1 Corinthians 11
1 [Follow my example], just like I [try to] follow Christ’s example.
Soyez mes imitateurs, comme je le suis moi-même de Christ.
2 I praise you because you remember all the things [that I taught you] and because you follow the instructions that I gave you. You have done just like I told you to do.
Je vous loue de ce que vous vous souvenez de moi à tous égards, et de ce que vous retenez mes instructions telles que je vous les ai données.
3 [Now], I want you to know that the one who has authority over [MTY] every man is Christ, and the ones who have authority over women are men (OR, their husbands), and the one who has authority over Christ is God.
Je veux cependant que vous sachiez que Christ est le chef de tout homme, que l’homme est le chef de la femme, et que Dieu est le chef de Christ.
4 [So] if any man [wears a covering over] his head when he prays or speaks a message God gave him, he disgraces himself [SYN].
Tout homme qui prie ou qui prophétise, la tête couverte, déshonore son chef.
5 Also, if any woman does not wear a covering over her head when she prays or speaks a message that God gave her, she disgraces herself (OR, she dishonors her husband). That would be acting like [SIM] [women who are ashamed because] their heads have been shaved.
Toute femme, au contraire, qui prie ou qui prophétise, la tête non voilée, déshonore son chef: c’est comme si elle était rasée.
6 So, if women do not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], they should let someone shave their heads [so that they will be ashamed]. But since women are ashamed if someone cuts their hair [short] or shaves off their hair, they should wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them].
Car si une femme n’est pas voilée, qu’elle se coupe aussi les cheveux. Or, s’il est honteux pour une femme d’avoir les cheveux coupés ou d’être rasée, qu’elle se voile.
7 Men should not wear coverings over their heads [when they pray or speak messages that God gave them], because they represent what God is like [MET] and they show how great God is. But women show how great men (OR, their husbands) are.
L’homme ne doit pas se couvrir la tête, puisqu’il est l’image et la gloire de Dieu, tandis que la femme est la gloire de l’homme.
8 [Remember that God intends that men have authority over women. We know that] because [God] did not make [the first] man, [Adam], from the [first] woman, [Eve]. Instead, he made that woman [from a bone that he took] from the man.
En effet, l’homme n’a pas été tiré de la femme, mais la femme a été tirée de l’homme;
9 Also, [God] did not create [the first] man [to help] the woman. Instead, [he] created the woman [to help] the man.
et l’homme n’a pas été créé à cause de la femme, mais la femme a été créée à cause de l’homme.
10 For that reason, women should wear something [to cover] their heads [as a symbol of their being under their husbands’] [MTY] authority. They should also [cover their heads] so that the angels [will see that and rejoice].
C’est pourquoi la femme, à cause des anges, doit avoir sur la tête une marque de l’autorité dont elle dépend.
11 However, remember that [even though God created the first] woman from [the first] man, all other men [have been born] from women. So men cannot be independent of women, nor can women be independent of men. But all things, [including men and women], come from God.
Toutefois, dans le Seigneur, la femme n’est point sans l’homme, ni l’homme sans la femme.
Car, de même que la femme a été tirée de l’homme, de même l’homme existe par la femme, et tout vient de Dieu.
13 Consider this for yourselves: Is it proper for [RHQ] women to pray to God while they do not have coverings over their heads?
Jugez-en vous-mêmes: est-il convenable qu’une femme prie Dieu sans être voilée?
14 (Everyone senses that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair./Doesn’t everyone sense that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair?) [RHQ]
La nature elle-même ne vous enseigne-t-elle pas que c’est une honte pour l’homme de porter de longs cheveux,
15 But it is very delightful if women have long hair, because [God] gave them long hair to be like a [beautiful] covering [for their heads].
mais que c’est une gloire pour la femme d’en porter, parce que la chevelure lui a été donnée comme voile?
16 But whoever wants to argue [with me about my saying that women should have a covering over their heads when they pray or speak a message from God should consider the fact that] we [apostles] do not [permit] any other custom, and the [other] congregations of God do not have any other custom.
Si quelqu’un se plaît à contester, nous n’avons pas cette habitude, non plus que les Églises de Dieu.
17 Now I want to tell you [about some other things]. I do not praise you about them, because whenever you believers meet together, good [things do not happen]. Instead, bad things [happen].
En donnant cet avertissement, ce que je ne loue point, c’est que vous vous assemblez, non pour devenir meilleurs, mais pour devenir pires.
18 First of all, people have told me that when you gather together as a group [to worship God], you divide into groups [that are hostile to each other]. To some extent I believe that is true.
Et d’abord, j’apprends que, lorsque vous vous réunissez en assemblée, il y a parmi vous des divisions, et je le crois en partie,
19 It seems that you must divide into [groups that despise each other] in order that it might be clear/evident which people among you [God] approves of!
car il faut qu’il y ait aussi des sectes parmi vous, afin que ceux qui sont approuvés soient reconnus comme tels au milieu de vous.
