Jean 6
1 Après cela, Jésus s’en alla de l’autre côté de la mer de Galilée, de Tibériade.
Some time later, when Jesus was in Galilee district, near the time of the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus went [with us disciples by boat] and crossed to another place along Galilee Lake. This lake is [also called] Tiberias Lake.
2 Une grande foule le suivait, parce qu’elle voyait les miracles qu’il opérait sur les malades.
A large crowd of people kept following Jesus [on land] because they had been seeing the miracles he performed [by healing] sick people.
3 Jésus monta sur la montagne, et là il s’assit avec ses disciples.
Jesus went up on the hillside and sat down with [us] disciples [to teach us].
4 Or, la Pâque était proche, la fête des Juifs.
Then he looked up and saw a great crowd of people coming toward him.
5 Ayant levé les yeux, et voyant qu’une grande foule venait à lui, Jésus dit à Philippe: Où achèterons-nous des pains, pour que ces gens aient à manger?
He said to Philip, “Where will we buy food for all these people to eat?”
6 Il disait cela pour l’éprouver, car il savait ce qu’il allait faire.
He asked this only to find out if Philip believed what [Jesus could do], because Jesus already knew what he himself was going to do.
7 Philippe lui répondit: Les pains qu’on aurait pour deux cents deniers ne suffiraient pas pour que chacun en reçût un peu.
Philip replied to him, “[Even if we had] the amount of money a man earns in eight months, that would not be enough to buy bread so that each person could have a little bit!”
8 Un de ses disciples, André, frère de Simon Pierre, lui dit:
Another one of [us] disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s [younger] brother, said to Jesus,
9 Il y a ici un jeune garçon qui a cinq pains d’orge et deux poissons; mais qu’est-ce que cela pour tant de gens?
“There is a boy here who has five small barley loaves and two [cooked] fish. But (they will not help much among so many people!/what good will that do among so many people?) [RHQ]”
10 Jésus dit: Faites-les asseoir. Il y avait dans ce lieu beaucoup d’herbe. Ils s’assirent donc, au nombre d’environ cinq mille hommes.
Jesus said, “Tell the people to sit down!” There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down [comfortably]. There were about 5,000 men [among the crowd].
11 Jésus prit les pains, rendit grâces, et les distribua à ceux qui étaient assis; il leur donna de même des poissons, autant qu’ils en voulurent.
Then Jesus took the small loaves and the fish and thanked [God] for them. Then he [gave them to us, and we] distributed the small loaves and the fish to all the people sitting on the ground. [Because God caused the food to keep increasing], everyone ate as much as they wanted.
12 Lorsqu’ils furent rassasiés, il dit à ses disciples: Ramassez les morceaux qui restent, afin que rien ne se perde.
When everyone had all the food they wanted, he said to [us] disciples, “Gather up the pieces that are left over. Do not let anything be wasted!”
13 Ils les ramassèrent donc, et ils remplirent douze paniers avec les morceaux qui restèrent des cinq pains d’orge, après que tous eurent mangé.
So we gathered up the pieces of the small loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. We filled twelve baskets with those pieces!
14 Ces gens, ayant vu le miracle que Jésus avait fait, disaient: Celui-ci est vraiment le prophète qui doit venir dans le monde.
After the people saw that miracle that Jesus had performed, [many of] them started to say, “Surely this is the prophet [like Moses] that [God promised] to send to the world!”
15 Et Jésus, sachant qu’ils allaient venir l’enlever pour le faire roi, se retira de nouveau sur la montagne, lui seul.
So, because Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him to make him [their] king, he left them again and went up into the hills by himself.
16 Quand le soir fut venu, ses disciples descendirent au bord de la mer.
When it was evening, [we] disciples went down to [Galilee] Lake.
17 Étant montés dans une barque, ils traversaient la mer pour se rendre à Capernaüm. Il faisait déjà nuit, et Jésus ne les avait pas encore rejoints.
When it became dark and Jesus had still not joined us, [we] got into a boat and went across the lake towards Capernaum [city].
18 Il soufflait un grand vent, et la mer était agitée.
A strong wind started to blow and caused the water (to become very rough/to have high waves).
19 Après avoir ramé environ vingt-cinq ou trente stades, ils virent Jésus marchant sur la mer et s’approchant de la barque. Et ils eurent peur.
After we had rowed (three or four miles/five or six kilometers), we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified!
20 Mais Jésus leur dit: C’est moi; n’ayez pas peur!
But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!”
21 Ils voulaient donc le prendre dans la barque, et aussitôt la barque aborda au lieu où ils allaient.
We were glad to take him into the boat. As soon as [we] did that, the boat reached the shore where [we] were going!
