Hebrews 6
1 So, we [(inc)] must not keep [discussing] the elementary principles about Christ. Instead, we must proceed [to the teaching that will make us spiritually] mature [MTY]. We must not [be people who always need someone to teach them] the elementary truths [about Christ that are like] [MET] a foundation. [I am referring to the teaching that people who do sinful] things must turn away from their sinful behavior, things that [those who are spiritually] [MET] dead do. [I am referring to the teaching] that people must believe in God.
C'est pourquoi, laissant l'enseignement des premiers principes de Christ, poussons à la perfection, en posant de nouveau le fondement de la repentance des œuvres mortes, de la foi en Dieu,
2 [I am referring to the teaching about what] various [Jewish and Christian] rituals for purifying people [signify. I am referring to the teaching about how elders enable people to receive spiritual gifts by] laying hands [on them] [MTY]. [I am referring to the teaching that God will] ([cause] those who have died to live again/raise people from the dead). And [I am referring to the teaching that God] will judge [some people and punish them] eternally. (aiōnios g166)
de l'enseignement des baptêmes, de l'imposition des mains, de la résurrection des morts et du jugement éternel. (aiōnios g166)
3 [Instead of continuing to discuss these elementary truths], we [(inc)] (OR, I) will [go on to give people mature teaching], if God allows it.
C'est ce que nous ferons, si Dieu le permet.
4 [I will explain why it is important to do that. Some] people have at one time fully understood [the message about Christ] [MET]. They have experienced [a relationship with Jesus Christ] that God [EUP/MTY] gave [to them]. They have received the Holy Spirit the same as [others have].
En effet, pour ce qui est de ceux qui ont été autrefois éclairés, qui ont goûté au don céleste, qui ont été rendus participants du Saint-Esprit,
5 They have experienced that God’s message is good. And by what they have experienced [now], they know how [God will work] powerfully in the future. If those people reject [the message about Christ], it will not be possible for anyone to persuade them to turn away from their sinful behavior again! (aiōn g165)
qui ont goûté à la bonne parole de Dieu et aux puissances du siècle à venir, (aiōn g165)
6 What those [believers who later renounce the message about Christ do is as though] [MET] they themselves are nailing the Son of God to a cross again! They are causing others to publicly despise Christ.
et qui sont tombés ensuite, il est impossible de les ramener à la repentance, puisqu'ils crucifient de nouveau le Fils de Dieu pour eux-mêmes et l'exposent à l'ignominie.
7 Think about this: It is land on which rain has frequently fallen [PRS] and on which plants grow [PRS] that is useful for the people who prepare the land that God has blessed. [Similarly, it is those believers who have received many good things from God and who do good deeds/things that please God, whom God will bless] [MET].
Car la terre qui a bu la pluie qui tombe souvent sur elle et qui produit une récolte convenable pour ceux pour qui elle est aussi cultivée, reçoit la bénédiction de Dieu;
8 But [what will happen to believers who do deeds/things that do not please God will be like what happens to land] on which [only] thorns and thistles grow [MET]. [Such land] is worthless. It has almost become land that God will curse, and eventually he will burn [its vegetation] [MTY].
mais si elle porte des épines et des chardons, elle est rejetée et près d'être maudite, sa fin étant d'être brûlée.
9 Although I am writing [to you] like this as a [warning], I am certain concerning you whom I love that [you are doing] better than that. Specifically, I am sure that [you are doing] the things that are appropriate [for those whom God] has saved.
Mais, bien-aimés, nous sommes persuadés de choses meilleures pour vous, et de choses qui accompagnent le salut, bien que nous parlions ainsi.
10 Since God always acts justly [LIT], he will not overlook all you have done [for him. He will also not overlook] [MTY] [your showing that you love] him by the way you helped your fellow believers and [by the way you still] help them. [Instead, God will reward you for doing good deeds].
Car Dieu n'est pas injuste, au point d'oublier votre œuvre et le travail d'amour que vous avez montré envers son nom, en ce que vous avez servi les saints, et que vous les servez encore.
11 I very much want each of you to diligently continue to fully expect to receive [what God has provided for you], until you finally [receive everything that you have confidently expected to receive].
Nous désirons que chacun de vous fasse preuve du même empressement jusqu'à la fin de la plénitude de l'espérance,
12 I do not want you to be lazy. [Instead, I want] you to imitate those who, because they patiently continued to trust in [God], are receiving what he promised them.
afin que vous ne soyez pas paresseux, mais imitateurs de ceux qui, par la foi et la persévérance, ont hérité des promesses.
13 When God promised to [do things for] Abraham, he said that he would punish himself [if he did not do that], because there was no one of greater importance to ask to punish him [if he did not do it].
En effet, lorsque Dieu fit une promesse à Abraham, comme il ne pouvait jurer par personne de plus grand, il jura par lui-même,
14 He said [to Abraham], “I will certainly bless you [(sg)], and I will certainly increase [the number of] your [descendants] [SYN].”
en disant: « Je te bénirai, et je te multiplierai. »
15 As a result, after Abraham patiently waited [for God to do what he promised], he received what [God] promised him.
C'est ainsi qu'ayant supporté patiemment, il obtint la promesse.
16 [Keep in mind that when people promise something], they ask a more important person to punish them if they do not do what they promise. Furthermore, when people ask God to punish them [if they do not tell the truth], that causes people who are disputing to stop disputing.
Les hommes, en effet, jurent par un plus grand, et dans toute contestation de leur part, le serment est définitif pour confirmation.
17 So, when God wanted to demonstrate very clearly (to us/to those people) who would receive what he had promised that he would not change what he had purposed [to do], he solemnly guaranteed that he would declare himself guilty if he did not do what he promised.
C'est ainsi que Dieu, voulant montrer plus abondamment aux héritiers de la promesse l'immuabilité de son conseil, s'est interposé par un serment,
18 He did that to strongly encourage us as a result of our [knowing] that [God has done] two things that cannot change. [Namely, he promised to bless us, and he solemnly declared that he would declare himself guilty if he did not bless us]. We [know] that God, who did those things, cannot lie. We have fled [to him] in order that we might continue confidently to expect to receive what he promised us.
afin que, par deux choses immuables, dans lesquelles il est impossible que Dieu mente, nous soyons fortement encouragés, nous qui avons fui pour trouver un refuge, à saisir l'espérance qui nous est proposée.
19 [Our confidently expecting] [SYN] [to receive what he has promised is like] an anchor [MET] that very firmly [DOU] [holds us fast. The one we confidently expect to help us] [SYN] [is Jesus, who] goes into [God’s very presence, just like the Supreme Priests went] behind the curtain into the innermost [part of the tent in the barren area] [MET].
Cette espérance, nous l'avons comme une ancre de l'âme, une espérance à la fois sûre et inébranlable, et qui pénètre dans ce qui est au delà du voile,
20 Jesus went [into God’s presence] ahead of us [(inc)] to [help] us when he became a Supreme Priest eternally in the way that Melchizedek was a Supreme Priest. (aiōn g165)
où Jésus est entré pour nous comme précurseur, étant devenu souverain sacrificateur pour toujours selon l'ordre de Melchisédek. (aiōn g165)
