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1 Quand donc le Seigneur connut que les pharisiens avaient entendu dire: Jésus fait et baptise plus de disciples que Jean
[At that time, many people were asking] Jesus to baptize them. He did not baptize people; it was [we] his disciples who were doing the baptizing. But when some of the Pharisee [religious group] heard [people say that] Jesus was making more disciples than John [the Baptizer] and was baptizing them, [they became very jealous].
2 (toutefois Jésus lui-même ne baptisait pas, mais ses disciples),
3 il quitta la Judée, et s’en alla encore en Galilée.
When the Lord [Jesus] heard about that, [so that the Pharisees would not cause trouble for him], he left Judea [district], and went again [with us disciples] to Galilee district.
4 Et il fallait qu’il traverse la Samarie.
[He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
5 Il vient donc à une ville de la Samarie, nommée Sichar, près de la terre que Jacob donna à Joseph son fils.
So we arrived at a town named Sychar in Samaria [district]. That was near the plot of ground that [our ancestor] Jacob had given to his son Joseph [long ago].
6 Et il y avait là une fontaine de Jacob. Jésus donc, étant lassé du chemin, se tenait là assis sur la fontaine; c’était environ la sixième heure.
The well that [used to] belong to Jacob was on that plot of ground. Jesus was tired from walking. So while [we] disciples went into the town to buy some food, he sat down alongside the well. It was about noontime. A woman who [lived there] in Samaria came to get some water [from the well]. Jesus said to her, “Will you give me [from the well] some water [to drink]?” The [woman knew that] Jews did not like ([to touch things that belong to] Samaritans/[to] come near Samaritans), (OR, Jews did not like to associate with Samaritans, )
7 Une femme de la Samarie vient pour puiser de l’eau. Jésus lui dit: Donne-moi à boire
8 (car ses disciples s’en étaient allés à la ville pour acheter des vivres).
9 La femme samaritaine lui dit donc: Comment toi qui es Juif, me demandes-tu à boire à moi qui suis une femme samaritaine? (Car les Juifs n’ont point de relations avec les Samaritains.)
so the woman said to him, “You are a Jew, and I am from Samaria. Furthermore, I am a woman. So ([I am surprised] that you are asking me for a drink [of water]!/how is it that you are asking me for a drink [of water]?) [RHQ]”
10 Jésus répondit et lui dit: Si tu connaissais le don de Dieu, et qui est celui qui te dit: Donne-moi à boire, toi, tu lui aurais demandé, et il t’aurait donné de l’eau vive.
Jesus replied to her, “If you [(sg)] knew what God [wanted to] give you, and if you knew who I am, the one who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me, and I would have given you water that gives life.”
11 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, tu n’as rien pour puiser, et le puits est profond; d’où as-tu donc cette eau vive?
She [thought he was talking about] ordinary [water. So she] said to him, “Sir, you do not have a bucket [or a rope with which to get water from the well], and the well is deep. So [since you cannot get water from this well], where can you get that life-giving water?
12 Es-tu plus grand que notre père Jacob qui nous a donné le puits; et lui-même en a bu, et ses fils, et son bétail?
Our ancestor Jacob left us this well. He drank water from it, and there was [enough good water] so that his sons and his flocks [of sheep] and goats drank from it also. [Do you claim that] you are greater than Jacob, [and because of that you can give us life-giving water]?”
13 Jésus répondit et lui dit: Quiconque boit de cette eau-ci aura de nouveau soif;
Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
15 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, donne-moi cette eau, afin que je n’aie pas soif et que je ne vienne pas ici pour puiser.
The woman [did not understand that Jesus was speaking figuratively about something that would sustain her spiritually. So she] said to him, “Sir, give me that kind of water so that I will not get thirsty again, and so that I will not have to keep returning here to get water!”
16 Jésus lui dit: Va, appelle ton mari, et viens ici.
[Jesus knew that she did not understand, but he wanted to show her by his God-given knowledge of her personal life that because he was the Messiah he could supply her spiritual need. So] he said to her, “Woman, go and call your husband, and bring him here!”
17 La femme répondit et dit: Je n’ai pas de mari. Jésus lui dit: Tu as bien dit: Je n’ai pas de mari;
She replied, “I do not have a husband!” Jesus said to her, “You said that you do not have a husband, and that is true.
18 car tu as eu cinq maris, et celui que tu as maintenant n’est pas ton mari; en cela tu as dit vrai.