22 La foule qui était restée de l’autre côté de la mer avait remarqué qu’il ne se trouvait là qu’une seule barque, et que Jésus n’était pas monté dans cette barque avec ses disciples, mais qu’ils étaient partis seuls.
The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake [were perplexed about how Jesus had left that area]. They knew that there had been only one boat there [the previous day]. They knew that we had gone away in it by ourselves. They knew that Jesus had not gone with us.
23 Le lendemain, comme d’autres barques étaient arrivées de Tibériade près du lieu où ils avaient mangé le pain après que le Seigneur eut rendu grâces,
Then some [men came] from Tiberias [city] in boats. [They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias]. They arrived near the place where the people had eaten the food after Jesus had given thanks [and caused it to multiply].
24 les gens de la foule, ayant vu que ni Jésus ni ses disciples n’étaient là, montèrent eux-mêmes dans ces barques et allèrent à Capernaüm à la recherche de Jésus.
When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor we disciples were there, [some of] them got into those boats and they sailed to Capernaum to find Jesus.
25 Et l’ayant trouvé au-delà de la mer, ils lui dirent: Rabbi, quand es-tu venu ici?
When they found him [in Capernaum] further around the lake, they asked him, “Teacher, [since you(sg) did not come in a boat], when [and how] did you get here?”
26 Jésus leur répondit: En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, vous me cherchez, non parce que vous avez vu des miracles, mais parce que vous avez mangé des pains et que vous avez été rassasiés.
Jesus replied to them, “Listen to this carefully: Do you know why you are looking for me? It is not because you saw [me perform] miracles [and as a result have realized who I really am]. No! You are looking for me [only] because you had plenty of bread to eat [after I provided it for you by performing a miracle].
27 Travaillez, non pour la nourriture qui périt, mais pour celle qui subsiste pour la vie éternelle, et que le Fils de l’homme vous donnera; car c’est lui que le Père, que Dieu a marqué de son sceau. (aiōnios g166)
Stop desiring food that will soon spoil! Instead, desire to get [spiritual] food that will last forever! Yearn for eternal life! That is what I, the one who came from heaven, will give you. God [my] Father has shown that he approves of me [enabling me to do that].” (aiōnios g166)
28 Ils lui dirent: Que devons-nous faire, pour faire les œuvres de Dieu?
Then the people asked him, “What things should we do [to please] God?”
29 Jésus leur répondit: L’œuvre de Dieu, c’est que vous croyiez en celui qu’il a envoyé.
Jesus replied, “What God [wants you] to do is this: He wants you to believe that [I am] the one he has sent.”
30 Quel miracle fais-tu donc, lui dirent-ils, afin que nous le voyions, et que nous croyions en toi? Que fais-tu?
So they said to him, “Then perform [another] miracle so that we may see it and believe that [you came from God]. What miracle would you like to perform?
31 Nos pères ont mangé la manne dans le désert, selon ce qui est écrit: Il leur donna le pain du ciel à manger.
Our ancestors ate the [food called] manna [that God provided for them by a miracle] in the desolate area. This is written {[The Psalmist] wrote this} [in the Scriptures] about [what Moses caused to happen: ] ‘He gave them food from heaven to eat.’ [Will you perform a miracle like that]?”
32 Jésus leur dit: En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, Moïse ne vous a pas donné le pain du ciel, mais mon Père vous donne le vrai pain du ciel;
So Jesus said to them, “The truth is that it was not Moses who gave your [ancestors] that food from heaven. No, it was my Father [who gave it to them. And my Father is the one] who gives you the true food from heaven.
33 car le pain de Dieu, c’est celui qui descend du ciel et qui donne la vie au monde.
The true bread from God came down from heaven, and he is the one who will give [eternal] life to [the people of] the world [MTY].”
34 Ils lui dirent: Seigneur, donne-nous toujours ce pain.
[Not understanding what he meant], they said to him, “Sir, give us that kind of bread all the time!”
35 Jésus leur dit: Je suis le pain de vie. Celui qui vient à moi n’aura jamais faim, et celui qui croit en moi n’aura jamais soif.
Jesus said to them, “[Just like] food [MET] [sustains physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life. Those who [eat ordinary food and drinks will later be hungry and thirsty]. But those who come to me [to receive that life] will never again [lack anything spiritually].
36 Mais, je vous l’ai dit, vous m’avez vu, et vous ne croyez point.
I told you before that you have seen my [miracles, but after seeing them, instead of understanding who I am], you have not believed in me.
