1 Corinthiens 12
1 Or, en ce qui concerne les choses spirituelles, frères, je ne veux pas que vous soyez ignorants.
Now, my fellow believers, [I will answer your questions] about the things God’s Spirit [enables believers to do]. I want you to know clearly [LIT] [about these things].
2 Vous savez que, lorsque vous étiez païens, vous vous laissiez entraîner vers ces idoles muettes, quelle que soit la manière dont vous vous laissiez entraîner.
You know that before you became Christians, various things led you to [worship] idols, which are unable to tell you [any of God’s message].
3 C'est pourquoi je vous fais connaître que nul, parlant par l'Esprit de Dieu, ne dit: « Jésus est maudit. » Personne ne peut dire: « Jésus est Seigneur », si ce n'est par le Saint-Esprit.
So [the first thing] that I will tell you now is that it is not the Spirit of God who would cause anyone to say, “Jesus deserved to die,” and that the Holy Spirit is the only one who can enable anyone to say, “Jesus is [truly] the Lord.”
4 Il y a plusieurs sortes de dons, mais un seul et même Esprit.
There are various things [that God’s] Spirit enables [various believers to do], but it is that same Spirit [who enables us to do them].
5 Il y a diverses sortes de services, et le même Seigneur.
There are many different ways to serve [the Lord], but it is the same Lord [whom we all are serving].
6 Il y a diverses sortes d'œuvres, mais le même Dieu qui opère toutes choses en tous.
[We believers] have the power to do various [tasks], but it is the same God who gives all of us the power [to do] these things.
7 Mais à chacun est donnée la manifestation de l'Esprit pour le profit de tous.
[God’s] Spirit gives his power to each believer in order to benefit all the other [believers].
8 En effet, à l'un est donnée par l'Esprit la parole de sagesse, à un autre la parole de connaissance selon le même Esprit,
To some, the Spirit gives the ability to speak very wise messages. To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to know [things that he reveals to them].
9 à un autre la foi par le même Esprit, à un autre le don des guérisons par le même Esprit,
To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to believe [that God will work miracles]. To others, the Spirit gives the ability to heal [sick people].
10 à un autre l'action des miracles, à un autre la prophétie, à un autre le discernement des esprits, à un autre la diversité des langues, à un autre l'interprétation des langues.
To others, he gives the power [to perform] miracles. To others, he gives the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. To others, he gives the ability to tell [if a message is really from God or not]. To others he gives the ability to speak messages in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned]. To others, he gives the ability to tell the meaning of those messages [MTY].
11 Mais c'est un seul et même Esprit qui produit tout cela, distribuant à chacun séparément ce qu'il veut.
It is the same Spirit who gives all these abilities. He gives whatever abilities he wants to give, to whatever person he wants to give them.
12 Car, comme le corps est un et a plusieurs membres, et que tous les membres du corps, étant nombreux, ne forment qu'un seul corps, ainsi en est-il de Christ.
Although a person’s body has many parts, all the parts form just one body [DOU]. It is like that [with those who belong to] Christ.
13 Car c'est dans un seul Esprit que nous avons tous été baptisés pour former un seul corps, Juifs ou Grecs, esclaves ou libres, et que nous avons tous été abreuvés dans un seul Esprit.
When we were baptized {When people baptized us}, the one [Holy] Spirit caused us to become one group [of believers]. It does not matter whether we are Jews or non-Jews. It does not matter whether we are slaves or not slaves. [When we believed in Christ], the one Spirit came to live [MET] within all of us.
14 Car le corps n'est pas un seul membre, mais plusieurs.
[Our] bodies do not have only one part. They have many parts [with various functions].
15 Si le pied dit: « Je ne suis pas la main, je ne fais pas partie du corps », il ne fait donc pas partie du corps.
If our foot could [talk and] say [to us], “Because I am not [your] hand, I am not a part of [your] body,” it would still be a part of [our] body.
16 Si l'oreille disait: « Parce que je ne suis pas l'œil, je ne fais pas partie du corps », elle ne ferait donc pas partie du corps.
If our ear could [talk and] say, “Because I am not [your] eye, I am not a part of your body,” it would still be a part of our body.
