Genèse 43
1 Cependant, la famine persistait sur la terre.
The famine in Canaan got worse.
2 Lorsqu'ils eurent fini de manger le blé qu'ils avaient rapporté d'Égypte, leur père dit: Partez de nouveau, et achetez-nous un peu de blé.
Finally, when Jacob and his family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain for us!”
3 Juda répondit: L'homme maître de la contrée a protesté, et nous a dit: Vous ne verrez pas ma face, si votre frère le plus jeune n'est pas avec vous.
But Judah said to him, “The man who sold us the grain warned us sternly, ‘I will not let you see me [SYN] again if you come and your younger brother is not with you.’
4 Si donc tu envoies avec nous notre frère, nous descendrons et nous t'achèterons du blé.
So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you.
5 Mais si tu n'envoies pas avec nous notre frère, nous ne partirons pas, car l'homme nous a dit: Vous ne verrez pas ma face, si votre frère le plus jeune n'est pas avec vous.
But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.’”
6 Pourquoi, dit Israël, m'avez-vous fait ce mal de dire à l'homme que vous aviez un frère?
Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?”
7 Et ils reprirent: L'homme nous a interrogés sur nous et notre famille, disant: Votre père vit-il encore? Avez-vous un frère? Nous lui avons répondu selon ses questions. Pouvions-nous prévoir qu'il nous dirait: Amenez-moi votre frère?
One of them replied, “The man asked about us and about our family. He said, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. (We could not know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’/How could we know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’)” [RHQ]
8 Juda dit alors à Israël, son père: Envoie l'enfant avec moi, et nous partirons, afin que nous vivions et que nous ne mourions pas, nous et toute ta maison.
Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send the boy with me, and we will go immediately, in order that we and you and our children may get grain and not die from hunger.
9 C'est moi qui reçois mon frère, réclame-le de ma main; si je ne le ramène pas en ta demeure, si je ne le remets pas devant tes yeux, je serai coupable envers toi tous les jours de ma vie.
I myself will guarantee that he will return. You can require me to do what I am promising [IDM]. If I do not bring him back to you safely, you can say forever that (I am to blame/it was my fault [that he did not return to you)].
10 Si nous n'avions point ainsi tardé, nous serions déjà revenus deux fois.
If we had not (wasted so much time/waited so long), by now we could have gone there and returned two times!”
11 Et Jacob, leur père, dit: Puisqu'il en est ainsi, faites comme je vais dire: prenez dans vos sacs des fruits de cette terre, et portez à l'homme des présents de gomme et de miel, portez-lui de l'encens, de la térébenthine, de la myrrhe et des amandes.
Then their father Jacob said to them, “If there is no other way, do this: Put in your sacks some of the best things that are grown in this land, and take them down to the man as a gift. Take some balm/perfume and honey and spices and myrrh/ointment, some pistachio nuts, and almonds.
12 Emportez le double d'argent; reportez celui qui a été retrouvé dans vos sacs, de peur que ce ne soit une méprise.
Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks.
13 Enfin, prenez votre frère, et descendez chez l'homme.
Take your younger brother and go back to that man.
14 Que Dieu vous fasse trouver grâce devant lui; qu'il renvoie votre frère qu'il a gardé, et aussi Benjamin; et moi cependant, me voici comme sans enfants! sans enfants!
I will pray that God Almighty will cause that man to act mercifully toward you, so that he will let your other brother, as well as Benjamin, come back here with you. But as for me, if my sons are taken from me, then I will not have my sons!”
15 Ayant ainsi pris les dons, et l'argent double, les hommes emmenèrent Benjamin; ils descendirent en Égypte, et ils parurent devant Joseph.
So the men took the gifts that Jacob said that they should take, and twice the amount of money that the grain would cost, and they also took Benjamin. They went down quickly to Egypt, and they stood in front of Joseph.
16 Lorsqu'il les vit, lorsqu'il vit Benjamin son frère, né de la même mère que lui, il dit à l'intendant de sa maison: Conduis ces hommes, égorge et apprête des victimes; ces hommes mangeront avec moi, à midi.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man who (was in charge of/supervised) things in his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare a meal, because I want them to eat with me at noon.” [And he told him in what order they were to be seated].
17 Le serviteur fit ce qu'avait commandé Joseph, et il introduisit les hommes en la maison de Joseph.
The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house.
18 Or, les hommes, se voyant en la maison de Joseph, dirent entre eux: On nous amène ici, à cause de l'argent remporté dans nos sacs la première fois, pour nous calomnier, mettre la main sur nous, nous faire esclaves, et prendre nos ânes.
