Marc 7
1 Et les pharisiens et quelques-uns des scribes, qui étaient venus de Jérusalem, s’assemblent auprès de lui.
[One day some] Pharisees and some men who teach the [Jewish] laws gathered around Jesus. They had come from Jerusalem [to investigate him].
2 Et voyant quelques-uns de ses disciples mangeant du pain avec des mains souillées, c’est-à-dire non lavées …;
The Pharisees and all of the [other] Jews [strictly] observe the traditions that their ancestors [taught. For example, they refuse to] eat until they first wash their hands [with a special ritual], especially after they [return] from [buying things in] the marketplace. [They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched] ([them/the things they bought]). There are many other such [traditions] that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash [in a special way] their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds [in order that using these things will not make God reject them].
3 car les pharisiens et tous les Juifs ne mangent pas qu’ils ne lavent soigneusement leurs mains, retenant la tradition des anciens;
4 et [étant de retour] du marché, ils ne mangent pas qu’ils ne soient lavés. Et il y a beaucoup d’autres choses qu’ils ont reçues traditionnellement pour les observer, [comme] de laver les coupes, les pots, les vases d’airain, et les lits.
5 – Sur cela, les pharisiens et les scribes l’interrogent, [disant]: Pourquoi tes disciples ne marchent-ils pas selon la tradition des anciens, mais mangent-ils du pain avec des mains souillées?
That day, those Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws saw that some of his disciples were eating food with hands that they had not washed [using the special ritual]. So they questioned Jesus, saying, “[Your] disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors! (You should not [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]!/Why do you [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]?) [RHQ]”
6 Mais lui, répondant, leur dit: Ésaïe a bien prophétisé de vous, hypocrites; comme il est écrit: « Ce peuple-ci m’honore des lèvres, mais leur cœur est fort éloigné de moi;
Jesus said to them, “Isaiah [rebuked your ancestors], and his words describe very well you people who only pretend to be good! He wrote these words [that God said]: These people speak [as if they] honor me, but they [SYN] really do not think about honoring me at all.
7 mais ils m’honorent en vain, enseignant, comme doctrines, des commandements d’hommes ».
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach only what people have commanded [as if I myself had commanded them].
8 Car, laissant le commandement de Dieu, vous observez la tradition des hommes, de laver les pots et les coupes; et vous faites beaucoup d’autres choses semblables.
You, [like your ancestors], refuse [to do] what God has commanded. Instead, you follow only the traditions that (others/your ancestors) have [taught].”
9 Et il leur dit: Vous annulez bien le commandement de Dieu, afin de garder votre tradition.
Jesus also said to them, “[You think] [IRO] that you are clever in refusing to do what God commanded just so that you can obey your own traditions!
10 Car Moïse a dit: « Honore ton père et ta mère »; et: « que celui qui médira de père ou de mère, meure de mort »;
[For example, our ancestor] Moses [wrote God’s] command, ‘Honor your fathers and your mothers’. He also wrote, ‘[The authorities must] execute a person who speaks evil about his father or mother.’
11 mais vous, vous dites: Si un homme dit à son père ou à sa mère: Tout ce dont tu pourrais tirer profit de ma part est corban, c’est-à-dire don…
But you [teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people] give their things to God [instead of giving them to their parents]. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you [to provide for you, I have now promised to] give to God. So I [cannot any longer help you]!’ As a result, you are [actually telling people] that they no longer have to help their parents!
12 Et vous ne lui permettez plus de rien faire pour son père ou pour sa mère,
13 annulant la parole de Dieu par votre tradition que vous vous êtes transmise [les uns aux autres]; et vous faites beaucoup de choses semblables.
And, by doing that, you disregard what God commanded! You teach your own traditions to others [and tell them strongly that they should obey them] And you do many other things like that.”
14 Et ayant de nouveau appelé la foule, il leur dit: Écoutez-moi, vous tous, et comprenez:
Then Jesus again summoned the crowd [to come closer. Then] he said to them [figuratively], “All of you people listen to me! [Try to] understand [DOU] [what I am about to tell you].
15 Il n’y a rien en dehors de l’homme, qui, entrant au-dedans de lui, puisse le souiller; mais les choses qui sortent de lui, ce sont celles qui souillent l’homme.
Nothing that people eat causes [God to] consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s (inner beings/hearts) that causes God to reject them.”
16 Si quelqu’un a des oreilles pour entendre, qu’il entende.
17 Et quand il fut entré dans la maison, [s’étant retiré] d’avec la foule, ses disciples l’interrogèrent touchant cette parabole.
After Jesus had left the crowd and then entered a house with the disciples, they asked him about the parable [that he had just spoken].
18 Et il leur dit: Vous aussi, êtes-vous ainsi sans intelligence? N’entendez-vous pas que tout ce qui est de dehors, entrant dans l’homme, ne peut pas le souiller,
He replied, “([I am disappointed that] you also do not understand [what it means]!/Why can you not understand [what it means]?) [RHQ] (You ought to understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him./Can you not understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside of us can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him?) [RHQ]
19 parce que cela n’entre pas dans son cœur, mais dans son ventre, et s’en va dans les lieux d’aisances, purifiant toutes les viandes?
