Actes 21
1 Après les avoir quittés et avoir mis à la voile, nous nous dirigeâmes droit vers Cos, puis le lendemain vers Rhodes, et de là vers Patara.
[After] we said goodbye to the elders [from Ephesus], we [got on the ship and] sailed to Cos [Island, where the ship stopped for the night]. The next day we sailed from Cos to Rhodes [Island, where the ship stopped again. The day after] that we sailed to Patara [town, where the ship stopped. This was on Patara Island].
2 Ayant trouvé un navire qui faisait la traversée vers la Phénicie, nous y montâmes et fîmes voile.
[At Patara we left that ship, and someone told us that] there was a ship that would be going to Phoenicia [region. So] we got on that ship, and it left.
3 Après avoir aperçu l'île de Chypre, que nous laissâmes sur notre gauche, nous fîmes voile vers la Syrie, et nous débarquâmes à Tyr, car le navire s'y trouvait pour décharger sa cargaison.
[We sailed until] we could see Cyprus [Island]. We passed to the south of the island and continued sailing until we arrived at [Phoenicia region, in] Syria [province]. We arrived at Tyre [city. The ship was going to stay there several days, because its workers] had to unload the cargo.
4 Ayant trouvé des disciples, nous restâmes là sept jours. Ceux-ci disaient à Paul, par l'Esprit, qu'il ne devait pas monter à Jérusalem.
[Someone told us] where the believers in Tyre lived, so we [(exc) went and] stayed with them for seven days. Because [God’s] Spirit revealed to them ([that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer]) [in Jerusalem], they told Paul that he should not go there.
5 Lorsque ces jours furent écoulés, nous partîmes et nous nous mîmes en route. Tous, avec femmes et enfants, nous accompagnèrent jusqu'à ce que nous fussions sortis de la ville. Agenouillés sur la plage, nous avons prié.
But when it was time [for the ship to leave again], we [prepared to] continue going [to Jerusalem]. When we left [Tyre], all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us [to the edge of the sea]. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed.
6 Après nous être dit au revoir, nous sommes montés à bord du navire, et ils sont retournés chez eux.
After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
7 Lorsque nous eûmes terminé le voyage de Tyr, nous arrivâmes à Ptolémaïs. Nous saluâmes les frères et restâmes avec eux un jour.
After we [(exc)] left Tyre, we continued on [that ship] to Ptolemais [city]. There were believers there, and we greeted them and stayed with them that night.
8 Le lendemain, nous qui étions les compagnons de Paul, nous partîmes et arrivâmes à Césarée. Nous entrâmes dans la maison de Philippe l'évangéliste, qui était l'un des sept, et nous restâmes avec lui.
The next day we left [Ptolemais] and sailed to Caesarea [city], where we stayed in the home of Philip, who [spent his days] telling others how to become disciples of Jesus. He was one of the seven [men whom the believers in Jerusalem had chosen to care for the widows].
9 Or, cet homme avait quatre filles vierges qui prophétisaient.
He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
10 Comme nous étions là depuis quelques jours, un prophète nommé Agabus descendit de Judée.
After [we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for] several days, a believer whose name was Agabus came down from Judea [district] and arrived [in Caesarea]. He [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had told him.
11 S'approchant de nous et prenant la ceinture de Paul, il se lia les pieds et les mains, et dit: « Le Saint-Esprit dit: Les Juifs de Jérusalem lieront l'homme à qui appartient cette ceinture, et le livreront entre les mains des païens. »
Coming over to where we were, he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem will tie up [the hands and feet of] the owner of this belt, like this, and they will hand him over to non-Jewish people [as a prisoner].’”
12 Lorsque nous entendîmes ces choses, nous le suppliâmes, ainsi que les habitants de ce lieu, de ne pas monter à Jérusalem.
When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
13 Paul répondit: « Que faites-vous, vous pleurez et me brisez le cœur? Car je suis prêt non seulement à être lié, mais encore à mourir à Jérusalem pour le nom du Seigneur Jésus. »
But Paul replied, “(Please stop crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going!]/Why are you crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going]?) [RHQ] I am willing to be put {[for people] to put me} in prison and also to be killed {[for them] to kill me} in Jerusalem because I [serve] [MTY] the Lord Jesus.”
14 Comme il ne voulait pas se laisser convaincre, nous avons cessé de dire: « Que la volonté du Seigneur soit faite. »
When [we(exc) realized that] he was determined [to go to Jerusalem], we did not try [any longer] to persuade him [not to go]. We said, “May (the Lord [God] do what he wants/the Lord’s will be done)!”
