Jean 8
1 Jésus se rendit à la montagne des oliviers.
But Jesus went [with us disciples] to Olive [Tree] Hill [and we stayed near there that night].
2 Mais, dès le matin, il alla de nouveau dans le temple, et tout le peuple vint à lui. S’étant assis, il les enseignait.
Early the next morning, we returned to the Temple [courtyard]. Many people gathered around Jesus, so he sat down to teach them.
3 Alors les scribes et les pharisiens amenèrent une femme surprise en adultère;
Then men who taught the [Jewish] laws and some of [SYN] the Pharisee [religious group] brought a woman to him. She was seized {[They] had [arranged to] seize her} while she was having sex with a man who was not her husband. They made her stand up in front of the group [that was listening to Jesus].
4 et, la plaçant au milieu du peuple, ils dirent à Jésus: Maître, cette femme a été surprise en flagrant délit d’adultère.
Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was seized {[we] seized this woman} while she was having sex with a man who is not her husband.
5 Moïse, dans la loi, nous a ordonné de lapider de telles femmes: toi donc, que dis-tu?
Moses commanded us in the laws that [he gave us] that we should throw stones at such women [and kill them]. So what do you say [we should do]?”
6 Ils disaient cela pour l’éprouver, afin de pouvoir l’accuser. Mais Jésus, s’étant baissé, écrivait avec le doigt sur la terre.
They asked this question as a trap so that they could accuse him. [If he said that they should not kill her, they would shame him for disobeying the law of Moses. If he said that they should kill her, they could accuse him to the Roman governor]. But Jesus bent down and wrote something on the ground with his finger.
7 Comme ils continuaient à l’interroger, il se releva et leur dit: Que celui de vous qui est sans péché jette le premier la pierre contre elle.
While they continued to question him, he stood up and said to them, “Whichever one of you has never sinned can be the first one to start throwing stones at her.”
8 Et s’étant de nouveau baissé, il écrivait sur la terre.
Then he stooped down and wrote [some more] on the ground.
9 Quand ils entendirent cela, accusés par leur conscience, ils se retirèrent un à un, depuis les plus âgés jusqu’aux derniers; et Jésus resta seul avec la femme qui était là au milieu.
After they heard what he said, those [who were questioning him] went away, one by one, the older ones first [and then the younger ones, knowing they were all sinners]. Finally only Jesus was there, along with the woman.
10 Alors s’étant relevé, et ne voyant plus que la femme, Jésus lui dit: Femme, où sont ceux qui t’accusaient? Personne ne t’a-t-il condamnée?
Jesus stood up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one said you must die for your sin?”
11 Elle répondit: Non, Seigneur. Et Jésus lui dit: Je ne te condamne pas non plus: va, etne pèche plus.
She said, “No, sir, no one.” Then Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go [home] now, and do not continue your sinful [life] any longer!”]
12 Jésus leur parla de nouveau, et dit: Je suis la lumière du monde; celui qui me suit ne marchera pas dans les ténèbres, mais il aura la lumière de la vie.
Jesus spoke to the people again. He said, “I am [like] a light [MET] for [all the people in] [MTY] the world. [Just like a light reveals what has been in the darkness] [MET], [I reveal God’s truth to them]. Those who walk in the darkness [are unaware of what is around them]. But those who become my disciples will always be aware [of God’s truth] [MET]. They will have my light [which shows them how to have eternal] life.”
13 Là-dessus, les pharisiens lui dirent: Tu rends témoignage de toi-même; ton témoignage n’est pas vrai.
So the Pharisees said to him, “You are just telling about yourself! [Since there is no one else to verify these things that you say about yourself], [we] do not [need to accept that] what you say is true.”
14 Jésus leur répondit: Quoique je rende témoignage de moi-même, mon témoignage est vrai, car je sais d’où je suis venu et où je vais; mais vous, vous ne savez d’où je viens ni où je vais.
Jesus replied, “Even if I were the [only one to] say these things about myself, what I say is true, because I know that I came from [heaven], and I know that I am going [back to heaven]. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
15 Vous jugez selon la chair; moi, je ne juge personne.
You judge people according to human standards. [The reason] that I am [here is] not (to condemn people/to say that I will punish people) [for their sins].
