Galatians 4
1 Now, I [will further] discuss [children and heirs]: [An heir is a person who will later] control all that his father has. But as long as that heir is a child, others [control] him, with the result that he is just like a slave [MET].
Or, je dis que l'héritier, aussi longtemps qu'il est enfant, ne diffère en rien de l'esclave, quoiqu'il soit le maître de tout;
2 Until the [day that] his father [previously] determined, [other] persons supervise him and manage his father’s property.
mais il est soumis à des tuteurs et à des curateurs jusqu'au temps marqué par le père.
3 Likewise, when we [(inc)] (OR, we [(exc) Jews]) were [like] young children [MET], we were controlled by the spiritual powers of this world. They controlled us like [masters control their slaves] [MET].
Nous aussi de même, lorsque nous étions enfants, nous étions asservis aux rudiments du monde.
4 But exactly at the time [MTY] [that God had previously determined], he sent [Jesus], who is (his Son/the man who is also God), into the world. Jesus was born to a [human] mother. He had to obey the laws [that God gave to Moses].
Mais, lorsque les temps ont été accomplis, Dieu a envoyé son Fils, né d'une femme, né sous la loi,
5 God sent Jesus in order that he might redeem us who had to obey [God’s] laws. God wanted us all to receive from [God] the status of being his children [MET].
afin de racheter ceux qui étaient sous la loi, et de nous faire obtenir l'adoption filiale.
6 Furthermore, we know that we are God’s children because God sent the Spirit, who is intimately related to Jesus, to live in our (inner beings/hearts). [The Spirit enables us to] pray fervently, “Daddy, Father!” [This shows that we are God’s children].
Et parce que vous êtes fils, Dieu a envoyé dans vos coeurs l'Esprit de son Fils, lequel crie: Abba! — c'est-à-dire: Père! —
7 So, [because of what God has done], no longer is [each of] you [like] a slave. Instead, [each of you is] a child [of God]. Furthermore, since [each of you is God’s] child, God has also made you his heir, [one who will receive all that he has promised].
Ainsi, tu n'es plus esclave, mais fils; et si tu es fils, tu es aussi héritier, par la grâce de Dieu.
8 When you did not have a relationship with God [MET], you served gods that really did not exist [MET]. You were their slaves.
Autrefois, quand vous ne connaissiez pas Dieu, vous serviez des dieux qui ne le sont pas de leur nature.
9 But now you have come to know God. Perhaps [it would be better to say that] now God knows you. [So now you are acting foolishly]! (You are again believing [that by obeying] rules and rites [you will benefit spiritually]! [RHQ] [Those rules are] ineffective and inadequate! You are wanting to [obey them] again [MET] like slaves obey their masters. [RHQ]
Mais maintenant que vous connaissez Dieu, ou plutôt que vous avez été connus de Dieu, comment retournez-vous encore à ces faibles et pauvres rudiments, auxquels vous voulez vous assujettir de nouveau?
10 You [non-Jews] are carefully practicing [Jewish rules and rituals about what you should do] (on [Sabbaths/on Jewish days of rest]) and [on the first day of each] month and on [special] seasons and years.
Vous observez les jours, les mois, les temps, les années!
11 I (worry/am concerned) about your [mistaken ideas. I do not want] to have [so] strenuously served you in vain.
Je crains pour vous d'avoir travaillé en vain au milieu de vous.
12 My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. [Stop thinking that you have to obey (Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws]). [When I was with you], I [did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals], just like you [did not obey them]. [At that time] you treated me entirely as you should have [LIT].
Soyez comme moi, frères, je vous en supplie; car, moi aussi, je suis comme vous. Vous ne m'avez fait aucun tort.
13 You know that the first time I preached to you, [I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak].
Vous savez que ce fut dans l'infirmité de la chair que je vous annonçai pour la première fois l'Évangile;
14 [Although] you might have [despised me because] I was physically weak, you did not despise me or act contemptuously/disrespectfully toward me. Instead, you welcomed me like [you would welcome] an angel from God. [You welcomed me] like [you would welcome] Christ Jesus!
et, malgré l'épreuve que vous causait cette infirmité de ma chair, vous ne m'avez ni méprisé, ni repoussé, mais vous m'avez reçu comme un ange de Dieu, comme Jésus-Christ même.
15 (I am disappointed that you have forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]./Have you forgotten [that then] you [declared that you were] pleased with [me]?) [RHQ] I can testify that you [would have done anything to help me]. You would have gouged out your eyes [and] given them to me, [if that would have helped me]!
Qu'est donc devenu votre bonheur? Car je vous rends ce témoignage que, s'il eût été possible, vous vous seriez arraché les yeux pour me les donner.
16 So I am very disappointed that you [now] act as though [RHQ] I have become hostile to you [because I have kept] speaking the true [message about Christ] to you.
Suis-je devenu votre ennemi, en vous disant la vérité?
17 Those [who are insisting on obeying Jewish rules] are eagerly [showing interest in] you, but [what they are doing is] not good. They even want you not to associate with [me and other true] believers, because they want you to eagerly show [interest in] them, [not in us].
Le zèle que ces gens ont pour vous n'est pas de bon aloi; mais ils veulent vous détacher de nous, afin que vous soyez zélés pour eux.
18 But [just like] it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, [I would like you] always [to appreciate me], and not only when I am with you.
