Actes 19
1 Pendant qu’Apollos était à Corinthe. Paul, après avoir parcouru les hautes provinces de l’Asie, arriva à Éphèse. Il y trouva quelques disciples,
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul [left the places in Phrygia and Galatia] provinces where he had been visiting, and traveled through [Asia province] back to Ephesus. He met some people [who said that they] were believers.
2 et leur dit: «Avez-vous reçu le Saint-Esprit, quand vous avez cru?» Ils lui répondirent: «Mais nous n'avons pas même entendu dire qu'il y ait un Saint-Esprit?»
He asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [God’s message]?” They answered, “No, we [(exc) did not]. We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 - «Quel baptême, leur dit-il, avez-vous donc reçu?» Ils répondirent: «Le baptême de Jean.»
So Paul asked, “So when you were baptized, what [were you showing]?” They replied, “[We were showing] that we [(exc)] believed what John [the Baptizer] taught.”
4 Alors Paul leur dit: «Jean a baptisé du baptême de la repentance en disant au peuple que c'était afin qu'ils eussent foi en celui qui venait après lui, c'est-à-dire, on Jésus.»
Paul said, “John baptized people who turned away from their sinful behavior. He [also] told the people to believe in the one who would come after he [had come], and that was Jesus.”
5 Là-dessus, ils se firent baptiser au nom du Seigneur Jésus,
So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
6 et Paul leur ayant imposé les mains, le Saint-Esprit vint sur eux: ils parlaient des langues et prophétisaient.
After that, Paul placed his hands on their heads [one by one], and the [power of the] Holy Spirit came upon [each of] them. The [Holy Spirit] enabled them to speak in various languages [MTY] [that they had not learned], and they also spoke messages [that the Holy Spirit] revealed to them.
7 Ils étaient en tout environ douze.
There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
8 Paul entra dans la synagogue; il y parla hardiment, et pendant trois mois il s'efforça par ses discours de convaincre les Juifs de ce qui concerne le royaume de Dieu.
For three months after that, Paul entered the Jewish meeting place [in Ephesus on each] Sabbath/Jewish day of rest, and he spoke boldly. He convincingly taught [the people] about how God wanted to rule [MET] [their lives].
9 Mais, comme quelques-uns s'endurcissaient et se refusaient à croire, décriant devant la multitude la voie du Seigneur, il se sépara d'eux, prit à part les disciples et se mit à enseigner chaque jour dans l'école d'un nommé Tyrannus.
[A few of the people in the meeting house believed the message about Jesus]. But some of the people would not believe that message and did not want to [continue to] hear it. While many people were listening, they said many bad things about the way [for people to receive eternal life about which Paul was preaching]. So Paul left them and took the believers with him [to meet in another place]. He taught every day in a lecture hall [that a man whose name was] Tyrannus [lectured in/owned].
10 Cela dura deux ans, de sorte que tous ceux qui habitaient l'Asie, tant Juifs que Grecs, entendirent la parole du Seigneur.
For two years Paul continued to teach people in that building. In this way, most of [HYP] the Jews and non-Jews who lived in Asia [province] heard the message about the Lord [Jesus].
11 Et Dieu faisait des miracles prodigieux par les mains de Paul,
Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
12 au point que l'on appliquait sur les malades les mouchoirs et les tabliers qui avaient touché son corps, et les maladies étaient guéries, et les esprits malins étaient chassés.
[If those who were sick could not come to Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched would be taken and] placed on the sick people {[others] would take [and place on] the sick people handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched}. As a result, those sick people would become well, and evil spirits that troubled people would leave.
13 Quelques-uns aussi des exorcistes juifs qui courent les pays, essayèrent de prononcer le nom du Seigneur Jésus sur ceux qui avaient des esprits malins, en disant: «Je vous conjure par Jésus que Paul prêche.»
There were also some Jews who traveled around [to] various places, [and] they commanded the evil spirits in those places to depart [from people. Certain ones of those Jews once] tried to command the evil spirits to come out of people by saying “I command you by the authority [MTY] of the Lord Jesus, the man about whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
14 (C'étaient sept fils de Scévas, grand sacrificateur juif, qui faisaient cela).
There were seven men who were doing that. They were sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew, [who called himself] a chief priest.