It is also true that you have had five husbands [one by one]. And the man you are living with now is not your husband! What you have said is very true.”
19 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, je vois que tu es un prophète.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
20 Nos pères ont adoré sur cette montagne-ci, et vous, vous dites qu’à Jérusalem est le lieu où il faut adorer.
But [let me ask you a different question]: Our ancestors worshipped God here on [Gerizim Mountain], but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where we must worship [God. So who is right]?”
21 Jésus lui dit: Femme, crois-moi: l’heure vient que vous n’adorerez le Père, ni sur cette montagne, ni à Jérusalem.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me [when I say that] there will be a time when it will not [matter whether] you worship [God our] Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem [or somewhere else].
22 Vous, vous adorez, vous ne savez quoi; nous, nous savons ce que nous adorons; car le salut vient des Juifs.
You [people from Samaria] do not know the one you are worshipping. But we [(exc) Jews] know whom we worship, because it is from [us] Jews that [God has sent the one who] will save people [from the guilt of their sins].
23 Mais l’heure vient, et elle est maintenant, que les vrais adorateurs adoreront le Père en esprit et en vérité; car aussi le Père en cherche de tels qui l’adorent.
However, there will be a time when those who genuinely worship God will worship him as [God’s] Spirit [directs] and according to [God’s] truth. In fact, that time is now. Those are the kind of worshipers my Father seeks.
24 Dieu est esprit, et il faut que ceux qui l’adorent, l’adorent en esprit et en vérité.
God is a spiritual being. So it is necessary that those who worship him must worship him as his Spirit [directs] and [according to God’s] truth.”
25 La femme lui dit: Je sais que le Messie qui est appelé le Christ, vient; quand celui-là sera venu, il nous fera connaître toutes choses.
The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything [we need to know].” (‘Messiah’ and ‘Christ’ [both mean ‘God’s promised king]’.)
26 Jésus lui dit: Je le suis, moi qui te parle.
Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
27 Et là-dessus ses disciples vinrent; et ils s’étonnaient de ce qu’il parlait avec une femme; toutefois nul ne dit: Que lui demandes-tu? ou, de quoi parles-tu avec elle?
Just then [we] disciples returned [from town]. [Since it was contrary to our custom for Jewish religious teachers to converse with a woman they did not know], we were surprised that he was talking to a woman. However, none of us asked her, “What do you want?” and none of us asked him, “Why are you talking with her?”
28 La femme donc laissa sa cruche et s’en alla à la ville, et dit aux hommes:
The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
29 Venez, voyez un homme qui m’a dit tout ce que j’ai fait; celui-ci n’est-il point le Christ?
“Come and see a man who [was able to] tell me all about my past life [HYP], [even though I never met him before] Could this man be the Messiah?”
30 Ils sortirent de la ville, et ils venaient vers lui.
So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
31 Mais pendant ce temps, les disciples le priaient, disant: Rabbi, mange.
Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
32 Mais il leur dit: Moi, j’ai de la viande à manger que vous, vous ne connaissez pas.
But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
33 Les disciples donc dirent entre eux: Quelqu’un lui aurait-il apporté à manger?
So we started saying to each other, “(Surely no one has brought him any food [when we] were not [here]!/Has anyone brought him any food [when we] were not [here]?) [RHQ]”
34 Jésus leur dit: Ma viande est de faire la volonté de celui qui m’a envoyé, et d’accomplir son œuvre.
Jesus said to us, “Doing what [my Father] who sent me wants [me to do] and finishing the work he [gave me to do] is ([what sustains me/like] my food) [MET].
35 Ne dites-vous pas, vous: Il y a encore quatre mois, et la moisson vient? Voici, je vous dis: Levez vos yeux et regardez les campagnes; car elles sont déjà blanches pour la moisson.
[At this time of the year] you are saying (OR, your ancestors used to say), ‘There are four months left before we harvest [the crops].’ But I say to you, look carefully [at the non-Jewish people around here. God says, ‘They are ready to accept my message] [MET], [like crops in] fields that are ready for people to harvest.
