2 Peter 2
1 Just like there were false prophets among the [Israeli] people [long ago], so there will also be teachers who teach false [things] among you. They will enter [your congregations] without you realizing [what/who they are], and they will [spiritually] injure some people by what they teach. Specifically, these teachers will even deny [that] the Lord [Jesus died to] pay [for the guilt of our sins]. As a result, they will soon destroy themselves [spiritually, and God will also punish them].
Il y a eu cependant aussi de faux prophètes parmi le peuple, et, parmi vous, il y aura de même de faux docteurs qui introduiront des hérésies de perdition, qui renieront le maître qui les a rachetés, qui s'attireront une ruine subite.
2 And many [people] will behave in an extremely immoral manner, imitating the extremely immoral way [these teachers who teach false things] behave. As a result, [unbelievers] will (discredit the true message/say the true message is false).
Bien des gens les suivront dans leurs orgies et, à cause d'eux, la voix de la vérité sera calomniée.
3 Because [the teachers of false teaching] want a lot of things that other people have, [they think that] by telling you stories that they themselves have (made up/invented), they will get money from you. [God decided] long ago [that he would] punish them, and he has not fallen asleep [LIT]! [He will certainly destroy them]!
Dans leur cupide avidité, ils viendront vous exploiter avec de fallacieux discours, mais il y a bien longtemps que leur sentence ne paresse pas; et leur perdition ne s'endort pas.
4 God destroyed [LIT] the angels who sinned. He threw them into the worst place in hell and imprisoned them [there] in darkness in order to keep them there until he judges [and punishes them]. (Tartaroō g5020)
Car si Dieu n'a pas épargné les anges qui avaient péché, s'il les a emprisonnés dans les ténèbres, précipités dans l'abîme, gardés pour le jugement, (Tartaroō g5020)
5 He also got rid of [LIT] [the people who lived in] [MTY] the world long ago. He saved [only] eight of them, including Noah, who was a righteous preacher. God saved them when he destroyed in a flood [all] (the ungodly people/the people whose lives were not pleasing to him) [who were living then].
s'il n'a pas épargné l'ancien monde, s'il n'a préservé que sept personnes avec Noé, ce prédicateur de la justice, s'il a envoyé le déluge sur un monde impie,
6 He also condemned Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; that is, he destroyed them by burning them completely to ashes. [By doing that] he gave a warning to those who afterwards would live in (an ungodly way/a way that is displeasing to him).
s'il a réduit en cendres les villes de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, s'il les a anéanties, s'il les a condamnées, s'il en a fait un exemple pour les impies de l'avenir,
7 But he rescued [Abraham’s nephew], Lot, who was a righteous [man. Lot] was (greatly distressed/very sad) because the people [in Sodom] were doing very immoral things.
s'il a sauvé le juste Lot, excédé de l'infâme conduite de ces abominables
8 That righteous [man’s] soul (was tormented/suffered great agony) day after day because he saw and heard those wicked people behave in a very lawless/wicked [manner when he was] living among them.
(car ce juste demeurait au milieu d'eux et ce qu'il voyait et entendait journellement, leurs ignobles actions mettaient son âme droite à la torture),
9 And since the Lord God [rescued Lot, you can be sure that] he knows how to rescue (other godly people/people whose lives please him) from their sufferings, and [he is able] to preserve (ungodly [people/people whose lives do not please him]), [whom he has started to] punish even now, until the time when he will [finish judging them and punish] them.
c'est que le Seigneur sait délivrer de l'épreuve les hommes pieux et réserver les iniques pour le jour du jugement, tout en les châtiant déjà,
10 [He will punish especially severely] those [ungodly teachers who teach false things] who do the things that their self-directed nature desires, things that (defile them/cause them to be completely impure). Those [teachers of false teachings] despise [all beings who] rule [over them]. 2 Peter 2:10d-16 Because [those teachers of false doctrines are] extremely arrogant/proud [DOU], they (are not afraid to insult/boldly speak evil about) glorious beings [in heaven] (OR, glorious/wonderful beings [who rule over people]).
surtout ceux que leurs passions impures mènent aux jouissances charnelles, et qui méprisent l'autorité. Les audacieux! les insolents! ils insultent les gloires, et n'en tremblent pas!
11 In contrast, angels do not insult [those teachers] when those teachers accuse the angels [of blasphemy] while the Lord God is watching, even though the angels are much more powerful [DOU] [than the teachers of false doctrines].
quand des anges, leurs supérieurs en force et en puissance, ne portent pas contre elles, en présence du Seigneur, de jugement insultant!
12 Because those [teachers of false doctrines are] like animals that cannot think [as humans do] [DOU], they say evil things about [spiritual] things which they know nothing about. [As a result], God will destroy them like [people] destroy [animals], [animals] that are born only in order to be hunted and killed {in order that [people] should hunt and kill them}.
