Colossians 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter to you], and our fellow believer Timothy [is with me]. I am an apostle who represents Christ Jesus, because that is what God wanted.
Paul, apôtre de Jésus-Christ, par la volonté de Dieu, et, le frère Timothée
2 [I am sending this letter] to you who are in Colossae [city], and who are God’s people, and our faithful fellow believers who have a close relationship with Christ. We pray that God our Father will be acting kindly towards you, and that he will cause you to have [inner] peace.
aux frères en Christ, fidèles et croyants, qui sont à Colosses. Grâce et paix vous soient accordées par Dieu notre Père.
3 Very often [HYP] we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
Nous rendons sans cesse des actions de grâces pour vous au Dieu et Père de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ dans nos prières;
4 because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people.
car on nous a raconté votre foi en Jésus-Christ et l'amour que vous éprouvez pour tous les fidèles,
5 You do that because you confidently expect to receive that which God is (reserving/keeping safe) for you in heaven, which you heard about previously when you heard the true message, that is, the message [about Christ].
votre espérance enfin qui sera récompensée dans le ciel. On vous a parlé autrefois de ces choses quand on vous a annoncé la vérité évangélique.
6 [People] proclaimed it [PRS] to you, just like [people] have proclaimed it in many different countries [HYP, IDM]. The true message is changing more and more people’s lives, just like it changed your lives because you heard it and you truly experienced that God acts kindly towards us in ways we do not deserve.
L'Évangile est au milieu de vous, comme, du reste, dans le monde entier. Il y porte des fruits, il y gagne du terrain comme il l'a fait chez vous depuis le jour où vous avez appris à connaître la vérité, c'est-à-dire la grâce de Dieu.
7 That is just what Epaphras taught you [would happen]. We love Epaphras. He serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully for your benefit.
C'est Épaphras, notre bien-aimé compagnon de service, qui vous a instruits; ce fidèle ministre du Christ auprès de nous
8 He told us that you love [all God’s people], just like God’s Spirit [has enabled you to] (OR, spiritually).
nous a fait connaître les sentiments d'amour que l'Esprit vous inspire.
9 Because of what we heard about you, we have also been praying [LIT] very often to God for you [HYP], ever since we heard this report about you. We pray that you will truly know all that God wants you to do; that is, that you will become very wise, and that you will understand spiritual matters well.
Et alors nous, depuis le jour où nous avons appris tout cela, nous ne cessons de prier pour vous; nous demandons à Dieu que vous appreniez à connaître tout à fait sa volonté, avec cette entière sagesse et cette intelligence que donne l'Esprit.
10 We have been praying like that in order that you will conduct yourselves as the Lord’s people should conduct themselves, in order that you will please the Lord in every way. Specifically, we have been praying like that in order that you will be doing every sort of good deed [IDM] and in order that you will be getting to know God truly, more and more.
Vous vivrez ainsi d'une manière digne du Seigneur, vous le satisferez entièrement. Vous porterez toute espèce de bons fruits, vous ferez des progrès dans la connaissance de Dieu.
11 And we pray that [God] will greatly strengthen you [spiritually] with the mighty power that he has shown [to people], in order that you will always be steadfast and patient [when you experience difficulties], while [at the same time] you will be rejoicing.
Vous serez admirablement fortifiés par sa glorieuse puissance; vous serez remplis de patience, de persévérance, de joie.
12 And we pray that you will be thanking God our Father, because he has enabled you/us to receive the things that he will give to his people in heaven [SYN].
Vous rendrez des actions de grâces à notre Père qui vous a mis à même d'avoir un jour votre part de l'héritage des fidèles dans la lumière,
13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that the evil one no longer rules us [MET, MTY], and he caused us now to be ruled by his Son, whom he loves.
qui nous a arrachés au pouvoir des ténèbres, qui nous a transportés dans le Royaume de son Fils bien-aimé;
14 That is, because of our relationship with his Son (OR, because of what the one who is also God did), God has redeemed/bought us; in particular, he has forgiven our sins.
car par lui nous sommes rachetés, délivrés de nos péchés.
15 God’s Son reveals perfectly what God, his Father, is like, whom no one can see. God’s Son existed before and ranks above everything that God has created.
Il est une image du Dieu invisible, il est né le premier de tous les êtres créés;
16 When God created everything that is on the earth, he did it by having his Son do it. He created everything that [people] can see, and also everything which is in heaven that [people] cannot see. In particular, his Son created all ranks of important spirit beings. [And his Son ranks above everything], because God by the work of had his Son, and because by his Son all things were created {because [God] had his Son create everything} in order that everything might praise his Son,
c'est en lui, en effet, que tout a été créé, tout ce qui est dans le ciel, tout ce qui est sur la terre, ce qui est visible et ce qui est invisible, les trônes, les seigneuries, les autorités, les puissances, tout a été créé par lui et pour lui.
17 and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son [does].
Il est avant toutes choses et toutes choses subsistent en lui.
18 And [God’s Son ranks above everything], because it is his Son who [rules over his people] [MET] [as a person’s] head [controls his physical] body, because his Son causes his people to live [spiritually]. [God’s Son] is the first one who became alive again, in order that he should become more important than anything and everyone.