16 Et si je juge, mon jugement est vrai, car je ne suis pas seul; mais le Père qui m’a envoyé est avec moi.
But if I did judge [people], what I decided would be correct, because I am not the [only] one [who will decide those things]. I and the one who sent me will both decide.
17 Il est écrit dans votre loi quele témoignage de deux hommes est vrai;
It is written {[Moses] wrote} in your law that if [at least] two people testify that [some event has happened], [people should consider] that what they say is true.
18 je rends témoignage de moi-même, etle Père qui m’a envoyé rend témoignage de moi.
I am telling you about myself, and the other one who is telling you about me is [my] Father who sent me. [So you should believe that what we declare is true].”
19 Ils lui dirent donc: Où est ton Père? Jésus répondit: Vous ne connaissez ni moi, ni mon Père. Si vous me connaissiez, vous connaîtriez aussi mon Père.
Then they asked him, “[If you have a] father whom [we can question about you], where is he?” Jesus replied, “You do not know [who] I [really am]. If you knew who I [really am], you would know who my Father is also.”
20 Jésus dit ces paroles, enseignant dans le temple, au lieu où était le trésor; et personne ne le saisit, parce que son heure n’était pas encore venue.
He said these things when he was in the Temple [courtyard], near the place where the people put their offerings. [This was also very close to the place where the Jewish council met]. But no one seized him to arrest him, because it was not yet time [MTY] [for him to suffer and die].
21 Jésus leur dit encore: Je m’en vais, et vous me chercherez, et vous mourrez dans votre péché; vous ne pouvez venir où je vais.
Jesus also said to them, “I [will soon be] going away. Then [at the end of your life] you will seek me, but you will die [without God forgiving] your sins. Where I will go, you will not be able to come.”
22 Sur quoi les Juifs dirent: Se tuera-t-il lui-même, puisqu’il dit: Vous ne pouvez venir où je vais?
So the Jewish [leaders] said among themselves, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that the reason that he said, ‘Where I go, you will not be able to come’?”
23 Et il leur dit: Vous êtes d’en bas; moi, je suis d’en haut. Vous êtes de ce monde; moi, je ne suis pas de ce monde.
But Jesus continued by saying to them, “You were born here in this world, but I came from heaven. You belong to those who are opposed to God [MTY]. I do not belong to them.
24 C’est pourquoi je vous ai ditque vous mourrez dans vos péchés; car si vous ne croyez pas ce que je suis, vous mourrez dans vos péchés.
I told you that you will die [without God forgiving] your sins. If you do not believe that I am [who I say that I am], you will die [without God forgiving] your sins.”
25 Qui es-tu? Lui dirent-ils. Jésus leur répondit: Ce que je vous dis dès le commencement.
So they said to him, “You! Who do you think you are?” Jesus said to them, “Ever since I began [teaching], I have been telling you who I am!
26 J’ai beaucoup de choses à dire de vous et à juger en vous; mais celui qui m’a envoyéest vrai, et ce que j’ai entendu de lui, je le dis au monde.
I could judge you and say that [you are guilty of] many things. But instead, [I will say only] what the one who sent me tells me to say. [What he says] is true, and I tell the people in the world [MTY] what I have heard from him.”
27 Ils ne comprirent point qu’il leur parlait du Père.
They did not understand that he was talking about his Father [in heaven].
28 Jésus donc leur dit: Quand vous aurez élevé le Fils de l’homme, alors vous connaîtrez ce que je suis, et que je ne fais rien de moi-même, mais que je parle selon ce que le Père m’a enseigné.
So Jesus said, “I am the one who came down from heaven, but when you lift me up [on a cross to kill me], you will know who I am. You will also know that I do not do anything with my own [authority]. Instead, I say just what [my] Father has taught me.
29 Celui qui m’a envoyé est avec moi; il ne m’a pas laissé seul, parce que je fais toujours ce qui lui est agréable.
He is the one who sent me, and he helps me. Because I always do the things that please him, he has never abandoned me.”
