Romans 2
1 [God will severely punish non-Jewish people who habitually do evil things, because he has clearly revealed that he is angry with them]. So, [when God judges people], he will not excuse any one of you Jews [to whom I am writing]. You [(sg)] say that [God should] punish [non-Jews for doing evil things]. But when any one of you says that, it is you yourself whom you are saying that God should punish, because you [(sg)] do [some of] the same [evil] things [that the non-Jews do].
C’est pourquoi, ô homme, qui que tu sois, tu es inexcusable de juger. Car, en jugeant autrui, tu te condamnes toi-même, puisque tu fais ce que tu condamnes.
2 We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly [non-Jewish] people who do such [evil] things.
Nous savons, en effet, que Dieu juge selon la vérité ceux qui font ces choses.
3 So, you who [say God should punish] others for doing evil things yet you do evil things yourself, (you should certainly not think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God!/do you think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God?) [RHQ]
Penses-tu donc, ô homme, qui juges ceux qui font ces choses, et qui les fais toi-même, que tu échapperas au jugement de Dieu?
4 And you should not say, “God is acting very tolerantly and patiently toward me, [so I do not need to stop sinning] [DOU].” (You should realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior!/Do you not realize that God is acting in a kind manner [toward you] in order to encourage you [(sg)] to turn away from your sinful behavior?) [RHQ]
Est-ce que tu méprises les richesses de sa bonté, de sa patience et de sa longanimité? Ignores-tu que la bonté de Dieu t’invite à la pénitence?
5 But instead, by your stubbornly refusing to turn away from your sinful behavior [DOU], you are causing [MET] God to punish you even more severely. [He will do that] at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges people fairly.
Cependant, par ta dureté et ton cœur impénitent, tu t’amasses un trésor de colère pour le jour de la colère et de la manifestation du juste jugement de Dieu,
6 God will pay back everyone according to [what they deserve for] what they have done.
Qui rendra à chacun selon ses œuvres:
7 [Specifically], some people, by continuing to doing good things, strive to be highly honored [by God] [DOU] and to receive a life that will not end. [God will reward them by enabling them] to live forever. (aiōnios g166)
À ceux qui, par la persévérance dans les bonnes œuvres, cherchent la gloire, l’honneur et l’immortalité, la vie éternelle; (aiōnios g166)
8 But some people act in a selfish way and refuse to believe that [what God says is] true, and they do the things that [God says] are wrong. [God will] punish them very severely [DOU, MTY].
Mais à ceux qui ont l’esprit de contention, qui ne se rendent pas à la vérité, mais qui acquiescent à l’iniquité, ce sera la colère et l’indignation.
9 He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly, [with the result that they will become severely] distressed [DOU]. This certainly will happen to the Jews [who refuse to accept God’s message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people], but it will also happen to the non-Jews.
Tribulation et angoisse à Pâme de tout homme qui fait le mal, du Juif d’abord, et puis du Grec;
10 But [God will] greatly reward spiritually [MET, DOU] every person who habitually does good deeds. He will [certainly] do this for the Jews [because God chose them as his special people], but he will also do it for the non-Jews.
Mais, gloire, honneur et paix à quiconque fait le bien, au Juif d’abord, et ensuite au Grec;
11 God [will do this fairly], because people’s status does not influence him.
Car Dieu ne fait point acception des personnes.
12 Although [non-Jews do not have] the laws that [God gave to Moses], all [non-Jews] who sin will be eternally separated from God. He will [not consider whether or not they knew] the laws that he [gave to Moses]. And all the [Jews] who have sinned in spite of knowing the laws that [God gave to Moses will also be punished] {[God will also punish them]}. [They will be punished for disobeying] God’s laws.
Ainsi, quiconque a péché sans la loi, périra sans la loi, et quiconque a péché sous la loi sera jugé par la loi;
13 [It is right for them to be punished] {[God to punish them]} [because] it is not those who [merely] know God’s laws whom he considers to be righteous. On the contrary, it is only those who continually have obeyed [all] (of [God’s] laws/of the laws that [God gave to Moses]) (whom God will consider righteous/whose record of sins God will erase).
[Car ce ne sont pas ceux qui écoutent la loi qui sont justes devant Dieu; mais ce sont les observateurs de la loi qui seront justifiés.
14 Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the laws [God gave to Moses], naturally obey those laws, [they prove that] they have a law within their own minds, even though they do not have the laws [God gave to Moses].
En effet, lorsque les gentils, qui n’ont pas la loi, font naturellement ce qui est selon la loi; n’ayant pas la loi, ils sont à eux-mêmes la loi:
15 They show that they know in their own minds what God [commands in his] laws [MET], as each person in his very own conscience either accuses or excuses/defends himself [concerning his own behavior].
