Actes 28
1 Lorsque nous nous fûmes échappés, ils apprirent alors que l'île s'appelait Malte.
After we [(exc)] had arrived safely [on the shore], we learned that it was an island called Malta.
2 Les indigènes nous témoignèrent une bonté peu commune, car ils allumèrent un feu et nous reçurent tous, à cause de la pluie qui tombait et du froid.
The people who lived there received us kindly. They lit a fire and invited us to come and warm ourselves, because it was raining and it was cold.
3 Mais lorsque Paul eut rassemblé un paquet de brindilles qu'il mit sur le feu, une vipère sortit à cause de la chaleur et s'attacha à sa main.
Paul gathered some sticks and put them on the fire. But [among those sticks was] a snake that had come out [from the fire to escape] from the heat, and it fastened itself on Paul’s hand.
4 Lorsque les indigènes virent la créature suspendue à sa main, ils se dirent les uns aux autres: « Sans doute cet homme est-il un meurtrier, à qui, bien qu'il ait échappé à la mer, la Justice n'a pas permis de vivre. »
[The islanders knew that the snake was poisonous, so] when they saw it hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to each other, “Probably this man has murdered someone. Although he has escaped from being drowned, [the god] ([who] pays [people back/who punishes people]) for their [MTY] sins will cause him to die.”
5 Cependant il secoua la créature dans le feu, et ne fut pas blessé.
But Paul simply shook the snake off into the fire, and nothing happened to him.
6 Ils s'attendaient à ce qu'il se soit enflé ou qu'il soit tombé mort subitement, mais comme ils regardèrent longtemps et ne virent rien de mal lui arriver, ils changèrent d'avis et dirent que c'était un dieu.
The people were expecting that Paul’s body would soon swell up or that he would suddenly fall down and die. But after they had waited a long time, they saw [that the snake] had not harmed him [at all]. So then the people changed their minds and said [to one another], “This man is not a murderer! Probably he is a god!”
7 Or, dans le voisinage de cet endroit se trouvaient des terres appartenant au chef de l'île, nommé Publius, qui nous reçut et nous entretint courtoisement pendant trois jours.
Near where the people had made the fire, there were some fields that belonged to a man whose name was Publius. He was the chief official on the island. He invited us to [come and stay in] his home. He took care of us for three days.
8 Le père de Publius était malade de la fièvre et de la dysenterie. Paul entra chez lui, pria, et, après lui avoir imposé les mains, le guérit.
[At that time] Publius’ father had a fever and dysentery, and he was lying [in bed]. So Paul visited him and prayed [for him. Then] Paul placed his hands on him and healed him.
9 Lorsque cela fut fait, les autres malades de l'île vinrent aussi et furent guéris.
After Paul had done that, the other people on the island who were sick came [to him] and [he] healed them, too.
10 Ils nous rendirent aussi beaucoup d'honneurs, et, lorsque nous fîmes voile, ils mirent à bord les choses dont nous avions besoin.
They brought us gifts and [showed in other ways that] they greatly respected us. When we were [ready] to leave [three months later], they brought us food and other things that we would need [for the trip].
11 Au bout de trois mois, nous nous embarquâmes sur un navire d'Alexandrie qui avait hiverné dans l'île, et dont la figure de proue était « Les frères jumeaux. »
After [we had stayed there] three months, we [got on] a ship [that was going to Italy and] sailed away. The ship had been in [a harbor on] the island during the months when there are many storms. It had come from Alexandria [city]. On the front of the ship there were carved images of the twin gods [whose names were Castor and Pollux].
12 Nous abordâmes à Syracuse, où nous restâmes trois jours.
We [sailed from the island and] arrived at Syracuse [city on Sicily island] and stayed there three days.
13 De là, nous fîmes le tour et arrivâmes à Rhegium. Un jour après, un vent du sud se leva, et le deuxième jour nous arrivâmes à Puteoli,
Then we traveled on by ship and arrived at Rhegium [port in Italy]. The next day, the wind was blowing from behind us, [so we sailed along fast]. The day after that, we reached Puteoli [town, where we left the ship].
14 où nous trouvâmes des frères, et nous fûmes priés de rester avec eux sept jours. Nous arrivâmes donc à Rome.
In Puteoli we met some believers who invited us to stay with them for a week. [After visiting them], we [left there and started to travel by land] to Rome.
15 De là, les frères, ayant entendu parler de nous, vinrent à notre rencontre jusqu'au marché d'Appius et aux trois tavernes. Quand Paul les vit, il rendit grâce à Dieu et prit courage.
[A group of] believers [who lived in Rome] had heard that we [(exc) were coming]. So they came out [from Rome] to meet us. [Some of] them met us at [the town called] ‘The Market on Appian [Road’, ] and others met us at [the town called] ‘The Three Inns’. When Paul saw those believers, he thanked God and was encouraged.
16 Lorsque nous entrâmes dans Rome, le centurion remit les prisonniers au chef des gardes, mais on permit à Paul de rester seul avec le soldat qui le gardait.
After we [(exc)] arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted {[a Roman official who was responsible for guarding Paul] permitted Paul} to live [in a house] by himself. But [there was always] a soldier there to guard him.
17 Trois jours après, Paul convoqua les chefs des Juifs. Quand ils furent réunis, il leur dit: Moi, frères, bien que je n'aie rien fait contre le peuple ou contre les coutumes de nos pères, j'ai été livré prisonnier de Jérusalem entre les mains des Romains.
