Apocalypse 19
1 Après ces choses, j’entendis comme une grande voix d’une foule nombreuse dans le ciel, disant: Alléluia! Le salut et la gloire et la puissance de notre Dieu!
After these things I heard [what sounded] like a huge crowd in heaven. They were shouting things like, “(Hallelujah!/Praise our God!)” “He has saved us!” “He is glorious and mighty!”
2 car ses jugements sont véritables et justes; car il a jugé la grande prostituée qui corrompait la terre par sa fornication, et il a vengé le sang de ses esclaves, [le réclamant] de sa main.
“Praise him because he judges truly and justly!” “He has punished the very evil cities that are like a prostitute, because their people persuaded the other people of earth [MTY] to act immorally and idolatrously like they do.” “Praise him because he has punished them for murdering his servants [MTY]!”
[The crowd] shouted a second time saying: (Hallelujah!/Praise God!) The smoke of the fire that is burning the cities will rise forever! (aiōn g165)
4 Et les 24 anciens et les quatre animaux tombèrent [sur leurs faces] et rendirent hommage à Dieu qui était assis sur le trône, disant: Amen! Alléluia!
The 24 elders and the four living [creatures] (prostrated themselves/knelt down) and worshipped God, who sits on the throne. Then they said, “[It] is true! (Hallelujah!/Praise God!)”
5 Et une voix sortit du trône, disant: Louez notre Dieu, vous tous ses esclaves et vous qui le craignez, petits et grands.
Someone spoke from the throne and said, “All you who are our God’s servants, praise him! All you who reverence him, [whether you are socially] significant or insignificant, praise him! [Everyone]!”
6 Et j’entendis comme une voix d’une foule nombreuse, et comme une voix de grandes eaux, et comme une voix de forts tonnerres, disant: Alléluia! car le Seigneur, notre Dieu, le Tout-puissant, est entré dans son règne.
I heard something like the noise of a huge crowd [of people], like the sound of a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water), and like the sound of loud thunder. They were shouting: (Hallelujah!/Praise God!) Because the Lord God, the Almighty One, reigns!
7 Réjouissons-nous et tressaillons de joie, et donnons-lui gloire; car les noces de l’Agneau sont venues; et sa femme s’est préparée;
We should rejoice, we should be extremely glad, and we should honor him, because it is now time for Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, to be united permanently with his people, which will be like a man [MET] marrying his bride, and because those who belong to him have prepared themselves to be united with him.
8 et il lui a été donné d’être vêtue de fin lin, éclatant [et] pur, car le fin lin, ce sont les justices des saints.
God has permitted them to be completely pure, like a bride who [MET] dresses in fine linen that is bright and clean. Fine [bright and clean] linen represents the righteous acts of God’s people.
9 Et il me dit: Écris: Bienheureux ceux qui sont conviés au banquet des noces de l’Agneau. Et il me dit: Ce sont ici les véritables paroles de Dieu.
Then the angel said to me, “Write [this: God will abundantly] bless the people who are {whom [he] has} invited to the feast [that celebrates Jesus, the one who is like a] lamb, [permanently uniting with his people, like someone] [MET] [marrying a wife].” He also said [to me]: “These words that God [declares] are true!”
10 – Et je tombai devant ses pieds pour lui rendre hommage. Et il me dit: Garde-toi de le faire; je suis ton compagnon d’esclavage et [celui] de tes frères qui ont le témoignage de Jésus: rends hommage à Dieu, car l’esprit de prophétie est le témoignage de Jésus.
I [immediately] (prostrated myself/knelt down) at his feet in order to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not [worship me]! I am [just] your [(sg)] fellow servant and the fellow servant of your [(sg)] fellow believers who tell people about Jesus. God is the one whom you should worship, because it is the Spirit of God who gives people the power to tell others about Jesus (OR, [those who tell others about] Jesus are [truly] declaring [the words that the Spirit of God has given them])!”
11 Et je vis le ciel ouvert: et voici un cheval blanc, et celui qui est assis dessus [appelé] fidèle et véritable; et il juge et combat en justice.