37 Tous ceux que le Père me donne viendront à moi, et je ne mettrai pas dehors celui qui vient à moi;
All the people that [my] Father entrusts to me will come to me, and I will certainly (welcome/never send away) [LIT] anyone who comes to me.
38 car je suis descendu du ciel pour faire, non ma volonté, mais la volonté de celui qui m’a envoyé.
When I came down from heaven, it was not to do what I want. Instead, I came to do what ([God/my Father]), who sent me, wants.
39 Or, la volonté de celui qui m’a envoyé, c’est que je ne perde riende tout ce qu’il m’a donné, mais que je le ressuscite au dernier jour.
What the one who sent me wants is that I (keep forever all/never lose any) [LIT] of those whom he has entrusted to me. He wants me to cause all of them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].
40 La volonté de mon Père, c’est que quiconque voit le Fils et croit en lui ait la vie éternelle; et je le ressusciterai au dernier jour. (aiōnios g166)
[Long ago in the desolate area when those who were bitten by snakes looked at the bronze replica of a snake, they were healed] [MET]. What my Father wants is that [similarly] everyone who looks at [what] I [have done] and believes in me will have eternal life. I will cause them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].” (aiōnios g166)
41 Les Juifs murmuraient à son sujet, parce qu’il avait dit: Je suis le pain qui est descendu du ciel.
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the one who is [like] true bread who came down from heaven.”
42 Et ils disaient: N’est-ce pas là Jésus, le fils de Joseph, celui dont nous connaissons le père et la mère? Comment donc dit-il: Je suis descendu du ciel?
They said, “(This man is Jesus, the son of Joseph!/Isn’t this man the son of Joseph?) [RHQ] We know [the names of] both his father and his mother. [He certainly did not come from heaven], so (he is [lying] by saying ‘I came from heaven.’/why is he now saying, ‘I came from heaven?’) [RHQ]”
43 Jésus leur répondit: Ne murmurez pas entre vous.
Jesus replied to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves [about what I just said]!
44 Nul ne peut venir à moi, si le Père qui m’a envoyé ne l’attire; et je le ressusciterai au dernier jour.
[My] Father, who sent me, makes people want to come to me. No others will come to me [to receive eternal life]. Those who come to me are the only ones who will believe in me. I will (cause them to be alive again/raise them [from the dead]) (on the last day/on the [judgment] day).
45 Il est écrit dans les prophètes: Ils seront tous enseignés de Dieu. Ainsi quiconque a entendu le Père et a reçu son enseignement vient à moi.
It was written ([by one of the prophets/by the prophet Isaiah]) {([One of the prophets/The prophet Isaiah]) wrote} [about all those who will trust in me], ‘God will teach them all.’ Everyone who listens to what [my] Father [says] and learns from him will (come to/believe in) me.
46 C’est que nul n’a vu le Père, sinon celui qui vient de Dieu; celui-là a vu le Père.
I came from God. I am the only one who has seen [my] Father. No one else has seen him.
Listen to this carefully: Everyone who believes ([my message/in me]) has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
48 Je suis le pain de vie.
[Just like] food [MET] [sustains your physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life.
49 Vos pères ont mangé la manne dans le désert, et ils sont morts.
Even though your ancestors ate the manna [while they were traveling] in the desolate area, they died [anyway].
50 C’est ici le pain qui descend du ciel, afin que celui qui en mange ne meure point.
But the bread [I am talking about] is something that came down from heaven. If people eat that bread, their [spirits] will never die.
51 Je suis le pain vivant qui est descendu du ciel. Si quelqu’un mange de ce pain, il vivra éternellement; et le pain que je donnerai, c’est ma chair, que je donnerai pour la vie du monde. (aiōn g165)
I am the one who came down from heaven to enable people to have [spiritual] life. If people take what I will give them, they will live forever. What I will give them is my flesh, which I will give to [all the people in] [MTY] the world in order that they may have [spiritual] life.” (aiōn g165)
52 Là-dessus, les Juifs disputaient entre eux, disant: Comment peut-il nous donner sa chair à manger?
Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to argue among themselves. They said, “(There is no way this man can give us his flesh to eat!/How can this man give us his flesh to eat?)” [RHQ]
53 Jésus leur dit: En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, si vous ne mangez la chair du Fils de l’homme, et si vous ne buvez son sang, vous n’avez point la vie en vous-mêmes.
So, [speaking figuratively of the need for them to accept for themselves the benefits of his sacrificing himself and shedding his blood to atone for their sins] [MET], Jesus said to them, “Listen carefully to this: [Although] I am the one who came from heaven, if you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have eternal life.