Montrant ainsi l’œuvre de la loi écrite en leurs cœurs, leur conscience leur rendant témoignage, et leurs pensées s’accusant et se défendant l’une l’autre, ]
16 God [will punish people] at the time when he will judge them according to what they have thought and done. He will judge them [even] for the things that they have done secretly. He will judge people by [authorizing] Christ Jesus [to judge them]. This is [what I tell people when] I preach the gospel to them.
Au jour où Dieu jugera par Jésus-Christ, selon mon Evangile, ce qu’il y a de caché dans les hommes.
17 [Now I have something to say to any one of] you [Jews to whom I am writing]: You [(sg)] boast about yourself saying, “I am a Jew.” You [(sg)] trust [that God will save you because you possess] the laws [that he gave to Moses]. You boast that [you belong to] God.
Mais toi, qui portes le nom de Juif, qui te reposes sur la loi, et te glorifies en Dieu,
18 You know what God desires. Because you have been taught {[people] have taught you} [God’s] laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them.
Qui connais sa volonté, et qui, instruit par la loi, sais discerner ce qui est le plus utile,
19 You are certain that you [are able to] show [God’s truth to non-Jews], as guides [show the road] to those who are blind [MET]. You are certain that by what you say you can show God’s way to the [non-Jews who do not understand it], as a light shows the way to [those who walk in] the darkness [MET, DOU].
Tu te flattes d’être le guide des aveugles, la lumière de ceux qui sont dans les ténèbres,
20 [You are certain that you] can instruct/correct [non-Jews, whom you consider] foolish [because of their not understanding God’s message]. Because you have in [God’s] laws a [written] expression of true knowledge [HEN], you are certain that you can teach [people who, being like] children, do not know [God’s truth] [MET].
Le docteur des ignorants, le maître des enfants, ayant la règle de la science et de la vérité dans la loi.
21 [Since you claim that you have all these advantages because you are a Jew], (it is disgusting that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach!/why is it that you who teach other people [that they should obey the laws God gave Moses] do not [obey the laws that you] yourself teach?) [RHQ] You who preach that people should not steal things, it is disgusting that you yourself steal things! [RHQ]
Toi donc qui instruis les autres, tu ne t’instruis pas toi-même; toi qui prêches de ne point dérober, tu dérobes;
22 You who command people not to have sexual relations with someone to whom they are not married, it is disgusting that you commit adultery yourself! [RHQ] You who detest idols, it is disgusting that you rob temples [where people worship idols]! [RHQ]
Toi qui dis qu’il ne faut pas être adultère, tu es adultère; toi qui as en horreur les idoles, tu commets le sacrilège;
23 You who boast saying, “[I have God’s] laws,” it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! [RHQ] As a result you are insulting God!
Toi qui te glorifies dans la loi, tu déshonores Dieu par la violation de la loi.
24 [You must not be like our ancestors, about whom] were written [these words in the Scriptures: ] “The non-Jews speak evil about God because of [the evil actions of] many of you [Jews].” The non-Jews say God must be a hypocrite if he condones the behavior of people like you.
(Car, à cause de vous, le nom de Dieu est blasphémé parmi les nations, ainsi qu’il est écrit.)
25 Any one of you who [is] circumcised [to show that he belongs to God] can benefit from that if he obeys the laws [God gave to Moses]. But if you [(sg), a circumcised person], disobey [God’s] laws, [God will consider that] you who are circumcised are no better [in God’s sight] than [someone who is] not circumcised.
À la vérité, la circoncision est utile, si tu observes la loi; mais, si tu la violes, ta circoncision devient incirconcision.
26 This means that God will certainly consider that even [non-Jews who are] not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. [RHQ]
Si donc l’incirconcis garde les préceptes de la loi, son incirconcision ne lui sera-t-elle pas imputée à circoncision?
27 [If any one of] you disobeys God’s laws, even though [you(sg) have] the Scriptures and even though someone has circumcised you {you are circumcised} [God will punish you]. And those people who are not circumcised, but who obey God’s laws, [will declare that God is right] when he says that he will punish you.
Bien plus, celui qui, étant naturellement incirconcis, accomplit la loi, te condamnera, toi qui, avec la lettre et la circoncision, es prévaricateur de la loi.
28 It is not those who perform rituals [to show they are God’s people] who are [true] Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies [that causes God to accept them] [MTY].
Car le Juif n’est pas celui qui le paraît au dehors; ni la circoncision, celle qui se voit à l’extérieur sur la chair;
29 On the contrary, we whom [God has changed] inwardly are [true] Jews [MTY]. And [God has accepted us because we have allowed God’s] Spirit to change our hearts, not because we perform rituals. Even if [other] people will not praise us [for that change], God will praise us.
Mais le Juif est celui qui l’est intérieurement, et la circoncision est celle du cœur, faite en esprit et non selon la lettre; et ce Juif tire sa louange non des hommes, mais de Dieu.
