John 7
1 After those things happened, Jesus went around in Galilee [province]. He did not want to travel in Judea [province], because he knew that the Jewish [leaders there] were wanting to kill him.
Après cela Jésus parcourait la Galilée: car il ne voulait point parcourir la Judée, parce que les Juifs cherchaient à le faire mourir.
2 But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
Or approchait la fête des Juifs, la Scénopégie.
3 Jesus’ [younger] brothers said to him, “[Since many people] here [have left you], you should leave and go to Judea [province and perform] some miracles there, so that your disciples may see them!
Ses frères donc lui dirent: Pars d’ici et va en Judée, afin que tes disciples voient, eux aussi, les œuvres que tu fais.
4 No one who wants to become famous does things secretly. [You say] you are doing these miracles, [so do some miracles there] so that everyone [MTY] can see them!”
Car personne n’agit en secret, lorsqu’il cherche lui-même a paraître en public: puisque tu fais de telles choses, manifeste-toi au monde.
5 [They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
Car ses frères mêmes ne croyaient pas en lui.
6 So Jesus said to them, “It is not yet time for me [MTY] [to go to the celebration]. For you, any time is right [to go to the celebration].
Mais Jésus leur dit: Mon temps n’est pas encore venu, mais votre temps est toujours prêt.
7 [The people] [MTY] [who] ([do not believe in me/do not belong to God]) cannot hate you, but they hate me because I tell them that what they are doing is evil.
Le monde ne peut pas vous haïr: pour moi, il me hait, parce que je rends de lui ce témoignage que ses œuvres sont mauvaises.
8 You [(pl)] go ahead to the celebration. I am not going up [to Jerusalem] to the celebration [yet], because now is not the right time for me [to go].”
Allez, vous, à cette fête: pour moi je n’y vais point, parce que mon temps n’est pas encore accompli.
9 After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
Ce qu’ayant dit, il demeura en Galilée.
10 However, [a few days] after his younger brothers left to go up to the celebration, he went also. He went, along with [us] disciples, but no others went with us.
Mais lorsque ses frères furent partis, il alla aussi lui-même à la fête, non publiquement, mais comme en cachette.
11 At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
Les Juifs donc le cherchaient pendant la fête et disaient: Où est-il?
12 Among the crowds, many people were whispering about Jesus. Some were saying, “He is a good man!” But others were saying instead, “No! He is deceiving the crowds!”
Et il y avait une grande rumeur dans le peuple à son sujet. Les uns disaient: En effet, c’est un homme de bien; mais d’autres disaient: Non, car il séduit la foule.
13 But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
Cependant personne ne parlait de lui ouvertement par crainte des Juifs.
14 In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
Or, vers le milieu de la fête, Jésus monta au temple, et il enseignait.
15 The Jewish [elders] were amazed [at what he was saying]. They said, “This man never studied [in one of our religious schools]! So (how can he have learned [so much about Scripture]?/it is difficult for us to believe that he has learned [so much about Scripture]!) [RHQ]”
Et les Juifs s’étonnaient, disant: Comment celui-ci sait-il les Ecritures, puisqu’il ne les a point apprises?
16 Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
Jésus leur répondit et dit: Ma doctrine n’est pas de moi, mais de celui qui m’a envoyé.
17 Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with [only] my own [authority].
Si quelqu’un veut faire sa volonté, il connaîtra, touchant ma doctrine, si elle est de lui ou si je parle de moi-même.
18 Those who speak with [only] their own [authority] do that [only] so that others will honor them. But I am [doing things so that others] will honor the one who sent me, and I am someone who speaks the truth. I never lie.
Celui qui parle de lui-même cherche sa propre gloire; mais qui cherche la gloire de celui qui l’a envoyé, celui-là est vrai, et il n’y a point d’injustice en lui.
19 [Think about] the laws that Moses gave you [RHQ]. None of you [completely] obeys those laws. So why are you trying to kill me, [saying I do not obey the laws concerning] ([the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest])?”
Moïse ne vous a-t-il pas donné la loi? Cependant nul de vous ne pratique la loi.
20 Someone in the crowd answered, “[By saying this you show that] you are crazy (OR, A demon is controlling you)! Certainly no one is trying to kill you!”
Pourquoi cherchez-vous à me faire mourir? Le peuple répondit et dit: Tu es possédé du démon: qui cherche à te faire mourir?