20 When you gather together, you [IRO] eat the meal [that you say is to remember the death of] the Lord [Jesus for us].
Lors donc que vous vous réunissez, ce n’est pas pour manger le repas du Seigneur;
21 But [what happens when] you eat is that each person eats his own meal before [he thinks about sharing his food with anyone else]. As a result, [when the meal is over], some people are [still] hungry and others are drunk! [So it is not a meal that honors the Lord].
car, quand on se met à table, chacun commence par prendre son propre repas, et l’un a faim, tandis que l’autre est ivre.
22 ([You act as though] you do not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]!/Do you not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink [whatever you want to]?) [RHQ] Do you not realize [RHQ] [that by acting selfishly in this way], it is God’s people whom you are despising, and it is the poor people [in your group] whom you are treating as though they were not important? What shall I say to you about that [RHQ]? Do [you expect] me to praise you [about what you do] [RHQ]? I certainly will not praise you!
N’avez-vous pas des maisons pour y manger et boire? Ou méprisez-vous l’Église de Dieu, et faites-vous honte à ceux qui n’ont rien? Que vous dirai-je? Vous louerai-je? En cela je ne vous loue point.
23 The Lord taught me these things that I also taught you: During the night that Jesus was betrayed {[Judas] enabled [the enemies of] the Lord Jesus to seize him}, he took some bread.
Car j’ai reçu du Seigneur ce que je vous ai enseigné; c’est que le Seigneur Jésus, dans la nuit où il fut livré, prit du pain,
24 After he thanked God for it, he broke it into pieces. [Then he gave it to his disciples] and said, “This bread [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my body, that [I am about to sacrifice] for you. Eat bread in this [way again and again] to remember my [offering myself as a sacrifice for you].”
et, après avoir rendu grâces, le rompit, et dit: Ceci est mon corps, qui est rompu pour vous; faites ceci en mémoire de moi.
25 Similarly, after they ate their meal, he took a cup [MTY] [of wine]. He [thanked God for it. Then he gave it to his disciples], saying, “[The wine in] [MTY] this cup [represents] [MET] (OR, is) my blood [that will flow from my body] ([to put into effect/to establish]) the new agreement [that God is making with people]. Whenever you drink wine in this way, do it to remember that [my blood flowed for you].”
De même, après avoir soupé, il prit la coupe, et dit: Cette coupe est la nouvelle alliance en mon sang; faites ceci en mémoire de moi toutes les fois que vous en boirez.
26 [Remember that] until the Lord [Jesus] returns [to the earth], whenever you eat the [bread that represents his body] and drink the wine [MTY] [that represents his blood], you are telling other people that he died [for you].
Car toutes les fois que vous mangez ce pain et que vous buvez cette coupe, vous annoncez la mort du Seigneur, jusqu’à ce qu’il vienne.
27 So, those who eat that bread and drink that wine [MTY] in a way that is not proper [for those who belong to the Lord] are guilty of [acting in a way that is contrary to what] our [Lord intended when he offered] his body [as a sacrifice] and his blood [flowed when he died].
C’est pourquoi celui qui mangera le pain ou boira la coupe du Seigneur indignement, sera coupable envers le corps et le sang du Seigneur.
28 Before any believer eats that bread and drinks that wine [MTY], he should think carefully about [what he is doing],
Que chacun donc s’éprouve soi-même, et qu’ainsi il mange du pain et boive de la coupe;
29 because if anyone eats [the bread that represents Christ’s body] and drinks [the wine that represents his blood] without recognizing that all God’s [people should be united, God will] punish him [for doing that].
car celui qui mange et boit sans discerner le corps du Seigneur, mange et boit un jugement contre lui-même.
30 Many people in your group are weak and sick, and several have died [EUP] because of [the way they acted when they ate that bread and drank that wine].
C’est pour cela qu’il y a parmi vous beaucoup d’infirmes et de malades, et qu’un grand nombre sont morts.
31 If we would think carefully about what we [are doing], [God] would not judge [and punish] us [like that].
Si nous nous jugions nous-mêmes, nous ne serions pas jugés.
32 But when the Lord judges [and punishes] us [for acting wrongly], he disciplines us [to correct us], in order that he will not [need to] punish us when he punishes [the people who do not trust in Christ] [MTY].
Mais quand nous sommes jugés, nous sommes châtiés par le Seigneur, afin que nous ne soyons pas condamnés avec le monde.
33 So, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat [food to remember the Lord’s dying for you], wait until everyone [has arrived so that you can find out who does not have enough food].
Ainsi, mes frères, lorsque vous vous réunissez pour le repas, attendez-vous les uns les autres.
34 Those who are so hungry [that they cannot wait to eat until everyone else has arrived] should eat in their own homes [first], in order that when you gather together God will not judge [and punish them for] ([being inconsiderate of/not being concerned about]) [others]. And when I come [to Corinth] I will give you instructions about other matters [concerning the Lord’s Supper].
Si quelqu’un a faim, qu’il mange chez lui, afin que vous ne vous réunissiez pas pour attirer un jugement sur vous. Je réglerai les autres choses quand je serai arrivé.
