Philippiens 1
1 Paul et Timothée, serviteurs de Jésus-Christ, à tous les saints en Jésus-Christ qui sont à Philippes, avec les surveillants et les serviteurs:
[I], Paul, and Timothy, [who is with me, are] men who serve Christ Jesus. I [am writing this letter] to all [of you who are] pastors and deacons in Philippi [city] and to the rest of God’s people [there who have a close relationship] with Christ Jesus.
2 Grâce et paix à vous de la part de Dieu notre Père et du Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
[We both] (OR, [I]) [pray that] God, [who is] our Father, and Jesus Christ, [who is our] Lord, [will continue to] be kind to you and [will continue to] cause you to have [inner] peace.
3 Je rends grâces à mon Dieu chaque fois que je me souviens de vous,
I thank my God whenever I think about you.
4 toujours dans toutes les demandes que je fais en votre faveur à tous, en les présentant avec joie,
Every time [DOU] I pray [for you], I joyfully pray [DOU] for all of you.
5 pour la collaboration que vous avez apportée à l'annonce de la Bonne Nouvelle depuis le premier jour jusqu'à présent,
I [thank God and rejoice] because you have been [working] together with me in order to [make known] the good message about Christ. [You started doing that] when you first [MTY] [believed it, and you have continued doing it] until now.
6 sachant que celui qui a commencé en vous une bonne œuvre l'achèvera jusqu'au jour de Jésus-Christ.
I am completely confident that [God], who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since [God] has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus [MTY] [returns].
7 Il est même juste que je pense ainsi en votre faveur à tous, car je vous porte dans mon cœur, puisque, tant dans mes liens que dans la défense et la confirmation de la Bonne Nouvelle, vous avez tous part à la grâce avec moi.
During this time that I have been a prisoner [MTY] and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed [to others] that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work [that God] kindly gave [to me to do. So] indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear [IDM] to me.
8 Car Dieu m'est témoin que je vous désire tous dans les tendres compassions de Jésus-Christ.
God [can] verify that Christ Jesus causes me to [love and] long for all of you very much, [just like] Christ loves [you].
9 Je vous prie de faire en sorte que votre amour augmente de plus en plus en connaissance et en tout discernement,
And what I pray [for you] is that [God will enable] you to truly know and learn how to love [one another] more and more in every situation.
10 afin que vous approuviez les choses excellentes, que vous soyez sincères et irréprochables au jour de Christ,
[And I pray that he will enable] you to completely understand [how you should believe and act]. I [pray this] in order that you might be [spiritually] pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless [DOU]) on the day that Christ [returns] [MTY],
11 étant remplis des fruits de justice qui sont par Jésus-Christ, à la gloire et à la louange de Dieu.
[and in order that] you might conduct your lives [IDM] completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ [enabling you to do so], in order that [people will] honor God and praise him (OR, [people will] praise God very much [DOU]).
12 Or, frères, je veux que vous sachiez que ce qui m'est arrivé a plutôt contribué au progrès de la Bonne Nouvelle,
My fellow believers, I want you to know that the [troubles] I have experienced [have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead], [these things that I have experienced] have enabled even more people to hear the good message [about Christ].
13 de sorte qu'il est devenu évident pour toute la garde du palais et pour tous les autres que mes liens sont en Christ,
[Specifically], all the military guards who are stationed [here in Rome] and many other [HYP] [people in this city] [HYP] now know that I am a prisoner [MTY] because I [proclaim the good news] about Christ.
14 et que la plupart des frères dans le Seigneur, confiants à cause de mes liens, ont plus d'audace pour annoncer sans crainte la parole de Dieu.
Also, most of the believers [here now] proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly [because] they trust the Lord [more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more] because [they have seen how the Lord has helped me] while I have been a prisoner [MTY] [here].
15 Il y en a, en effet, qui prêchent Christ même par envie et par querelle, et d'autres aussi par bonne volonté.
Some people proclaim [the message about Christ as I do] because they are happy [with my work]. They proclaim [the message about] Christ because they love [me and because] they know that [God] has placed me [here] to defend the message about Christ [CHI].
