Actes 3
1 Pierre et Jean montaient (ensemble) au temple pour la prière de la neuvième heure.
[One day] Peter and John were going to the Temple [courtyard]. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed [there publicly].
2 Or, il y avait un homme, boiteux de naissance, qui se faisait transporter. On le posait chaque jour près de la porte du temple, appelée la Belle-Porte, pour qu’il pût demander l’aumône à ceux qui entraient dans le temple.
There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He [was sitting by] the gate called Beautiful [Gate], at the entrance to the Temple [area]. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering [or leaving] the temple courtyard to give him some money.
3 Cet homme, ayant vu Pierre et Jean qui allaient y entrer, leur demande l’aumône.
As Peter and John were about to enter [the Temple courtyard], the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”)
4 Pierre, ainsi que Jean, fixa les yeux sur lui et dit: « Regarde-nous. »
As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
5 Il les regarda attentivement, s’attendant à recevoir d’eux quelque chose.
So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
6 Mais Pierre lui dit: « Je n’ai ni or ni argent; mais ce que j’ai, je te le donne: au nom de Jésus-Christ de Nazareth, lève-toi et marche. »
Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money [MTY], but what I [can do], I will [do] for you. Jesus Christ, [who was] from Nazareth [town], has authorized [MTY] me [to heal you! So get up and] walk!”
7 Et le prenant par la main, il l’aida à se lever. Au même instant, ses jambes et ses pieds devinrent fermes;
Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8 d’un bond il fut debout, et il se mit à marcher. Puis il entra avec eux dans le temple, marchant, sautant et louant Dieu.
He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
9 Tout le peuple le vit marcher et louer Dieu.
All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
10 Et reconnaissant que c’était celui-là même qui se tenait assis à la Belle-Porte du temple pour demander l’aumône, ils furent stupéfaits et hors d’eux-mêmes de ce qui lui était arrivé.
They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple [courtyard] and ask [people] for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him.
11 Comme il ne quittait pas Pierre et Jean, tout le peuple étonné accourut vers eux, au portique dit de Salomon.
As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised [that they did not know what to think] So they ran to the two apostles at the place [in the Temple courtyard] that is called {that [people] call} Solomon’s Porch.
12 Voyant cela, Pierre dit au peuple: « Enfants d’Israël, pourquoi vous étonnez-vous de cela? Et pourquoi tenez-vous les yeux fixés sur nous, comme si c’était par notre propre puissance ou par notre piété que nous eussions fait marcher cet homme?
When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, (you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?) [RHQ] And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to [RHQ] think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we [(exc)] ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much!
13 Le Dieu d’Abraham, d’Isaac et de Jacob, le Dieu de vos pères a glorifié son serviteur Jésus, que vous avez livré, et renié devant Pilate alors qu’il était d’avis qu’on le relâchât.
[So I will tell you what is really happening]. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your [leaders] brought Jesus [to the governor, Pilate], so that [his soldiers would kill him]. And [God considers that] in front of Pilate you [were the ones who rejected] Jesus [as your king], after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus.
14 Vous, vous avez renié le Saint et le Juste, et vous avez sollicité la grâce d’un meurtrier.
[Although Jesus] always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. [Pilate wanted to release him, but] you urgently asked Pilate to release (a murderer/someone who had killed people)!
15 Vous avez fait mourir l’Auteur de la vie, que Dieu a ressuscité des morts; nous en sommes tous témoins.
[God considers that] you killed [Jesus], the one who gives people [eternal] life. But God has greatly honored him (by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead). Many of us saw [him after that, and now] we [(exc)] are telling [you] about it.
16 C’est à cause de la foi reçue de lui que son nom a raffermi l’homme que vous voyez et connaissez; c’est la foi qui vient de lui qui a opéré devant vous tous cette parfaite guérison.
It is because [we two] trusted in what Jesus [MTY, PRS] [could do, that he] made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we [(exc)] trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.”
17 Je sais bien, frères, que vous avez agi par ignorance, ainsi que vos magistrats.
“Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that [to Jesus] because you [and they] did not know [that he was the Messiah].
18 Mais Dieu a accompli de la sorte ce qu’il avait prédit par la bouche de tous les prophètes, que son Christ devait souffrir.
However, [your putting him to death] was what God had predicted that people would do. [Long ago] he told all the prophets [MTY] to write [what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote] that the Messiah, whom God [would send], would suffer [and die].
19 Repentez-vous donc et convertissez-vous, pour que vos péchés soient effacés,
So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God [to help you] do what pleases [him], in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins.
20 afin que des temps de rafraîchissement viennent de la part du Seigneur, et qu’il envoie celui qui vous a été destiné, Jésus-Christ,
[If you do that], there will be times [when you will know that] the Lord [God is] helping [you]. And some day he will [again] send back [to earth] the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus.
21 que le ciel doit recevoir jusqu’aux jours du rétablissement de toutes choses, jours dont Dieu a parlé anciennement par la bouche de ses saints prophètes. (aiōn g165)
Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
22 Moïse a dit: « Le Seigneur votre Dieu vous suscitera d’entre vos frères un prophète semblable à moi; vous l’écouterez dans tout ce qu’il vous dira.
For [example, the prophet] Moses said [this about the Messiah]: ‘The Lord (your God/the God whom you [worship]) will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you [God’s message. God will send him] as [he sent] me, [and he will be] from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you [and obey him] [SYN].
23 Et quiconque n’écoutera pas ce prophète, sera exterminé du milieu du peuple.
[Those who] do not listen to [that prophet and obey] him will no longer belong to God’s people, and [God] will get rid of them’.”
24 Tous les prophètes qui ont successivement parlé depuis Samuel ont aussi annoncé ces jours-là.
[Peter continued], “All the prophets have told [about what would happen during] the time [MTY] [in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include] Samuel [and all the others who] later also spoke [about these events] before they happened.
25 Vous êtes, vous, les fils des prophètes et de l’alliance que Dieu a faite avec vos pères, lorsqu’il a dit à Abraham: « En ta postérité seront bénies toutes les nations de la terre. »
You [as well as we(exc)] are the people [to whom God sent the Messiah, as] the prophets said [MTY] [that he would]. And when God strongly promised [to bless] our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham [concerning the Messiah], ‘[I] will bless all people on the earth as a result of [what] your descendant [will do].’”
26 C’est à vous premièrement que Dieu, ayant suscité son Fils, l’a envoyé pour vous bénir, lorsque chacun de vous se détournera de ses iniquités.
[Peter concluded], “[So] when God sent [to the earth] (Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus), he sent him first to you [Israelites] to bless you. [God will] enable you to stop doing what is wicked [and to start doing what pleases him].”