After [Paul had been there] three days, he sent a message to the Jewish leaders [to come and talk with him. So] they came, and Paul said to them, “My fellow Jews, although I have not opposed our people nor spoken against the customs of our ancestors, [our leaders] in Jerusalem [seized] [MTY] [me. But before they could kill me, a Roman commander rescued me and later sent me] to Caesarea for Roman [authorities/officials to put me on trial].
18 Ceux-ci, après m'avoir examiné, voulurent me relâcher, parce qu'il n'y avait en moi aucune cause de mort.
The Roman authorities/officials questioned me and wanted to release me, because I had not done any [bad] thing for which I should be executed {they should kill me}.
19 Mais, comme les Juifs s'y opposaient, je fus contraint d'en appeler à César, sans avoir rien à reprocher à ma nation.
But when the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] there opposed [what the Roman authorities wanted to do], I had to formally request that the Emperor [judge me here in Rome]. But my reason for doing that was not that I wanted to accuse our leaders about anything.
20 C'est pourquoi j'ai demandé à vous voir et à m'entretenir avec vous. Car c'est à cause de l'espérance d'Israël que je suis lié par cette chaîne. »
So I have requested you [to come] here so that I can tell you why I am a prisoner. It is because I believe in [MTY] our Messiah, the one [God long ago promised to send] to us [(inc)] Jews.”
21 Ils lui dirent: « Nous n'avons pas reçu de lettres de Judée à ton sujet, et aucun des frères n'est venu ici faire un rapport ou dire du mal de toi.
Then [the Jewish leaders] said, “We [(exc)] have not received any letters from [our fellow Jews] in Judea about you. Also, none of our fellow Jews who have arrived [here from Judea] has said anything bad about you.
22 Mais nous voulons savoir de vous ce que vous pensez. Car, pour ce qui est de cette secte, nous savons que partout on la dénonce. »
But we [(exc)] want to hear what you [(sg)] think about this [Christian] sect/group, because we know that in many places [HYP] bad things are being said {people are saying bad things} about it.”
23 Lorsqu'on lui eut fixé un jour, beaucoup de gens vinrent le trouver dans son logement. Il leur donnait des explications, témoignait du royaume de Dieu et les persuadait au sujet de Jésus, d'après la loi de Moïse et les prophètes, depuis le matin jusqu'au soir.
So they [talked with Paul and decided that they would come back on another day to hear him. When that day arrived], those Jews came back to the place where Paul was staying, and they brought more Jews with them. Paul talked to them from morning until evening. He talked to them about how God wants to rule [people’s lives] [MET]. He tried to convince them that Jesus [is the Messiah] by reminding them what Moses and the other prophets had written [MTY].
24 Les uns croyaient aux choses qui étaient dites, et les autres n'y croyaient pas.
Some of those Jews believed that what was said [by Paul] {what [Paul] said} about Jesus [was true], but others did not believe [that it was true].
25 Comme ils n'étaient pas d'accord entre eux, ils s'en allèrent, après que Paul eut prononcé un seul message: « Le Saint-Esprit a parlé à juste titre à nos pères par le prophète Ésaïe,
So they began to argue with one another. [Paul realized that some of them did not want to listen to him, so] when they were about to leave, he said, “The Holy Spirit said something to your/our(incl) ancestors. He spoke these words to Isaiah the prophet, [and what he said is also true about you]:
26 en disant, Va vers ce peuple et dis-lui, en entendant, vous entendrez, mais ne comprendront en aucun cas. En voyant, vous verrez, mais qu'il ne percevra en aucun cas.
Go to your fellow Israelites and tell them, ‘You repeatedly listen [to the message of God], but you never understand [what God is saying]. You repeatedly look at and see [the things that God is doing], but you never understand [what they mean].
27 Car le cœur de ce peuple est devenu insensible. Leurs oreilles sont sourdes. Ils ont fermé les yeux. De peur qu'ils ne voient avec leurs yeux, entendent avec leurs oreilles, comprennent avec leur cœur, et se tournerait à nouveau, alors je les guérirai.
God also said to the prophet, These people do not understand, because they have become stubborn. They have ears, but they do not understand what they hear, and they have closed their eyes [because they do not want to see]. If they wanted to obey what I say to them, they might understand what they see [me doing] and what they hear [me saying]. Then they might turn from their sinful behavior and I would save them.’
28 « Sachez donc que le salut de Dieu est envoyé aux nations, et qu'elles écouteront. »
[That is what God said to the prophet Isaiah about our ancestors. But you Jews today do not want to believe God’s message]. Therefore, I am telling you that [God] has sent to the non-Jews this message about how he saves people, and they will listen [and accept it]!”
29 Après qu'il eut dit ces mots, les Juifs s'en allèrent, ayant une grande dispute entre eux.
30 Paul resta deux années entières dans la maison qu'il louait et reçut tous ceux qui venaient à lui,
For two whole years Paul stayed [there] in a house that he rented. Many people came to see him, and he received them all gladly [and talked with them].
31 prêchant le royaume de Dieu et enseignant ce qui concerne le Seigneur Jésus-Christ, en toute hardiesse et sans obstacle.
He preached [and taught people] about how God could rule [their lives] [MET] and taught them about the Lord Jesus Christ. He did that without being afraid, and no one tried to stop him.
