Matthew 11
1 When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
Et il arriva que lorsque Jésus eut fini de donner ces commandements à ses douze disciples, il partit de là pour enseigner et prêcher dans leurs villes.
2 While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
Or, Jean, quand il eut appris dans la prison les œuvres de Jésus-Christ, envoyant deux de ses disciples,
3 to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
Lui dit: Est-ce vous qui devez venir, ou est-ce un autre que nous attendons?
4 [After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
Et Jésus, répondant leur dit: Allez, rapportez à Jean ce que vous avez entendu et vu:
5 I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
Des aveugles voient, des boiteux marchent, des lépreux sont guéris, des sourds entendent, des morts ressuscitent, des pauvres sont évangélisés.
6 [Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
Et heureux est celui qui ne se scandalisera point de moi.
7 When John’s disciples had gone away, 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]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
Comme ils s’en retournaient, Jésus commença à dire de Jean à la multitude: Qu’êtes-vous allés voir au désert? un roseau agité par le vent?
8 Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
Mais encore, qu’êtes-vous allés voir? un homme vêtu mollement? Mais ceux qui se vêtent mollement sont dans les maisons des rois.
9 Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
Qu’êtes-vous donc allés voir? un prophète? Oui. je vous le dis, et plus qu’un prophète;
10 He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
Car c’est lui dont il est écrit: Voici que moi j’envoie mon ange devant votre face, lequel préparera votre voie devant vous.
11 Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
En vérité, je vous le dis, il ne s’est pas élevé entre les enfants des femmes de plus grand que Jean-Baptiste; mais celui qui est le plus petit dans le royaume des cieux est plus grand que lui.
12 From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
Or, depuis les jours de Jean-Baptiste jusqu’à présent, le royaume des cieux souffre violence, et ce sont des violents qui le ravissent.
13 [All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
Car tous les prophètes et la loi ont prophétisé jusqu’à Jean.
14 [Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
Et si vous voulez le comprendre, il est lui-même Élie qui doit venir.
15 If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
Que celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre, entende.
16 “(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
Mais à qui comparerai-je cette génération? Elle est semblable à des enfants assis dans la place qui, criant à leurs compagnons,
17 ‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
Disent: nous avons chanté pour vous, et vous n’avez point dansé; nous nous sommes lamentés, et vous n’avez poussé ni plaintes ni gémissements.
18 [Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
Jean, en effet, est venu ne mangeant, ni ne buvant, et ils disent: Il est démoniaque.
19 [In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people 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!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
Le Fils de l’homme est venu mangeant et buvant, et ils disent: Voilà un homme de bonne chère et adonné au vin, ami des publicains et des pécheurs. Mais la sagesse a été justifiée par ses enfants.
20 [The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
Alors il commença à faire des reproches aux villes dans lesquelles s’était opéré le plus grand nombre de ses miracles, de ce qu’elles n’avaient pas fait pénitence.
21 “You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
Malheur à toi, Corozaïn; malheur à toi, Bethsaïde! car si les miracles qui ont été faits au milieu de vous avaient été faits dans Tyr et Sidon, elles auraient fait pénitence autrefois sous le cilice et dans la cendre.
22 So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
Aussi, je vous le dis: Pour Tyr et pour Sidon, il y aura plus de rémission au jour du jugement que pour vous.
23 [also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
Et toi, Capharnaüm, est-ce jusqu’au ciel que tu t’élèveras? Tu descendras jusqu’aux enfers, parce que, si dans Sodome avaient été faits les miracles qui ont été faits au milieu de toi, elle aurait peut-être subsisté jusqu’à ce jour. (Hadēs g86)
24 So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
Bien plus, je vous dis que pour le pays de Sodome, il y aura au jour du jugement plus de rémission que pour toi.
25 At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
En ce temps-là, Jésus prenant la parole, dit: Mon Père, Seigneur du ciel et de la terre, je vous rends gloire de ce que vous avez caché ces choses aux sages et aux prudents, et que vous les avez révélées aux petits.
26 Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
Oui, mon Père, parce qu’il vous a plu ainsi.
27 [Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
Toutes choses m’ont été données par mon Père. Et nul ne connaît le Fils, si ce n’est le Père; et nul ne connaît le Père, si ce n’est le Fils, et celui à qui le Fils aura voulu le révéler.
28 Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
Venez à moi, vous tous qui prenez de la peine et qui êtes chargés, et je vous soulagerai.
29 Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
Prenez mon joug sur vous, et apprenez de moi que je suis doux et humble de cœur, et vous trouverez du repos pour vos âmes.
Car mon joug est doux et mon fardeau léger.
