Jean 11
1 Or il y avait un certain homme malade, appelé Lazare, qui était de Béthanie, la bourgade de Marie et de Marthe sa sœur.
[One time] there was a man whose name was Lazarus who was [very] sick. He lived in Bethany [village], where his [older] sisters Mary and Martha also lived.
2 Et Marie était celle qui oignit le Seigneur d'une huile odoriférante, et qui essuya ses pieds de ses cheveux; et Lazare qui était malade, était son frère.
Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Ses sœurs donc envoyèrent vers lui, pour lui dire: Seigneur, voici, celui que tu aimes, est malade.
So the two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
4 Et Jésus l'ayant entendu, dit: cette maladie n'est point à la mort, mais pour la gloire de Dieu, afin que le Fils de Dieu soit glorifié par elle.
[They hoped that Jesus would come], but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in [people realizing] how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of [what I will do].”
5 Or Jésus aimait Marthe, et sa sœur, et Lazare.
Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
6 Et après qu'il eut entendu que [Lazare] était malade, il demeura deux jours au même lieu où il était.
But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [where he was] for two more days.
7 Et après cela il dit à ses Disciples: retournons en Judée.
But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 Les Disciples lui dirent: Maître, il n'y a que peu de temps, que les Juifs cherchaient à te lapider, et tu y vas encore!
We said, “Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] wanted to [kill you by] throwing stones at you. So ([we think that you should not] go back there again!/[are you sure that you want to] go back there again?) [RHQ]”
9 Jésus répondit: n'y a-t-il pas douze heures au jour? si quelqu'un marche de jour, il ne bronche point; car il voit la lumière de ce monde.
[To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen] [MET], Jesus replied, “There are [RHQ] twelve hours in the daytime, [which is enough time to do what God wants us to do]. People who walk in the daytime will not stumble [over things they cannot see], because they see things by the light from the sun.
10 Mais si quelqu'un marche de nuit, il bronche; car il n'y a point de lumière avec lui.
It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
11 Il dit ces choses, et puis il leur dit: Lazare notre ami dort; mais j'y vais pour l'éveiller.
After he said that, he told us, “Our friend Lazarus has gone to sleep. But I will go there so that I can wake him up.”
12 Et ses Disciples lui dirent: Seigneur, s'il dort il sera guéri.
So we said to him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. [So you do not need to risk your life by going there].”
13 Or Jésus avait dit cela de sa mort; mais ils pensaient qu'il parlât du dormir du sommeil.
Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
14 Jésus leur dit donc alors ouvertement: Lazare est mort,
So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 Et j'ai de la joie pour l'amour de vous de ce que je n'y étais point; afin que vous croyiez; mais allons vers lui.
But for your sake I am glad that I was not there [when he died], because I want you to believe [more firmly that I] ([am the Messiah/came from God]). So now, [instead of staying here], let’s go to him.”
16 Alors Thomas, appelé Didyme, dit à ses condisciples: allons-y aussi, afin que nous mourions avec lui.
Then Thomas, who was {whom they} called ‘The Twin’, said to the rest of us disciples, “Let’s all go, so that we may die with Jesus [when his enemies kill him].”
17 Jésus y étant donc arrivé, trouva que Lazare était déjà depuis quatre jours au sépulcre.
When we arrived [close to Bethany], someone told Jesus that Lazarus [had died and had been buried and his body had] been in the tomb for four days.
18 Or Béthanie n'était éloignée de Jérusalem que d'environ quinze stades.
Bethany is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
19 Et plusieurs des Juifs étaient venus vers Marthe et Marie pour les consoler au sujet de leur frère.
Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
20 Et quand Marthe eut ouï dire que Jésus venait, elle alla au-devant de lui; mais Marie se tenait assise à la maison.
When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
21 Et Marthe dit à Jésus: Seigneur, si tu eusses été ici mon frère ne fût pas mort.
When Martha [got to where Jesus was], she said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died [because you would have healed him]!
