Genesis 31
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Genèse 31
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| Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth. | Jacob entendit les propos des fils de Laban, qui disaient: Jacob a pris tout ce qui était à notre père, et c`est avec le bien de notre père qu`il s`est acquis toute cette richesse. |
| And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before. | Jacob remarqua aussi le visage de Laban; et voici, il n`était plus envers lui comme auparavant. |
| Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you. | Alors l`Éternel dit à Jacob: Retourne au pays de tes pères et dans ton lieu de naissance, et je serai avec toi. |
| And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock. | Jacob fit appeler Rachel et Léa, qui étaient aux champs vers son troupeau. |
| And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me | Il leur dit: Je vois, au visage de votre père, qu`il n`est plus envers moi comme auparavant; mais le Dieu de mon père a été avec moi. |
| And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father, | Vous savez vous-mêmes que j`ai servi votre père de tout mon pouvoir. |
| But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage. | Et votre père s`est joué de moi, et a changé dix fois mon salaire; mais Dieu ne lui a pas permis de me faire du mal. |
| If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young. | Quand il disait: Les tachetés seront ton salaire, toutes les brebis faisaient des petits tachetés. Et quand il disait: Les rayés seront ton salaire, toutes les brebis faisaient des petits rayés. |
| So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me. | Dieu a pris à votre père son troupeau, et me l`a donné. |
| And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured. | Au temps où les brebis entraient en chaleur, je levai les yeux, et je vis en songe que les boucs qui couvraient les brebis étaient rayés, tachetés et marquetés. |
| And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. | Et l`ange de Dieu me dit en songe: Jacob! Je répondis: Me voici! |
| And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you. | Il dit: Lève les yeux, et regarde: tous les boucs qui couvrent les brebis sont rayés, tachetés et marquetés; car j`ai vu tout ce que te fait Laban. |
| I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth. | Je suis le Dieu de Béthel, où tu as oint un monument, où tu m`as fait un voeu. Maintenant, lève-toi, sors de ce pays, et retourne au pays de ta naissance. |
| Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house? | Rachel et Léa répondirent, et lui dirent: Avons-nous encore une part et un héritage dans la maison de notre père? |
| Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up. | Ne sommes-nous pas regardées par lui comme des étrangères, puisqu`il nous a vendues, et qu`il a mangé notre argent? |
| For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do. | Toute la richesse que Dieu a ôtée à notre père appartient à nous et à nos enfants. Fais maintenant tout ce que Dieu t`a dit. |
| Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels; | Jacob se leva, et il fit monter ses enfants et ses femmes sur les chameaux. |
| And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. | Il emmena tout son troupeau et tous les biens qu`il possédait, le troupeau qui lui appartenait, qu`il avait acquis à Paddan Aram; et il s`en alla vers Isaac, son père, au pays de Canaan. |
| Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house. | Tandis que Laban était allé tondre ses brebis, Rachel déroba les théraphim de son père; |
| And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean. | et Jacob trompa Laban, l`Araméen, en ne l`avertissant pas de sa fuite. |
| So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead. | Il s`enfuit, avec tout ce qui lui appartenait; il se leva, traversa le fleuve, et se dirigea vers la montagne de Galaad. |
| And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight. | Le troisième jour, on annonça à Laban que Jacob s`était enfui. |
| And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead. | Il prit avec lui ses frères, le poursuivit sept journées de marche, et l`atteignit à la montagne de Galaad. |
| Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob. | Mais Dieu apparut la nuit en songe à Laban, l`Araméen, et lui dit: Garde-toi de parler à Jacob ni en bien ni en mal! |
| Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead. | Laban atteignit donc Jacob. Jacob avait dressé sa tente sur la montagne; Laban dressa aussi la sienne, avec ses frères, sur la montagne de Galaad. |
| And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war? | Alors Laban dit à Jacob: Qu`as-tu fait? Pourquoi m`as-tu trompé, et emmènes-tu mes filles comme des captives par l`épée? |
| Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music? | Pourquoi as-tu pris la fuite en cachette, m`as-tu trompé, et ne m`as-tu point averti? Je t`aurais laissé partir au milieu des réjouissances et des chants, au son du tambourin et de la harpe. |
| You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do. | Tu ne m`as pas permis d`embrasser mes fils et mes filles! C`est en insensé que tu as agi. |
| It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob. | Ma main est assez forte pour vous faire du mal; mais le Dieu de votre père m`a dit hier: Garde-toi de parler à Jacob ni en bien ni en mal! |
