Hebrews 11
1 It is because people trust [God] that they are sure that they will receive the things that they confidently expect [God to give them]. They are also certain [that they will see those things], though no one sees them yet.
Or, la foi est une ferme assurance des choses qu'on espère, une démonstration de celles qu'on ne voit pas.
2 It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him.
C'est grâce à elle que les anciens ont obtenu un bon témoignage.
3 It is because we trust in God that we understand that he formed the universe by commanding [it to exist]. The result is that the things that we see were not made from things that already existed. (aiōn g165)
C'est par la foi que nous savons que le monde, a été formé par la parole de Dieu; en sorte que les choses qui se voient ne proviennent pas de choses visibles. (aiōn g165)
4 It was because [Adam’s son] Abel trusted God that he sacrificed something better to God than what [his older brother] Cain offered to God. Because Abel did that, when God spoke well about what Abel sacrificed, God declared that Abel was righteous. And although Abel is dead, we still learn from him [about trusting God].
C'est par la foi qu'Abel offrit à Dieu un sacrifice meilleur que celui de Caïn. Par elle, il fut déclaré juste. Dieu ayant attesté qu'il agréait ses offrandes; et par elle, quoique mort, il parle encore.
5 It was because Enoch believed [God that God] took him [up to heaven]. The result was that he did not die. No one found him, because he was taken up {[God] had removed him} from the earth [to heaven]. Before [God] took him away, [he] testified that Enoch pleased him well.
C'est par la foi qu'Hénoc fut enlevé et qu'il ne vit point la mort; on ne le trouva plus, parce que Dieu l'avait enlevé; car, avant son enlèvement, il avait obtenu le témoignage d'être agréable à Dieu.
6 It is possible for people to please God only if they trust God, because anyone who wants to come to God must first believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek [to know] him.
Or, sans la foi, il est impossible de lui être agréable; car il faut que celui qui s'approche de Dieu, croie que Dieu existe et qu'il est le rémunérateur de ceux qui le cherchent.
7 It was because Noah trusted [God] that after he was warned by God {after [God] warned him} about [a flood that] had not yet happened, Noah [showed that he] revered God by building a huge ship to save his family. By doing that, he [showed all the people who did not believe him] [MTY] [that they deserved to be condemned] {[that God would] condemn them}. He was someone whom God declared to be righteous because of his trusting in God.
C'est par la foi que Noé, divinement averti des choses qu'on ne voyait pas encore et pénétré d'une pieuse crainte, bâtit l'arche pour sauver sa famille; par elle, il condamna le monde, et il devint héritier de la justice qui vient de la foi.
8 It was because Abraham trusted God that when he was told to go {when [God] told him to go}, he obeyed [God], he left [his own country], and went to a place that God would give him. Abraham left his own country, even though he did not know where he would be going.
C'est par la foi qu'Abraham obéit à l'appel de Dieu et partit pour le pays qu'il devait recevoir en héritage: il partit, sans savoir où il allait.
9 It was because Abraham trusted God that he lived as though he was a foreigner in the land that [God] had promised to him. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham.
C'est par la foi qu'il séjourna dans la terre qui lui avait été promise comme dans une terre étrangère, habitant sous des tentes, ainsi qu'Isaac et Jacob, héritiers avec lui de la même promesse.
10 Abraham was waiting to live in a city [in heaven] that would exist forever [MET]. It was a city that God is building [DOU].
Car il attendait la cité qui a de solides fondements, et dont Dieu est l'architecte et le fondateur.
11 It was because Abraham trusted God that God gave Abraham strength so that he [was] able to produce a son. Even though his wife Sarah was past the age [when women bear children], [God] promised [that he would give her a son], and Abraham considered that God would do what he promised to do.
C'est aussi par la foi que Sara fut rendue capable, malgré son âge, d'avoir une postérité, parce qu'elle crut que Celui qui lui en avait fait la promesse était fidèle.
12 So, although Abraham was also too old to have children, so many people descended from that one man that they were as numerous as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the seashore, [just like God promised him].
C'est aussi pour cela qu'il est né d'un seul homme, et d'un homme usé par l'âge, une multitude aussi nombreuse que les étoiles du ciel, ou que les grains de sable qui sont au bord de la mer et qu'on ne peut compter.
13 It was while they still trusted in God that all those people died. Even though they had not yet received the things that God had promised to give them, [it was as though] they saw those things in a distance. They were glad [to know] about what God promised. It was as though they admitted that they were not from this earth, but that they were only here temporarily.
Tous ceux-là sont morts dans la foi, sans avoir reçu les choses qui leur avaient été promises; ils les ont seulement vues et saluées de loin, ayant fait profession d'être étrangers et voyageurs sur la terre.
