Luke 7
1 After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
Après que Jésus eut achevé de prononcer toutes ces paroles devant le peuple qui l'écoutait, il entra dans Capernaüm.
2 There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die.
Or, un centenier avait un serviteur malade et près de mourir, qui lui était très cher.
3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he [summoned] some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave.
Ayant entendu parler de Jésus, il lui envoya quelques anciens des Juifs, pour le prier de venir guérir son serviteur.
4 When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus [to return with them]. They said, “This officer deserves that you [(sg)] do this [for him],
Ceux-ci, étant arrivés auprès de Jésus, le priaient avec instance, en disant: Il est digne que tu lui accordes cela;
5 because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
car il aime notre nation, et c'est lui qui nous a fait bâtir la synagogue.
6 So Jesus went with them. When he was near the [officer’s] house, the officer [decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he] summoned some friends. He [told them to] go to Jesus and tell him this: “Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. [Because I am a non-Jew], I am not worthy for you [(sg)], [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me].
Alors Jésus s'en alla avec eux. Comme il approchait déjà de la maison, le centenier envoya des amis, pour lui dire: Seigneur, ne te donne pas tant de peine; car je ne mérite pas que tu entres sous mon toit.
7 I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
Aussi ne me suis-je pas même jugé digne d'aller auprès de toi; mais dis une parole, et mon serviteur sera guéri.
8 [I believe this] because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me [and I obey them]. I also have soldiers under my [authority]. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
Car moi-même, qui suis un homme soumis à la puissance d'autrui, j'ai sous mes ordres des soldats. Je dis à l'un: Va! Et il va; et à l'autre! Viens! Et il vient; et à mon serviteur: Fais cela! Et il le fait.
9 When [the officer’s friends arrived and] told that to Jesus, he marveled at what [the officer had said]. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, “I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted [in me like this non-Jewish man does]. No one from Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], has trusted in me like he has!”
Jésus, ayant entendu ces paroles, admira le centenier; et, se tournant vers la foule qui le suivait, il dit: Je vous le déclare, même en Israël je n'ai pas trouvé une aussi grande foi.
10 When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
Et les envoyés, de retour à la maison, trouvèrent le serviteur en bonne santé.
11 Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
Le jour suivant, Jésus allait à une ville appelée Nain, et plusieurs de ses disciples et une grande foule faisaient route avec lui.
12 As they approached the town gate, the corpse of a young man who had just died was being carried out [on a stretcher] {[people] were carrying out [on a stretcher] the corpse of a young man who had just died}. His mother was a widow, and he was her only son. A large group of people from the town were accompanying them.
Comme il approchait de la porte de la ville, voici qu'on emportait un mort, fils unique de sa mère qui était veuve; et il y avait avec elle un grand nombre de gens de la ville.
13 When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
Le Seigneur, l'ayant vue, fut touché de compassion pour elle, et il lui dit: Ne pleure pas!
14 Then, [ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse], he came close and touched the stretcher [on which the body was lying]. So the men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”
Puis, s'étant approché, il toucha le cercueil, et ceux qui le portaient s'arrêtèrent. Alors il dit: Jeune homme, je te l'ordonne, lève-toi!
15 The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
Le mort se mit sur son séant et commença à parler. Et Jésus le rendit à sa mère.
16 Then everyone [there] was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”
La crainte les saisit tous, et ils glorifiaient Dieu en disant: Un grand prophète s'est levé parmi nous, et Dieu a visité son peuple.
17 [Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
Le bruit s'en répandit dans toute la Judée et dans tout le pays environnant.
18 The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
Les disciples de Jean lui rapportèrent toutes ces choses.
19 So [one day] John summoned two [of his disciples] and [told them] to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you [the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come], or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
Alors il appela deux de ses disciples et les envoya dire au Seigneur: Es-tu celui qui doit venir, ou devons-nous en attendre un autre?
20 When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you [(sg)] this: Are you [the Messiah that] we are expecting [God] to send, or shall we [(exc)] expect someone else?”
Ces hommes, étant arrivés auprès de Jésus, lui dirent: Jean-Baptiste nous a envoyés vers toi pour te dire: Es-tu celui qui doit venir, ou devons-nous en attendre un autre?
