1 Pierre 2
1 Ainsi, vous dépouillant de toute malice et de toute fraude, des dissimulations, des envies et des médisances,
Therefore, do not act maliciously in any way or deceive others. Do not (be a hypocrite/try to make others think that you have qualities that you do not really have), and do not (envy/be jealous of) others. Do not ever slander anyone.
2 Comme des enfants qui viennent de naître, désirez ardemment un lait spirituel et pur, afin que par lui vous croissiez pour le salut;
Just like newborn babies [long for their mothers’] pure milk [MET], you should long for [God’s] spiritual [truth], so that by learning it you may become [spiritually] mature. [You need to] do this until the day when God [will] free you completely [from all the evil in this world].
3 Si toutefois vous avez goûté comme le Seigneur est doux.
[Also, you need to do this] because you have experienced that the Lord [acts in] a good way toward you.
4 Et vous approchant de lui, pierre vivante, rejetée des hommes, mais choisie et honorée de Dieu,
You have come to the Lord Jesus. He is [like an important] stone [MET] [put in the foundation of a building], [but he is] alive, [not lifeless like a stone]. He was rejected by [many] people {[Many] people rejected him}, but God chose him and [considers him] to be very precious.
5 Soyez vous-mêmes posés sur lui, comme pierres vivantes, maison spirituelle, sacerdoce saint, pour offrir des hosties spirituelles, agréables à Dieu par Jésus-Christ.
[And like men] build houses with stones [MET], [God] is causing you to be joined together into a group in which [God’s] Spirit [lives], in order that you, because of what Jesus Christ did for us, might, like priests who offer sacrifices, [do things] that are pleasing to God.
6 C’est pourquoi on trouve dans l’Écriture: Voici que je pose en Sion la pierre du sommet d’un angle, choisie, précieuse; et quiconque aura foi en elle ne sera point confondu.
[What Isaiah wrote] in the Scriptures [shows us that this is true]. [He wrote these words that God said]: Note this well: I am placing in Jerusalem [MTY] [one who is like] [MET] an extremely valuable [DOU] (stone/cornerstone, the most important stone in the structure of a building), and those who believe in him will never be disappointed.
7 Ainsi, c’est un honneur pour vous qui croyez; mais pour les incrédules, elle est la pierre qu’ont rejetée ceux qui bâtissaient, et qui est devenue un sommet d’angle,
Therefore, [God will] honor you who believe in [Jesus]. But those who [refuse to] believe in him [are like the builders] that this Scripture [talks about]: The stone that the builders rejected has become (the cornerstone/the most important stone in the foundation of the building).
8 Une pierre d’achoppement et de scandale pour ceux qui se heurtent contre la parole, et qui ne croient pas même ce à quoi ils ont été destinés.
And [it is also written] {[Isaiah wrote]} in the Scriptures: [He will be like] a stone that causes people to stumble, like a rock that people trip over. [Just as people are injured when] they stumble over a rock, people who disobey the message [about Jesus are injured spiritually], and that is what [God] determined would happen to them.
9 Mais vous êtes, vous, une race choisie, un sacerdoce royal, une nation sainte, un peuple conquis; afin que vous annonciez les grandeurs de celui qui des ténèbres vous a appelés à son admirable lumière:
But you are people whom God has chosen [to belong to him]. You are [a group that represents God like] priests do, and you rule with God [MET] like kings. You are (a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil). You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of [God. He has] called you from [your former ways], [when you were ignorant of his truth], into the marvelous [understanding that he gives us] [MET]. [That is, he has called you] out of [spiritual] darkness into [spiritual] light.
10 Vous, qui autrefois n’étiez point son peuple, mais qui êtes maintenant le peuple de Dieu; vous qui n’aviez point obtenu miséricorde, mais qui maintenant avez obtenu miséricorde.
[What the prophet Hosea wrote is true of you] Formerly, you were not a people [who had a relationship with God], But now you are God’s people. At one time [God] had not acted mercifully toward you, But now he has acted mercifully toward you.
11 Mes bien-aimés, je vous conjure de vous abstenir, comme étrangers et voyageurs, des désirs charnels qui combattent contre l’âme;
You people whom I love, I urge you to consider that you are like foreigners [MET, DOU] [whose real home is in heaven]. As a result, avoid doing the things that your self-directed nature desires, because those desires (fight against/always oppose) your souls.
