2 Corinthians 7

1 My friends, whom I love, because [God] has promised [to accept us(inc) as his children], we [(inc)] must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not [think] sinful thoughts. [Because] we greatly revere God, we must strive to [live] a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be.

Puis donc que nous avons de telles promesses, purifions-nous, mes bien-aimés, de toute souillure de la chair et de l'esprit, en achevant l'oeuvre de notre sanctification dans la crainte de Dieu.

2 So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us [IDM] [who are true apostles of Christ]). I/we [(exc)] have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from [you] (for myself/for ourselves).

Donnez-nous une place dans vos coeurs. Nous n'avons fait tort à personne, nous n'avons ruiné personne, nous n'avons dupé personne.

3 [It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless], I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much [IDM], whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you.

Je ne dis pas cela pour vous condamner, puisque je viens de vous dire que vous êtes dans notre coeur, à la vie et à la mort.

4 I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured.

Je m'épanche avec vous; je suis tout fier de vous; je suis rempli de consolation; je suis inondé de joie au milieu de toutes mes afflictions.

5 Now [I will write more about what I was saying about Titus]. When I [left Troas and] came [here to] Macedonia [province], I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we [(exc)] went, [people were constantly] causing us trouble. [And not only were] people [constantly causing us] trouble, but I was greatly concerned [about you all].

Lorsque nous fûmes arrivé en Macédoine, notre chair n'eut aucun repos; nous étions affligés de toute manière: au dehors, des combats; au dedans, des appréhensions.

6 But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by [sending] Titus back to us.

Mais Dieu qui console ceux qui sont abattus, nous a consolés par l'arrivée de Tite,

7 I was encouraged by [seeing] Titus, [but when I heard how] you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted [to see me. He told me] that you were very sorry [that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me] that you are very eager for me [to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things], I was very, very happy.

et non seulement par son arrivée, mais encore par la consolation qu'il avait lui-même éprouvée à votre sujet: il nous a dit vos regrets, votre désolation, votre dévouement pour moi, ce qui a redoublé ma joie en l'entendant.

8 Even though what [I wrote] in my letter (distressed you/made you sad), I am not sorry [that I wrote it]. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, [because I knew that it would distress you]. Now [Titus has also told] me that it did distress you [when you read it], but you were distressed only for a short time.

Quand même je vous ai attristés par ma lettre, je ne m'en repens point: j'en ai eu, il est vrai, du regret (je vois, en effet, que cette lettre vous a affligés, momentanément pourtant),

9 [So now] I am happy [that I wrote it]. I am not happy that you were distressed {that [I] distressed you}, but [I am happy] because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and [you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making] you feel sorry did not harm you at all.

mais à présent je suis heureux, non de ce que vous avez été attristés, mais de ce que cette tristesse vous a portés à la repentance; car vous avez été attristés selon Dieu, afin de n'éprouver aucun dommage de notre part.

10 [The fact is that] when God causes [us to feel] truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us [and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done]. And no one is ever sorry about that. [However], the people who do not trust [in God] [MTY] may be sorry [for the sinful things that they have done]. But [if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them], they will remain separated from him forever.

La tristesse selon Dieu produit une repentance qui conduit à un salut qu'on ne regrette point, au lieu que la tristesse du monde produit la mort.

11 But [think about what happened when you read my letter]: God caused you to be truly sorry [for what you had done]. You eagerly [wanted to do what was right], and you wanted to show [God] (OR, [me]) that you had done the right thing. You were angry [about what had happened], and you were worried [that God would punish you if the situation continued]. You also wanted me [to visit you to encourage and help you]. You wanted me to know [that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing] all of those things, you have shown [me] that you have done what is right in this matter.

Voyez ce que c'est que d'avoir été attristés selon Dieu, ce que cela a produit pour vous: quel empressement! Que dis-je? quelle justification! quelle indignation! quelle crainte! quel regret! quel dévouement! quelle punition! Vous avez bien fait voir que vous étiez, vous-mêmes, innocents dans cette affaire.

12 So, even though I wrote that [severe] letter to you, I did not [write it just] so that [you would punish] the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I [did not write it] for the benefit of the person whom [he] had wronged. Instead, [I wrote it] so that, when you [read the letter], God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect [my authority].

Aussi bien je vous ai écrit, non à cause de l'offenseur, ni même à cause de l'offense, mais afin que votre dévouement pour nous éclatât au milieu de vous, devant Dieu:

13 So, [because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do], (I was/we [(exc)] were all) encouraged. Not only (was I/were we) encouraged, but (I was/we [(exc)] were) [also] very happy to see how happy Titus was [when he arrived here. He told me/us that] he did not need to worry any more, because [he saw] that you all [had a good attitude toward me].

c'est ce qui nous a consolé. A cette consolation, s'est ajoutée une joie infiniment plus vive, celle que nous a causée la joie de Tite, dont vous avez tous tranquillisé l'esprit.

14 I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed [for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do]. Just like everything that I have taught you [and written to you] has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true.

Si je me suis un peu glorifié de vous auprès de lui, je n'ai point eu à en rougir; mais comme nous vous avons toujours parlé avec vérité, aussi ce que nous avons dit devant Tite, en nous glorifiant de vous, s'est trouvé véritable.

15 Now he happily remembers how you all [were willing to] do [what I asked you to do]. He is [also happy about the way you] treated him with great respect. [When he thinks about those things], [it makes] him love you even more [than he did when he was with you].

Et son affection pour vous redouble, quand il se rappelle la docilité que vous lui avez tous montrée, et la crainte, le tremblement avec lequel vous l'avez reçu.

16 [As for me], I am very happy [because now] I am certain that I can depend on you [to do what you know God wants you to do].

Je suis heureux de ce que, sous tous les rapports, je puis compter sur vous.