21 At that very time Jesus was healing many people of their diseases and [other] sicknesses, he was [casting out] evil spirits, and he was causing many blind people to be able to see.
Or, à cette heure même, Jésus guérit plusieurs personnes de maladies, d'infirmités et de malins esprits, et il rendit la vue à plusieurs aveugles.
22 So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen [me doing] and what you have heard [me telling people. I am enabling] blind people to see. [I am enabling] lame people to walk. [I am] healing people who have leprosy. [I am enabling] deaf people to hear. [I am causing] dead people to become alive again, [and I am] telling [God’s] good message to poor people.
Puis il répondit: Allez rapporter à Jean ce que vous avez vu et entendu: les aveugles recouvrent la vue, les boiteux marchent, les lépreux sont nettoyés, les sourds entendent, les morts ressuscitent, l'Évangile est annoncé aux pauvres.
23 [Also tell John that God] is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do].”
Heureux celui pour qui je ne serai pas une occasion de chute!
24 When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John] [RHQ]. [You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message] [MET], [like] a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind [RHQ].
Quand les messagers de Jean furent partis, Jésus se mit à parler de Jean à la foule, et dit: Qu'êtes-vous allés voir au désert? Un roseau agité par le vent?
25 Then what kind of man did you go there to see [RHQ]? Was he [RHQ] a man who wore expensive clothes? No! [You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, [not in the desolate areas]!
Encore une fois, qu'êtes-vous allés voir? Un homme vêtu d'habits somptueux? Mais ceux qui portent des vêtements magnifiques et qui vivent dans les délices sont dans les palais des rois!
26 Then what [kind of person] did you go to see? [Did you] [RHQ] [go there to see John because he was] a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that [John is] more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
Mais enfin, qu'êtes-vous allés voir? Un prophète? Oui, vous dis-je, et plus qu'un prophète.
27 He is the one about whom [these words] that God said to the Messiah have been written {[the prophet Malachi] wrote [these words]} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you [(sg)] [SYN]. He will prepare [people] for your coming.’
C'est celui dont il est écrit: «Je vais envoyer mon messager devant ta face, et il préparera ton chemin devant toi.»
28 I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, [God considers that] no one is greater than John. However, [God considers] everyone who has let God rule their [lives] [MET] to be greater than [John], [even if they are] insignificant [people].”
Je vous le dis, entre ceux qui sont nés de femme, il n'y en a point de plus grand que Jean-Baptiste; toutefois, celui qui est le plus petit dans le royaume de Dieu est plus grand que lui.
29 When they heard [what Jesus said] (OR, [what John preached]), all the people, including tax collectors, [whom many people despised], agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By [letting] John baptize them}, [they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right].
Et tout le peuple qui l'a entendu, ainsi que les péagers, ont justifié Dieu, en se faisant baptiser du baptême de Jean.
30 But the Pharisees and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were not baptized by John {did not [let] John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do.
Mais les pharisiens et les docteurs de la loi, en ne se faisant pas baptiser par lui, ont rejeté le dessein de Dieu à leur égard.
31 [Then Jesus also said], “[Many of] you people have heard what [John and I] have taught. (I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what [many of] you people who have heard what [John and I] have taught are like?) [RHQ]
A qui donc comparerai-je les hommes de cette génération, et à qui ressemblent-ils?
32 You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of them] are calling to [the others], saying, ‘We [(exc)] played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’
Ils ressemblent à des enfants assis sur la place publique, et qui se disent les uns aux autres: Nous vous avons joué de la flûte, et vous n'avez pas dansé; nous avons chanté des complaintes, et vous n'avez pas pleuré.
33 [Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me]! When John came and [preached to you], he did not eat [ordinary] food [SYN] or drink wine, [like most people do]. But you [rejected him], saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
En effet, Jean-Baptiste est venu, ne mangeant pas de pain et ne buvant pas de vin; et vous dites: Il a un démon.
34 In [contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same food] and drink [wine as others do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’
Le Fils de l'homme est venu, mangeant et buvant; et vous dites: Voilà un mangeur et un buveur, un ami des péagers et des pécheurs!