30 Comme Jésus parlait ainsi, plusieurs crurent en lui.
As Jesus was saying these things, many people believed that he [was] ([from God/the Messiah]).
31 Et il dit aux Juifs qui avaient cru en lui: Si vous demeurez dans ma parole, vous êtes vraiment mes disciples;
Then Jesus said to the Jews who now said they believed in him, “If you continue to [live in accordance with] my message, you will truly be my disciples.
32 vous connaîtrez la vérité, etla vérité vous affranchira.
Then you will know [God’s] truth, and as a result of [your believing his] truth, he [PRS] will free you [from being controlled by the one who has made you his slaves].”
33 Ils lui répondirent: Nous sommes la postérité d’Abraham, et nous ne fûmes jamais esclaves de personne; comment dis-tu: Vous deviendrez libres?
They replied to him, “We are descendants of Abraham. We have never been anyone’s slaves. So why do you say [we will] be freed [from being someone’s slaves]?”
34 En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, leur répliqua Jésus, quiconque se livre au péchéest esclave du péché.
Jesus replied, “Listen carefully to what I am going to tell you. All those who continue to sin are [forced to obey] their sinful desires [MET], [just like] a slave [is forced to obey his master].
A slave is not a permanent member of a family. But a son is a member of a family forever. [Similarly, you say you are members of God’s family because you are descendants of Abraham, but really, because you are like slaves of your sinful desires, you are no longer permanent members of God’s family]. (aiōn g165)
36 Si donc le Fils vous affranchit, vous serez réellement libres.
So if you allow me to free you, you will truly be free.
37 Je sais que vous êtes la postérité d’Abraham; mais vous cherchez à me faire mourir, parce que ma parole ne pénètre pas en vous.
I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you are trying to kill me because [you are not] allowing [PRS] my message to continue [to change] your inner being.
38 Je dis ce que j’ai vu chez mon Père; et vous, vous faites ce que vous avez entendu de la part de votre père.
I am telling you what I saw when I was with [my] Father. But you do the things that you have heard from your father.”
39 Ils lui répondirent: Notre père, c’est Abraham. Jésus leur dit: Si vous étiez enfants d’Abraham, vous feriez les œuvres d’Abraham.
They replied to him, “Abraham is our ancestor.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s descendants, [your character would be like Abraham’s character, and] you would do [good] things like Abraham did.
40 Mais maintenant vous cherchez à me faire mourir, moiqui vous ai dit la vérité que j’ai entendue de Dieu. Cela, Abraham ne l’a point fait.
I have been telling you the truth that I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham did not do things like that.
41 Vous faites les œuvres de votre père. Ils lui dirent: Nous ne sommes pas des enfants illégitimes; nous avons un seul Père, Dieu.
No! You are doing the things that your [real] father does.” They said to him, “[We do not know about you, but] we are not illegitimate children. And [spiritually], we have only one Father. That is God, and you do not know who your father is!”
42 Jésus leur dit: Si Dieu était votre Père, vous m’aimeriez, car c’est de Dieu que je suis sorti et que je viens; je ne suis pas venu de moi-même, mais c’est lui qui m’a envoyé.
Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, because I came from God, and now I have come here [to this world]. My coming was not (because I [appointed] myself/with my own [authority]). He sent me.
43 Pourquoi ne comprenez-vous pas mon langage? Parce que vous ne pouvez écouter ma parole.
(And I will tell you why you do not understand what I say./Do you know why you do not understand what I say?) [RHQ] It is because you do not want to accept my message.
44 Vous avez pour père le diable, et vous voulez accomplir les désirs de votre père. Il a été meurtrier dès le commencement, et ilne se tient pas dans la vérité, parce qu’il n’y a pas de vérité en lui. Lorsqu’il profère le mensonge, il parle de son propre fonds; car il est menteur et le père du mensonge.
You belong to your father, (the devil/Satan), and you desire to do what he wants. He has [caused people to become] murderers from the time when [people] first [sinned]. He has abandoned [God’s] truth because he is a liar by his nature. Whenever he lies, he is speaking according to his [nature], because he is a liar and is the one who originates [MET] all lies.
