Luke 14
1 One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
Jésus était entré dans la maison d'un des principaux Pharisiens, pour y prendre un repas; c'était un jour de sabbat. Aussi chacun l'observait-il,
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
car il y avait là, devant lui, un homme hydropique.
3 Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
Jésus s'adressa aux légistes et aux Pharisiens. «Est-il permis, oui ou non, de guérir le jour du sabbat?» leur demanda-t-il. Ils gardèrent le silence.
4 [They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
Alors il toucha de la main l'hydropique, le guérit et le congédia.
5 Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
Puis, s'adressant toujours à eux, il dit: «Lequel d'entre vous, si son fils ou son boeuf vient à tomber dans un puits, un jour de sabbat, ne l'en retire aussitôt?»
6 [They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
A cela ils ne surent que répondre.
7 Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
Ayant remarqué que les convives choisissaient les premières places, il leur raconta une parabole:
8 “When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
«Quand tu seras invité par quelqu'un à des noces, dit-il, ne va pas t'installer à la première place, de peur qu'un personnage plus considérable que toi, se trouvant parmi les invités,
9 [When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
celui qui vous a conviés l'un et l'autre ne vienne te dire: «Donne-lui ta place» et que tu n'aies alors la confusion d'aller occuper la dernière place.
10 Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
Tout au contraire, quand tu seras invité, va te mettre à la dernière place, et alors, quand arrivera celui qui t'a invité, il te dira: «Mon ami, monte plus haut.» Ce sera pour toi un honneur devant tous les convives;
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
car quiconque s'élève lui-même sera abaissé, et quiconque s'abaisse lui-même sera élevé.»
12 [Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
Il disait aussi à son hôte: «Quand tu donnes à déjeuner ou à dîner, ne convoque ni tes amis, ni tes frères, ni tes parents, ni tes riches voisins, de crainte qu'ils ne t'invitent à leur tour et ne te rendent ce qu'ils auront reçu de toi.
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
Tout au contraire, quand tu fais un festin, appelles-y des pauvres, des infirmes, des estropiés, des aveugles.
14 They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
Heureux seras-tu, parce qu'ils n'ont pas de quoi te rendre ce festin; et il te sera rendu à la résurrection des justes.»
15 One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
A ces mots, un des convives lui dit: «Heureux qui sera du banquet dans le Royaume de Dieu!» —
16 But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
«Un homme, lui dit Jésus, donna un grand dîner, et y convia beaucoup de monde.
17 When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
A l'heure du repas, il envoya son serviteur dire aux invités: «Venez, parce que tout est prêt.»
18 But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
Mais tous, comme de concert, commencèrent à s'excuser.
19 Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
«J'ai acheté un champ, dit le premier, il est de toute nécessité que j'aille le voir. Je t'en prie, tiens-moi pour excusé.» — «J'ai acheté cinq paires de boeufs, dit un autre, et je vais les essayer. Je t'en prie, tiens-moi pour excusé.» —
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
«J'ai pris femme, dit un autre encore, donc je ne puis venir.»
21 So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
Le serviteur revint et raconta cela à son maître. Se mettant en colère, le maître de maison dit alors à son serviteur: «Parcours à la hâte les places publiques et les rues de la ville, et amène ici les pauvres, les infirmes, les aveugles, les estropiés.»
22 [After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
Quand le serviteur lui dit: «Seigneur, on a fait ce que tu as ordonné», et il y a encore de la place,
23 [So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
le maître lui répondit: «Va dans les chemins et le long des haies et contrains les gens d'entrer, afin que ma maison soit pleine.
24 [Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
Je vous le déclare, en effet, aucun de ces hommes qui étaient «les invités» ne prendra part à mon festin.»
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
Il était suivi de foules immenses; il se tourna vers elles et leur dit:
26 “If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
«Si quelqu'un vient à moi et ne hait pas et son père et sa mère, et sa femme et ses enfants, et ses frères et ses soeurs, plus encore: sa propre vie, il ne peut être mon disciple.»
27 [People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
«Celui qui ne porte pas sa croix, et ne marche pas à ma suite, ne peut être mon disciple.»
28 [I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
«Quel est celui d'entre vous qui, voulant bâtir une tour, ne réfléchisse d'abord, ne calcule la dépense, ne voie s'il a de quoi l'achever?
29 [If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
Il craindrait, après avoir jeté les fondements, de ne pouvoir achever. Tous ceux qui verraient cela se moqueraient de lui.
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
«Le voilà, diraient-ils, l'homme qui a commencé à bâtir et quia été dans l'impossibilité d'achever!»
31 Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
«Quel est encore le roi, sur le point de faire la guerre à un autre roi, qui ne réfléchisse d'abord, qui n'examine s'il est capable, avec dix mille hommes, de marcher à la rencontre de celui qui s'avance sur lui avec vingt mille?
32 If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
S'il en est incapable, alors que l'ennemi est encore loin, il lui envoie une ambassade avec des propositions de paix.»
33 So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
«Ainsi donc, quiconque ne renonce pas à tout ce qu'il possède ne peut être mon disciple.»
34 [Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
«Le sel est bon; mais si le sel s'affadit, avec quoi lui rendra-t-on sa saveur?
35 [If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
Il n'est plus propre à rien, ni pour la terre, ni pour le fumier. On le jette dehors. Que celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre, entende.»
