Acts 17
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Actes 17
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| Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews: | Paul et Silas passèrent par Amphipolis et Apollonie, et ils arrivèrent à Thessalonique, où les Juifs avaient une synagogue. |
| And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, | Paul y entra, selon sa coutume. Pendant trois sabbats, il discuta avec eux, d`après les Écritures, |
| Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ. | expliquant et établissant que le Christ devait souffrir et ressusciter des morts. Et Jésus que je vous annonce, disait-il, c`est lui qui est le Christ. |
| And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women. | Quelques-uns d`entre eux furent persuadés, et se joignirent à Paul et à Silas, ainsi qu`une grande multitude de Grecs craignant Dieu, et beaucoup de femmes de qualité. |
| But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people. | Mais les Juifs, jaloux prirent avec eux quelques méchants hommes de la populace, provoquèrent des attroupements, et répandirent l`agitation dans la ville. Ils se portèrent à la maison de Jason, et ils cherchèrent Paul et Silas, pour les amener vers le peuple. |
| And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; | Ne les ayant pas trouvés, ils traînèrent Jason et quelques frères devant les magistrats de la ville, en criant: Ces gens, qui ont bouleversé le monde, sont aussi venus ici, et Jason les a reçus. |
| Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. | Ils agissent tous contre les édits de César, disant qu`il y a un autre roi, Jésus. |
| And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled. | Par ces paroles ils émurent la foule et les magistrats, |
| And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go. | qui ne laissèrent aller Jason et les autres qu`après avoir obtenu d`eux une caution. |
| And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews. | Aussitôt les frères firent partir de nuit Paul et Silas pour Bérée. Lorsqu`ils furent arrivés, ils entrèrent dans la synagogue des Juifs. |
| Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. | Ces Juifs avaient des sentiments plus nobles que ceux de Thessalonique; ils reçurent la parole avec beaucoup d`empressement, et ils examinaient chaque jour les Écritures, pour voir si ce qu`on leur disait était exact. |
| And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men. | Plusieurs d`entre eux crurent, ainsi que beaucoup de femmes grecques de distinction, et beaucoup d`hommes. |
| But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up. | Mais, quand les Juifs de Thessalonique surent que Paul annonçait aussi à Bérée la parole de Dieu, ils vinrent y agiter la foule. |
| So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still. | Alors les frères firent aussitôt partir Paul du côté de la mer; Silas et Timothée restèrent à Bérée. |
| But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly. | Ceux qui accompagnaient Paul le conduisirent jusqu`à Athènes. Puis ils s`en retournèrent, chargés de transmettre à Silas et à Timothée l`ordre de le rejoindre au plus tôt. |
| Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods. | Comme Paul les attendait à Athènes, il sentait au dedans de lui son esprit s`irriter, à la vue de cette ville pleine d`idoles. |
| So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there. | Il s`entretenait donc dans la synagogue avec les Juifs et les hommes craignant Dieu, et sur la place publique chaque jour avec ceux qu`il rencontrait. |
| And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead. | Quelques philosophes épicuriens et stoïciens se mirent à parler avec lui. Et les uns disaient: Que veut dire ce discoureur? D`autres, l`entendant annoncer Jésus et la résurrection, disaient: Il semble qu`il annonce des divinités étrangères. |
| And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours? | Alors ils le prirent, et le menèrent à l`Aréopage, en disant: Pourrions-nous savoir quelle est cette nouvelle doctrine que tu enseignes? |
| For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. | Car tu nous fais entendre des choses étranges. Nous voudrions donc savoir ce que cela peut être. |
| (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.) | Or, tous les Athéniens et les étrangers demeurant à Athènes ne passaient leur temps qu`à dire ou à écouter des nouvelles. |
| And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. | Paul, debout au milieu de l`Aréopage, dit: Hommes Athéniens, je vous trouve à tous égards extrêmement religieux. |
| For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. | Car, en parcourant votre ville et en considérant les objets de votre dévotion, j`ai même découvert un autel avec cette inscription: A un dieu inconnu! Ce que vous révérez sans le connaître, c`est ce que je vous annonce. |
| The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; | Le Dieu qui a fait le monde et tout ce qui s`y trouve, étant le Seigneur du ciel et de la terre, n`habite point dans des temples faits de main d`homme; |
| And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things; | il n`est point servi par des mains humaines, comme s`il avait besoin de quoi que ce soit, lui qui donne à tous la vie, la respiration, et toutes choses. |
| And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands, | Il a fait que tous les hommes, sortis d`un seul sang, habitassent sur toute la surface de la terre, ayant déterminé la durée des temps et les bornes de leur demeure; |
| So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us: | il a voulu qu`ils cherchassent le Seigneur, et qu`ils s`efforçassent de le trouver en tâtonnant, bien qu`il ne soit pas loin de chacun de nous, |
| For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring. | car en lui nous avons la vie, le mouvement, et l`être. C`est ce qu`ont dit aussi quelques-uns de vos poètes: De lui nous sommes la race... |
| If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man. | Ainsi donc, étant la race de Dieu, nous ne devons pas croire que la divinité soit semblable à de l`or, à de l`argent, ou à de la pierre, sculptés par l`art et l`industrie de l`homme. |
| Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart: | Dieu, sans tenir compte des temps d`ignorance, annonce maintenant à tous les hommes, en tous lieux, qu`ils aient à se repentir, |
| Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead. | parce qu`il a fixé un jour où il jugera le monde selon la justice, par l`homme qu`il a désigné, ce dont il a donné à tous une preuve certaine en le ressuscitant des morts... |
| Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time. | Lorsqu`ils entendirent parler de résurrection des morts, les uns se moquèrent, et les autres dirent: Nous t`entendrons là-dessus une autre fois. |
| And so Paul went away from among them. | Ainsi Paul se retira du milieu d`eux. |
| But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. | Quelques-uns néanmoins s`attachèrent à lui et crurent, Denys l`aréopagite, une femme nommée Damaris, et d`autres avec eux. |