17 Si le corps tout entier était un œil, où serait l'ouïe? Si tout le corps était une ouïe, où serait l'odorat?
If our body were only an eye, (we would not be able to hear./how could we hear?) [RHQ] If our body were only an ear, (we would not be able to smell [anything]!/how could we smell [anything]?) [RHQ]
18 Mais maintenant, Dieu a placé les membres, chacun d'eux, dans le corps, comme il l'a voulu.
But the truth is that God has put all the parts of our bodies together exactly as he wanted to put them.
19 S'ils étaient tous un seul membre, où serait le corps?
If [our body] had only one part, it would not be a body. [RHQ]
20 Mais maintenant, ils sont plusieurs membres, mais un seul corps.
But the truth is that there are many parts [in our body], but it is still only one body.
21 L'œil ne peut pas dire à la main: « Je n'ai pas besoin de toi », ni la tête aux pieds: « Je n'ai pas besoin de toi. »
That is why if our eye [could talk], it should never say to our hand, “I do not need you!” And if our head [could talk], it should not say to our feet, “I do not need you!”
22 Non, bien plutôt, les membres du corps qui semblent plus faibles sont nécessaires.
Instead, the parts of our body that seem to be weaker are the ones that are absolutely necessary.
23 Les parties du corps qui nous paraissent moins honorables, nous les honorons plus abondamment; et nos parties non visibles ont plus de pudeur,
And the parts that we do not think highly of are the parts that we clothe carefully. And we protect carefully those parts that we do not show to people.
24 tandis que nos parties visibles n'en ont pas besoin. Mais Dieu a composé le corps ensemble, en donnant plus d'honneur à la partie inférieure,
The parts that are [all right to] show people, we do not need to protect. Instead, God, who has put all the parts of our bodies together, causes us to care for in a special way the parts that we think are less important.
25 afin qu'il n'y ait pas de division dans le corps, mais que les membres aient le même soin les uns des autres.
He does that in order that all the parts of our body will work together harmoniously [LIT], and so that all the parts will care for all the other parts equally.
26 Si un membre souffre, tous les membres souffrent avec lui. Quand un membre est honoré, tous les membres se réjouissent avec lui.
If one part of our body hurts, [it is as though] all the parts of our body are hurting. If we pay special attention to one part of our body, [it is as though] all the parts of our body feel pleasure [MET].
27 Or, vous êtes le corps du Christ, et ses membres individuellement.
[Everything I have just said about how the parts of our bodies relate to each other applies to how] all of you who belong to Christ [should relate to each other]. Each of you belongs to him, [but you have not all been given the same abilities and work].
28 Dieu a établi certains dans l'assemblée: premièrement des apôtres, deuxièmement des prophètes, troisièmement des docteurs, puis des thaumaturges, puis des dons de guérison, d'assistance, de gouvernement et de langues diverses.
God has placed apostles in our congregations. Apostles are first [in rank]. Next [in rank] are those who speak messages which come directly from God. Next [in rank] are those who teach [spiritual truth]. Then there are those who have the power to work miracles, those who have the ability to heal [sick people], those who have the ability to help [others], those who have the ability to govern [the affairs of the congregation], and those who have the ability to speak [messages] in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned].
29 Tous sont-ils apôtres? Sont-ils tous prophètes? Sont-ils tous des enseignants? Sont-ils tous des thaumaturges?
Certainly not all [believers] are apostles. [RHQ] They all do not have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to teach [spiritual truth]. [RHQ] They do not all have the power to work miracles. [RHQ]
30 Ont-ils tous des dons de guérison? Parlent-ils tous en diverses langues? Tous interprètent-ils?
They do not all have the ability to heal people. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to speak [messages] in languages [MTY] [they have not learned]. [RHQ] They do not all have the ability to tell others the meaning of those messages. [RHQ] [Certainly not!]
31 Mais désirez ardemment les meilleurs dons. D'ailleurs, je vous montre une voie excellente.
But you should eagerly desire to have [the abilities that will help other believers] the most (OR, [the abilities that God considers] to be the most important). But now I will tell you the best way [to use the abilities that God’s Spirit has given you].
