Livre de la Genèse 37

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Mais Jacob demeura dans le pays où son père avait séjourné, dans le pays de Canaan.	1 Now Jacob lived in the land of Canaan, where his father sojourned.
2 Voici l'histoire de Jacob. Joseph avait dix-sept ans. Il gardait le petit bétail avec ses frères, -- il étaitjeune, -- avec les fils de Bilha et les fils de Zilpa, femmes de son père, et Joseph rapporta à leur père le mal qu'ondisait d'eux.	2 And these are his generations. Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers, when he was still a boy. And he was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, the wives of his father. And he accused his brothers to their father of a most sinful crime.
3 Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres enfants, car il était le fils de sa vieillesse, et il lui fitfaire une tunique ornée.	3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors.
4 Ses frères virent que son père l'aimait plus que tous ses autres fils et ils le prirent en haine, devenusincapables de lui parler amicalement.	4 Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.
5 Or Joseph eut un songe et il en fit part à ses frères qui le haïrent encore plus.	5 Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
6 Il leur dit: "Ecoutez le rêve que j'ai fait:	6 And he said to them, “Listen to my dream that I saw.
7 il me paraissait que nous étions à lier des gerbes dans les champs, et voici que ma gerbe se dressaet qu'elle se tintdebout, et vos gerbes l'entourèrent et elles se prosternèrent devant ma gerbe."	7 I thought we were binding sheaves in the field. And my sheaf seemed to rise up and stand, and your sheaves, standing in a circle, reverenced my sheaf.”
8 Ses frères lui répondirent: "Voudrais-tu donc régner sur nous en roi ou bien dominer en maître?" Etils le haïrent encoreplus, à cause de ses rêves et de ses propos.	8 His brothers responded: “Would you be our king? Or will we be subject to your dominion?” Therefore, this matter of his dreams and words provided kindling to their envy and hatred.
9 Il eut encore un autre songe, qu'il raconta à ses frères. Il dit: "J'ai encore fait un rêve: il meparaissait que lesoleil, la lune et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi."	9 Likewise, he saw another dream, which he explained to his brothers, saying, “I saw by a dream, as if the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars were reverencing me.”
10 Il raconta cela à son père et à ses frères, mais son père le gronda et lui dit: "En voilà un rêve quetu as fait!Allons-nous donc, moi, ta mère et tes frères, venir nous prosterner à terre devant toi?"	10 And when he had related this to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, and he said: “What does it mean to you, this dream that you have seen? Should I, and your mother, and your brothers reverence you upon the earth?”
11 Ses frères furent jaloux de lui, mais son père gardait la chose dans sa mémoire.	11 Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
12 Ses frères allèrent paître le petit bétail de leur père à Sichem.	12 And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father’s flocks,
13 Israël dit à Joseph: "Tes frères ne sont-ils pas au pâturage à Sichem? Viens, je vais t'envoyer verseux" et il répondit: "Je suis prêt."	13 Israel said to him: “Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” And when he answered,
14 Il lui dit: "Va donc voir comment se portent tes frères et le bétail, et rapporte-moi des nouvelles."Il l'envoya de la vallée d'Hébron et Joseph arriva à Sichem.	14 “I am ready,” he said to him, “Go, and see if everything is prospering with your brothers and the cattle, and report to me what is happening.” So, having been sent from the valley of Hebron, he arrived at Shechem.
15 Un homme le rencontra errant dans la campagne et cet homme lui demanda: "Que cherches-tu?"	15 And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.
16 Il répondit: "Je cherche mes frères. Indique-moi, je te prie, où ils paissent leurs troupeaux."	16 So he responded: “I seek my brothers. Tell me where they pasture the flocks.”
17 L'homme dit: "Ils ont décampé d'ici, je les ai entendus quidisaient: Allons à Dotân"; Joseph partiten quête de ses frères et il les trouva à Dotân.	17 And the man said to him: “They have withdrawn from this place. But I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.
