Romans 9
1 [Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ]. Because of my relationship with Christ, I say completely truthfully [what I will now tell you]. I am not lying [DOU]! My conscience confirms what I [say] because the Holy Spirit [controls it].
Je dis la vérité en Christ, je ne mens point, car ma conscience m'en rend témoignage par l'esprit saint:
2 [I tell you that] I grieve very greatly and deeply [DOU] [about my fellow Israelites].
j'éprouve un profond chagrin, et il y a dans mon cœur une douleur continuelle,
3 I personally would be willing to let [God] curse me [and, as a result, be separated] from Christ, [if that would] help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, [to believe in Christ].
car je voudrais être moi-même anathème et séparé de Christ pour mes frères qui sont de ma race selon la chair;
4 We [Jews] are [Israelites, God’s chosen] descendants of [Jacob]. [God has always considered] us as his children [MET]. It was to our ancestors [that he used to appear] gloriously [while they were in the desert]. It was with them that [God made] covenants [several times]. It was to them [that God] gave the laws [at Sinai Mountain]. They were the ones [to whom God showed how they should] worship him. They were the ones [to whom God] promised many things, [especially that the Messiah would come from their race].
lesquels sont Israélites, auxquels appartiennent l'adoption, et la gloire, et l'alliance, et la promulgation de la loi, et le culte, et les promesses;
5 It was our ancestors, [Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation]. And, [most importantly], it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. [Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) (aiōn g165)
auxquels se rattachent les pères, et desquels est issu Christ, en ce qui concerne la chair, lui qui est au-dessus de toutes choses Dieu béni pour les siècles! Amen! (aiōn g165)
6 [God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings]. But [although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ], that does not [prove] that God has failed [to do] the things that he promised, because it is not all who are descended from Jacob and who [call themselves the people of] Israel whom [God considers] to be truly his people.
Or, ce n'est pas que la parole de Dieu ait été privée d'effet, car tous ceux qui descendent d'Israël ne sont pas Israël;
7 And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that [God considers] to be his people. Instead, [God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children]. [This agrees with what God told Abraham]: “It is Isaac, [not any of your(sg) other sons], whom [I] will consider [to be the true father of] your descendants.”
et pour être la postérité d'Abraham, tous ne sont pas non plus ses enfants, mais: c'est en Isaac que se réalisera pour toi le nom de postérité;
8 That means that it is not all the natural-born descendants [of Abraham] whom God [considers as] his children. Instead, it is those who [believed what God] promised whom [he] considers to be his children.
ce qui signifie que ce ne sont pas les enfants de la chair qui sont enfants de Dieu, mais que ce sont les enfants de la promesse qui sont regardés comme une postérité.
9 [You know that what God] promised [to Abraham] was this: “About this time [next year] Sarah [your wife] will bear a son [as a result of my enabling] [MTY] [her to do so].” [So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him] (OR, [that his true descendants would come]).
C'est en effet une parole de promesse que celle-ci: « Vers cette époque-ci Je viendrai, et Sarra aura un fils. »
10 And not only then did God show [that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again] when Rebecca conceived [twins] by our ancestor Isaac.
Et non seulement cela, mais il en fut aussi de même pour Rebecca, qui n'avait commerce qu'avec un seul homme, Isaac notre père;
11 Before [the twins, Jacob and Esau], were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, [God] said to Rebecca [about the twins she was to bear], “The older one shall later serve the younger one, [contrary to normal custom].” [God said this] in order that [we] might [clearly] understand that what he purposed [for people] was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s [eternal destiny] does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on [God], the one who chooses them.
car ses fils n'étaient pas encore nés et ils n'avaient fait ni bien ni mal,
qu'il lui fût dit, (afin que le décret d'élection de Dieu eût tout son effet non par le fait des œuvres mais par le fait de Celui qui appelle): « Le plus grand sera asservi au moindre; »
13 And [this teaching is] ([supported/shown to be true]) [by] what is written [in the Scriptures] {what [a prophet] recorded} [that God said]: “I favored Jacob, [the younger son]. I did not favor [HYP] Esau, [the older son].”
conformément à ce qui est écrit: « J'ai aimé Jacob, mais j'ai haï Ésaü. »
14 [Someone] might say, “(Is God unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think] that God is unjust [by choosing the ones he wants to choose!])” [RHQ] [I would reply], “[He is] certainly not [unjust]!”
Que dirons-nous donc? Est-ce qu'il y a de l'injustice en Dieu? Loin de nous cette pensée!
15 God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose [DOU]!”
Il dit en effet à Moïse: « Je ferai miséricorde à qui Je veux faire miséricorde, et J'aurai pitié de qui Je veux avoir pitié. »
16 So [God chooses people], not because they want [God to choose them] or because they try hard [to do things so that he] will [accept them]. Instead he chooses people because he himself has mercy [on undeserving ones].
Ainsi donc cela ne dépend ni de la volonté ni de l'activité de l'homme, mais de Dieu qui fait miséricorde,
17 [Moses] recorded [PRS] [that God had told] Pharaoh, “This is why I gave you [(sg)] authority [MTY]: It was in order that I might show [by how I oppose] you [how exceedingly] powerful I am, and in order that people everywhere [HYP] would hear about me [MTY].”
car l'écriture dit à Pharaon: « C'est précisément pour manifester en toi Ma puissance, que Je t'ai suscité, et pour que Mon nom fût proclamé sur toute la terre. »
18 So [we conclude that God] kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly towards. But he makes stubborn the ones [such as Pharaoh] that he wants [to make stubborn].
