Galatians 3
1 You [fellow believers who live in] Galatia are very foolish! (Someone must have put an evil spell on you!/Did someone put an evil spell on you?) [RHQ] I clearly explained to you [SYN] [what] Jesus Christ [accomplished when] he was crucified {he died on the cross}.
Galates insensés, qui vous a ensorcelés pour que vous n'obéissiez pas à la vérité, et sous les yeux desquels Jésus-Christ a été ouvertement présenté au milieu de vous comme crucifié?
2 [So], I want you to tell me one thing: [Do you think that] it was because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses that you received the [Holy] Spirit? [Do you not know that] [RHQ] it was because [when you] heard [the good message concerning Christ, you] trusted in him?
Je veux apprendre ceci de vous: Avez-vous reçu l'Esprit par les œuvres de la loi, ou par l'audition de la foi?
3 (You are acting so foolishly/Why are you being so foolish?) [RHQ]! You first [became Christians] as a result of God’s Spirit [enabling you]. So, (you should not now think that it is by what you yourselves do that you will continue [to grow spiritually]/do you now think it is by your own human efforts that you will continue [to grow spiritually?]!) [RHQ]
Êtes-vous si insensés? Après avoir commencé dans l'Esprit, êtes-vous maintenant achevés dans la chair?
4 Keep in mind that [if what God has done for you was because of your obeying the laws that God gave to Moses and] not because of trusting in Christ, when others caused you to suffer, you suffered many things needlessly! [RHQ] [I certainly hope that you did not suffer like that] needlessly.
Avez-vous souffert tant de choses en vain, si c'est en vain?
5 [When God now] generously gives to you his Spirit and performs miracles among you, [do you think that it is] [RHQ] because you obey the laws [that God gave to Moses? Surely you know that] it is because when you heard [the good message about Christ], you trusted in him [RHQ]!
Celui donc qui vous fournit l'Esprit et qui fait des miracles au milieu de vous, le fait-il par les œuvres de la loi, ou par l'audition de la foi?
6 [What you have experienced is] as [Moses wrote in the Scriptures about] Abraham. [He wrote that Abraham] trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
De même, Abraham « crut à Dieu, et cela lui fut compté pour justice ».
7 You must realize, therefore, that it is those who trust [in what Christ has done who] are [like] Abraham’s descendants [MET] [because they trust in God as Abraham did].
Sachez donc que ceux qui ont la foi sont enfants d'Abraham.
8 Furthermore, God planned beforehand that it was [when] non-Jews trusted [him] that he would erase the record of their sins. [Moses wrote in] the Scriptures [PRS] this good message that God told Abraham: “Because of [what] you [did], I will bless [people in] [MTY] all nations.”
L'Écriture, prévoyant que Dieu justifierait les païens par la foi, a annoncé d'avance la Bonne Nouvelle à Abraham, en disant: « En toi toutes les nations seront bénies. »
9 So, [we can conclude that] it is those who trust [in what Christ has done] whom [God] blesses. That includes [all non-Jews and Jews who trust him], along with Abraham, the one who trusted him [long ago].
Ainsi donc, ceux qui ont la foi sont bénis avec le fidèle Abraham.
10 That is, God will eternally punish all those who [mistakenly] think [that God will erase the record of their sins] as a result of their [obeying] the laws [that God gave to Moses]. What is written in the Scriptures is that [God] will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws [that Moses wrote].
Car tous ceux qui pratiquent les œuvres de la loi sont sous la malédiction. Car il est écrit: « Maudit est quiconque ne met pas en pratique tout ce qui est écrit dans le livre de la loi. »
11 But God has declared that if he erases the record of anyone’s sins, it will not be as a result of their obeying the laws God gave Moses. [This is evident because the Scriptures say], “Every person whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God will live [spiritually].”
Or, il est évident que nul n'est justifié devant Dieu par la loi, car il est écrit: « Le juste vivra par la foi. »
12 But [when God gave] his laws [to the Jews, he did] not [say that a person must] trust [him]. Instead, [God said that] it is those who obey [all God’s laws, continuously and completely], who will live.
La loi n'est pas de la foi, mais: « L'homme qui les met en pratique vivra par elles. »
13 Even though we humans have not continuously and completely obeyed God’s laws, Christ rescued us from [God] punishing us eternally. Christ rescued us by his being [the one God condemned] instead of God condemning us. What is written {[someone/Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] shows that this is true. It is written {[He] wrote}, “[God] has cursed anyone [whom people have executed for his crimes and whose body they] have hung on a tree.”
Le Christ nous a rachetés de la malédiction de la loi, étant devenu malédiction pour nous. Car il est écrit: « Maudit est quiconque est pendu à un arbre »,
14 Jesus Christ rescued us in order that as a result of what he [has done, God might bless the non-Jews, in a way similar to the way] God blessed Abraham. He also desired that as a result of our trusting [Christ], we [all] might receive the Spirit [whom God] promised to [give to] us.
afin que la bénédiction d'Abraham vienne sur les païens par Jésus-Christ, pour que nous recevions par la foi la promesse de l'Esprit.