15 Après ces jours-là, nous prîmes nos bagages et montâmes à Jérusalem.
After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
16 Quelques-uns des disciples de Césarée nous accompagnèrent, ainsi qu'un certain Mnason, de Chypre, disciple de la première heure, chez qui nous devions loger.
Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. [On the way to Jerusalem], we stayed [one night] in the house of [a man whose name was] Mnason. He was from Cyprus [Island], and he had believed [in Jesus] when people were first beginning to hear the message [about him].
17 Lorsque nous fûmes arrivés à Jérusalem, les frères nous reçurent avec joie.
When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
18 Le lendemain, Paul se rendit avec nous chez Jacques, et tous les anciens étaient présents.
The next day Paul and the rest of us went to speak with James, [who was the leader of the congregation there]. All of the [other] leaders/elders [of the congregation in Jerusalem] were also there.
19 Après les avoir salués, il raconta une à une les choses que Dieu avait opérées parmi les païens par son ministère.
Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
20 Ceux-ci, après l'avoir entendu, glorifièrent Dieu. Ils lui dirent: « Tu vois, frère, qu'il y a parmi les Juifs des milliers de croyants, et tous sont zélés pour la loi.
When they heard that, James and the other elders said, “Praise the Lord!” Then [one of] them said to Paul, “Brother/Friend, you [(sg)] know that there are very many thousands of us [(inc)] Jewish people [here] who have believed [in the Lord Jesus]. Also, you know that we [(inc)] all continue very carefully to obey the laws [that Moses gave us].
21 On a appris à ton sujet que tu enseignes à tous les Juifs qui sont parmi les païens à renoncer à Moïse, en leur disant de ne pas circoncire leurs enfants et de ne pas suivre les coutumes.
[But our fellow Jewish believers] have been told {have heard [people say]} that when you are among non-Jews, you tell the Jewish believers who live there that they should stop obeying [the laws] [MTY] ([of] Moses/[that] Moses [received from God]). [People say that] you tell [those Jewish believers] not to circumcise their sons and not to practice our [other] customs. [We(exc) do not believe that this is true].
22 Que faire alors? L'assemblée doit certainement se réunir, car ils apprendront que tu es venu.
But our fellow [Jewish] believers will certainly hear that you have arrived, [and they will be angry with you]. So [you] need to do something [RHQ] [to show them that what they heard about you is not true].
23 Faites donc ce que nous vous disons. Nous avons quatre hommes qui ont fait un vœu.
So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
24 Prends-les et purifie-toi avec eux, et paie pour eux leurs frais, afin qu'ils se rasent la tête. Tous sauront alors qu'il n'y a pas de vérité dans les choses qu'on leur a racontées à ton sujet, mais que toi aussi tu marches en observant la loi.
Go with these men [to the Temple] and [ritually] purify yourself along with them. Then, [when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual], pay for what they offer [as sacrifices]. After that, they can shave their heads [to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men], they will know that what they have been told {what people have told them} about you is not true. Instead, all of them will know that you obey all our Jewish laws [and rituals].
25 Mais pour ce qui est des païens qui ont cru, nous avons écrit notre décision qu'ils ne doivent rien observer de tel, si ce n'est qu'ils doivent se garder des aliments offerts aux idoles, du sang, des objets étranglés et de l'impudicité. »
As for the non-Jewish believers, [we elders here in Jerusalem have talked] about [which of our laws] they [should obey, and] we [(exc)] wrote them [a letter, telling them] what we decided. [We wrote] that they should not eat meat that people have offered as a sacrifice to any idol, [that they should not eat] blood [from animals], and that [they should not eat] meat from animals [that people have killed by] strangling [them. We also told them that] they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married.”
26 Alors Paul prit les hommes, se purifia le lendemain, et entra avec eux dans le temple, annonçant l'accomplissement des jours de purification, jusqu'à ce que l'offrande ait été présentée pour chacun d'eux.
So Paul [agreed to do what they asked], and the next day he took the [four] men, and together they ritually purified themselves. After that, Paul went to the Temple [courts and] told [the priest] what day they would [finish] purifying themselves [ritually] and when [they] would offer [the animals as sacrifices] for each of them.
27 Lorsque les sept jours furent presque écoulés, les Juifs d'Asie, l'ayant vu dans le temple, soulevèrent toute la foule et lui imposèrent les mains,
When the seven days [for purifying themselves] were nearly finished, Paul [returned] to the Temple [courtyard]. Some Jews from Asia [province] saw him there, [and they were very angry at him]. On another day they had seen Paul [walking around] in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple [courtyard that day. So] they called out to many other Jews [who were in the Temple courtyard] to [help them] seize [MTY] Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help [us punish this] man! This is the one who is [constantly] teaching people wherever [he goes that they] should despise the [Jewish] people. [He teaches people that they should no longer obey] the laws [of Moses] nor respect this holy [Temple]. He has even brought non-Jews here into [the court of] our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!”
