Jean 7
1 Après cela, Jésus parcourait la Galilée, car il ne voulait pas séjourner en Judée, parce que les Juifs cherchaient à le faire mourir.
After those things happened, Jesus went around in Galilee [province]. He did not want to travel in Judea [province], because he knew that the Jewish [leaders there] were wanting to kill him.
2 Or, la fête des Juifs, la fête des Tabernacles, était proche.
But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
3 Et ses frères lui dirent: Pars d’ici, et va en Judée, afin que tes disciples voient aussi les œuvres que tu fais.
Jesus’ [younger] brothers said to him, “[Since many people] here [have left you], you should leave and go to Judea [province and perform] some miracles there, so that your disciples may see them!
4 Personne n’agit en secret, lorsqu’il désire paraître: si tu fais ces choses, montre-toi toi-même au monde.
No one who wants to become famous does things secretly. [You say] you are doing these miracles, [so do some miracles there] so that everyone [MTY] can see them!”
5 Car ses frères non plus ne croyaient pas en lui.
[They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
6 Jésus leur dit: Mon temps n’est pas encore venu, mais votre temps est toujours prêt.
So Jesus said to them, “It is not yet time for me [MTY] [to go to the celebration]. For you, any time is right [to go to the celebration].
7 Le monde ne peut vous haïr; moi, il me hait, parce que je rends de lui le témoignage que ses œuvres sontmauvaises.
[The people] [MTY] [who] ([do not believe in me/do not belong to God]) cannot hate you, but they hate me because I tell them that what they are doing is evil.
8 Montez, vous, à cette fête; pour moi, je n’y monte point, parce que mon temps n’est pas encore accompli.
You [(pl)] go ahead to the celebration. I am not going up [to Jerusalem] to the celebration [yet], because now is not the right time for me [to go].”
9 Après leur avoir dit cela, il resta en Galilée.
After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
10 Lorsque ses frères furent montés à la fête, il y monta aussi lui-même, non publiquement, mais comme en secret.
However, [a few days] after his younger brothers left to go up to the celebration, he went also. He went, along with [us] disciples, but no others went with us.
11 Les Juifs le cherchaient pendant la fête, et disaient: Où est-il?
At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
12 Il y avait dans la foule grande rumeur à son sujet. Les uns disaient: C’est un homme de bien. D’autres disaient: Non, il égare la multitude.
Among the crowds, many people were whispering about Jesus. Some were saying, “He is a good man!” But others were saying instead, “No! He is deceiving the crowds!”
13 Personne, toutefois, ne parlait librement de lui, par crainte des Juifs.
But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
14 Vers le milieu de la fête, Jésus monta au temple. Et il enseignait.
In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
15 Les Juifs s’étonnaient, disant: Comment connaît-il les Écritures, lui qui n’a point étudié?
The Jewish [elders] were amazed [at what he was saying]. They said, “This man never studied [in one of our religious schools]! So (how can he have learned [so much about Scripture]?/it is difficult for us to believe that he has learned [so much about Scripture]!) [RHQ]”
16 Jésus leur répondit: Ma doctrine n’est pas de moi, mais de celui qui m’a envoyé.
Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
17 Si quelqu’un veut faire sa volonté, il connaîtra si ma doctrine est de Dieu, ou si je parle de mon chef.
Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with [only] my own [authority].
18 Celui qui parle de son chef cherche sa propre gloire; mais celui qui cherche la gloire de celui qui l’a envoyé, celui-là est vrai, et il n’y a point d’injustice en lui.
Those who speak with [only] their own [authority] do that [only] so that others will honor them. But I am [doing things so that others] will honor the one who sent me, and I am someone who speaks the truth. I never lie.
19 Moïse ne vous a-t-il pas donné la loi? Et nul de vous n’observe la loi. Pourquoi cherchez-vous à me faire mourir?
[Think about] the laws that Moses gave you [RHQ]. None of you [completely] obeys those laws. So why are you trying to kill me, [saying I do not obey the laws concerning] ([the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest])?”
20 La foule répondit: Tu as un démon. Qui est-ce qui cherche à te faire mourir?
Someone in the crowd answered, “[By saying this you show that] you are crazy (OR, A demon is controlling you)! Certainly no one is trying to kill you!”
