2 Peter 2
1 Just like there were false prophets among the [Israeli] people [long ago], so there will also be teachers who teach false [things] among you. They will enter [your congregations] without you realizing [what/who they are], and they will [spiritually] injure some people by what they teach. Specifically, these teachers will even deny [that] the Lord [Jesus died to] pay [for the guilt of our sins]. As a result, they will soon destroy themselves [spiritually, and God will also punish them].
Or, comme il y a eu de faux prophètes parmi le peuple, il y aura aussi parmi vous de faux docteurs, qui introduiront secrètement des sectes pernicieuses, et qui, reniant le Seigneur qui les a rachetés, attireront sur eux-mêmes une perdition soudaine.
2 And many [people] will behave in an extremely immoral manner, imitating the extremely immoral way [these teachers who teach false things] behave. As a result, [unbelievers] will (discredit the true message/say the true message is false).
Et plusieurs suivront leurs doctrines de perdition, et la voie de la vérité sera blasphémée à cause d'eux.
3 Because [the teachers of false teaching] want a lot of things that other people have, [they think that] by telling you stories that they themselves have (made up/invented), they will get money from you. [God decided] long ago [that he would] punish them, and he has not fallen asleep [LIT]! [He will certainly destroy them]!
Et par cupidité ils trafiqueront de vous au moyen de paroles trompeuses; mais depuis longtemps leur condamnation ne s'arrête point, et leur perdition ne sommeille point.
4 God destroyed [LIT] the angels who sinned. He threw them into the worst place in hell and imprisoned them [there] in darkness in order to keep them there until he judges [and punishes them]. (Tartaroō g5020)
Car si Dieu n'a pas épargné les anges qui avaient péché, mais si, les ayant précipités dans l'abîme, liés avec des chaînes d'obscurité, il les a livrés pour y être gardés en vue du jugement; (Tartaroō g5020)
5 He also got rid of [LIT] [the people who lived in] [MTY] the world long ago. He saved [only] eight of them, including Noah, who was a righteous preacher. God saved them when he destroyed in a flood [all] (the ungodly people/the people whose lives were not pleasing to him) [who were living then].
Et s'il n'a point épargné l'ancien monde, et s'il a préservé Noé, lui huitième, le prédicateur de la justice, lorsqu'il a envoyé le déluge sur le monde des impies;
6 He also condemned Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; that is, he destroyed them by burning them completely to ashes. [By doing that] he gave a warning to those who afterwards would live in (an ungodly way/a way that is displeasing to him).
Et si, réduisant en cendres les villes de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, il les a condamnées à la destruction, les donnant en exemple à ceux qui vivraient dans l'impiété;
7 But he rescued [Abraham’s nephew], Lot, who was a righteous [man. Lot] was (greatly distressed/very sad) because the people [in Sodom] were doing very immoral things.
Et s'il a délivré le juste Lot, qui souffrait de la conduite infâme de ces abominables;
8 That righteous [man’s] soul (was tormented/suffered great agony) day after day because he saw and heard those wicked people behave in a very lawless/wicked [manner when he was] living among them.
(Car ce juste, qui demeurait parmi eux, affligeait chaque jour son âme juste, à cause de ce qu'il voyait et apprenait de leurs méchantes actions; )
9 And since the Lord God [rescued Lot, you can be sure that] he knows how to rescue (other godly people/people whose lives please him) from their sufferings, and [he is able] to preserve (ungodly [people/people whose lives do not please him]), [whom he has started to] punish even now, until the time when he will [finish judging them and punish] them.
Le Seigneur saura délivrer de l'épreuve ceux qui l'honorent, et garder les injustes pour être punis au jour du jugement;
10 [He will punish especially severely] those [ungodly teachers who teach false things] who do the things that their self-directed nature desires, things that (defile them/cause them to be completely impure). Those [teachers of false teachings] despise [all beings who] rule [over them]. 2 Peter 2:10d-16 Because [those teachers of false doctrines are] extremely arrogant/proud [DOU], they (are not afraid to insult/boldly speak evil about) glorious beings [in heaven] (OR, glorious/wonderful beings [who rule over people]).
Principalement ceux qui suivent la chair, dans la convoitise de l'impureté, et qui méprisent la domination, audacieux, arrogants, et qui ne craignent point d'injurier les dignités,
11 In contrast, angels do not insult [those teachers] when those teachers accuse the angels [of blasphemy] while the Lord God is watching, even though the angels are much more powerful [DOU] [than the teachers of false doctrines].
Tandis que les anges, quoique plus grands en force et en puissance, ne portent point contre elles de jugement injurieux devant le Seigneur.
12 Because those [teachers of false doctrines are] like animals that cannot think [as humans do] [DOU], they say evil things about [spiritual] things which they know nothing about. [As a result], God will destroy them like [people] destroy [animals], [animals] that are born only in order to be hunted and killed {in order that [people] should hunt and kill them}.