15 Mais l'esprit malin répondit: «Je connais Jésus, et je sais qui est Paul; mais vous, qui êtes-vous?»
But [one day as they were doing that], the evil spirit [refused to come out of that person. Instead, he] said to them, “I know Jesus, and I know [that he has authorized] Paul [to expel demons]. (But no one has authorized you [to do anything to me!]/who authorized you [to do anything to me]?) [RHQ]”
16 Et l'homme en qui se trouvait l'esprit malin, sauta sur eux, se rendit maître de tous deux, et les maltraita si fort qu'ils s'enfuirent de cette maison, nus et blessés.
[After saying that, suddenly] the man who was controlled by the evil spirit jumped on the seven Jewish men, [one after another], knocked all of them down, and beat each of them severely. He tore off their clothes and wounded them, causing them to bleed. So, [greatly frightened, they all] ran out of the house.
17 Ce fait étant venu à la connaissance des Juifs et des Grecs qui habitaient Éphèse, ils furent tous saisis de crainte, et le nom du Seigneur Jésus fut glorifié.
All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. So they were afraid [MTY]. They honored the Lord Jesus [MTY] [because they realized that he was very powerful].
18 Plusieurs de ceux qui avaient cru, venaient confesser et déclarer ce qu'ils avaient fait.
[At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
19 Un grand nombre de ceux qui exerçaient les sciences occultes, apportèrent leurs livres et les brûlèrent devant tout le monde; ils en calculèrent le prix et trouvèrent qu'il s'élevait à cinquante mille drachmes:
Several of those who had [previously] practiced sorcery gathered up their scrolls [that told how to work] magic and burned them in a public place. When people added up how much those scrolls had cost, they realized that altogether the amount was 50,000 valuable silver coins.
20 telle était la force avec laquelle la parole du Seigneur s'étendait et se montrait puissante.
As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
21 Après cela, Paul résolut d'aller à Jérusalem en passant par la Macédoine et par l'Achaïe, et il se dit: «Lorsque j'aurai été là, il faut aussi que je voie Rome.»
After those things had happened, Paul decided that he wanted to go to Jerusalem, but he decided that [first] he would visit [the believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces again]. Paul said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also go to Rome.”
22 Il envoya en Macédoine deux de ses aides, Timothée et Éraste; lui-même resta encore quelque temps en Asie.
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia. But Paul stayed a little longer [in Ephesus city], in Asia [province].
23 Il s'éleva, à cette époque, un grand tumulte au sujet de la voie du Seigneur.
[Soon after that], some of the people there tried to make a lot of [LIT] trouble for the people who believed the way [God revealed for us(inc) to receive eternal life].
24 Un orfèvre nommé Démétrius, qui faisait de petits temples de Diane en argent, et qui donnait beaucoup d'ouvrage aux artistes,
There was a man there whose name was Demetrius who made little images out of silver. [They were models] of the temple of [a goddess whose name was] Artemis. Demetrius and the other men [who made those little images] earned a lot of [LIT] money [from selling those images].
25 les rassembla, ainsi que les ouvriers qui travaillaient à ce genre d'objets, et leur dit: «hommes, vous savez que cette industrie fait notre aisance;
Demetrius called a meeting of his workmen and also of others who made the little silver images. He said to them, “Men, you know that we [(inc)] earn a lot of money doing our kind of work.
26 et vous voyez et vous entendez dire, que, non seulement à Ephèse, mais encore dans presque toute l'Asie, ce Paul a fait changer beaucoup de monde, en persuadant par ses discours, que les dieux faits de main d'homme ne sont pas des dieux;
Also, you know that [this fellow] Paul has persuaded many people who live in Ephesus [to no longer buy the images that we make. Now even the people from] many other towns in our province [no longer want to buy what we make]. This fellow tells people that the gods that we have made [and worship] are not gods [and that we should not worship them].
27 de sorte que nous courons le risque, non seulement que notre partie ne tombe, mais encore que le temple de la grande déesse Diane ne soit complètement discrédité, et qu'on ne dépouille de sa majesté celle que toute l'Asie, que le monde entier adore.»
[If people continue to listen to him], soon they will ruin our business. Besides, they will no longer think that they should [come to] the temple of Artemis [to worship her. People] all over our Asia [province] and everywhere [HYP] else worship [our great] goddess [Artemis. Soon people] may no longer consider that Artemis is great!”