[In the vision] I saw heaven opened {open}, and I was surprised to see a white horse. [Jesus], the one who was riding on the horse, is called ‘Trustworthy and Genuine/True’. He judges [all people according to] what is right, and fights righteously [against his enemies].
12 Et ses yeux sont une flamme de feu; et sur sa tête il y a plusieurs diadèmes; et il porte un nom écrit que nul ne connaît que lui seul;
His eyes [shone like] [MET] a flame of fire. There were many royal crowns on his head. A name had been written [on him]. Only he knows [the meaning of that name].
13 et il est vêtu d’un vêtement teint dans le sang; et son nom s’appelle: “La Parole de Dieu”;
The robe he was wearing was drenched with blood. His name is [also] “(The one who expresses what God is like/The Word of God).”
14 et les armées qui sont dans le ciel le suivaient sur des chevaux blancs, vêtues de fin lin, blanc et pur;
The armies of heaven were following him. [They were also] riding on white horses. They were wearing clothes [made of] clean white linen.
15 et une épée aiguë à deux tranchants sort de sa bouche, afin qu’il en frappe les nations; et lui les paîtra avec une verge de fer, et lui foule la cuve du vin de la fureur de la colère de Dieu le Tout-puissant;
[The words] that Jesus speaks [are like] [MTY] a sharp sword with which he will strike [the rebellious people of] the nations. He himself will rule them [powerfully, as though he had] [MET] an iron rod. He will crush [his enemies just like] [MET] [a person crushes grapes in a] winepress. [He will do this for] God Almighty, who is extremely angry [with them because of their sins].
16 et il a sur son vêtement et sur sa cuisse un nom écrit: “Roi des rois, et Seigneur des seigneurs”.
On his cloak close to his thigh a name had been written {[he] had written a name}, which is “King who [rules over all other] kings and Lord who [rules over all other] lords.”
17 Et je vis un ange se tenant dans le soleil; et il cria à haute voix, disant à tous les oiseaux qui volent par le milieu du ciel: Venez, assemblez-vous au grand souper de Dieu;
I saw an angel who was standing in [the light of] [MTY] the sun. He called loudly to all the [flesh-eating] birds flying high in the sky, “Come and gather for the wonderful feast that God [is providing for you]!
18 afin que vous mangiez la chair des rois, et la chair des chiliarques, et la chair des puissants, et la chair des chevaux et de ceux qui sont assis dessus, et la chair de tous, libres et esclaves, petits et grands.
[Come] and eat the flesh of all [God’s enemies who are dead—] the flesh of kings, army commanders, [people who fought] powerfully, horses and the [soldiers] who rode them, [and the flesh of all other kinds of people], whether [they were] free or slaves, [socially] insignificant or significant. [All kinds]!”
19 Et je vis la bête, et les rois de la terre, et leurs armées assemblées pour livrer combat à celui qui était assis sur le cheval et à son armée.
Then I saw the beast and the kings of earth with their armies gathered together to fight against the Rider on the horse, and against his army.
20 Et la bête fut prise, et le faux prophète qui était avec elle, qui avait fait devant elle les miracles par lesquels il avait séduit ceux qui recevaient la marque de la bête, et ceux qui rendaient hommage à son image. Ils furent tous deux jetés vifs dans l’étang de feu embrasé par le soufre; (Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
The beast and the false prophet were captured {[He] captured the beast and the false prophet}. The false prophet is the one who had performed miracles in the beast’s presence. By doing that he had deceived the people who had accepted the beast’s mark [on their foreheads] and who worshipped its image. The beast and the false prophet were thrown {[He] threw the beast and the one who falsely said that he spoke messages that came directly from God} alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. (Limnē Pyr g3041 g4442)
21 et le reste fut tué par l’épée de celui qui était assis sur le cheval, laquelle sortait de sa bouche, et tous les oiseaux furent rassasiés de leur chair.
The rider on the horse killed the rest [of their armies] just by [speaking words], [which were like] [MTY] a sword that extended from his mouth. All those birds gorged themselves on the flesh of [the people whom he had killed].
