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, puisque nous avons autour de nous une si grande nuée de témoins, après nous être débarrassés de tout ce qui nous alourdit et du péché qui nous enlace si aisément, courons avec persévérance dans la carrière 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].
ayant les yeux fixés sur Jésus le chef et le consommateur de la foi, lui qui, à cause de la joie qui lui était offerte, a supporté la croix, méprisé l'ignominie, 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.
Considérez en effet celui qui a supporté une telle opposition des pécheurs contre lui-même, afin que vous ne perdiez pas courage 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 jusques au sang en luttant 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 avez-vous oublié l'exhortation qui vous est adressée comme à des fils: « Mon fils, ne méprise pas le châtiment du Seigneur, et ne te laisse pas non plus défaillir quand tu es repris par Lui,
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
car celui que le Seigneur aime, Il le châtie, et Il fouette même tout fils qu'il reconnaît pour sien »?
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].
Attendez-vous au châtiment; c'est comme des fils que Dieu vous traite; car quel est le fils que son père ne châtie point?
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 demeurez exempts du châtiment dont tous ont eu leur part, vous êtes donc des bâtards et non pas des fils.
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, nous qui avons pour nous châtier les pères de notre chair, et qui les avons respectés, ne nous soumettrons-nous pas à bien plus forte raison 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.
Les premiers, en effet, nous châtiaient pendant peu de temps comme bon leur semblait, tandis que Lui le fait pour notre bien, 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, au premier moment, être un sujet de joie, mais de tristesse, tandis que plus tard il rapporte à ceux qui ont été ainsi exercés un fruit paisible de justice.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
C'est pourquoi restaurez, les mains fatiguées et les genoux défaillants,
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 de droites ornières avec vos pieds, afin que ce qui est boiteux ne se détraque pas, mais bien plutôt se guérisse.
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 nul 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 des rejetons, ne produise du trouble, et que par elle le plus grand nombre ne soit souillé;
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.
à ce que personne ne soit impudique, ou profane comme Ésaü qui vendit pour un simple aliment ses droits de premier-né;
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.
vous savez en effet que, plus tard, lorsqu'il voulut recevoir la bénédiction, il fut rejeté, quoiqu'il la sollicitât avec larmes, car il ne trouva plus l'occasion de se repentir.
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.
Ce n'est pas, en effet, d'un feu tangible et brûlant que vous vous êtes approchés, ni de l'obscurité, 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 fît refuser par ceux qui l'entendirent qu'on leur en adressât une de plus,
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 supportaient pas cette déclaration: « Si même un animal touche la montagne, il sera lapidé; »
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
et l'apparition était si effrayante que Moïse dit: « Je suis effrayé 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.
Ne vous êtes-vous pas, en effet, approchés de la montagne de Sion et de la ville du Dieu vivant qui est la Jérusalem céleste, et des myriades dont se compose le grand chœur des 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 des premiers-nés inscrits dans les cieux, et du juge qui est le Dieu de tous, et des esprits des justes qui ont été amenés 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 qui est le médiateur d'une nouvelle alliance, et du sang de l'aspersion qui parle mieux qu'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 refuser d'écouter Celui qui parle; car si ceux-là n'échappèrent pas, pour avoir refusé d'écouter Celui qui, sur la terre, rendait des oracles, à combien plus forte raison n'échapperons-nous pas si nous nous détournons de Celui qui en rend du haut 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.”
Lui, dont la voix ébranla alors la terre, tandis que maintenant Il a fait cette promesse: « Une fois encore Je ferai trembler 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 les mots « une fois encore » indiquent le changement des choses qui peuvent être ébranlées parce qu'elles ont été faites.
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, comme nous sommes mis en possession d'un royaume inébranlable, soyons pénétrés d'une reconnaissance qui nous fasse rendre à Dieu un culte qui lui soit agréable, avec vénération et avec 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.
