Actes 17
1 Après avoir passé par Amphipolis et Apollonie, ils vinrent à Thessalonique, à l’endroit où était la synagogue des Juifs.
Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia [towns] and arrived at Thessalonica [city]. There was a Jewish meeting place there.
2 Or, selon sa coutume, Paul y entra, et pendant trois sabbats, il les entretint des Ecritures,
(On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) Paul went into the meeting house, as he usually did. For three weeks [he went there] on each Jewish day of rest. Referring to the Scriptures [about the Messiah], he spoke to the people who were there.
3 Leur découvrant et leur faisant voir qu’il a fallu que le Christ souffrît, et qu’il ressuscitât des morts; et ce Christ, disait-il, est Jésus-Christ, que je vous annonce.
He explained and showed that [the prophets wrote that] the Messiah needed to die and (to become alive again/to be raised from the dead [afterwards]). He told them: “This man Jesus, whom I am telling you about, is our Messiah. [He died and became alive again, just like the prophets predicted].”
4 Quelques-uns d’entre eux crurent, et se joignirent à Paul et à Silas, aussi bien qu’une grande multitude de prosélytes, de gentils, et beaucoup de femmes de qualité.
Some of the Jews [there] were persuaded by {believed} [what Paul had said] and began to associate with Paul and Silas. There were also many non-Jewish people there who worshipped God and many important women [who also believed the message about Jesus], and they began to associate with Paul and Silas.
5 Mais les Juifs, poussés par l’envie, prirent avec eux quelques hommes méchants de la lie du peuple, et, les attroupant, ils suscitèrent un mouvement dans la ville; puis, assiégeant la maison de Jason, ils cherchaient Paul et Silas, pour les mener devant le peuple.
But [some leaders of] the Jews there in Thessalonica became jealous [because many people believed what Paul taught]. So they went to the public square and persuaded some lazy men [who were loitering there] to follow them. [In this way, the leaders of] the Jews gathered a crowd and incited them to become noisy and start a riot [against Paul and Silas]. Those [Jews and others] ran to the house of [a man named] Jason. [He was the man who had invited Paul and Silas to stay at his house]. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd [of people was waiting].
6 Et ne les ayant point trouvés, ils traînèrent Jason et quelques-uns des frères devant les magistrats de la ville, criant: Voici ceux qui troublent la ville, et qui sont venus ici,
They discovered that Paul and Silas were not there, but they found Jason [and grabbed him]. They dragged him and some of the [other] believers to where the city officials/authorities and [many other people were gathered]. The men [who had brought Jason] shouted, “Those [two] men have caused trouble [IDM] everywhere [HYP] [they have gone]. Now they have come to our city,
7 Ceux que Jason a reçus; or tous sont rebelles aux décrets de César, disant qu’il y a un autre roi, Jésus.
and [this fellow] Jason invited them to stay at his house. All the people [of this sect] oppose what our Emperor has decreed. They say that another person, whose name is Jesus, is [the real] king!”
8 C’est ainsi qu’ils émurent le peuple et les magistrats de la ville, qui entendirent ce discours.
When the crowd of people [that had gathered] and the city authorities heard that, they became very angry and excited.
9 Mais Jason et les autres ayant donné caution, ils les renvoyèrent.
[They wanted to put the believers in jail. But instead], the officials made Jason and the other [believers] pay a fine and told them that they [would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble]. Then the authorities let Jason and those other believers go.
10 Et aussitôt les frères firent partir de nuit pour Bérée, Paul et Silas. Lorsqu’ils y furent arrivés, ils entrèrent dans la synagogue des Juifs.
[So] that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas [out of Thessalonica] to Berea [town]. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place, [on a day when people had gathered there].
11 Or ceux-ci avaient des sentiments plus nobles que ceux de Thessalonique; ils reçurent la parole avec la plus grande avidité, cherchant tous les jours dans les Ecritures s’il en était ainsi.
The [Jews] in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the [Jews] who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message [about Jesus]. Every day they read the Scriptures [for themselves] to find out if what Paul said [about the Messiah] was true.