| And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods? | Maintenant que tu es parti, parce que tu languissais après la maison de ton père, pourquoi as-tu dérobé mes dieux? |
| And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force. | Jacob répondit, et dit à Laban: J`avais de la crainte à la pensée que tu m`enlèverais peut-être tes filles. |
| As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them. | Mais périsse celui auprès duquel tu trouveras tes dieux! En présence de nos frères, examine ce qui t`appartient chez moi, et prends-le. Jacob ne savait pas que Rachel les eût dérobés. |
| So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's. | Laban entra dans la tente de Jacob, dans la tente de Léa, dans la tente des deux servantes, et il ne trouva rien. Il sortit de la tente de Léa, et entra dans la tente de Rachel. |
| Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them. | Rachel avait pris les théraphim, les avait mis sous le bât du chameau, et s`était assise dessus. Laban fouilla toute la tente, et ne trouva rien. |
| And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images. | Elle dit à son père: Que mon seigneur ne se fâche point, si je ne puis me lever devant toi, car j`ai ce qui est ordinaire aux femmes. Il chercha, et ne trouva point les théraphim. |
| Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion? | Jacob s`irrita, et querella Laban. Il reprit la parole, et lui dit: Quel est mon crime, quel est mon péché, que tu me poursuives avec tant d`ardeur? |
| Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us. | Quand tu as fouillé tous mes effets, qu`as-tu trouvé des effets de ta maison? Produis-le ici devant mes frères et tes frères, et qu`ils prononcent entre nous deux. |
| These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food. | Voilà vingt ans que j`ai passés chez toi; tes brebis et tes chèvres n`ont point avorté, et je n`ai point mangé les béliers de ton troupeau. |
| Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night. | Je ne t`ai point rapporté de bêtes déchirées, j`en ai payé le dommage; tu me redemandais ce qu`on me volait de jour et ce qu`on me volait de nuit. |
| This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes. | La chaleur me dévorait pendant le jour, et le froid pendant la nuit, et le sommeil fuyait de mes yeux. |
| These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed. | Voilà vingt ans que j`ai passés dans ta maison; je t`ai servi quatorze ans pour tes deux filles, et six ans pour ton troupeau, et tu as changé dix fois mon salaire. |
| If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back. | Si je n`eusse pas eu pour moi le Dieu de mon père, le Dieu d`Abraham, celui que craint Isaac, tu m`aurais maintenant renvoyé à vide. Dieu a vu ma souffrance et le travail de mes mains, et hier il a prononcé son jugement. |
| Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children? | Laban répondit, et dit à Jacob: Ces filles sont mes filles, ces enfants sont mes enfants, ce troupeau est mon troupeau, et tout ce que tu vois est à moi. Et que puis-je faire aujourd`hui pour mes filles, ou pour leurs enfants qu`elles ont mis au monde? |
| Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us. | Viens, faisons alliance, moi et toi, et que cela serve de témoignage entre moi et toi! |
| Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar. | Jacob prit une pierre, et il la dressa pour monument. |
| And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones. | Jacob dit à ses frères: Ramassez des pierres. Ils prirent des pierres, et firent un monceau; et ils mangèrent là sur le monceau. |
| And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed. | Laban l`appela Jegar Sahadutha, et Jacob l`appela Galed. |
| And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed, | Laban dit: Que ce monceau serve aujourd`hui de témoignage entre moi et toi! C`est pourquoi on lui a donné le nom de Galed. |
| And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings. | On l`appelle aussi Mitspa, parce que Laban dit: Que l`Éternel veille sur toi et sur moi, quand nous nous serons l`un et l`autre perdus de vue. |
| If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us. | Si tu maltraites mes filles, et si tu prends encore d`autres femmes, ce n`est pas un homme qui sera avec nous, prends-y garde, c`est Dieu qui sera témoin entre moi et toi. |
| And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me; | Laban dit à Jacob: Voici ce monceau, et voici ce monument que j`ai élevé entre moi et toi. |
| They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose. | Que ce monceau soit témoin et que ce monument soit témoin que je n`irai point vers toi au delà de ce monceau, et que tu ne viendras point vers moi au delà de ce monceau et de ce monument, pour agir méchamment. |
| May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac. | Que le Dieu d`Abraham et de Nachor, que le Dieu de leur père soit juge entre nous. Jacob jura par celui que craignait Isaac. |
| And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain. | Jacob offrit un sacrifice sur la montagne, et il invita ses frères à manger; ils mangèrent donc, et passèrent la nuit sur la montagne. |
| And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country. | Laban se leva de bon matin, baisa ses fils et ses filles, et les bénit. Ensuite il partit pour retourner dans sa demeure. |
