Jean 10
1 En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis: Celui qui n’entre point par la porte dans le bercail des brebis, mais y monte par ailleurs, est un voleur et un larron.
[Jesus continued by saying to us], “Listen carefully to what I say. Anyone who does not enter [the sheep pen] through the gate, if he climbs in some other way, he is a thief or a bandit.
2 Mais celui qui entre par la porte, est le pasteur des brebis.
The man who enters [the pen] through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 C’est à celui-ci que le portier ouvre, et les brebis entendent sa voix, et il appelle ses propres brebis par leur nom, et les fait sortir.
The man who watches the gate at [night] opens the gate for him. The sheep recognize the shepherd’s voice. He summons his own sheep by [calling out] the names [he has given] them. Then he leads them outside [the pen].
4 Et lorsqu’il a fait sortir ses propres brebis, il marche devant elles, et les brebis le suivent, parce qu’elles connaissent sa voix.
After he has brought out all his own [sheep], he goes in front of them. His sheep follow him because they recognize [and pay attention to] his voice.
5 Elles ne suivent point un étranger, mais elles le fuient, parce qu’elles ne connaissent point la voix des étrangers.
But they will never follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
6 Jésus leur dit cette parabole. Mais ils ne comprirent pas ce qu’il leur disait.
Jesus said that [MET] [to illustrate the difference between himself and the Pharisees, who were deceiving the people]. But they did not understand what he was telling them.
7 Jésus leur dit donc encore: En vérité, en vérité, je vous le dis, c’est moi qui suis la porte des brebis.
So Jesus spoke to them again. He said, “Listen carefully to what I am saying. I am [like] [MET] a gate for the sheep [to enter the sheepfold, because I am the one who allows people to enter God’s presence].
8 Tous ceux qui sont venus sont des voleurs et des larrons, et les brebis ne les ont point écoutés.
All of [your religious leaders] who have come previously [without my authority] are [like] [MET] thieves and bandits [because they act violently and dishonestly for their own benefit]. But [just like] sheep do not [obey strangers, God’s people do not] pay attention to them.
9 C’est moi qui suis la porte. Si c’est par moi que quelqu’un entre, il sera sauvé; et il entrera, et il sortira, et il trouvera des pâturages.
I am [like] a gate. Those will be saved {[God] will save all those} who come [to God] by [trusting in] me. [Just like sheep] go in and out [through the gate safely] to find pasture [MET], [I will provide for them and protect them].
10 Le voleur ne vient que pour voler, égorger et détruire. Moi je suis venu pour qu’elles aient la vie, et qu’elles l’aient plus abondamment.
Thieves come [to a sheep pen] only to steal or kill or destroy [sheep] [MET]. [Similarly, your religious leaders injure God’s people spiritually]. But I have come in order that people may have [eternal/spiritual] life, and that they may have abundantly [all they need to sustain them spiritually].
11 Moi je suis le bon pasteur. Le bon pasteur donne sa vie pour ses brebis.
I am [like] a good shepherd. A good shepherd [is willing to] die to save the sheep [MET]. [Similarly, I am ready to sacrifice myself to save those who belong to me].
12 Mais le mercenaire, et celui qui n’est point pasteur, dont les brebis ne sont pas le bien propre, voyant le loup venir, laisse là les brebis et s’enfuit; et le loup ravit et disperse les brebis;
A worker whom someone has hired [to look after the sheep] is not [like] the shepherd or the one who owns the sheep. So when he sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock of sheep and [seizes one sheep and] causes [the others] to scatter.
13 Or le mercenaire s’enfuit, parce qu’il est mercenaire, et qu’il n’a point de souci des brebis.
The worker runs away because he is [only] a man whom someone has hired. He is not [really] concerned about [what happens to] the sheep [MET]. [Similarly, your religious teachers do not really care what happens to you].
14 Moi, je suis le bon pasteur, et je connais mes brebis et mes brebis me connaissent,
I am [like] a good shepherd. [Just like a good shepherd knows his] sheep [MET], I know those who belong to me, and they know me
15 Comme mon Père me connaît, et que moi-même je connais mon Père; et je donne ma vie pour mes brebis.
in the same way as [my] Father knows me and I know [my] Father. Furthermore, I am [ready to] sacrifice myself for [those who belong to me].
16 Mais j’ai d’autres brebis qui ne sont point de cette bergerie; et il faut que je les amène, et elles entendront ma voix, et il n’y aura qu’un bercail et qu’un pasteur.
And I have other people [who are not Jews] who [will some day] belong to me. They will be [like] [MET] sheep from another sheep pen. I must bring them [to God/myself] also. They will pay attention to what I say, and eventually [all those who belong to me] will be [like] one flock, and [I] will be [like] [MET] their one shepherd.
17 Et si mon Père m’aime, c’est parce que je quitte ma vie pour la reprendre.
The reason [my] Father loves me is that I will sacrifice my life. But [after I do that], I will become alive again.
18 Personne ne me la ravit; mais je la donne de moi-même; j’ai le pouvoir de la donner et j’ai le pouvoir de la reprendre. C’est le commandement que j’ai reçu de mon Père.
No one is causing me to die. Instead, I [have chosen to] sacrifice myself. I have authority to sacrifice myself and I have authority to become alive again. That is what my Father has commanded me to do.”
19 Une dissension s’éleva de nouveau parmi les Juifs à cause de ces paroles.
After hearing these words [that Jesus said], the Jews were divided again.
