Genèse 17

1 Abraham étant âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, le Seigneur lui apparut et lui dit: "Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; conduis-toi à mon gré, sois irréprochable,

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.

2 et je maintiendrai mon alliance avec toi, et je te multiplierai à l’infini."

And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

3 Abram tomba sur sa face, et Dieu lui parla de la sorte:

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 "Moi-même, oui, je traite avec toi: tu seras le père d’une multitude de nations.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

5 Ton nom ne s’énoncera plus, désormais, Abram: ton nom sera Abraham, car je te fais le père d’une multitude de nations.

Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.

6 Je te ferai fructifier prodigieusement; je ferai de toi des peuples, et des rois seront tes descendants.

And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

7 Cette alliance, établie entre moi et entre toi et ta postérité dernière, je l’érigerai en alliance perpétuelle, étant pour toi un Dieu comme pour ta postérité après toi.

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you, and to your seed after you.

8 Et je donnerai à toi et à ta postérité la terre de tes pérégrinations, toute la terre de Canaan, comme possession indéfinie; et je serai pour eux un Dieu tutélaire."

And I will give unto you, and to your seed after you, the land wherein you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 Dieu dit à Abraham: "Pour toi, sois fidèle à mon alliance, toi et ta postérité après toi dans tous les âges.

And God said unto Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations.

10 Voici le pacte que vous observerez, qui est entre moi et vous, jusqu’à ta dernière postérité: circoncire tout mâle d’entre vous.

This is my covenant, which all of you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every male child among you shall be circumcised.

11 Vous retrancherez la chair de votre excroissance, et ce sera un symbole d’alliance entre moi et vous.

And all of you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 A l’âge de huit jours, que tout mâle, dans vos générations, soit circoncis par vous; même l’enfant né dans ta maison, ou acheté à prix d’argent parmi les fils de l’étranger, qui ne sont pas de ta race.

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.

13 Oui, il sera circoncis, l’enfant de ta maison ou celui que tu auras acheté; et mon alliance, à perpétuité, sera gravée dans votre chair.

He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must essentially be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 Et le mâle incirconcis, qui n’aura pas retranché la chair de son excroissance, sera supprimé lui-même du sein de son peuple pour avoir enfreint mon alliance."

And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

15 Dieu dit à Abraham: "Saraï, ton épouse, tu ne l’appelleras plus Saraï, mais bien Sara.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 Je la bénirai, en te donnant, par elle aussi, un fils; je la bénirai, en ce qu’elle produira des nations et que des chefs de peuples naîtront d’elle."

And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

17 Abraham tomba sur sa face et sourit; et il dit en son coeur"Quoi! un centenaire engendrerait encore! et à quatre-vingt-dix ans, Sara deviendrait mère!"

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

18 Abraham dit au Seigneur: "Puisse Ismaël, à tes yeux, mériter de vivre!"

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before you!

19 Le Seigneur répondit: "Certes, Sara, ton épouse, te donnera un fils, et tu le nommeras Isaac. Je maintiendrai mon pacte avec lui, comme pacte perpétuel à l’égard de sa descendance.

And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

20 Quant à Ismaël, je t’ai exaucé: oui, je l’ai béni; je le ferai fructifier et multiplier à l’infini; il engendra douze princes, et je le ferai devenir une grande nation.

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he brought forth, and I will make him a great nation.

21 Pour mon alliance, je la confirmerai sur Isaac, que Sara t’enfantera à pareille époque, l’année prochaine."

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto you at this set time in the next year.

22 Ayant achevé de lui parler, Dieu disparut de devant Abraham.

And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham prit Ismaël son fils, tous les enfants de ses esclaves et ceux qu’il avait achetés à prix d’argent, tous les mâles de la maison d’Abraham; il retrancha la chair de leur excroissance, ce jour-là même, ainsi que Dieu le lui avait dit.

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said unto him.

24 Or, Abraham était âgé de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans, lorsque fut retranchée la chair de son excroissance.

And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans, lorsque la chair de son excroissance fut retranchée.

And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 C’Est en ce même jour que fut circoncis Abraham, ainsi qu’Ismaël son fils.

In the very same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

27 Et tous les gens de sa maison, nés chez lui ou achetés à prix d’argent à l’étranger, furent circoncis en même temps.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.