Mais ceux-ci, comme des animaux sans raison, qui ne suivent que la nature, nés pour être pris et détruits, blasphémant ce qu'ils n'entendent point, périront par leur propre corruption, recevant le salaire de leur iniquité.
13 God will punish [those teachers] in return for the unrighteous actions/things that they have done. They even like (to carouse/to drink and revel noisily) in the daytime [as well as at night]. And as they indulge/enjoy themselves just like they want to while they are feasting with you, they cause you to become impure, [as] [MET] stains and blotches [DOU] [ruin a clean garment].
Ils aiment à être tous les jours dans les délices; ce sont des taches et des souillures; ils prennent plaisir dans leurs tromperies, lorsqu'ils mangent avec vous;
14 They [want to commit] [MTY] adultery [with every woman] whom they look at. They never stop seeking opportunities to sin. They entice/persuade those who are [spiritually] unstable [to join them in doing the sinful things that they do]. [Because of] their ever-increasing (greed/desire to have more and more things), they are doomed [to eternal punishment].
Ils ont les yeux pleins d'adultère, et qui ne cessent de pécher; ils amorcent les âmes mal affermies; ils ont le cœur exercé à l'avarice; ce sont des enfants de malédiction,
15 They have (rejected good moral standards/quit doing what everyone knows is right). They have imitated [what the prophet] Balaam, the son of Bosor, [did long ago]. He, [acting very] unrighteously, wanted [the enemies of the Jews] to pay him if he [asked God] ([to curse/to do bad thing to]) [the Jews].
Qui, ayant quitté le droit chemin, se sont égarés, en suivant la voie de Balaam, fils de Bosor, qui aima le salaire de l'iniquité, mais qui fut repris de son injustice;
16 But God rebuked him for having done that which was wrong [and for] behaving very foolishly. And even though donkeys do not speak, [God used] a donkey to hinder Balaam [by enabling it to] speak to him with a human voice.
Une ânesse muette, parlant d'une voix humaine, réprima la folie du prophète.
17 These [teachers who each false things mislead/deceive people by promising what they cannot do], as [MET] dried-up springs [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect to get water from them]. They [mislead/deceive people] [MET] just like clouds that are blown along by strong winds [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect rain, but no rain falls. Therefore], God has reserved the darkness of hell [for those teachers of false doctrines]. (questioned)
Ce sont des fontaines sans eau, des nuées agitées par un tourbillon; et l'obscurité des ténèbres leur est réservée pour l'éternité. (questioned)
18 By boasting proudly as they make speeches that are worthless, they entice people who have recently [become believers and] have stopped doing the things that wicked people do. Urged on by their self-directed nature, they entice them [into sin] by encouraging them to [do] evil things.
Car en tenant des discours enflés de vanité, ils amorcent, par les convoitises de la chair et les impudicités, les personnes qui s'étaient véritablement éloignées de ceux qui vivent dans l'égarement;
19 [The false teachers] tell people that they are free [to do whatever they want to do, even though] they themselves are [like] slaves [MET] [because their own self-directed nature forces them to do] sinful things. [Think about these well-known words: “Whenever a person is controlled by something] {[something controls a person]}, [it is as though] that person has become a slave of what controls him.”
Leur promettant la liberté, quoiqu'ils soient eux-mêmes esclaves de la corruption; car on devient esclave de celui par lequel on est vaincu.
20 Those [who teach false truths] learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a result, they stopped doing those things that (defile [people/cause people to become impure]) [spiritually]. Since they have begun to do [those evil things again], with the result that they are unable to stop doing them, they are in a worse condition than [they were in before they knew Jesus Christ].
En effet si, après avoir fui les souillures du monde, par la connaissance du Seigneur et Sauveur Jésus-Christ, ils s'y engagent de nouveau et sont vaincus, leur dernière condition devient pire que la première.
21 [Because God will severely punish them], it would have been better for them if they had never known what it means to live in a righteous way. It is too bad that although they knew [how to live in a righteous way], they stopped doing the things that God commanded people to do, the things that [were] taught to them ([by us apostles/by Christ]) {that ([we apostles/Christ]) taught to them}.
Car il leur eût mieux valu de n'avoir point connu la voie de la justice, que de se détourner, après l'avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur avait été donné.
22 [The way they are behaving again] is just like (the proverbs/what people often say): [They are like] dogs that return to [eat] their vomit, and [they are like] pigs that have been washed and then roll [again] in the mud.
Mais il leur est arrivé selon ce proverbe vrai: Le chien est retourné à ce qu'il avait vomi, et la truie, après avoir été lavée, s'est vautrée dans le bourbier.