45 Et moi, parce que je dis la vérité, vous ne me croyez pas.
But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me!
46 Qui de vous me convaincra de péché? Si je dis la vérité, pourquoi ne me croyez-vous pas?
[Since I have never sinned], (none of you can show that I have sinned./can anyone among you show that I have sinned?) [RHQ] So, since I tell you the truth, (there is no good reason for your not believing me!/why is it that you do not believe me?) [RHQ]
47 Celui qui est de Dieu, écoute les paroles de Dieu; vous n’écoutez pas, parce que vous n’êtes pas de Dieu.
Those who belong to God habitually obey God’s message. You do not belong to God, so you do not obey his message.”
48 Les Juifs lui répondirent: N’avons-nous pas raison de dire que tu es un Samaritain, et que tu as un démon?
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] replied to him, “(We are certainly right by saying that you [believe what is false as] the Samaritans [do]!/Are we not right by saying that you [believe what is false as] the Samaritans [do]?) [RHQ] And that (a demon/an evil spirit) [controls] you!”
49 Jésus répliqua: Je n’ai point de démon; mais j’honore mon Père, et vous m’outragez.
Jesus replied, “A demon does not [control] me! I honor my Father, and you do not honor me!
50 Je ne cherche point ma gloire; il en est un qui la cherche et qui juge.
I am not trying to honor myself. There is someone else who desires [to honor me], and he is the one who will judge [whether it is I who am telling the truth or whether it is you who are telling the truth].
51 En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, si quelqu’un garde ma parole, il ne verra jamais la mort. (aiōn g165)
But the truth is that anyone who obeys what I say will never die!” (aiōn g165)
52 Maintenant, lui dirent les Juifs, nous connaissons que tu as un démon. Abraham est mort, les prophètes aussi, et tu dis: Si quelqu’un garde ma parole, il ne verra jamais la mort. (aiōn g165)
Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN], [thinking that he was talking about ordinary death and not about spiritual death], said to him, “Now we are sure that a demon [controls] you! Abraham and the prophets died [long ago]! But you say that anyone who obeys what you teach will never die! (aiōn g165)
53 Es-tu plus grand que notre père Abraham, qui est mort? Les prophètes aussi sont morts. Qui prétends-tu être?
(You are certainly not greater than our ancestor Abraham!/Do you think you are greater than our ancestor Abraham?) [RHQ] He died, and all the prophets died, so who do you think you are [by saying something like that]?”
54 Jésus répondit: Si je me glorifie moi-même, ma gloire n’est rien. C’est mon Père qui me glorifie, lui que vous dites être votre Dieu,
Jesus replied, “If I were honoring myself, that would be worthless. My Father is the one who you say is your God. He is the one who honors me.
55 et que vous ne connaissez pas. Pour moi, je le connais; et, si je disais que je ne le connais pas, je serais semblable à vous, un menteur. Mais je le connais, et je garde sa parole.
Although you do not know him, I know him [and have a close relationship with him]. If I said that I did not know him, I would be a liar like you are. But I know him, and I obey what he says.
56 Abraham, votre père, a tressailli de joie de ce qu’ilverrait mon jour: il l’a vu, et il s’est réjoui.
Your ancestor Abraham was happy when he thought about what I would [do during] my life [MTY]. [It was as though] he saw that, and was happy.”
57 Les Juifs lui dirent: Tu n’as pas encore cinquante ans, et tu as vu Abraham!
Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said to him, “You are not 50 years old yet! So (you certainly did not see him!/how could you have seen him?) [RHQ] [Because he died long ago]!”
58 Jésus leur dit: En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, avant qu’Abraham fût, je suis.
Jesus said to them, “The truth is that I existed before Abraham was born!”
59 Là-dessus, ils prirent des pierres pour les jeter contre lui; mais Jésus se cacha, et il sortit du temple.
So, [because they were very angry about Jesus thus saying that he] ([had eternally existed/was equal with God]), they picked up stones to throw at him [to kill him]. But [Jesus] caused them not to be able to see him, and he left the Temple courtyard.