28 en s'écriant: « Hommes d'Israël, au secours! Voici l'homme qui enseigne partout à tous les hommes contre le peuple, contre la loi et contre ce lieu. De plus, il a introduit des Grecs dans le temple et a souillé ce lieu saint! »
29 Car ils avaient vu Trophime, l'Éphésien, avec lui dans la ville, et ils supposaient que Paul l'avait fait entrer dans le temple.
30 Toute la ville était émue et le peuple accourait. Ils se saisirent de Paul et le traînèrent hors du temple. Aussitôt, les portes furent fermées.
[People] throughout [MTY] the city heard that there was trouble [at the Temple courtyard], and they came running there. They grabbed Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple [area]. The gates [to the Temple courtyard were shut] {[The Temple guards] shut the doors [to the Temple courts]} immediately, [so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area].
31 Comme ils cherchaient à le tuer, la nouvelle monta au commandant du régiment que tout Jérusalem était en émoi.
While they were trying to kill Paul, someone [ran to the fort near the Temple] and told the Roman commander that many [HYP] people [MTY] in Jerusalem were rioting [at the Temple].
32 Aussitôt, il prit des soldats et des centurions et courut vers eux. Ceux-ci, voyant le tribun et les soldats, cessèrent de battre Paul.
The commander quickly took some officers and [a large group of] soldiers and ran to [the Temple area where] the crowd was. When the crowd of people [who were yelling and beating Paul] saw the commander and the soldiers [coming], they stopped beating him.
33 Alors le tribun s'approcha, l'arrêta, ordonna de le lier avec deux chaînes, et demanda qui il était et ce qu'il avait fait.
The commander came to [where Paul was and] seized him. He [commanded soldiers] to fasten a chain to [each of] Paul’s [arms]. Then he asked [the people in the crowd], “Who is this man, and what has he done?”
34 Les uns criaient une chose et les autres une autre, parmi la foule. Comme il ne pouvait pas savoir la vérité à cause du bruit, il ordonna qu'on l'emmène dans les baraquements.
Some of the many people there were shouting one thing, [and] some were shouting something else. Because they continued shouting so loudly, the commander could not understand [what they were shouting. So] he [commanded] that Paul be taken {[the soldiers] to take Paul} into the barracks [so that he could question him there].
35 Lorsqu'il arriva à l'escalier, il fut porté par les soldats, à cause de la violence de la foule;
[The soldiers] led Paul to the steps [of the barracks], but many people continued to follow them, trying to kill [Paul. So the commander told] the soldiers to carry Paul [up the steps into the barracks].
36 car la multitude du peuple le suivait en criant: « Lâchez-le! »
The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
37 Comme Paul était sur le point d'être conduit dans les baraquements, il demanda au commandant: « Puis-je te parler? » Il dit: « Connais-tu le grec?
As Paul was about to be taken {[the soldiers] were about to take Paul} into the barracks, he said [in Greek] to the commander, “May I speak to you?” The commander said, “(I am surprised that you can speak the Greek [language]!/Can you [(sg)] speak the Greek [language]?)” [RHQ]
38 N'es-tu donc pas l'Égyptien qui, avant ces jours, a excité à la sédition et conduit au désert les quatre mille hommes des Assassins? ".
“(I [thought] that you [(sg)] were that fellow/Are you not that fellow) from Egypt [RHQ] who wanted to rebel [against the government not long ago], and who took 4,000 violent terrorists [with him] out into the desert, [so that we could not catch him]?”
39 Mais Paul dit: « Je suis un Juif de Tarse en Cilicie, citoyen d'une ville qui n'est pas insignifiante. Je vous en prie, permettez-moi de parler au peuple. »
Paul answered, “[No, I am not!] I am a Jew. I [was born] in Tarsus, which is an important [LIT] city in Cilicia [province]. I ask that you [(sg)] let me speak to the people.”
40 Après lui en avoir donné la permission, Paul, debout sur l'escalier, fit signe de la main au peuple. Comme il y avait un grand silence, il leur parla en langue hébraïque, en disant,
Then the commander permitted Paul [to speak. So] Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand [for the crowd to be quiet. And after] the people in the crowd became quiet, Paul spoke to them in [their own] Hebrew language [MTY].
