Acts 3
1 [One day] Peter and John were going to the Temple [courtyard]. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed [there publicly].
Or Pierre et Jean montaient au temple pour la prière de la neuvième heure.
2 There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He [was sitting by] the gate called Beautiful [Gate], at the entrance to the Temple [area]. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering [or leaving] the temple courtyard to give him some money.
Et voilà qu’on portait un homme qui était boiteux dès le sein de sa mère, et chaque jour on le posait à la porte du temple, appelée la Belle, afin qu’il demandât l’aumône à ceux qui entraient dans le temple.
3 As Peter and John were about to enter [the Temple courtyard], the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”)
Celui-ci ayant vu Pierre et Jean, qui allaient entrer dans le temple, les priait pour avoir l’aumône.
4 As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
Fixant avec Jean les yeux sur lui, Pierre dit: Regarde-nous.
5 So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
Et il les regardait, espérant recevoir quelque chose d’eux.
6 Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money [MTY], but what I [can do], I will [do] for you. Jesus Christ, [who was] from Nazareth [town], has authorized [MTY] me [to heal you! So get up and] walk!”
Mais Pierre dit: De l’argent et de l’or, je n’en ai pas; mais ce que j’ai, je te le donne: Au nom de Jésus-Christ de Nazareth, lève-toi et marche.
7 Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
Et lui ayant pris la main droite, il se leva; et aussitôt ses jambes et les plantes de ses pieds s’affermirent.
8 He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
Et, s’élançant, il se dressa debout et il marchait; et il entra avec eux dans le temple, marchant, sautant et louant Dieu.
9 All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
Et tout le peuple le vit marchant et louant Dieu.
10 They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple [courtyard] and ask [people] for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him.
Ainsi, reconnaissant que c’était celui-là même qui était assis à la Belle porte du temple pour demander l’aumône, ils furent étonnés et hors d’eux-mêmes de ce qui lui était arrivé.
11 As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised [that they did not know what to think] So they ran to the two apostles at the place [in the Temple courtyard] that is called {that [people] call} Solomon’s Porch.
Et comme il tenait Pierre et Jean, tout le peuple étonné accourut vers eux au portique appelé de Salomon.
12 When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, (you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?) [RHQ] And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to [RHQ] think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we [(exc)] ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much!
Ce que voyant, Pierre dit au peuple: Hommes d’Israël, pourquoi vous étonnez-vous de ceci, ou pourquoi nous regardez-vous, comme si c’était par notre vertu ou par notre puissance que nous avons fait marcher cet homme?
13 [So I will tell you what is really happening]. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your [leaders] brought Jesus [to the governor, Pilate], so that [his soldiers would kill him]. And [God considers that] in front of Pilate you [were the ones who rejected] Jesus [as your king], after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus.
Le Dieu d’Abraham, le Dieu d’Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob, le Dieu de nos pères a glorifié son fils Jésus, que vous avez, vous, livré et renié devant Pilate, quand il jugeait lui-même de le renvoyer.
14 [Although Jesus] always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. [Pilate wanted to release him, but] you urgently asked Pilate to release (a murderer/someone who had killed people)!
Car c’est vous qui avez renié le Saint et le Juste, et qui avez demandé qu’on vous remît un meurtrier;
15 [God considers that] you killed [Jesus], the one who gives people [eternal] life. But God has greatly honored him (by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead). Many of us saw [him after that, and now] we [(exc)] are telling [you] about it.
Vous avez même tué l’auteur de la vie, que Dieu a ressuscité d’entre les morts, ce dont nous sommes témoins.
16 It is because [we two] trusted in what Jesus [MTY, PRS] [could do, that he] made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we [(exc)] trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.”
Or c’est par la foi en son nom, que son nom a affermi cet homme que vous voyez et connaissez, et c’est la foi qui vient par lui qui a opéré, en votre présence, cette entière guérison.
17 “Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that [to Jesus] because you [and they] did not know [that he was the Messiah].
Cependant, mes frères, je sais que c’est par ignorance que vous avez agi, aussi bien que vos chefs.
18 However, [your putting him to death] was what God had predicted that people would do. [Long ago] he told all the prophets [MTY] to write [what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote] that the Messiah, whom God [would send], would suffer [and die].
Mais Dieu, qui avait prédit par la bouche de tous les prophètes que son Christ souffrirait, l’a ainsi accompli.
19 So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God [to help you] do what pleases [him], in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins.
Faites donc pénitence et convertissez-vous, afin que vos péchés soient effacés;
20 [If you do that], there will be times [when you will know that] the Lord [God is] helping [you]. And some day he will [again] send back [to earth] the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus.
Quand seront venus les temps de rafraîchissement devant la face du Seigneur, et qu’il aura envoyé celui qui vous a été prédit, Jésus-Christ,
21 Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
Que le ciel doit recevoir jusqu’au temps du rétablissement de toutes choses, dont Dieu a parlé par la bouche de ses saints prophètes, depuis le commencement du monde. (aiōn g165)
22 For [example, the prophet] Moses said [this about the Messiah]: ‘The Lord (your God/the God whom you [worship]) will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you [God’s message. God will send him] as [he sent] me, [and he will be] from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you [and obey him] [SYN].
Car Moïse a dit: Le Seigneur votre Dieu vous suscitera d’entre vos frères un prophète comme moi; vous l’écouterez en tout ce qu’il vous dira.
23 [Those who] do not listen to [that prophet and obey] him will no longer belong to God’s people, and [God] will get rid of them’.”
Or il arrivera que quiconque n’écoutera pas ce prophète sera exterminé du milieu du peuple.
24 [Peter continued], “All the prophets have told [about what would happen during] the time [MTY] [in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include] Samuel [and all the others who] later also spoke [about these events] before they happened.
Et tous les prophètes depuis Samuel, et tous ceux qui depuis ont parlé, ont annoncé ces jours.
25 You [as well as we(exc)] are the people [to whom God sent the Messiah, as] the prophets said [MTY] [that he would]. And when God strongly promised [to bless] our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham [concerning the Messiah], ‘[I] will bless all people on the earth as a result of [what] your descendant [will do].’”
Vous êtes les fils des prophètes et de l’alliance que Dieu a établie avec nos pères, disant à Abraham: Et en ta postérité seront bénies toutes les familles de la terre.
26 [Peter concluded], “[So] when God sent [to the earth] (Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus), he sent him first to you [Israelites] to bless you. [God will] enable you to stop doing what is wicked [and to start doing what pleases him].”
C’est pour vous premièrement que Dieu, suscitant son Fils, l’a envoyé pour vous bénir, afin que chacun revienne de son iniquité.
