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: Est-ce que Dieu a rejeté son peuple? Non, sans doute; car moi-même je suis Israélite, de la race d’Abraham, de la tribu du 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 dans sa prescience. Ne savez-vous pas ce que l’Ecriture dit d’Elie, comment il interpelle Dieu contre Israël, disant:
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 vos prophètes, démoli vos autels; et moi, je suis resté seul, et ils recherchent mon âme?
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 que lui dit 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 donc, en ce temps aussi, un reste a été sauvé, 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 donc point par les œuvres; autrement la grâce ne serait plus 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-il donc arrivé? Ce que cherchait Israël, il ne l’a pas trouvé; mais ceux qui ont été choisis l’ont trouvé; les autres ont été aveuglés,
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.
Selon qu’il est écrit: Dieu leur a donné jusqu’à ce jour un esprit de torpeur; des yeux pour ne point voir, et des oreilles pour ne point entendre.
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.
David dit encore: Que leur table devienne pour eux lacet, piège, scandale et rétribution.
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 s’obscurcissent pour qu’ils ne voient point, et faites que leur dos soit toujours 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 dis donc: Ont-ils trébuché de telle sorte qu’ils soient tombés? Point du tout. Mais par leur péché, le salut est venu aux gentils qui devaient ainsi leur donner de l’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]!
Que si leur péché est la richesse du monde, et leur diminution, la richesse des gentils; combien plus encore leur plénitude?
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.
Car je le dis à vous, gentils: Tant que je serai apôtre des gentils, j’honorerai mon ministère,
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.
M’efforçant d’exciter l’émulation de ceux de mon sang, 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 perte est la réconciliation du monde, que sera leur rappel, sinon une résurrection?
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].
Que si les prémices sont saintes, la masse l’est aussi; et si la racine est sainte, les rameaux 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 donc quelques-uns des rameaux ont été rompus, et si toi, qui n’étais qu’un olivier sauvage, tu as été enté en eux et fait participant de la racine et de la graisse 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 point aux dépens des rameaux. Que si tu te glorifies, sache que tu ne portes point la racine, mais que 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, sans doute: Les rameaux ont été brisés pour que je fusse enté.
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. C’est à cause de leur incrédulité qu’ils ont été rompus. Pour toi, tu demeures ferme par ta foi, ne cherche pas à t’élever, mais crains.
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 pas épargné les rameaux naturels, il pourra bien ne pas t’épargner toi-même.
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].
Vois donc la bonté et la sévérité de Dieu: sa sévérité envers ceux qui sont tombés, et sa bonté envers toi, si toutefois tu demeures ferme dans cette 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.
Mais eux-mêmes, s’ils ne demeurent point dans l’incrédulité, seront entés; car Dieu est puissant pour les enter 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]!
En effet, si tu as été coupé de l’olivier sauvage, ta tige naturelle, et enté contre nature sur l’olivier franc, à combien plus forte raison, ceux qui sont les rameaux naturels seront-ils entés 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].
Car je ne veux pas, mes frères, que vous ignoriez ce mystère ( afin que vous ne soyez pas sages à vos propres yeux), qu’une partie d’Israël est tombée dans l’aveuglement, jusqu’à ce que la plénitude des gentils 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 qu’ainsi tout Israël soit sauvé, selon qu’il est écrit: Il viendra de Sion celui qui doit délivrer, et qui doit bannir l’impiété de Jacob.
27 And [as God says], The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins.
Et ce sera là mon alliance avec eux quand j’aurai effacé 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.
Il est vrai que, selon l’Evangile, ils sont ennemis à cause de vous; mais, selon l’élection, ils sont très 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].
Parce que les dons et la vocation de Dieu sont sans repentir.
30 You [non-Jews] once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the [Jews] disobeyed him.
Comme donc autrefois vous-mêmes n’avez pas cru à Dieu, et que maintenant vous avez obtenu miséricorde à cause de leur incrédulité
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].
Ainsi eux maintenant n’ont pas cru, pour que miséricorde vous fût faite, et qu’à leur tour ils obtiennent 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 renfermé tout dans l’incrédulité, 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]!
Ô profondeur des trésors de la sagesse et de la science de Dieu! Que ses jugements sont incompréhensibles et ses voies impénétrables!
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 qui, le premier, lui a donné, et sera rétribué?
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)
Puisque c’est de lui, et par lui, et en lui, que sont toutes choses; à lui la gloire dans les siècles. Amen. (aiōn g165)
