Galates 1
1 Paul, apôtre, non par des hommes, ni par un homme, mais par Jésus-Christ et Dieu le Père, qui l’a ressuscité d’entre les 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 Grâce à vous et paix par Dieu notre Père, et par 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 arracher à ce siècle mauvais, selon la volonté de notre Dieu et 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 ayez passé si vite de celui qui vous a appelés à la grâce du Christ, 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 Quoiqu’il n’y en ait point d’autre; seulement, quelques personnes sèment le trouble parmi vous, et veulent renverser l’Évangile du 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 si nous-mêmes ou un ange du ciel vous évangélisait autrement que nous vous avons évangélisés, 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, ainsi je le répète: Si quelqu’un vous annonce un autre Évangile que 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 des hommes ou de Dieu que je désire maintenant l’approbation? Cherchai-je à plaire aux hommes? Si je plaisais encore aux hommes, je ne serais point serviteur du 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 Car je vous déclare, mes frères, que l’Évangile que je vous ai prêché n’est point selon 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 En effet, ce n’est point d’un homme que je l’ai reçu ni appris, mais c’est par la 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 Car vous avez ouï dire que j’ai vécu autrefois dans le judaïsme; qu’à toute outrance j’ai persécuté l’Eglise de Dieu et l’ai ravagée,
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 que je me signalais dans le judaïsme au-dessus d’un grand nombre de mes contemporains au sein de ma nation, me montrant zélateur outre mesure 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 lorsqu’il plut à celui qui m’a choisi dès le sein de ma mère, et 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 son Fils, pour que je l’annonçasse parmi les nations; aussitôt, sans acquiescer à la chair et au 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 sans venir à Jérusalem près de ceux qui étaient apôtres avant moi, je m’en allai en Arabie, et je retournai 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, après trois ans, je vins à Jérusalem pour voir Pierre, et je demeurai avec 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 apôtre, si ce n’est 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 Je vous écris ceci, voici! devant Dieu, je ne mens pas.
God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true [LIT]!
21 Ensuite je vins dans les pays de Syrie et de Cilicie.
After [I left Jerusalem], I went to [the regions of] Syria and Cilicia.
22 Or j’étais inconnu de visage aux Eglises de Judée, qui étaient dans le Christ.
[At that time, people in] the Christian congregations that are in Judea [province] still had not met me [SYN] personally.
23 Seulement elles avaient ouï dire: Celui qui autrefois nous persécutait annonce maintenant la foi qu’il s’efforçait alors de détruire.
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 mon sujet.
And they praised God because of [what had happened to] me.