18 Ils l'aperçurent de loin et, avant qu'il n'arrivât près d'eux, ils complotèrent de le faire mourir.	18 And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.
19 Ils se dirent entre eux: "Voilà l'homme aux songes qui arrive!	19 And they said one to another: “Behold, the dreamer approaches.
20 Maintenant, venez, tuons-le et jetons-le dans n'importe quelle citerne; nous dirons qu'une bêteféroce l'a dévoré. Nous allons voir ce qu'il adviendra de ses songes!"	20 Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”
21 Mais Ruben entendit et il le sauva de leurs mains. Il dit: "N'attentons pas à sa vie!"	21 But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said:
22 Ruben leur dit: "Ne répandez pas le sang! Jetez-le dans cette citerne du désert, mais ne portez pasla main sur lui!"C'était pour le sauver de leurs mains et le ramener à son père.	22 “Do not take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless.” But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to return him to his father.
23 Donc, lorsque Joseph arriva près de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa tunique, la tunique ornéequ'il portait.	23 And so, as soon as he came to his brothers, they very quickly stripped him of his tunic, which was ankle-length and woven of many colors,
24 Ils se saisirent de lui et le jetèrent dans la citerne; c'était une citerne vide, où il n'y avait pas d'eau.	24 and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water.
25 Puis ils s'assirent pour manger. Comme ils levaient les yeux, voici qu'ils aperçurent une caravaned'Ismaélites qui venait de Galaad. Leurs chameaux étaient chargés de gomme adragante, de baume et deladanum, qu'ils allaient livrer en Egypte.	25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into Egypt.
26 Alors Juda dit à ses frères: "Quel profit y aurait-il à tuer notre frère et couvrir son sang?	26 Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: “What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 Venez, vendons-le aux Ismaélites, mais ne portons pas la main sur lui: il est notre frère, de lamême chair que nous." Et ses frères l'écoutèrent.	27 It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh.” His brothers agreed to his words.
28 Or des gens passèrent, des marchands madianites, et ils retirèrent Joseph de la citerne. Ilsvendirent Joseph aux Ismaélites pour vingt sicles d'argent et ceux-ci le conduisirent en Egypte.	28 And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into Egypt.
29 Lorsque Ruben retourna à la citerne, voilà que Joseph n'y était plus! Il déchira ses vêtements	29 And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
30 et, revenant vers ses frères, il dit: "L'enfant n'est plus là! Et moi, où vais-je aller?"	30 And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”
31 Ils prirent la tunique de Joseph et, ayant égorgé un bouc, ils trempèrent la tunique dans le sang.	31 Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
32 Ils envoyèrent la tunique ornée, ils la firent porter à leur père avec ces mots: "Voilà ce que nousavons trouvé! Regarde si ce ne serait pas la tunique de ton fils."	32 sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: “We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not.”
33 Celui-ci regarda et dit: "C'est la tunique de mon fils! Une bête féroce l'a dévoré. Joseph a été misen pièces!"	33 And when the father acknowledged it, he said: “It is the tunic of my son. An evil wild beast has eaten him; a beast has devoured Joseph.”
34 Jacob déchira son vêtement, il mit un sac sur ses reins et fit le deuil de son fils pendant longtemps.	34 And tearing his garments, he was clothed in haircloth, mourning his son for a long time.
35 Tous ses fils et ses filles vinrent pour le consoler, mais il refusa toute consolation et dit: "Non,c'est en deuil que je veux descendre au shéol auprès de mon fils." Et son père le pleura.	35 Then, when all of his sons gathered together to ease their father’s sorrow, he was not willing to accept consolation, but he said: “I will descend in mourning to my son in the underworld.” And while he persevered in weeping,
36 Cependant, les Madianites l'avaient vendu en Egypte à Potiphar, eunuque de Pharaon etcommandant des gardes.	36 the Midianites in Egypt sold Joseph to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, instructor of the soldiers.