Galates 3
1 Ô Galates insensés! qui est-ce qui vous a ensorcelés pour faire que vous n'obéissiez point à la vérité, vous à qui Jésus-Christ a été auparavant portrait devant les yeux, et crucifié entre vous?
You [fellow believers who live in] Galatia are very foolish! (Someone must have put an evil spell on you!/Did someone put an evil spell on you?) [RHQ] I clearly explained to you [SYN] [what] Jesus Christ [accomplished when] he was crucified {he died on the cross}.
2 Je voudrais seulement entendre ceci de vous: avez-vous reçu l'Esprit par les œuvres de la Loi, ou par la prédication de la foi?
[So], I want you to tell me one thing: [Do you think that] it was because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses that you received the [Holy] Spirit? [Do you not know that] [RHQ] it was because [when you] heard [the good message concerning Christ, you] trusted in him?
3 Etes-vous si insensés, qu'en ayant commencé par l'Esprit, maintenant vous finissiez par la chair?
(You are acting so foolishly/Why are you being so foolish?) [RHQ]! You first [became Christians] as a result of God’s Spirit [enabling you]. So, (you should not now think that it is by what you yourselves do that you will continue [to grow spiritually]/do you now think it is by your own human efforts that you will continue [to grow spiritually?]!) [RHQ]
4 Avez-vous tant souffert en vain? si toutefois c'est en vain.
Keep in mind that [if what God has done for you was because of your obeying the laws that God gave to Moses and] not because of trusting in Christ, when others caused you to suffer, you suffered many things needlessly! [RHQ] [I certainly hope that you did not suffer like that] needlessly.
5 Celui donc qui vous donne l'Esprit, et qui produit en vous les dons miraculeux, [le fait-il] par les œuvres de la Loi, ou par la prédication de la foi?
[When God now] generously gives to you his Spirit and performs miracles among you, [do you think that it is] [RHQ] because you obey the laws [that God gave to Moses? Surely you know that] it is because when you heard [the good message about Christ], you trusted in him [RHQ]!
6 Comme Abraham a cru à Dieu, et il lui a été imputé à justice;
[What you have experienced is] as [Moses wrote in the Scriptures about] Abraham. [He wrote that Abraham] trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
7 Sachez aussi que ceux qui sont de la foi, sont enfants d'Abraham.
You must realize, therefore, that it is those who trust [in what Christ has done who] are [like] Abraham’s descendants [MET] [because they trust in God as Abraham did].
8 Aussi l'Ecriture prévoyant que Dieu justifierait les Gentils par la foi, a auparavant évangélisé à Abraham, en lui [disant]: toutes les nations seront bénies en toi.
Furthermore, God planned beforehand that it was [when] non-Jews trusted [him] that he would erase the record of their sins. [Moses wrote in] the Scriptures [PRS] this good message that God told Abraham: “Because of [what] you [did], I will bless [people in] [MTY] all nations.”
9 C'est pourquoi ceux qui sont de la foi, sont bénis avec le fidèle Abraham.
So, [we can conclude that] it is those who trust [in what Christ has done] whom [God] blesses. That includes [all non-Jews and Jews who trust him], along with Abraham, the one who trusted him [long ago].
10 Mais tous ceux qui sont des œuvres de la Loi, sont sous la malédiction; car il est écrit: maudit est quiconque ne persévère pas dans toutes les choses qui sont écrites au Livre de la Loi pour les faire.
That is, God will eternally punish all those who [mistakenly] think [that God will erase the record of their sins] as a result of their [obeying] the laws [that God gave to Moses]. What is written in the Scriptures is that [God] will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws [that Moses wrote].
11 Or que par la Loi personne ne soit justifié devant Dieu, cela paraît [par ce qui est dit]: que le juste vivra de la foi.
But God has declared that if he erases the record of anyone’s sins, it will not be as a result of their obeying the laws God gave Moses. [This is evident because the Scriptures say], “Every person whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God will live [spiritually].”
12 Or la Loi n'est pas de la foi; mais l'homme qui aura fait ces choses, vivra par elles.
But [when God gave] his laws [to the Jews, he did] not [say that a person must] trust [him]. Instead, [God said that] it is those who obey [all God’s laws, continuously and completely], who will live.
13 Christ nous a rachetés de la malédiction de la Loi, quand il a été fait malédiction pour nous; (car il est écrit: maudit est quiconque pend au bois.)
Even though we humans have not continuously and completely obeyed God’s laws, Christ rescued us from [God] punishing us eternally. Christ rescued us by his being [the one God condemned] instead of God condemning us. What is written {[someone/Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] shows that this is true. It is written {[He] wrote}, “[God] has cursed anyone [whom people have executed for his crimes and whose body they] have hung on a tree.”
14 Afin que la bénédiction d'Abraham parvînt aux Gentils par Jésus-Christ, et que nous reçussions par la foi l'Esprit qui avait été promis.
Jesus Christ rescued us in order that as a result of what he [has done, God might bless the non-Jews, in a way similar to the way] God blessed Abraham. He also desired that as a result of our trusting [Christ], we [all] might receive the Spirit [whom God] promised to [give to] us.
15 Mes frères, je vais vous parler à la manière des hommes. Si une alliance faite par un homme, est confirmée, nul ne la casse, ni n'y ajoute.
