Luke 7
1 After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
Or, quand il eut achevé tous ses discours, le peuple l’entendant, il entra dans Capernaüm.
2 There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die.
Et l’esclave d’un certain centurion, à qui il était fort cher, était malade et s’en allait mourir.
3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he [summoned] some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave.
Et ayant entendu parler de Jésus, il envoya vers lui des anciens des Juifs, le priant de venir sauver son esclave.
4 When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus [to return with them]. They said, “This officer deserves that you [(sg)] do this [for him],
Et étant venus à Jésus, ils le priaient instamment, disant: Il est digne que tu lui accordes cela,
5 because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
car il aime notre nation et nous a lui-même bâti la synagogue.
6 So Jesus went with them. When he was near the [officer’s] house, the officer [decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he] summoned some friends. He [told them to] go to Jesus and tell him this: “Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. [Because I am a non-Jew], I am not worthy for you [(sg)], [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me].
Et Jésus alla avec eux. Et déjà comme il n’était plus guère loin de la maison, le centurion envoya des amis vers lui, lui disant: Seigneur, ne te donne pas de fatigue, car je ne suis pas digne que tu entres sous mon toit;
7 I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
c’est pourquoi je ne me suis pas cru digne moi-même non plus d’aller vers toi; mais dis une parole et mon serviteur sera guéri.
8 [I believe this] because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me [and I obey them]. I also have soldiers under my [authority]. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
Car moi aussi, je suis un homme placé sous l’autorité [d’autrui], ayant sous moi des soldats; et je dis à l’un: Va, et il va; et à un autre: Viens, et il vient; et à mon esclave: Fais cela, et il le fait.
9 When [the officer’s friends arrived and] told that to Jesus, he marveled at what [the officer had said]. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, “I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted [in me like this non-Jewish man does]. No one from Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], has trusted in me like he has!”
Et Jésus, ayant entendu ces choses, l’admira; et se tournant vers la foule qui le suivait, il dit: Je vous dis que je n’ai pas trouvé, même en Israël, une si grande foi.
10 When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
Et ceux qui avaient été envoyés, s’en étant retournés à la maison, trouvèrent bien portant l’esclave malade.
11 Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
Et le jour suivant, il arriva que [Jésus] allait à une ville appelée Naïn, et plusieurs de ses disciples et une grande foule allaient avec lui.
12 As they approached the town gate, the corpse of a young man who had just died was being carried out [on a stretcher] {[people] were carrying out [on a stretcher] the corpse of a young man who had just died}. His mother was a widow, and he was her only son. A large group of people from the town were accompanying them.
Et comme il approchait de la porte de la ville, voici, on portait dehors un mort, fils unique de sa mère, et elle était veuve; et une foule considérable de la ville était avec elle.
13 When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
Et le Seigneur, la voyant, fut ému de compassion envers elle et lui dit: Ne pleure pas.
14 Then, [ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse], he came close and touched the stretcher [on which the body was lying]. So the men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”
Et s’approchant, il toucha la bière; et ceux qui la portaient s’arrêtèrent; et il dit: Jeune homme, je te dis, lève-toi.
15 The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
Et le mort se leva sur son séant, et commença à parler; et il le donna à sa mère.
16 Then everyone [there] was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”
Et ils furent tous saisis de crainte, et ils glorifiaient Dieu, disant: Un grand prophète a été suscité parmi nous, et Dieu a visité son peuple.
17 [Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
Et le bruit de ce fait se répandit à son sujet dans toute la Judée et dans tout le pays d’alentour.
18 The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
Et les disciples de Jean lui rapportèrent toutes ces choses. Et ayant appelé deux de ses disciples, Jean
19 So [one day] John summoned two [of his disciples] and [told them] to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you [the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come], or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
les envoya vers Jésus, disant: Es-tu celui qui vient, ou devons-nous en attendre un autre?
20 When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you [(sg)] this: Are you [the Messiah that] we are expecting [God] to send, or shall we [(exc)] expect someone else?”
Et les hommes, étant venus à lui, dirent: Jean le baptiseur nous a envoyés auprès de toi, disant: Es-tu celui qui vient, ou devons-nous en attendre un autre?
