Luc 7
1 Après avoir achevé de parler à l'oreille du peuple, il entra dans Capernaüm.
After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
2 Le serviteur d'un centurion, qui lui était cher, était malade et sur le point de mourir.
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.
3 Ayant entendu parler de Jésus, il lui envoya des anciens des Juifs, le priant de venir sauver son serviteur.
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.
4 Lorsqu'ils arrivèrent auprès de Jésus, ils le supplièrent instamment en disant: « Il est digne que tu fasses cela pour lui,
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],
5 car il aime notre nation, et c'est pour nous qu'il a bâti notre synagogue. »
because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
6 Jésus alla avec eux. Comme il n'était plus très loin de la maison, le centurion lui envoya des amis pour lui dire: « Seigneur, ne te tourmente pas, car je ne suis pas digne que tu viennes sous mon toit.
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].
7 C'est pourquoi je ne me suis même pas cru digne de venir te voir; mais dis la parole, et mon serviteur sera guéri.
I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
8 Car moi aussi, je suis un homme placé sous autorité, ayant sous mes ordres des soldats. Je dis à l'un: « Va », et il va; à un autre: « Viens », et il vient; à mon serviteur: « Fais ceci », et il le fait ».
[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].”
9 En entendant ces choses, Jésus s'étonna de lui, puis il se retourna et dit à la foule qui le suivait: « Je vous le dis, je n'ai pas trouvé une si grande foi, pas même en Israël. »
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!”
10 Ceux qui avaient été envoyés, étant retournés à la maison, trouvèrent que le serviteur qui avait été malade était guéri.
When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
11 Peu après, il se rendit dans une ville appelée Naïn. Plusieurs de ses disciples, ainsi qu'une grande foule, l'accompagnèrent.
Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
12 Comme il approchait de la porte de la ville, voici qu'on emportait un mort, fils unique de sa mère, qui était veuve. Beaucoup de gens de la ville étaient avec elle.
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.
13 Le Seigneur, en la voyant, eut pitié d'elle et lui dit: « Ne pleure pas. »
When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
14 Il s'approcha et toucha le cercueil, et les porteurs s'arrêtèrent. Il dit: « Jeune homme, je te le dis, lève-toi! »
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!”
15 Celui qui était mort se redressa et se mit à parler. Puis il le confia à sa mère.
The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
16 Tous furent saisis de crainte et glorifièrent Dieu en disant: « Un grand prophète s'est levé parmi nous » et « Dieu a visité son peuple ».
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!”
17 Cette nouvelle se répandit à son sujet dans toute la Judée et dans toute la région environnante.
[Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
18 Les disciples de Jean lui racontèrent toutes ces choses.
The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
19 Jean, ayant appelé à lui deux de ses disciples, les envoya vers Jésus, en disant: « Es-tu celui qui vient, ou devons-nous en chercher un autre? »
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]?”
20 Les hommes, s'étant approchés de lui, dirent: « Jean le Baptiseur nous a envoyés vers toi, pour dire: « Es-tu celui qui vient, ou devons-nous en chercher un autre? ».
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?”
21 En cette heure-là, il guérit beaucoup de maladies, de fléaux et d'esprits mauvais, et il rendit la vue à beaucoup d'aveugles.
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.
22 Jésus leur répondit: « Allez annoncer à Jean ce que vous avez vu et entendu: que les aveugles recouvrent la vue, que les boiteux marchent, que les lépreux sont purifiés, que les sourds entendent, que les morts ressuscitent, et que la bonne nouvelle est annoncée aux pauvres.
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.
23 Heureux celui qui ne trouve en moi aucune occasion de chute! »
[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].”
24 Lorsque les messagers de Jean furent partis, il se mit à dire à la foule, au sujet de Jean: « Qu'êtes-vous allés voir dans le désert? Un roseau secoué par le vent?
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].
25 Mais qu'êtes-vous allés voir? Un homme vêtu d'un doux vêtement? Voici, ceux qui sont magnifiquement vêtus et qui vivent dans la délicatesse sont dans les cours des rois.
