Hébreux 12
1 C'est pourquoi, nous qui sommes entourés d'une si grande nuée de témoins, rejetons tout fardeau et le péché qui nous enveloppe si facilement, et courons avec persévérance dans la course qui nous est proposée,
We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
2 en regardant à Jésus, le père et le consommateur de la foi, qui, pour la joie qui lui était réservée, a enduré la croix, en méprisant sa honte, et s'est assis à la droite du trône de Dieu.
And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
3 Considérez en effet celui qui a supporté une telle contradiction des pécheurs contre lui-même, afin que vous ne vous lassiez pas, en défaillant dans vos âmes.
[Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
4 Vous n'avez pas encore résisté jusqu'au sang, en luttant contre le péché.
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 Vous avez oublié l'exhortation qui raisonne avec vous comme avec des enfants, « Mon fils, ne prends pas à la légère le châtiment du Seigneur, et ne vous laissez pas abattre quand il vous réprimande;
Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
6 car celui que le Seigneur aime, il le discipline, et châtie chaque fils qu'il reçoit. »
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 C'est pour la discipline que vous endurez. Dieu vous traite comme des enfants; car quel est le fils que son père ne corrige pas?
It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
8 Mais si vous êtes privés de la discipline, à laquelle tous ont eu part, vous êtes illégitimes, et non des enfants.
So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
9 D'ailleurs, les pères de notre chair nous ont châtiés, et nous les avons respectés. Ne devrions-nous pas plutôt être soumis au Père des esprits et vivre?
Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
10 Ils nous ont en effet châtiés pendant quelques jours, comme il leur a semblé bon, mais lui, c'est pour notre bien, afin que nous participions à sa sainteté.
Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
11 Tout châtiment semble pour l'instant non pas joyeux, mais douloureux; mais il produit ensuite le fruit paisible de la justice pour ceux qu'il a formés.
During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
12 C'est pourquoi relevez les mains qui pendent et les genoux affaiblis,
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 et tracez des sentiers droits pour vos pieds, afin que ce qui est boiteux ne soit pas disloqué, mais plutôt guéri.
Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
14 Recherchez la paix avec tous les hommes et la sanctification sans laquelle personne ne verra le Seigneur,
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 en veillant à ce qu'il n'y ait pas d'homme qui manque à la grâce de Dieu, à ce qu'aucune racine d'amertume ne germe chez vous et ne souille plusieurs personnes,
Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
16 à ce qu'il n'y ait pas d'impudique ou de profane, comme Ésaü, qui a vendu son droit d'aînesse pour un repas.
Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
17 Vous savez en effet que, lorsqu'il voulut ensuite hériter de la bénédiction, il fut rejeté, parce qu'il ne trouva pas de lieu où il pût se raviser, bien qu'il le cherchât avec larmes.
You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
18 Car vous n'êtes pas arrivés à une montagne que l'on pouvait toucher et qui brûlait de feu, ni à l'obscurité, ni aux ténèbres, ni à la tempête,
In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
19 ni au son d'une trompette, ni à la voix des paroles, que ceux qui l'entendaient suppliaient qu'on ne leur adressât pas un mot de plus,
They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
20 car ils ne pouvaient supporter ce qui avait été ordonné: « Si un seul animal touche la montagne, il sera lapidé ».
When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
21 L'apparition était si effrayante que Moïse dit: « Je suis terrifié et je tremble. »
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 Mais vous êtes venus à la montagne de Sion, à la cité du Dieu vivant, la Jérusalem céleste, à une multitude innombrable d'anges,
Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
23 au rassemblement et à l'assemblée des premiers-nés inscrits dans les cieux, à Dieu, le juge de tous, aux esprits des justes rendus parfaits,
You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
24 à Jésus, le médiateur d'une nouvelle alliance, et au sang de l'aspersion qui vaut mieux que celui d'Abel.
You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
25 Veillez à ne pas refuser celui qui parle. Car s'ils n'ont pas échappé au refus de celui qui avertissait sur la terre, à combien plus forte raison n'échapperons-nous pas, nous qui nous détournons de celui qui avertit du haut des cieux,
Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
26 dont la voix a ébranlé la terre alors, mais qu'il a promis maintenant en disant: « Encore une fois, j'ébranlerai non seulement la terre, mais aussi les cieux. »
The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
27 Cette expression « Encore une fois » signifie que ce qui est ébranlé est enlevé, comme les choses faites, afin que ce qui n'est pas ébranlé demeure.
The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
28 C'est pourquoi, recevant un Royaume qui ne peut être ébranlé, ayons la grâce, par laquelle nous servons Dieu agréablement, avec respect et crainte,
So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
29 car notre Dieu est un feu dévorant.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