Ainsi donc Il fait miséricorde à qui Il veut, mais Il endurcit qui Il veut.
19 [One of] you may [object to this by] saying to me, “[Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do]. (No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?) [RHQ] Therefore, (it would not be right that God would still condemn [a person for having sinned]!/why does God still condemn [a person for having sinned]?) [RHQ]”
Tu me diras donc: « Pourquoi donc se montre-t-Il encore sévère? Car qui est-ce qui résiste à Sa volonté? »
20 [I would reply that since] you [(sg)] are [just a] human being, (you do not [have any right at all to] criticize God!/[who are you to] say that what God does is wrong?) [RHQ] [As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you]. (A clay pot [MET] certainly would not [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”/Would a clay pot [have a right to criticize] the potter by asking [PRS], “Why did you [(sg)] make me this way?”) [RHQ]
O homme, toi, qui es-tu donc pour contester avec Dieu? Est-ce que la poterie dira à celui qui l'a façonnée: Pourquoi m'as-tu faite ainsi?
21 Instead, (the potter certainly has the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] one for ordinary purposes [MET]./does not a potter have the right to [take] some clay and from one lump [of clay] make one pot that people will honor and [make another] pot for ordinary purposes?) [MET, RHQ] [Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people].
Ou bien le potier n'est-il pas le maître de sa glaise, pour, de la même masse, faire tel ustensile en vue d'un noble usage, et tel autre en vue d'un usage ignoble?
22 Although God desires to show that he is angry [about sin], and [although he desires to] make clear that he can powerfully [punish people who have sinned], he tolerated very patiently the people [MET] who caused him to be angry and who deserved to be destroyed (OR, who were made to be destroyed).
Eh bien! que dire, si Dieu, voulant manifester Sa colère et faire connaître Sa puissance, a supporté avec beaucoup de longanimité des ustensiles de colère fabriqués pour la perdition,
23 [God has been patient] in order that he might make clear how very wonderfully [he acts toward those] [MET] whom he intended to act mercifully towards and whom he prepared ahead of time in order that they might [live] gloriously [in heaven].
afin de faire connaître la richesse de Sa gloire à l'égard d'ustensiles de miséricorde, qu'il a d'avance préparés pour la gloire?
24 That means us whom he chose—not only [us] Jews but also non-Jews.
C'est de nous que je parle, nous qu'il a encore appelés non seulement du milieu des Juifs, mais encore du milieu des Gentils,
25 [These words that] Hosea wrote [MTY] that [God] said also (show that God has the right/[support God’s right]) [to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews] [MTY]: I will declare that many people who were not my people are now my people. I will declare that many people whom I did not love [HYP] before, I love now.
comme il le dit aussi à Osée: « J'appellerai Mon peuple celui qui n'est pas Mon peuple, et bien-aimée celle qui n'a pas été bien-aimée;
26 And [another prophet wrote]: What will happen is that in the places where [God] told them before, “You are not my people,” in those same places [people] will declare truthfully that they are children of God, who is completely powerful.
et il arrivera que dans le lieu même où il a été dit: Vous n'êtes pas Mon peuple, ils seront appelés fils du Dieu vivant. »
27 Isaiah also exclaimed concerning the Israelites: Even though the Israelites are [so many that no one can count them, like] sand [particles on the beach beside] the ocean, [only] a small part of them will be saved {[God] will save [only] a small part of them},
Mais Ésaïe s'écrie au sujet d'Israël: « Quand le nombre des fils d'Israël égalerait le sable de la mer, le moindre reste en sera sauvé;
28 because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the [people who live on] this earth, as he said that he would do.
car le Seigneur exécutera pleinement et promptement Sa sentence sur la terre. »
29 [Also, we can understand from what the prophet] Isaiah said [that God would not save] anyone if he did not show mercy: If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah, who were [SIM, DOU] completely destroyed.
Et comme l'a prédit Ésaïe: « Si le Seigneur Sabaoth ne nous avait laissé une postérité, nous serions devenus comme Sodome et nous aurions été semblables à Gomorrhe. »
30 We must conclude this: [RHQ] Although non-Jews did not search out [a way by which] God would erase the record of their sins, they actually found that way because they trusted [in what Christ did for them].
Que dirons-nous donc? Nous dirons que les Gentils, qui n'aspiraient pas à la justice, ont obtenu la justice, j'entends la justice qui vient de la foi,
31 But although [the people of] Israel sought a basis [by which God would] erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in [fulfilling the true purpose of the] laws [that God gave to Moses].
tandis qu'Israël, qui aspirait à une loi qui donnât la justice, n'y est pas parvenu.
32 The reason [RHQ] [that they did not succeed] is that they did not trust that [God would provide a way to save them]. Instead, they were trying to do certain things [in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites] felt disgusted about [Jesus’ death, which is like] the stone [MET] on which people stumble.
Pourquoi? Parce que ce n'est pas de la foi qu'il l'a attendue; mais c'est en quelque sorte par les œuvres qu'ils ont heurté contre la pierre d'achoppement,
33 This is what [a prophet] predicted when he wrote these words that [God said about the Messiah]: Listen! I am placing in Israel [MTY] [one who is like] a stone [MET] on which people will stumble. What he does will offend people [DOU]. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be disappointed.
selon qu'il est écrit: « Voici, je place en Sion une pierre d'achoppement et un roc de scandale, et celui qui fonde sa confiance sur elle n'aura pas à en rougir. »
