Jean 16
1 Je vous ai dit ces choses, afin qu’elles ne soient pas pour vous une occasion de chute.
[Jesus continued by saying to us], “I have told you these things in order that you will not stop trusting in me [when people] ([cause you to suffer/persecute you]).
2 Ils vous excluront des synagogues; et même l’heure vient où quiconque vous fera mourir croira rendre un culte à Dieu.
They will not allow you to worship in (synagogues/[their] meeting places). In fact, there will be a time when anyone who kills you will think that he is serving God [by doing that].
3 Et ils agiront ainsi, parce qu’ils n’ont connu ni le Père ni moi.
They will do such things because they have never known who I [really am], nor who [my] Father [is].
4 Je vous ai dit ces choses, afin que, lorsque l’heure sera venue, vous vous souveniez que je vous les ai dites. Je ne vous en ai pas parlé dès le commencement, parce que j’étais avec vous.
I have told you these things in order that when [they start] ([to cause you to suffer]/to [persecute you]) [MTY], you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you these things when you first started [to accompany me] [MTY] because I was with you, [and they were causing trouble for me, not for you].”
5 Maintenant je m’en vais vers celui qui m’a envoyé, et aucun de vous ne me demande: Où vas-tu?
“Now I am [about to] return to the one who sent me. But [I am disappointed that] none of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’
6 Mais, parce que je vous ai dit ces choses, la tristesse a rempli votre cœur.
Instead, because I have told you these things, you are very sad.
7 Cependant je vous dis la vérité: il vous est avantageux que je m’en aille, car si je ne m’en vais pas, le consolateur ne viendra pas vers vous; mais, si je m’en vais, je vous l’enverrai.
But the truth is that it is good for you that I am going away, because if I do not go away, the [Holy Spirit], who will (encourage/be like a legal counsel for) you will not come to you. But when I go, I will send him to you.
8 Et quand il sera venu, il convaincra le monde en ce qui concerne le péché, la justice, et le jugement:
When he comes, he will prove that those who do not belong to God [MTY] [are wrong about what is] sinful and about who is really righteous and about whom [God will] judge [and condemn for their sin].
9 en ce qui concerne le péché, parce qu’ils ne croient pas en moi;
[He will tell people that their greatest] sin is that they do not believe in me.
10 la justice, parce que je vais au Père, et que vous ne me verrez plus;
[He will tell people that] because I am going [back] to my Father, and you will no longer see me, [you will know that I am the one who was truly] righteous.
11 le jugement, parce que le prince de ce monde est jugé.
[He will tell people that the fact] that [God] has already determined that [he] will punish [Satan], the one who rules this world, shows that [some day God] will also punish [those who do not belong to him].
12 J’ai encore beaucoup de choses à vous dire, mais vous ne pouvez pas les porter maintenant.
I have many more things that [I would like] to tell you, but you are not able to accept them now.
13 Quand le consolateur sera venu, l’Esprit de vérité, il vous conduira dans toute la vérité; car il ne parlera pas de lui-même, mais il dira tout ce qu’il aura entendu, et il vous annoncera les choses à venir.
But [God’s] Spirit is the one who will teach you [God’s] truth. When he comes, he will guide you so that you [understand] all [spiritual] truth. He will not speak from his own [authority]. Instead, it is the things that he hears [my Father say] that he will tell you. He will also tell you about things that will happen [later].
14 Il me glorifiera, parce qu’il prendra de ce qui est à moi, et vous l’annoncera.
He will honor me by revealing my [truth] to you.
15 Tout ce que le Père a est à moi; c’est pourquoi j’ai dit qu’il prend de ce qui est à moi, et qu’il vous l’annoncera.
Everything that [my] Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit is able to reveal my truth to you.”
16 Encore un peu de temps, et vous ne me verrez plus; et puis encore un peu de temps, et vous me verrez, parce que je vais au Père.
“After a short time [I will leave you, and] you will not see me. Then a short time [after that] you will see me [again].”
17 Là-dessus, quelques-uns de ses disciples dirent entre eux: Que signifie ce qu’il nous dit: Encore un peu de temps, et vous ne me verrez plus; et puis encore un peu de temps, et vous me verrez? Et: Parce que je vais au Père?
[So] some of us said to each other, “What does he mean by saying ‘After a short time you will not see me,’ and ‘A short time after that you will see me again’? And [what does he mean by] ‘Because I am going back to [my] Father’?”
18 Ils disaient donc: Que signifie ce qu’il dit: Encore un peu de temps? Nous ne savons de quoi il parle.
We kept asking each other, “What [does he mean by] saying ‘After a little while’? We do not understand what he is saying.”
