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 donc de ce que vous vous souvenez de moi en toute occasion, et de ce que vous retenez fidèlement les instructions que je vous ai transmises.
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.
Cependant, je veux que vous le sachiez: le Christ est le chef de tout homme, et l'homme est le chef de la femme, et Dieu est le chef du 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.
Mais toute femme qui prie ou qui prophétise sans avoir la tête voilée, déshonore son chef; c'est exactement 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].
Si une femme n'est pas voilée, qu'elle se coupe aussi les cheveux. Mais s'il est malséant pour une femme d'avoir les cheveux coupés ou la tête rasée, qu'elle mette un 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, en effet, étant l'image et la gloire de Dieu, ne doit pas se couvrir la tête; mais 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.
Car l'homme n'a pas été tiré de la femme, mais la femme 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 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 doit avoir sur la tête, à cause des anges, 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 ne va pas sans l'homme, ni l'homme sans la femme;
car, si la femme a été tirée de l'homme, l'homme aussi naît de 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 bienséant 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 qu'il est honteux, pour l'homme, de laisser croître sa chevelure?
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].
— Au contraire, si la femme porte ses cheveux longs, c'est un honneur pour elle, parce que sa chevelure lui a été donnée pour lui servir de 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.
Au reste, si quelqu'un se plaît à contester, nous n'avons pas cette habitude, ni les Églises de Dieu non plus.
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 vous donnant cet avertissement, je ne saurais vous louer de ce que vos assemblées, au lieu de vous rendre meilleurs, vous rendent 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, on m'affirme que, lorsque vous avez, dans l'Eglise, une assemblée, il se produit parmi vous des divisions; et j'en crois bien quelque chose.
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!
En effet, il faut même qu'il y ait parmi vous des partis différents, afin qu'on puisse reconnaître ceux d'entre vous qui sont vraiment fidèles.
20 When you gather together, you [IRO] eat the meal [that you say is to remember the death of] the Lord [Jesus for us].
Quand donc vous vous réunissez dans un même lieu, ce n'est plus la Cène du Seigneur que vous prenez;
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, lorsqu'on se met à manger, chacun se hâte de prendre son repas particulier, en sorte que l'un a faim, tandis que l'autre se livre à des excès.
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 manger et pour boire? Ou méprisez-vous l'Église de Dieu, et voulez-vous faire honte à ceux qui n'ont rien? Que vous dirai-je? Dois-je vous louer? Non, 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.
En effet, j'ai appris du Seigneur ce que je vous ai aussi 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, il le rompit et dit: Ceci est mon corps, qui est donné 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 aussi, après avoir soupé, il prit la coupe et dit: Cette coupe est la nouvelle alliance en mon sang; faites ceci, toutes les fois que vous en boirez, en mémoire de moi.
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].
Ainsi, toutes les fois que vous mangez de ce pain, et que vous buvez de 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, quiconque 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 de ce pain et boive de cette 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 en mange et qui en boit sans discerner le corps du Seigneur, mange et boit son propre jugement.
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 que plusieurs sont morts.
31 If we would think carefully about what we [are doing], [God] would not judge [and punish] us [like that].
Si nous savions nous juger 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 par le Seigneur, nous sommes châtiés par lui, 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 donc, mes frères, lorsque vous vous réunissez pour manger ensemble, 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].
Et si quelqu'un a faim, qu'il mange chez lui, afin que vous ne vous assembliez pas pour attirer un jugement sur vous. Quant aux autres points, je les réglerai lorsque je serai arrivé.