12 De sorte que beaucoup d’entre eux crurent, et parmi les gentils, beaucoup de femmes de qualité, et des hommes en assez grand nombre.
As a result, many of the Jewish people believed [in Jesus], and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men [believed in him].
13 Mais quand les Juifs de Thessalonique surent que la parole de Dieu était prêchée par Paul à Bérée même, ils y vinrent soulever et troubler la multitude.
But then the Jews in Thessalonica heard [people tell them] that Paul [was] in Berea and that he was preaching the message from God [about Jesus]. So they went to Berea and [told people there that what Paul was teaching was not true. Thus], they caused many of those people to get angry [at Paul].
14 Aussitôt les frères firent partir Paul, pour qu’il allât jusqu’à la mer; mais Silas et Timothée demeurèrent à Bérée.
So [several of] the believers [in Berea] took Paul to the coast [to go to another province]. But Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
15 Or ceux qui conduisaient Paul, le menèrent jusqu’à Athènes; et ayant reçu de lui, pour Silas et Timothée, l’ordre de venir le rejoindre au plus vite, ils partirent.
When Paul and the other men from Berea [arrived at the coast, they got on a ship and] went to Athens [city]. Then Paul said [to the men who had come with him], “Tell Silas and Timothy to come to me [here in Athens] as soon as they can.” Then those men left [Athens and returned to Berea].
16 Pendant que Paul les attendait à Athènes, son esprit était ému en lui, voyant cette ville livrée à l’idolâtrie.
In Athens, Paul waited for Silas and Timothy [to arrive. In the meantime, he walked around in the city. He] became very distressed/disturbed because he saw that throughout [HYP] the city there were many idols.
17 Il disputait donc dans la synagogue avec les Juifs et les prosélytes, et tous les jours sur la place publique avec ceux qui s’y rencontraient.
So he went to the Jewish meeting place and talked [about Jesus] with the Jews, and also with the Greeks who had accepted what the Jews believe. He also went to the public square/center every day and talked to the people [whom he met] there.
18 Quelques philosophes épicuriens et stoïciens discouraient aussi avec lui, et plusieurs disaient: Que veut dire ce semeur de paroles? Et d’autres: Il paraît annoncer des dieux nouveaux; parce qu’il leur annonçait Jésus et la résurrection.
Paul met some teachers who liked to talk about what people should believe. [People called] some of them Epicureans and [they called] others Stoics. They told Paul [what they believed], and they asked him [what he believed. Then] some of them said [to one another], “This ignorant person is just talking nonsense [RHQ]!” Others said, “[We(exc) think] that he is teaching people about (foreign gods/[new] gods that we [(exc)] have not heard about).” They said that because Paul was telling them that Jesus [had died and] had become alive again [afterwards. They had not heard that message before].
19 Et, l’ayant pris, ils le conduisirent devant l’Aréopage, disant: Pouvons-nous savoir quelle est cette nouvelle doctrine que tu publies?
So they took Paul to the place where the city council met. [When they arrived] there, they said to Paul, “[Please] tell us, what is this new message that you [(sg)] are teaching people?
20 Car tu portes à nos oreilles de certaines choses nouvelles; nous voudrions donc savoir ce que ce peut être.
You are teaching some things that startle us [(exc)], so we want to know what they mean.”
21 (Or tous les Athéniens et les étrangers demeurant à Athènes ne s’occupaient qu’à dire ou à entendre quelque chose de nouveau.)
[They said that, because] the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new [to them], or they listened to [others tell] what was new.
22 Ainsi, étant au milieu de l’Aréopage, Paul dit: Athéniens, je vous vois, en toutes choses, religieux presque jusqu’à l’excès.
Then Paul stood up before the men of the city council and said, “Citizens of Athens, I see that you (are very religious/think that it is very important to worship many gods).
23 Car, passant, et voyant vos simulacres, j’ai trouvé même un autel où il était écrit: Au Dieu INCONNU. Or ce que vous adorez sans le connaître, moi, je vous l’annonce.
