1 Jean 3
1 Voyez quel amour le Père nous a témoigné, pour que nous soyons appelés enfants de Dieu! Et nous le sommes. Si le monde ne nous connaît pas, c’est qu’il ne l’a pas connu.
[Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].
2 Bien-aimés, nous sommes maintenant enfants de Dieu, et ce que nous serons n’a pas encore été manifesté; mais nous savons que, lorsque cela sera manifesté, nous serons semblables à lui, parce que nous le verrons tel qu’il est.
Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.
3 Quiconque a cette espérance en lui se purifie, comme lui-même est pur.
[So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.
4 Quiconque pèche transgresse la loi, et le péché est la transgression de la loi.
But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
5 Or, vous le savez, Jésus a paru pour ôter les péchés, et il n’y a point en lui de péché.
You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
6 Quiconque demeure en lui ne pèche point; quiconque pèche ne l’a pas vu, et ne l’a pas connu.
Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.
7 Petits enfants, que personne ne vous séduise. Celui qui pratique la justice est juste, comme lui-même est juste.
[So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.
8 Celui qui pèche est du diable, car le diable pèche dès le commencement. Le Fils de Dieu a paru afin de détruire les œuvres du diable.
[But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.
9 Quiconque est né de Dieu ne pratique pas le péché, parce que la semence de Dieu demeure en lui; et il ne peut pécher, parce qu’il est né de Dieu.
People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.
10 C’est par là que se font reconnaître les enfants de Dieu et les enfants du diable. Quiconque ne pratique pas la justice n’est pas de Dieu, non plus que celui qui n’aime pas son frère.
Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].
11 Car ce qui vous a été annoncé et ce que vous avez entendu dès le commencement, c’est que nous devons nous aimer les uns les autres,
The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
12 et ne pas ressembler à Caïn, qui était du malin, et qui tua son frère. Et pourquoi le tua-t-il? parce que ses œuvres étaient mauvaises, et que celles de son frère étaient justes.
[We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.
13 Ne vous étonnez pas, frères, si le monde vous hait.
You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
14 Nous savons que nous sommes passés de la mort à la vie, parce que nous aimons les frères. Celui qui n’aime pas demeure dans la mort.
We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.
15 Quiconque hait son frère est un meurtrier, et vous savez qu’aucun meurtrier n’a la vie éternelle demeurant en lui. (aiōnios g166)
Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Nous avons connu l’amour, en ce qu’il a donné sa vie pour nous; nous aussi, nous devons donner notre vie pour les frères.
The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.
17 Si quelqu’un possède les biens du monde, et que, voyant son frère dans le besoin, il lui ferme ses entrailles, comment l’amour de Dieu demeure-t-il en lui?
Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].
18 Petits enfants, n’aimons pas en paroles et avec la langue, mais en actions et avec vérité.
[I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!
19 Par là nous connaîtrons que nous sommes de la vérité, et nous rassurerons nos cœurs devant lui;
When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.
20 car si notre cœur nous condamne, Dieu est plus grand que notre cœur, et il connaît toutes choses.
[We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].
21 Bien-aimés, si notre cœur ne nous condamne pas, nous avons de l’assurance devant Dieu.
Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
22 Quoi que ce soit que nous demandions, nous le recevons de lui, parce que nous gardons ses commandements et que nous faisons ce qui lui est agréable.
And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.
23 Et c’est ici son commandement: que nous croyions au nom de son Fils Jésus-Christ, et que nous nous aimions les uns les autres, selon le commandement qu’il nous a donné.
[I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].
24 Celui qui garde ses commandements demeure en Dieu, et Dieu en lui; et nous connaissons qu’il demeure en nous par l’Esprit qu’il nous a donné.
Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.
