2 Timothée 3
1 Or, sache qu’à la fin des jours, viendront des temps périlleux.
[You need to] realize that during the last days [MTY] [before Christ returns, evil people will make] it difficult [for believers to behave as they should].
2 Il y aura des hommes s’aimant eux-mêmes, avides, arrogants, orgueilleux, blasphémateurs, n’obéissant pas à leurs parents, ingrats, couverts de crimes,
This is because [such evil] people will be habitually loving themselves and loving money. They will habitually boast [about themselves], they will be proud, and will often say bad things [about others. They] will disobey [their] parents. They will not be thankful, nor will they respect [anything that is good].
3 Sans affection, implacables, calomniateurs, dissolus, durs, sans bonté,
They will not [even] love their own family, nor agree with [anybody] (OR, [they never forgive anyone]). They will tell lies about people. They will not control what they say and do, nor allow anyone to control them. They will not love [anything that is] good.
4 Traîtres, insolents, enflés d’orgueil, aimant les voluptés plus que Dieu;
They will (betray others/hand others over to their enemies) and act foolishly. They will be overly/very proud of themselves, and they will love to please themselves instead of loving God.
5 Ayant toutefois une apparence de piété, mais en repoussant la réalité. Evite encore ceux-là;
[And, although they will] pretend that they worship God, they will not let [God’s Spirit] work powerfully [in their lives]. Do not associate with such people (OR, Do not let such people join [your congregation]),
6 Car il y en a parmi eux qui pénètrent dans les maisons et traînent captives de jeunes femmes chargées de péchés, et mues par toute sorte de désirs,
because some such [people, even now], subtly/deceivingly persuade foolish women to let them come into their houses, and then they deceive those women [so that they control what those women think. These women] have been burdened with sins {have sinned very much} and they have been led to do {they do} the many [evil] things that they strongly desire to do.
7 Lesquelles apprennent toujours, et ne parviennent jamais à la connaissance de la vérité.
[Even though] they are always [wanting to] learn new things, they are never able to recognize what is true.
8 Or, de même que Jannès et Mambrès résistèrent à Moïse, de même ceux-ci résistent à la vérité; hommes corrompus d’esprit, qui n’ont pas été éprouvés dans la foi.
Just like Jannes and Jambres [long ago] very much opposed Moses, so also some [people] now oppose the true [message. Those] people think only what is evil. God rejects them [because they do not] believe [what is true].
9 Mais ils n’iront pas au-delà; car leur folie sera connue de tout le monde, comme celle de ces hommes le fut aussi.
Nevertheless, they will not continue to succeed, because most [HYP] people will understand clearly that such people are foolish, just like people also realized [clearly that Jannes and Jambres were foolish].
10 Pour toi, tu as compris ma doctrine, ma manière de vivre, mon but, ma foi, ma longanimité, ma charité, ma patience,
But as for yourself, you have fully known what I have taught. You have known [and imitated] the way in which I conducted my life, [and] what I have been trying to do. [You have] trusted [God as] I have. You have been patient as I have been. [You have] loved people [as] I have, and [you have] endured [as you suffered like] I have [suffered].
11 Mes persécutions, mes souffrances, comme celles que j’ai éprouvées à Antioche, à Icone et à Lystre; quelles persécutions j’ai subies; mais le Seigneur m’a délivré de toutes.
[You know how I endured many times when people] harmed me. [They] caused me to suffer at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra [cities]. [But although they caused me to suffer], I endured it; and every time [they] did those things to me, the Lord rescued me.
12 Ainsi tous ceux qui veulent vivre pieusement en Jésus-Christ souffriront persécution.
(Indeed/You know that), for us [(inc)] who want to live (in a [godly manner/] a [manner that pleases God]), we will always be persecuted {there will always be people who will cause us to suffer} because we [have a close relationship with] Christ Jesus.
13 Mais les hommes méchants et séducteurs s’enfonceront toujours plus dans le mal, s’égarant et égarant les autres.
Evil people (OR, And those) who deceive other people will (get worse/teach things that are more and more wrong). [Specifically, they will] deceive other people, and [those who hear them will] deceive others.
14 Pour toi, demeure ferme dans ce que tu as appris, et qui t’a été confié, sachant de qui tu l’as appris,
But you, in contrast, must continue [to believe] what you have learned and (been assured of/firmly believe). [I know that you are confident/sure that it is true because] you know that you have learned it from all [of us who taught you] ([God’s truth/what is right]).
15 Et que dès l’enfance, tu as connu les saintes lettres qui peuvent l’instruire pour le salut par la foi qui est en Jésus-Christ.
From [the time when you were] a child you have known the holy writings/Scriptures. [You now know that] they enabled you to become wise so that God saved you because of your believing in Christ Jesus.
16 Toute Ecriture divinement inspirée est utile pour enseigner, pour reprendre, pour corriger, pour former à la justice,
God (inspired/put into men’s minds) everything [that is written] in the Scriptures {they [wrote] in the holy writings}, and those writings are all useful to teach [us what is true], to cause us to know [when we are] wrong and then (to correct us/to show us what we have done that is wrong), and to train/teach us to do what is right.
17 Afin que l’homme de Dieu soit parfait et préparé à toute bonne œuvre.
What [is written] {they wrote} is useful to help us who [serve] God to be ready/prepared to do all that we should do. By means of it, we are equipped {God gives us what we need} in order to do every [kind of] good deeds.
