Actes 26
1 Agrippa dit à Paul: « Tu peux parler en ton nom. » Alors Paul étendit la main, et prit sa défense.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You [(sg)] are permitted [now] to speak [to defend] yourself.” Paul stretched out his hand ([dramatically/to salute the king]) and began to defend himself. He said,
2 « Je m'estime heureux, roi Agrippa, d'avoir à me défendre aujourd'hui devant toi sur toutes les choses dont je suis accusé par les Juifs,
“King Agrippa, I consider that I am fortunate that today, while you [(sg)] listen, I can defend myself from all the things about which the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] are accusing me.
3 d'autant plus que tu es expert dans toutes les coutumes et dans toutes les questions qui se posent chez les Juifs. Je te prie donc de m'écouter avec patience.
I am really fortunate, because you [(sg)] know all about the customs of us Jews and the questions that we [(exc)] argue about. So I ask you, please listen patiently to what I say.”
4 « En effet, tous les Juifs connaissent ma manière de vivre depuis ma jeunesse, qui a été dès le début parmi ma propre nation et à Jérusalem;
“Many [HYP] of my fellow Jews know about how I have conducted my life, from the time I was a child. They know how I lived in the area where I [was born] and [also later] in Jerusalem.
5 m'ayant connu dès le début, s'ils veulent bien en témoigner, que selon la secte la plus stricte de notre religion j'ai vécu en pharisien.
They have known for many years, and they could tell you, if they wanted to, that [since I was very young] I obeyed the customs of our religion very carefully, just like the [other] Pharisees do.
6 Maintenant, je me tiens ici pour être jugé à cause de l'espérance de la promesse faite par Dieu à nos pères,
Today I am being put on trial {[they] are putting me on trial} because I am confidently expecting that God will do what he promised our [(exc)] ancestors.
7 que nos douze tribus, servant avec ardeur nuit et jour, espèrent atteindre. C'est au sujet de cette espérance que je suis accusé par les Juifs, roi Agrippa!
Our twelve tribes are [also] confidently waiting for God to do [for us what he promised], as they respectfully worship him, day and night. [Respected] king, I confidently expect [that God will do what he promised, and they also believe that! But that is the reason] that these Jewish leaders [SYN] are accusing me!
8 Pourquoi jugez-vous incroyable que Dieu ressuscite les morts?
They believe that God can cause those who have died to become alive again, so (why [do any of you refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead?/none of you should refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead!]) [RHQ]”
9 « Moi-même, j'ai très certainement pensé que je devais faire beaucoup de choses contraires au nom de Jésus de Nazareth.
“[Formerly] I, too, was sure that I should do everything that I could to oppose Jesus [MTY], the man from Nazareth [town].
10 C'est aussi ce que j'ai fait à Jérusalem. J'ai fait enfermer dans des prisons un grand nombre de saints, ayant reçu l'autorité des principaux sacrificateurs; et quand on les mettait à mort, je votais contre eux.
So that is what I did [when I lived] in Jerusalem. I put many of the believers in jail, as the chief priests there had authorized me [to do]. When [the Jewish leaders wanted] those Christians killed {someone to kill those [Christians]}, I voted [for that].
11 Les punissant souvent dans toutes les synagogues, je m'efforçais de les faire blasphémer. Étant extrêmement furieux contre eux, je les persécutais jusque dans les villes étrangères.
Many times I punished the believers [whom I found] in Jewish meeting places. [By punishing them], I tried to force them to speak evil [about Jesus]. I was so angry with the followers of Jesus that I even traveled to other cities to [find them and] do things to harm them.”
12 « Alors que je me rendais à Damas avec l'autorisation et la mission des chefs des prêtres,
“[One day], I was on my way to Damascus [city] to do that. The chief priests [in Jerusalem] had authorized and sent me [to seize the believers there].
13 à midi, ô roi, je vis en chemin une lumière venant du ciel, plus brillante que le soleil, qui m'entourait ainsi que ceux qui voyageaient avec moi.
[My respected] king, [while I was going] along the road, at about noon I saw a [bright] light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around the men who were traveling with me.
14 Lorsque nous fûmes tous tombés à terre, j'entendis une voix qui me disait en hébreu: « Saul, Saul, pourquoi me persécutes-tu? Il t'est difficile de frapper contre les aiguillons ».
We [(exc)] all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in my own Hebrew language [MTY]. He said ‘Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ] You [(sg)] are [hurting yourself by trying to hurt me] [MET], [like an ox] kicking against [its owner’s] goad.’
15 « J'ai dit: « Qui es-tu, Seigneur? Il dit: « Je suis Jésus, que vous persécutez.
Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘I am Jesus. You [(sg)] are harming me [by harming my followers].
16 Mais lève-toi et tiens-toi sur tes pieds, car c'est dans ce but que je te suis apparu, pour t'établir serviteur et témoin des choses que tu as vues et de celles que je te révélerai,
But instead [of continuing to do that], stand up now! I have appeared to you [(sg)] to tell you that I have chosen you to serve me. You must tell people about [what I am showing you] as you are seeing me [now], and about what I [will show you when] I will [later] appear to you.