21 At that very time Jesus was healing many people of their diseases and [other] sicknesses, he was [casting out] evil spirits, and he was causing many blind people to be able to see.
(En cette heure-là, il guérit plusieurs personnes de maladies et de fléaux et de mauvais esprits, et il donna la vue à plusieurs aveugles.)
22 So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen [me doing] and what you have heard [me telling people. I am enabling] blind people to see. [I am enabling] lame people to walk. [I am] healing people who have leprosy. [I am enabling] deaf people to hear. [I am causing] dead people to become alive again, [and I am] telling [God’s] good message to poor people.
Et Jésus, répondant, leur dit: Allez, et rapportez à Jean les choses que vous avez vues et entendues: que les aveugles recouvrent la vue, que les boiteux marchent, que les lépreux sont rendus nets, que les sourds entendent, que les morts ressuscitent, et que l’évangile est annoncé aux pauvres.
23 [Also tell John that God] is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do].”
Et bienheureux est quiconque n’aura pas été scandalisé en moi.
24 When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John] [RHQ]. [You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message] [MET], [like] a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind [RHQ].
Et lorsque les messagers de Jean s’en furent allés, il se mit à dire de Jean aux foules: Qu’êtes-vous allés voir au désert? Un roseau agité par le vent?
25 Then what kind of man did you go there to see [RHQ]? Was he [RHQ] a man who wore expensive clothes? No! [You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, [not in the desolate areas]!
Mais qu’êtes-vous allés voir? Un homme vêtu de vêtements précieux? Voici, ceux qui sont vêtus magnifiquement et qui vivent dans les délices, sont dans les palais des rois.
26 Then what [kind of person] did you go to see? [Did you] [RHQ] [go there to see John because he was] a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that [John is] more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
Mais qu’êtes-vous allés voir? Un prophète? Oui, vous dis-je, et plus qu’un prophète.
27 He is the one about whom [these words] that God said to the Messiah have been written {[the prophet Malachi] wrote [these words]} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you [(sg)] [SYN]. He will prepare [people] for your coming.’
C’est ici celui dont il est écrit: « Voici, j’envoie mon messager devant ta face, lequel préparera ton chemin devant toi »;
28 I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, [God considers that] no one is greater than John. However, [God considers] everyone who has let God rule their [lives] [MET] to be greater than [John], [even if they are] insignificant [people].”
car je vous dis: Parmi ceux qui sont nés de femme, il n’y a aucun prophète plus grand que Jean le baptiseur; mais le moindre dans le royaume de Dieu est plus grand que lui.
29 When they heard [what Jesus said] (OR, [what John preached]), all the people, including tax collectors, [whom many people despised], agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By [letting] John baptize them}, [they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right].
(Et tout le peuple qui entendait cela, et les publicains, justifiaient Dieu, ayant été baptisés du baptême de Jean;
30 But the Pharisees and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were not baptized by John {did not [let] John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do.
mais les pharisiens et les docteurs de la loi rejetaient contre eux-mêmes le conseil de Dieu, n’ayant pas été baptisés par lui.)
31 [Then Jesus also said], “[Many of] you people have heard what [John and I] have taught. (I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what [many of] you people who have heard what [John and I] have taught are like?) [RHQ]
À qui donc comparerai-je les hommes de cette génération, et à qui ressemblent-ils?
32 You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of them] are calling to [the others], saying, ‘We [(exc)] played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’
Ils sont semblables à des petits enfants qui sont assis au marché et qui crient les uns aux autres et disent: Nous vous avons joué de la flûte et vous n’avez pas dansé; nous vous avons chanté des complaintes et vous n’avez pas pleuré.
33 [Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me]! When John came and [preached to you], he did not eat [ordinary] food [SYN] or drink wine, [like most people do]. But you [rejected him], saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
Car Jean le baptiseur est venu, ne mangeant pas de pain et ne buvant pas de vin, et vous dites: Il a un démon.
