ta postérité comme les étoiles du ciel et comme le sable qui est sur le bord de la mer; et ta postérité sera maîtresse de la porte de ses ennemis.
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 Et toutes les nations de la terre chercheront leur bénédiction dans ta postérité par la raison que tu as obéi à ma voix.
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 Et Abraham rejoignit ses valets; puis ils se levèrent, et gagnèrent ensemble Beerséba, et Abraham demeura à Beerséba. –
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 Et sur ces entrefaites Abraham reçut un renseignement conçu en ces termes: Voici, Milca a aussi enfanté des fils à Nachor, ton frère:
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 Uts, son premier-né, et Buz, son frère, et Kemuel, père d'Aram,
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 et Chésed et Hazo et Pila: das et Jidlaph et Bethuel.
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 Et Bethuel a engendré Rebecca: Ce sont là les huit enfants que Milca a enfantés à Nachor, frère d'Abraham.
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 Et sa concubine, nommée Reumah, a aussi enfanté Tebach et Gaham et Thachas et Maacha.
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
