Galatians 1
1 [I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].
Paul, apôtre, non de la part des hommes, ni par l'intermédiaire d'un homme, mais par Jésus-Christ et Dieu le Père, qui l'a ressuscité d'entre les morts,
2 All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].
ainsi que tous les frères qui sont avec moi, aux Eglises de Galatie;
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
à tous grâce et paix de la part de Dieu le Père et de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ,
4 Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
qui s'est donné lui-même pour nos péchés, afin de nous arracher à la corruption du siècle présent, selon la volonté de notre Dieu et Père, (aiōn g165)
à qui soit la gloire aux siècles des siècles! Amen! (aiōn g165)
6 I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”
Je m'étonne que si vite vous vous laissiez détourner de celui qui vous a appelés en la grâce de Jésus-Christ, pour passer à un autre Evangile:
7 Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].
non certes qu'il y en ait un autre; seulement il y a des gens qui vous troublent et qui veulent changer l'Evangile du Christ.
8 But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].
Mais quand nous-mêmes, quand un ange venu du ciel vous annoncerait un autre Evangile que celui que nous vous avons annoncé, qu'il soit anathème!
9 As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.
Nous l'avons dit précédemment, et je le répète à cette heure, si quelqu'un vous annonce un autre Evangile que celui que vous avez reçu, qu'il soit anathème!
10 [I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.
En ce moment, est-ce la faveur des hommes, ou celle de Dieu que je recherche? Mon dessein est-il de complaire aux hommes? Si je plaisais encore aux hommes, je ne serais pas serviteur du Christ.
11 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].
Je vous le déclare, en effet, frères, l'Evangile que j'ai prêché n'est pas de l'homme;
12 I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
car ce n'est pas d'un homme que je l'ai reçu ni appris, mais par une révélation de Jésus-Christ.
13 People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.
Vous avez, en effet, entendu parler de ma conduite, quand j'étais dans le judaïsme; comment je persécutais à outrance et ravageais l'Eglise de Dieu,
14 I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].
et comment je surpassais dans le judaïsme beaucoup de ceux de mon âge et de ma nation, étant à l'excès partisan jaloux des traditions de mes pères.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Mais, lorsqu'il plut à celui qui m'avait mis à part dès le sein de ma mère, et qui m'a appelé par sa grâce,
16 He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!
de révéler en moi son Fils, afin que je l'annonce parmi les Gentils, sur-le-champ, sans consulter ni la chair ni le sang,
17 I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].
sans monter à Jérusalem vers ceux qui étaient apôtres avant moi, je partis pour l'Arabie; puis je revins encore à Damas.
18 Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].
Trois ans plus tard, je montai à Jérusalem pour faire la connaissance de Céphas, et je demeurai quinze jours auprès de lui.
19 I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.
Mais je ne vis aucun des autres Apôtres, si ce n'est Jacques, le frère du Seigneur.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
En tout ce que je vous écris là, je l'atteste devant Dieu, je ne mens pas.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
J'allai ensuite dans les contrées de la Syrie et de la Cilicie.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
Or, j'étais inconnu de visage aux Eglises de Judée qui sont dans le Christ;
23 They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”
seulement elles avaient entendu dire que celui qui les persécutait autrefois annonçait maintenant la foi qu'il s'efforçait alors de détruire.
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Et elles glorifiaient Dieu à mon sujet.