28 Ces paroles les ayant enflammés de colère, ils se mirent à crier: «Grande est la Diane des Éphésiens!»
All the men there were very angry [at Paul] when they heard what Demetrius said. They began to shout, “The goddess Artemis of us Ephesians is very great!”
29 Et la ville fut remplie de confusion. Ils se portèrent tous ensemble au théâtre, entraînant avec eux Caïus et Aristarque, Macédoniens qui avaient accompagné Paul dans son voyage.
Many of the other people in the city heard the shouting and went [and joined the crowd. They also became angry at Paul] and began shouting. [Several of] the people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, two men [from Macedonia] who had been traveling with Paul. [Then the whole crowd of people ran, dragging those men along with them], to the city stadium.
30 Paul voulait se rendre vers le peuple, mais ses disciples ne le lui permirent pas,
Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
31 et même quelques-uns des Asiarques, qui étaient de ses amis, envoyèrent vers lui pour le prier de ne pas se présenter au théâtre.
Also, some government officials of that province who were friends of Paul [heard what was happening]. So they sent someone to tell him [urgently] not to go into the stadium.
32 Les uns donc criaient d'une manière, les autres d'une autre, car l'assemblée était tumultueuse, et la plupart ne savaient pas pourquoi ils s'étaient réunis.
The crowd of people [in the stadium] continued shouting. Some shouted one thing, and some shouted something else. But most of them did not even know what the meeting was about!
33 Cependant on vit sortir de la foule Alexandre, qui était poussé en avant par les Juifs. Il fit signe de la main qu'il voulait parler au peuple;
One of the [Jews there was named Alexander. Some of] the Jews pushed him to the front of the stadium, [so that he could speak to the crowd of people]. So Alexander motioned with his hands to the crowd, [wanting them to be quiet]. He wanted to tell them that [the Jews] were not responsible [for the riot].
34 mais, lorsqu'ils eurent reconnu qu'il était Juif, ils poussèrent tous une clameur, et, durant près de deux heures, ils crièrent: «Grande est la Diane des Éphésiens!»
But [many of the non-Jewish people] knew that Alexander was a Jew. [They also knew that the Jews did not worship the goddess Artemis. So the non-Jews there] unitedly [and] repeatedly shouted for about two hours, “Great is [the goddess] Artemis [whom we(inc)] Ephesians [worship]!”
35 Le chancelier ayant apaisé la foule, dit: «Éphésiens, quel homme au monde ignore que la ville d'Éphèse est la gardienne du temple de la grande Diane et de sa statue tombée du ciel?
Then the city secretary made the crowd stop shouting, and he said to them, “My fellow-citizens, everyone in the world knows [RHQ] that [we(inc) people who live in] Ephesus [city] guard the temple [where we worship] the great [goddess] Artemis. Also, [everyone knows that we(inc) watch over] the [sacred] image [of our goddess] that fell down from heaven!
36 Puis donc que cela est incontestable, vous devez vous calmer et ne rien faire inconsidérément;
Of course everyone knows that, and no one can say that these things are not true. So you should be quiet now. Do not suddenly do anything (foolish/that will cause us trouble).
37 car ces hommes que vous avez amenés ici, ne sont ni sacrilèges, ni blasphémateurs de notre déesse.
You [should not] have brought these [two] men [here, because they have not done anything evil]. They have not gone into our temples and taken things [from there]. And they have not spoken evil of our goddess.
38 Si Démétrius et les artistes qui l'accompagnent, ont quelque plainte à faire contre quelqu'un, il y a des assises et des proconsuls, qu'ils s'y adressent;
Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen want to accuse anyone [about anything bad, they should do it in the right way]. There are courts [that you can go to when you want to accuse someone], and there are judges [there who have been appointed by the government] {[whom the government has appointed]}. You can accuse [anyone there].
39 et si vous avez à débattre d'autres affaires, cela se videra dans l'assemblée légale,
But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
40 car nous risquons d'être accusés de sédition pour le rassemblement d'aujourd'hui, parce qu'il n'y a pas de motif qui puisse justifier cet attroupement.»
[And this is certainly not a legal meeting! Resolve this legally] because, if [we(inc) do] not, I am afraid [that the governor] will hear about all this noise [that you have made] and will say that we [(inc)] were trying to rebel [against the government]. If he would ask me what you were all shouting about, I would not be able to give him an answer.”
41 Là-dessus, il congédia l'assemblée.
That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
