1 Corinthiens 14

1 Recherchez la charité. Désirez avec ardeur les dons spirituels, mais surtout de prophétiser.

You must want to love others more [than you want anything else]. But you should [also] eagerly desire the abilities that [God’s] Spirit [gives to believers]. And you should desire most of all to have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God [MTY].

2 Parce que celui qui parle une Langue [inconnue], ne parle point aux hommes, mais à Dieu, car personne ne l'entend, et les mystères qu'il prononce ne sont que pour lui.

[I say that] because those who speak messages that come directly from God [are speaking in languages that they and the other believers in the congregation know, and so] they are able to strengthen them [spiritually] and to encourage and comfort them. But those who speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned] are not speaking to people. Instead, they are [only] speaking to God. No one understands them. By [the power/guidance of God’s] Spirit (OR, From within [their own] spirit) they speak things that others do not know.

3 Mais celui qui prophétise, édifie, exhorte et console les hommes [qui l'entendent].

4 Celui qui parle une Langue [inconnue], s'édifie lui-même; mais celui qui prophétise, édifie l'Eglise.

Those who speak in languages [that they have not learned] are receiving a blessing for themselves, but those who speak messages that come directly from God are giving a blessing to [all the believers in] the congregation [because they are speaking in a language that the congregation knows].

5 Je désire bien que vous parliez tous [diverses] Langues, mais beaucoup plus que vous prophétisiez, car celui qui prophétise est plus grand que celui qui parle [diverses] Langues, si ce n'est qu'il interprète, afin que l'Eglise en reçoive de l'édification.

I would like you all to have the ability to speak in languages [MTY] [you have not learned]. But I would like even more for you to have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. People can speak messages in a language that they have not learned, but if there is no one there who can explain the meaning, that situation is not as helpful to the congregation as speaking messages that come directly from God [in the language that the congregation knows].

6 Maintenant donc, mes frères, si je viens à vous, et que je parle des Langues [inconnues], que vous servira cela, si je ne vous parle par révélation, ou par science, ou par prophétie, ou par doctrine?

My fellow believers, suppose I came and spoke to you in a language that none of you knows [and I did not explain the meaning of what I told you]. Even if I told you something that God had revealed to me, or told you some message that had come directly from him, or taught you something that you needed to know, (that certainly would not help you!/how would that help you?) [RHQ]

7 De même, si les choses inanimées qui rendent leur son, soit un hautbois, soit une harpe, ne forment des tons différents, comment connaîtra-t-on ce qui est sonné sur le hautbois, ou sur la harpe?

[It is like] lifeless [musical instruments], like flutes and harps for example. When they are played, if the notes are not played {if [those playing those instruments] do not play the notes} clearly, no one will know what tune is being played {what tune they are playing}. [RHQ]

8 Et si la trompette rend un son qu'on n'entend pas, qui est-ce qui se préparera à la bataille?

If someone playing the trumpet [wants to signal that the soldiers should prepare to fight a battle], [the soldiers] certainly will not get ready if [the call to battle] is not played {he does not play [the call to battle]} clearly. [RHQ]

9 De même si vous ne prononcez dans votre langage une parole qui puisse être entendue, comment entendra-t-on ce qui se dit? car vous parlerez en l'air.

It is the same with you! If you do not speak words that other people can understand, (no one will know what you are saying./how will anyone know what you are saying?) [RHQ] [It will be as though] you are just speaking to the air!

10 Il y a, selon qu'il se rencontre, tant de divers sons dans le monde, et cependant aucun de ces sons n'est muet.

There are many different languages in the world, and all of them convey meaning [LIT] [to the people who know those languages].

11 Mais si je ne sais point ce qu'on veut signifier par la parole, je serai barbare à celui qui parle; et celui qui parle me sera barbare.

But if we do not understand the language that others are speaking, [it will be as though] they are foreigners to us, and we will be foreigners to them.

12 Ainsi puisque vous désirez avec ardeur des dons spirituels, cherchez d'en avoir abondamment pour l'édification de l'Eglise.

So [I say this to] you: Because you are eager to have the abilities that God’s Spirit gives, earnestly desire those abilities that will do the most to help [all the believers in] the congregation.

13 C'est pourquoi que celui qui parle une Langue [inconnue], prie de telle sorte qu'il interprète.

So, those who have the ability to speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned] should pray that [God will give them the ability to] explain the meaning of what they say.

