Romans 4
1 Abraham is the [revered] ancestor of us [Jews]. So think about what we can conclude [from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins]. [RHQ]
Que dirons-nous donc que, selon la chair, Abraham notre père a trouvé?
2 If it was because of Abraham’s doing [good] things that the record of his sins was erased {that [God] erased the record of his sins}, Abraham could then have been able to boast [about that to people], but he would not have [had any basis to] boast to God [about it].
Car si Abraham a été justifié sur le principe des œuvres, il a de quoi se glorifier, mais non pas relativement à Dieu;
3 [Remember that] in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} [PRS] that Abraham believed what God [promised] [RHQ], and as a result the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
car que dit l’écriture? « Et Abraham crut Dieu, et cela lui fut compté à justice ».
4 If we receive wages for work that we do, those wages are not considered to be a gift. Instead, they [are considered] to be what we have earned. [Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor], we would not consider that [God’s erasing the record of our sin] was [a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned].
Or à celui qui fait des œuvres, le salaire n’est pas compté à titre de grâce, mais à titre de chose due;
5 But suppose that we do not do things [to gain God’s acceptance]. Suppose that we instead trust [in God], who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting [in Christ] is considered to be a gift to us, [not something that we earned].
mais à celui qui ne fait pas des œuvres, mais qui croit en celui qui justifie l’impie, sa foi [lui] est comptée à justice;
6 Similarly, it is as David wrote [in the Psalms] about people being happy whose record of sins God has erased even though they have not done things [to earn it. David wrote]:
ainsi que David aussi exprime la béatitude de l’homme à qui Dieu compte la justice sans œuvres:
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
« Bienheureux ceux dont les iniquités ont été pardonnées et dont les péchés ont été couverts;
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
bienheureux l’homme à qui le Seigneur ne compte point le péché ».
9 As for our being happy [because God has erased the record of our sins], (it is not something that [only] we Jews [can experience]./is it [MTY] something that [only] we Jews [can experience]?) [RHQ] [No, it is] also something that non-Jews [can experience] [MTY]. [What is written in the Scriptures], that it was because Abraham trusted [in God] that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}, [also shows that this is true].
Cette béatitude donc [vient-elle] sur la circoncision ou aussi sur l’incirconcision? Car nous disons que la foi fut comptée à Abraham à justice.
10 ([Think about] when [God erased the record of Abraham’s sins]./When did [God erase the record of Abraham’s sins]?) [RHQ] (Consider whether [it happened] after someone circumcised [Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God], or before someone circumcised him./[Did it happen] after [Abraham was] circumcised [to be marked as one who belonged to God], or before he was circumcised?) [RHQ] It happened before he was circumcised, not after he was circumcised.
Comment donc lui fut-elle comptée? quand il était dans la circoncision, ou dans l’incirconcision? – Non pas dans la circoncision, mais dans l’incirconcision.
11 [Many years later, God commanded that] Abraham [be] circumcised. Abraham’s accepting that ritual simply showed [that he knew that God had accepted him]. [He knew that God] had [erased the record of his sins] because he trusted [in God] while he was still, [in effect, a non-Jew because] he had not been circumcised. [So we can understand that] Abraham became (a spiritual ancestor/like an ancestor) to [all] of us whose record of sins has been erased {whose sins [God] has erased the record of} because we believe [in God’s promise, even though some of us] are not circumcised.
Et il reçut le signe de la circoncision, comme sceau de la justice de la foi qu’[il avait] dans l’incirconcision, pour qu’il soit le père de tous ceux qui croient étant dans l’incirconcision, pour que la justice leur soit aussi comptée,
12 Likewise, Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all us Jews who are not merely circumcised but who, more importantly, [believe in God’s promise] as our ancestor Abraham did, even before he was circumcised.
et qu’il soit père de circoncision, non seulement pour ceux qui sont de la circoncision, mais aussi pour ceux qui marchent sur les traces de la foi qu’a eue notre père Abraham, dans l’incirconcision.
