Luke 15
1 Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
Les publicains et les pécheurs s'approchaient tous de lui pour l'entendre.
2 The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
Les Pharisiens et les Scribes en murmuraient: «Cet homme, disaient-ils, fait accueil à des pécheurs, et mange avec eux.»
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Alors il leur répondit par cette parabole:
4 “Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
«Si l'un de vous a cent brebis et qu'il en égare une, ne laisse-t-il pas dans le déserta les quatre-vingt-dix-neuf autres, pour aller chercher celle qui s'est égarée, jusqu'à ce qu'il l'ait retrouvée?
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
Et quand il l'a retrouvée, il la met, tout joyeux, sur ses épaules;
6 When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
et s'en allant en sa maison, il appelle ses amis et ses voisins et leur dit: «Réjouissez-vous avec moi, car j'ai retrouvé ma brebis perdue.»
7 I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
C'est ainsi, je vous le déclare, qu'il y aura de la joie dans le ciel; il y en aura davantage pour un seul pécheur repentant que pour quatre-vingt-dix-neuf justes qui n'ont pas besoin de repentance.»
8 Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
«Soit encore une femme qui possède dix drachmes. Si elle en perd une, est-ce qu'elle n'allume pas une lampe, ne balaye pas la maison, ne la cherche pas soigneusement jusqu'à ce qu'elle l'ait retrouvée?
9 When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
Et quand elle l'a retrouvée, elle appelle ses amies et ses voisines et leur dit: «Réjouissez-vous avec moi, car j'ai retrouvé la drachme que j'avais perdue.»
10 I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
C'est ainsi, je vous le déclare, qu'il y a de la joie en présence des anges de Dieu pour un seul pécheur repentant.»
11 Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
Il dit encore: «Un homme avait deux fils;
12 One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
le plus jeune dit à son père: «Père, donne-moi la part de fortune qui me revient.» Et le père leur partagea son bien.»
13 A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
Peu de jours après, le plus jeune fils, rassemblant tout ce qu'il avait, partit pour un pays lointain, et là il dissipa sa fortune dans une vie de débauche.
14 After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
Il avait tout dépensé quand survint, en ce pays-là, une très rude famine. Il commença à être dans l'indigence,
15 So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
et il alla se mettre au service de l'un des habitants du pays, qui l'envoya dans ses champs pour paître des pourceaux.
16 [Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
Là, il désirait avidement se rassasier des siliques que mangeaient les pourceaux, mais personne ne lui en donnait.
17 Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
Rentrant alors en lui-même, il dit: «Combien de gens à gages ont chez mon père en abondance de quoi se nourrir, tandis que moi, ici, je meurs de faim!
18 So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
Je me lèverai et j'irai vers mon père et je lui dirai: «Père, j'ai péché contre le ciel et contre toi!
19 I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
Je ne suis plus digne d'être appelé ton fils! Traite-moi comme l'un de tes mercenaires.»
20 So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
Il se leva donc et retourna vers son père. Comme il était encore loin, son père le vit; il fut ému de compassion; il accourut et, se laissant tomber à son cou, il le baisa longuement.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
Le fils lui dit: «Père, j'ai péché contre le ciel et contre toi! je ne suis plus digne d'être appelé ton fils!»
22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
Mais le père dit à ses serviteurs: «Apportez vite une robe de fête, la plus belle, et l'en revêtez! mettez un anneau à sa main! des chaussures à ses pieds!
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
et puis amenez le veau gras et le tuez! Faisons festin et réjouissance!
24 because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
parce que mon fils que voici était mort, et il est revenu à la vie! il était perdu, et il est retrouvé!» Ils commencèrent à se réjouir.»
25 While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
Or le fils aîné était dans les champs; comme il revenait et approchait de la maison, il entendit de la musique et des danses;
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
il appela un des domestiques et lui demanda ce que c'était.
27 The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
«Ton frère est de retour, lui répondit celui-ci, et ton père a tué le veau gras, parce qu'il l'a recouvré sain et sauf.»
28 [But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
Alors il se mit en colère, et ne voulut pas entrer. Son père sortit, et se mit à l'en prier;
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
mais lui, répondant à son père, lui dit: «Voilà tant et tant d'années que je te sers; je n'ai jamais désobéi à tes ordres, et tu ne m'as jamais donné un chevreau pour faire fête avec mes amis;
30 But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
et quand est revenu ton autre fils, qui a dévoré son bien avec des femmes de mauvaise vie, pour lui tu as tué le veau gras!»
31 But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
«Mon enfant, lui dit le père, tu es toujours avec moi, et tout ce qui est à moi est à toi;
32 But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
mais il fallait bien faire grande fête et réjouissance, parce que ton frère que voilà était mort, et il est revenu à la vie! il était perdu, et il est retrouvé!»
