1 Corinthians 12
1 Now, my fellow believers, [I will answer your questions] about the things God’s Spirit [enables believers to do]. I want you to know clearly [LIT] [about these things].
En ce qui concerne les dons spirituels, je ne veux pas, frères, que vous soyez dans l'ignorance.
2 You know that before you became Christians, various things led you to [worship] idols, which are unable to tell you [any of God’s message].
Vous savez que, lorsque vous étiez des Païens, vous étiez entraînés vers les idoles muettes, au gré de ceux qui vous conduisaient.
3 So [the first thing] that I will tell you now is that it is not the Spirit of God who would cause anyone to say, “Jesus deserved to die,” and that the Holy Spirit is the only one who can enable anyone to say, “Jesus is [truly] the Lord.”
C'est pourquoi, je vous le déclare, aucun homme, parlant par l'Esprit de Dieu, ne dit: Que Jésus soit anathème! Et personne ne peut dire: Jésus est le Seigneur! — si ce n'est par le Saint-Esprit.
4 There are various things [that God’s] Spirit enables [various believers to do], but it is that same Spirit [who enables us to do them].
Or, il y a diversité de dons, mais il n'y a qu'un même Esprit.
5 There are many different ways to serve [the Lord], but it is the same Lord [whom we all are serving].
Il y a diversité de ministères, mais il n'y a qu'un même Seigneur.
6 [We believers] have the power to do various [tasks], but it is the same God who gives all of us the power [to do] these things.
Il y a diversité d'opérations, mais il n'y a qu'un même Dieu, qui opère tout en tous.
7 [God’s] Spirit gives his power to each believer in order to benefit all the other [believers].
Et l'Esprit, qui se manifeste en chacun, lui est donné pour l'utilité commune.
8 To some, the Spirit gives the ability to speak very wise messages. To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to know [things that he reveals to them].
En effet, à l'un est donnée, par le moyen de l'Esprit, la parole de sagesse; à l'autre, la parole de connaissance, selon le même Esprit.
9 To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to believe [that God will work miracles]. To others, the Spirit gives the ability to heal [sick people].
A l'un est donnée la foi, par le même Esprit; à un autre, les dons de guérison, par ce même Esprit;
10 To others, he gives the power [to perform] miracles. To others, he gives the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. To others, he gives the ability to tell [if a message is really from God or not]. To others he gives the ability to speak messages in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned]. To others, he gives the ability to tell the meaning of those messages [MTY].
à un autre, le pouvoir d'opérer des miracles; à un autre, la prophétie; à un autre, le discernement des esprits; à l'un, le don de parler diverses langues, à un autre, l'interprétation de ces langues.
11 It is the same Spirit who gives all these abilities. He gives whatever abilities he wants to give, to whatever person he wants to give them.
Tout cela est l'oeuvre d'un seul et même Esprit, qui distribue ses dons à chacun en particulier, comme il le veut.
12 Although a person’s body has many parts, all the parts form just one body [DOU]. It is like that [with those who belong to] Christ.
En effet, comme le corps est un, tout en ayant plusieurs membres, et comme tous les membres du corps, bien qu'ils soient plusieurs, ne forment qu'un seul corps, ainsi en est-il du Christ.
13 When we were baptized {When people baptized us}, the one [Holy] Spirit caused us to become one group [of believers]. It does not matter whether we are Jews or non-Jews. It does not matter whether we are slaves or not slaves. [When we believed in Christ], the one Spirit came to live [MET] within all of us.
Car nous avons tous été baptisés d'un même Esprit, pour former un même corps, soit Juifs, soit Grecs, soit esclaves, soit hommes libres; et nous avons tous été abreuvés d'un même Esprit.
14 [Our] bodies do not have only one part. They have many parts [with various functions].
Aussi bien, le corps n'est-il pas composé d'un seul membre, mais de plusieurs.
15 If our foot could [talk and] say [to us], “Because I am not [your] hand, I am not a part of [your] body,” it would still be a part of [our] body.
Quand même le pied dirait: Parce que je ne suis pas la main, je ne suis pas du corps, — il n'en ferait pas moins partie du corps.
16 If our ear could [talk and] say, “Because I am not [your] eye, I am not a part of your body,” it would still be a part of our body.