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]!
26 Mais vous, qu'êtes-vous allés voir? Un prophète? Oui, je vous le dis, et bien plus qu'un prophète.
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.
27 C'est celui dont il est écrit, Voici que j'envoie mon messager devant toi, qui préparera ton chemin devant toi.
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.’
28 « Car je vous le dis, parmi ceux qui sont nés de femmes, il n'y a pas de plus grand prophète que Jean le Baptiseur; or, celui qui est le plus petit dans le Royaume de Dieu est plus grand que lui. »
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].”
29 Quand tout le peuple et les publicains entendirent cela, ils déclarèrent que Dieu est juste, ayant été baptisés par le baptême de Jean.
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].
30 Mais les pharisiens et les juristes rejetèrent le conseil de Dieu, n'ayant pas été eux-mêmes baptisés par lui.
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.
31 " A quoi dois-je donc comparer les gens de cette génération? A quoi ressemblent-ils?
[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]
32 Ils ressemblent à des enfants qui, assis sur la place du marché, s'interpellent les uns les autres en disant: 'Nous avons sifflé pour vous, et vous n'avez pas dansé. Nous nous sommes lamentés, et vous n'avez pas pleuré.
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!’
33 Car Jean le Baptiste n'est venu ni manger du pain ni boire du vin, et vous dites: « Il a un démon ».
[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!’
34 Le Fils de l'homme est venu en mangeant et en buvant, et vous dites: « Voici un glouton et un ivrogne, l'ami des publicains et des pécheurs ».
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!’
35 La sagesse est justifiée par tous ses enfants. »
But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
36 Un des pharisiens l'invita à manger avec lui. Il entra dans la maison du pharisien et se mit à table.
[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].
37 Et voici qu'une femme de la ville, qui était pécheresse, sachant qu'il était couché dans la maison du pharisien, apporta un vase d'albâtre rempli de parfum.
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.
38 Se tenant derrière à ses pieds en pleurant, elle se mit à mouiller ses pieds avec ses larmes, les essuya avec les cheveux de sa tête, baisa ses pieds et les oignit avec le parfum.
[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.
39 Le pharisien qui l'avait invité, voyant cela, se dit: « Cet homme, s'il était prophète, aurait compris qui et quelle sorte de femme c'est qui le touche, que c'est une pécheresse. »
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]”
40 Jésus lui répondit: « Simon, j'ai quelque chose à te dire. » Il a dit: « Maître, parle. »
Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
41 « Un certain prêteur avait deux débiteurs. L'un devait cinq cents deniers, et l'autre cinquante.
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.
42 Comme ils ne pouvaient pas payer, il leur a pardonné à tous les deux. Lequel d'entre eux donc l'aimera le plus? »
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?”
43 Simon répondit: « Celui, je suppose, à qui il a pardonné le plus. » Il lui dit: « Tu as bien jugé. »
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.”
44 Se tournant vers la femme, il dit à Simon: « Vois-tu cette femme? Je suis entré dans ta maison, et tu ne m'as pas donné d'eau pour mes pieds, mais elle a mouillé mes pieds avec ses larmes, et les a essuyés avec les cheveux de sa tête.
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!
45 Tu ne m'as pas donné de baiser, mais elle, depuis que je suis entré, n'a pas cessé de baiser mes pieds.
You did not [follow our custom of greeting by] kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
46 Tu n'as pas oint ma tête d'huile, mais elle a oint mes pieds de parfum.
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.
47 C'est pourquoi je vous dis que ses péchés, qui sont nombreux, sont pardonnés, car elle a beaucoup aimé. Mais celui à qui on pardonne peu, aime peu. »
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].”
48 Il lui dit: « Tes péchés sont pardonnés. »
Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
49 Ceux qui étaient à table avec lui se mirent à dire en eux-mêmes: « Qui est celui-ci, qui pardonne même les péchés? »
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?”
50 Il dit à la femme: « Ta foi t'a sauvée. Va en paix. »
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!”