35 But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
Mais la sagesse a été justifiée par tous ses enfants.
36 [One day] one of the Pharisees [named Simon] invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined [to eat].
L'un des pharisiens pria Jésus de prendre un repas chez lui. Étant donc entré dans la maison du pharisien, Jésus se mit à table.
37 There was a woman in that city [who many people knew had been] a prostitute [EUP]. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
Or, voici qu'une femme de la ville, qui était de mauvaise vie, ayant appris qu'il était à table dans la maison du pharisien, apporta un vase d'albâtre plein de parfum.
38 [As the people there were reclining to eat], the woman stood behind [Jesus, at his] feet. As she was crying [because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet]. Then she wiped his feet with her hair, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
Et, se tenant en arrière, aux pieds de Jésus, en pleurant, elle se mit à lui arroser les pieds de ses larmes et à les essuyer avec ses cheveux; elle lui baisait les pieds et les oignait avec le parfum.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited [Jesus] saw that, he thought, “[Prophets know about other people’s lives], [so] if Jesus were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of a person she is. He would have known that she is a prostitute! [EUP]”
Le pharisien qui avait invité Jésus, voyant cela, dit en lui-même: Si cet homme était prophète, il saurait qui est cette femme qui le touche, et que c'est une femme de mauvaise vie.
40 Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
Alors Jésus, prenant la parole, lui dit: Simon, j'ai quelque chose à te dire. Simon lui répondit: Maître, parle!
41 Jesus replied, “Two people owed some money to a man who [earned money by] lending [it to others]. One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50 silver coins.
Un créancier avait deux débiteurs: l'un lui devait cinq cents deniers, l'autre cinquante.
42 Neither of them was able to pay back [what he owed], so the man [very kindly] said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?”
Et comme ils n'avaient pas de quoi payer, il leur remit à tous deux leur dette. Lequel des deux l'aimera le plus?
43 Simon replied, “I think that the one who owed the most money and did not have to pay it back [will love him more].” Jesus said to him, “That is correct.”
Simon répondit: J'estime que c'est celui à qui il a le plus remis. Jésus lui dit: Tu as bien jugé.
44 Then he turned toward the woman, and said to Simon, “(Think about [what] this woman [has done]!/Do you [(sg)] see [what] this woman [has done]?) [RHQ] When I entered your house, you [did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by] giving me any water [to wash] my feet, but this woman has wet my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair!
Puis se tournant vers la femme, il dit à Simon: Tu vois cette femme? Je suis entré dans ta maison. et tu ne m'as pas donné d'eau pour mes pieds; mais elle les a arrosés de ses larmes et les a essuyés avec ses cheveux.
45 You did not [follow our custom of greeting by] kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
Tu ne m'as pas donné de baiser; mais elle, depuis qu'elle est entrée, n'a cessé de me baiser les pieds.
46 You did not [follow our custom of welcoming guests by] anointing my head with [olive] oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
Tu n'as pas oint ma tête d'huile; mais elle a oint mes pieds de parfum.
47 So I will tell you that even though this woman has sinned very much, she has been forgiven {[I] have forgiven her}. [By what she has done she has shown that] she loves [me] very much. But a person who has [sinned] just a little bit, but whom [I] have forgiven, will love [me just a little bit].”
C'est pourquoi, je te le déclare, ses péchés, qui sont en grand nombre, lui sont pardonnés; car elle a beaucoup aimé. Mais celui à qui on pardonne peu, aime peu.
48 Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
Puis il dit à la femme: Tes péchés te sont pardonnés.
49 Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “(This man must [think that he is God]!/Who does this man [think that he] is [RHQ]), saying that he can forgive [people for] their sins?”
Ceux qui étaient à table avec lui se mirent à dire en eux-mêmes: Quel est celui-ci, qui même pardonne les péchés?
50 But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have trusted [PRS] [in me, God] has saved you [from the guilt of your sins]. May [God] give you inner peace as you go!”
Mais il dit à la femme: Ta foi t'a sauvée; va en paix.
