Acts 10
1 [There was] a man [who lived] in Caesarea [city] whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded 100 men in a large group of [Roman] soldiers from Italy.
Il y avait à Césarée un homme, nommé Corneille, centenier de la cohorte appelée Italique.
2 He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household [MTY] [were non-Jews who] habitually worshipped God. He sometimes gave money to help poor [Jewish] people, and he prayed to God regularly.
Il était pieux et craignait Dieu, lui et toute sa maison; il faisait beaucoup d'aumônes au peuple et priait Dieu continuellement.
3 [One day] at about three o’clock in the afternoon [Cornelius saw] a vision. He clearly saw an angel whom God [had sent]. The angel came into [his room] and said to him, “Cornelius!”
Il vit clairement dans une vision, vers la neuvième heure du jour, un ange de Dieu, qui entrait chez lui, et qui lui dit: Corneille!
4 Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked [fearfully], “Sir, what do you [(sg)] want?” The angel answered him, “You [(sg)] have pleased God because you have been praying [regularly to him] and you often give money to [help] poor people. [Those things have been] like a sacrifice [to God].
Les yeux fixés sur l'ange et tout effrayé, il répondit: Qu'y a-t-il, Seigneur? L'ange lui dit: Tes prières et tes aumônes sont montées jusqu'à Dieu, et il s'en est souvenu.
5 So, now command some men to go to Joppa and [tell them to] bring back a man named Simon whose other name is Peter.
Maintenant donc, envoie des hommes à Joppé, et fais venir un certain Simon, surnommé Pierre.
6 He is staying with a man, [also] named Simon, who makes leather. His house is near the ocean.”
Il est logé chez Simon, le corroyeur, dont la maison est près de la mer.
7 When the angel who spoke to Cornelius had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a soldier who served him, one who also worshipped God.
Quand l'ange qui lui parlait se fut retiré. Corneille appela deux de ses serviteurs et un soldat pieux, de ceux qui étaient attachés à sa personne;
8 He explained to them everything [that the angel had said. Then] he told them to go to Joppa [to ask Peter to come to Caesarea].
et leur ayant tout raconté, il les envoya à Joppé.
9 About noon the next day those [three men] were traveling [along the road] and were coming near [Joppa. As they were approaching Joppa], Peter went up on the [flat] housetop to pray.
Le lendemain, comme ils étaient en route et qu'ils approchaient de la ville, Pierre monta sur le haut de la maison, vers la sixième heure, pour prier.
10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat. While someone was preparing the food, [Peter] saw [this] vision:
Il eut faim et voulut prendre de la nourriture; et pendant qu'on la lui préparait, il fut ravi en extase.
11 (He saw heaven open/He saw an opening in the sky) and something like a large sheet was being lowered [to the ground]. [It was tied at] its four corners [with ropes].
Il vit le ciel ouvert, et un objet ressemblant à une grande nappe retenue aux quatre coins, qui descendait et s'abaissait jusqu'à terre;
12 Inside the sheet were all kinds of creatures. [These included animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat]. Some had four feet, others scurried across the ground, and others were wild birds.
il s'y trouvait des quadrupèdes de toute espèce, des reptiles de la terre et des oiseaux du ciel.
13 Then [he heard] God [SYN] say to him, “Peter, stand up, kill [and cook some of these] and eat [their meat]!”
Une voix lui dit: Pierre, lève-toi, tue et mange.
14 But Peter replied, “Lord, surely you [(sg)] do not [really want me to do that]! I have never eaten any [meat] that [our Jewish law says] is unacceptable to God or [something that we(exc)] must not eat!”
Mais Pierre répondit: Non, Seigneur; car je n'ai jamais rien mangé de souillé ni d'impur.
15 [Then Peter heard] [MTY] God talk to him a second time. He said, “[I am] God, [so] if I have made something acceptable [to eat], do not say that it is not acceptable [to eat]!”
La voix, parlant une seconde fois, lui dit: Ce que Dieu a purifié, ne le regarde pas comme souillé!
16 [This happened] three [times, so Peter knew that he had to think carefully about what it might mean]. Immediately [after God had said that the third time], ([the] sheet [with the animals and birds] was the pulled back into heaven/[someone] pulled the sheet [with the animals and birds] up into the sky again).
Cela se répéta par trois fois; et aussitôt après, l'objet fut retiré dans le ciel.
17 While Peter was trying to understand what that vision meant, the men who had been sent by Cornelius {whom Cornelius had sent} [arrived in Joppa. They asked people how to get to] Simon’s house. [So they found his house] and were standing outside the gate.
Pierre ne savait que penser de la vision qu'il avait eue, lorsque les hommes envoyés par Corneille, s'étant informés de la maison de Simon, se présentèrent à la porte.
18 They called and were asking if a man named Simon, whose other name was Peter, was staying there.
Ayant appelé, ils demandèrent si c'était là que logeait Simon, surnomme Pierre.