21 Jesus replied to them, “Because I did a miracle [of healing someone] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), you are all shocked.
Jésus répliqua et leur dit: J’ai fait une seule œuvre, et vous êtes tous étonnés.
22 Moses gave you [a law that you must] circumcise [the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually], it was your ancestors, [Abraham and Isaac and Jacob], not Moses, who [started that ritual]. But because of that law, you sometimes circumcise them (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), [but that is working, too]
Cependant Moïse vous a donné la circoncision (bien qu’elle ne soit pas de Moïse, mais des patriarches): et vous circoncisez le jour du sabbat.
23 You [sometimes] circumcise boys (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) so that the law of Moses is not disobeyed {[you] do not disobey the law of Moses}, so (it is ridiculous that you are angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man!/why are you angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man?) [RHQ] [Healing someone is far more helpful than circumcising a baby boy]!
Or, si un homme reçoit la circoncision le jour du sabbat, afin que la loi de Moïse ne soit point violée, comment vous indignez-vous contre moi, parce que j’ai rendu un homme sain tout entier un jour de sabbat?
24 Stop deciding whether my healing this man is wrong according to what you see! Instead, decide according to what is really the right action [to help people]”!
Ne jugez point sur l’apparence, mais rendez un juste jugement.
25 Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “(This is the man that they are trying to kill!/Isn’t this the man that they are trying to kill?) [RHQ]
Quelques-uns de Jérusalem disaient donc: N’est-ce pas là celui qu’ils cherchent à faire mourir?
26 He is saying these things (publicly/in front of many people), but our [Jewish] rulers are not saying anything to [oppose] him. Is that because they have decided that he is truly (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)?
Et voilà qu’il parle publiquement, et ils ne lui disent rien. Les chefs du peuple auraient-ils réellement reconnu que c’est lui qui est le Christ?
27 But [he cannot be the Messiah, because] we know where this man came from. When the Messiah really comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
Cependant pour celui-ci, nous savons d’où il est: mais quand le Christ viendra, personne ne saura d’où il est.
28 [They said that because they thought Jesus was born in Nazareth]. So while Jesus was teaching [people] in the Temple [courtyard], he shouted, “Yes, [you say that] you know me, and [you think] you know [IRO] where I am from. But I have come here not (because I appointed myself/with my own authority). Instead, [God] is the one who truly sent me. You do not know him.
Ainsi Jésus parlait à haute voix dans le temple, enseignant et disant: Et vous savez qui je suis, et vous savez d’où je suis; et je ne suis point venu de moi-même: mais il est vrai, celui qui m’a envoyé, et que vous ne connaissez point.
29 But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
Moi je le connais, parce que je suis de lui, et que c’est lui qui m’a envoyé.
30 Then they tried to seize him [because he said that he had come from God]. But no one put their hands on him [to do that], because it was not yet the time [MTY] [for him to die].
Ils cherchaient donc à le prendre; mais personne ne mit la main sur lui, parce que son heure n’était pas encore venue.
31 But many of the crowd believed that he [had come from God]. They said, “When the Messiah comes, he certainly will not do more miracles than this man has done, will he?”
Mais beaucoup d’entre le peuple crurent en lui, et ils disaient: Le Christ, quand il viendra, fera-t-il plus de miracles que celui-ci n’en fait?
32 The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
Les pharisiens entendirent le peuple murmurant ainsi à son sujet; et les princes des prêtres et les pharisiens envoyèrent des archers pour le prendre.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
Jésus leur dit: Je suis encore un peu de temps avec vous; et je m’en vais à celui qui m’a envoyé.
34 Then you will search for me, but you will not find me. And you will not be able to come to the place where I am.”
Vous me chercherez et ne me trouverez pas; et où je suis vous ne pouvez venir.
35 So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said to themselves, “Where is this man about to go with the result that we will not be able to find him? [Some Jewish people have] dispersed [and live] among Greek people. He is not intending to go [and live among them] and teach them, is he?
Les Juifs dirent entre eux: Où doit donc aller celui-ci, que nous ne le trouverons point? doit-il aller chez les nations dispersées, et enseigner les gentils?
36 When he said ‘You will search for me, but you will not be able to find me,’ and when he said ‘You will not be able to come to the place where I am,’ what [did he mean]?”