20 Beaucoup d’entre eux disaient: Il a en lui un démon, et il a perdu le sens; pourquoi l’écoutez-vous?
Many of them said, “A demon is [controlling] him and has caused him to become crazy. (It is useless to listen to him!/Why should we listen to him?) [RHQ]”
21 D’autres disaient: Ces paroles ne sont pas d’un homme qui a un démon en lui; est-ce qu’un démon peut ouvrir les yeux des aveugles?
But others said, “What he is saying is not something a man whom a demon is controlling would say. (No demon could enable a blind man to see [like he did!/] How could a demon enable a blind man to see [like he did]?) [RHQ]”
22 Or on faisait à Jérusalem la Dédicace; et c’était l’hiver.
Then it was time for the celebration [to remember when our ancestors] rededicated [the Temple in Jerusalem]. It was in winter.
23 Et Jésus se promenait dans le temple, sous le portique de Salomon.
Jesus was in the Temple [courtyard], walking in [the place that people called King] Solomon’s porch.
24 Les Juifs donc l’entourèrent et lui dirent: Jusqu’à quand tiendras-tu notre esprit en suspens? Si tu es le Christ, dis-le-nous ouvertement.
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] gathered around him and said, “How long will you keep us from knowing for sure [if you are the Messiah]? If you are the Messiah, tell us clearly!”
25 Jésus leur répondit: Je vous parle et vous ne croyez point; les œuvres que je fais au nom de mon Père rendent témoignage de moi;
Jesus answered them, “I have told you [that I am the Messiah], but you do not believe me! You should know who I am because of the miracles I do with my Father’s authority [MTY].
26 Mais vous ne croyez point, parce que vous n’êtes point de mes brebis.
But instead, you do not believe in me because you do not belong to [me. You are like] [MET] sheep [who belong to a different shepherd].
27 Mes brebis écoutent ma voix; moi je les connais et elles me suivent;
[Just like sheep] heed the voice [of their true shepherd] [MET], my [people pay attention to what I say]. I know them, and they have become my disciples.
29 Quant à mon Père, ce qu’il m’a donné est plus grand que toutes choses, et personne ne le peut ravir de la main de mon Père.
[Those] that my Father has given to me are more precious than anything else (OR, My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than anything that opposes them). So no one can pull them away from belonging to him [MTY].
30 Moi et mon Père nous sommes une seule chose.
[My] father and I are equal.”
31 Alors les Juifs prirent des pierres pour le lapider.
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] again picked up stones to throw at Jesus [and kill him because they were angry at his saying that he was equal with God].
32 Jésus leur dit: J’ai fait devant vous beaucoup d’œuvres excellentes par la vertu de mon Père; pour laquelle de ces œuvres me lapidez-vous?
But Jesus said to them, “You have seen me perform many miracles that my Father [told me to do. You should realize from seeing them that I am equal with God]. So, because of which of these miracles [IRO] are you wanting to [kill me by] throwing stones at me?”
33 Les Juifs lui répondirent: Ce n’est pas pour une bonne œuvre que nous te lapidons, mais c’est pour un blasphème, et parce que toi, étant homme, tu te fais Dieu.
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] replied, “We are [wanting to] throw stones at you not because you performed a great miracle. Instead, [we are wanting to do it] because you are dishonoring God. You are just a man, but you are saying that you are God!”
34 Jésus leur repartit: N’est-il pas écrit dans votre loi: Je l’ai dit: Vous êtes des dieux?
Jesus replied to them, “In the Scriptures it is written {([someone/the Psalmist]) has written} [RHQ] [what God said to the rulers whom he had appointed], ‘I have said that you are [like] gods.’
35 Quand elle appelle dieux ceux à qui la parole de Dieu a été adressée, et que l’Ecriture ne peut être détruite,
God said that [to those leaders when he appointed them. No one objected to that]. And nothing that is in Scripture can be set aside {no one can set aside anything that is in Scripture}.
36 Vous me dites, à moi que le Père a sanctifié et envoyé dans le monde: Tu blasphèmes; parce que j’ai dit: Je suis le Fils de Dieu?
But I am the one [my] Father set apart to completely belong to him. He sent me here into this world. So (why are you angry with me for saying that [I am equal with God when I say] that I am the man who is also God?/you should not be angry with me for saying that [I am equal with God when I say] that I am the person who is both God and man!) [RHQ]
37 Si je ne fais pas les œuvres de mon Père, ne me croyez point.
If I were not doing the miracles that my Father [told me to do, I would not expect] you to believe in me.
38 Mais si je les fais, quand bien même vous ne voudriez pas me croire, croyez aux œuvres, afin que vous connaissiez et croyiez que mon Père est en moi, et moi dans mon Père.
But because I perform these miracles, believe [what] these miracles [show about me], even though you do not believe what I [say]. If you do that, then you will know and understand that [my] Father has a close relationship with me, and I have a close relationship with [my] Father.”
39 Ils cherchaient donc à le prendre, mais il s’échappa de leurs mains.
After they heard that, they tried to seize him again, but he got away from them.
40 Et il s’en alla de nouveau au-delà du Jourdain, dans le lieu où Jean baptisait d’abord; et il y demeura.
Then Jesus went, along [with us], back across [to the east side of] the Jordan [River]. We went to the place where John was previously baptizing [people]. He/We stayed there [for a few weeks].
41 Et beaucoup de personnes vinrent à lui, et ils disaient: Jean n’a fait aucun miracle.
Many people came to Jesus. They were saying, “John never performed a miracle, [but this man has performed many miracles]! Everything that John said about this man is true!”
42 Mais tout ce que Jean a dit de celui-ci était vrai. Et beaucoup crurent en lui.
Many people [who came] there believed ([that Jesus was the Messiah/that Jesus truly had come from God]).
