Mark 12
1 Then Jesus told [those Jewish leaders] a parable. [He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said], “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it [in order to protect it]. He made a stone tank [to collect the juice that] they would press [out of the grapes]. He also built a tower [for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard]. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and [to] give him some of the [grapes] in return. Then he went away to another country.
Puis il se mit à leur parler en paraboles: «Un homme avait planté une vigne; après l'avoir entourée d'une haie, y avoir creusé une cuve et construit une tour, il la loua à des vignerons et fit une absence.
2 When the time came to harvest the [grapes], he sent a servant to the men [who were taking care of the vineyard] in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced.
La saison venue, il envoya, un serviteur aux vignerons pour recueillir de leurs mains une partie du produit de sa vigne.
3 But [after the servant arrived], they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away.
Or ceux-ci s'emparèrent de lui, le battirent et le renvoyèrent les mains vides.
4 Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.
Le maître alors leur envoya un autre serviteur. Celui-là, ils le blessèrent à la tête et le traitèrent avec mépris.
5 Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants [whom he sent]. Some they beat and some they killed.
Il en envoya un autre: celui-là ils le tuèrent; plusieurs autres: ils battirent ceux-ci et tuèrent ceux-là.
6 The man still had one other [person with him]. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him [and give him some of the grapes].
Il avait encore un fils unique, un bien-aimé. Il le leur envoya le dernier, disant: «Ils respecteront mon fils.»
7 But [when they saw his son coming], those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’
Mais ces vignerons se dirent de l'un à l'autre: «Celui-là c'est l'héritier; allons! tuons-le et l'héritage sera à nous!»
8 They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
Et s'étant emparés de lui, ils le tuèrent et le jetèrent hors de la vigne.
9 So (do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do [RHQ]). He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.
Que fera le maître de la vigne? Il viendra, il fera périr les vignerons et donnera la vigne à d'autres.
10 [Now think carefully about these words], which you have read [in] the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others [put that same stone in its proper place, and] it has become the most important stone in the building [MET]!
N'avez-vous pas lu ce passage de l'Écriture: «La pierre qu'ont rejetée ceux qui bâtissaient, Celle-là même est devenue la tête de l'angle,
11 The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
C'est l'ouvrage du Seigneur, Ouvrage admirable à nos yeux!»
12 Then [the Jewish leaders] realized that he was accusing them when he told this story [about what those wicked people did]. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds [would do if they did that]. So they left him and went away.
Ils cherchaient à l'arrêter; car ils comprenaient bien que c'était eux qu'il avait en vue dans cette parabole; mais ils redoutèrent la multitude. Alors ils le laissèrent et partirent.
13 The [Jewish leaders] sent to [Jesus] some Pharisees [who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod [Antipas and the Roman government]. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong [that would make one of those groups very angry with him].
Ensuite ils lui envoyèrent quelques Pharisiens et Hérodiens pour le prendre au piège par ses propres paroles.
14 After they arrived, they said to him [deceivingly], “Teacher, we know that you [teach] the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about [what] people [say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say]. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants [us to do]. So [tell us what you think about this matter: ] Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not [MTY]? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?”
Ils arrivent et lui disent: «Maître, nous savons que tu es véridique; que tu n'as souci de qui que ce soit; sans regarder à la figure des uns et des autres, tu enseignes en toute vérité la voie de Dieu. Est-il permis, oui ou non, de payer l'impôt à César? Le payerons-nous ou ne le payerons-nous pas?»
15 Jesus knew that they did not really want to know [what God wanted them to do]. So he said to them, “(I [know that] you are [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?) [RHQ] [But I will answer your question anyway]. Bring me a coin so that I might [ask you something after] I look at it.”
Connaissant leur perfidie, il leur dit: «Pourquoi me mettez-vous à l'épreuve?
16 After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, [the man who rules the Roman government].”
Apportez-moi un denier, que je le voie.» Ils lui en apportèrent un. «De qui est cette image? demanda-t-il; de qui est cette inscription?» Ils lui répondirent: «De Césars.»
17 Then Jesus said to them, “[That is correct, so] give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].” They were [frustrated at his answer but] amazed at what he said, [because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said].
Alors Jésus leur dit: «Rendez à César ce qui est à César et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu.» Et il les surprit extrêmement.
18 [Men who belong to the] Sadducee [sect] deny that people become alive again after they die. [In order to discredit] Jesus [by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of] them came to him and asked him,
Ensuite des Sadducéens (ceux qui disent qu'il n'y a point de résurrection) vinrent lui poser une question:
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. [Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the] children of the man who died, [and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants].
«Maître, dirent-ils, voici ce que Moïse nous a prescrit: «Si le frère de quelqu'un meurt laissant sa femme sans enfants, celui-ci devra épouser la veuve, pour susciter à son frère une postérité.»
20 [So here is an example]. There were seven boys [in one family]. The oldest one married [a woman], but [he and his wife] did not bear any children. Then he [later] died.
Or il y a eu sept frères. Le premier a pris femme et est mort sans laisser de postérité.
21 The second [brother followed this law and] married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he [later] died. The third [brother did] like [his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died].
Le second a épousé la veuve et est mort aussi sans avoir de postérité. De même du troisième;
22 Eventually all seven [brothers married that woman, one by one], but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too.
des sept aucun n'a laissé de postérité; enfin, après eux tous, la femme aussi est morte.
23 Therefore, [if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die], whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ([Keep in mind that] she was married to all seven [brothers]!/She was married to all seven [brothers, so how can anyone decide] [RHQ]?)”
