Philippiens 3
1 Au reste, mes frères, réjouissez-vous dans le Seigneur. Vous écrire les mêmes choses n’est pas pénible pour moi, mais c’est nécessaire pour vous.
[Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].
2 Gardez-vous des chiens, gardez-vous des mauvais ouvriers, gardez-vous de la mutilation.
Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].
3 Car c’est nous qui sommes la circoncision, nous qui servons Dieu en esprit, qui nous glorifions dans le Christ Jésus, et ne mettons pas notre confiance dans la chair.
[Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].
4 Quoique j’aie moi aussi de quoi me confier dans la chair; si quelqu’un croit pouvoir se confier dans la chair, je le puis davantage, moi,
[We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.
5 Circoncis le huitième jour, moi de la race d’Israël, de la tribu de Benjamin, Hébreu de pères hébreux; quant à la loi, pharisien;
I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].
6 Quant au zèle, persécutant l’Eglise de Dieu; quant à la justice de la loi, ayant vécu sans reproche.
I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.
7 Mais ce qui était un gain pour moi, je l’ai jugé perte à cause du Christ.
Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).
8 Bien plus, j’estime que tout est perte, auprès de l’éminente connaissance de Jésus-Christ Notre Seigneur, pour qui je me suis dépouillé de toutes choses, et je les regarde comme du fumier, afin de gagner le Christ,
More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],
9 Et d’être trouvé en lui possédant non ma propre justice qui vient de la loi, mais celle qui vient de la foi dans le Christ Jésus, la justice qui vient de Dieu par la foi,
and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].
10 Pour le connaître ainsi que la vertu de sa résurrection, et la participation de ses souffrances; m’étant conformé à sa mort;
I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,
11 Afin que je puisse parvenir de quelque manière à la résurrection d’entre les morts;
[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
12 Non que déjà j’aie atteint jusque-là, ou que déjà je sois parfait; mais je poursuis, pour atteindre de quelque manière le but auquel j’ai été destiné par le Seigneur Jésus.
I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].
13 Non, mes frères, je ne pense pas l’avoir atteint. Mais seulement, oubliant ce qui est en arrière, et m’avançant vers ce qui est devant,
My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.
14 Je tends au terme, au prix de la vocation céleste de Dieu dans le Christ Jésus.
Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].
15 Ainsi, tant que nous sommes parfaits, ayons ce sentiment, et si vous en avez quelqu’autre, Dieu vous éclairera sur celui-là aussi.
So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.
16 Cependant, par rapport à ce que nous connaissons, ayons les mêmes sentiments, et persévérons dans la même règle.
What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
17 Mes frères, soyez mes imitateurs, et observez ceux qui marchent selon le modèle que vous avez en nous.
My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].
18 Car il y en a beaucoup dont je vous ai souvent parlé (et je vous en parle encore avec larmes), qui marchent en ennemis de la croix du Christ;
[Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].
19 Dont la fin sera la perdition, dont le Dieu est le ventre, qui mettent leur gloire dans leur ignominie, et qui n’ont de goût que pour les choses de la terre.
[God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.
20 Pour nous, notre vie est dans les cieux: c’est de là aussi que nous attendons le Sauveur, Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ,
[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
21 Qui réformera le corps de notre humilité en le conformant à son corps glorieux, par cette vertu efficace, par laquelle il peut s’assujettir toutes choses.
By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.