16 Les premiers prêchent Christ sans conviction, par ambition, pensant qu'ils ajoutent de l'affliction à mes chaînes;
17 mais les seconds, par amour, sachant que je suis désigné pour la défense de la Bonne Nouvelle.
Others proclaim [the message about] Christ because they envy [me] and oppose [me]. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They [wrongly] assume [that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result], I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner [MTY] [here].
18 Qu'est-ce que cela peut bien faire? Seulement que de toutes les manières, que ce soit en apparence ou en vérité, le Christ soit proclamé. Je m'en réjouis, oui, et je m'en réjouirai.
But it does not matter whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have wrong motives, or whether [people proclaim the message about Christ] because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that [the message about] Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming [the message about] Christ}. And because of that I rejoice! Philippians 1:18b-26 Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice,
19 Car je sais que, grâce à vos prières et à l'apport de l'Esprit de Jésus-Christ, cela aboutira à mon salut,
because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves [of what I have done] (OR, that [the Roman authorities] will set me free). [This will happen] as a result of your praying for me, and [as a result] of [God’s] Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me.
20 selon ma vive attente et mon espérance, que je ne serai nullement déçu, mais qu'en toute hardiesse, comme toujours, maintenant aussi Christ sera magnifié dans mon corps, soit par la vie, soit par la mort.
I [know that this will happen] because I very confidently expect [DOU] that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always [have done], Christ will be greatly honored {I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ} by means of all that I do [SYN, MTY], whether by [the way I] live or [by the way I] die.
21 Car pour moi, vivre, c'est Christ, et mourir, c'est gagner.
As for me, I live [in order to honor] Christ. But if I die, it will be better [for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him].
22 Mais si je vis dans la chair, cela donnera du fruit de mon travail; or je ne sais pas ce que je choisirai.
On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve [Christ] effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose.
23 Mais je suis partagé entre les deux, ayant le désir de partir et d'être avec le Christ, ce qui est bien meilleur.
That is, I am not sure which of those two I [prefer]. I long to leave [this world] and [go to] be with Christ, because that will be very much better [for me].
24 Mais il est plus nécessaire, à cause de vous, de rester dans la chair.
Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive [than that I go to be with Christ because] you still need [me to help you].
25 Ayant cette assurance, je sais que je resterai, oui, et que je demeurerai avec vous tous pour votre progrès et votre joie dans la foi,
Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain [alive] and that I will [go/come to] be with you all. [As a result], you will believe [in Christ] more firmly, and [as a result of that], you will rejoice.
26 afin que votre vantardise abonde en Jésus-Christ en moi, par ma présence prochaine parmi vous.
[That is], you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus [bringing] me [to be with you again].
27 Seulement, que votre manière de vivre soit digne de la Bonne Nouvelle du Christ, afin que, soit que je vienne vous voir, soit que je sois absent, j'entende parler de votre état, que vous teniez ferme dans un seul esprit, d'une seule âme, luttant pour la foi de la Bonne Nouvelle;
Most importantly, as fellow [believers in Christ], conduct yourselves just like [you learned you should do when you heard] the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether [I am away from you and] people tell me about you, [what I hear or see will make me happy]. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting [those who oppose the message about Christ] (OR, [oppose you]). I [will know] that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel [about Christ].
28 et en rien effrayés par les adversaires, ce qui est pour eux une preuve de destruction, mais pour vous de salut, et cela de la part de Dieu.
And I [will know] that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that [God] will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that [God] will save you eternally. It is God who is doing [all] this.
29 Car il vous a été accordé, au nom du Christ, non seulement de croire en lui, mais aussi de souffrir en son nom,
Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, [he] has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ.
30 en ayant le même conflit que vous avez vu en moi et que vous entendez maintenant être en moi.
[As a result], you are [having to] resist [those who oppose the good message], just like you saw that I [had to] resist [such people there in Philippi], and just like you hear that I [still have to resist such people here] now.
