Livre de la Genèse 17

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Lorsqu'Abram eut atteint 99 ans, Yahvé lui apparut et lui dit: "Je suis El Shaddaï, marche en maprésence et sois parfait.	1 In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.
2 J'institue mon alliance entre moi et toi, et je t'accroîtrai extrêmement."	2 And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”
3 Et Abram tomba la face contre terre. Dieu lui parla ainsi:	3 Abram fell prone on his face.
4 "Moi, voici mon alliance avec toi: tu deviendras père d'une multitude de nations.	4 And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.
5 Et l'on ne t'appellera plus Abram, mais ton nom sera Abraham, car je te fais père d'une multitude denations.	5 No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.
6 Je te rendrai extrêmement fécond, de toi je ferai des nations, et des rois sortiront de toi.	6 And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.
7 J'établirai mon alliance entre moi et toi, et ta race après toi, de génération en génération, unealliance perpétuelle, pour être ton Dieu et celui de ta race après toi.	7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
8 A toi et à ta race après toi, je donnerai le pays où tu séjournes, tout le pays de Canaan, enpossession à perpétuité, et je serai votre Dieu."	8 And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”
9 Dieu dit à Abraham: "Et toi, tu observeras mon alliance, toi et ta race après toi, de génération engénération.	9 Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations.
10 Et voici mon alliance qui sera observée entre moi et vous, c'est-à-dire ta race après toi: que tousvos mâles soient circoncis.	10 This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.
11 Vous ferez circoncire la chair de votre prépuce, et ce sera le signe de l'alliance entre moi et vous.	11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
12 Quand ils auront huit jours, tous vos mâles seront circoncis, de génération en génération. Qu'ilsoit né dans la maison ou acheté à prix d'argent à quelque étranger qui n'est pas de ta race,	12 An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock.
13 on devra circoncire celui qui est né dans la maison et celui qui est acheté à prix d'argent. Monalliance sera marquée dans votre chair comme une alliance perpétuelle.	13 And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.
14 L'incirconcis, le mâle dont on n'aura pas coupé la chair du prépuce, cette vie-là sera retranchée desa parenté: il a violé mon alliance."	14 The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.”
15 Dieu dit à Abraham: "Ta femme Saraï, tu ne l'appelleras plus Saraï, mais son nom est Sara.	15 God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.
16 Je la bénirai et même je te donnerai d'elle un fils; je la bénirai, elle deviendra des nations, et desrois de peuples viendront d'elle."	16 And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.”
17 Abraham tomba la face contre terre, et il se mit à rire car il se disait en lui-même: "Un fils naîtra-t-il à un homme de cent ans, et Sara qui a 90 ans va-t-elle enfanter?"	17 Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
18 Abraham dit à Dieu: "Oh! qu'Ismaël vive devant ta face!"	18 And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”
19 Mais Dieu reprit: "Non, mais ta femme Sara te donnera un fils, tu l'appelleras Isaac, j'établiraimon alliance avec lui, comme une alliance perpétuelle, pour être son Dieu et celui de sa race après lui.	19 And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.
20 En faveur d'Ismaël aussi, je t'ai entendu: je le bénis, je le rendrai fécond, je le ferai croîtreextrêmement, il engendrera douze princes et je ferai de lui une grande nation.	20 Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless and enlarge him, and I will multiply him greatly. He will produce twelve leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
21 Mais mon alliance, je l'établirai avec Isaac, que va t'enfanter Sara, l'an prochain à cette saison."	21 Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”
22 Lorsqu'il eut fini de lui parler, Dieu remonta d'auprès d'Abraham.	22 And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.
23 Alors Abraham prit son fils Ismaël, tous ceux qui étaient nés dans sa maison, tous ceux qu'il avaitacquis de son argent, bref tous les mâles parmi les gens de la maison d'Abraham, et il circoncit la chair de leurprépuce, ce jour même, comme Dieu le lui avait dit.	23 Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.
24 Abraham était âgé de 99 ans lorsqu'on circoncit la chair de son prépuce	24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
25 et Ismaël, son fils, était âgé de treize ans lorsqu'on circoncit la chair de son prépuce.	25 And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.
26 Ce jour même furent circoncis Abraham et son fils Ismaël,	26 On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.
27 et tous les hommes de sa maison, enfants de la maison ou acquis d'un étranger à prix d'argent,furent circoncis avec lui.	27 And all the men of his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.