Galatians 1
1 [I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].
Paul, apôtre, non de la part des hommes et par les hommes, mais par Jésus-Christ et Dieu le Père, qui l'a ressuscité des morts,
2 All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].
et tous les frères qui sont avec moi, aux assemblées de la Galatie.
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Que la grâce et la paix vous soient données par Dieu le Père et par notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ,
4 Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
qui s'est livré lui-même pour nos péchés, afin de nous délivrer du présent siècle mauvais, selon la volonté de notre Dieu et Père, (aiōn g165)
à qui soit la gloire aux siècles des siècles. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”
Je m'étonne que vous abandonniez si vite celui qui vous a appelés dans la grâce de Christ pour une autre « bonne nouvelle »,
7 Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].
mais il n'y a pas d'autre « bonne nouvelle ». Seulement, il y a des gens qui vous troublent et qui veulent pervertir la Bonne Nouvelle du Christ.
8 But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].
Mais si nous-mêmes, ou un ange du ciel, vous annonçons une autre « bonne nouvelle » que celle que nous vous avons annoncée, qu'il soit maudit.
9 As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.
Ce que nous avons déjà dit, je le répète maintenant: si quelqu'un vous annonce une autre « bonne nouvelle » que celle que vous avez reçue, qu'il soit maudit.
10 [I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.
Car est-ce que je cherche maintenant la faveur des hommes, ou celle de Dieu? Ou bien est-ce que je cherche à plaire aux hommes? Car si je cherchais encore à plaire aux hommes, je ne serais pas un serviteur du Christ.
11 My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].
Mais je vous fais savoir, frères, au sujet de la Bonne Nouvelle qui a été prêchée par moi, qu'elle n'est pas selon l'homme.
12 I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
Car je ne l'ai pas reçue d'un homme, et on ne me l'a pas enseignée, mais elle m'est venue par révélation de Jésus-Christ.
13 People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.
Car vous avez appris comment j'ai vécu autrefois dans la religion des Juifs, et comment j'ai persécuté l'assemblée de Dieu et l'ai ravagée.
14 I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].
J'étais plus avancé dans la religion juive que beaucoup de mes compatriotes de mon âge, étant plus zélé pour les traditions de mes pères.
15 Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
Mais lorsque Dieu, qui m'a séparé du sein de ma mère et m'a appelé par sa grâce, eut le bon plaisir
16 He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!
de révéler son Fils en moi, afin que je l'annonce parmi les païens, je ne me suis pas immédiatement entretenu avec la chair et le sang,
17 I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].
et je ne suis pas monté à Jérusalem auprès de ceux qui ont été apôtres avant moi, mais je suis parti en Arabie. Puis je suis retourné à Damas.
18 Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].
Puis, au bout de trois ans, je montai à Jérusalem pour visiter Pierre, et je restai avec lui quinze jours.
19 I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.
Mais des autres apôtres, je n'ai vu que Jacques, le frère du Seigneur.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
Or, pour ce qui est des choses que je vous écris, voici que, devant Dieu, je ne mens pas.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Puis je suis arrivé dans les régions de Syrie et de Cilicie.
22 [At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
J'étais encore inconnu de visage aux assemblées de Judée qui étaient en Christ,
23 They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”
mais elles entendaient seulement dire: « Celui qui nous persécutait autrefois prêche maintenant la foi qu'il s'efforçait autrefois de détruire. »
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Ils ont donc glorifié Dieu en moi.