36 Celui qui moissonne reçoit un salaire et assemble du fruit en vie éternelle; afin que, et celui qui sème et celui qui moissonne, se réjouissent ensemble. (aiōnios g166)
[If you help them to accept my message], I will reward you [MET], [as an owner of a field] pays those who harvest the crops. Because of your work, people will gain eternal life.’ [I have been telling people God’s message. That is like] [MET] a man who plants seeds. [You will help people to accept my message. That will be like] [MET] harvesting crops. [When that happens], both you and I will rejoice. (aiōnios g166)
37 Car en ceci est [vérifiée] la vraie parole: L’un sème, et un autre moissonne.
As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
38 Moi, je vous ai envoyés moissonner ce à quoi vous n’avez pas travaillé; d’autres ont travaillé, et vous, vous êtes entrés dans leur travail.
I am sending you [to enable people to accept my message, but you will not be the first ones who tell them God’s message]. Others [previously] worked hard [to tell people God’s message], and now you will be harvesting the results of their work.”
39 Or plusieurs des Samaritains de cette ville-là crurent en lui, à cause de la parole de la femme qui avait rendu témoignage: Il m’a dit tout ce que j’ai fait.
Many of the Samaria [district] people who [lived] in that town believed that Jesus [was the Messiah] because they heard what that woman said [about Jesus], “That man [was able to] tell me all about my past life [HYP]!”
40 Quand donc les Samaritains furent venus vers lui, ils le priaient de demeurer avec eux; et il demeura là deux jours.
So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days.
41 Et beaucoup plus de gens crurent à cause de sa parole;
Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
42 et ils disaient à la femme: Ce n’est plus à cause de ton dire que nous croyons; car nous-mêmes nous [l’]avons entendu, et nous connaissons que celui-ci est véritablement le Sauveur du monde.
They told the woman, “We believe in Jesus [now], but not [just] because of what you told us. Now we have heard him ourselves. And now we know that this man truly is the one who [can] save [people] [MTY] [from the guilt of their sins].”
43 Or, après les deux jours, il partit de là, et s’en alla en Galilée;
Jesus had said [previously] that people did not honor prophets [like himself when they tried to teach people] in their own home area. So, two days later, Jesus and [we] disciples left that area and went to [his own area in] Galilee [district, because he knew that people there would not think very highly of him, and as a result the Jewish leaders would not be jealous].
44 car Jésus lui-même rendait témoignage qu’un prophète n’est pas honoré dans son propre pays.
45 Quand donc il fut venu en Galilée, les Galiléens le reçurent, ayant vu toutes les choses qu’il avait faites à Jérusalem pendant la fête; car eux aussi allaient à la fête.
However, when we arrived in Galilee [district, many] of the people there welcomed him, because they had been in Jerusalem during the [Passover] celebration and had seen all the things he did there.
46 Il vint donc encore à Cana de Galilée, où il avait, de l’eau, fait du vin. Et il y avait à Capernaüm un seigneur de la cour, duquel le fils était malade;
Jesus went again to Cana in Galilee [district]. That was where he [previously] turned water into wine. There was one of the king’s officials who lived in Capernaum, whose son was very sick.
47 celui-ci, ayant entendu dire que Jésus était venu de la Judée en Galilée, s’en alla vers lui, et le pria de descendre et de guérir son fils; car il allait mourir.
When that man heard [others say] that Jesus had returned to Galilee [district] from Judea [district], he went to Jesus [in Cana] and pleaded with him, “Please come down [to Capernaum] and heal my son, who is about to die!”
48 Jésus donc lui dit: Si vous ne voyez des signes et des prodiges, vous ne croirez point.
Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
49 Le seigneur de la cour lui dit: Seigneur, descends avant que mon enfant meure.
But the official said to him, “Sir, ([I] believe [in you/I believe that you came from God]). [So please] come down [to my home] before my son dies!”
50 Jésus lui dit: Va, ton fils vit. Et l’homme crut la parole que Jésus lui avait dite, et s’en alla.
Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
51 Et, déjà comme il descendait, ses esclaves vinrent au-devant de lui, et lui rapportèrent que son fils vivait.
[The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
52 Alors il s’enquit d’eux à quelle heure il s’était trouvé mieux; et ils lui dirent: Hier, à la septième heure, la fièvre l’a quitté.
He asked them, “At what time did my son start to become well?” They said to him, “His fever ceased yesterday [afternoon] at one o’clock.”
53 Le père donc connut que c’était à cette heure-là à laquelle Jésus lui avait dit: Ton fils vit. Et il crut, lui et toute sa maison.
Then the boy’s father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, “Your son will (live/not die).” So he and all the people in his house believed [that Jesus was the Messiah].
54 Jésus fit encore ce second miracle, quand il fut venu de Judée en Galilée.
That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
