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 par des hommes, ni par un homme, mais par Jésus-Christ et Dieu le Père, qui l’a ressuscité d’entre les 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 Églises de Galatie.
3 [I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
Grâce à vous et paix par Dieu notre 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 donné lui-même pour nos péchés, afin de nous arracher à ce siècle mauvais, selon la volonté de notre Dieu et Père, (aiōn g165)
À qui est la gloire dans les 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 ayez passé si vite de celui qui vous a appelés à la grâce du Christ, à un autre Évangile;
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].
Quoiqu’il n’y en ait point d’autre; seulement, quelques personnes sèment le trouble parmi vous, et veulent renverser l’Évangile 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 évangélisait autrement que nous vous avons évangélisés, qu’il soit anathème.
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.
Comme nous l’avons déjà dit, ainsi je le répète: Si quelqu’un vous annonce un autre Évangile que celui que vous avez reçu, qu’il soit anathème.
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 des hommes ou de Dieu que je désire maintenant l’approbation? Cherchai-je à plaire aux hommes? Si je plaisais encore aux hommes, je ne serais point 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].
Car je vous déclare, mes frères, que l’Évangile que je vous ai prêché n’est point 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.
En effet, ce n’est point d’un homme que je l’ai reçu ni appris, mais c’est par la 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 ouï dire que j’ai vécu autrefois dans le judaïsme; qu’à toute outrance j’ai persécuté l’Eglise 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].
Et que je me signalais dans le judaïsme au-dessus d’un grand nombre de mes contemporains au sein de ma nation, me montrant zélateur outre mesure des 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 lorsqu’il plut à celui qui m’a choisi dès le sein de ma mère, et m’a appelé par sa grâce,
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 me révéler son Fils, pour que je l’annonçasse parmi les nations; aussitôt, sans acquiescer à la chair et au 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 sans venir à Jérusalem près de ceux qui étaient apôtres avant moi, je m’en allai en Arabie, et je retournai encore 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].
Ensuite, après trois ans, je vins à Jérusalem pour voir Pierre, et je demeurai 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 je ne vis aucun apôtre, si ce n’est Jacques, le frère du Seigneur.
20 God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
Je vous écris ceci, voici! devant Dieu, je ne mens pas.
21 After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
Ensuite je vins dans les pays 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.
Or j’étais inconnu de visage aux Eglises de Judée, qui étaient dans le 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)!”
Seulement elles avaient ouï dire: Celui qui autrefois nous persécutait annonce maintenant la foi qu’il s’efforçait alors de détruire.
24 And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
Et elles glorifiaient Dieu à mon sujet.