21 Jésus leur répondit: J’ai fait une œuvre, et vous en êtes tous étonnés.
Jesus replied to them, “Because I did a miracle [of healing someone] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), you are all shocked.
22 Moïse vous a donné lacirconcision, non qu’elle vienne de Moïse, car elle vientdes patriarches, et vous circoncisez un homme le jour du sabbat.
Moses gave you [a law that you must] circumcise [the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually], it was your ancestors, [Abraham and Isaac and Jacob], not Moses, who [started that ritual]. But because of that law, you sometimes circumcise them (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), [but that is working, too]
23 Si un homme reçoit la circoncision le jour du sabbat, afin que la loi de Moïse ne soit pas violée, pourquoi vous irritez-vous contre moi de ce que j’ai guéri un homme tout entier le jour du sabbat?
You [sometimes] circumcise boys (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) so that the law of Moses is not disobeyed {[you] do not disobey the law of Moses}, so (it is ridiculous that you are angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man!/why are you angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man?) [RHQ] [Healing someone is far more helpful than circumcising a baby boy]!
24 Ne jugez pas selon l’apparence, mais jugez selon la justice.
Stop deciding whether my healing this man is wrong according to what you see! Instead, decide according to what is really the right action [to help people]”!
25 Quelques habitants de Jérusalem disaient: N’est-ce pas là celui qu’ils cherchent à faire mourir?
Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “(This is the man that they are trying to kill!/Isn’t this the man that they are trying to kill?) [RHQ]
26 Et voici, il parle librement, et ils ne lui disent rien! Est-ce que vraiment les chefs auraient reconnu qu’il est le Christ?
He is saying these things (publicly/in front of many people), but our [Jewish] rulers are not saying anything to [oppose] him. Is that because they have decided that he is truly (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)?
27 Cependant celui-ci, nous savons d’où il est; mais le Christ, quand il viendra, personne ne saura d’où il est.
But [he cannot be the Messiah, because] we know where this man came from. When the Messiah really comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Et Jésus, enseignant dans le temple, s’écria: Vous me connaissez, et vous savez d’où je suis! Je ne suis pas venude moi-même: mais celui qui m’a envoyé est vrai, et vous ne le connaissez pas.
[They said that because they thought Jesus was born in Nazareth]. So while Jesus was teaching [people] in the Temple [courtyard], he shouted, “Yes, [you say that] you know me, and [you think] you know [IRO] where I am from. But I have come here not (because I appointed myself/with my own authority). Instead, [God] is the one who truly sent me. You do not know him.
29 Moi, je le connais; car je viens de lui, et c’est lui qui m’a envoyé.
But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
30 Ils cherchaient donc à se saisir de lui, et personne ne mit la main sur lui, parce que son heure n’était pas encore venue.
Then they tried to seize him [because he said that he had come from God]. But no one put their hands on him [to do that], because it was not yet the time [MTY] [for him to die].
31 Plusieurs parmi la foule crurent en lui, et ils disaient: Le Christ, quand il viendra, fera-t-il plus de miracles que n’en a fait celui-ci?
But many of the crowd believed that he [had come from God]. They said, “When the Messiah comes, he certainly will not do more miracles than this man has done, will he?”
32 Les pharisiens entendirent la foule murmurant de lui ces choses. Alors les principaux sacrificateurs et les pharisiens envoyèrent des huissiers pour le saisir.
The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
33 Jésus dit: Je suis encore avec vous pour un peu de temps, puis je m’en vais vers celui qui m’a envoyé.
Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
34 Vous me chercherez et vous ne me trouverez pas, et vous ne pouvez venir où je serai.
Then you will search for me, but you will not find me. And you will not be able to come to the place where I am.”
35 Sur quoi les Juifs dirent entre eux: Où ira-t-il, que nous ne le trouvions pas? Ira-t-il parmi ceux qui sont dispersés chez les Grecs, et enseignera-t-il les Grecs?
So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said to themselves, “Where is this man about to go with the result that we will not be able to find him? [Some Jewish people have] dispersed [and live] among Greek people. He is not intending to go [and live among them] and teach them, is he?
36 Que signifie cette parole qu’il a dite: Vous me chercherez et vous ne me trouverez pas, et vous ne pouvez venir où je serai?