Il est la tête du corps, c'est-à-dire le chef de l'Église; il est le principe; il est le premier-né d'entre les morts, afin d'être partout à la première place.
19 [God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like], because his Father chose to live completely in him.
En effet, c'est en lui que Dieu a voulu que sa plénitude entière résidât;
20 [God our Father caused his Son to rule us], because he decided to reconcile with himself everything that is on earth and that is in heaven by what his Son did, in order that everything might honor his Son; that is, God our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself as a result of his [Son’s] blood [flowing when he died] on the cross. [The chiastic material is rearranged below so that the directly related propositional clusters are joined together.] 13 God our Father rescued us [spiritually] so that we are no longer ruled by the evil one, and God our Father caused us now to be ruled by his Son (OR, the man who is also God) whom he loves. 14a That is, by means of what his Son did, we have been redeemed by God, our Father. 14b In particular, our sins have been forgiven by God, our Father. 20 God, our Father, has done this because he decided to reconcile to himself, by means of his Son, everything that is on earth and that is in heaven, in order that his Son might be honored; that is, God, our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself by means of God’s Son’s blood [flowing out when he died] on the cross. 15b God cannot be seen by anyone, 15a but his Son reveals perfectly what God—his Father—is like, 19a because it is in his Son that the Father chose 19b that he himself would dwell completely. 15c God’s Son ranks above everything 15d that has been created, 16 because it was by means of God’s Son that God created everything that is on the earth and that can be seen by people, and also everything that is in heaven and that cannot be seen by people. In particular, all types of important spirit beings were created by means of him, since everything has been created by God by means of God’s Son. And his Son ranks above everything, because everything has been created by God, in order that God’s Son might be honored by everything, 17 and because it is he who existed before anything else existed, and since everything is sustained by God by means of God’s Son. 18 And God’s Son ranks above everything because it is he who [rules over all believers, just like a person’s] head [controls his physical body, because he causes all believers to live spiritually]. His Son is the first one who rose from among those who have died, in order that he should become more important than everything and everyone.
c'est par lui qu'il a voulu tout réconcilier avec lui-même, et ce qui est sur la terre et ce qui est dans le ciel; par lui il a rétabli la paix au moyen du sang versé sur la croix.
21 As for you, [although] formerly God [considered you his] enemies (OR, [God considered you] as alienated [from him]) and [although] you were formerly hostile [to God] because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds,
Autrefois vous lui étiez étrangers, vous étiez ses ennemis par vos pensées et vos mauvaises oeuvres; aujourd'hui le Christ vous a réconciliés
22 nevertheless, God our Father has now reconciled you [with himself. He did that] as a result of his Son dying physically. He did it in order that you should be completely holy when he brings you into his presence.
par la mort de son corps, de sa chair, pour vous faire comparaître devant lui, saints, sans tache et sans reproche;
23 He wants you to continue [DOU] to believe the message about Christ; specifically, he wants you to continue to be stable/steadfast and to continue to confidently expect to receive that which you heard about when you heard that message. That message has been proclaimed {They have proclaimed that message} to people in very many places [HYP]; and I, Paul, also become someone who tells it to people.
si du moins vous restez attachés à la foi, fermes, inébranlables, sans vous écarter de l'espérance apportée par l'Évangile que vous avez entendu, Évangile prêché à toute créature sous le ciel, et dont moi, Paul, je suis devenu le ministre.
24 At the present time I am rejoicing that I am suffering for your benefit; that is, I am completing what Christ [decided] that I should suffer physically for the benefit of all believers, [who are as dear to him as] his own body.
Je suis maintenant dans la joie en souffrant pour vous; et ce, qui manquait encore aux souffrances du Christ, je le complète moi-même pour le bien de son corps, je veux dire de l'Église
25 I myself became someone who serves God’s people, because I was appointed {[God] appointed me} to be responsible to [help] you [who are non-Jews]. I became one who serves God’s people in order that I should make known to you non-Jews the whole message from/about God.
dont je suis devenu le ministre. C'est Dieu qui m'a confié cette charge; je dois vous annoncer le plein accomplissement de la parole de Dieu,
26 [We did not know this message previously; that is, God] concealed it from [the people who lived in all] the previous ages, but he has now revealed it to his people. (aiōn g165)
le mystère caché de tout temps et à tous les peuples, mais qu'il a aujourd'hui révélé à ses fidèles. (aiōn g165)
27 That is, God decided to reveal to them this message, which declares that he will greatly bless the non-Jews. Specifically, this message declares that Christ, [by his Spirit], will live in you who are non-Jews, with the result that you confidently expect that you will experience how glorious [God is].
Dieu a voulu leur faire connaître toute la glorieuse richesse de ce mystère à l'égard des païens, c'est-à-dire: Christ en vous, l'espérance de la gloire!
28 We tell about Christ [to every class of persons]; we warn them, and specifically, we teach everyone very wisely. We do this in order that every person who (has a close relationship with/is united to) Christ may be (all that God wants them to be/perfect) when we present them to Christ.
Nous le prêchons; nous exhortons, nous instruisons chaque homme avec une entière sagesse, pour présenter à Dieu chaque homme devenu parfait en Christ.
29 In order that I might [achieve/accomplish this], I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly.
C'est à cela que je travaille, pour cela que je lutte, grâce à sa force qui agit puissamment en moi.