14 As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for [a place that will become] their true native land.
Ceux qui parlent ainsi montrent bien qu'ils cherchent une patrie.
15 If they had been thinking about [that place being] the place from which they had come, they would have taken the opportunity to return there.
S'ils avaient songé à celle d'où ils étaient sortis, ils auraient eu le temps d'y retourner,
16 But, instead, they desired a better [place in which to live]; that is, they desired [a home] in heaven. So God has prepared a city for them to live [with him], and he is pleased [LIT] for them to say that he is their God.
mais ils désiraient une patrie meilleure, la patrie céleste; aussi Dieu n'a-t-il pas honte de s'appeler leur Dieu, car il leur a préparé une cité.
17 It was because Abraham trusted [God] that he [was ready to] kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice when [God] tested him. This same man to whom [God] promised [to give] ([a son/many descendants]) was going to sacrifice [that same son], the only son [whom his own wife had borne]!
C'est par la foi qu'Abraham, mis à l'épreuve, offrit Isaac. Oui, il offrit son fils unique, lui qui avait reçu les promesses
18 It was to Abraham that God said, “It is [only] from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.”
et auquel il avait été dit: «C'est en Isaac que tu auras une postérité appelée de ton nom.»
19 Abraham considered that [to fulfill that promise], God could make [Isaac] live again [even if] he had died [after Abraham sacrificed him]! The result was that when Abraham did receive Isaac back [after God told him not to harm Isaac], it was as though he received him back even after he died.
Il se disait que Dieu a le pouvoir même de ressusciter un mort; aussi le recouvra-t-il par une sorte de résurrection.
20 It was because Isaac trusted God that he [prayed that after he died, God would] bless [his] sons Jacob and Esau.
C'est par la foi qu'Isaac donna à Jacob et à Ésaü une bénédiction qui avait en vue l'avenir.
21 It was because Jacob trusted God that, as he was dying, he [prayed that God would] bless each of the sons of [his own son Joseph]. He worshipped God as he leaned upon his walking stick [before he died].
C'est par la foi que Jacob mourant bénit chacun des fils de Joseph et adora, appuyé sur le haut de son bâton.
22 It was because Joseph trusted God that, when he was about to die [in Egypt], he anticipated the time when the Israelis would leave Egypt; and he instructed [that] his people [should carry] his bones [with them when they] ([left Egypt/returned to Canaan]).
C'est par la foi que Joseph, près de sa fm, fit mention de la sortie des enfants d'Israël et donna des ordres au sujet de sa dépouille mortelle.
23 It was because Moses’ father and mother trusted God that they hid [their son] for three months shortly after he was born, because they saw that he was so beautiful. They were not afraid of [disobeying] what the king of Egypt had commanded, [namely, that all the Jewish male babies must be killed].
C'est par la foi que Moïse, à sa naissance, fut caché trois mois par ses parents, parce qu'ils voyaient que c'était un bel enfant; et ils ne se laissèrent pas effrayer par l'édit du roi.
24 The daughter of the [king, whom they called] Pharaoh, [raised] Moses, but when he had grown up, it was because he trusted God that he refused to [accept the privileges that would have been his if people] considered that he was (the son of the king’s daughter/the king’s own grandson).
C'est par la foi que Moïse, devenu grand, renonça au titre de fils de la fille de Pharaon,
25 He decided that it was better for others to mistreat him for a time along with the Israeli people, than to temporarily enjoy living sinfully [in the King’s palace].
aimant mieux être maltraité avec le peuple de Dieu, que de jouir, pour un peu de temps, des délices du péché:
26 This is because he decided that if he suffered for the Messiah, it would be worth far more [in God’s sight] than his owning all the treasures of Egypt [that he would receive as Pharaoh’s heir. He decided that] because he looked forward to the time when [God would give him] an [eternal] reward.
il considérait l'opprobre du Christ comme une richesse plus grande que les trésors de l'Egypte, parce qu'il regardait à la rémunération.
27 It was because he trusted God that he left Egypt. He was not afraid that the king would be angry [because of his doing that]. He (kept going/did not turn back) because [it was as though] he kept seeing [God], whom no one can see.
C'est par la foi qu'il quitta l'Egypte, sans craindre la colère du roi; car il tint ferme, comme s'il eût vu celui qui est invisible.
28 It was because Moses believed [that God would save his own people] that he instituted the [festival called] Passover. He did that [by commanding that the people should kill lambs and] sprinkle their blood [on their] doorposts. They did that in order that [the angel who] causes people to die would not kill [EUP] the oldest male Israelites [when he killed the oldest sons in each Egyptian family].