14 Car si je prie en une Langue [inconnue], mon esprit prie, mais l'intelligence que j'en ai, est sans fruit.

If they pray in a language [MTY] [that they have not learned], their spirits are praying, but they are not using their minds.

15 Quoi donc? je prierai d'esprit, mais je prierai aussi d'une manière à être entendu; je chanterai d'esprit, mais je chanterai aussi d'une manière à être entendu.

So I will tell you [RHQ] what we should do. [At times] we may pray, [using] only our spirits, [in languages we have not learned. And at other times] we should pray using our minds, [thinking about the words that we are praying. Similarly], at times we may sing using only our spirits, using languages that we have not learned, and at other times we should sing using our minds, [thinking about the words that we are singing].

16 Autrement si tu bénis d'esprit, comment celui qui est du simple peuple, dira-t-il Amen à ton action de grâces, puisqu'il ne sait ce que tu dis?

Suppose that any one of you praises God (OR, thanks God for what he has done), using only your [(sg)] spirit [and not using your mind]. Maybe some people [will be present who] do not know about [the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers]. Because they do not know what you are saying, after you thank God, they will not [RHQ] know when to say “Amen!/I agree!”

17 Il est bien vrai que tu rends grâces; mais un autre n'en est pas édifié.

You may be thanking God very well, but you are not helping them.

18 Je rends grâces à mon Dieu que je parle plus de Langues que vous tous.

I thank God that I speak in languages [MTY] [that I have not learned] more than any of you do.

19 Mais j'aime mieux prononcer dans l'Eglise cinq paroles d'une manière à être entendu, afin que j'instruise aussi les autres, que dix mille paroles en une Langue [inconnue].

But during a worship service, [in order that others will understand what I am saying], I would prefer to speak five words using my mind, in order that I may teach others, rather than to speak 10,000 words in a language [MTY] [that is not understood by the congregation].

20 Mes frères, ne soyez point des enfants en prudence, mais soyez de petits enfants en malice; et par rapport à la prudence, soyez des hommes faits.

My fellow believers, stop being like little children in the way that you think [about these abilities that God’s Spirit gives]. Instead, think about them in a mature way. If you really want to be like little children, do as few wicked things as babies do!

21 Il est écrit dans la Loi: je parlerai à ce peuple par des gens d'une autre Langue, et par des lèvres étrangères; et ainsi ils ne m'entendront point, dit le Seigneur.

[When the Jews long ago refused to obey God, he warned them about what would happen when he allowed their enemies to punish them]. In the Scriptures it is written {[the prophet Isaiah] wrote} what the Lord [God] said [about that], [They didn’t listen to prophets speaking their own language, so I will send] people from foreign [lands to attack] my people. Those foreigners will speak languages that my people do not know [DOU]. [In that way], I will warn my people, but they will still not pay attention to what I say.

22 C’est pourquoi les Langues sont pour un signe, non point aux croyants, mais aux infidèles; la prophétie, au contraire, [est un signe] non point aux infidèles, mais aux croyants.

If we speak in languages [MTY] [that we have not learned], unbelievers [who are there will realize that the Spirit of God is truly among us]. That will warn them [that they need to fear God]. But believers do not [need such a warning].

23 Si donc toute l'Eglise s'assemble en un [corps], et que tous parlent des Langues [étrangères], et qu'il entre des gens du commun, ou des infidèles, ne diront-ils pas que vous êtes hors du sens?

Suppose during the worship service everyone started to speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned]. If unbelievers or people who do not know [about the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers] come in [and hear that], they will surely think that you are crazy. [RHQ]

24 Mais si tous prophétisent, et qu'il entre quelque infidèle, ou quelqu'un du commun, il est convaincu par tous, et il est jugé de tous.

But if an unbeliever or someone who does not know [about those abilities] comes in while all of you believers are [one by one] speaking messages that come directly from God, everything that you [say] will show that person that he is a sinner and that [God] will punish him [if he does not turn from his sinful behavior].

25 Et ainsi les secrets de son cœur sont manifestés, de sorte qu'il se jettera sur sa face, et adorera Dieu, et il publiera que Dieu est véritablement parmi vous.

He will realize that [God knows the evil things that he has done that], things that other people do not know. Then he will kneel down and worship God and say, “God is truly among you!”

