Luke 5
1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to be near him, and to have knowledge of the word of God, he was by a wide stretch of water named Gennesaret;
Un jour, qu'il se tenait sur le rivage du lac de Gennézareth, la foule se pressait autour de lui pour entendre la parole de Dieu.
2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
Il vit deux barques qui stationnaient près du bord; les pêcheurs en étaient descendus et lavaient leurs filets.
3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.
Montant alors dans l'une de ces barques, il pria Simon, à qui elle appartenait, de l'éloigner un peu de terre. Puis il s'assit; et de la barque, il instruisait les multitudes.
4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out into deep water, and let down your nets for fish.
Lorsqu'il eut fini de parler, il dit à Simon: «Pousse au large, et vous lancerez vos filets pour la pêche.
5 And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.
Simon lui fit cette réponse: «Maître nous avons travaillé toute la nuit sans rien prendre; toutefois, sur ta parole je jetterai le filet.»
6 And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;
Ce qu'ils firent; et ils ramenèrent une telle quantité de poissons que les filets se déchiraient.
7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.
Alors ils appelèrent à leur aide ceux de leurs camarades qui étaient dans l'autre barque; ceux-ci arrivèrent et les deux barques furent remplies au point qu'elles s'enfonçaient.
8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
A cette vue, Simon Pierre tomba aux genoux de Jésus disant: «Éloigne toi de moi, Seigneur, car je suis un homme pécheur.»
9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;
Un sentiment d'effroi l'avait, en effet, saisi, ainsi que tous ses compagnons, en présence de cette pêche et des poissons qu'ils venaient de prendre.
10 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.
Il en était de même de Jacques et de Jean, fils de Zébédée, qui étaient les camarades de Simon. «Ne crains point, dit Jésus à Simon, désormais tu seras pêcheur d'hommes.»
11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they gave up everything and went after him.
Là-dessus, ramenant les barques à terre, ils quittèrent tout et le suivirent.
12 And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
Une autre fois, comme il était dans une ville, survint un homme couvert de lèpre. Voyant Jésus, il se prosterna, tout suppliant, la face contre terre, disant: «Seigneur, si tu le veux, tu peux me guérir.»
13 And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away his disease went from him.
Jésus étendit la main, le toucha et dit: «Je le veux, sois, guérit.» La lèpre disparut à l'instant.
14 And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.
Jésus lui recommanda de n'en parler à personne: «Retire-toi, lui dit-il, va te montrer au prêtre, et offre pour ta guérison ce que Moïse a prescrit; que ce leur soit un témoignage.
15 But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.
Sa renommée se répandait de plus en plus; d'immenses multitudes accouraient pour l'entendre et pour se faire guérir de leurs maladies.
16 But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.
Quant à lui, il se tenait retiré dans les lieux solitaires et il y priait.
17 And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.
Voici ce qui arriva, un des jours où il était à enseigner, ayant assis devant lui des Pharisiens et des Docteurs de la Loi venus des bourgs de Galilée et de Judée et de la ville de Jérusalem: La puissance du Seigneur était là pour guérir,
18 And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.
lorsque survinrent des gens portant sur un lit un homme qui était paralysé. Ils cherchèrent à le faire entrer et à le placer devant Jésus;
19 And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.
et ne trouvant pas moyen de pénétrer à cause de la foule, ils montèrent sur la maison et descendirent le malade avec son petit lit par la toiture, au milieu de l'assemblée et devant Jésus.
20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.
Voyant leur foi, celui-ci dit à l'homme: «Tes péchés te sont pardonnés.»
21 And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?
Alors les Scribes et les Pharisiens se mirent à faire leurs réflexions: «Qui donc, disaient-ils, est celui-ci qui profère des blasphèmes? Qui peut pardonner des péchés que Dieu seul?»
22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Connaissant leurs raisonnements, Jésus leur adressa ces paroles: Pourquoi ces pensées dans vos coeurs?
23 Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
Lequel est le plus facile, de dire: tes péchés te sont pardonnés, ou de dire: lève-toi et marche?
24 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill, ) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.
Or, afin que vous sachiez que le Fils de l'homme a sur ta terre le pouvoir de pardonner des péchés...» s'adressant au paralytique: «A toi, je dis: Lève-toi, emporte ton petit lit et, va dans ta maison!
25 And straight away he got up before them, and took up his bed and went away to his house giving praise to God.
Aussitôt, se levant devant eux, il emporta le petit lit sur lequel il était couché et retourna en sa maison glorifiant Dieu.
26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to God; and they were full of fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
Transportés d'enthousiasme, tous se mirent aussi à glorifier Dieu et, tout effrayés, ils disaient: «Quelle incroyable chose nous avons vue aujourd'hui!»
27 And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.
Après cela, il sortit, et aperçut, assis au bureau du péage, un publicain du nom de Lévi. Il lui dit: «Suis-moi»;
28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after him.
et lui, abandonnant tout, se leva et le suivit.
29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.
Lévi lui donna un grand festin en sa maison. Se trouvaient à table, entre autres convives, un grand nombre de publicains.
30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
Cela fit murmurer les Pharisiens et leurs Scribes: «Pourquoi, dirent-ils aux disciples, mangez-vous et buvez-vous avec des publicains et avec des pécheurs?»
31 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
Jésus alors leur adressa ces paroles: «Ce ne sont pas ceux qui sont en bonne santé qui ont besoin de médecin, ce sont les malades.
32 I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
Je ne suis pas venu appeler à la repentance des justes, mais des pécheurs.»
33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.
Ils lui dirent: «Les disciples de Jean se livrent fréquemment aux jeûnes et aux prières; ceux des Pharisiens font de même; et les tiens mangent et boivent.»
34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?
Jésus leur répondit: «Pouvez-vous faire jeûner les amis de l'époux pendant que l'époux est avec eux?
35 But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
Des jours viendront où l'époux leur sera enlevé, ils jeûneront dans ces jours.»
36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.
Il leur dit aussi une parabole: «Personne, dans un vêtement neuf ne déchire un morceau pour le coudre à un vêtement vieux; autrement il aura déchiré le vêtement neuf et aura mis au vieux vêtement un morceau neuf qui ne s'accorde pas.
37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.
Personne non plus ne verse du vin nouveau dans de vieilles outres; autrement le vin nouveau fera éclater les outres; il se répandra et les outres seront perdues.
38 But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
Mais on doit verser le vin nouveau dans des outres, neuves.
39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
«Quand on vient de boire du vin vieux, on n'en demande jamais du nouveau: Le vieux, dit-on, c'est le bon.»