I [say that] because, while I was walking along and observing the objects [that represent different gods that] you worship, I even saw an altar that had these words [that someone had] carved [on it: THIS HONORS] THE GOD [THAT WE(exc)] DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about [that God] whom you worship but you do not know.
24 Le Dieu qui a fait le monde, et tout ce qui est dans le monde, ce Dieu, étant le Seigneur du ciel et de la terre, n’habite point en des temples faits de la main des hommes,
He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Because he rules over all [beings in] heaven and [on] earth, he does not dwell in shrines that people have made.
25 Et n’est point honoré par les ouvrages des mains des hommes, comme s’il avait besoin de quelque chose, puisqu’il donne lui-même à tous la vie, la respiration et toutes choses;
He does not need to have anything made for him by people [MTY] {to have people [MTY] make [MTY] anything for him}, because everything that exists belongs to him. He is the one who causes (us [(inc)]/all people) to live and breathe, and [he gives us] all the things [that we(inc) need].
26 Il a fait que d’un seul toute la race des hommes habite sur toute la face de la terre, déterminant les temps de leur durée et les limites de leur demeure;
[In the beginning], God created one couple, and from them God produced all (the ethnic groups/the nations) that now live everywhere on the earth. He also decided where each ethnic group of people should live and how long they should live [there].
27 Afin qu’ils cherchent Dieu, et s’efforcent de le trouver comme à tâtons, quoiqu’il ne soit pas loin de chacun de nous.
He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would seek him and find him. [God wants us to seek him], although he is [really] close [LIT] to each one of us.
28 Car ces en lui que nous vivons, et que nous nous mouvons et que nous sommes; comme quelques-uns assurément de vos poètes l’ont dit: nous sommes même de sa race.
As someone has said, ‘[It is only] because he enables us that we [(inc)] live and move and do [what we do].’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We [(inc)] are God’s children.’
29 Puisque donc nous sommes la race de Dieu, nous ne devons pas estimer que l’être divin soit semblable à de l’or, ou à de l’argent, ou à de la pierre sculptée par l’art et l’industrie de l’homme.
Therefore, because we are God’s children [and can communicate like God does], we [(inc)] should not think that he is anything like an image [that people have made] of gold or silver or stone [which cannot communicate]. Those images are designed and skillfully made {People design and make those images}, [but they are not alive].
30 Mais, fermant les yeux sur les temps d’une telle ignorance, Dieu annonce maintenant aux hommes que tous, en tous lieux, fassent pénitence;
During the times when people did not know [what God wanted them to do], he did not [immediately] punish [them for what they did]. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil behavior.
31 Parce qu’il a fixé un jour auquel il doit juger le monde avec équité par l’homme qu’il a établi, comme il en a donné la preuve à tous, en le ressuscitant d’entre les morts.
[He tells us] that on a certain day that he has chosen he is going to judge [all of us(inc) people in] [MTY] the world. He has appointed a [certain] man to judge [us, and that man will judge each of us] fairly/justly. God has shown to all [people that he has appointed that man to judge everyone], because God (caused him to become alive again after he had died/raised him from the dead).”
32 Mais lorsqu’ils entendirent parler de résurrection de morts, les uns se moquaient, et les autres dirent: Nous t’entendrons là-dessus une autre fois.
When the men of the council heard [Paul say] that ([a man] had become alive again after he had died/[someone] had been raised from the dead), some of them laughed scornfully. But others said, “We [(exc)] would like you [(sg)] to tell us more about this, some other time.”
33 C’est ainsi que Paul sortit d’au milieu d’eux.
After they said that, Paul left the council [meeting].
34 Quelques-uns cependant, s’attachant à lui, crurent: entre lesquels, Denys l’aréopagite, et une femme du nom de Damaris, et d’autres avec eux.
However, some of the people there went along with Paul and became believers. Among those [who believed in Jesus] was a member of the council whose [name was] Dionysius. Also, an [important] woman whose name was Damaris and some other people [who had heard Paul’s message also believed in Jesus].
