Actes 9
1 Or Saul, respirant encore menace et meurtre contre les disciples du Seigneur, alla au souverain sacrificateur
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 et lui demanda pour Damas des lettres [adressées] aux synagogues, en sorte que, s’il en trouvait quelques-uns qui soient de la voie, il les amène, hommes et femmes, liés à Jérusalem.
and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
3 Et, comme il était en chemin, il arriva qu’il approcha de Damas; et tout à coup une lumière brilla du ciel comme un éclair autour de lui.
While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
4 Et étant tombé par terre, il entendit une voix qui lui disait: Saul! Saul! pourquoi me persécutes-tu?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 Et il dit: Qui es-tu, Seigneur? Et il [dit]: Je suis Jésus que tu persécutes.
“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the voice answered;
6 Mais lève-toi, et entre dans la ville; et il te sera dit ce que tu dois faire.
“Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 Et les hommes qui faisaient route avec lui s’arrêtèrent tout interdits, entendant bien la voix, mais ne voyant personne.
The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
8 Et Saul se leva de terre; et ses yeux étant ouverts, il ne voyait personne; et, le conduisant par la main, ils l’emmenèrent à Damas;
When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus;
9 et il fut trois jours sans voir, et il ne mangea ni ne but.
and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
10 Or il y avait à Damas un disciple nommé Ananias; et le Seigneur lui dit en vision: Ananias! Et il dit: Me voici, Seigneur.
Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said, “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 Et le Seigneur lui [dit]: Lève-toi, et va dans la rue appelée la Droite, et cherche dans la maison de Judas un nommé Saul, de Tarse; car voici, il prie,
“Go at once,” said the Lord, “to the Straight Street, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,
12 et il a vu [en vision] un homme nommé Ananias, entrant et lui imposant la main pour qu’il recouvre la vue.
and he has seen, in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him, so that he may recover his sight.”
13 Et Ananias répondit: Seigneur, j’ai entendu parler à plusieurs de cet homme, combien de maux il a faits à tes saints dans Jérusalem;
“Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I have heard from many people about this man – how much harm he has done at Jerusalem to your people there.
14 et ici il a pouvoir, de la part des principaux sacrificateurs, de lier tous ceux qui invoquent ton nom.
And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.”
15 Mais le Seigneur lui dit: Va; car cet homme m’est un vase d’élection pour porter mon nom devant les nations et les rois, et les fils d’Israël;
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.
16 car je lui montrerai combien il doit souffrir pour mon nom.
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”
17 Et Ananias s’en alla, et entra dans la maison; et, lui imposant les mains, il dit: Saul, frère, le Seigneur, Jésus qui t’est apparu dans le chemin par où tu venais, m’a envoyé pour que tu recouvres la vue et que tu sois rempli de [l’]Esprit Saint.
So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said, “Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord – by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here – so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18 Et aussitôt il tomba de ses yeux comme des écailles; et il recouvra la vue; et se levant, il fut baptisé;
Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,
19 et ayant mangé, il reprit des forces. Et il fut quelques jours avec les disciples qui étaient à Damas;
and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
20 et aussitôt il prêcha Jésus dans les synagogues, [disant] que lui est le Fils de Dieu.
and at once began in the synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
21 Et tous ceux qui l’entendaient étaient dans l’étonnement et disaient: N’est-ce pas celui-là qui a détruit à Jérusalem ceux qui invoquent ce nom, et qui est venu ici dans le but de les amener liés aux principaux sacrificateurs?
All who heard him were amazed. “Is not this,” they asked, “the man who worked havoc in Jerusalem among those that invoke this name, and who had also come here for the express purpose of having such persons put in chains and taken before the chief priests?”
22 Mais Saul se fortifiait de plus en plus, et confondait les Juifs qui demeuraient à Damas, démontrant que celui-ci était le Christ.
Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.
23 Et des jours en grand nombre s’étant écoulés, les Juifs tinrent conseil ensemble pour le tuer;
After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,
24 mais leur complot fut connu de Saul. Et ils surveillaient aussi les portes, jour et nuit, pour le tuer.
but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
25 Mais les disciples, le prenant de nuit, le descendirent par la muraille, en le dévalant dans une corbeille.
but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 Et étant arrivé à Jérusalem, il cherchait à se joindre aux disciples; et tous le craignaient, ne croyant pas qu’il soit disciple;
On his arrival in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, as they did not believe that he was really a disciple.
27 mais Barnabas le prit et le mena aux apôtres, et leur raconta comment, sur le chemin, il avait vu le Seigneur, qui lui avait parlé, et comment il avait parlé ouvertement, à Damas, au nom de Jésus.
Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the name of Jesus.
28 Et il était avec eux à Jérusalem, allant et venant, et parlant ouvertement au nom du Seigneur.
After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close contact with the apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the name of the Lord,
29 Et il parlait et disputait avec les Hellénistes; mais ceux-ci tâchaient de le faire mourir.
talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
30 Et les frères, l’ayant su, le menèrent à Césarée, et l’envoyèrent à Tarse.
But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 Les assemblées donc, par toute la Judée et la Galilée et la Samarie, étaient en paix, étant édifiées, et marchant dans la crainte du Seigneur; et elles croissaient par la consolation du Saint Esprit.
And so it came about that the church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by respect for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
32 Or il arriva que, comme Pierre parcourait toute la contrée, il descendit aussi vers les saints qui habitaient Lydde.
Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the people of Christ living at Lydda.
33 Et il trouva là un homme nommé Énée, qui depuis huit ans était couché sur un petit lit; et il était paralytique.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 Et Pierre lui dit: Énée! Jésus, le Christ, te guérit; lève-toi, et fais-toi toi-même ton lit. Et aussitôt il se leva.
“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.” Aeneas got up at once;
35 Et tous ceux qui habitaient Lydde et le Saron le virent; et ils se tournèrent vers le Seigneur.
and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
36 Or il y avait à Joppé une femme disciple, nommée Tabitha, qui, interprété, signifie Dorcas; elle était pleine de bonnes œuvres et d’aumônes qu’elle faisait.
At Joppa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ – a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.
37 Et il arriva en ces jours-là, qu’étant tombée malade elle mourut; et quand ils l’eurent lavée, ils la mirent dans la chambre haute.
Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.
38 Et comme Lydde est près de Joppé, les disciples ayant appris que Pierre était dans cette [ville], envoyèrent vers lui deux hommes, le priant: Ne tarde pas de venir jusqu’à nous.
Joppa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he come to them without delay.
39 Et Pierre, se levant, s’en alla avec eux. Et quand il fut arrivé, ils le menèrent dans la chambre haute; et toutes les veuves vinrent auprès de lui en pleurant, et en montrant les robes et les vêtements, toutes les choses que Dorcas avait faites pendant qu’elle était avec elles.
Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came around him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.
40 Mais Pierre, les ayant tous mis dehors et s’étant mis à genoux, pria; et, se tournant vers le corps, il dit: Tabitha, lève-toi. Et elle ouvrit ses yeux, et voyant Pierre, elle se mit sur son séant;
But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha! Stand up.” She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
41 – et lui ayant donné la main, il la leva; et ayant appelé les saints et les veuves, il la [leur] présenta vivante.
Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s people, presented her to them alive.
42 Et cela fut connu dans tout Joppé; et plusieurs crurent au Seigneur.
This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
43 Et il arriva qu’il demeura plusieurs jours à Joppé, chez un certain Simon, corroyeur.
And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
