Romans 11
1 Because of that, [if anyone should ask], “Has God rejected his people [the Jews?” I would declare that] he certainly has not [rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that] I also belong to the [people of] Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, [but God has not rejected me]!
Je dis donc: Dieu a-t-il rejeté son peuple? Non, certes; car je suis moi-même Israélite, de la postérité d'Abraham, de la tribu de Benjamin.
2 No, God has not rejected his people, whom he chose long ago [to be people whom he would bless in a special way]. Remember [RHQ] what is written [PRS] in the Scriptures about Elijah when he [mistakenly] complained to God about [the people of] Israel, saying,
Dieu n'a point rejeté son peuple, qu'il a connu d'avance. Ne savez-vous pas ce que l'Écriture raconte d'Élie, et comment celui-ci présente à Dieu sa plainte contre Israël:
3 “Lord, they have killed [the rest of] your [(sg)] prophets, they have destroyed your altars. I am the only one [who believes in you] who remains [alive], and now they are trying to kill me!”
«Seigneur, ils ont tué tes prophètes et ont démoli tes autels. Je suis demeuré, moi seul; et ils cherchent à m'ôter la vie!»
4 God answered him like this: “[You(sg) are not the only one who believes in me]! I have protected for myself [not just you, but] 7,000 [other] men who have not worshipped [the false god] Baal. (Remember that!/Do you not remember that?) [RHQ]”
Mais quelle fut la réponse divine? «Je me suis réservé sept mille hommes, qui n'ont point fléchi le genou devant Baal.»
5 So, similarly, there is also at this time a small group [of us Jews] who have become [believers. God] has chosen us [to become believers] (OR, [his people]) only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve.
De même, encore à présent, un reste subsiste selon l'élection de la grâce.
6 Since it is because he acts kindly [toward those whom he chooses, it is] not because they have done good things [that he has chosen them]. If [God chose people because they did good deeds], then it would not be because he was acting toward them in a way that they did not deserve.
Mais si c'est par la grâce, ce n'est plus par les oeuvres; autrement, la grâce ne serait plus une grâce.
7 [Since God chose only some people of Israel], [this is what I conclude: [RHQ] Most of the people of] Israel did not find [the way for him to erase the record of their sins], even though some of them were earnestly looking for it. The [people of Israel whom God had] chosen found it, but the rest [of them] were {[God]} made spiritually insensitive/unresponsive.
Qu'est-ce à dire? C'est qu'Israël n'a point obtenu ce qu'il cherche; mais les élus l'ont obtenu, et les autres ont été endurcis,
8 [Our] fellow Jews are just like the [ones] about whom Isaiah wrote, God (caused their senses to be dull/made them unable to think clearly). Up to this very day, [they have] eyes but they cannot see [spiritually] [MET]. [They have] ears, but they cannot understand [spiritually] what they hear.
ainsi qu'il est écrit: «Dieu leur a donné un esprit d'étourdissement: des yeux pour ne point voir et des oreilles pour ne pas entendre, jusqu'à ce jour.»
9 And [they remind me of what King] David said, [when he asked God to cause his enemies’ senses to be dull] [MET], [Make them stupid] [MTY], [like animals that are] caught in snares! May they [feel secure because of the things that they enjoy but which will catch them like a] trap [DOU, MET], with the result that you will destroy them.
Et David dit: «Que leur table devienne pour eux un piège, un filet, une occasion de chute, leur juste punition;
10 May their ability to perceive [danger] be dulled {Dull their ability to perceive [spiritually]} [MET], with the result that they will not [become alarmed] [MET] [when there is danger]. May you cause them to carry heavy loads on their backs continually [as slaves do] [MTY].
que leurs yeux soient obscurcis pour ne point voir et que leur dos soit continuellement courbé!»
11 [Perhaps someone will ask], “[When the Jews] sinned [by not believing in Christ, did] it result in their separating themselves from God [permanently?]” Then I [would reply], [No], they have certainly not [separated themselves from God permanently]! What is happening is that because they sinned, [God] is saving non-Jews in order to cause [the Jews] to envy [the way he blesses non-Jews and so ask Christ to save them].
Je demande encore: Est-ce pour tomber que les enfants d'Israël ont ainsi bronché? Non, certes! Mais c'est par suite de leur faute, que le salut est parvenu aux Païens, afin d'exciter leur propre émulation.
12 [When the Jews] sinned (OR, rejected Christ), [the result was that God] abundantly [blessed other people in] [MTY] the world by [offering them the opportunity to believe]. And [when the Jews] failed [spiritually, the result was that God] abundantly [blessed] the non-Jews. Since that is true, think how wonderful it will be when the complete number [of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ] [RHQ]!
