Hébreux 10

1 Car la loi, ayant l’ombre des biens à venir, non l’image même des choses, ne peut jamais, par les mêmes sacrifices que l’on offre continuellement chaque année, rendre parfaits ceux qui s’approchent.

Just like a shadow vaguely represents the thing that it is a shadow of, the laws that God [gave Moses] only poorly represent [MET] the good things that were to come later. Those laws were not all the good things themselves that God has promised. So, by offering the same kinds of sacrifices every year, people [PRS] who approach God can never become (perfect/all that God intends them to be).

2 Autrement n’auraient-ils pas cessé d’être offerts, puisque ceux qui rendent le culte, étant une fois purifiés, n’auraient plus eu aucune conscience de péchés?

If God had removed the guilt for having sinned of those who brought the sacrifices, they would not feel that they were still guilty. So they would certainly have stopped offering those sacrifices! [RHQ]

3 Mais il y a dans ces [sacrifices], chaque année, un acte remémoratif de péchés.

But rather, the fact that they offer those sacrifices each year reminds them that they are still guilty for their sins.

4 Car il est impossible que le sang de taureaux et de boucs ôte les péchés.

The principle is that blood of animals such as bulls or goats can never remove the guilt of those who have sinned.

5 C’est pourquoi, en entrant dans le monde, il dit: « Tu n’as pas voulu de sacrifice ni d’offrande, mais tu m’as formé un corps.

So, as [Christ] was coming into the world, he spoke [to his Father about offering himself as a sacrifice for people’s sin. The Psalmist wrote this that Christ said]: It is not sacrifices and offerings that you [(sg)] have wanted, but you have prepared for me a body [to serve you].

6 Tu n’as pas pris plaisir aux holocaustes ni aux sacrifices pour le péché;

Animals that are completely burned up as sacrifices have not pleased you, and [other sacrifices that atone] for those who have sinned have not pleased you.

7 alors j’ai dit: Voici, je viens, – il est écrit de moi dans le rouleau du livre – pour faire, ô Dieu, ta volonté ».

Then [because of this], I said, “My God, (listen!/here I am!) I have come [here] in order to do what you want me [to do], [just like] has been written {as they have written} about me in the Scriptures.”

8 Ayant dit plus haut: « Tu n’as pas voulu de sacrifices, ni d’offrandes, ni d’holocaustes, ni de sacrifices pour le péché, et tu n’y as pas pris plaisir » – lesquels sont offerts selon la loi,

First, [Christ] said, “It is not sacrifices and offerings and animals that [the priests] have completely burned up and other [offerings to atone for] those who have sinned that you have really wanted. They have not pleased you.” [Christ said that even though] those things were offered {they offered all those things} according to the laws [God gave Moses]!

9 – alors il dit: « Voici, je viens pour faire ta volonté ». Il ôte le premier afin d’établir le second.

Then, [concerning his offering himself as a sacrifice to atone for people’s sin], he said, “Listen! I have come [here] to do what you want me [to do]!” In that way Christ got rid of the first [way of atoning for sin], in order to establish the second [way of atoning for] sin.

10 C’est par cette volonté que nous avons été sanctifiés, par l’offrande du corps de Jésus Christ [faite] une fois pour toutes.

Because of Jesus Christ [doing what God] wanted him to do, we have been dedicated to {[he] has set us apart for} God by his offering his own body only once [as a sacrifice, a sacrifice that will not need to be repeated].

11 – Et tout sacrificateur se tient debout chaque jour, faisant le service et offrant souvent les mêmes sacrifices qui ne peuvent jamais ôter les péchés;

As every [Jewish] priest stands daily [in front of the altar], he performs rituals and offers the same kind of sacrifices that could never remove [the guilt from anyone who] sinned [MTY].

12 mais celui-ci, ayant offert un seul sacrifice pour les péchés, s’est assis à perpétuité à la droite de Dieu,

But [Christ] offered a sacrifice that [will be adequate] forever, and he offered it only one time! Then he sat down [to rule] with God at the place of highest honor [MTY].

