Luke 16
1 [Jesus] also said to his disciples, “Once there was a rich man who had a household manager. [One day] he was told {[someone] told him} that [the manager] was managing the rich man’s money badly.
Jésus (lisait encore à ses disciples: Il était un homme riche qui avait un économe; et celui-ci fut accusé auprès de lui d’avoir dissipé ses biens.
2 So he summoned [his manager] and said to him, ‘(It is terrible what they are saying about you [(sg)]!/Is it true what they are saying about you [(sg)] [RHQ]?) Give me a written account of [the funds] you have been managing, because you can no longer be my [household] manager!’
Il l’appela, et lui dit: Qu’est-ce que j’entends dire de toi? Rends-moi compte de ton administration, car désormais tu ne pourras plus la conserver.
3 Then the manager thought to himself, ‘My master is going to fire me, so (I do not know what to do./what shall I do [RHQ]?) I am not strong enough to [work by] digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg [for money].’
Alors l’économe dit en lui-même: Que ferai-je, puisque mon maître m’ôte l’administration de ses biens? Travailler à la terre, je n’en ai pas la force, et j’ai honte de mendier.
4 [Suddenly he had an idea]. ‘I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses [and provide for me] after I am dismissed {after my master dismisses me} from my work!’
Je sais ce que je ferai, afin que, lorsque j’aurai été renvoyé de ma charge, il y en ait qui me reçoivent dans leurs maisons.
5 So [one by one] he summoned the people who owed his master money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you [(sg)] owe my master?’
Ayant donc appelé chacun des débiteurs de son maître, il demanda au premier: Combien devez-vous à mon maître?
6 The man replied, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down and quickly change it to 400 [gallons]!’
Il répondit: Cent barils d’huile. Et l’économe lui dit: Prenez votre obligation, et asseyez-vous vite, et écrivez cinquante.
7 He said to another man, ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘A thousand bushels of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 [bushels]!’ [He did similar things for the others who owed his master money].
Ensuite il dit à un autre: Et vous, combien devez-vous? Celui-ci répondit: Cent mesures de froment. Prenez, lui dit-il, votre billet, et écrivez quatre-vingts.
8 When his master [heard what the manager had done], he admired the dishonest manager for the clever thing he had done. [The truth] is that the ungodly people in this world act more wisely toward other people than godly people [MET] act. (aiōn g165)
Et le maître de l’économe infidèle le loua d’avoir agi prudemment; car les fils du siècle sont plus prudents entre eux que les fils de la lumière. (aiōn g165)
9 [So] I tell you [(pl)] this: Use the money that you have [here] on earth to help others so that they will become your friends. Then when [you die and] you cannot [take] any money with you, [God and his angels] will welcome you into a home [in heaven] that will last forever. (aiōnios g166)
Et moi je vous dis: Faites-vous des amis avec les richesses injustes, afin que, lorsque vous viendrez à manquer, ils vous reçoivent dans les tabernacles éternels. (aiōnios g166)
10 People who faithfully manage small [matters] will also faithfully manage important [matters]. People who are dishonest in [the way they handle] small [matters] will be dishonest [in the way they handle] important [matters].
Celui qui est fidèle dans les moindres choses, est fidèle aussi dans les grandes; et celui qui est injuste dans les petites choses, est injuste aussi dans les grandes.
11 So if you have not faithfully handled the money that [God has given you here] on earth, (he will certainly not allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven!]/would he allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven]?) [RHQ]
Si donc vous n’avez pas été fidèle dans les richesses injustes, qui vous confiera les véritables?
12 And if you have not faithfully managed things that belong to other people, ([God] will certainly not allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you!/would God allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you?) [RHQ]
Et si vous n’avez pas été fidèle dans le bien d’autrui, qui vous donnera celui qui est à vous?
13 No servant is able to serve two [different] bosses [at the same time. If he tried to do that], he would prefer one of them more than the other one; he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. [Similarly], you cannot [devote your life] to worshipping God and [worshipping] money and material goods [at the same time].”
Nul serviteur ne peut servir deux maîtres: car, où il haïra l’un et aimera l’autre, ou il s’attachera à l’un et méprisera l’autre: vous ne pouvez servir Dieu et l’argent,
14 There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
Or les pharisiens, qui étaient avares, écoutaient toutes ces choses et se moquaient de lui.
15 But he said to them, “You try to make other people think that you are righteous, but God knows your (inner beings/hearts). [So he will reject you. Keep in mind that many] things that people think are important, God thinks are detestable.
Et il leur dit: C’est vous qui vous justifiez devant les hommes, mais Dieu connaît vos cœurs; car ce qui est grand aux yeux des hommes, est en abomination devant Dieu.