When he said ‘You will search for me, but you will not be able to find me,’ and when he said ‘You will not be able to come to the place where I am,’ what [did he mean]?”
37 Le dernier jour, le grand jour de la fête, Jésus, se tenant debout, s’écria: Si quelqu’un a soif, qu’il vienne à moi, et qu’il boive.
[On each of the seven days of the celebration, the high priest poured out some water on the altar in the Temple to remember how God provided water for the people in the desolate area long ago. But the water he poured did not help anyone who was thirsty. So] on the last day of the festival, which was the most important day, Jesus stood up [in the Temple courtyard] and said with a loud voice, “Those who are thirsty should come to me to drink [what I will give them].
38 Celui qui croit en moi, des fleuves d’eau vive couleront de son sein, comme ditl’Écriture.
Just like the Scriptures teach, streams of water shall flow out from within those who believe in me, and that water will cause them to live [eternally].”
39 Il dit cela de l’Esprit que devaient recevoir ceux qui croiraient en lui; car l’Esprit n’était pas encore, parce que Jésus n’avait pas encore été glorifié.
When Jesus said that, he was referring to [God’s] Spirit, whom those who believed in Jesus would receive later. Up to that time God had not sent the Spirit [to live within believers], because Jesus had not yet [died and returned to his] glorious [home in] heaven, [from where he would send the Spirit].
40 Des gens de la foule, ayant entendu ces paroles, disaient: Celui-ci est vraiment le prophète.
When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, “Surely this man is the prophet [whom God promised to send who would be like Moses]!”
41 D’autres disaient: C’est le Christ. Et d’autres disaient: Est-ce bien de la Galilée que doit venir le Christ?
Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others, [thinking Jesus was born in Galilee], said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee [province], will he?
42 L’Écriture ne dit-elle pas que c’est de la postérité de David, et du village de Bethléhem, où était David, que le Christ doit venir?
(Did [a prophet] not write in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived?/[It is written] in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived!) [RHQ]”
43 Il y eut donc, à cause de lui, division parmi la foule.
So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
44 Quelques-uns d’entre eux voulaient le saisir, mais personne ne mit la main sur lui.
Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
45 Ainsi les huissiers retournèrent vers les principaux sacrificateurs et les pharisiens. Et ceux-ci leur dirent: Pourquoi ne l’avez-vous pas amené?
So the Temple guards returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, [the ones who had sent them to arrest Jesus]. They said to the guards, “Why did you not [seize him and] bring him [here]?”
46 Les huissiers répondirent: Jamais homme n’a parlé comme cet homme.
They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
47 Les pharisiens leur répliquèrent: Est-ce que vous aussi, vous avez été séduits?
Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
48 Y a-t-il quelqu’un des chefs ou des pharisiens qui ait cru en lui?
(None of our rulers nor any of us Pharisees have believed that (he [is the Messiah]!/he [came from God]!)/Have any of our [Jewish] rulers or any of us Pharisees believed that (he [is the Messiah]?/he [came from God]?)) [RHQ]
49 Mais cette foule qui ne connaît pas la loi, ce sont des maudits!
Not one! But, on the contrary, some of this crowd [have believed in him]. They do not know [the true teachings of] our laws! They will go to hell [for listening to him]!” (questioned)
50 Nicodème, qui était venu de nuit vers Jésus, et qui était l’un d’entre eux, leur dit:
Then Nicodemus spoke. He was the one who earlier went to Jesus [at night]. He was also a member of the Jewish council. He said to [the rest of the Council members],
51 Notre loi condamne-t-elle un homme avant qu’on l’entende et qu’on sache ce qu’il a fait?
“[We] have not listened to what he says to find out what he is doing. (It is not permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him!/Is it permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him?) [RHQ]”
52 Ils lui répondirent: Es-tu aussi Galiléen? Examine, et tu verras que de la Galilée il ne sort point de prophète.
They replied to him, “(Are you another [disgusting person] from Galilee?/[You talk like] another [disgusting person] from Galilee!) [RHQ] Read [what is written in the Scriptures] You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee [province, like he does]!”
53 Et chacun s’en retourna dans sa maison.
[Then they all left and went to their own homes.