Instead of entering [and ruining] our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out [of our bodies].” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people [can eat] any food without causing [God] to reject them.
20 Et il dit: Ce qui sort de l’homme, c’est là ce qui souille l’homme;
He also said, “It is the [thoughts and actions] that come from within people that cause [God] to consider them unacceptable to him.
21 car du dedans, du cœur des hommes, sortent les mauvaises pensées, les adultères, les fornications, les meurtres,
Specifically, it is people’s innermost being [that causes them to] think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal [things], they commit murder.
22 les vols, la cupidité, les méchancetés, la fraude, l’impudicité, l’œil méchant, les injures, l’orgueil, la folie.
They [commit] adultery, they are greedy, they [act] maliciously, they deceive [people]. They [act] indecently, they envy [people], they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they [act] foolishly.
23 Toutes ces mauvaises choses sortent du dedans et souillent l’homme.
People think [these thoughts] and then they do these evil actions, and that is what causes [God to] consider them unacceptable to him.”
24 Et se levant, il s’en alla de là vers les frontières de Tyr et de Sidon; et étant entré dans une maison, il ne voulait pas que personne le sache: et il ne put être caché;
After Jesus [and his disciples] left [Galilee district], they went to the region around Tyre. While he stayed at a certain house, he desired that no one know [it], but people soon found out [that he was there].
25 car une femme dont la fille avait un esprit immonde, ayant entendu parler de lui, vint et se jeta à ses pieds;
A certain woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit [within her], heard about Jesus. At once she came to him and prostrated herself at his feet.
26 (or la femme était grecque, syrophénicienne de race; ) et elle le pria qu’il chasse le démon hors de sa fille.
This woman [was not a Jew. Her ancestors came] from Greece [country], but she was born in [the region around] Phoenicia [town] in Syria district. She pleaded with Jesus that he expel the evil spirit from her daughter.
27 Et Jésus lui dit: Laisse premièrement rassasier les enfants; car il ne convient pas de prendre le pain des enfants et de le jeter aux chiens.
But he [wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs] [MET], [he] spoke to her saying, “First let the children eat all they want, because it is not good for someone to take the food [the mother has prepared] for the children and then throw it to the [little] dogs.”
28 Et elle répondit et lui dit: Oui, Seigneur; car même les chiens, sous la table, mangent des miettes des enfants.
But [to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God] [MET], she replied to him, “Sir, [what you say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs, which lie under the table, eat the crumbs that the children [drop].”
29 Et il lui dit: À cause de cette parole, va, le démon est sorti de ta fille.
[Jesus] said to her, “Because of what you have said, [you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you]. So I will help you. Now you may go [home, because I have caused] the evil spirit to leave your daughter.”
30 Et s’en allant en sa maison, elle trouva le démon sorti, et sa fille couchée sur le lit.
The woman returned to her house and saw that her child was lying [quietly] on the bed and that the evil spirit had left.
31 Et étant de nouveau parti des confins de Tyr et de Sidon, il vint vers la mer de Galilée, à travers le pays de Décapolis.
Jesus [and his disciples] left the region around Tyre [city] and went [north] through Sidon [city], then [toward the east] through the district of the Ten Towns, and then [south] to [the towns near] Lake Galilee.
32 Et on lui amène un sourd qui parlait avec peine, et on le prie pour qu’il lui impose la main.
[There], people brought to him a man who was deaf and who could hardly talk. They begged [Jesus] to lay his hands on him [in order to heal him].
33 Et l’ayant tiré à l’écart, hors de la foule, il lui mit les doigts dans les oreilles; et ayant craché, il lui toucha la langue;
[So Jesus] took him away from the crowd [in order that the two of them could be] alone. Then he put [one of] his fingers into [each of] the man’s ears. After he spat [on his fingers], he touched the man’s tongue [with his fingers].
34 et regardant vers le ciel, il soupira, et lui dit: Ephphatha, c’est-à-dire, ouvre-toi.
Then he looked up toward heaven, he sighed [because he was concerned for the man], and then [in his own language] he said to the man’s [ears], “Ephphatha”, which means, “Be opened {Open up}!”.
35 Et aussitôt ses oreilles s’ouvrirent, et le lien de sa langue se délia, et il parlait distinctement.
At once the man could hear plainly [MTY]. He also began to speak clearly because [what was causing him to be unable to speak] was healed {Jesus healed [what was causing him to be unable to speak]}.
36 Et Jésus leur enjoignit de ne le dire à personne; mais plus il le leur défendait, d’autant plus ils le publiaient.
Jesus told ([the people/his friends]) not to tell anyone [what he had done]. But, although he ordered them [and others] repeatedly [not to tell anyone about it], they kept talking about it very much.
37 Et ils étaient extrêmement étonnés, disant: il fait toutes choses bien; il fait entendre les sourds et parler les muets.
[People who heard about it] were utterly amazed and were saying [enthusiastically], “Everything he has done is wonderful! [Besides doing other amazing things], he enables deaf people to hear! And he enables those who cannot speak to speak!”
