Luc 16
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Luke 16
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| Jésus dit aussi à ses disciples: Un homme riche avait un économe, qui lui fut dénoncé comme dissipant ses biens. | And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods. |
| Il l`appela, et lui dit: Qu`est-ce que j`entends dire de toi? Rends compte de ton administration, car tu ne pourras plus administrer mes biens. | And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property. |
| L`économe dit en lui-même: Que ferai-je, puisque mon maître m`ôte l`administration de ses biens? Travailler à la terre? je ne le puis. Mendier? j`en ai honte. | And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets. |
| Je sais ce que je ferai, pour qu`il y ait des gens qui me reçoivent dans leurs maisons quand je serai destitué de mon emploi. | I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses. |
| Et, faisant venir chacun des débiteurs de son maître, il dit au premier: Combien dois-tu à mon maître? | And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord? |
| Cent mesures d`huile, répondit-il. Et il lui dit: Prends ton billet, assieds-toi vite, et écris cinquante. | And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty. |
| Il dit ensuite à un autre: Et toi, combien dois-tu? Cent mesures de blé, répondit-il. Et il lui dit: Prends ton billet, et écris quatre-vingts. | Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty. |
| Le maître loua l`économe infidèle de ce qu`il avait agi prudemment. Car les enfants de ce siècle sont plus prudents à l`égard de leurs semblables que ne le sont les enfants de lumière. | And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light. |
| Et moi, je vous dis: Faites-vous des amis avec les richesses injustes, pour qu`ils vous reçoivent dans les tabernacles éternels, quand elles viendront à vous manquer. | And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places. |
| Celui qui est fidèle dans les moindres choses l`est aussi dans les grandes, et celui qui est injuste dans les moindres choses l`est aussi dans les grandes. | He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great. |
| Si donc vous n`avez pas été fidèle dans les richesses injustes, qui vous confiera les véritables? | If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth? |
| Et si vous n`avez pas été fidèles dans ce qui est à autrui, qui vous donnera ce qui est à vous? | And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours? |
| Nul serviteur ne peut servir deux maîtres. Car, ou il haïra l`un et aimera l`autre; ou il s`attachera à l`un et méprisera l`autre. Vous ne pouvez servir Dieu et Mamon. | No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth. |
| Les pharisiens, qui étaient avares, écoutaient aussi tout cela, et ils se moquaient de lui. | And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him. |
| Jésus leur dit: Vous, vous cherchez à paraître justes devant les hommes, mais Dieu connaît vos coeurs; car ce qui est élevé parmi les hommes est une abomination devant Dieu. | And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God. |
| La loi et les prophètes ont subsisté jusqu`à Jean; depuis lors, le royaume de Dieu est annoncé, et chacun use de violence pour y entrer. | The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force. |
| Il est plus facile que le ciel et la terre passent, qu`il ne l`est qu`un seul trait de lettre de la loi vienne à tomber. | But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out. |
| Quiconque répudie sa femme et en épouse une autre commet un adultère, et quiconque épouse une femme répudiée par son mari commet un adultère. | Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her. |
| Il y avait un homme riche, qui était vêtu de pourpre et de fin lin, et qui chaque jour menait joyeuse et brillante vie. | Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. |
| Un pauvre, nommé Lazare, était couché à sa porte, couvert d`ulcères, | And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, |
| et désireux de se rassasier des miettes qui tombaient de la table du riche; et même les chiens venaient encore lécher ses ulcères. | Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. |
| Le pauvre mourut, et il fut porté par les anges dans le sein d`Abraham. Le riche mourut aussi, et il fut enseveli. | And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. |
| Dans le séjour des morts, il leva les yeux; et, tandis qu`il était en proie aux tourments, il vit de loin Abraham, et Lazare dans son sein. | And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. |
| Il s`écria: Père Abraham, aie pitié de moi, et envoie Lazare, pour qu`il trempe le bout de son doigt dans l`eau et me rafraîchisse la langue; car je souffre cruellement dans cette flamme. | And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. |
| Abraham répondit: Mon enfant, souviens-toi que tu as reçu tes biens pendant ta vie, et que Lazare a eu les maux pendant la sienne; maintenant il est ici consolé, et toi, tu souffres. | But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain. |
| D`ailleurs, il y a entre nous et vous un grand abîme, afin que ceux qui voudraient passer d`ici vers vous, ou de là vers nous, ne puissent le faire. | And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us. |
| Le riche dit: Je te prie donc, père Abraham, d`envoyer Lazare dans la maison de mon père; car j`ai cinq frères. | And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house; |
| C`est pour qu`il leur atteste ces choses, afin qu`ils ne viennent pas aussi dans ce lieu de tourments. | For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain. |
| Abraham répondit: Ils ont Moïse et les prophètes; qu`ils les écoutent. | But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say. |
| Et il dit: Non, père Abraham, mais si quelqu`un des morts va vers eux, ils se repentiront. | And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed. |
| Et Abraham lui dit: S`ils n`écoutent pas Moïse et les prophètes, ils ne se laisseront pas persuader quand même quelqu`un des morts ressusciterait. | And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead. |