C'est par la foi qu'il célébra la Pâque et fit l'aspersion du sang, afin que l'exterminateur ne touchât point aux premiers-nés des Israélites.
29 It was because they trusted God that [when] the [Israelite] people walked through [where] the Red Sea [had been, it was] as [though they walked] on dry land! But, when the [army of] Egypt also attempted to [cross that same water], they drowned, because [the sea came back and flooded them]!
C'est par la foi qu'ils traversèrent la mer Rouge, comme une terre sèche, tandis que les Égyptiens, qui tentèrent le passage, y furent engloutis.
30 It was because the [Israeli] people trusted God that the walls around Jericho [city] collapsed, after the Israelis marched around the walls for seven days.
C'est par la foi que les murailles de Jéricho tombèrent, après qu'on en eut fait le tour pendant sept jours.
31 Rahab [had been] a prostitute, but because she trusted God, she did not perish with those [inside Jericho] who disobeyed [God. Joshua sent some spies] into the city [in order] to find ways to destroy it, but God saved her because she welcomed those spies [peaceably].
C'est par la foi que Rahab, la femme de mauvaise vie, ne périt pas avec les incrédules, parce qu'elle avait reçu les espions avec bienveillance.
32 I do not know what more I should say [RHQ] [about others who trusted in God]. It would take too much time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the [other] prophets.
Et que dirai-je encore? Car le temps me manquerait, si je voulais parler de Gédéon, de Barac, de Samson, de Jephté, de David, de Samuel et des prophètes,
33 It was because they trusted God that some of them [did great things for him]. Some conquered lands ruled by powerful men. Some ruled [Israel] and justly [punished those men and nations who rebelled against God]. Some obtained [from God] the things that he promised to give them [MTY].
qui, par la foi, ont conquis des royaumes, exercé la justice, obtenu des promesses, fermé la gueule des lions,
34 Some forced lions to keep their mouths shut. Some escaped from being destroyed by fire. Some of those people escaped from [being killed with] a sword [MTY]. Some of those [people who trusted God] were made strong {became mighty} again after they had once been weak. Some became powerful when they fought wars. Some caused armies [that came from foreign lands] to run away from them.
éteint l'ardeur du feu, échappé au tranchant de l'épée, triomphé de la maladie, montré leur vaillance à la guerre, mis en fuite des armées ennemies.
35 Some women [who trusted God] received [their relatives] back again when [God] ([made them live again after they had died/raised them from the dead]). But [others who trusted God] were tortured until they died. They were tortured because they refused to agree when [their captors said, “We will] release you [if you deny that you believe in God.” They refused to do that], because they wanted to live with God forever, which is better than [continuing to live on earth] after having almost died.
Des femmes ont recouvré leurs morts par la résurrection. D'autres ont été cruellement tourmentés, refusant la délivrance, afin d'obtenir une résurrection meilleure;
36 Other [people who trusted God] were mocked; [some had their backs] cut [open by being struck] with leaded whips. Some were chained and put in prison.
d'autres encore ont eu à subir les moqueries et le fouet, et même les fers et la prison.
37 [Some of] those believers were stoned to death {People [killed some of those believers by] throwing stones at them}. Others were cut completely in two. Others were killed with swords. Others of these people who trusted God wandered around the land [wearing garments made only of] skins from sheep and goats. They did not have any money. They were continually oppressed and tormented {People continuously oppressed them and tormented them}.
Ils ont été lapidés, torturés, sciés; ils ont été tués par le tranchant de l'épée. Ils ont erré çà et là, vêtus de peaux de brebis et de peaux de chèvres, dénués de tout, opprimés, maltraités,
38 [The people on earth who caused those who trusted in God to suffer were so bad that] they did not deserve [to live with people who trusted God. Some who trusted God] wandered in deserts and on mountains. Some lived in caves and in other [large] holes in the ground.
eux dont le monde n'était pas digne; ils ont erré dans les déserts, les montagnes, les cavernes, les antres de la terre.
39 Although all these people were commended [by God] {[God] commended all these people} because they trusted him, God did not give them all that he promised them [while they were alive].
Et tous ceux-là, bien qu'ayant obtenu un bon témoignage, à cause de leur foi, n'ont point reçu ce qui leur avait été promis.
40 God knew ahead of time that what he would give us and them [later] would be better than giving [them immediately what he promised]. What God intends is that only when they and we are together will we have all that God intends us to have.
En effet, Dieu avait en vue pour nous quelque chose de meilleur, car il ne voulait pas qu'ils parvinssent à la perfection sans nous.
