Marc 12
1 Il se mit à leur parler en paraboles. « Un homme planta une vigne, l'entoura d'une haie, creusa une fosse pour le pressoir, construisit une tour, la loua à un fermier et s'en alla dans un autre pays.
Then Jesus told [those Jewish leaders] a parable. [He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said], “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it [in order to protect it]. He made a stone tank [to collect the juice that] they would press [out of the grapes]. He also built a tower [for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard]. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and [to] give him some of the [grapes] in return. Then he went away to another country.
2 Le moment venu, il envoya un serviteur chez le fermier pour lui demander sa part du fruit de la vigne.
When the time came to harvest the [grapes], he sent a servant to the men [who were taking care of the vineyard] in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced.
3 On le prit, on le battit et on le renvoya à vide.
But [after the servant arrived], they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away.
4 Il leur envoya de nouveau un autre serviteur; ils lui jetèrent des pierres, le blessèrent à la tête et le renvoyèrent honteusement traité.
Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.
5 Il en envoya encore un autre, et ils le tuèrent, ainsi que beaucoup d'autres, battant les uns et tuant les autres.
Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants [whom he sent]. Some they beat and some they killed.
6 Il lui restait un fils bien-aimé, qu'il envoya le dernier, en disant: « Ils respecteront mon fils ».
The man still had one other [person with him]. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him [and give him some of the grapes].
7 Mais les paysans dirent entre eux: « C'est lui l'héritier. Venez, tuons-le, et l'héritage sera à nous.
But [when they saw his son coming], those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’
8 Ils le prirent, le tuèrent, et le chassèrent de la vigne.
They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
9 Que fera donc le maître de la vigne? Il viendra faire périr les vignerons, et il donnera la vigne à d'autres.
So (do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do [RHQ]). He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.
10 N'avez-vous même pas lu cette Écriture? « La pierre que les bâtisseurs ont rejetée a été nommé à la tête du coin.
[Now think carefully about these words], which you have read [in] the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others [put that same stone in its proper place, and] it has become the most important stone in the building [MET]!
11 Cela vient de l'Éternel. C'est merveilleux à nos yeux »?
The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
12 Ils cherchaient à s'emparer de lui, mais ils craignaient la foule, car ils savaient qu'il avait prononcé la parabole contre eux. Ils le laissèrent et s'en allèrent.
Then [the Jewish leaders] realized that he was accusing them when he told this story [about what those wicked people did]. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds [would do if they did that]. So they left him and went away.
13 Ils envoyèrent vers lui quelques-uns des pharisiens et des hérodiens, afin qu'ils le piègent par des paroles.
The [Jewish leaders] sent to [Jesus] some Pharisees [who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod [Antipas and the Roman government]. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong [that would make one of those groups very angry with him].
14 Lorsqu'ils furent arrivés, ils lui posèrent cette question: « Maître, nous savons que tu es honnête et que tu ne t'inclines devant personne; car tu n'as de parti pris pour personne, mais tu enseignes vraiment la voie de Dieu. Est-il licite de payer l'impôt à César, ou non?
After they arrived, they said to him [deceivingly], “Teacher, we know that you [teach] the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about [what] people [say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say]. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants [us to do]. So [tell us what you think about this matter: ] Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not [MTY]? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?”
15 Doit-on donner, ou ne pas donner? » Mais lui, connaissant leur hypocrisie, leur dit: « Pourquoi m'éprouvez-vous? Apportez-moi un denier, que je le voie. »
Jesus knew that they did not really want to know [what God wanted them to do]. So he said to them, “(I [know that] you are [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?) [RHQ] [But I will answer your question anyway]. Bring me a coin so that I might [ask you something after] I look at it.”
16 Ils l'ont apporté. Il leur dit: « A qui appartient cette image et cette inscription? » Ils lui ont dit: « C'est à César. »
After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, [the man who rules the Roman government].”
17 Jésus leur répondit: « Rendez à César ce qui est à César, et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu. » Ils s'émerveillaient beaucoup devant lui.
Then Jesus said to them, “[That is correct, so] give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].” They were [frustrated at his answer but] amazed at what he said, [because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said].
18 Des sadducéens, qui disent qu'il n'y a pas de résurrection, vinrent le trouver. Ils l'interrogèrent en disant:
[Men who belong to the] Sadducee [sect] deny that people become alive again after they die. [In order to discredit] Jesus [by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of] them came to him and asked him,
19 « Maître, Moïse nous a écrit: 'Si le frère d'un homme meurt et laisse une femme derrière lui, sans laisser d'enfants, que son frère prenne sa femme et engendre une descendance pour son frère'.
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. [Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the] children of the man who died, [and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants].
20 Il y avait sept frères. Le premier prit une femme, et mourut sans laisser de descendance.
[So here is an example]. There were seven boys [in one family]. The oldest one married [a woman], but [he and his wife] did not bear any children. Then he [later] died.
21 Le second la prit, et mourut, ne laissant aucun enfant derrière lui. Le troisième fit de même;
The second [brother followed this law and] married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he [later] died. The third [brother did] like [his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died].
22 et les sept autres la prirent et ne laissèrent pas d'enfants. La dernière de toutes les femmes mourut aussi.
Eventually all seven [brothers married that woman, one by one], but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too.
