1 Corinthians 11
1 [Follow my example], just like I [try to] follow Christ’s example.
Soyez mes imitateurs, comme moi je le suis du 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, mes frères, de ce qu’en toutes choses vous vous souvenez de moi, et gardez mes préceptes tels que je vous les ai donnés.
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.
Or je veux que vous sachiez que le chef de tout homme est le Christ; le chef de la femme, l’homme; et le chef du Christ, Dieu.
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 prophétise la tête couverte déshonore sa tête;
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.
Et toute femme qui prie ou prophétise la tête découverte déshonore sa tête; car 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].
C’est pourquoi si une femme ne se voile pas, qu’elle soit tondue. Or s’il est honteux à une femme d’être tondue ou rasée, qu’elle voile sa tête.
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.
Pour l’homme, il ne doit pas voiler sa tête, parce qu’il est l’image et la gloire de Dieu; 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 pour la femme, mais la femme pour 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 une puissance sur sa tête, à cause des anges.
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.
Cependant, ni l’homme n’est point sans la femme, ni la femme sans l’homme, dans le Seigneur.
Car, comme la femme a été tirée de l’homme, ainsi l’homme est par la femme: mais 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 vous-mêmes: Sied-il à la femme de prier 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 même ne vous apprend-elle pas que si un homme entretient sa chevelure, c’est une ignominie pour lui?
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].
Que si, au contraire, la femme soigne sa chevelure, c’est une gloire pour elle, parce que les cheveux lui ont été donnés pour 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 paraît aimer à contester, pour nous, ce n’est point notre coutume ni celle de l’Eglise 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].
Voici ce que je vous fais observer maintenant, sans l’approuver, c’est que vos assemblées se font, non point à votre avantage, mais à votre préjudice.
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.
Premièrement, j’entends dire que quand vous vous assemblez dans l’Eglise, il y a des scissions parmi vous, 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 même des hérésies, afin qu’on découvre ceux d’entre vous qui sont éprouvés.
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 plus manger la cène 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 chacun anticipe le temps de prendre son repas. Et ainsi l’un souffre de la faim et l’autre regorge.
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’Eglise de Dieu, et voulez-vous faire honte à ceux qui n’ont rien? Que vous dirai-je? Vous en louerai-je? non je ne vous en 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 moi-même du Seigneur ce que je vous ai aussi transmis; que le Seigneur Jésus, la nuit où il était 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 rendant grâces, le rompit et dit: Prenez et mangez; ceci est mon corps qui sera livré 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 il prit le calice après qu’il eut soupé, disant: Ce calice est le nouveau testament en mon sang; faites ceci, toutes les fois que vous 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].
Car toutes les fois que vous mangerez ce pain et boirez ce calice, vous annoncerez 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 ce pain ou boira le calice du Seigneur indignement sera coupable du corps et du 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 l’homme donc s’éprouve lui-même, et qu’il mange ainsi de ce pain et boive de ce calice.
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 quiconque en mange et en boit indignement, mange et boit son jugement, ne discernant point le corps du Seigneur.
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 languissants, et que beaucoup s’endorment.
31 If we would think carefully about what we [are doing], [God] would not judge [and punish] us [like that].
Que si nous nous jugions nous-mêmes, nous ne serions certainement point 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].
Et lorsque nous sommes jugés, c’est par le Seigneur que nous sommes repris, afin que nous ne soyons pas condamnés avec ce 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].
C’est pourquoi, mes frères, quand vous vous assemblez pour manger, 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 dans sa maison, afin que vous ne vous assembliez pas pour votre condamnation. Quant aux autres choses, lorsque je serai venu, je les réglerai.
