Luke 15
1 Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
Et tous les publicains et les pécheurs s’approchaient de lui pour l’entendre.
2 The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
Et les pharisiens et les scribes murmuraient, disant: Celui-ci reçoit des pécheurs, et mange avec eux.
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Et il leur dit cette parabole, disant:
4 “Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
Quel est l’homme d’entre vous, qui, ayant 100 brebis et en ayant perdu une, ne laisse les 99 au désert, et ne s’en aille après celle qui est perdue, jusqu’à ce qu’il l’ait trouvée?
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
et l’ayant trouvée, il la met sur ses propres épaules, bien joyeux;
6 When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
et, étant de retour à la maison, il appelle les amis et les voisins, leur disant: Réjouissez-vous avec moi, car j’ai trouvé ma brebis perdue.
7 I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
Je vous dis, qu’ainsi il y aura de la joie au ciel pour un seul pécheur qui se repent, plus que pour 99 justes qui n’ont pas besoin de repentance.
8 Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
Ou quelle est la femme, qui, ayant dix drachmes, si elle perd une drachme, n’allume la lampe et ne balaie la maison, et ne cherche diligemment jusqu’à ce qu’elle l’ait trouvée?
9 When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
et l’ayant trouvée, elle assemble les amies et les voisines, disant: Réjouissez-vous avec moi, car j’ai trouvé la drachme que j’avais perdue.
10 I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
Ainsi, je vous dis, il y a de la joie devant les anges de Dieu pour un seul pécheur qui se repent.
11 Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
Et il dit: Un homme avait deux fils;
12 One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
et le plus jeune d’entre eux dit à son père: Père, donne-moi la part du bien qui me revient. Et il leur partagea son bien.
13 A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
Et peu de jours après, le plus jeune fils, ayant tout ramassé, s’en alla dehors en un pays éloigné; et là il dissipa son bien en vivant dans la débauche.
14 After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
Et après qu’il eut tout dépensé, une grande famine survint dans ce pays-là; et il commença d’être dans le besoin.
15 So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
Et il s’en alla et se joignit à l’un des citoyens de ce pays-là, et celui-ci l’envoya dans ses champs pour paître des pourceaux.
16 [Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
Et il désirait de remplir son ventre des gousses que les pourceaux mangeaient; et personne ne lui donnait [rien].
17 Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
Et étant revenu à lui-même, il dit: Combien de mercenaires de mon père ont du pain en abondance, et moi je péris ici de faim!
18 So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
Je me lèverai et je m’en irai vers mon père, et je lui dirai: Père, j’ai péché contre le ciel et devant toi;
19 I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
je ne suis plus digne d’être appelé ton fils; traite-moi comme l’un de tes mercenaires.
20 So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
Et se levant, il vint vers son père. Et comme il était encore loin, son père le vit et fut ému de compassion, et, courant [à lui], se jeta à son cou et le couvrit de baisers.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
Et le fils lui dit: Père, j’ai péché contre le ciel et devant toi; je ne suis plus digne d’être appelé ton fils.
22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
Mais le père dit à ses esclaves: Apportez dehors la plus belle robe, et l’en revêtez; et mettez un anneau à sa main et des sandales à ses pieds;
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
et amenez le veau gras et tuez-le; et mangeons et faisons bonne chère;
24 because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
car mon fils que voici était mort, et il est revenu à la vie; il était perdu, et il est retrouvé. Et ils se mirent à faire bonne chère.
25 While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
Or son fils aîné était aux champs; et comme il revenait et qu’il approchait de la maison, il entendit la mélodie et les danses;
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
et, ayant appelé l’un des serviteurs, il demanda ce que c’était.
27 The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
Et il lui dit: Ton frère est venu, et ton père a tué le veau gras, parce qu’il l’a recouvré sain et sauf.
28 [But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
Et il se mit en colère et ne voulait pas entrer. Et son père étant sorti, le pria.
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
Mais lui, répondant, dit à son père: Voici tant d’années que je te sers, et jamais je n’ai transgressé ton commandement; et tu ne m’as jamais donné un chevreau pour faire bonne chère avec mes amis;
30 But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
mais quand celui-ci, ton fils, qui a mangé ton bien avec des prostituées, est venu, tu as tué pour lui le veau gras.
31 But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
Et il lui dit: [Mon] enfant, tu es toujours avec moi, et tout ce qui est à moi est à toi;
32 But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
mais il fallait faire bonne chère et se réjouir; car celui-ci, ton frère, était mort, et il est revenu à la vie; il était perdu, et il est retrouvé.
