Hébreux 12
1 C’est pourquoi, nous aussi, ayant une si grande nuée de témoins qui nous entoure, rejetant tout fardeau et le péché qui [nous] enveloppe si aisément, courons avec patience la course qui est devant nous,
We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
2 fixant les yeux sur Jésus, le chef et le consommateur de la foi, lequel, à cause de la joie qui était devant lui, a enduré la croix, ayant méprisé la honte, et est assis à la droite du trône de Dieu.
And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
3 Car considérez celui qui a enduré une telle contradiction de la part des pécheurs contre lui-même, afin que vous ne soyez pas las, étant découragés dans vos âmes.
[Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
4 Vous n’avez pas encore résisté jusqu’au sang en combattant contre le péché,
While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
5 et vous avez oublié l’exhortation qui s’adresse à vous comme à des fils: « Mon fils, ne méprise pas la discipline du Seigneur, et ne perds pas courage quand tu es repris par lui;
Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
6 car celui que le Seigneur aime, il le discipline, et il fouette tout fils qu’il agrée ».
because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
7 Vous endurez [des peines] comme discipline: Dieu agit envers vous comme envers des fils, car qui est le fils que le père ne discipline pas?
It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
8 Mais si vous êtes sans [la] discipline à laquelle tous participent, alors vous êtes des bâtards et non pas des fils.
So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
9 De plus, nous avons eu les pères de notre chair pour nous discipliner, et nous les avons respectés; ne serons-nous pas beaucoup plutôt soumis au Père des esprits, et nous vivrons?
Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
10 Car ceux-là disciplinaient pendant peu de jours, selon qu’ils le trouvaient bon; mais celui-ci [nous discipline] pour notre profit, afin que nous participions à sa sainteté.
Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
11 Or aucune discipline, pour le présent, ne semble être [un sujet] de joie, mais de tristesse; mais plus tard, elle rend le fruit paisible de la justice à ceux qui sont exercés par elle.
During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
12 C’est pourquoi, redressez les mains lassées et les genoux défaillants,
So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
13 et faites des sentiers droits à vos pieds, afin que ce qui est boiteux ne se dévoie pas, mais plutôt se guérisse.
Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
14 Poursuivez la paix avec tous, et la sainteté, sans laquelle nul ne verra le Seigneur,
Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
15 veillant de peur que quelqu’un ne manque de la grâce de Dieu; de peur que quelque racine d’amertume, bourgeonnant en haut, ne [vous] trouble, et que par elle plusieurs ne soient souillés;
Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
16 de peur qu’il n’y ait quelque fornicateur, ou profane comme Ésaü, qui pour un seul mets vendit son droit de premier-né;
Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
17 car vous savez que, aussi, plus tard, désirant hériter de la bénédiction, il fut rejeté, (car il ne trouva pas lieu à la repentance, ) quoiqu’il l’ait recherchée avec larmes.
You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
18 Car vous n’êtes pas venus à la montagne qui peut être touchée, ni au feu brûlant, ni à l’obscurité, ni aux ténèbres, ni à la tempête,
In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
19 ni au son de la trompette, ni à la voix de paroles, [voix telle] que ceux qui l’entendaient prièrent que la parole ne leur soit plus adressée;
They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
20 (car ils ne pouvaient supporter ce qui était enjoint: « Si même une bête touche la montagne, elle sera lapidée »;
When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
21 et Moïse, si terrible était ce qui paraissait, dit: Je suis épouvanté et tout tremblant; )
Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
22 mais vous êtes venus à la montagne de Sion; et à la cité du Dieu vivant, la Jérusalem céleste; et à des myriades d’anges, l’assemblée universelle;
Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
23 et à l’assemblée des premiers-nés écrits dans les cieux; et à Dieu, juge de tous; et aux esprits des justes consommés;
You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
24 et à Jésus, médiateur d’une nouvelle alliance; et au sang d’aspersion qui parle mieux qu’Abel.
You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
25 Prenez garde que vous ne refusiez pas celui qui parle: car si ceux-là n’ont pas échappé qui refusèrent celui qui parlait en oracles sur la terre, combien moins [échapperons]-nous, si nous nous détournons de celui qui [parle ainsi] des cieux,
Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
26 duquel la voix ébranla alors la terre; mais maintenant il a promis, disant: « Encore une fois je secouerai non seulement la terre, mais aussi le ciel ».
The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
27 Or ce “Encore une fois” indique le changement des choses muables, comme ayant été faites, afin que celles qui sont immuables demeurent.
The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
28 C’est pourquoi, recevant un royaume inébranlable, retenons la grâce par laquelle nous servions Dieu d’une manière qui lui soit agréable, avec révérence et avec crainte.
So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
29 Car aussi notre Dieu est un feu consumant.
Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
