Hébreux 4
1 – Craignons donc qu’une promesse ayant été laissée d’entrer dans son repos, quelqu’un d’entre vous paraisse ne pas l’atteindre;
[The Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest]. But [God] has still promised us that we can enter the place of resting [in heaven eternally]. So we must beware [of the possibility] that [God] may consider that some of you have failed to enter the [place of] resting [eternally as the Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest].
2 car nous aussi, nous avons été évangélisés de même que ceux-là; mais la parole qu’ils entendirent ne leur servit de rien, n’étant pas mêlée avec de la foi dans ceux qui l’entendirent.
We have heard the message [about Christ], just like [the Israelites] heard [what God promised]. But [just like] the message did not benefit [most of] those who heard it because they did not believe it as [Joshua and Caleb did, it] will not [benefit us eternally if we do not keep believing it].
3 Car nous qui avons cru, nous entrons dans le repos, comme il a dit: « Ainsi je jurai dans ma colère: S’ils entrent dans mon repos », bien que les œuvres aient été faites dès la fondation du monde.
We who have believed [in Christ] are able to enter the place of resting [eternally. We know there is a place where we will rest eternally] because God said, Because I was angry with them, I solemnly declared, “They will not enter [the land where] I would let them rest.” [God said that] even though he ceased his work [of creating things] after he created the world.
4 Car il a dit ainsi quelque part touchant le septième jour: « Et Dieu se reposa de toutes ses œuvres au septième jour »;
What someone wrote somewhere [in the Scriptures] about the seventh day [after he had spent six days creating the world], supports that: Then, on the seventh day, God rested from his work [of creating everything].
5 et encore dans ce passage: « S’ils entrent dans mon repos! »
But note again what God said about the Israelites [in the] passage that I quoted previously: They will not enter [the land where] I would let them rest.
6 Puisqu’il reste donc que quelques-uns y entrent, et que ceux qui auparavant avaient été évangélisés ne sont pas entrés à cause de leur désobéissance,
Some people experience entering that [place of resting eternally. But] those [Israelites] who first had the good message preached to them {first heard the good message} [about what God promised them] did not enter [that place of resting], because they refused to believe [God].
7 encore une fois il détermine un certain jour, disant, en David, si longtemps après: “Aujourd’hui”, comme il a été dit auparavant: « Aujourd’hui, si vous entendez sa voix, n’endurcissez pas vos cœurs. »
[But God] appointed another time [when we may enter that place of resting]. That time is now! [We know that is true because] much later than when [the Israelites rebelled against God in the desert], he caused [King] David to write what I have already quoted, Now, when you understand what God is saying [to you], do not stubbornly disobey him.
8 Car si Josué leur avait donné le repos, il n’aurait pas parlé après cela d’un autre jour.
If Joshua had led the Israelites to enter the place of resting, God would not have spoken later about another [time when we could rest] [MET]. [So we know God was speaking about another time when some people would enter that place of resting eternally].
9 Il reste donc un repos sabbatique pour le peuple de Dieu.
So, just like [God rested on] the seventh day [after he finished making everything], there remains a time when God’s people will rest eternally.
10 Car celui qui est entré dans son repos, lui aussi s’est reposé de ses œuvres, comme Dieu s’est reposé des siennes propres.
Specifically, whoever enters God’s place of resting has ceased doing things [to gain God’s favor], just like God ceased doing his work [of creating everything].
11 Appliquons-nous donc à entrer dans ce repos-là, afin que personne ne tombe en imitant une semblable désobéissance.
God severely punished the [Israelites because they disbelieved his message]. So we must strive to experience entering that [place of] resting [eternally], in order that he will not severely punish any of us for not believing [his message].
12 Car la parole de Dieu est vivante et opérante, et plus pénétrante qu’aucune épée à deux tranchants, et atteignant jusqu’à la division de l’âme et de l’esprit, des jointures et des moelles; et elle discerne les pensées et les intentions du cœur.
[Beware of being insincere about doing this], because the message God [has given us] very powerfully penetrates our thinking more than a two-edged sword [penetrates flesh] [MET]. It penetrates [deeply] into our souls and spirits, as [a sharp sword can penetrate] into our joints and marrow. That [is, by his message God] [PRS] discerns all that we think about, and he discerns all that we desire [to do] [MTY] (OR, [His message] exposes [to us] all our thoughts and all our desires).
13 Et il n’y a aucune créature qui soit cachée devant lui, mais toutes choses sont nues et découvertes aux yeux de celui à qui nous avons affaire.
God knows everything about everyone. Everything is completely exposed [DOU] to him, [and he is] the one [SYN] who will say whether he approves of what we have done.
14 Ayant donc un grand souverain sacrificateur qui a traversé les cieux, Jésus, le Fils de Dieu, tenons ferme [notre] confession;
We have a great Supreme Priest who ascended through the heavens [when he returned to God’s presence]. He is Jesus, (God’s Son/the man who is also God). So let us firmly profess [what we believe about him].
15 car nous n’avons pas un souverain sacrificateur qui ne puisse sympathiser à nos infirmités, mais [nous en avons un qui a été] tenté en toutes choses comme nous, à part le péché.
Our Supreme Priest can indeed [LIT] compassionately deal with us who tend to sin easily, because he also was tempted [to sin] in every way that we are [tempted to sin], and yet he did not sin.
16 Approchons-nous donc avec confiance du trône de la grâce, afin que nous recevions miséricorde et que nous trouvions grâce pour [avoir du] secours au moment opportun.
So, let us come boldly to [Christ] [MTY], who rules [MET] [from heaven] and does for us what we do not deserve, in order that we might experience [his acting] mercifully [toward us], and in order that we might experience his helping us in a kind way whenever we need [help].