13 attendant désormais « jusqu’à ce que ses ennemis soient mis pour marchepied de ses pieds ».

From now on, he is waiting for [God] to completely subdue [all] Christ’s enemies [MTY].

14 Car, par une seule offrande, il a rendu parfaits à perpétuité ceux qui sont sanctifiés.

By offering himself once, he has provided that those whom [God] has set apart will be eternally made (perfect/all that God intends them to be).

15 Et l’Esprit Saint aussi nous en rend témoignage; car, après avoir dit:

The Holy Spirit also confirms to us [that this is true]. First the Lord says:

16 « C’est ici l’alliance que j’établirai pour eux après ces jours-là, dit le Seigneur: En mettant mes lois dans leurs cœurs, je les écrirai aussi sur leurs entendements »,

When the time [MTY] [when the first covenant that God made] with my people has ended, I will make a new covenant with them [MTY]. I will do like this for them: I will cause them to understand my laws and I will cause them to obey them (OR, enable them to know them sincerely).

17 [il dit]: « Et je ne me souviendrai plus jamais de leurs péchés ni de leurs iniquités ».

Then [the Lord said]: [I will forgive them for] their [DOU] sins, and I will [consider] that they are no longer [guilty for] having sinned.

18 Or, là où il y a rémission de ces choses, il n’y a plus d’offrande pour le péché.

When [God] has forgiven someone’s sins, that person does not [need to make] any more offerings [to atone for his sin]!

19 Ayant donc, frères, une pleine liberté pour entrer dans les lieux saints par le sang de Jésus,

So, my fellow believers, because we [trust in what Jesus accomplished when] his own blood [flowed for us], we can confidently go into [God’s very presence] that was [symbolized] by the very holy place [in the tent] [MTY].

20 par le chemin nouveau et vivant qu’il nous a consacré à travers le voile, c’est-à-dire sa chair,

Jesus enabled us to go into [God’s presence] by making a new and effective way. [Specifically], he [offered] his body [as a sacrifice] for us [in order that nothing would stop us] from entering [God’s presence, just like] [MET] the curtain [of the very holy place prevented people from entering God’s presence].

21 et ayant un grand sacrificateur [établi] sur la maison de Dieu,

Christ is a great priest [who rules over us, who are] God’s people [MTY].

22 approchons-nous avec un cœur vrai, en pleine assurance de foi, [ayant] les cœurs par aspersion purifiés d’une mauvaise conscience et le corps lavé d’eau pure.

[Just like the priests] were sprinkled {[as Moses] sprinkled [the priests]} [with blood] [MET] to symbolize that they were no longer guilty for having sinned, we also no longer are [guilty for having done] evil. [Just like the priests ceremonially] washed their bodies with pure water [to prepare themselves to serve God], we are allowing [God] to continually make us pure. So, we [(inc)] must approach [God] sincerely by confidently trusting [in him].

23 Retenons la confession de notre espérance sans chanceler, car celui qui a promis est fidèle;

We must unwaveringly keep holding tight [to what we believe. Since God] faithfully [does all] he promised [to do], we must confidently expect [him to keep doing that].

24 et prenons garde l’un à l’autre pour nous exciter à l’amour et aux bonnes œuvres,

[Since God] faithfully [does all that] he promised [to do], let us consider how each of us can motivate other believers, in order that [believers] will love each other, and in order that each one will do good things.

25 n’abandonnant pas le rassemblement de nous-mêmes, comme quelques-uns ont l’habitude [de faire], mais nous exhortant [l’un l’autre], et cela d’autant plus que vous voyez le jour approcher.

We must not stop assembling ourselves [to worship the Lord], as some people have done. Instead, each one of us must encourage/exhort other believers. [Let us do that] even more since we know that the day [that the Lord will return] [MTY] is near.

26 Car si nous péchons volontairement après avoir reçu la connaissance de la vérité, il ne reste plus de sacrifice pour les péchés,

[We(inc) must do those things], because if we deliberately and habitually sin after we have known the true [message about Christ], no other sacrifice will remove our guilt for having sinned in that way.

