1 Corinthians 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.
Paul appelé à l’apostolat de Jésus-Christ par la volonté de Dieu, et Sosthène, son frère,
2 [I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.
À l’Eglise de Dieu, qui est à Corinthe, aux sanctifiés en Jésus-Christ, appelés saints, avec tous ceux qui invoquent le nom du Seigneur Jésus-Christ, en quelque lieu qu’ils soient ou que nous soyons nous-mêmes,
3 We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.
Grâce à vous, et paix par Dieu notre Père, et par le Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
4 I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.
Je rends grâces à mon Dieu pour vous sans cesse, à cause de la grâce de Dieu, qui vous a été donnée dans le Christ Jésus.
5 That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.
De ce que vous avez été faits en lui riches en toutes choses, en toute parole et en toute science
6 In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
(Ainsi le témoignage du Christ a été confirmé parmi vous);
7 As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].
De sorte que rien ne vous manque en aucune grâce, à vous qui attendez la manifestation de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ,
8 God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].
Qui vous affermira même jusqu’à la fin, pour que vous soyez sans reproche au jour de l’avènement de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
9 You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
Il est fidèle, le Dieu par qui vous avez été appelés à la société de son fils Jésus-Christ Notre Seigneur.
10 My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.
Je vous conjure donc, mes frères, par le nom de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, de n’avoir tous qu’un même langage, et de ne pas souffrir de schismes parmi vous; mais d’être tous affermis dans le même esprit et dans les mêmes sentiments.
11 My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
Car J’ai été averti, mes frères, par ceux de la maison de Chloé, qu’il y a des contestations parmi vous.
12 That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”
Or, je parle ainsi, parce que chacun de vous dit: Moi, je suis à Paul, et moi à Apollo, et moi à Céphas, et moi au Christ.
13 [It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]
Le Christ est-il divisé? Est-ce Paul qui a été crucifié pour vous? ou est-ce au nom de Paul que vous avez été baptisés?
14 I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
Je rends grâces à Dieu de ce que je n’ai baptisé aucun de vous, si ce n’est Crispus et Caïus;
15 As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”
Afin que nul ne dise qu’il a été baptisé en mon nom.
16 [Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
J’ai baptisé aussi la famille de Stéphanas: au reste, je ne sais si j’ai baptisé quelque autre personne;
17 Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.
Parce que le Christ ne m’a point envoyé pour baptiser, mais pour prêcher l’Evangile, non pas toutefois selon la sagesse de la parole, afin de ne pas rendre vaine la croix du Christ.
18 Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].
Car la parole de la croix est folie pour ceux qui se perdent, mais pour ceux qui se sauvent, c’est-à-dire pour nous, elle est vertu de Dieu.
19 [It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.
Car il est écrit: Je perdrai la sagesse des sages, et, la prudence des prudents, je la réprouverai.
20 So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
Où est le sage? Où est le Scribe? Où est l’investigateur de ce siècle? Dieu n’a-t-il pas convaincu de folie la sagesse de ce monde? (aiōn g165)
21 God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.
En effet, puisque, dans la sagesse de Dieu, le monde, par sa sagesse, n’a pas connu Dieu, il a plu à Dieu de sauver les croyants par la folie de la prédication.
22 The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.
Car les Juifs demandent des miracles, et les Grecs cherchent la sagesse;
23 As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.
Et nous, nous prêchons le Christ crucifié, pour les Juifs, il est vrai scandale, et pour les gentils, folie;
24 But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.
Mais, pour ceux qui sont appelés, soit Juifs, soit Grecs, vertu de Dieu et sagesse de Dieu;
25 [Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.
Car ce qui est folie en Dieu est plus sage que les hommes, et ce qui est faiblesse en Dieu est plus fort que les hommes.
26 My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.
En effet, voyez, mes frères, votre vocation, ce n’est pas un grand nombre de sages selon la chair, ni un grand nombre de puissants et de grands,
27 Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.
Que Dieu a choisis, mais ce qui est insensé selon le monde, pour confondre les sages; il a choisi aussi ce qui est faible selon le monde, pour confondre ce qui est fort;
28 It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].
Enfin, Dieu a choisi ce qui est vil et méprisable selon le monde, et les choses qui ne sont pas, pour détruire les choses qui sont;
29 [He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
Afin que nulle chair ne se glorifie en sa présence.
30 It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].
Et c’est par lui que vous êtes dans le Christ Jésus, que Dieu a fait notre sagesse, notre justice, notre sanctification et notre rédemption;
31 So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].
Afin, comme il est écrit, que celui qui se glorifie, se glorifie dans le Seigneur.
