Galates 1
1 Paul, apôtre, non de la part des hommes, ni par un homme, mais par Jésus-Christ, et Dieu le Père, qui l'a ressuscité des morts;
[I], Paul, [write this letter to you. I remind you that I am] an apostle. That is not because a group of people [appointed me], nor because a human being [sent me to be an apostle]. Instead, Jesus Christ and God [our heavenly] Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have [appointed and] sent [me to be an apostle].
2 Et tous les frères qui sont avec moi, aux Églises de Galatie.
All the fellow believers [who are here] with me [approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter] to the congregations that [are] in Galatia [province].
3 La grâce et la paix vous soient données de la part de Dieu le Père, et de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ,
[I pray that] God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly [help] you and enable [you to have inner] peace.
4 Qui s'est donné lui-même pour nos péchés, afin de nous retirer de ce siècle corrompu, selon la volonté de Dieu notre Père, (aiōn g165)
Christ offered himself [as a sacrifice] in order that [he might remove the guilt for] our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not [do the evil things that people who do not know him] do. [He did this] because God, who is our Father, wanted it. (aiōn g165)
[I pray that people will] praise God forever. (May it be so!/Amen!) (aiōn g165)
6 Je m'étonne que vous abandonniez si promptement celui qui vous avait appelés à la grâce de Christ, pour passer à un autre évangile;
I am very disappointed [IRO] that so soon [after you trusted in Christ] you have turned away from [God]. He chose you in order that [you might have what] Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different [message which some say is] “good news.”
7 Non qu'il y en ait un autre, mais il y a des gens qui vous troublent, et qui veulent pervertir l'Évangile de Christ.
Their message is not a true message. [What is happening is that] certain persons are confusing your [minds]. They are desiring to change the good message (that Christ [revealed/about] Christ) [and are creating another message].
8 Mais quand nous-mêmes, ou un ange du ciel vous annoncerait un évangile différent de celui que nous vous avons annoncé, qu'il soit anathème!
But even if we [(exc) apostles] or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you [before], I [appeal to God] that [he] punish such a person [forever].
9 Comme nous l'avons déjà dit, je le dis encore maintenant: Si quelqu'un vous annonce un évangile différent de celui que vous avez reçu, qu'il soit anathème!
As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you [what he says is] a good message, but it is a message that is different from [the good message] that I gave you. So I [appeal to God] that [he] severely punish that person.
10 Car, est-ce les hommes que je prêche, ou Dieu? ou est-ce que je cherche à plaire aux hommes? Si je plaisais aux hommes, je ne serais pas un serviteur de Christ.
[I said that] because [RHQ] I do not desire that people approve me, [contrary to what some have said about me]. It is God whom I desire to approve me. [Specifically, I do not say and do] [RHQ] things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who [willingly and completely] serves Christ.
11 Je vous le déclare donc, frères: l'Évangile que j'ai annoncé n'est pas de l'homme;
My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person [created/thought up].
12 Car je ne l'ai ni reçu ni appris d'un homme, mais par une révélation de Jésus-Christ.
I did not receive this message from a human [messenger], and no [human being] taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
13 Vous avez, en effet, entendu dire quelle était autrefois ma conduite dans le judaïsme; comment je persécutais à outrance l'Église de Dieu, et la ravageais;
People have told you how I used to behave when [I practiced] the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God [established], and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people.
14 Et comment j'étais plus avancé dans le judaïsme que beaucoup de ceux de mon âge dans ma nation, étant le plus ardent zélateur des traditions de mes pères.
I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many [other Jews] who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors [kept].
15 Mais quand il plut à Dieu, qui m'avait choisi dès le sein de ma mère, et qui m'a appelé par sa grâce,
Nevertheless, before I was born, [God] (set me apart/selected me). He chose me [to live eternally], something that I did not deserve.
16 De me révéler intérieurement son Fils, afin que je l'annonçasse parmi les Gentils; aussitôt, je ne consultai ni la chair ni le sang,
He wanted me to know that Jesus is (his Son/the man who is also God), so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings [SYN] in order to gain [an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!]!
17 Et je ne montai point à Jérusalem vers ceux qui étaient apôtres avant moi; mais je m'en allai en Arabie, et je revins encore à Damas.
I did not [immediately] leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem [for that purpose] to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia [region, a desert area]. Later I returned once more to Damascus [city].
18 Ensuite, trois ans après, je montai à Jérusalem, pour y visiter Pierre; et je demeurai chez lui quinze jours;
Then three years after [God revealed this good message to me], I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for [only] 15 days, [which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ].
19 Mais je ne vis aucun des autres apôtres, sinon Jacques, le frère du Seigneur.
I also saw James, the brother of our Lord [Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but] I did not see any other apostle.
20 Or, dans les choses que je vous écris, voici, devant Dieu, je ne mens point.
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
21 J'allai ensuite dans les pays de Syrie et de Cilicie;
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
22 Mais j'étais inconnu de visage aux Églises de Judée qui sont en Christ.
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
23 Elles avaient seulement entendu dire: Celui qui autrefois nous persécutait, annonce maintenant la foi, que jadis il ravageait.
They only heard [others say about me] repeatedly, “[Paul], the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the [same message] which we believe and which formerly he was trying (to destroy/to cause people to stop believing)!”
24 Et elles glorifiaient Dieu à cause de moi.
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