27 mais une certaine attente terrible de jugement et l’ardeur d’un feu qui va dévorer les adversaires.

Instead, we must fearfully expect that [God will] judge and angrily [punish] his enemies in a furious fire [MET].

28 Si quelqu’un a méprisé la loi de Moïse, il meurt sans miséricorde sur [la déposition de] deux ou [de] trois témoins:

Everyone who rejected the laws [that God gave] Moses was mercilessly killed when [at least] two or three people testified that they had done that.

29 d’une punition combien plus sévère pensez-vous que sera jugé digne celui qui a foulé aux pieds le Fils de Dieu, et qui a estimé profane le sang de l’alliance par lequel il avait été sanctifié, et qui a outragé l’Esprit de grâce?

[That was severe punishment]. But [Christ] is (God’s Son/the man who is also God). His blood, by means of which [he put into effect] the new covenant, is sacred. Because of [Christ’s] [MTY] blood [flowing for us when he died], [God] freed us from our guilt. So, you can be sure [RHQ] that anyone who shows contempt for [those truths] and who insults the Spirit of God, the one who acts with kindness toward us in a way we do not deserve, deserves to be punished even worse than [those Israelis were punished] [MET]!

30 Car nous connaissons celui qui a dit: « À moi la vengeance; moi je rendrai, dit le Seigneur »; et encore: « Le Seigneur jugera son peuple ».

[We can be sure of that] (OR, [need to think about that carefully]) since we know that God said, “I myself will get revenge on those who sinned, and I will punish them as they deserve [DOU].” [Moses wrote], “The Lord will judge his people.”

31 C’est une chose terrible que de tomber entre les mains du Dieu vivant!

It will be a terrible thing if God who is all-powerful [MTY] seizes and punishes you [IDM]!

32 Mais rappelez dans votre mémoire les jours précédents, dans lesquels, ayant été éclairés, vous avez enduré un grand combat de souffrances,

Recall previous times when you [first] understood [MET] [the message about Christ]. You endured a hard struggle, but you [continued to trust him] when you suffered [because you believed in Christ].

33 soit en ce que vous avez été offerts en spectacle par des opprobres et des afflictions, soit en ce que vous vous êtes associés à ceux qui ont été ainsi traités.

At times you were publicly insulted {people publicly insulted you} and you suffered {people persecuted you}. But you showed great concern for those who were treated like that.

34 Car vous avez montré de la sympathie pour les prisonniers et vous avez accepté avec joie l’enlèvement de vos biens, sachant que vous avez pour vous-mêmes des biens meilleurs et permanents.

You not only were kind to those who were in prison [because they believed in Christ], but you also accepted it joyfully when [unbelievers] took away your possessions. You accepted it because you yourselves knew very well that you have eternal possessions [in heaven] that are much better [than those that they took from you]!

35 Ne rejetez donc pas loin votre confiance qui a une grande récompense.

So, do not become discouraged [when they cause you to suffer] {[you are persecuted]}, because [if you continue to trust in God], he will greatly reward you.

36 Car vous avez besoin de patience, afin que, ayant fait la volonté de Dieu, vous receviez les choses promises.

You must patiently continue [to trust in him] in order that, because of your doing what God wants you to do, he will give you what he has promised.

37 Car encore très peu de temps, « et celui qui vient viendra, et il ne tardera pas.

[You must do that] since [a prophet wrote] in the Scriptures [that God said about the Messiah], In just a short time the one [I promised] would come will surely come; he will not delay coming.

38 Or le juste vivra de foi; et: Si [quelqu’un] se retire, mon âme ne prend pas plaisir en lui ».

But those whom I have summoned, who [act] righteously, must continually live trusting in me, because if they, in a cowardly manner, cease [to trust in me], I (will not be pleased/will be angry) with them.

39 Mais pour nous, nous ne sommes pas de ceux qui se retirent pour la perdition, mais de ceux qui croient pour la conservation de l’âme.

But we are not ones who in a cowardly manner stop [trusting in God], with the result that God will severely punish us. Instead, we are ones who trust in him, with the result that [God] will save us [SYN] eternally.