Et quand même l'oreille dirait: Parce que je ne suis pas l'oeil, je ne suis pas du corps, — elle n'en ferait pas moins partie du corps.
17 If our body were only an eye, (we would not be able to hear./how could we hear?) [RHQ] If our body were only an ear, (we would not be able to smell [anything]!/how could we smell [anything]?) [RHQ]
Si tout le corps était oeil, où serait l'ouïe, où serait l'odorat?
18 But the truth is that God has put all the parts of our bodies together exactly as he wanted to put them.
Mais voici que Dieu a disposé les membres de notre corps, en donnant à chacun d'eux la place qu'il a trouvé bon de lui assigner.
19 If [our body] had only one part, it would not be a body. [RHQ]
S'ils n'étaient tous qu'un seul membre, où serait le corps?
20 But the truth is that there are many parts [in our body], but it is still only one body.
Il y a donc plusieurs membres, mais un seul corps.
21 That is why if our eye [could talk], it should never say to our hand, “I do not need you!” And if our head [could talk], it should not say to our feet, “I do not need you!”
L'oeil ne peut pas dire à la main: Je n'ai pas besoin de toi; ni la tête dire aux pieds: Je n'ai pas besoin de vous.
22 Instead, the parts of our body that seem to be weaker are the ones that are absolutely necessary.
Bien au contraire, les membres du corps qui paraissent les plus faibles, sont des membres nécessaires.
23 And the parts that we do not think highly of are the parts that we clothe carefully. And we protect carefully those parts that we do not show to people.
Ceux que nous estimons les moins honorables dans le corps, sont ceux que nous entourons de plus d'honneur; les moins décents sont ceux que nous traitons avec le plus de décence,
24 The parts that are [all right to] show people, we do not need to protect. Instead, God, who has put all the parts of our bodies together, causes us to care for in a special way the parts that we think are less important.
tandis que ceux qui sont décents n'en ont pas besoin. Mais Dieu a disposé le corps de manière à donner plus d'honneur à ce qui en manquait,
25 He does that in order that all the parts of our body will work together harmoniously [LIT], and so that all the parts will care for all the other parts equally.
afin qu'il n'y ait point de division dans le corps, mais que les membres aient un égal souci les uns des autres.
26 If one part of our body hurts, [it is as though] all the parts of our body are hurting. If we pay special attention to one part of our body, [it is as though] all the parts of our body feel pleasure [MET].
Aussi, lorsqu'un des membres souffre, tous les membres souffrent avec lui; et lorsqu'un des membres est honoré, tous les membres s'en réjouissent avec lui.
27 [Everything I have just said about how the parts of our bodies relate to each other applies to how] all of you who belong to Christ [should relate to each other]. Each of you belongs to him, [but you have not all been given the same abilities and work].
Or, vous êtes le corps de Christ, et vous êtes ses membres, chacun pour sa part.
28 God has placed apostles in our congregations. Apostles are first [in rank]. Next [in rank] are those who speak messages which come directly from God. Next [in rank] are those who teach [spiritual truth]. Then there are those who have the power to work miracles, those who have the ability to heal [sick people], those who have the ability to help [others], those who have the ability to govern [the affairs of the congregation], and those who have the ability to speak [messages] in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned].
Dieu a établi dans l'Église, premièrement des apôtres, secondement des prophètes, en troisième lieu des docteurs, ensuite ceux qui font des miracles, puis ceux qui ont le don de guérir, de secourir, d'administrer, de parler diverses langues.
29 Certainly not all [believers] are apostles. [RHQ] They all do not have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to teach [spiritual truth]. [RHQ] They do not all have the power to work miracles. [RHQ]
Tous sont-ils apôtres? Tous sont-ils prophètes? Tous sont-ils docteurs? Tous font-ils des miracles?
30 They do not all have the ability to heal people. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to speak [messages] in languages [MTY] [they have not learned]. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to tell others the meaning of those messages. [RHQ] [Certainly not!]
Tous ont-ils les dons de guérison? Tous parlent-ils en langues inconnues? Tous interprètent-ils?
31 But you should eagerly desire to have [the abilities that will help other believers] the most (OR, [the abilities that God considers] to be the most important). But now I will tell you the best way [to use the abilities that God’s Spirit has given you].
Aspirez aux dons les plus grands. Et maintenant, je vais vous montrer la voie la plus excellente.