22 Mais maintenant je sais que tout ce que tu demanderas à Dieu, Dieu te le donnera.
But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
23 Jésus lui dit: ton frère ressuscitera.
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
24 Marthe lui dit: je sais qu'il ressuscitera en la résurrection au dernier jour.
Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
25 Jésus lui dit: je suis la résurrection et la vie: celui qui croit en moi, encore qu'il soit mort, il vivra.
Jesus said to her, “I am the one who [enables people to] become alive again and who [causes people to] live [eternally]. Those who believe in me, even if they die, will live [again].
Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
27 Elle lui dit: oui, Seigneur, je crois que tu es le Christ, le Fils de Dieu, qui devait venir au monde.
She said to him, “Yes, Lord! I believe that you are the Messiah, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). You are the one [God promised to send] into the world!”
28 Et quand elle eut dit cela, elle alla appeler secrètement Marie sa sœur, en lui disant: le Maître est ici, et il t'appelle.
After she said that, she returned [to the house] and took her [younger] sister, Mary, aside and said to her, “The Teacher is close [to our village], and he wants to talk to you.”
29 Et aussitôt qu'elle l'eut entendu, elle se leva promptement, et s'en vint à lui.
When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 Or Jésus n'était point encore venu à la bourgade, mais il était au lieu où Marthe l'avait rencontré.
Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him.
31 Alors les Juifs qui étaient avec Marie à la maison, et qui la consolaient ayant vu qu'elle s'était levée si promptement, et qu'elle était sortie, la suivirent, en disant: elle s'en va au sépulcre, pour y pleurer.
The Jews who were in the house with Mary, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go outside. So they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb [where they had buried Lazarus], in order to cry there.
32 Quand donc Marie fut venue où était Jésus, l'ayant vu, elle se jeta à ses pieds, en lui disant: Seigneur, si tu eusses été ici, mon frère ne fût pas mort.
When Mary got to where Jesus was and saw him, she prostrated herself at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my [younger] brother would not have died!”
33 Et quand Jésus la vit pleurer, de même que les Juifs qui étaient venus là avec elle, il frémit en [son] esprit, et s'émut.
When Jesus saw her crying, and saw that the Jews who had come with her were also crying, he was very angry [that Satan had caused Lazarus to die] (OR, very troubled) and disturbed in his spirit.
34 Et il dit: où l'avez-vous mis? Ils lui répondirent: Seigneur, viens, et vois.
He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 [Et] Jésus pleura.
Jesus began to cry.
36 Sur quoi les Juifs dirent: voyez comme il l'aimait.
Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
37 Et quelques-uns d'entre eux disaient: celui-ci qui a ouvert les yeux de l'aveugle, ne pouvait-il pas faire aussi que cet homme ne mourût point?
But some others said, “He enabled a blind man to see. So (he should have been able to [heal this man so that] he did not die!/why did he not [heal this man so that] he did not die?) [RHQ]”
38 Alors Jésus frémissant encore en soi même, vint au sépulcre, (or c'était une grotte, et il y avait une pierre mise dessus).
Within himself Jesus was again very angry [about Lazarus dying] (OR, very troubled). He came to the tomb. It was a cave. The entrance had been covered with a large stone.
39 Jésus dit: levez la pierre. Mais Marthe, la sœur du mort, lui dit: Seigneur, il sent déjà: car il est [là] depuis quatre jours.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone!” Martha, [who, as I mentioned before, was an older] sister of the man who had died, said, “Lord, his [body] has been [in the tomb] for four days, so now there will be a bad smell!”
40 Jésus lui dit: ne t'ai-je pas dit que si tu crois tu verras la gloire de Dieu?
Jesus said to her, “I told [RHQ] you that if you believed [in] ([me/what I can do]), you would see how great God is! Have [you forgotten that]?”
41 Ils levèrent donc la pierre [de dessus le lieu] où le mort était couché. Et Jésus levant ses yeux au ciel, dit: Père, je te rends grâces de ce que tu m'as exaucé.
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up [toward heaven] and said, “My Father, I thank you that you heard me [when I prayed about this earlier].
42 Or je savais bien que tu m'exauces toujours; mais je l'ai dit à cause des troupes qui sont autour [de moi], afin qu'elles croient que tu m'as envoyé.
I know that you always hear me [when I pray]. But instead [of just praying silently], I said that for the sake of the people who are standing here. I want them to believe that you sent me.”