Il est beau d'avoir du zèle pour ce qui est bien, en tout temps, et non pas seulement lorsque je suis présent parmi vous.
19 You [who are like] my children, [once] again I am very worried/concerned about you [MET], [and I will continue to] be worried/concerned until Christ’s [nature becomes developed] in you [completely and wholeheartedly] [MET] [as a child] becomes developed [in his mother’s womb].
Mes enfants, pour qui je souffre de nouveau les douleurs de l'enfantement jusqu'à ce que Christ soit formé en vous,
20 But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk [more gently with you], because I do not know [what to do about] you [while we are apart].
je voudrais être en ce moment avec vous et changer de langage; car je suis dans une grande perplexité à votre sujet.
21 Some of you desire [to obey all the laws] that God gave Moses. [I say that] you [should] consider [RHQ] [the implications of what Moses wrote in] the Scriptures.
Dites-moi, vous qui voulez être sous la loi, ne comprenez-vous pas la loi?
22 [He] wrote that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, [Hagar], bore one son, and his [wife Sarah], who was not a slave, bore the other.
Car il est écrit qu'Abraham eut deux fils: un de la femme esclave, et un de celle qui était libre.
23 Also, [the sons differed. Ishmael], the [son born by] the female slave, was conceived naturally. But [Isaac], the [son born by] his wife who was not a slave, was conceived [miraculously] as a result of what [God] had promised [Abraham].
Mais celui qu'il eut de l'esclave, naquit selon la chair, et celui de la femme libre naquit en vertu de la promesse.
24 [I am telling you this] as an illustration. These [two women] symbolize two agreements. [God made] the first [agreement, which involved obeying the laws that God gave to Moses] at Sinai Mountain. [Because that agreement forces those who accept it to keep obeying all its rules] [MET], [it is like a slave mother who] gives birth to slaves. [So] Hagar, [the female slave, symbolizes] that [agreement].
Tout cela a un sens allégorique: ces femmes sont deux alliances, l'une, celle du mont Sinaï, enfante pour la servitude, et c'est Agar.
25 Also, the [word] ‘Hagar’ is [associated with] Sinai Mountain, [which is] in Arabia [land. Hagar, the female slave, also] represents Jerusalem as it is today. Jerusalem is [like] [MET] a slave [mother, and those who live there] [PRS] [are like] her slave children [MET] [because they all must obey the laws that God gave to Moses].
En effet, Agar c'est le mont Sinaï, en Arabie: elle correspond à la Jérusalem actuelle qui est esclave avec ses enfants.
26 But there will be a [new] Jerusalem in heaven [MTY], and we [who will go there] are free [from having to obey Jewish laws]. We [who belong to that city consider it to be] our mother [MET] [city because we are God’s true children].
Mais la Jérusalem d'en haut est libre, et c'est notre mère.
27 [Our new city will have more people than those who live in Jerusalem now. It will be just like] Isaiah foretold about [the people whom he expected would come back to Jerusalem from exile. He expected that they would be more numerous than those who] were taken into exile. He wrote: [You who live in Jerusalem, you will] rejoice! Now you have no children, like a barren [woman] who does not give birth to [children! But some day you will] shout [joyfully], (without restraint/as loudly as you can), [even though now you are few in number, like a woman who] cannot give birth [to children, and you] feel deserted. [You will be very happy] because [you will have many children who will come to you. Those children will be] more than [the children] any woman with a husband [could have borne].
En effet, il est écrit: «Réjouis-toi, stérile, toi qui n'enfantais point. Pousse des cris de joie et d'allégresse, toi qui n'avais pas connu les douleurs de l'enfantement, car les enfants de l'épouse délaissée seront plus nombreux que les enfants de celle qui avait un mari.»
28 Now, [my] fellow believers, you have become children [of God as a result of believing God’s] promise to us, as Isaac [was born as a result of Abraham believing what God promised to him] [MET].
Pour vous, frères, vous êtes, comme Isaac, les enfants de la promesse.
29 [Also, long ago Abraham’s son] Ishmael, the one who was conceived naturally, caused trouble for [Abraham’s son] Isaac, who [was conceived] supernaturally [MET]. Similarly, now [those who think that we must obey the laws that God gave Moses in order that God will save us are causing trouble for those who are trusting Abraham’s descendant, Christ].
Mais, de même que celui qui était né selon la chair persécutait alors celui qui était né selon l'Esprit, il en est encore ainsi maintenant.
30 But these are [RHQ] the words in the Scriptures [PRS]: “The son of the [woman] who was not a slave will inherit [what his father has]. The female slave’s son will certainly not inherit those things. So send away from [this place] the female slave and her son [MET]!” [That means that you should certainly expel from your groups those who insist that we obey all the laws God gave Moses] [MET].
Mais, que dit l'Écriture? «Chasse l'esclave et son fils; car le fils de l'esclave n'héritera pas avec le fils de la femme libre.»
31 [My] fellow believers, [Hagar symbolizes the laws that God gave to Moses. But we are not those who must obey all the laws that God gave to Moses] [MET]. [So] we are not [the] female slave [Hagar’s spiritual] descendants [MET]. But [Sarah’s descendants are those who were born as a result of believing what God promised to Abraham. So we are] the [spiritual] descendants of [Sarah, the woman] who was not a slave [MET].
Ainsi, frères, nous ne sommes pas les enfants de l'esclave, mais ceux de la femme libre.