15 My fellow believers, I will now [illustrate] by referring to human [relationships. After an agreement is confirmed by two people] {[two people have signed] an agreement}, no one can reject it or add to it.
Frères, en termes humains, bien qu'il ne s'agisse que d'une alliance d'homme, quand elle a été confirmée, personne ne l'annule ni n'y ajoute.
16 [God] declared to Abraham and his descendant that he was promising [to give blessings to Abraham]. [The words that God spoke were not “and your] descendants.” [He was not] referring to many persons. Instead, he was referring to one person, who is Christ, [because the words that God spoke were], “and your descendant.”
Or les promesses ont été faites à Abraham et à sa descendance. Il ne dit pas: « A une descendance", comme à plusieurs, mais comme à un seul: « A ta descendance », qui est le Christ.
17 This is what I am saying: [Since God] gave the laws [to the Jews] 430 years after [he declared to Abraham what he was promising to do for Abraham], those laws do not cancel that agreement [with] Abraham that God himself had previously agreed about [PRS].
Or je dis ceci: Une alliance confirmée d'avance par Dieu en Christ, la loi, qui est venue quatre cent trente ans après, ne l'annule pas, au point de rendre la promesse sans effet.
18 Remember that if it is because [we obey God’s] laws [that he gives to us] what [he has] promised [to give to us], then it is not [just] because he [has] promised [that he would give those things to us]. God freely gave to Abraham [what he had promised to give to him, just] because [God had] promised [that he would give it to him. Similarly, it is not because we obey God’s laws that God gives to us what he has promised to give to us].
Car si l'héritage vient de la loi, il ne vient plus de la promesse; mais Dieu l'a accordé à Abraham par promesse.
19 So, [if someone should ask], “Why [did God later give] his laws [to Moses?” I would reply that] it was in order that [people might realize] how sinful they were. [Those laws were valid] until [Jesus came. He was] the descendant that God [was referring to when he made] the promises to Abraham. [The laws] were given {[God] gave [his laws]} [to Moses] by God’s causing angels to [speak to him. Moses was the] mediator, [the one who told the laws to the people].
Alors pourquoi la loi existe-t-elle? Elle a été ajoutée à cause des transgressions, jusqu'à ce que vienne la descendance à laquelle la promesse a été faite. Elle a été ordonnée par des anges, par la main d'un médiateur.
20 Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
Or, il n'y a pas de médiateur entre les uns et les autres, mais Dieu est unique.
21 [If someone should ask, “When God gave his] laws [to Moses] long [after he told Abraham] what he was promising [to give to him, was he] changing his mind?” [I would reply that God] certainly did not [change his mind when he did that]! If God had given a law that could enable people to live [eternally], then it actually would be because of people [obeying that] law that God would erase the record of their sins.
La loi est-elle donc contre les promesses de Dieu? Certainement pas! Car s'il avait été donné une loi qui pût faire vivre, très certainement la justice aurait été de la loi.
22 But instead, [what we read in] the Scriptures [PRS] is that God [caused all people to be unable to escape being punished for] their [sins] [MET], just like [people] in prison [are unable to escape] [PRS, MET]. [God did that in order that he might give what he promised to those who trust Jesus Christ, just] because they trust him.
Mais l'Écriture a emprisonné toutes choses sous le péché, afin que la promesse par la foi en Jésus-Christ soit accordée à ceux qui croient.
23 Before [God revealed the good message about] trusting [in Christ], the laws [PRS] that God gave to Moses were [confining/imprisoning us Jews] [MET], [as] a prisoner [in jail is] confined. [We] were unable to escape [obeying those] [MET] [laws]. This happened in order that [we might believe] the good message [concerning Christ, the message that God would] reveal [later].
Mais avant que la foi ne vienne, nous étions gardés sous la loi, enfermés pour la foi qui devait être révélée ensuite.
24 [Like a father supervises his immature son by appointing a] servant to take care of him [MET], [God] was supervising us [by] his laws [MET, PRS] until Christ came. [He did this] in order that he might erase the record of our sins [only] because we trust [Christ].
De sorte que la loi est devenue notre précepteur pour nous amener au Christ, afin que nous soyons justifiés par la foi.
25 But [now that God] has revealed the message [about trusting in Christ], the laws [that God gave to Moses] are no longer supervising us [Jews] [PRS, MET].
Mais maintenant que la foi est venue, nous ne sommes plus sous un tuteur.
26 Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
Car vous êtes tous enfants de Dieu, par la foi en Jésus-Christ.
27 That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
Car tous ceux d'entre vous qui ont été baptisés dans le Christ ont revêtu le Christ.
28 [If you are believers, it does] not [matter to God if you are] Jews or non-Jews; slaves or ones [who are] not slaves; males or females, because all of you are [as] one [sort of person because of your relationship] with Christ Jesus.
Il n'y a plus ni Juif ni Grec, il n'y a plus ni esclave ni homme libre, il n'y a plus ni homme ni femme, car vous êtes tous un en Jésus-Christ.
29 Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, you are [like] Abraham’s descendants [because you trust God as Abraham did], and you will possess/receive all that God has promised [MET].
Si vous appartenez au Christ, vous êtes donc la postérité d'Abraham et les héritiers selon la promesse.