43 Et ayant dit ces choses, il cria à haute voix: Lazare sors dehors.
After he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 Alors le mort sortit, ayant les mains et les pieds liés de bandes; et son visage était enveloppé d'un couvre-chef. Jésus leur dit: déliez-le, et laissez-le aller.
The man who [had been] dead came out! The strips of cloth were still wrapped around his [hands and feet], and a cloth was still around his face, [but he came out]! Jesus said to them, “Take off the cloths so that he can walk easily!” [So they did that].
45 C'est pourquoi plusieurs des Juifs qui étaient venus vers Marie, et qui avaient vu ce que Jésus avait fait, crurent en lui.
As a result, many of the Jews who had come to [see] Mary and who had seen what Jesus did, believed that he ([was the Messiah/had come from God]).
46 Mais quelques-uns d'entre eux s'en allèrent aux Pharisiens, et leur dirent les choses que Jésus avait faites.
But some of the [others] went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Alors les principaux Sacrificateurs et les Pharisiens assemblèrent le Conseil, et ils dirent: que faisons-nous? car cet homme fait beaucoup de miracles.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the [Jewish] Council together. They started saying [to each other], “What are we going to do [about Jesus]? He is performing many miracles!
48 Si nous le laissons faire, chacun croira en lui, et les Romains viendront, qui nous extermineront, nous, et le Lieu, et la Nation.
If we allow him to keep [doing this], everyone will believe (in him/that he [is the Messiah]), [and they will make him their king]. Then the Roman [army] will come and destroy our Temple and our whole nation of Israel!”
49 Alors l'un d'eux appelé Caïphe, qui était le souverain Sacrificateur de cette année là, leur dit: vous n'y entendez rien.
One of the [Jewish Council] members was Caiaphas. He was the Jewish high priest that year. [Hinting that they should get rid of Jesus], he said to them, “You [talk as though you] do not know anything [HYP]!
50 Et vous ne considérez pas qu'il est de notre intérêt qu'un homme meure pour le peuple, et que toute la Nation ne périsse point.
You do not realize that it would be much better for us if one man died for the sake of the people rather than that [the Romans kill] all the [people of our Jewish] nation.”
51 Or il ne dit pas cela de lui-même, mais étant souverain Sacrificateur de cette année-là, il prophétisa que Jésus devait mourir pour la Nation.
He said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the whole [Jewish] nation.
52 Et non pas seulement pour la Nation, mais aussi pour assembler les enfants de Dieu, qui étaient dispersés.
But he was also prophesying that Jesus would die, not just for the Jews, but for all the people living in other lands who [would belong] to God, in order that he would unite [all of them into] one [group].
53 Depuis ce jour-là donc ils consultèrent ensemble pour le faire mourir.
So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
54 C'est pourquoi Jésus ne marchait plus ouvertement parmi les Juifs, mais il s'en alla de là dans la contrée qui est près du désert, en une ville appelée Ephraïm, et il demeura là avec ses Disciples.
Because of that, Jesus no longer traveled around publicly among the Jewish people. Instead, he left [Jerusalem, along] with us disciples, and went to a village called Ephraim, in an area near the desolate region. We stayed there [for a while].
55 Or la Pâque des Juifs était proche, et plusieurs de ces pays-là montèrent à Jérusalem avant Pâque, afin de se purifier.
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover [celebration], many [Jews] went up to Jerusalem from other places in the country. They went there to perform the rituals to make themselves acceptable [to God] before the Passover [celebration started].
56 Et ils cherchaient Jésus, et se disaient l'un à l'autre dans le Temple: que vous semble? croyez-vous qu'il ne viendra point à la Fête?
The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees issued an order that if anyone found out where Jesus was, that person should report it to them, in order that they could seize him. [So the people thought that Jesus would] probably [not dare to come to the celebration]. But they kept looking for him, and as they were standing in the Temple [courtyard] they were saying to each other, “What do you think? He will not come to the celebration, will he?”
57 Or les principaux Sacrificateurs et les Pharisiens avaient donné ordre, que si quelqu'un savait où il était, il le déclarât, afin de se saisir de lui.
