Jean 11
1 Or il y avait un certain malade, Lazare, de Béthanie, du bourg où demeuraient Marie et Marthe sa sœur.
[One time] there was a man whose name was Lazarus who was [very] sick. He lived in Bethany [village], where his [older] sisters Mary and Martha also lived.
2 (Marie était celle qui oignit le Seigneur de parfum, et lui essuya les pieds avec ses cheveux; et Lazare, alors malade, était son frère).
Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Ses sœurs donc envoyèrent dire à Jésus: Seigneur, voilà que celui que vous aimez est malade.
So the two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
4 Ce qu’entendant, Jésus leur dit: Cette maladie ne va pas à la mort, mais elle est pour la gloire de Dieu, afin que le Fils de Dieu en soit glorifié.
[They hoped that Jesus would come], but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in [people realizing] how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of [what I will do].”
5 Or Jésus aimait Marthe et sa sœur Marie, et Lazare.
Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
6 Ayant donc entendu dire qu’il était malade, il demeura toutefois deux jours encore au lieu où il était;
But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [where he was] for two more days.
7 Et après cela, il dit à ses disciples: Retournons en Judée.
But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 Les disciples lui dirent: Maître, tout à l’heure, les Juifs cherchaient à vous lapider, et vous retournez là?
We said, “Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] wanted to [kill you by] throwing stones at you. So ([we think that you should not] go back there again!/[are you sure that you want to] go back there again?) [RHQ]”
9 Jésus répondit: N’y a-t-il pas douze heures dans le jour? Si quelqu’un marche pendant le jour, il ne se heurte point, parce qu’il voit la lumière de ce monde;
[To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen] [MET], Jesus replied, “There are [RHQ] twelve hours in the daytime, [which is enough time to do what God wants us to do]. People who walk in the daytime will not stumble [over things they cannot see], because they see things by the light from the sun.
10 Mais s’il marche pendant la nuit, il se heurte, parce qu’il n’a point la lumière.
It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
11 Il leur parla ainsi, et ensuite il leur dit: Lazare, notre ami, dort; mais je vais le tirer de son sommeil.
After he said that, he told us, “Our friend Lazarus has gone to sleep. But I will go there so that I can wake him up.”
12 Or ses disciples lui dirent: Seigneur, s’il dort, il guérira.
So we said to him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. [So you do not need to risk your life by going there].”
13 Jésus avait parlé de sa mort, mais eux crurent qu’il pariait de l’assoupissement du sommeil.
Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
14 Alors Jésus leur dit clairement: Lazare est mort;
So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 Et je me réjouis à cause de vous, de ce que je n’étais pas là, afin que vous croyiez; mais allons à lui.
But for your sake I am glad that I was not there [when he died], because I want you to believe [more firmly that I] ([am the Messiah/came from God]). So now, [instead of staying here], let’s go to him.”
16 Sur quoi Thomas, qui est appelé Didyme, dit aux autres disciples: Allons, nous aussi, afin que nous mourions avec lui.
Then Thomas, who was {whom they} called ‘The Twin’, said to the rest of us disciples, “Let’s all go, so that we may die with Jesus [when his enemies kill him].”
17 Jésus vint donc, et il le trouva mis dans le sépulcre depuis quatre jours.
When we arrived [close to Bethany], someone told Jesus that Lazarus [had died and had been buried and his body had] been in the tomb for four days.
18 (Or Béthanie était près de Jérusalem, à environ quinze stades.)
Bethany is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
19 Cependant beaucoup de Juifs étaient venus près de Marthe et de Marie, pour les consoler de la mort de leur frère.
Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
20 Marthe donc, dès qu’elle eut appris que Jésus venait, alla au-devant de lui, mais Marie se tenait dans la maison.
When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
21 Et Marthe dit donc à Jésus: Seigneur, si vous eussiez été ici, mon frère ne serait pas mort;
When Martha [got to where Jesus was], she said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died [because you would have healed him]!
