Luc 20
1 Un de ces jours-là, comme Jésus enseignait le peuple dans le temple, et lui annonçait la bonne nouvelle, les sacrificateurs et les scribes accompagnés des anciens survinrent,
One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
2 et s'adressèrent à lui, disant: «Dis-nous de quel droit tu fais ces choses, et qui t'a donné ce droit?»
They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
3 Jésus leur répondit: «Je vous ferai aussi une question;
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 dites-moi: «Le baptême de Jean venait-il du ciel ou des hommes?»
where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
5 Mais ils firent entre eux cette réflexion: Si nous disons «du ciel, » il dira: Pourquoi n'y avez-vous pas cru?
They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
6 et si nous disons «des hommes, » tout le peuple nous lapidera, car il est persuadé que Jean était un prophète!
But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
7 Ils répondirent qu'ils ne savaient d'où il venait.
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 Et Jésus leur dit: «Moi non plus, je ne vous dirai pas de quel droit je fais ces choses.»
Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
9 Il se mit à adresser au peuple cette parabole: «Un homme avait planté une vigne; il l'afferma à des vignerons, et quitta le pays pour un temps assez long.
Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
10 A l'époque des vendanges, il envoya un serviteur vers les vignerons pour qu'ils lui donnent une part de la récolte; mais les vignerons le battirent, et le renvoyèrent les mains vides.
When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
11 Il envoya un second serviteur; ils le battirent aussi, le maltraitèrent indignement, et le renvoyèrent les mains vides.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 Il en envoya encore un troisième; ils le blessèrent aussi, et le chassèrent.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 Le maître de la vigne se dit: «Que faire? Je vais envoyer mon fils bien-aimé; peut-être qu'en le voyant, ils le respecteront.»
So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
14 Mais, quand les vignerons le virent, ils se dirent entre eux: «C'est l'héritier; tuons-le, pour que l'héritage soit à nous.»
[So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
15 Là-dessus, ils le jetèrent hors de la vigne, et le tuèrent. Que leur fera donc le maître de la vigne?
So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
16 Il viendra, fera périr ces vignerons, et donnera la vigne à d'autres.» A ces mots, le peuple dit: «A Dieu ne plaise!»
He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
17 Mais Jésus jetant les yeux sur eux, dit: «Que signifie donc cette parole de l'Ecriture: «La pierre que les constructeurs avaient mise au rebut, est devenue la pierre angulaire?»
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
18 Quiconque tombera sur cette pierre, s'y brisera; et elle écrasera celui sur qui elle tombera.»
[That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
19 Les scribes et les principaux sacrificateurs désiraient se saisir de lui sur l'heure, mais la crainte du peuple les retint: ils avaient compris que c'était à eux que s'adressait cette parabole.
The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
20 Ils ne perdirent pas Jésus de vue, et envoyèrent des personnes insidieuses, qui contrefaisaient les justes, afin de le surprendre dans ses paroles, et de le livrer aux magistrats et au pouvoir du gouverneur.
So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
21 Elles lui posèrent cette question: «Maître, nous savons que tu parles et enseignes comme il faut, et que tu ne fais pas acception de personnes, mais que tu enseignes en toute vérité la voie de Dieu.
[So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
22 Nous est-il permis, ou non, de payer le tribut à César?»
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Mais Jésus ayant démêlé leur fourberie, leur dit:
But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
24 «Montrez-moi un denier?... De qui porte-il l'effigie et la légende?» Ils répondirent: «De César.»
“Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
25 — «Eh bien! leur dit-il, rendez à César ce qui est à César, et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu.»
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 Ils ne purent lui arracher aucune parole compromettante devant le peuple, et, surpris de sa réponse, ils gardèrent le silence.
While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
27 Quelques sadducéens, gens qui prétendent qu'il n'y a point de résurrection, vinrent vers Jésus, et lui posèrent cette question:
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 «Maître, Moïse nous a donné cette loi: «Si un frère marié meurt, et meurt sans enfants, que son frère épouse sa femme et suscite lignée à son frère.»
They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
29 Il y avait donc sept frères: le premier s'étant marié, mourut sans enfants.
Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
30 Le second, puis le troisième épousèrent la veuve.
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 Il en fut de même des sept; ils moururent tous, sans laisser d'enfants.
Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
32 Ensuite, la femme mourut aussi.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Duquel d'entre eux sera-t-elle donc la femme dans la résurrection, car les sept frères l'ont eue pour femme.»
Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
35 mais ceux qui seront jugés dignes d'avoir part au siècle à venir, et à la résurrection d'entre les morts, ne se marieront point; (aiōn g165)
But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
36 car ils ne peuvent même pas mourir, puisqu'ils sont comme les anges, et qu'ils sont fils de Dieu, étant fils de la résurrection.
[You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
37 Que les morts ressuscitent, c'est ce que Moïse même a indiqué dans le passage où il parle du buisson; lorsqu'il appelle le Seigneur «le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob; »
But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
38 Dieu n'est pas Dieu des morts, mais Dieu des vivants, car ils sont tous vivants pour lui.»
It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
39 Quelques scribes, ayant pris la parole, dirent: «Maître, tu as bien parlé.»
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 En effet, on n'osait plus lui poser une seule question.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 Jésus leur dit: «Comment dit-on que le Messie est fils de David,
Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
42 quand David dit, lui-même, dans le livre des Psaumes: «Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur: Assieds-toi à ma droite,
Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
43 jusqu’à ce que j’aie fait de tes ennemis ton marchepied?»
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 Puis donc que David l'appelle «Seigneur, » comment est-il son fils?»
King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
45 Il dit à ses disciples en présence de tout le peuple, qui l’écoutait:
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 «Gardez-vous des scribes, qui aiment à se promener en robes, qui recherchent les salutations dans les places publiques, les premiers sièges dans les synagogues et les premières places dans les repas:
“Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
47 ces gens qui dévorent les maisons des veuves, sous prétexte de longues prières, seront jugés d'autant plus sévèrement.»
They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