16 The laws that [God gave Moses] and what the prophets [MTY] [wrote] were ([in effect/what you needed to obey]) until John [the Baptizer] came. Since then [I] have been preaching about how God wants to [rule people’s lives in a new way], and many people are [accepting that message and] very eagerly asking God to control [their lives. But that does not mean that God has abolished the laws that he established previously].
La loi et les prophètes ont duré jusqu’à Jean; depuis, le royaume de Dieu est annoncé, et chacun fait effort pour y entrer.
17 [All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
Le ciel et la terre passeront, plutôt qu’il ne tombe un seul point de la loi.
18 [For example, because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that] any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery. He also [considers that] any man who marries a woman who has been divorced by her husband {whose husband has divorced her} is [also] committing adultery.”
Quiconque renvoie sa femme et en épouse une autre, commet un adultère; et qui épouse une femme renvoyée par son mari, commet un adultère.
19 [Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
Il y avait un homme riche qui était vêtu de pourpre et de fin lin; et il faisait chaque jour une splendide chère.
20 And every day a poor man whose name was Lazarus was laid {[some people also] laid a poor man whose name was Lazarus} at the gate of the rich man’s [house]. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores.
Il y avait aussi un mendiant, nommé Lazare, lequel était couché à sa porte, couvert d’ulcères,
21 He [was so hungry that he] wanted to eat the scraps [of food] that fell from the table where the rich man [ate]. Furthermore, [to make things worse], dogs came and licked his sores.
Désirant se rassasier des miettes qui tombaient de la table du riche, et personne ne lui en donnait; mais les chiens venaient et léchaient ses ulcères.
22 [Eventually] the poor man died. Then he was taken by the angels {the angels took him} to [start feasting] next to his [ancestor] Abraham. The rich man also died, and his body was buried {[some people] buried his body}.
Or il arriva que le mendiant mourut, et fut porté par les anges dans le sein d’Abraham. Le riche mourut aussi, et fut enseveli dans l’enfer. (Hadēs g86)
23 In the place where dead people wait [for God to judge them], he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham. (Hadēs g86)
Or, levant les yeux, lorsqu’il était dans les tourments, il vit de loin Abraham, et Lazare dans son sein:
24 So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So [please] pity me, and send Lazarus [here] so that he can dip his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it!’
Et s’écriant, il dit: Père Abraham, ayez pitié de moi, et envoyez Lazare, afin qu’il trempe le bout de son doigt dans l’eau pour rafraîchir ma langue; car je suis tourmenté dans cette flamme.
25 But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that while you [(sg)] were alive [on earth] you enjoyed [many] good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now [it is fair that] he is happy here, and you are suffering.
Et Abraham lui dit: Mon fils, souviens-toi que pendant ta vie tu as reçu les biens, de même que Lazare les maux; or maintenant il est consolé, et toi tu es tourmenté.
26 Besides that, there is a huge ravine between you [(sg)] and us. So those who want to go from here to where you [(sg)] are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we [(exc)] are.’
De plus, entre nous et vous, il y a pour jamais un grand abîme, de sorte que ceux qui voudraient passer d’ici à vous, ou de là venir ici, ne le peuvent pas.
27 Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
Et le riche dit: Je vous prie donc, père, de l’envoyer dans la maison de mon père;
28 I have five brothers [who live there]. Tell him to warn them [to turn away from their sinful behavior so that] they do not also come to this place, where [we(exc)] suffer great pain!’
Car j’ai cinq frères; afin qu’il leur atteste ces choses, et qu’ils ne viennent pas aussi eux-mêmes dans ce lieu de tourments.
29 But Abraham replied, ‘[No, I will not do that, because your brothers] are able to [go to the Jewish meeting places where the priests] read what Moses and the prophets [wrote]. They should listen to what Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote]!’
Mais Abraham lui repartit. Ils ont Moïse et les prophètes; qu’ils les écoulent.
30 But the rich man replied, ‘No, father Abraham, [that will not be enough] But if someone from those who have died goes back to them [and warns them], they will turn from their sinful behavior.’
Et il dit: Non, père Abraham; mais si quelqu’un va des morts vers eux, ils feront pénitence.
31 [Abraham] said to him, ‘No! If they do not listen to [what] [MTY] Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote], even if someone would become alive again [and go and warn them], they would not be convinced {he could not convince them} [that they should turn from their sinful behavior].’”
Abraham lui répondit: S’ils n’écoutent point Moïse et les prophètes, quand même quelqu’un des morts ressusciterait, ils ne croiraient pas.