34 In [contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same food] and drink [wine as others do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’
Le fils de l’homme est venu, mangeant et buvant, et vous dites: Voici un mangeur et un buveur, un ami des publicains et des pécheurs.
35 But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
Et la sagesse a été justifiée par tous ses enfants.
36 [One day] one of the Pharisees [named Simon] invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined [to eat].
Et un des pharisiens le pria de manger avec lui. Et entrant dans la maison du pharisien, il se mit à table.
37 There was a woman in that city [who many people knew had been] a prostitute [EUP]. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
Et voici, une femme dans la ville, qui était une pécheresse, et qui savait qu’il était à table dans la maison du pharisien, apporta un vase d’albâtre [plein] de parfum;
38 [As the people there were reclining to eat], the woman stood behind [Jesus, at his] feet. As she was crying [because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet]. Then she wiped his feet with her hair, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
et se tenant derrière à ses pieds, et pleurant, elle se mit à les arroser de ses larmes, et elle les essuyait avec les cheveux de sa tête, et couvrait ses pieds de baisers, et les oignait avec le parfum.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited [Jesus] saw that, he thought, “[Prophets know about other people’s lives], [so] if Jesus were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of a person she is. He would have known that she is a prostitute! [EUP]”
Et le pharisien qui l’avait convié, voyant cela, dit en lui-même: Celui-ci, s’il était prophète, saurait qui et quelle est cette femme qui le touche, car c’est une pécheresse.
40 Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
Et Jésus, répondant, lui dit: Simon, j’ai quelque chose à te dire. Et il dit: Maître, dis-le.
41 Jesus replied, “Two people owed some money to a man who [earned money by] lending [it to others]. One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50 silver coins.
Un créancier avait deux débiteurs: l’un lui devait 500 deniers, et l’autre 50;
42 Neither of them was able to pay back [what he owed], so the man [very kindly] said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?”
et comme ils n’avaient pas de quoi payer, il quitta la dette à l’un et à l’autre. Dis donc lequel des deux l’aimera le plus.
43 Simon replied, “I think that the one who owed the most money and did not have to pay it back [will love him more].” Jesus said to him, “That is correct.”
Et Simon, répondant, dit: J’estime que c’est celui à qui il a été quitté davantage. Et il lui dit: Tu as jugé justement.
44 Then he turned toward the woman, and said to Simon, “(Think about [what] this woman [has done]!/Do you [(sg)] see [what] this woman [has done]?) [RHQ] When I entered your house, you [did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by] giving me any water [to wash] my feet, but this woman has wet my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair!
Et se tournant vers la femme, il dit à Simon: Vois-tu cette femme? Je suis entré dans ta maison; tu ne m’as pas donné d’eau pour mes pieds, mais elle a arrosé mes pieds de ses larmes et les a essuyés avec ses cheveux.
45 You did not [follow our custom of greeting by] kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
Tu ne m’as pas donné de baiser; mais elle, depuis que je suis entré, n’a pas cessé de couvrir mes pieds de baisers.
46 You did not [follow our custom of welcoming guests by] anointing my head with [olive] oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
Tu n’as pas oint ma tête d’huile, mais elle a oint mes pieds avec un parfum.
47 So I will tell you that even though this woman has sinned very much, she has been forgiven {[I] have forgiven her}. [By what she has done she has shown that] she loves [me] very much. But a person who has [sinned] just a little bit, but whom [I] have forgiven, will love [me just a little bit].”
C’est pourquoi je te dis: Ses nombreux péchés sont pardonnés, car elle a beaucoup aimé; mais celui à qui il est peu pardonné, aime peu.
48 Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
Et il dit à la femme: Tes péchés sont pardonnés.
49 Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “(This man must [think that he is God]!/Who does this man [think that he] is [RHQ]), saying that he can forgive [people for] their sins?”
Et ceux qui étaient à table avec lui, se mirent à dire en eux-mêmes: Qui est celui-ci qui même pardonne les péchés?
50 But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have trusted [PRS] [in me, God] has saved you [from the guilt of your sins]. May [God] give you inner peace as you go!”
Et il dit à la femme: Ta foi t’a sauvée, va-t’en en paix.
