Éphésiens 2
1 Et vous, il vous a vivifiés, lorsque vous étiez morts par vos offenses et par vos péchés,
Formerly, because you were habitually sinning [DOU], you were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as a] corpse [MET] is).
2 Dans lesquels autrefois vous avez marché, selon la coutume de ce monde, selon le prince des puissances de l’air, de l’esprit qui agit efficacement à cette heure sur les fils de la défiance, (aiōn g165)
You were acting in the same [evil] way as those who oppose Christ [MTY] act. That is, you were behaving in the [evil] ways [that Satan wanted you to behave]. He rules over evil spiritual beings that no person can see [MTY]. He is the spirit who now powerfully controls the people who disobey God. (aiōn g165)
3 Parmi lesquels nous tous aussi nous avons vécu, selon nos désirs charnels, faisant la volonté de la chair et de nos pensées; ainsi nous étions par nature enfants de colère comme tous les autres;
Formerly, we all used to disobey God as they do. We did the things that our self-centered nature wanted us to do. We habitually did those [evil] deeds that our bodies and our minds wanted to do. When we were acting like that, it was certain that [God] would punish [MTY] us, just like he will certainly punish all other [evil people].
4 Mais Dieu, qui est riche en miséricorde, par le grand amour dont il nous a aimés,
But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much.
5 Et lorsque nous étions morts par les péchés, nous a vivifiés dans le Christ (par la grâce duquel vous êtes sauvés),
As a result, even when we were ([spiritually] dead/[as unable to please God as] a corpse [MET] is) because we were habitually sinning, he enabled us to receive [spiritual]/[eternal] life because of our relationship with Christ. [Do not forget this: It is only] because God has acted so kindly toward you, in a way that you did not deserve, that you are saved {that [he] saved you} [from the guilt of your sin]
6 Nous a ressuscités avec lui, et nous a fait asseoir dans les cieux en Jésus-Christ;
And [it is as though] God gave us spiritual life when he caused Christ Jesus to be alive again after he died [MET]. And [it is as though] God caused us to sit [and rule] [MTY] with him in heaven,
7 Pour manifester dans les siècles à venir les richesses abondantes de sa grâce, par sa bonté pour nous dans le Christ Jésus. (aiōn g165)
in order that he might show to everyone at all times in the future that he has acted toward us in an extremely kind way because of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. (aiōn g165)
8 En effet, c’est la grâce qui vous a sauvés par la foi, et cela ne vient pas de vous, car c’est un don de Dieu,
It is [only] by [God] acting [PRS] [toward you] in a way that you did not deserve that you have been saved {that he has saved you} as a result of your trusting [in Christ]. You did not save yourselves. His saving you was his gift to you.
9 Ni des œuvres, afin que nul ne se glorifie.
He did not save any of you because of anything you yourselves did. Because you have done nothing [to save yourselves], you cannot be proud of your efforts to save yourselves.
10 Car nous sommes son ouvrage, ayant été créés dans le Christ Jésus pour les bonnes œuvres que Dieu a préparées, afin que nous y marchions.
It is God who has made us what we are now. Because of our relationship with Christ Jesus, he has enabled us to receive [spiritual/eternal] life in order that we should conduct our lives habitually doing the good deeds that God previously planned for us to do.
11 C’est pourquoi souvenez-vous qu’autrefois, vous gentils selon la chair, vous étiez appelés incirconcision, par ce qu’on appelle circoncision, à cause de la circoncision dans la chair faite de main d’homme;
You [Ephesians] have been non-Jews from the time that you were born. The Jews ([insult you/say that you are not God’s people]) [by] calling you ‘those who are not circumcised’. They [proudly] call themselves ‘we [(exc)] who are circumcised’. [They have allowed people to] circumcise [them to indicate that they are God’s people, but] that has [only] changed their bodies, [not their] ([inner beings/hearts]).
12 Parce que vous étiez en ce temps-là sans Christ, séparés de la société d’Israël, étrangers aux alliances, n’ayant point l’espérance de la promesse, et sans Dieu en ce monde.
You should constantly remember these things: Formerly you did not have any relationship with Christ. You did not belong to the people of Israel, [the people whom God chose]. You did not know about the things God promised in his agreements [with his people]. You did not confidently expect to go to heaven after you die (OR, [that God would save you]). You [lived] in this world without knowing God.
13 Mais maintenant que vous êtes dans le Christ Jésus, vous qui étiez autrefois éloignés, vous avez été rapprochés par le sang de ce même Christ.
But now, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, God has brought you, who had no relationship with him [MET], into his family [MET]. He did that because [you trusted in what Christ accomplished when] his blood [MTY] [flowed from his body when he died on the cross].
14 Car c’est lui qui est notre paix, lui qui des deux choses en a fait une seule, détruisant dans sa chair le mur de séparation, leurs inimitiés;
Christ himself [has caused us Jewish and non-Jewish believers] to have peace [with each other]. He has made both [of our groups] to become one [group]. [Just like people] (tear down/demolish) a wall that separates [groups of people] [MET], he has destroyed the hatred [between Jews and non-Jews].
15 Abolissant par sa doctrine la loi des préceptes, pour des deux former en lui-même un seul homme nouveau, en faisant la paix,
By dying [MTY] [for us on the cross] he made it no longer [necessary for us to obey] all the [Jewish] laws and rituals [in order to be saved]. He did that in order to enable the two [groups] to become one new group because of our relationship with him. The result was that he has caused us to have peace [with each other].
16 Et pour réconcilier à Dieu par la croix les deux réunis en un seul corps, détruisant en lui-même leurs inimitiés.
By [dying on] the cross [MTY] he caused both Jews and non-Jews to have a peaceful relationship with God. That is how he caused us to no longer be [MET] enemies [with God] (OR, [with each other]).
17 Ainsi, venant, il a annoncé la paix et à vous qui étiez loin, et à ceux qui étaient près;
He came [to earth] and proclaimed that you [non-Jews], who did not have a relationship with [MET] [God], and [us(exc) Jews], who [considered that we(exc) belonged to] [MET] God’s [family], can [all] now have peace [with God].
18 Parce que c’est par lui que nous avons accès les uns et les autres auprès du Père, dans un seul Esprit.
[We know that he has done that] because we both, [Jews and non-Jews], are [now] able to approach God the Father in prayer by the help of his Spirit, because of what Christ [has done].
19 Vous n’êtes donc plus des hôtes et des étrangers, mais des concitoyens des saints, et de la maison de Dieu;
So [God no longer treats] you [non-Jews] as [people treat] [MET] foreigners and strangers [who live among them] [MET]. Instead, along with all God’s people, [it is as though] you have become citizens of a country that he rules over, and [as though you have become] members of the family [of which he is the father] [MET].
20 Bâtis sur le fondement des apôtres et des prophètes, le Christ Jésus étant lui-même pierre principale de l’angle,
[Just like] a building is built {[as someone] builds a building} on a foundation, [God has joined you into one group that originated/began] from what the apostles and prophets [taught]. Christ Jesus is the [most important one in that group, just like a] cornerstone [is the most important part of a building]. And
21 Sur lequel tout l’édifice construit s’élève comme un temple sacré dans le Seigneur;
just like [a builder might] join together all the parts of a building to make it a temple that [people will] dedicate to the Lord [MET], [Christ is continually causing all of] you who have a relationship with [him to be united, in order that you will become one holy group].
22 Sur lequel vous êtes bâtis vous-mêmes pour être une demeure de Dieu par l’Esprit.
And because of your relationship with Christ, [God] is joining you [non-Jews] together with [Jewish believers] to be [like] one building [MET] in which his Spirit lives.