Or, si leur faute a fait la richesse du monde, et leur amoindrissement la richesse des Païens, que ne fera pas leur complet relèvement!
13 Now it is to you non-Jews that I am saying [what follows]. I am the one who is the apostle to non-Jews, and I highly esteem this work [that God appointed] me to do.
Je vous le dis à vous. Païens: en tant qu'apôtre des Païens, je rends mon ministère glorieux,
14 But I also hope that [by my labors] I will make my fellow Jews (jealous/want what you non-Jews have), [with the result that] some of them will [believe and] be saved.
en m'efforçant de provoquer l'émulation de ceux de ma race et d'en sauver quelques-uns.
15 [God] has rejected [most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that] he reconciled [many other people in] the world [MTY] [to himself]. But he will accept [my fellow Jews again when they trust in Christ]! And (this is what the result will be./do you know what the result will be?) [RHQ] It will be [as though God is making them] alive again after they have been dead!
Car, si leur rejet a eu pour effet la réconciliation du monde, que sera leur retour en grâce, sinon une résurrection d'entre les morts?
16 [Just like] the whole lump [of dough] will belong to God if [people offer] to God [MET] the [bread baked from] the first part [of it] [MET], [so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God]. And just like the branches [of a tree] will be good if the roots are good [MET], [so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God].
Or, si les prémices sont saintes, la masse l'est aussi; et si la racine est sainte, les branches le sont aussi.
17 [God has rejected] many of [the Jews] [MET], [like] branches [of a tree] are broken off {[like people] break off [dead] branches [of a tree]}. And each of you [non-Jews whom God has accepted is like] [MET] [a branch of] a wild/uncultivated olive tree [that] was {[that someone]} grafted among the branches (OR, onto one of the branches) [that were left on a cultivated olive tree]. [God has caused] you [to benefit from how he blessed our(exc) first Jewish ancestors, as branches] benefit from the nutritious sap from the roots of a [cultivated] olive tree [MET].
Si quelques-unes des branches ont été retranchées, et si toi, qui étais un olivier sauvage, tu as été greffé à leur place pour avoir part à la sève et à la racine de l'olivier,
18 However, you [non-Jews] must not despise [the Jews whom God rejected] [MET], [who are like] the branches that [were broken off from the tree] If any of you [wants to] boast [about having received blessings from God], [remember this: Branches] do not nourish the roots. Instead the roots nourish [the branches] [MET]. [Similarly, you are blessed by God because of what] you [have received from the Jews! It is not what the Jews have received from] you [that blesses them] [MET]!
ne te glorifie pas aux dépens des branches. Et si tu te glorifies, sache que ce n'est pas toi qui portes la racine, c'est la racine qui te porte!
19 If one of you then says, “[God rejected the Jews] [MET] [like] branches [MET] that are broken {that people broke} off [a tree and rejected], in order that [he might accept us non-Jews, as] branches [MET] of a tree are grafted in {[as people] graft in branches of a tree},”
Tu diras: les branches ont été retranchées, afin que je fusse greffé à leur place.
20 [I would reply that] this is true. However, it is because the Jews did not believe [in Christ] that they were rejected [MET] {that [God] rejected [MET] them}. As for you, it is [only] because you believe [in Christ] that [God has accepted] you! [So] do not [any of you] become proud, but instead beware [of what could happen to you]
Fort bien; elles ont été retranchées à cause de leur incrédulité, et toi, tu subsistes par la foi. Garde-toi de t'enorgueillir; tremble plutôt!
21 Since God did not spare [the unbelieving Jews] [MET] [who were like a tree’s] natural branches, he will not spare any of you [if you do] not [keep trusting in him]!
Car si Dieu n'a point épargné les branches naturelles, il peut ne pas t'épargner non plus.
22 Note then, that God acts kindly, but he also acts severely. He has acted severely toward [the Jews] who have stopped trusting in him. On the other hand, he acts kindly toward each of you [non-Jews only] if you continue [to appreciate his acting] kindly [toward you]. However, you will be rejected {[he] will reject you} if you do not [keep trusting in him].
Considère donc la bonté et la sévérité de Dieu: sa sévérité envers ceux qui sont tombés, et sa bonté envers toi, si toutefois tu te maintiens dans sa bonté; autrement, tu seras aussi retranché.
23 And if the Jews believe [in Christ] [LIT], God also will [reunite them to himself as] branches are grafted {[as people] graft branches} into [a tree again], because God is able to do that.
