Galates 1
1 Paul, apôtre, non de la part des hommes, ni par un homme, mais par Jésus-Christ et Dieu le Père, qui l’a ressuscité des morts,
[I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].
2 et tous les frères qui sont avec moi, aux Églises de la Galatie:
All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].
3 que la grâce et la paix vous soient données de la part de Dieu le Père et de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ,
[I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
4 qui s’est donné lui-même pour nos péchés, afin de nous arracher du présent siècle mauvais, selon la volonté de notre Dieu et Père, (aiōn g165)
Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
6 Je m’étonne que vous vous détourniez si promptement de celui qui vous a appelés par la grâce de Christ, pour passer à un autre Évangile.
I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”
7 Non pas qu’il y ait un autre Évangile, mais il y a des gens qui vous troublent, et qui veulent renverser l’Évangile de Christ.
Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].
8 Mais, quand nous-mêmes, quand un ange du ciel annoncerait un autre Évangile que celui que nous vous avons prêché, qu’il soit anathème!
But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].
9 Nous l’avons dit précédemment, et je le répète à cette heure: si quelqu’un vous annonce un autre Évangile que celui que vous avez reçu, qu’il soit anathème!
As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.
10 Et maintenant, est-ce la faveur des hommes que je désire, ou celle de Dieu? Est-ce que je cherche à plaire aux hommes? Si je plaisais encore aux hommes, je ne serais pas serviteur de Christ.
[I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.
11 Je vous déclare, frères, que l’Évangile qui a été annoncé par moi n’est pas de l’homme;
My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].
12 car je ne l’ai ni reçu ni appris d’un homme, mais par une révélation de Jésus-Christ.
I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
13 Vous avez su, en effet, quelle était autrefois ma conduite dans le judaïsme, comment je persécutais à outrance et ravageais l’Église de Dieu,
People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.
14 et comment j’étais plus avancé dans le judaïsme que beaucoup de ceux de mon âge et de ma nation, étant animé d’un zèle excessif pour les traditions de mes pères.
I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].
15 Mais, lorsqu’il plut à celui qui m’avait mis à part dès le sein de ma mère, et qui m’a appelé par sa grâce,
Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
16 de révéler en moi son Fils, afin que je l’annonçasse parmi les païens, aussitôt, je ne consultai ni la chair ni le sang,
He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!
17 et je ne montai point à Jérusalem vers ceux qui furent apôtres avant moi, mais je partis pour l’Arabie. Puis je revins encore à Damas.
I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].
18 Trois ans plus tard, je montai à Jérusalem pour faire la connaissance de Céphas, et je demeurai quinze jours chez lui.
Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].
19 Mais je ne vis aucun autre des apôtres, si ce n’est Jacques, le frère du Seigneur.
I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.
20 Dans ce que je vous écris, voici, devant Dieu, je ne mens point.
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
21 J’allai ensuite dans les contrées de la Syrie et de la Cilicie.
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
22 Or, j’étais inconnu de visage aux Églises de Judée qui sont en Christ;
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
23 seulement, elles avaient entendu dire: Celui qui autrefois nous persécutait annonce maintenant la foi qu’il s’efforçait alors de détruire.
They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”
24 Et elles glorifiaient Dieu à mon sujet.
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
