Matthieu 7
1 Ne jugez point, afin que vous ne soyez point jugés.
“Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
2 Car d’après le jugement selon lequel vous aurez jugé, vous serez jugés, et selon la mesure avec laquelle vous aurez mesuré, mesure vous sera faite.
If you condemn [other people], [God] will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {[God] will condemn you}.
3 Pourquoi vois-tu la paille qui est dans l’œil de ton frère et ne vois-tu point la poutre qui est dans ton œil?
(None of you should be concerned [about someone else’s small faults] [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned [about someone else’s small faults]?) [MET, RHQ] [That would be like noticing] a speck in that person’s eye. But you should [be concerned about your own big faults. They are like] [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice.
4 Ou comment dis-tu à ton frère: Laisse-moi ôter la paille de ton œil, tandis qu’il y a une poutre dans le tien?
(You should not say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’) [RHQ] [You should not say that] if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].
5 Hypocrite, ôte d’abord la poutre de ton œil, et alors tu songeras à ôter la paille de l’œil de ton frère.
You hypocrite, [stop committing your own sins! That will be like] removing the plank from your own eye [MET]. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the [faults] [MET] [that are like] specks in their eyes.”
6 Ne donnez pas les choses saintes aux chiens, et ne jetez pas vos perles devant les pourceaux, de peur qu’ils ne les foulent aux pieds, et que, se tournant, ils ne vous déchirent.
“You do not give holy things to dogs [that would ignore those things] and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, [because they would just ignore them] and trample them. [Similarly], do not give [precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you].”
7 Demandez, et il vous sera donné; cherchez et vous trouverez; frappez, et il vous sera ouvert.
“Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you. Confidently keep [expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like] [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] [MET] knocking [on a door in order to enter a room]. And the way will be opened {[God] will open the way} for you [to get what you pray for].
8 Car quiconque demande, reçoit; et qui cherche, trouve; et à qui frappe, il sera ouvert.
Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep persistently praying for].
9 Quel est d’entre vous l’homme qui, si son fils lui demande du pain, lui présentera une pierre?
(No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?) [RHQ]
10 Ou si c’est un poisson qu’il lui demande, lui présentera-t-il un serpent?
Likewise, (no man would give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?) [RHQ]
11 Si donc vous qui êtes mauvais, vous savez donner de bonnes choses à vos enfants, combien plus votre Père qui est dans les cieux donnera-t-il de bonnes choses à ceux qui les lui demandent?
You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So [God], your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”
12 Ainsi, tout ce que vous voulez que les hommes vous fassent, faites-le leur aussi: car c’est la loi et les prophètes.
“So in whatever way you want others to act toward you [(pl)], that is the way you [(pl)] should act toward them, because that [sums up what Moses wrote in] the laws [that God gave him] and [also what] the prophets [wrote long ago].”
13 Entrez par la porte étroite; parce que large est la porte et spacieuse la voie qui conduit à la perdition; et nombreux sont ceux qui entrent par elle.
“[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
14 Combien est étroite la porte et resserrée la voie qui conduit à la vie, et qu’il en est peu qui la trouvent!
15 Gardez-vous des faux prophètes qui viennent à vous sous des vêtements de brebis, tandis qu’au dedans ce sont des loups ravissants:
“Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you [what God has said]. [They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like] wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins [to make people believe that they are sheep] [MET], but they actually are wolves that attack people [MET].
16 Vous les connaîtrez à leurs fruits. Cueille-t-on des raisins sur des épines, ou des figues sur des ronces?
[So how will you know that they are false?] Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are [MET]. [For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes], so (no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?) [RHQ] And [thistles cannot produce figs], so (no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?) [RHQ]
17 Ainsi, tout arbre bon produit des fruits bons; mais tout mauvais arbre produit de mauvais fruits.
[Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
18 Un arbre bon ne peut produire de mauvais fruits, ni un arbre mauvais produire de bons fruits.
No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
19 Tout arbre qui ne produit point de bon fruit sera coupé et jeté au feu.
[And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
20 Vous les connaîtrez donc à leurs fruits.
By seeing [what plants] produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are. [Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do], [you will know if they are false prophets].”
21 Ce ne sont pas tous ceux qui me disent: Seigneur, Seigneur, qui entreront dans le royaume des cieux; mais celui qui fait la volonté de mon Père qui est aux cieux, celui-là entrera dans le royaume des cieux.
“[Even though many] people [habitually] call me ‘Lord’, [pretending that they have my authority], some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, [because they do not do what he desires]. [Only] those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires [will go there].
22 Beaucoup me diront en ce jour là: Seigneur, Seigneur, n’est-ce pas en votre nom que nous avons prophétisé; en votre nom que nous avons chassé des démons, et en votre nom que nous avons fait beaucoup de miracles?
On the day [MTY] [that God judges everyone], many [people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven], will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives [MTY, RHQ]! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from [people] [RHQ]! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles [RHQ]!’
23 Et alors je leur dirai hautement: Je ne vous ai jamais connu: retirez-vous de moi, vous qui opérez l’iniquité.
Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’”
24 Quiconque donc entend ces paroles que je dis et les accomplit, sera comparé à un homme sage qui a bâti sa maison sur la pierre:
“So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25 Et la pluie est descendue, et les fleuves se sont débordés et les vents ont soufflé et sont venus fondre sur cette maison, et elle n’a pas été renversée, parce qu’elle était fondée sur la pierre.
[Even though] the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.
26 Mais quiconque entend ces paroles que je dis, et ne les accomplit point, sera semblable à un homme insensé qui a bâti sa maison sur le sable;
On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 Et la pluie est descendue, et les fleuves se sont débordés, et les vents ont soufflé et sont venus fondre sur cette maison; elle s’est écroulée et sa ruine a été grande.
When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, [because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you].”
28 Or il arriva que, lorsque Jésus eut achevé ces discours, le peuple était dans l’admiration de sa doctrine.
When Jesus finished saying all those things, the [who had been listening to him were] amazed at the [new] teaching that he had taught them.
29 Car il les instruisait comme ayant autorité, et non comme leurs scribes et les pharisiens.
The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, [who just repeated what other people had taught them].