12 Ayez une bonne conduite parmi les gentils, afin qu’au lieu de vous calomnier comme des malfaiteurs, vous considérant par vos bonnes œuvres, ils glorifient Dieu au jour de sa visite.
Keep conducting your lives in a good way among those who do not know God. [If you do that], although they may accuse you, saying that you are people who do evil things, they will see your good behavior, and at the time when God comes [to judge people], they will (give honor to him/say that what he does is right).
13 Soyez donc soumis à toute créature humaine à cause de Dieu; soit au roi, comme étant au-dessus des autres,
For the sake of the Lord [Jesus], submit yourselves to every human authority. That includes submitting yourselves to the king, who is the most important authority,
14 Soit aux gouverneurs, comme envoyés par lui pour la punition de ceux qui font mal, et la louange des bons;
and to governors, who are sent by the king {whom the king sends} to punish those who do what is wrong and to commend/honor those who do what is right.
15 Parce que telle est la volonté de Dieu, que pratiquant le bien, vous fassiez taire l’ignorance des hommes insensés;
What God wants is that by your doing [only] what is good you will cause foolish people who do not know [God] to be unable to say things ([to condemn you/to show you why you should be punished]).
16 Étant libres, non pour faire de votre liberté un voile à votre malice; mais comme des serviteurs de Dieu.
Conduct your lives as though you were free [from having to obey authorities], but do not think “Because I am free from having to obey authorities, I can do evil things.” Instead, act as servants of God [should].
17 Rendez honneur à tous; aimez la fraternité; craignez Dieu; honorez le roi.
Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king.
18 Serviteurs, soyez soumis en toute crainte à vos maîtres, non-seulement bons et modérés, mais même fâcheux.
You slaves [who are believers], submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who [act in a] good and kind [DOU] way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who [act in a] harsh way [towards you].
19 Car c’est un mérite, si en vue de Dieu, quelqu’un supporte des peines, souffrant injustement.
You should do that because God is pleased with those who, knowing that he is aware of what is happening to them, endure the pain that they suffer [because of being treated unjustly by their masters] {[their masters have treated them unjustly]}.
20 En effet, quelle gloire y a-t-il, si c’est pour vos fautes que vous supportez les soufflets? Mais si, faisant le bien, vous souffrez patiemment, c’est un mérite devant Dieu.
God will certainly not [RHQ] be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and as a result you are beaten {someone beats you}! But if, instead of doing something that is wrong, you do what is good, and as a result of that, you suffer for doing something that is good, and you endure that suffering, God will (commend/be pleased with) you.
21 Car c’est à quoi vous avez été appelés, parce que le Christ même a souffert pour nous, vous laissant un exemple, afin que vous suiviez ses traces;
One of the reasons why God chose you is that you would [suffer]. When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you, in order that you would (imitate what/do like) he did.
22 Lui qui n’a pas commis de péché, et en la bouche de qui n’a pas été trouvée la tromperie;
[Remember how Christ conducted himself]: He never sinned, And he never said [MTY] anything to deceive people.
23 Lui qui, étant maudit, ne maudissait point; qui, maltraité, ne menaçait point, mais se livrait à celui qui le jugeait injustement;
When people insulted him, he did not insult them in return. When people caused him to suffer, he did not threaten (to get revenge/to cause them to suffer). Instead, he decided to let God, who always judges justly, prove that he (was innocent/had done nothing that is wrong) (OR, he left his case in the hands of God, who always judges justly).
24 Lui qui a porté nos péchés dans son propre corps sur le bois, afin que, morts aux péchés, nous vivions à la justice; qui, par ses plaies, vous a guéris.
He himself endured physically the punishment for our sins when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning (OR, no longer respond to sinful desires) and start living righteous lives. It is because he was wounded {they wounded him} that your [souls have been saved] [MET] [from being sinful, as people’s bodies] are healed [from being sick].
25 Car vous étiez comme des brebis égarées; mais vous êtes retournés maintenant au pasteur et à l’évêque de vos âmes.
Truly you were like sheep that had gone astray [SIM], but now you have returned to [Jesus], who cares for your souls [as] a shepherd [cares for his sheep] [MET].