Eh bien, à la résurrection, duquel d'entre eux sera-t-elle l'épouse? Les sept, en effet, l'ont eue pour femme.»
24 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know [what they have written in] the Scriptures [about this]. You also do not understand God’s power [to make people alive again].
Jésus leur répondit: «N'êtes-vous pas dans une erreur qui provient de ce que vous ignorez et les Écritures et la puissance de Dieu?
25 [That woman will not be the wife of any of them], because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, [who do not marry].
En effet, ceux qui ressuscitent d'entre les morts ne se marient ni ne donnent en mariage, mais ils sont dans les cieux comme des anges.
26 But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses [wrote, he said something about people who have died] that I am sure that you have read [RHQ]. When Moses [was looking at] the bush [that was burning], God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].’
Et quant aux morts, quant à leur résurrection, n'avez-vous pas lu dans le livre de Moïse, au passage où il est question du buisson, en quels termes Dieu lui a parlé: «Je suis, dit-il, le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac, le Dieu de Jacob.
27 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 know their spirits were still alive]! So your [claim that dead people do not become alive again] is very wrong.”
Or ce n'est point des morts, c'est des vivants qu'il est Dieu. Vous êtes donc dans une grande erreur.»
28 A man who taught the [Jewish] laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?”
Un Scribe s'approcha; il avait entendu leur discussion, et, remarquant qu'il leur avait parfaitement répondu, il lui demanda: «Quel est parmi les commandements le premier de tous?»
29 Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
Jésus, répondit: «Voici le premier: «Écoute, Israël, le Seigneur notre Dieu est l'Unique Seigneur,
30 [You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live] Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’
et tu aimeras le Seigneur ton Dieu, de tout ton coeur, de toute ton âme, de toute ta pensée, de toute ta force»; voici le second:
31 The next [most important commandment] is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!”
«Tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même.» Aucun autre commandement n'est plus grand que ceux là.» —
32 The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, [you have answered] well. You correctly said that he is the only [God] and that there is no other God [we must worship/obey].
«Très bien, maître, lui dit le Scribe; tu es dans la vérité lorsque tu dis qu'Il est Unique et qu'il n'y en a pas d'autre que Lui,
33 You have also said correctly that we ([should/must show that we]) love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love (people with whom we come in contact/others) as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things [pleases God] more than offering/giving animals to him or burning [other] sacrifices.”
et lorsque tu dis que l'aimer de tout son coeur, de toute son intelligence, de toute sa force, et qu'aimer son prochain comme soi-même l'emporte sur tous les holocaustes et tous les sacrifices.»
34 Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “[I perceive that] you will soon [decide to let] God rule your life.” After that, [the Jewish leaders] were afraid to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
Jésus, remarquant la sagesse de ses paroles, lui dit: «Tu n'es pas loin du Royaume de Dieu.» Personne n'osait plus le questionner.
35 [Later], while he was teaching in the Temple [courtyard], Jesus said [to the people], “These men who teach the [Jewish] laws, (they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David!/why do they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ]
Alors Jésus, prenant la parole, enseigna dans le Temple en ces termes: «Comment les Scribes disent-ils que le Christ est fils de David?
36 The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say [about the Messiah], God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! [MTY]’
David lui-même a ainsi parlé par l'Esprit saint: «Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur: Siège à ma droite Jusqu'à ce que j'aie mis tes ennemis sous tes pieds.»
37 Therefore, [because] David himself calls [the Messiah] ‘my Lord,’ (the Messiah cannot be [just] a man who descended [from King David!]/how can the Messiah be [just] a man who descended [from King David]?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]”! Many people listened to him gladly [as he taught those things].
David lui-même l'appelle «Seigneur»; d'ou vient alors qu'il est son fils?» La foule, qui était nombreuse, prenait plaisir à l'écouter.
38 While Jesus was teaching [the people], he said to them, “Beware that you [do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They [like people to honor them, so] they put on long robes and walk around [in order to show people how important they are]. They also like people to greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
Voici encore ce qu'il disait dans son enseignement: «Méfiez-vous de ces Scribes qui se complaisent à se promener en robes solennelles, à recevoir des salutations sur les places publiques,
39 [They like to sit] in the most important seats in our (synagogue/Jewish meeting place). At festivals, [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
à occuper les premiers sièges dans les synagogues, les premières places dans les festins,
40 They (swindle/take for themselves) the houses [and property] of widows by cheating them. [Then] they pretend [that they are good] by praying long prayers [publicly. God] will certainly punish them severely!”
qui dévorent les ressources des veuves, et qui affectent de prier longuement. C'est pour ces hommes-là que le jugement aura le plus de rigueur.»
41 [Later], Jesus sat down [in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there], he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts [of money].
Il s'était assis vis-à-vis du tronc et il regardait comment chacun, dans la foule, y mettait son offrande. Nombre de riches donnaient beaucoup;
42 Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
survint une veuve pauvre qui mit deux lèptes (ce qui fait un quadrant).
43 He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, [but] they gave [only a small part of it]. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. [So God considers that] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”
Il appela ses disciples et leur dit: «En vérité je vous le dis: Cette veuve pauvre a mis dans le tronc plus que tous les autres.
Car tous les autres ont puisé dans leur superflu pour donner; mais celle-ci a pris sur son indigence; elle a donné tout ce qu'elle possédait, tout ce qu'elle avait pour vivre.»