19 While Peter was still trying to understand [what] the vision [meant], [God’s] Spirit said to him, “Three men [are here who] want to see you.
Comme Pierre réfléchissait à cette vision, l'Esprit lui dit; Voici trois hommes qui te cherchent.
20 So get up and go downstairs and go with them! Do not think that you [(sg)] should not go with them [because of their being non-Jews], because I have sent them [here]!”
Lève-toi donc, descends, et pars avec eux sans hésiter; car c'est moi qui les ai envoyés.
21 So Peter went down to the men and said to them, “[Greetings!] I am [the man] you are looking for. Why have you come?”
Alors Pierre, étant descendu vers ces hommes, leur dit: Me voici; je suis celui que vous cherchez; pour quel motif êtes-vous venus?
22 One of them replied, “Cornelius, who is a [Roman] army officer, [sent us here]. He is a righteous man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people [HYP] [who know about him] say that he is a very good man. An angel (who was sent from God/whom God sent) said to him, ‘Tell some men to [go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and] bring him here, so that you [(sg)] can hear what he has to say.’”
Ils répondirent: Corneille, centenier, homme juste et craignant Dieu, auquel la nation juive rend un bon témoignage, a reçu d'un saint ange l'ordre de te faire venir dans sa maison et d'écouter tes paroles.
23 So Peter [said that he would go with them, and then he] invited them into [the house] and told them that they could stay [there that night]. Acts 10:23b-26 The next day Peter got ready and went with the men. Several of the believers from Joppa went with him.
Alors Pierre les fit entrer et leur donna l'hospitalité. Le lendemain, il se leva et partit avec eux et quelques-uns des frères de Joppé l'accompagnèrent.
24 The day after that, they arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them. He had also invited his relatives and close friends [to come to his house, so they were there, too].
Le jour suivant, ils arrivèrent à Césarée. Corneille les attendait avec ses parents et ses amis intimes, qu'il avait réunis chez lui.
25 When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and bowed low in front of him to worship him.
Comme Pierre entrait, Corneille alla au-devant de lui, et, se jetant à ses pieds, il l'adora.
26 But Peter [grasped Cornelius by the hand and] lifted him to his feet. He said, “Stand up! [Do not revere/worship me] I myself am only human, [like you]!”
Mais Pierre le releva, en disant: Lève-toi, je ne suis moi-même qu'un homme!
27 While he was talking to Cornelius, Peter [and the others] entered [a large room inside the house]. Peter saw that many people had gathered together [there].
Et tout en s'entretenant avec lui, il entra et trouva plusieurs personnes réunies.
28 Then Peter said to them, “You all know that any [of us] Jews think we are disobeying [our Jewish] laws if we [(exc)] associate with a non-Jewish person or [if we even] visit him. However, God has shown me [in a vision] that I should not say about anyone that God will not accept him.
Vous savez, leur dit-il, qu'il est interdit à un Juif d'entrer en relation avec un étranger, ou d'aller chez lui; mais Dieu m'a fait voir que je ne devais appeler aucun homme souillé ou impur.
29 So when you sent [some men] to ask me to come [here], I came [right away. I] did not say that I could not go [with non-Jewish people. So, please tell me], why have you asked me to come [here]?”
Aussi n'ai-je fait aucune difficulté pour venir, lorsque vous m'avez envoyé chercher. Je demande donc pour quel motif vous m'avez fait venir.
30 Cornelius replied, “About this time four days ago I was praying [to God] in my house, [as I regularly do] at three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man whose clothes [shone] brightly stood in front of me,
Corneille lui répondit: Il y a maintenant quatre jours, à la neuvième heure, j'étais chez-moi en prière, quand tout à coup un homme, portant un vêtement resplendissant, se présenta devant moi,
31 and said, ‘Cornelius, when you [(sg)] have prayed, you have been heard by God {God has heard [when] you [(sg)] have prayed [to him]}. He has also noticed that you have [often] given money to [help] poor people, [and he is pleased with that].
et il me dit: Corneille, ta prière a été exaucée, et Dieu s'est souvenu de tes aumônes.
32 So now, send [messengers to go] to Joppa, [in order] to ask Simon whose other name is Peter to come [here]. He is staying near the ocean in a house that belongs to [another] man named Simon, who makes leather. [When Simon Peter comes, he will tell you a message from God].’
Envoie donc à Joppé, et fais venir Simon, surnommé Pierre: il est logé chez Simon, le corroyeur, près de la mer.
33 So I immediately sent [some men who asked] you [(sg) to come here], and I [certainly] thank you for coming. Now we [(exc)] all are gathered [here, knowing that] God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord [God] has commanded you [to say. So please speak to us].”
J'ai sur-le-champ envoyé vers toi, et tu as bien fait de venir. Maintenant donc, nous voici tous en présence de Dieu, pour entendre tout ce que le Seigneur t'a commandé de nous dire.