13 God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive [the blessings that he promised to give to the people in] the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham [obeyed] the laws [that God later gave to Moses]. Instead, it was because Abraham believed [that God would do what he promised that he would do]. As a result, God erased the record of his sins.
Car ce n’est pas par [la] loi que la promesse d’être héritier du monde [a été faite] à Abraham ou à sa semence, mais par [la] justice de [la] foi.
14 If [we think that] it is those who [obey God’s] laws who will receive [what he has promised], it is useless [for us to trust in him. And what he] promised is worthless. [Remember that] it is [stated] in God’s law [PRS] [that] he will punish [people who do not perfectly obey them], and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, [people] disobey them [LIT].
Car si ceux qui sont du principe de [la] loi sont héritiers, la foi est rendue vaine et la promesse annulée;
car [la] loi produit la colère, mais là où il n’y a pas de loi, il n’y a pas non plus de transgression.
16 So it is because [we] trust [in God that we will receive the things that he has promised]. [It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants] (to [erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty]) without our earning it. As a result, what God now promises, he guarantees to give to all people who are [Abraham’s spiritual] descendants. [He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers], who [have] God’s laws [and trust in him as Abraham did], but also for those [non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but] who trust [in him] as Abraham did. Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all of us [believers].
Pour cette raison, [c’est] sur le principe de [la] foi, afin que [ce soit] selon [la] grâce, pour que la promesse soit assurée à toute la semence, non seulement à celle qui est de la loi, mais aussi à celle qui est de la foi d’Abraham, lequel est père de nous tous
17 What is written {What [Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true]. [God said to him], “It is in order that you [(sg)] may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups that I have chosen you.” Romans 4:17b-22 God [guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants]. Abraham confidently believed that God [would do that],
(selon qu’il est écrit: « Je t’ai établi père de plusieurs nations »), devant Dieu qu’il a cru, – qui fait vivre les morts et appelle les choses qui ne sont point comme si elles étaient,
18 even though there was no physical reason for him to hope [that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children]. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. [God said to Abraham], “You will have so many descendants that they will be [as impossible to count as the stars].” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.
– qui, contre espérance, crut avec espérance, pour devenir père de plusieurs nations, selon ce qui a été dit: « Ainsi sera ta semence ».
19 He did not doubt [that God would do what he promised], even though he knew that his body was already [as incapable of begetting children as if he were] dead [MET] because he was about 100 years old. And [even though he realized that] Sarah had never been able to become pregnant [IDM],
Et n’étant pas faible dans la foi, il n’eut pas égard à son propre corps déjà amorti, âgé qu’il était d’environ 100 ans, ni à l’état de mort du sein de Sara;
20 he did not doubt at all that God [would do what he had] promised. Instead, he trusted [in God] more/very strongly, and he thanked God [for what God was going to do].
et il ne forma point de doute sur la promesse de Dieu par incrédulité, mais il fut fortifié dans la foi, donnant gloire à Dieu,
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
et étant pleinement persuadé que ce qu’il a promis, il est puissant aussi pour l’accomplir.
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
C’est pourquoi aussi cela lui a été compté à justice.
23 The words [in the Scriptures], “The record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins},” are not only about Abraham.
Or ce n’est pas pour lui seul qu’il a été écrit que cela lui a été compté,
24 They were also written {[They] also wrote that} for us whose record of sins would be erased {[God] would erase}. They were written {[They] wrote it} for us who believe [God], the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died.
mais aussi pour nous, à qui il sera compté, à nous qui croyons en celui qui a ressuscité d’entre les morts Jésus notre Seigneur,
25 Jesus allowed [men] to execute [MTY] him so that [God could forgive] our evil deeds. And [God] caused Jesus to live again because [God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to] erase the record of our sins.
lequel a été livré pour nos fautes et a été ressuscité pour notre justification.