54 Celui qui mange ma chair et qui boit mon sang a la vie éternelle; et je le ressusciterai au dernier jour. (aiōnios g166)
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will cause them to become alive again at (the last day/the [judgment] day), (aiōnios g166)
55 Car ma chair est vraiment une nourriture, et mon sang est vraiment un breuvage.
because my flesh and my blood are truly spiritual food.
56 Celui qui mange ma chair et qui boit mon sang demeure en moi, et je demeure en lui.
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood will have a close relationship with me, and I will have a close relationship with them.
57 Comme le Père qui est vivant m’a envoyé, et que je vis par le Père, ainsi celui qui me mange vivra par moi.
[My] Father, who is the [source of everything that] lives, sent me, and I live because [my] Father has [given me life]. Similarly those who eat my [flesh] will live [eternally] because of what I [do for them].
58 C’est ici lepain qui est descendu du ciel. Il n’en est pas comme de vos pères qui ont mangé la manne et qui sont morts: celui qui mange ce pain vivra éternellement. (aiōn g165)
[I am] the true bread that came down from heaven. Although our ancestors ate [manna], they [later] died [anyway]. But those who eat this bread will live forever.” (aiōn g165)
59 Jésus dit ces choses dans la synagogue, enseignant à Capernaüm.
He said this while he was teaching people in (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) in Capernaum.
60 Plusieurs de ses disciples, après l’avoir entendu, dirent: Cette parole est dure; qui peut l’écouter?
After they heard him say that, many of his disciples said, “What he is teaching is hard [to understand]; (it is very difficult for anyone to accept it!/how can anyone accept it?) [RHQ]”
61 Jésus, sachant en lui-même que ses disciples murmuraient à ce sujet, leur dit: Cela vous scandalise-t-il?
Jesus was aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, so he said to them, “(I am sorry that this is offending you./Is this offending you?) [RHQ]
62 Etsi vous voyez le Fils de l’homme monter où il était auparavant?…
([Perhaps you will believe my message] if you see me, the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before!/[(What will you think if you see me], the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before)?) [RHQ]
63 C’est l’esprit qui vivifie; la chair ne sert de rien. Les paroles que je vous ai dites sont esprit et vie.
[God’s] Spirit is the one who gives people [eternal] life. Human efforts are no help at all [for giving people eternal life]. The message I have spoken to you [gives spiritual] life (OR, [comes from] God’s Spirit [and gives eternal] life.)
64 Mais il en est parmi vous quelques-uns qui ne croient point. Car Jésus savait dès le commencement qui étaient ceux qui ne croyaient point, et qui était celui qui le livrerait.
But there are some of you who do not believe [my message.” Jesus said that] because he knew from the time he started [MTY] [his ministry] which of them would not believe his message. He also knew who would (betray him/enable his enemies to seize him).
65 Et il ajouta: C’est pourquoi je vous ai dit que nul ne peut venir à moi, si cela ne lui a été donné par le Père.
Then he continued by saying, “That is why I told you that only those whom my Father has enabled [to believe in me] will come to me [and receive eternal life].”
66 Dès ce moment, plusieurs de ses disciples se retirèrent, et ils n’allaient plus avec lui.
From that [time], many of his disciples left him and no longer went with him.
67 Jésus donc dit aux douze: Et vous, ne voulez-vous pas aussi vous en aller?
So he said to [us] twelve [apostles], “You do not want to leave me also, do you?”
68 Simon Pierre lui répondit: Seigneur, à qui irions-nous? Tu as les paroles de la vie éternelle. (aiōnios g166)
Simon Peter replied to him, “Lord, [we] will not [leave you], [because] (there is no other person [like you] to whom we can go!/what other person is there like [you] to whom we can go?) [RHQ] You have the message about eternal life! (aiōnios g166)
69 Et nous avons cru et nous avons connu que tu es le Christ, le Saint de Dieu.
We have come to believe for certain that you are the holy one [who has come] from God!”
70 Jésus leur répondit: N’est-ce pas moi qui vous ai choisis, vous les douze? Et l’un de vous est un démon!
Then Jesus replied to us, “[You are saying that as though all] you twelve [men] whom I have chosen [RHQ] believe that. But one of you is [under the control of] Satan!”
71 Il parlait de Judas Iscariot, fils de Simon; car c’était lui qui devait le livrer, lui, l’un des douze.
He was talking about Judas, the [son] of Simon, from Kerioth [village]. [Even though] Judas was one of us twelve [apostles], he was about (to betray Jesus/to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him).
