1 Corinthiens 15
1 Or je vous fais savoir, frères, l’évangile que je vous ai annoncé, que vous avez aussi reçu, et dans lequel vous êtes,
Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly.
2 par lequel aussi vous êtes sauvés, si vous tenez ferme la parole que je vous ai annoncée, à moins que vous n’ayez cru en vain.
If you keep on firmly [believing] this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {[God] will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing [in Christ] was (all for nothing/useless)!
3 Car je vous ai communiqué avant toutes choses ce que j’ai aussi reçu, que Christ est mort pour nos péchés, selon les écritures,
The most important part of the message that I received [from the Lord Jesus], and that I told you, was this: Christ died to [take away the guilt] of our sins, as the Scriptures [said that he would do].
4 et qu’il a été enseveli, et qu’il a été ressuscité le troisième jour, selon les écritures;
His [dead body] was buried {They buried his [body]}. On the third day [after that], [God] caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures [said would happen].
5 et qu’il a été vu de Céphas, puis des douze.
After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
6 Ensuite il a été vu de plus de 500 frères à la fois, dont la plupart sont demeurés [en vie] jusqu’à présent, mais quelques-uns aussi se sont endormis.
Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died [EUP].
7 Ensuite il a été vu de Jacques, puis de tous les apôtres;
Then he was seen by {appeared [to]} [his younger brother] James, [who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem]. Then he appeared to all of the apostles.
8 et, après tous, comme d’un avorton, il a été vu aussi de moi.
Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
9 Car je suis le moindre des apôtres, moi qui ne suis pas digne d’être appelé apôtre, parce que j’ai persécuté l’assemblée de Dieu.
The fact is, I [consider that I] am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I (persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer) [everywhere I went].
10 Mais par la grâce de Dieu, je suis ce que je suis; et sa grâce envers moi n’a pas été vaine, mais j’ai travaillé beaucoup plus qu’eux tous, non pas moi toutefois, mais la grâce de Dieu qui est avec moi.
But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result [LIT], which is that I worked harder [for Christ] than all the other apostles. But it was not that I [was working with my own ability]. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve.
11 Soit donc moi, soit eux, nous prêchons ainsi, et vous avez cru ainsi.
So it does not matter whether it was I [who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching]. We all preached [the same message], and that message is what you believed.
12 Or si Christ est prêché, – qu’il a été ressuscité d’entre les morts, comment disent quelques-uns parmi vous qu’il n’y a pas de résurrection de morts?
So now [let me ask you this]: Since [we] have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that [God] caused Christ to become alive} after he died, (no one among you should be saying that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die?) [RHQ]
13 Mais s’il n’y a pas de résurrection de morts, Christ n’a pas été ressuscité non plus;
If [it is true that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive again}!
14 et si Christ n’a pas été ressuscité, notre prédication donc est vaine aussi, et votre foi aussi est vaine;
And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if [God] did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing [in Christ] is useless.
15 et même nous sommes trouvés de faux témoins de Dieu, car nous avons rendu témoignage à l’égard de Dieu qu’il a ressuscité Christ, lequel il n’a pas ressuscité si réellement les morts ne ressuscitent pas.
[If it is true that] no one will be raised from the dead {[that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we [(exc)] have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again.
16 Car si les morts ne ressuscitent pas, Christ n’a pas été ressuscité non plus;
But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that [God will] not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive} again either!
17 et si Christ n’a pas été ressuscité, votre foi est vaine, vous êtes encore dans vos péchés:
If it were true that Christ was not raised {that [God] did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, [because] God will still [punish] you for [MTY] your sins.
18 ceux donc aussi qui se sont endormis en Christ ont péri.
And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
19 Si, pour cette vie seulement, nous avons espérance en Christ, nous sommes plus misérables que tous les hommes.
In this life [many of us have suffered much for Christ] because we confidently expect [that he will reward us in heaven]. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!
20 (Mais maintenant Christ a été ressuscité d’entre les morts, prémices de ceux qui sont endormis.
But [the truth is that] Christ has been raised from the dead {that [God] has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and (that guarantees/because of that, it is certain) [MET] that he will also cause those [believers] who have died [EUP] to become alive again.
21 Car puisque la mort est par l’homme, c’est par l’homme aussi qu’est la résurrection des morts;
What one man, [Adam, did affects us all]. We all die. Similarly, what one man—[Christ]—did [affects us(inc) all]: God will cause [all believers] to become alive again.