26 Que sera-ce donc, mes frères? c'est que toutes les fois que vous vous assemblerez, selon que chacun de vous aura ou un Psaume, ou une instruction, ou une Langue [étrangère], ou une révélation, ou une interprétation, que tout se fasse pour l'édification.

So, my fellow believers, I will tell you [RHQ] what I think that you should be doing. When you come together [to worship God], some of you may have a hymn to sing. Others may have something to teach [the congregation]. Others may have [something to say that God has] revealed to them. Others may give messages in languages [that they have not learned]. Others will explain the meaning of those messages. Make sure that all of these things that you do will make the congregation become more mature spiritually.

27 Et si quelqu'un parle une Langue [inconnue], que cela se fasse par deux, ou tout au plus par trois, et cela par tour; mais qu'il y en ait un qui interprète.

[It is all right] if two people, or at the most three people, speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned]. But they must speak one at a time, and someone must explain the meaning of what the others have said.

28 Que s'il n'y a point d'interprète, que [cet homme] se taise dans l'Eglise, et qu'il parle à soi-même, et à Dieu.

If [those who want to speak in a language that they have not learned realize that] there is no one [there] who will be able to explain the meaning [of what they will say], they should not speak in that language during the meeting. Instead, they should speak to God by themselves, [somewhere else].

29 Et que deux ou trois prophètes parlent, et que les autres en jugent.

[During a meeting], two or three people should speak messages that come directly from God, and others who are there should think carefully about what those people have said.

30 Et si quelque chose est révélée à un autre qui est assis, que le premier se taise.

If someone receives a new message directly from God while someone else is speaking, the one who is speaking should stop speaking [and let the other person tell what God has revealed to him].

31 Car vous pouvez tous prophétiser l'un après l'autre, afin que tous apprennent, et que tous soient consolés.

You can all, one by one, speak messages that have come directly from God, in order that you can teach others and all be encouraged {encourage everyone}.

32 Et les Esprits des Prophètes sont sujets aux Prophètes.

Those who speak messages that come directly from God are in control of their own spirits, [so they can wait for their turn to speak].

33 Car Dieu n'est point un [Dieu] de confusion, mais de paix, comme [on le voit] dans toutes les Eglises des Saints.

Remember that God does not desire that things be done in a disorderly way [during your worship services]. Instead, he desires that everything be done in an orderly way. Just like it happens in all the other congregations of believers,

34 Que les femmes qui sont parmi vous se taisent dans les Eglises; car il ne leur est point permis de parler, mais [elles doivent] être soumises, comme aussi la Loi le dit.

the women should not be permitted {do not permit the women} [to interrupt the meeting by] asking [questions]. They must keep quiet. They must be subject [to their husbands]. What Moses wrote [PRS] [about how God created the first two people] suggests [that the women should do that].

35 Et si elles veulent apprendre quelque chose, qu'elles interrogent leurs maris dans la maison; car il est malhonnête que les femmes parlent dans l'Eglise.

If they want to know [more] about something [that a speaker said], they should ask their husbands when they get home, for it is disgraceful for women to [interrupt a service by] asking [such questions].

36 La parole de Dieu est-elle procédée de vous? ou est-elle parvenue seulement à vous?

[If you do not agree with these things that I have been telling you], remember that [RHQ] the message from God did not first come from you [people in Corinth]. Also, you are not [RHQ] the only ones who have heard it! [Many others have heard it and accepted it, so you should not act as though you are the only believers who have heard the message from God].

37 Si quelqu'un croit être Prophète, ou spirituel, qu'il reconnaisse que les choses que je vous écris sont des commandements du Seigneur.

Those of you who think that you have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, or think that you have some other ability [that God’s] Spirit gives, should realize that the things that I have written about in this letter are things that the Lord has commanded.

38 Et si quelqu'un est ignorant, qu'il soit ignorant.

But if they are not willing to accept [my authority], [God] will not accept them (OR, they will not be accepted [by the congregation]).

39 C'est pourquoi, mes frères, désirez avec ardeur de prophétiser, et n'empêchez point de parler [diverses] Langues.

So, my fellow believers, be eager to speak messages that come directly from God, and do not prevent anyone from speaking in a language [that he has not learned].

40 Que toutes choses se fassent avec bienséance, et avec ordre.

But make sure [that] everything that you do [during the worship services] is done in a proper and orderly way.