Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You [(sg)] are permitted [now] to speak [to defend] yourself.” Paul stretched out his hand ([dramatically/to salute the king]) and began to defend himself. He said,
Agrippa dit à Paul: Il t’est permis de parler pour ta défense. Et Paul, ayant étendu la main, se justifia en ces termes:
2 “King Agrippa, I consider that I am fortunate that today, while you [(sg)] listen, I can defend myself from all the things about which the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] are accusing me.
Je m’estime heureux, roi Agrippa, d’avoir aujourd’hui à me justifier devant toi de toutes les choses dont je suis accusé par les Juifs,
3 I am really fortunate, because you [(sg)] know all about the customs of us Jews and the questions that we [(exc)] argue about. So I ask you, please listen patiently to what I say.”
car tu connais parfaitement leurs coutumes et leurs discussions. Je te prie donc de m’écouter avec patience.
4 “Many [HYP] of my fellow Jews know about how I have conducted my life, from the time I was a child. They know how I lived in the area where I [was born] and [also later] in Jerusalem.
Ma vie, dès les premiers temps de ma jeunesse, est connue de tous les Juifs, puisqu’elle s’est passée à Jérusalem, au milieu de ma nation.
5 They have known for many years, and they could tell you, if they wanted to, that [since I was very young] I obeyed the customs of our religion very carefully, just like the [other] Pharisees do.
Ils savent depuis longtemps, s’ils veulent le déclarer, que j’ai vécu pharisien, selon la secte la plus rigide de notre religion.
6 Today I am being put on trial {[they] are putting me on trial} because I am confidently expecting that God will do what he promised our [(exc)] ancestors.
Et maintenant, je suis mis en jugement parce que j’espère l’accomplissement de la promesse que Dieu a faite à nos pères,
7 Our twelve tribes are [also] confidently waiting for God to do [for us what he promised], as they respectfully worship him, day and night. [Respected] king, I confidently expect [that God will do what he promised, and they also believe that! But that is the reason] that these Jewish leaders [SYN] are accusing me!
et à laquelle aspirent nos douze tribus, qui servent Dieu continuellement nuit et jour. C’est pour cette espérance, ô roi, que je suis accusé par des Juifs!
8 They believe that God can cause those who have died to become alive again, so (why [do any of you refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead?/none of you should refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead!]) [RHQ]”
Quoi! Vous semble-t-il incroyable que Dieu ressuscite les morts?
9 “[Formerly] I, too, was sure that I should do everything that I could to oppose Jesus [MTY], the man from Nazareth [town].
Pour moi, j’avais cru devoir agir vigoureusement contre le nom de Jésus de Nazareth.
10 So that is what I did [when I lived] in Jerusalem. I put many of the believers in jail, as the chief priests there had authorized me [to do]. When [the Jewish leaders wanted] those Christians killed {someone to kill those [Christians]}, I voted [for that].
C’est ce que j’ai fait à Jérusalem. J’ai jeté en prison plusieurs des saints, ayant reçu ce pouvoir des principaux sacrificateurs, et, quand on les mettait à mort, je joignais mon suffrage à celui des autres.
11 Many times I punished the believers [whom I found] in Jewish meeting places. [By punishing them], I tried to force them to speak evil [about Jesus]. I was so angry with the followers of Jesus that I even traveled to other cities to [find them and] do things to harm them.”
je les ai souvent châtiés dans toutes les synagogues, et je les forçais à blasphémer. Dans mes excès de fureur contre eux, je les persécutais même jusque dans les villes étrangères.
12 “[One day], I was on my way to Damascus [city] to do that. The chief priests [in Jerusalem] had authorized and sent me [to seize the believers there].
C’est dans ce but que je me rendis à Damas, avec l’autorisation et la permission des principaux sacrificateurs.
13 [My respected] king, [while I was going] along the road, at about noon I saw a [bright] light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around the men who were traveling with me.
Vers le milieu du jour, ô roi, je vis en chemin resplendir autour de moi et de mes compagnons une lumière venant du ciel, et dont l’éclat surpassait celui du soleil.
14 We [(exc)] all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in my own Hebrew language [MTY]. He said ‘Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ] You [(sg)] are [hurting yourself by trying to hurt me] [MET], [like an ox] kicking against [its owner’s] goad.’
Nous tombâmes tous par terre, et j’entendis une voix qui me disait en langue hébraïque: Saul, Saul, pourquoi me persécutes-tu? Il te serait dur de regimber contre les aiguillons.
15 Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘I am Jesus. You [(sg)] are harming me [by harming my followers].
Je répondis: Qui es-tu, Seigneur? Et le Seigneur dit: Je suis Jésus que tu persécutes.
16 But instead [of continuing to do that], stand up now! I have appeared to you [(sg)] to tell you that I have chosen you to serve me. You must tell people about [what I am showing you] as you are seeing me [now], and about what I [will show you when] I will [later] appear to you.
Mais lève-toi, et tiens-toi sur tes pieds; car je te suis apparu pour t’établir ministre et témoin des choses que tu as vues et de celles pour lesquelles je t’apparaîtrai.
