Matthieu 22
1 Jésus prit la parole et leur parla de nouveau en paraboles, et dit:
Then Jesus told [the Jewish leaders] other parables [in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send]. [This is one of those parables: ]
2 Le royaume des cieux est semblable à un roi qui fit des noces pour son fils.
“[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
3 Il envoya ses serviteurs appeler les invités aux noces, mais ils ne voulurent pas venir.
[When] the feast [was ready], the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. [The servants did that]. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.
4 Il envoya de nouveau d'autres serviteurs, en disant: « Dites à ceux qui sont invités: « Voici, j'ai préparé mon repas. Mon bétail et mes bêtes grasses sont tués, et tout est prêt. Venez au festin de noces ».
So he sent other servants [to] again [tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast]. He said [to those servants], ‘Say to the people whom I invited [to come to the feast], “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered [and cooked]. Everything is ready. It is time [now for you to] come to the wedding feast!’”’
5 Mais ils s'en moquèrent et s'en allèrent chacun de leur côté, l'un dans sa ferme, l'autre dans sa marchandise;
[But when the servants told them that, they] disregarded [what the servants said]. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business.
6 et les autres s'emparèrent de ses serviteurs, les traitèrent de façon indigne et les tuèrent.
The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
7 Lorsque le roi entendit cela, il se mit en colère, envoya ses armées, fit périr ces meurtriers et brûla leur ville.
[When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
8 « Alors il dit à ses serviteurs: 'Les noces sont prêtes, mais ceux qui ont été invités n'en étaient pas dignes.
[After his soldiers had done that], the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the [wedding] feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to [come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited].
9 Allez donc aux carrefours des routes, et invitez à ces noces tous ceux que vous trouverez.
So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
10 Ces serviteurs allèrent sur les routes et rassemblèrent tous ceux qu'ils trouvèrent, bons et mauvais. Les noces furent remplies d'invités.
So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw [who wanted to come to the feast]. They gathered [both people that were considered] to be evil and [those that were considered to be] good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding [feast took place]. The hall was filled with people.
11 Mais lorsque le roi entra pour voir les invités, il vit là un homme qui n'avait pas de vêtements de noces,
But when the king went [into the hall] to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes [that had been provided for the guests to wear] at a wedding [feast].
12 et il lui dit: « Mon ami, comment es-tu entré ici sans vêtements de noces? » Il resta muet.
The king said to him, ‘Friend, (you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that guests wear] at wedding [feasts]!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that are appropriate for guests to wear] at a wedding [feast]?) [RHQ]’ The man did not say anything, [because he did not know what to say].
13 Alors le roi dit aux serviteurs: « Liez-lui les pieds et les mains, emmenez-le et jetez-le dans les ténèbres du dehors. C'est là qu'il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents ».
Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out [because they are suffering] and they gnash their teeth [because of their severe pain].’”
14 Car il y a beaucoup d'appelés, mais peu d'élus. »
[Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God] has invited many [to come to him], but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen [to be there].”
15 Alors les pharisiens allèrent se concerter pour savoir comment ils pourraient le piéger dans son discours.
After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.
16 Ils lui envoyèrent leurs disciples, ainsi que les Hérodiens, en disant: « Maître, nous savons que tu es honnête et que tu enseignes la voie de Dieu en vérité, quels que soient ceux que tu enseignes, car tu n'as de parti pris pour personne.
They sent to him some of their disciples, [who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. [The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay]. [Those who were sent came and] said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants [us to do]. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you [IDM] teach.
17 Dis-nous donc ce que tu penses. Est-il licite de payer l'impôt à César, ou non? »
So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
18 Mais Jésus, ayant perçu leur méchanceté, dit: « Pourquoi me tentez-vous, hypocrites?
But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. [They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them], “You are (hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question), but you are just wanting [RHQ] me to say something for which you can accuse me.
19 Montrez-moi l'argent des impôts. » Ils lui ont apporté un denier.
Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
20 Il leur demanda: « A qui appartient cette image et cette inscription? »
He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
21 Ils lui ont dit: « A César. » Puis il leur dit: « Rendez donc à César ce qui est à César, et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu. »
They answered, “[It has the picture and name of] Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
22 Quand ils l'entendirent, ils furent dans l'étonnement, le quittèrent et s'en allèrent.
When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
23 Ce jour-là, des sadducéens (ceux qui disent qu'il n'y a pas de résurrection) vinrent le trouver. Ils l'interrogèrent,
During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. [They are a Jewish sect who do not] believe that people will become alive again after they die. They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question.