22 car, comme dans l’Adam tous meurent, de même aussi dans le Christ tous seront rendus vivants;
Because of what Adam did, all [of us who are descended] from him die. Similarly, because of what [Christ did], all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {[God] will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}.
23 mais chacun dans son propre rang: les prémices, Christ; puis ceux qui sont du Christ, à sa venue;
But we must all take our turn. [God raised] Christ first [MET]. And when Christ returns, [God will cause] those who belong to Christ to become alive again.
24 ensuite la fin, quand il aura remis le royaume à Dieu le Père, quand il aura aboli toute principauté, et toute autorité, et [toute] puissance.
Then, after Christ has destroyed all [DOU] the evil powers that oppose God, [the world] will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it.
25 Car il faut qu’il règne jusqu’à ce qu’il ait mis tous les ennemis sous ses pieds:
You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
26 le dernier ennemi qui sera aboli, c’est la mort.
The last thing that [he] will get rid of is death. [But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like] an enemy [to us].
27 Car « il a assujetti toutes choses sous ses pieds ». Or, quand il dit que toutes choses sont assujetties, il est évident que c’est à l’exclusion de celui qui lui a assujetti toutes choses.
[In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that] God will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY]. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY].
28 Mais quand toutes choses lui auront été assujetties, alors le Fils aussi lui-même sera assujetti à celui qui lui a assujetti toutes choses, afin que Dieu soit tout en tous.)
After everything is put under [the authority of] God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under [the authority of] God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything [IDM], everywhere.
29 Autrement, que feront ceux qui sont baptisés pour les morts, si les morts ne ressuscitent absolument pas? Pourquoi aussi sont-ils baptisés pour eux?
[Now think about this: Some among you] are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died [before someone baptized them] (OR, who died [before they became believers]). If, [as some people say, believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {[God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again}, (what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!) [RHQ] If [God] will not cause any [believers] to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. [RHQ]
30 Pourquoi aussi nous, bravons-nous le péril à toute heure?
Furthermore, [if God will not cause us believers to become alive again], it is [RHQ] very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly [putting ourselves] in danger [because we tell people the gospel].
31 Par votre confiance que j’ai dans le christ Jésus notre Seigneur, je meurs chaque jour.
My fellow believers, every day I [am in danger of] being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Si, [pour parler] à la manière des hommes, j’ai combattu contre les bêtes à Éphèse, quel profit en ai-je si les morts ne ressuscitent pas? « Mangeons et buvons, car demain nous mourrons ».
[If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die], (I will receive no benefit at all [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]./what will I gain [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]?) [RHQ] They were [fighting me like] wild beasts! If we [believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {If [God] will not cause us [believers] to live again}, we might as well say [as people often say]: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!”
33 Ne soyez pas séduits: les mauvaises compagnies corrompent les bonnes mœurs.
Do not let [yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again] {Do not let [people who say that God will not cause believers to live again] deceive you}. If you associate with evil people [who say such things], they will (influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living).
34 Réveillez-vous [pour vivre] justement, et ne péchez pas; car quelques-uns sont dans l’ignorance de Dieu, je vous le dis à votre honte.
Start thinking correctly again [about these matters], as you should, and [stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from] your wrong thinking. [I say that] because [it seems that] some among you do not know God, and as a result they [are thinking wrongly]. I say that to make you ashamed.
35 Mais quelqu’un dira: Comment ressuscitent les morts, et avec quel corps viennent-ils?
But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will [God] cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
36 Insensé! ce que tu sèmes n’est pas vivifié s’il ne meurt;
[Anyone who asks such questions is] foolish. You [know that] a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.
37 et quant à ce que tu sèmes, tu ne sèmes pas le corps qui sera, mais le simple grain, de blé, comme il se rencontre, ou de quelqu’une des autres semences;
A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
38 mais Dieu lui donne un corps comme il a voulu, et à chacune des semences son propre corps.
God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
39 Toute chair n’est pas la même chair; mais autre est celle des hommes, autre la chair des bêtes, autre celle des oiseaux, autre celle des poissons:
[Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
40 et il y a des corps célestes et des corps terrestres; mais différente est la gloire des célestes, et différente celle des terrestres;
Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way.
41 autre la gloire du soleil, et autre la gloire de la lune, et autre la gloire des étoiles, car une étoile diffère d’une [autre] étoile en gloire.
The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are.