34 So Peter began to speak [MTY] to them. He said, “[Now] I understand that it is true that God does not favor only certain groups [of people].
Alors Pierre ouvrit la bouche et dit: En vérité, je reconnais que Dieu ne fait pas acception de personnes,
35 Instead, from every group of people he accepts [everyone who] honors him and who does what pleases him.
mais qu'en toute nation, celui qui le craint et qui pratique la justice lui est agréable.
36 [You know] the message that God sent to [us] Israelis. [He] proclaimed [to us the good news that he] would cause [people] to have peace [with him] because of what Jesus Christ [has done]. This [Jesus is Lord not only over us Israelis. He] is [also the] Lord [who rules] over all [people].
C'est la parole qu'il a adressée aux enfants d'Israël, en leur faisant annoncer la bonne nouvelle de la paix par Jésus-Christ, qui est le Seigneur de tous.
37 You know what [he] did throughout the land of Judea, beginning in Galilee. He began [to do those things] after John had been proclaiming [to people that they should turn away from their sinful behavior before] he baptized them.
Vous savez les faits qui se sont passés dans toute la Judée, et qui avaient commencé à se produire en Galilée, à la suite du baptême prêché par Jean:
38 You know that God gave [MTY] his Holy Spirit to Jesus, [the Man] from Nazareth [town], and gave him the power [to do miracles. You also know] how Jesus went to many places, always doing good deeds and healing [people. Specifically], he was continually healing all the people whom the devil was causing to suffer. [Jesus was able to do those things] because God was always helping him.”
comment Dieu a oint d'Esprit saint et de puissance Jésus de Nazareth, qui allait de lieu en lieu, faisant du bien et guérissant tous ceux qui étaient sous l'empire du Diable; car Dieu était avec lui.
39 “We [apostles] tell people about all the things that [we saw Jesus] do in Jerusalem and in the [rest of] Israel. [The leaders in Jerusalem] had him killed by being nailed to a cross.
Nous avons été témoins de tout ce qu'il a fait dans le pays des Juifs et à Jérusalem. Ils l'ont fait mourir, en le pendant au bois.
40 However, God caused him to become alive again on the third day [after he had died]. God [also] enabled [some of us(exc)] to see him [so that we would know that he was alive again].
Mais Dieu l'a ressuscité le troisième jour, et il a permis qu'il se montrât,
41 God [did] not [let] all the [Jewish] people see him. Instead, he had chosen us [apostles] beforehand to see [Jesus after he became alive again], and to tell others [about him]. We [apostles are the people] who ate meals with him (after he had become alive [again]/after he had risen from the dead).
non à tout le peuple, mais aux témoins choisis d'avance par Dieu, à nous qui avons mangé et bu avec lui après sa résurrection d'entre les morts.
42 God commanded us to preach to the people and tell them that Jesus is the one whom he has appointed to judge [everyone some day. He will judge all] those who will [still] be living and all those who will have died [by that time].
Et il nous a commandé de prêcher au peuple, et d'attester que c'est lui qui a été établi par Dieu pour juger les vivants et les morts.
43 All of the prophets [who wrote about the Messiah long ago] told [people] about him. [They wrote] that if people believe in the Messiah [MTY], God would forgive [them for] their sins, because of what [the Messiah would do] for them.”
Tous les prophètes rendent de lui ce témoignage, que quiconque croit en lui reçoit par son nom la rémission des péchés.
44 While Peter was still speaking those words, suddenly the Holy Spirit (came down on/began to control) all [those non-Jewish people] who were listening to the message.
Comme Pierre parlait encore, le Saint-Esprit descendit sur tous ceux qui écoutaient la Parole.
45 The Jewish believers who had come with Peter [from Joppa] were amazed that [God] had generously given the Holy Spirit to the non-Jewish people, too.
Et les fidèles circoncis, qui étaient venus avec Pierre, étaient fort étonnés de voir que le don du Saint-Esprit était aussi accordé aux Païens.
46 [The Jewish believers knew that God had done that] because they were hearing those people speaking languages [MTY] [that they had not learned] and telling how great God is.
Car ils les entendaient parler en langues étrangères et glorifier Dieu.
47 Then Peter said [to the other Jewish believers who were there], “[God] has given them the Holy Spirit just like [he gave him] to us [Jewish believers], so (surely all of you would agree that [we(exc)] should baptize these people!/would any of you forbid that these people should be baptized?) [RHQ]”
Alors Pierre reprit la parole et dit: Peut-on refuser l'eau du baptême à ceux qui ont reçu le Saint-Esprit aussi bien que nous?
48 Then Peter told those [non-Jewish] people that they should be baptized [to show that they had believed] [MTY] in the [Lord] Jesus Christ. [So they baptized all of them. After they were baptized], they requested that Peter stay [with them] several days. [So Peter and the other Jewish believers did that].
Et il ordonna de les baptiser au nom de Jésus-Christ. Ils le prièrent alors de demeurer quelques jours avec eux.