19 Jésus connut qu’ils voulaient l’interroger, et il leur dit: Vous vous questionnez les uns les autres sur ce que j’ai dit: Encore un peu de temps, et vous ne me verrez plus; et puis encore un peu de temps, et vous me verrez.
Jesus realized that we wanted to ask him [about that]. So he said to us, “You are asking [RHQ] each other [what I meant] when I said, ‘After a short time you will not see me, and then a short time [after that] you will see me [again].’
20 En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, vous pleurerez et vous vous lamenterez, et le monde se réjouira: vous serez dans la tristesse, mais votre tristesse se changera en joie.
Listen to this carefully: [After I] ([leave you/die]), those who oppose God [MTY] will be happy, but you will be sad. But [later] you will stop being sad and you will become joyful.
21 La femme, lorsqu’elle enfante, éprouve de la tristesse, parce que son heure est venue; mais, lorsqu’elle a donné le jour à l’enfant, elle ne se souvient plus de la souffrance, à cause de la joie qu’elle a de ce qu’un homme est né dans le monde.
A woman who is about to bear a child feels pain, because that is [what happens] [MTY] [at] that time. But after her baby is born, she forgets that pain, because she is very joyful that her child has been born.
22 Vous donc aussi, vous êtes maintenant dans la tristesse; maisje vous reverrai, et votre cœur se réjouira, et nul ne vous ravira votre joie.
It will be the same with you. [I will soon die and] you will be sad. But after that, I will see you again. Then you will be joyful, and no one will be able to stop you from being joyful.
23 En ce jour-là, vous ne m’interrogerez plus sur rien. En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, ce que vous demanderez au Père, il vous le donnera en mon nom.
When that happens, you will not ask me any questions [about anything]. Listen to this carefully: [After that happens, my] Father will do for you anything you ask, because of his relationship with me [MTY].
24 Jusqu’à présent vous n’avez rien demandé en mon nom. Demandez, et vous recevrez, afin que votre joie soit parfaite.
Up to the present time, using my authority you have not asked [God to do] anything for you [MTY]. Now keep asking [him for things that you need. If you do that], you will receive them, and then you will be completely joyful.
25 Je vous ai dit ces choses en paraboles. L’heure vient où je ne vous parlerai plus en paraboles, mais où je vous parlerai ouvertement du Père.
Although I have been speaking these things using figurative language, there will soon be a time when I will no longer use that kind of language. Instead, I will tell you plainly (about my Father/what my Father [wants]).
26 En ce jour, vous demanderez en mon nom, et je ne vous dis pas que je prierai le Père pour vous;
At that time, you will ask [him for things] (because you belong to me/with my authority) [MTY]. I will not [need to] ask [my] Father to do what you ask.
27 car le Père lui-même vous aime, parce que vous m’avez aimé, et que vous avez cru que je suis sorti de Dieu.
[My] Father himself loves you because you have loved me and because you have believed that I came from God [my Father], [so he wants you to ask] him (OR, [so he does not need anyone to persuade] him [to help you])
28 Je suis sorti du Père, et je suis venu dans le monde; maintenant je quitte le monde, et je vais au Père.
I came from [my] Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going [back] to my Father.”
29 Ses disciples lui dirent: Voici, maintenant tu parles ouvertement, et tu n’emploies aucune parabole.
Then [we], his disciples, said, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figurative language.
30 Maintenant nous savons que tu sais toutes choses, et que tu n’as pas besoin que personne t’interroge; c’est pourquoi nous croyons que tu es sorti de Dieu.
Now we understand that you know everything. You do not need anyone to ask you questions [about anything, because you know what we want to ask before we ask you]. That [also] leads us to believe that you came from God.”
31 Jésus leur répondit: Vous croyez maintenant.
Jesus replied, “Now you [RHQ] say that you believe [that I came from God].
32 Voici, l’heure vient, et elle est déjà venue, où vous serez dispersés chacun de son côté, et où vous me laisserez seul; mais je ne suis pas seul, car le Père est avec moi.
But listen! There will soon be a time, and that time is already here, when you will all run away! Each of you will run away to your own home. You will leave me, and I will be alone. But I will not [really] be alone [at that time], because [my] Father is always with me.
33 Je vous ai dit ces choses, afin que vous ayez la paix en moi. Vous aurez des tribulations dans le monde; mais prenez courage, j’ai vaincu le monde.
I have told you these things in order that you may have [inner] peace because of your relationship with me. In this world you will have trouble. But be courageous! I have defeated those who are opposed to me [MTY], and [you can defeat them, too]!”