17 I will protect you [from those who will try to harm you, both] your own people and [also] those who are not Jewish. I am sending you to non-Jews
Je t’ai choisi du milieu de ce peuple et du milieu des païens, vers qui je t’envoie,
18 to help them to realize [MTY] what is true and to stop believing what is false [MET]. I am sending you to them so that they may let God control them and not let Satan control them any more. [Then God] will forgive their sins and will accept them as his people because they believe in me.’ [That is what Jesus said to me].”
afin que tu leur ouvres les yeux, pour qu’ils passent des ténèbres à la lumière et de la puissance de Satan à Dieu, pour qu’ils reçoivent, par la foi en moi, le pardon des péchés et l’héritage avec les sanctifiés.
19 “So, King Agrippa, I fully obeyed [LIT] what [the Lord Jesus told me to do when he spoke to me] from heaven.
En conséquence, roi Agrippa, je n’ai point résisté à la vision céleste:
20 First, I preached to [the Jews] in Damascus. Then I [preached to the Jews] in Jerusalem and throughout [the rest of] Judea [province]. After that, I also preached to non-Jews. I preached that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and turn their lives over to God. I told them that they must do things that would show that they had truly stopped their sinful behavior.”
à ceux de Damas d’abord, puis à Jérusalem, dans toute la Judée, et chez les païens, j’ai prêché la repentance et la conversion à Dieu, avec la pratique d’œuvres dignes de la repentance.
21 “It is because I [preached] this message [that some] [SYN] Jews seized me [when I was] in the Temple [courtyard and] tried to kill me.
Voilà pourquoi les Juifs se sont saisis de moi dans le temple, et ont tâché de me faire périr.
22 However, God has been helping me [from that time, and he is still helping me] today. So I stand here and I tell [all of you people], those who are important and those who are not, [who Jesus is]. Everything that I say [about him] is what Moses and the [other] prophets wrote [about long ago, things that they said] would happen.
Mais, grâce au secours de Dieu, j’ai subsisté jusqu’à ce jour, rendant témoignage devant les petits et les grands, sans m’écarter en rien de ce que les prophètes et Moïse ont déclaré devoir arriver,
23 They wrote that [people would cause] the Messiah to suffer and die. They also wrote that he would be the first person to become alive again, to proclaim [the message that would be like] light, [that he would save] both [his own Jewish] people and non-Jewish people.”
savoir que le Christ souffrirait, et que, ressuscité le premier d’entre les morts, il annoncerait la lumière au peuple et aux nations.
24 Before Paul could say anything [further] to defend himself, Festus shouted: “Paul, you are crazy! You have studied too much, and it has made you insane!”
Comme il parlait ainsi pour sa justification, Festus dit à haute voix: Tu es fou, Paul! Ton grand savoir te fait déraisonner.
25 But Paul answered, “Your Excellency, Festus, I am not raving [insanely]. On the contrary, what I am saying is true and sensible!
Je ne suis point fou, très excellent Festus, répliqua Paul; ce sont, au contraire, des paroles de vérité et de bon sens que je prononce.
26 King Agrippa knows the things [that I have been talking about], and I can speak confidently to him [about them]. I am sure that he knows [LIT] these things, because people everywhere [IDM] have heard [LIT] about what happened [to Jesus].”
Le roi est instruit de ces choses, et je lui en parle librement; car je suis persuadé qu’il n’en ignore aucune, puisque ce n’est pas en cachette qu’elles se sont passées.
27 Then Paul asked, “King Agrippa, do you believe [what] the prophets [wrote]? I know that you [(sg)] believe it.”
Crois-tu aux prophètes, roi Agrippa?… Je sais que tu y crois.
28 Then Agrippa [answered] Paul, “([I hope that you(sg)] do not think that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian!/You do not think, [do you], that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian?)” [RHQ]
Et Agrippa dit à Paul: Tu vas bientôt me persuader de devenir chrétien!
29 Paul replied, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, it does not matter. I pray to God that you and also all of the others who are listening to me today will also [believe in Jesus] like I do, but I do not want you to become prisoners [MTY] [like I am].”
Paul répondit: Que ce soit bientôt ou que ce soit tard, plaise à Dieu que non seulement toi, mais encore tous ceux qui m’écoutent aujourd’hui, vous deveniez tels que je suis, à l’exception de ces liens!
30 Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and all the others got up
Le roi, le gouverneur, Bérénice, et tous ceux qui étaient assis avec eux se levèrent,
31 and left [the room. While] they were talking to one another they said to each other, “There is no reason why (the authorities/we) should execute this man, or that he should even be kept in prison [MTY].”
et, en se retirant, ils se disaient les uns aux autres: Cet homme n’a rien fait qui mérite la mort ou la prison.
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “If this man had not asked that the Emperor judge him, he could have been released {[we(inc)] could have released him}.”
Et Agrippa dit à Festus: Cet homme pouvait être relâché, s’il n’en eût pas appelé à César.