22 Cependant, maintenant même, je sais que tout ce que vous demanderez à Dieu, Dieu vous le donnera.
But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
23 Jésus lui répondit: Votre frère ressuscitera.
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
24 Marthe lui dit: Je sais qu’il ressuscitera à la résurrection, au dernier jour.
Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
25 Jésus lui dit: C’est moi qui suis la résurrection et la vie; celui qui croit en moi, quand même il serait mort, vivra;
Jesus said to her, “I am the one who [enables people to] become alive again and who [causes people to] live [eternally]. Those who believe in me, even if they die, will live [again].
Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
27 Elle lui répondit: Oui, Seigneur, je crois que vous êtes le Christ, le Fils du Dieu vivant, qui êtes venu en ce monde.
She said to him, “Yes, Lord! I believe that you are the Messiah, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). You are the one [God promised to send] into the world!”
28 Après qu’elle eut dit cela, elle s’en alla et appela Marie, sa sœur, en secret, disant: Le Maître est là, et il t’appelle.
After she said that, she returned [to the house] and took her [younger] sister, Mary, aside and said to her, “The Teacher is close [to our village], and he wants to talk to you.”
29 Ce que celle-ci ayant entendu, elle se leva promptement et vint à lui;
When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 Car Jésus n’était point encore entré dans le bourg, mais il était dans le lieu où Marthe l’avait rencontré.
Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him.
31 Cependant les Juifs qui étaient dans la maison avec Marie, et la consolaient, lorsqu’ils la virent se lever si promptement et sortir, la suivirent, disant: Elle va au sépulcre pour y pleurer.
The Jews who were in the house with Mary, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go outside. So they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb [where they had buried Lazarus], in order to cry there.
32 Et quand Marie fut venue où était Jésus, le voyant, elle tomba à ses pieds, et lui dit: Seigneur, si vous eussiez été ici, mon frère ne serait pas mort.
When Mary got to where Jesus was and saw him, she prostrated herself at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my [younger] brother would not have died!”
33 Mais lorsque Jésus la vit pleurant, et les Juifs qui étaient venus avec elle pleurant aussi, il frémit en son esprit, et se troubla lui-même.
When Jesus saw her crying, and saw that the Jews who had come with her were also crying, he was very angry [that Satan had caused Lazarus to die] (OR, very troubled) and disturbed in his spirit.
34 Et il dit: Où l’avez-vous mis? Ils lui répondirent: Seigneur, venez et voyez.
He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Et Jésus pleura.
Jesus began to cry.
36 Et les Juifs dirent: Voyez comme il l’aimait!
Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
37 Mais quelques-uns d’eux dirent: Ne pouvait-il pas, lui qui a ouvert les yeux d’un aveugle-né, faire que celui-ci ne mourût point?
But some others said, “He enabled a blind man to see. So (he should have been able to [heal this man so that] he did not die!/why did he not [heal this man so that] he did not die?) [RHQ]”
38 Jésus donc frémissant de nouveau en lui-même, vint au sépulcre: c’était une grotte, et une pierre était posée dessus.
Within himself Jesus was again very angry [about Lazarus dying] (OR, very troubled). He came to the tomb. It was a cave. The entrance had been covered with a large stone.
39 Jésus dit: Otez la pierre. Marthe, la sœur de celui qui était mort, lui dit: Seigneur, il sent déjà mauvais, car il est de quatre jours.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone!” Martha, [who, as I mentioned before, was an older] sister of the man who had died, said, “Lord, his [body] has been [in the tomb] for four days, so now there will be a bad smell!”
40 Jésus lui répondit: Ne vous ai-je pas dit que, si vous croyiez, vous verriez la gloire de Dieu?
Jesus said to her, “I told [RHQ] you that if you believed [in] ([me/what I can do]), you would see how great God is! Have [you forgotten that]?”
41 Ils ôtèrent donc la pierre; alors Jésus, levant les yeux en haut, dit: Mon Père je vous rends grâces de ce que vous m’avez écouté;
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up [toward heaven] and said, “My Father, I thank you that you heard me [when I prayed about this earlier].
42 Pour moi, je savais que vous m’écoutiez toujours; mais c’est à cause de ce peuple qui m’environne que j’ai parlé, afin qu’ils croient que c’est vous qui m’avez envoyé.
