< Philippians 3 >
1 [Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].
Au reste, mes frères, réjouissez-vous dans le Seigneur. Je ne me lasse point de vous écrire les mêmes choses, et pour vous cela est salutaire.
2 Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].
Prenez garde aux chiens, prenez garde aux mauvais ouvriers, prenez garde aux faux circoncis.
3 [Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].
Car les circoncis, c’est nous, qui rendons à Dieu notre culte par l’Esprit de Dieu, qui nous glorifions en Jésus-Christ, et qui ne mettons point notre confiance en la chair.
4 [We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.
Moi aussi, cependant, j’aurais sujet de mettre ma confiance en la chair. Si quelque autre croit pouvoir se confier en la chair, je le puis bien davantage,
5 I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].
moi, circoncis le huitième jour, de la race d’Israël, de la tribu de Benjamin, Hébreu né d’Hébreux; quant à la loi, pharisien;
6 I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.
quant au zèle, persécuteur de l’Église; irréprochable, à l’égard de la justice de la loi.
7 Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).
Mais ces choses qui étaient pour moi des gains, je les ai regardées comme une perte, à cause de Christ.
8 More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],
Et même je regarde toutes choses comme une perte, à cause de l’excellence de la connaissance de Jésus-Christ mon Seigneur, pour lequel j’ai renoncé à tout, et je les regarde comme de la boue, afin de gagner Christ,
9 and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].
et d’être trouvé en lui, non avec ma justice, celle qui vient de la loi, mais avec celle qui s’obtient par la foi en Christ, la justice qui vient de Dieu par la foi,
10 I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,
Afin de connaître Christ, et la puissance de sa résurrection, et la communion de ses souffrances, en devenant conforme à lui dans sa mort, pour parvenir,
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
si je puis, à la résurrection d’entre les morts.
12 I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].
Ce n’est pas que j’aie déjà remporté le prix, ou que j’aie déjà atteint la perfection; mais je cours, pour tâcher de le saisir, puisque moi aussi j’ai été saisi par Jésus-Christ.
13 My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.
Frères, je ne pense pas l’avoir saisi; mais je fais une chose: oubliant ce qui est en arrière et me portant vers ce qui est en avant,
14 Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].
je cours vers le but, pour remporter le prix de la vocation céleste de Dieu en Jésus-Christ.
15 So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.
Nous tous donc qui sommes parfaits, ayons cette même pensée; et si vous êtes en quelque point d’un autre avis, Dieu vous éclairera aussi là-dessus.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Seulement, au point où nous sommes parvenus, marchons d’un même pas.
17 My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].
Soyez tous mes imitateurs, frères, et portez les regards sur ceux qui marchent selon le modèle que vous avez en nous.
18 [Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].
Car il en est plusieurs qui marchent en ennemis de la croix de Christ, je vous en ai souvent parlé, et j’en parle maintenant encore en pleurant.
19 [God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.
Leur fin sera la perdition; ils ont pour dieu leur ventre, ils mettent leur gloire dans ce qui fait leur honte, ils ne pensent qu’aux choses de la terre.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Mais notre cité à nous est dans les cieux, d’où nous attendons aussi comme Sauveur le Seigneur Jésus-Christ,
21 By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.
qui transformera le corps de notre humiliation, en le rendant semblable au corps de sa gloire, par le pouvoir qu’il a de s’assujettir toutes choses.