42 Ainsi aussi est la résurrection des morts: il est semé en corruption, il ressuscite en incorruptibilité;
And it is the same way [with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us] to live again after we die [will not be the same as the bodies that we have now] [MET]. [The bodies that we have now] will die and decay. [The new bodies that we will have] will never die.
43 il est semé en déshonneur, il ressuscite en gloire; il est semé en faiblesse, il ressuscite en puissance;
We despise [the bodies that we have now], before we die. But our [new bodies] will be glorious. The [bodies that we have before we die] are weak. But our new bodies will be strong.
44 il est semé corps animal, il ressuscite corps spirituel. S’il y a un corps animal, il y en a aussi un spirituel;
The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But [our new bodies] will be ones that [God’s] Spirit ([controls/gives us]). Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that [God’s] Spirit [completely] controls (OR, makes alive).
45 c’est ainsi aussi qu’il est écrit: « Le premier homme Adam devint une âme vivante », le dernier Adam, un esprit vivifiant.
[In the Scriptures] it is written {we read} that [when] the first man, Adam, [was created], he became a living human being. [Christ later also became a human being]. But [he is different from Adam, because he] became a person who gives us [spiritual] life.
46 Mais ce qui est spirituel n’est pas le premier, mais ce qui est animal; ensuite ce qui est spirituel.
But our bodies that God’s Spirit (will completely control/will give us) are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
47 Le premier homme est [tiré] de la terre, – poussière; le second homme est [venu] du ciel.
The first man, [Adam], was created {[God] created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But [Christ], the one who came later, came from heaven.
48 Tel qu’est celui qui est poussière, tels aussi sont ceux qui sont poussière; et tel qu’est le céleste, tels aussi sont les célestes.
Everyone on earth [has a body] like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, [everyone will have a body like Christ], the man who came from heaven, has.
49 Et comme nous avons porté l’image de celui qui est poussière, nous porterons aussi l’image du céleste.
And just like [God] gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we [believers will have bodies] like [Christ] has, who is now in heaven.
50 Or je dis ceci, frères, que la chair et le sang ne peuvent pas hériter du royaume de Dieu, et que la corruption non plus n’hérite pas de l’incorruptibilité.
My fellow believers, I want you to know that we [(inc)] [SYN] cannot go [to heaven, where] God rules [over everything], with our physical bodies, because our bodies [cannot last forever]. They will die and decay.
51 Voici, je vous dis un mystère: Nous ne nous endormirons pas tous, mais nous serons tous changés:
But I will tell you something that [God] has not revealed [before]: [Some of] us [believers] will not die [EUP]. However, all of us will be changed {[God] will change all of us}.
52 en un instant, en un clin d’œil, à la dernière trompette, car la trompette sonnera et les morts seront ressuscités incorruptibles, et nous, nous serons changés.
[It will happen] suddenly, as [fast as someone can] blink his eye [MET], when [we hear the sound of God’s] trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all [the believers] who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that [God] has changed}, bodies that will never decay.
53 Car il faut que ce corruptible revête l’incorruptibilité, et que ce mortel revête l’immortalité.
And the [bodies of us who are alive at that time] will [also] be changed {And [God] will [also] change the [bodies of us who are alive at that time]}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into [new bodies that] will never die; [it will be like someone] [MET] getting rid of [his old clothes] and putting on [new ones].
54 Or quand ce corruptible aura revêtu l’incorruptibilité, et que ce mortel aura revêtu l’immortalité, alors s’accomplira la parole qui est écrite: « La mort a été engloutie en victoire ».
When that happens, what is written {what ([a prophet/Isaiah]) wrote} [in the Scriptures] will come true/happen: [God] will completely get rid of [MET] death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us;
Death [APO] will not win a victory over us. Death will not be able to hurt us. (Hadēs g86)
56 Or l’aiguillon de la mort, c’est le péché; et la puissance du péché, c’est la loi.
It is because we sin [MET] [that we die, and it is because we] have God’s laws that we [know that we] have sinned.
57 Mais grâces à Dieu, qui nous donne la victoire par notre seigneur Jésus Christ!
But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ [has done], he enables us to be free [from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die]. We should thank God for that!
58 Ainsi, mes frères bien-aimés, soyez fermes, inébranlables, abondant toujours dans l’œuvre du Seigneur, sachant que votre travail n’est pas vain dans le Seigneur.
So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to [the things that you believe]. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord [gives you]. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never (in vain/useless), [as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die].
