Hebrews 12
1 We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
Ainsi donc, nous aussi, étant environnés d'une si grande nuée de témoins, rejetant tout fardeau et le péché qui nous enveloppe aisément, courons avec constance dans l'arène qui nous est ouverte,
2 And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
Regardant à Jésus, le chef et le consommateur de la foi, qui, méprisant l'ignominie, à cause de la joie qui lui était proposée, a souffert la croix, et s'est assis à la droite du trône de Dieu.
3 [Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
C'est pourquoi, considérez celui qui a souffert de la part des pécheurs une si grande contradiction, afin que vous ne succombiez pas, en laissant défaillir vos âmes.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Vous n'avez pas encore résisté jusqu'au sang, en combattant contre le péché.
5 Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
Et vous avez oublié l'exhortation qui vous est adressée, comme à des fils: Mon fils, ne méprise pas le châtiment du Seigneur, et ne perds point courage, lorsqu'il te reprend;
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
Car le Seigneur châtie celui qu'il aime, et il frappe de ses verges tout fils qu'il reconnaît.
7 It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
Si vous souffrez le châtiment, Dieu se présente à vous comme à des fils; car quel est le fils que son père ne châtie pas?
8 So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
Mais si vous êtes exempts du châtiment auquel tous ont part, vous êtes donc des bâtards, non des fils légitimes.
9 Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
D'ailleurs nos pères selon la chair nous ont châtiés, et nous les avons respectés: ne serons-nous pas beaucoup plus soumis au Père des esprits, pour avoir la vie?
10 Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
Car nos pères nous châtiaient pour peu de jours, comme ils le trouvaient bon; mais Dieu nous châtie pour notre avantage, afin que nous participions à sa sainteté.
11 During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
Il est vrai que tout châtiment ne paraît pas sur le moment un sujet de joie, mais de tristesse; mais ensuite il produit un fruit paisible de justice pour ceux qui ont été ainsi exercés.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Fortifiez donc vos mains languissantes, et vos genoux affaiblis;
13 Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
Et faites à vos pieds un chemin droit, afin que ce qui cloche ne se dévoie pas, mais plutôt qu'il soit guéri.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Recherchez la paix avec tous, et la sanctification, sans laquelle personne ne verra le Seigneur;
15 Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
Veillant à ce que personne ne se prive de la grâce de Dieu; à ce qu'aucune racine d'amertume poussant dehors, ne vous trouble, et que plusieurs n'en soient infectés;
16 Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
A ce qu'il n'y ait point de fornicateur, ni de profane comme Ésaü, qui, pour un mets, vendit son droit d'aînesse.
17 You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
Car vous savez que voulant, même après cela, hériter de la bénédiction, il fut rejeté, car il n'obtint pas un changement de résolution, quoiqu'il le demandât avec larmes.
18 In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
Or, vous ne vous êtes pas approchés de la montagne qu'on pouvait toucher avec la main, et qui était embrasée par le feu, ni de la nuée épaisse, ni des ténèbres, ni de la tempête,
19 They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
Ni du retentissement de la trompette, ni du bruit des paroles, qui fut tel que ceux qui l'entendirent, prièrent que la parole ne leur fût plus adressée.
20 When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
Car ils ne pouvaient supporter cet ordre: Si même une bête touche la montagne, elle sera lapidée, ou percée d'un dard.
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
Et ce qui paraissait était si terrible, que Moïse dit: Je suis épouvanté et tout tremblant.
22 Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
Mais vous vous êtes approchés de la montagne de Sion, de la cité du Dieu vivant, de la Jérusalem céleste, des milliers d'anges,
23 You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
De l'assemblée et de l'Église des premiers-nés, inscrits dans les cieux, d'un juge qui est Dieu de tous, des esprits des justes parvenus à la perfection,
24 You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
Et de Jésus, Médiateur de la nouvelle alliance, et du sang de l'aspersion, qui prononce de meilleures choses que celui d'Abel.
25 Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
Prenez garde de ne pas mépriser celui qui vous parle; car si ceux qui méprisaient celui qui les avertissait sur la terre, de la part de Dieu, n'échappèrent point, nous échapperons encore moins, nous qui nous détournons de celui qui parle des cieux;
26 The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
Dont la voix ébranla alors la terre, et qui maintenant a fait cette promesse en disant: Encore une fois j'ébranlerai non seulement la terre, mais aussi le ciel.
27 The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
Or, ces mots: Encore une fois, marquent l'abolition des choses muables, en tant que faites, pour que les immuables subsistent.
28 So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
C'est pourquoi, saisissant le royaume inébranlable, conservons la grâce, afin que par elle nous rendions notre culte à Dieu d'une manière qui lui soit agréable, avec respect et crainte;
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
Car notre Dieu est aussi un feu dévorant.
