Matthieu 11
1 Lorsque Jésus eut achevé de donner des instructions à ses douze disciples, il partit de là pour enseigner et prêcher dans leurs villes.
When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
2 Or, lorsque Jean entendit dans la prison les œuvres du Christ, il envoya deux de ses disciples
While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
3 et lui dit: « Es-tu celui qui vient, ou devons-nous en chercher un autre? »
to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
4 Jésus leur répondit: Allez annoncer à Jean les choses que vous entendez et que vous voyez:
[After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
5 les aveugles recouvrent la vue, les boiteux marchent, les lépreux sont purifiés, les sourds entendent, les morts ressuscitent, et la bonne nouvelle est annoncée aux pauvres.
I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
6 Heureux celui qui ne trouve en moi aucune occasion de chute! »
[Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
7 Comme ils s'en allaient, Jésus se mit à dire à la foule, au sujet de Jean: « Qu'êtes-vous allés voir dans le désert? Un roseau secoué par le vent?
When John’s disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
8 Et vous, qu'êtes-vous allés voir? Un homme vêtu de vêtements souples? Voici, ceux qui portent des vêtements souples sont dans les maisons des rois.
Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
9 Mais pourquoi êtes-vous sortis? Pour voir un prophète? Oui, je vous le dis, et bien plus qu'un prophète.
Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
10 Car c'est lui dont il est écrit: « Voici, j'envoie mon messager devant toi, qui préparera ton chemin devant toi ».
He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
11 Je vous le dis en toute certitude, parmi ceux qui sont nés de femmes, il ne s'est pas trouvé de plus grand que Jean le Baptiseur; mais le plus petit dans le Royaume des cieux est plus grand que lui.
Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
12 Depuis le temps de Jean Baptiste jusqu'à maintenant, le Royaume des cieux est soumis à la violence, et les violents s'en emparent par la force.
From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
13 Car tous les prophètes et la loi ont prophétisé jusqu'à Jean.
[All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
14 Si vous êtes disposés à le recevoir, celui-ci est Élie, qui doit venir.
[Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
15 Que celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre, entende.
If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
16 « Mais à quoi comparerai-je cette génération? Elle ressemble à des enfants assis sur les places publiques, qui appellent leurs compagnons
“(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
17 et disent: 'Nous avons joué de la flûte pour vous, et vous n'avez pas dansé. Nous avons pleuré pour vous, et vous ne vous êtes pas lamentés ».
‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
18 Car Jean est venu sans manger ni boire, et ils disent: « Il a un démon ».
[Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
19 Le Fils de l'homme est venu en mangeant et en buvant, et l'on dit: « Voici un glouton et un ivrogne, l'ami des publicains et des pécheurs ». Mais la sagesse est justifiée par ses enfants. »
[In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
20 Puis il se mit à dénoncer les villes où s'étaient accomplis la plupart de ses exploits, parce qu'elles ne se repentaient pas.
[The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
21 « Malheur à toi, Chorazin! Malheur à toi, Bethsaïda! Car, si l'on avait fait à Tyr et à Sidon les miracles qui ont été faits chez vous, il y a longtemps qu'elles se seraient repenties, avec le sac et la cendre.
“You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
22 Mais je vous le dis, au jour du jugement, Tyr et Sidon seront plus tolérables que vous.
So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
23 Toi, Capharnaüm, qui t'es élevé jusqu'au ciel, tu descendras au séjour des morts. Car si l'on avait fait à Sodome les miracles qui ont été faits chez toi, elle serait restée jusqu'à aujourd'hui. (Hadēs g86)
[also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
24 Mais je vous dis qu'au jour du jugement, il sera plus supportable pour le pays de Sodome que pour vous. »
So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
25 En ce temps-là, Jésus répondit: « Je te rends grâce, Père, Seigneur du ciel et de la terre, d'avoir caché ces choses aux sages et aux intelligents, et de les avoir révélées aux enfants.
At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
26 Oui, Père, car cela a été agréable à tes yeux.
Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
27 Toutes choses m'ont été remises par mon Père. Personne ne connaît le Fils, si ce n'est le Père; et personne ne connaît le Père, si ce n'est le Fils et celui à qui le Fils veut le révéler.
[Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
28 « Venez à moi, vous tous qui peinez et ployez sous le fardeau, et je vous donnerai du repos.
Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
29 Prenez mon joug sur vous et apprenez de moi, car je suis doux et humble de cœur; et vous trouverez du repos pour vos âmes.
Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
30 Car mon joug est facile, et mon fardeau est léger. »