24 en disant: Maître, Moïse a dit: Si un homme meurt sans avoir d'enfants, son frère épousera sa femme et suscitera une descendance à son frère.
[In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again], they said [to him], “Teacher, Moses wrote [in the Scriptures], ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the [dead man’s] widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child [will be considered] the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].’
25 Or, il y avait parmi nous sept frères. Le premier se maria et mourut, et, n'ayant pas de descendance, il laissa sa femme à son frère.
Well, there were seven boys in a family [living] near us. The oldest one married someone. He [and his wife] did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. [But he also died without having a child].
26 De même, le second, et le troisième, jusqu'au septième.
The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
27 Après eux tous, la femme est morte.
Last of all, the widow also died.
28 A la résurrection donc, de qui sera-t-elle la femme des sept? Car ils l'ont tous eue. »
So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven [brothers do you think] will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.”
29 Mais Jésus leur répondit: « Vous êtes dans l'erreur, vous ne connaissez pas les Écritures, ni la puissance de Dieu.
Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [in what you are thinking]. You do not know [what is written in] the Scriptures. [You] also do not know [that] God has [the] power [to make people alive again].
30 Car, dans la résurrection, ils ne se marient ni ne sont donnés en mariage, mais ils sont comme les anges de Dieu dans le ciel.
The fact is that [the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because] after [God causes all dead] people [to] live again, no one will be married. Instead, [people] will be like the angels in heaven. [They do not marry].
31 Pour ce qui est de la résurrection des morts, n'avez-vous pas lu ce que Dieu vous a dit, en disant:
But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. (I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?) [RHQ] [Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses],
32 « Je suis le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob »? Dieu n'est pas le Dieu des morts, mais des vivants. »
‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob worships.’ 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]!”
33 Lorsque la foule l'entendit, elle fut étonnée de son enseignement.
When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
34 Mais les pharisiens, ayant appris qu'il avait réduit au silence les sadducéens, se rassemblèrent.
But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not [think of anything that they might say to] respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to [plan what they would say to him]. [Then they approached him].
35 L'un d'eux, juriste, lui posa une question pour l'éprouver.
One of them was a man who had studied well the laws [that God gave Moses]. He wanted to see if Jesus [could answer] his question well [or if he would say something wrong]. He asked him,
36 « Maître, quel est le plus grand commandement de la loi? »
“Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
37 Jésus lui dit: « Tu aimeras le Seigneur ton Dieu de tout ton cœur, de toute ton âme et de toute ta pensée ».
Jesus [quoted the Scriptures as he replied], “‘You must love the Lord your God with all [IDM] your (inner being/heart). [Show that you love him] in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’
38 Tel est le premier et le plus grand des commandements.
That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
39 Un second commandement semblable est celui-ci: « Tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même ».
The next most important commandment [that everyone must surely obey] is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as [you love] yourself.’
40 Toute la loi et les prophètes dépendent de ces deux commandements. »
These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
41 Comme les pharisiens étaient réunis, Jésus leur posa une question,
While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
42 en disant: « Que pensez-vous du Christ? De qui est-il le fils? » Ils lui ont dit: « De David. »
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
43 Il leur dit: « Comment donc David, dans l'Esprit, l'appelle-t-il Seigneur, en disant,
Jesus said to them, “[If the Messiah is King David’s descendant], then (David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say?) [RHQ]
44 « Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur, s'asseoir à ma droite, jusqu'à ce que je fasse de tes ennemis un marchepied pour tes pieds »?
[David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit [here beside me] on my right, [the place of greatest honor you] [MTY]. [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies [MTY].”’
45 « Si donc David l'appelle Seigneur, comment est-il son fils? »
So, since [King] David called [the Messiah] ‘my Lord’, ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from David!/how can he be [only] the descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]!”
46 Personne ne put lui répondre un mot, et personne n'osa plus lui poser de questions à partir de ce jour-là.
No one [who heard what Jesus said] was able to think of even one word to say to him [in response]. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question [to try to trap him].