My fellow believers, I will now [illustrate] by referring to human [relationships. After an agreement is confirmed by two people] {[two people have signed] an agreement}, no one can reject it or add to it.
16 Or les promesses ont été faites à Abraham, et à sa semence; il n'est pas dit, et aux semences, comme s'il avait parlé de plusieurs, mais comme parlant d'une seule, et à sa semence: qui est Christ.
[God] declared to Abraham and his descendant that he was promising [to give blessings to Abraham]. [The words that God spoke were not “and your] descendants.” [He was not] referring to many persons. Instead, he was referring to one person, who is Christ, [because the words that God spoke were], “and your descendant.”
17 Voici donc ce que je dis: c'est que quant à l'alliance qui a été auparavant confirmée par Dieu en Christ, la Loi qui est venue quatre cent-trente ans après, ne peut point l'annuler, pour abolir la promesse.
This is what I am saying: [Since God] gave the laws [to the Jews] 430 years after [he declared to Abraham what he was promising to do for Abraham], those laws do not cancel that agreement [with] Abraham that God himself had previously agreed about [PRS].
18 Car si l'héritage est par la Loi, il n'est point par la promesse; or Dieu l'a donné à Abraham par la promesse.
Remember that if it is because [we obey God’s] laws [that he gives to us] what [he has] promised [to give to us], then it is not [just] because he [has] promised [that he would give those things to us]. God freely gave to Abraham [what he had promised to give to him, just] because [God had] promised [that he would give it to him. Similarly, it is not because we obey God’s laws that God gives to us what he has promised to give to us].
19 A quoi donc [sert] la Loi? elle a été ajoutée à cause des transgressions, jusqu'à ce que vînt la semence à [l'égard de] laquelle la promesse avait été faite; et elle a été ordonnée par les Anges, par le ministère d'un Médiateur.
So, [if someone should ask], “Why [did God later give] his laws [to Moses?” I would reply that] it was in order that [people might realize] how sinful they were. [Those laws were valid] until [Jesus came. He was] the descendant that God [was referring to when he made] the promises to Abraham. [The laws] were given {[God] gave [his laws]} [to Moses] by God’s causing angels to [speak to him. Moses was the] mediator, [the one who told the laws to the people].
20 Or le Médiateur n'est pas d'un seul: mais Dieu est un seul.
Now, [when] a mediator [functions], one [person] is not [speaking with another] directly; but God himself [made his promises directly to Abraham].
21 La Loi donc [a-t-elle été ajoutée] contre les promesses de Dieu? nullement. Car si la Loi eût été donnée pour pouvoir vivifier, véritablement la justice serait de la Loi.
[If someone should ask, “When God gave his] laws [to Moses] long [after he told Abraham] what he was promising [to give to him, was he] changing his mind?” [I would reply that God] certainly did not [change his mind when he did that]! If God had given a law that could enable people to live [eternally], then it actually would be because of people [obeying that] law that God would erase the record of their sins.
22 Mais l'Ecriture a montré que tous les hommes étaient pécheurs, afin que la promesse par la foi en Jésus-Christ fût donnée à ceux qui croient.
But instead, [what we read in] the Scriptures [PRS] is that God [caused all people to be unable to escape being punished for] their [sins] [MET], just like [people] in prison [are unable to escape] [PRS, MET]. [God did that in order that he might give what he promised to those who trust Jesus Christ, just] because they trust him.
23 Or avant que la foi vînt, nous étions gardés sous la Loi, étant renfermés [sous l'attente] de la foi qui devait être révélée.
Before [God revealed the good message about] trusting [in Christ], the laws [PRS] that God gave to Moses were [confining/imprisoning us Jews] [MET], [as] a prisoner [in jail is] confined. [We] were unable to escape [obeying those] [MET] [laws]. This happened in order that [we might believe] the good message [concerning Christ, the message that God would] reveal [later].
24 La Loi a donc été notre Pédagogue [pour nous amener] à Christ, afin que nous soyons justifiés par la foi.
[Like a father supervises his immature son by appointing a] servant to take care of him [MET], [God] was supervising us [by] his laws [MET, PRS] until Christ came. [He did this] in order that he might erase the record of our sins [only] because we trust [Christ].
25 Mais la foi étant venue, nous ne sommes plus sous le Pédagogue.
But [now that God] has revealed the message [about trusting in Christ], the laws [that God gave to Moses] are no longer supervising us [Jews] [PRS, MET].
26 Parce que vous êtes tous enfants de Dieu par la foi en Jésus-Christ.
Now all of you [Jews and] non-Jews are [as though you are] God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus.
27 Car vous tous qui avez été baptisés en Christ, vous avez revêtu Christ;
That is, you who [began a relationship] with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.
28 [Où] il n'y a ni Juif ni Grec; [où] il n'y a ni esclave ni libre; [où] il n'y a ni mâle ni femelle; car vous êtes tous un en Jésus-Christ.
[If you are believers, it does] not [matter to God if you are] Jews or non-Jews; slaves or ones [who are] not slaves; males or females, because all of you are [as] one [sort of person because of your relationship] with Christ Jesus.
29 Or si vous êtes de Christ, vous êtes donc la semence d'Abraham, et héritiers selon la promesse.
Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, you are [like] Abraham’s descendants [because you trust God as Abraham did], and you will possess/receive all that God has promised [MET].
