Luke 20
1 One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
Or il arriva qu’un de ces jours-là, comme il enseignait le peuple dans le temple, et qu’il annonçait l’Evangile, les princes des prêtres et les scribes y vinrent avec les anciens,
2 They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
Et lui adressèrent la parole en disant: Dis-nous par quelle autorité tu fais ces choses? ou: Qui est celui qui t’a donné ce pouvoir?
3 He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
Et Jésus répondant, leur dit: Je vous interrogerai, moi aussi, mais sur une seule chose. Répondez-moi.
4 where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
Le baptême de Jean était-il du ciel ou des hommes?
5 They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
Mais ils pensaient en eux-mêmes, disant: Si nous répondons: Du ciel, il dira: Pourquoi donc n’y avez-vous point cru?
6 But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
Et si nous répondons: Des hommes, tout le peuple nous lapidera, car ils tiennent pour certain que Jean était prophète.
7 So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
Ils répondirent donc qu’ils ne savaient d’où il était.
8 Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
Et Jésus leur dit: Ni moi, je ne vous dis pas non plus par quelle autorité je fais ces choses.
9 Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
Alors il se mit à dire au peuple cette parabole: Un homme planta une vigne, et la loua à des vignerons, et lui-même fut longtemps en voyage.
10 When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
Et dans la saison, il envoya un de ses serviteurs aux vignerons, pour qu’ils lui donnassent du fruit de la vigne. Mais eux, après l’avoir déchiré de coups, le renvoyèrent les mains vides.
11 [Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
Il envoya encore un autre serviteur. Mais eux, l’ayant aussi déchiré de coups et chargé d’outrages, ils le renvoyèrent les mains vides.
12 [Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
Enfin il en envoya un troisième; les vignerons le blessèrent aussi et le jetèrent dehors.
13 So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
Alors le maître de la vigne dit: Que ferai-je? J’enverrai mon fils bien-aimé; peut être que lorsqu’ils le verront, ils le respecteront.
14 [So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
Mais les vignerons l’ayant vu, pensèrent en eux-mêmes, disant: Celui-ci est l’héritier, tuons-le, afin que nôtre devienne l’héritage.
15 So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
Et l’ayant jeté hors de la vigne, ils le tuèrent. Que leur fera donc le maître de la vigne?
16 He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
Il viendra, et perdra ces vignerons, et donnera la vigne à d’autres. Ce qu’ayant entendu, ils lui dirent: À Dieu ne plaise!
17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
Mais Jésus les regardant dit: Qu’est-ce donc que ce qui est écrit: La pierre qu’ont rejetée ceux qui bâtissaient est devenue un sommet d’angle?
18 [That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
Quiconque tombera sur cette pierre sera brisé, et celui sur qui elle tombera, elle le réduira en poudre.
19 The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
Et les princes des prêtres et les scribes cherchaient à mettre la main sur lui en cette heure-là, mais ils craignirent le peuple; ils avaient compris que c’étaient à eux qu’il avait appliqué cette parabole.
20 So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
Et, l’épiant, ils envoyèrent des gens qui feignaient d’être justes, pour lui tendre des embûches et le surprendre dans ses paroles, afin de le livrer au magistrat et au pouvoir du gouverneur.
21 [So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
Ainsi ils l’interrogèrent disant: Maître, nous savons que vous parlez et enseignez avec droiture; que vous ne faites acception de personne, mais que vous enseignez la voix de Dieu dans la vérité:
22 [So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Nous est-il permis de payer le tribut à César, ou non?
23 But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
Considérant leur ruse, il leur dit: Pourquoi me tentez-vous?
24 “Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
Montrez-moi un denier. De qui porte-t-il l’image et l’inscription? Ils lui répondirent: De César.
25 He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
Et il leur dit: Rendez donc à César ce qui est à César, et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu.
26 While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
Et ils ne purent reprendre aucune de ses paroles devant le peuple; mais ils admirèrent sa réponse, et se turent.
27 Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
Quelques-uns des sadducéens, qui nient qu’il y ait une résurrection, s’approchèrent alors et l’interrogèrent;
28 They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
Disant: Maître, Moïse a écrit pour nous: Si le frère de quelqu’un meurt, ayant une femme, mais étant sans enfants, que son frère prenne sa femme et suscite une postérité à son frère.
29 Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
Or il y avait sept frères; et le premier prit une femme, et mourut sans enfants.
30 The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
Le suivant prit la femme, et mourut lui-même sans enfants.
31 Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
Et le troisième la prit; et pareillement tous les sept, et ils n’ont point laissé de postérité, et ils sont morts.
32 Afterwards, the woman died, too.
Enfin, après eux tous, est morte aussi la femme.
33 Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
À la résurrection donc, duquel sera-t-elle femme, puisque les sept l’ont eue pour femme?
34 Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
Jésus leur dit: Les fils de ce siècle se marient et sont donnés en mariage; (aiōn g165)
35 But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
Mais ceux qui seront trouvés dignes du siècle à venir et de la résurrection des morts, ne se marieront point et n’épouseront point de femmes; (aiōn g165)
36 [You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
Car ils ne pourront plus mourir; parce qu’ils sont égaux aux anges, et fils de Dieu, étant fils de la résurrection.
37 But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
Or que les morts ressuscitent, Moïse le montre à l’endroit du buisson, quand il appelle le Seigneur, le Dieu d’Abraham, le Dieu d’Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob.
38 It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
Or Dieu n’est point le Dieu des morts, mais des vivants; car tous vivent pour lui.
39 Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
Quelques-uns des scribes, prenant la parole, lui dirent: Maître, vous avez bien dit.
40 After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
Et on n’osait plus lui faire aucune question.
41 Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
Mais il leur demanda: Comment dit-on que le Christ est fils de David?
42 Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
Puisque David lui-même dit dans le livre des Psaumes: Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur: Asseyez-vous à ma droite,
43 [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
Jusqu’à ce que je fasse de vos ennemis l’escabeau de vos pieds.
44 King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
Ainsi David l’appelle son Seigneur; comment donc est-il son fils?
45 While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
Or tout le peuple l’écoutant, il dit à ses disciples:
46 “Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
Gardez-vous des scribes, qui se plaisent à se promener avec de longues robes, aiment les salutations dans les places publiques, les premiers sièges dans les synagogues, et les premières places dans les festins;
47 They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
Qui dévorent les maisons des veuves sous prétexte de longues prières. Ceux-ci subiront une condamnation plus rigoureuse.