Quelle est cette parole qu’il a dite: Vous me chercherez et ne me trouverez point: et où je suis vous ne pouvez venir?
37 [On each of the seven days of the celebration, the high priest poured out some water on the altar in the Temple to remember how God provided water for the people in the desolate area long ago. But the water he poured did not help anyone who was thirsty. So] on the last day of the festival, which was the most important day, Jesus stood up [in the Temple courtyard] and said with a loud voice, “Those who are thirsty should come to me to drink [what I will give them].
Le dernier jour de la fête, qui est le plus solennel, Jésus se tenait debout et s’écriait, disant: Si quelqu’un a soif, qu’il vienne à moi, et qu’il boive.
38 Just like the Scriptures teach, streams of water shall flow out from within those who believe in me, and that water will cause them to live [eternally].”
Celui qui croit en moi, comme dit l’Ecriture, des fleuves d’eau vive couleront de son sein.
39 When Jesus said that, he was referring to [God’s] Spirit, whom those who believed in Jesus would receive later. Up to that time God had not sent the Spirit [to live within believers], because Jesus had not yet [died and returned to his] glorious [home in] heaven, [from where he would send the Spirit].
Il disait cela de l’Esprit que devaient recevoir ceux qui croyaient en lui; car l’Esprit n’avait pas encore été donné, parce que Jésus n’était pas encore glorifié.
40 When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, “Surely this man is the prophet [whom God promised to send who would be like Moses]!”
Parmi donc cette multitude qui avait entendu ces paroles: les uns disaient: Celui-ci est vraiment le prophète.
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others, [thinking Jesus was born in Galilee], said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee [province], will he?
D’autres disaient: Celui-ci est le Christ. Mais quelques uns disaient: Est-ce de la Galilée que vient le Christ?
42 (Did [a prophet] not write in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived?/[It is written] in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived!) [RHQ]”
L’Ecriture ne dit-elle pas que c’est de la race de David et du bourg de Bethléem, où était David, que vient le Christ?
43 So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
Il s’éleva donc une dissension dans le peuple à cause de lui.
44 Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
Quelques-uns d’eux voulaient le prendre, mais aucun d’eux ne mit la main sur lui.
45 So the Temple guards returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, [the ones who had sent them to arrest Jesus]. They said to the guards, “Why did you not [seize him and] bring him [here]?”
Ainsi les archers revinrent vers les pontifes et les pharisiens, qui leur demandèrent: Pourquoi ne l’avez-vous pas amené?
46 They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
Les archers répondirent: Jamais homme n’a parlé comme cet homme.
47 Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
Mais les pharisiens leur répliquèrent: Avez-vous été séduits, vous aussi?
48 (None of our rulers nor any of us Pharisees have believed that (he [is the Messiah]!/he [came from God]!)/Have any of our [Jewish] rulers or any of us Pharisees believed that (he [is the Messiah]?/he [came from God]?)) [RHQ]
Est-il quelqu’un d’entre les chefs du peuple ou d’entre les pharisiens, qui ait cru en lui?
49 Not one! But, on the contrary, some of this crowd [have believed in him]. They do not know [the true teachings of] our laws! They will go to hell [for listening to him]!” (questioned)
Mais cette foule, qui ne connaît pas la loi, ce sont des maudits.
50 Then Nicodemus spoke. He was the one who earlier went to Jesus [at night]. He was also a member of the Jewish council. He said to [the rest of the Council members],
Nicodème leur dit (c’était celui qui était venu de nuit à Jésus, et qui était l’un d’entre eux):
51 “[We] have not listened to what he says to find out what he is doing. (It is not permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him!/Is it permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him?) [RHQ]”
Est-ce que notre loi condamne un homme sans qu’auparavant on l’ait entendu, et sans qu’on sache ce qu’il a fait?
52 They replied to him, “(Are you another [disgusting person] from Galilee?/[You talk like] another [disgusting person] from Galilee!) [RHQ] Read [what is written in the Scriptures] You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee [province, like he does]!”
Ils répondirent, et lui dirent: Est-ce que tu es aussi Galiléen? Lis avec soin les Ecritures, et tu verras: De la Galilée prophète ne surgit.
53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes.
Et ils s’en retournaient chacun en sa maison.
