1 John 3
1 [Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].
Voyez quelle charité le Père a eue pour nous, de vouloir que nous soyons appelés, et que nous soyons réellement enfants de Dieu! Si donc le monde ne nous connaît pas, c’est parce qu’il ne le connaît pas.
2 Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.
Mes bien-aimés, nous sommes maintenant enfants de Dieu; mais on ne voit pas encore ce que nous serons. Nous savons que lorsqu’il apparaîtra nous serons semblables à lui, parce que nous le verrons tel qu’il est.
3 [So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.
Et quiconque a cette espérance en lui se sanctifie, comme lui-même est saint.
4 But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
Quiconque commet le péché commet l’iniquité; car le péché est l’iniquité.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Et vous savez qu’il est apparu pour ôter nos péchés; et il n’y a pas de péché en lui.
6 Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.
Quiconque donc demeure en lui ne pèche point, et quiconque pèche ne l’a point vu et ne l’a pas connu.
7 [So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.
Mes petits enfants, que personne ne vous séduise. Qui pratique la justice est juste, comme lui-même est juste.
8 [But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.
Celui qui commet le péché est du diable, parce que le diable pèche dès le commencement. Si le Fils de Dieu est apparu, c’est pour détruire les œuvres du diable.
9 People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.
Quiconque est né de Dieu ne commet point le péché, parce que la semence divine demeure en lui, et il ne peut pécher, parce qu’il est né de Dieu.
10 Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].
C’est à cela qu’on connaît les enfants de Dieu et les enfants du diable. Quiconque n’est pas juste n’est pas de Dieu, non plus que celui qui n’aime pas son frère.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Car ce qui vous a été annoncé et que vous avez entendu dès le commencement- est que vous vous aimiez les uns les autres;
12 [We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.
Non pas comme Caïn, qui était du malin, et qui tua son frère. Or pourquoi le tua-t-il? Parce que ses œuvres étaient mauvaises et celles de son frère justes.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Ne vous étonnez point, mes frères, si le monde vous hait.
14 We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.
Nous savons que nous avons passé de la mort à la vie, parce que nous aimons nos frères. Celui qui n’aime pas demeure dans la mort.
15 Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Quiconque hait son frère est homicide. Or vous savez qu’aucun homicide n’a la vie éternelle demeurant en lui. (aiōnios g166)
16 The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.
Nous avons connu la charité de Dieu en cela qu’il a donné sa vie pour nous; ainsi nous devons de même donner notre vie pour nos frères.
17 Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].
Si celui qui a des biens de ce monde voit son frère dans le besoin, et lui ferme ses entrailles, comment l’amour de Dieu demeurerait-il en lui?
18 [I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!
Mes petits enfants, n’aimons point de parole ni de langue, mais en œuvres et en vérité.
19 When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.
C’est par là que nous connaissons que nous sommes de la vérité, et c’est devant Dieu que nous en persuaderons nos cœurs.
20 [We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].
Que si notre cœur nous condamne, Dieu est plus grand que notre cœur, et connaît toutes choses.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Mes bien-aimés, si notre cœur ne nous condamne point, nous avons confiance en Dieu.
22 And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.
Et tout ce que nous demanderons, nous le recevrons de lui, parce que nous gardons ses commandements, et que ce qui lui est agréable, nous le faisons.
23 [I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].
Or voici son commandement: c’est que nous croyions au nom de son Fils Jésus-Christ et que nous nous aimions les uns les autres, comme il en a donné le commandement.
24 Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.
Et qui garde ses commandements demeure en Dieu, et Dieu en lui; et nous savons qu’il demeure en nous par l’Esprit qu’il nous a donné.