Mais eux, comme ces bêtes brutes qui naissent à une vie purement physique, pour être prises et détruites, ils insultent ce qu'ils ignorent! ce sera, perdus comme elles, qu'ils périront,
13 God will punish [those teachers] in return for the unrighteous actions/things that they have done. They even like (to carouse/to drink and revel noisily) in the daytime [as well as at night]. And as they indulge/enjoy themselves just like they want to while they are feasting with you, they cause you to become impure, [as] [MET] stains and blotches [DOU] [ruin a clean garment].
et ainsi ils recevront le salaire de leur iniquité, puisqu'ils trouvent leur plaisir dans des débauches d'un jour! Êtres tarés et flétris! ils se délectent de leurs fourberies, quand ils font bonne chère avec vous!
14 They [want to commit] [MTY] adultery [with every woman] whom they look at. They never stop seeking opportunities to sin. They entice/persuade those who are [spiritually] unstable [to join them in doing the sinful things that they do]. [Because of] their ever-increasing (greed/desire to have more and more things), they are doomed [to eternal punishment].
Ils ont les yeux bouffis de passions adultères; ils sont insatiables de péchés; ils séduisent les âmes chancelantes; ils ont un coeur exercé à la cupidité; ce sont des enfants de malédiction;
15 They have (rejected good moral standards/quit doing what everyone knows is right). They have imitated [what the prophet] Balaam, the son of Bosor, [did long ago]. He, [acting very] unrighteously, wanted [the enemies of the Jews] to pay him if he [asked God] ([to curse/to do bad thing to]) [the Jews].
ils ont abandonné le droit chemin; ils se sont égarés; ils ont suivi la voie de Balaam, fils de Bosor, qui s'éprit d'un inique salaire
16 But God rebuked him for having done that which was wrong [and for] behaving very foolishly. And even though donkeys do not speak, [God used] a donkey to hinder Balaam [by enabling it to] speak to him with a human voice.
et fut dûment convaincu de sa scélératesse: un animal muet se mit à parler d'une voix humaine et arrêta la démence du prophète.
17 These [teachers who each false things mislead/deceive people by promising what they cannot do], as [MET] dried-up springs [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect to get water from them]. They [mislead/deceive people] [MET] just like clouds that are blown along by strong winds [mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect rain, but no rain falls. Therefore], God has reserved the darkness of hell [for those teachers of false doctrines]. (questioned)
Ce sont des fontaines sans eau; des brouillards qu'emporte un ouragan; le gouffre des ténèbres leur est réservé!
18 By boasting proudly as they make speeches that are worthless, they entice people who have recently [become believers and] have stopped doing the things that wicked people do. Urged on by their self-directed nature, they entice them [into sin] by encouraging them to [do] evil things.
Beaux parleurs, aussi vides que pompeux, ils séduisent par les passions de la chair, par la débauche, ceux qui venaient à peine d'échapper aux gens infectés d'erreur;
19 [The false teachers] tell people that they are free [to do whatever they want to do, even though] they themselves are [like] slaves [MET] [because their own self-directed nature forces them to do] sinful things. [Think about these well-known words: “Whenever a person is controlled by something] {[something controls a person]}, [it is as though] that person has become a slave of what controls him.”
ils leur promettent la liberté, quand ils sont eux-mêmes esclaves de la corruption! (car on est esclave de ce qui vous domine).
20 Those [who teach false truths] learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a result, they stopped doing those things that (defile [people/cause people to become impure]) [spiritually]. Since they have begun to do [those evil things again], with the result that they are unable to stop doing them, they are in a worse condition than [they were in before they knew Jesus Christ].
Si, en effet, après avoir échappé aux souillures du monde par la connaissance de notre Seigneur et Sauveur Jésus-Christ, ils s'y laissent reprendre, et que ces souillures les dominent, leur dernière condition est pire que la première.
21 [Because God will severely punish them], it would have been better for them if they had never known what it means to live in a righteous way. It is too bad that although they knew [how to live in a righteous way], they stopped doing the things that God commanded people to do, the things that [were] taught to them ([by us apostles/by Christ]) {that ([we apostles/Christ]) taught to them}.
Il leur aurait mieux valu ne pas avoir connu la voie de la justice que de se détourner, après l'avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur a été transmis.
22 [The way they are behaving again] is just like (the proverbs/what people often say): [They are like] dogs that return to [eat] their vomit, and [they are like] pigs that have been washed and then roll [again] in the mud.
Il leur arrive ce que dit si bien le proverbe: «Le chien retourne a ce qu'il a vomi» et celui-ci: «Truie lavée va se vautrer dans la fange.»