17 pour te délivrer du peuple et des païens vers lesquels je t'envoie,
I will protect you [from those who will try to harm you, both] your own people and [also] those who are not Jewish. I am sending you to non-Jews
18 pour leur ouvrir les yeux, afin qu'ils passent des ténèbres à la lumière et de la puissance de Satan à Dieu, pour qu'ils reçoivent la rémission des péchés et un héritage parmi ceux qui sont sanctifiés par la foi en moi.
to help them to realize [MTY] what is true and to stop believing what is false [MET]. I am sending you to them so that they may let God control them and not let Satan control them any more. [Then God] will forgive their sins and will accept them as his people because they believe in me.’ [That is what Jesus said to me].”
19 « C'est pourquoi, roi Agrippa, je n'ai pas désobéi à la vision céleste,
“So, King Agrippa, I fully obeyed [LIT] what [the Lord Jesus told me to do when he spoke to me] from heaven.
20 mais j'ai annoncé d'abord à ceux de Damas, à Jérusalem, dans tout le pays de Judée, et aussi aux païens, qu'ils devaient se repentir et se tourner vers Dieu, en faisant des œuvres dignes de la repentance.
First, I preached to [the Jews] in Damascus. Then I [preached to the Jews] in Jerusalem and throughout [the rest of] Judea [province]. After that, I also preached to non-Jews. I preached that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and turn their lives over to God. I told them that they must do things that would show that they had truly stopped their sinful behavior.”
21 C'est pourquoi les Juifs se sont emparés de moi dans le temple et ont voulu me faire mourir.
“It is because I [preached] this message [that some] [SYN] Jews seized me [when I was] in the Temple [courtyard and] tried to kill me.
22 Ayant donc obtenu le secours qui vient de Dieu, je me tiens jusqu'à ce jour pour rendre témoignage aux petits et aux grands, ne disant rien d'autre que ce que les prophètes et Moïse ont annoncé,
However, God has been helping me [from that time, and he is still helping me] today. So I stand here and I tell [all of you people], those who are important and those who are not, [who Jesus is]. Everything that I say [about him] is what Moses and the [other] prophets wrote [about long ago, things that they said] would happen.
23 comment le Christ doit souffrir et comment, par la résurrection des morts, il sera le premier à annoncer la lumière à ce peuple et aux païens. »
They wrote that [people would cause] the Messiah to suffer and die. They also wrote that he would be the first person to become alive again, to proclaim [the message that would be like] light, [that he would save] both [his own Jewish] people and non-Jewish people.”
24 Comme il prenait ainsi sa défense, Festus dit d'une voix forte: « Paul, tu es fou! Ton grand savoir te rend fou! »
Before Paul could say anything [further] to defend himself, Festus shouted: “Paul, you are crazy! You have studied too much, and it has made you insane!”
25 Mais il répondit: « Je ne suis pas fou, très excellent Festus, mais je dis hardiment des paroles de vérité et de raison.
But Paul answered, “Your Excellency, Festus, I am not raving [insanely]. On the contrary, what I am saying is true and sensible!
26 Car le roi est au courant de ces choses, et c'est à lui aussi que je parle librement. Car je suis persuadé qu'aucune de ces choses ne lui est cachée, puisque cela ne s'est pas fait dans un coin.
King Agrippa knows the things [that I have been talking about], and I can speak confidently to him [about them]. I am sure that he knows [LIT] these things, because people everywhere [IDM] have heard [LIT] about what happened [to Jesus].”
27 Roi Agrippa, crois-tu les prophètes? Je sais que tu crois. »
Then Paul asked, “King Agrippa, do you believe [what] the prophets [wrote]? I know that you [(sg)] believe it.”
28 Agrippa dit à Paul: « Avec un peu de persuasion, essaies-tu de faire de moi un chrétien? »
Then Agrippa [answered] Paul, “([I hope that you(sg)] do not think that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian!/You do not think, [do you], that by the few things [that you have just now said] you can persuade me to become a Christian?)” [RHQ]
29 Paul dit: « Je prie Dieu, afin que, soit avec peu, soit avec beaucoup, non seulement vous, mais aussi tous ceux qui m'écoutent aujourd'hui, deviennent tels que je suis, à l'exception de ces liens. »
Paul replied, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, it does not matter. I pray to God that you and also all of the others who are listening to me today will also [believe in Jesus] like I do, but I do not want you to become prisoners [MTY] [like I am].”
30 Le roi se leva avec le gouverneur et Bérénice, et ceux qui étaient assis avec eux.
Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and all the others got up
31 Quand ils se furent retirés, ils se parlèrent entre eux, disant: « Cet homme ne fait rien qui mérite la mort ou la prison. »
and left [the room. While] they were talking to one another they said to each other, “There is no reason why (the authorities/we) should execute this man, or that he should even be kept in prison [MTY].”
32 Agrippa dit à Festus: « Cet homme aurait pu être libéré s'il n'avait pas fait appel à César. »
Agrippa said to Festus, “If this man had not asked that the Emperor judge him, he could have been released {[we(inc)] could have released him}.”