23 A la résurrection, quand ils ressusciteront, de qui sera-t-elle la femme? Car les sept l'ont eue pour femme. »
Therefore, [if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die], whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ([Keep in mind that] she was married to all seven [brothers]!/She was married to all seven [brothers, so how can anyone decide] [RHQ]?)”
24 Jésus leur répondit: « N'est-ce pas parce que vous êtes dans l'erreur, ne connaissant ni les Écritures ni la puissance de Dieu?
Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know [what they have written in] the Scriptures [about this]. You also do not understand God’s power [to make people alive again].
25 Car, lorsqu'ils ressusciteront d'entre les morts, ils ne se marieront pas et ne seront pas donnés en mariage, mais ils seront comme des anges dans le ciel.
[That woman will not be the wife of any of them], because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, [who do not marry].
26 Mais pour ce qui est de la résurrection des morts, n'avez-vous pas lu dans le livre de Moïse, au sujet du buisson, comment Dieu lui a parlé en disant: « Je suis le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob »?
But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses [wrote, he said something about people who have died] that I am sure that you have read [RHQ]. When Moses [was looking at] the bush [that was burning], God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].’
27 Il n'est pas le Dieu des morts, mais des vivants. Vous vous trompez donc lourdement. »
It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive]! So your [claim that dead people do not become alive again] is very wrong.”
28 Un des scribes, qui les entendait discuter ensemble, sachant qu'il leur avait bien répondu, lui demanda: « Quel est le plus grand de tous les commandements? »
A man who taught the [Jewish] laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?”
29 Jésus répondit: « La plus grande est: Écoute, Israël, le Seigneur notre Dieu, le Seigneur est unique.
Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
30 Tu aimeras le Seigneur ton Dieu de tout ton cœur, de toute ton âme, de toute ta pensée et de toute ta force.' Tel est le premier commandement.
[You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live] Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’
31 Le second est ainsi conçu: « Tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même ». Il n'y a pas d'autre commandement plus grand que ceux-là. »
The next [most important commandment] is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!”
32 Le scribe lui dit: « En vérité, maître, tu as bien dit qu'il est unique et qu'il n'y en a pas d'autre que lui;
The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, [you have answered] well. You correctly said that he is the only [God] and that there is no other God [we must worship/obey].
33 et l'aimer de tout son cœur, de toute son intelligence, de toute son âme et de toute sa force, et aimer son prochain comme soi-même, est plus important que tous les holocaustes et tous les sacrifices. »
You have also said correctly that we ([should/must show that we]) love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love (people with whom we come in contact/others) as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things [pleases God] more than offering/giving animals to him or burning [other] sacrifices.”
34 Voyant qu'il répondait avec sagesse, Jésus lui dit: « Tu n'es pas loin du Royaume de Dieu. » Après cela, personne n'osa plus lui poser de questions.
Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “[I perceive that] you will soon [decide to let] God rule your life.” After that, [the Jewish leaders] were afraid to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
35 Jésus répondit, comme il enseignait dans le temple: Comment se fait-il que les scribes disent que le Christ est le fils de David?
[Later], while he was teaching in the Temple [courtyard], Jesus said [to the people], “These men who teach the [Jewish] laws, (they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David!/why do they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ]
36 Car David lui-même a dit dans l'Esprit Saint, Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur, « Assieds-toi à ma droite, jusqu'à ce que je fasse de vos ennemis le marchepied de vos pieds. »
The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say [about the Messiah], God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! [MTY]’
37 C'est pourquoi David lui-même l'appelle Seigneur, comment pourrait-il être son fils? » Les gens du peuple l'écoutaient avec plaisir.
Therefore, [because] David himself calls [the Messiah] ‘my Lord,’ (the Messiah cannot be [just] a man who descended [from King David!]/how can the Messiah be [just] a man who descended [from King David]?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]”! Many people listened to him gladly [as he taught those things].
38 Dans son enseignement, il leur disait: « Méfiez-vous des scribes, qui aiment à se promener en longues robes, à se faire saluer sur les places publiques,
While Jesus was teaching [the people], he said to them, “Beware that you [do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They [like people to honor them, so] they put on long robes and walk around [in order to show people how important they are]. They also like people to greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
39 à avoir les meilleurs sièges dans les synagogues et les meilleures places dans les fêtes,
[They like to sit] in the most important seats in our (synagogue/Jewish meeting place). At festivals, [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
40 ceux qui dévorent les maisons des veuves, et qui, pour faire semblant, font de longues prières. Ceux-là recevront une plus grande condamnation. »
They (swindle/take for themselves) the houses [and property] of widows by cheating them. [Then] they pretend [that they are good] by praying long prayers [publicly. God] will certainly punish them severely!”
41 Jésus s'assit en face du trésor et vit comment la foule jetait de l'argent dans le trésor. Beaucoup de riches en jetaient beaucoup.
[Later], Jesus sat down [in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there], he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts [of money].
42 Une pauvre veuve vint, et elle jeta deux petites pièces d'airain, qui équivalent à une pièce de quadrans.
Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
43 Il appela ses disciples et leur dit: « Je vous le dis en vérité, cette pauvre veuve a donné plus que tous ceux qui donnent au trésor,
He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, [but] they gave [only a small part of it]. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. [So God considers that] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”
44 car tous ont donné de leur superflu, mais elle, de sa pauvreté, a donné tout ce qu'elle avait pour vivre. »