Et quant à eux, s'ils ne persistent pas dans l'incrédulité, ils seront aussi greffés; car Dieu est assez puissant pour les greffer de nouveau.
24 Each of you [non-Jews who were previously separated from God has benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews] [MET]. [That is like taking branches] that have been cut {that someone has cut} from a wild olive tree that just grew [without being planted] {[someone planting it]} and, contrary to what people usually do, grafting them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily [receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before] [MET]! [That will be like] the original branches [that had been cut off] being grafted {like grafting the original branches [that someone cut off], } back into the olive tree to which they [originally belonged]!
Si toi-même, après avoir été coupé sur l'olivier qui, de sa nature, était sauvage, tu as été greffé, contre l'ordre de la nature, sur l'olivier franc, combien plus ceux-ci, qui sont les branches naturelles, seront-ils greffés sur leur propre olivier!
25 My [non-Jewish] fellow believers, I certainly want you to understand [LIT] this truth that God has now revealed [about my fellow Jews who are refusing to believe]. You should not proudly think [that] God [now favors you] more [than the Jews] (OR, [that you understand God’s further plans for the Jews]). Many [people of] Israel will continue to be stubborn until all the non-Jews [whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus].
En effet, je ne veux pas, frères, que vous ignoriez ce mystère, de peur que vous ne présumiez trop de votre sagesse: c'est qu'une partie d'Israël est tombée dans l'endurcissement, jusqu'à ce que toute la multitude des Païens soit entrée;
26 And then all [HYP] [the people of] Israel will be saved {[God] will save all [HYP] [the people of] Israel}. Then these words that are written {that [a prophet] wrote} [in the Scriptures will] ([become true/be fulfilled]): The one who sets [his people] free will originate from [the place where] God dwells (OR, from the Jews) [MTY]. Then he will remove the guilt of the Israelite people (OR, descendants of Jacob) [MTY].
et ainsi, tout Israël sera sauvé, comme il est écrit: «Le libérateur viendra de Sion, et il éloignera de Jacob les impiétés.
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
C'est l'alliance que je ferai avec eux, lorsque j'effacerai leurs péchés.»
28 With regard to [the Jews rejecting] the good message [about Christ, God treats] them as enemies, which has benefited you [non-Jews]. But in regard to [their being the people whom God] chose, [God still] loves them because of [what he promised] their ancestors.
Si, en ce qui concerne l'Évangile, ils sont ennemis à cause de vous, — en ce qui concerne l'élection, ils sont aimés à cause de leurs pères;
29 [He still loves them], because he never changed his mind about the privileges/blessings he [gave to them] and about his choosing [them to be his people].
car les dons et l'appel de Dieu sont irrévocables.
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
Et, de même que vous avez été autrefois rebelles à Dieu, et que maintenant vous avez obtenu miséricorde par suite de leur rébellion, —
31 Now the Jews have disobeyed God. The result is that by the very same way in which he acted mercifully towards you, he will act mercifully towards them [again].
de même, ils ont maintenant désobéi, afin que, à cause de la miséricorde qui vous a été faite, eux aussi obtiennent maintenant miséricorde.
32 God has declared and proved that all people, [both Jews and non-Jews] [MET], disobey ([him/his laws]). He has declared that because he wants to act mercifully towards us all. (eleēsē g1653)
Car Dieu a enfermé tous les hommes dans la rébellion, pour faire miséricorde à tous. (eleēsē g1653)
33 [I marvel how] vast and great are the wise things that God [has done] and what he has [always] known [DOU]! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways [in which he acts toward us] [DOU]!
O profondeur de la richesse, et de la sagesse, et de la connaissance de Dieu! Que ses jugements sont impénétrables et ses voies incompréhensibles!
34 [I remember the Scriptures that say], (No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?) [RHQ] (Absolutely no one has given him advice [about what he should do!]/Who has advised him [about what he should do]?) [RHQ]
Car, «qui a connu la pensée du Seigneur, ou qui a été son conseiller?»
35 And, (No one has given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God!]/Has anyone given anything to God that [he did not previously receive from God]?) [RHQ] So God (is not obligated to/does not have to) pay back anything to anyone!
Ou bien «qui lui a donné le premier, pour recevoir quelque chose en retour?»
36 God [is the one who created] all things. He is also the one who [sustains all things]. The reason that he created them was that [everything he created might praise] him. May [all people] honor him forever! (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
C'est de lui, et par lui, et pour lui, que sont toutes choses. A lui soit la gloire, dans tous les siècles! Amen. (aiōn g165)