I know that you always hear me [when I pray]. But instead [of just praying silently], I said that for the sake of the people who are standing here. I want them to believe that you sent me.”
43 Ayant dit cela, il cria d’une voix forte: Lazare, sors!
After he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 Et aussitôt sortit celui qui avait été mort, lié aux pieds et aux mains de bandelettes, et le visage enveloppé d’un suaire. Jésus leur dit: Déliez-le et laissez-le aller.
The man who [had been] dead came out! The strips of cloth were still wrapped around his [hands and feet], and a cloth was still around his face, [but he came out]! Jesus said to them, “Take off the cloths so that he can walk easily!” [So they did that].
45 Beaucoup d’entre les juifs qui étaient venus près de Marie et de Marthe, et qui avaient vu ce que fit Jésus, crurent en lui.
As a result, many of the Jews who had come to [see] Mary and who had seen what Jesus did, believed that he ([was the Messiah/had come from God]).
46 Mais quelques-uns d’entre eux allèrent vers les pharisiens et leur dirent ce qu’avait fait Jésus.
But some of the [others] went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Les Pontifes donc et les pharisiens assemblèrent le conseil, et ils disaient: Que faisons-nous, car cet homme opère beaucoup de miracles?
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the [Jewish] Council together. They started saying [to each other], “What are we going to do [about Jesus]? He is performing many miracles!
48 Si nous le laissons ainsi, tous croiront en lui, et les Romains viendront et ruineront notre pays et notre nation.
If we allow him to keep [doing this], everyone will believe (in him/that he [is the Messiah]), [and they will make him their king]. Then the Roman [army] will come and destroy our Temple and our whole nation of Israel!”
49 Mais l’un d’eux, nommé Caïphe, qui était le Pontife de cette année-là, leur dit: Vous n’y entendez rien,
One of the [Jewish Council] members was Caiaphas. He was the Jewish high priest that year. [Hinting that they should get rid of Jesus], he said to them, “You [talk as though you] do not know anything [HYP]!
50 Et vous ne pensez pas qu’il vous est avantageux qu’un seul homme meure pour le peuple, et non pas que toute la nation périsse.
You do not realize that it would be much better for us if one man died for the sake of the people rather than that [the Romans kill] all the [people of our Jewish] nation.”
51 Or il ne dit pas cela de lui-même; mais étant le pontife de cette année-là, il prophétisa que Jésus devait mourir pour la nation;
He said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the whole [Jewish] nation.
52 Et non pas pour la nation seulement, mais encore pour rassembler en unies enfants de Dieu qui étaient dispersés.
But he was also prophesying that Jesus would die, not just for the Jews, but for all the people living in other lands who [would belong] to God, in order that he would unite [all of them into] one [group].
53 Dès ce jour donc ils pensèrent à le faire mourir.
So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
54 C’est pourquoi Jésus ne se montrait plus en public parmi les Juifs; mais il s’en alla dans une contrée près du désert, en une ville qui est appelée Ephrem, et il y demeurait avec ses disciples.
Because of that, Jesus no longer traveled around publicly among the Jewish people. Instead, he left [Jerusalem, along] with us disciples, and went to a village called Ephraim, in an area near the desolate region. We stayed there [for a while].
55 Or la Pâque des Juifs était proche, et beaucoup d’entre eux montèrent de cette contrée à Jérusalem, avant la pâque, pour se purifier.
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover [celebration], many [Jews] went up to Jerusalem from other places in the country. They went there to perform the rituals to make themselves acceptable [to God] before the Passover [celebration started].
56 Ils cherchaient donc Jésus, et se disaient les uns aux autres, étant dans le temple: Que pensez-vous de ce qu’il n’est point venu pour la fête?
The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees issued an order that if anyone found out where Jesus was, that person should report it to them, in order that they could seize him. [So the people thought that Jesus would] probably [not dare to come to the celebration]. But they kept looking for him, and as they were standing in the Temple [courtyard] they were saying to each other, “What do you think? He will not come to the celebration, will he?”
57 Or les pontifes et les pharisiens avaient donné ordre que si quelqu’un savait où il était, il le déclarât afin de le prendre.