But they were afraid because he was taking them to Joseph’s house. They were thinking, “He is taking us here because of the silver that was put in our sacks the first time that we came here. While we are eating, he will have his servants attack us and seize us and cause us to become his slaves, and also take our donkeys.”
19 Ayant donc abordé l'intendant de Joseph, ils lui parlèrent dans le vestibule de la maison,
They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house,
20 Disant: Nous te prions, seigneur; nous sommes venus une fois acheter du blé;
one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain.
21 Et, lorsque nous arrivâmes à la première halte nous ouvrîmes nos sacs, et l'argent de chacun s'y trouvait; maintenant, nous rapportons en nos mains cet argent, du même poids.
But at the place where we stopped for the night as we were returning home, we opened our sacks. We were astonished to see that in the top of each of our sacks was the exact amount of silver that we had paid for the grain! So we have brought it back with us.
22 Nous avons de plus, avec nous, d'autre argent pour acheter du blé; mais nous ne savons pas qui a remis l'argent dans nos sacs.
We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.”
23 Il leur répondit: Dieu vous soit propice; n'ayez point de crainte: votre Dieu, le Dieu de vos pères, a mis des trésors dans vos sacs; car pour moi j'ai encore votre argent, qui est de bon aloi. Ensuite, il fit venir Siméon auprès d'eux;
The man replied, [“Relax]! Do not worry about it! I received the silver that you brought. Your God, the God your father worships, must have put it in your sacks.” And then he brought Simeon to them from the prison.
24 Il leur apporta de l'eau à laver les pieds, et il fit manger leurs ânes.
Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys.
25 Pour eux, ils apprêtèrent leurs présents, en attendant que Joseph vînt à midi; car ils avaient appris qu'il se disposait à dîner où ils étaient.
He told them that they were going to eat with Joseph at noon. So the men prepared their gifts to give to Joseph when he arrived.
26 Joseph entra dans la maison, et ils lui présentèrent les dons qu'ils tenaient en leurs mains, se prosternant devant lui la face contre terre.
When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him.
27 Il leur dit: Comment vous portez-vous? Puis il ajouta: Est-il en bonne santé votre père, le vieillard dont vous m'avez parlé? Vit-il encore?
He asked them if they were (well/in good health), and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?”
28 Ils répondirent: Ton serviteur notre père est en bonne santé; il vit encore. Il reprit: Dieu bénisse cet homme; et, s'étant courbés, ils se prosternèrent devant lui.
One of them replied, “Yes, our father, [who is willing to be] your servant, is still alive, and he is well.” Then again they bowed down in front of him.
29 Alors, Joseph, ayant levé les yeux, aperçut Benjamin, son frère, né de la même mère que lui, et il dit: C'est là votre frère le plus jeune, que vous aviez promis de m'amener? Et il ajouta: Dieu aie pitié de toi, enfant.
Then he saw his [younger] brother Benjamin, his own mother’s other son. He asked them, “Is this your youngest brother, the one whom you told me about?” After they said “Yes,” he said to Benjamin, “Young man, I pray that God will act kindly toward you.”
30 Aussitôt Joseph fut troublé; ses entrailles étaient émues à cause de son frère, il avait besoin de pleurer; et étant entré dans sa chambre à coucher, il y pleura.
Joseph quickly left the room. He realized that he was about to cry because he (was full of emotion about his younger brother/loved his younger brother so much). He went into his private room and cried there.
31 Puis s'étant lavé le visage, il revint, et, se maîtrisant, il dit: Servez le repas.
Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!”
32 L'on servit des mets, à lui d'abord, puis à ses frères, à part, puis à part aussi aux Égyptiens qui dînaient avec lui, car les Égyptiens ne peuvent manger avec les Hébreux; c'est à leurs yeux une abomination.
The people of Egypt considered that it was disgraceful for them to eat with Hebrews, so the servants served food to Joseph by himself, and served the other people of Egypt who ate with him by themselves, and they served Joseph’s older brothers and younger brother by themselves.
33 Les frères de Joseph étaient assis en face de lui le premier-né, selon son droit d'aînesse; le plus jeune, selon son âge tendre; et chacun était assis à sa place en face de son frère.
His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest!
34 L'on apporta devant eux des parts que leur envoyait Joseph, mais la part de Benjamin était cinq fois plus grande que toutes les autres; et ils burent, et ils se réjouirent avec lui.
And when their portions of food were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s portion! So they ate food and drank wine with Joseph and became very cheerful.
