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].
Nous donc aussi, puisque nous sommes environnés d'une si grande nuée de témoins, rejetant tout fardeau et le péché qui nous enveloppe si facilement, 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].
regardant à Jésus, le chef et le consommateur de la foi, lui qui, en vue de la joie qui lui était offerte, a souffert la croix, méprisant 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 donc celui qui a supporté une si grande opposition de la part des pécheurs, afin que vous ne vous laissiez pas abattre en perdant courage.
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 pas 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 tous ceux qu'il reconnaît pour ses enfants»
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 avez à endurer le châtiment, Dieu vous traite comme 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, alors vous êtes des enfants illégitimes; vous n'êtes pas de vrais 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]!
Et puisque nos pères selon la chair nous ont châtiés, et que, néanmoins, nous avons eu du respect pour eux, ne serons-nous pas, à bien plus forte raison, 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.
Ceux-là, en effet, nous châtiaient pour un peu de temps, comme ils le trouvaient bon; mais Dieu nous châtie pour notre bien, afin de nous rendre participants de 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 semble, au premier abord, un sujet de tristesse, et non pas de joie; mais ensuite il produit un fruit de justice et de paix pour ceux qui ont été ainsi exercés.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Relevez donc vos mains défaillantes, et vos genoux qui fléchissent.
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.
Dirigez vos pas dans le droit chemin, afin que le pied qui est boiteux, au lieu de se démettre entièrement, 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 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.
Veillez à ce que personne ne se prive de la grâce de Dieu, à ce qu'il ne vienne pas à pousser quelque racine d'amertume qui pourrait entraver et infecter la plupart d'entre vous.
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.
Veillez à ce qu'il n'y ait parmi vous aucun impur, ni aucun profane comme Ésaü, qui, uniquement pour un plat, 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.
Vous savez, en effet, que plus tard, voulant obtenir la bénédiction paternelle, il fut repoussé; car, bien qu'il l'eût demandée avec larmes, il ne put faire changer son père de résolution.
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.
Vous ne vous êtes pas approchés d'une montagne qu'on pût toucher, ni du feu ardent, 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 de l'éclat de la trompette, ni de la voix qui parlait, voix si redoutable, que ceux qui l'entendirent demandèrent instamment 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 cette menace: «Même l'animal qui aura touché cette montagne 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 le spectacle 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, la Jérusalem céleste, des myriades qui forment l'assemblée 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'Église des premiers-nés inscrits dans les cieux, de Dieu, le juge 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.
de Jésus, le médiateur de la nouvelle alliance, et du sang de l'aspersion, qui proclame 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]
Gardez-vous de repousser Celui qui vous parle; car si ceux-là n'ont pas échappé au châtiment, pour avoir repoussé Celui qui se révélait sur la terre, à plus forte raison n'échapperons-nous pas, si nous le repoussons quand il parle 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, et qui maintenant fait cette déclaration: «J'ébranlerai encore une fois 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» indiquent la transformation des choses qui, par cela même qu'elles ont été créées, seront un jour ébranlées, afin que subsiste ce qui est inébranlable.
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.
Ainsi, puisque nous avons en partage un royaume inébranlable, gardons fidèlement la grâce afin de servir Dieu d'une manière qui lui soit agréable, avec respect 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 consumant.
