| | | Abbé Crampon | |
| 1 | Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: | Moi, Paul, je vous invite par la douceur et la bonté du Christ, - moi "qui ai l'air humble quand je suis au milieu de vous, mais qui suis hardi avec vous quand je suis absent ! "- | Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you: |
| 2 | But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. | je vous en prie, que je n'aie pas, quand je serai présent, à user de cette hardiesse, avec l'assurance que je me propose de montrer contre certaines gens qui se figurent que nous marchons selon la chair. | yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh. |
| 3 | For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: | Si nous marchons dans la chair, nous ne combattons pas selon la chair. | For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh |
| 4 | (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) | Car les armes avec lesquelles nous combattons ne sont pas charnelles; elles sont puissantes devant Dieu pour renverser des forteresses. Nous renversons les raisonnements | (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), |
| 5 | Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; | et toute hauteur qui s'élève contre la science de Dieu, et nous assujettissons tout pensée à l'obéissance du Christ. | casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; |
| 6 | And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. | Nous sommes prêts aussi à punir toute désobéissance, lorsque, de votre côté, votre obéissance sera complète. | and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full. |
| 7 | Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. | Vous regardez à l'air ! Eh bien, si quelqu'un se persuade qu'il est au Christ, qu'il se dise de lui-même, à son tour, que s'il appartient au Christ, nous aussi nous lui appartenons. | Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ`s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ`s, so also are we. |
| 8 | For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: | Si même je me glorifiais encore un peu plus de l'autorité que le Seigneur m'a donnée pour votre édification, et non pour votre destruction, je n'en aurais pas de confusion, | For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame: |
| 9 | That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. | afin de ne pas paraître vouloir vous intimider par mes lettres. | that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. |
| 10 | For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. | Car "ses lettres, dit-on, sont sévères et fortes; mais, quand il est présent, c'est un homme faible et sa parole est méprisable."- | For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account. |
| 11 | Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. | Que celui qui parle de la sorte se dise bien que tels nous sommes de loin en paroles dans nos lettres, tels nous sommes en effet devant vous. | Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present. |
| 12 | For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. | Nous n'avons pas la hardiesse de nous égaler ou de nous comparer à certaines gens qui se recommandent eux-mêmes. Mais, en se mesurant à leur propre mesure et en se comparant eux-mêmes à eux-mêmes, ils manquent d'intelligence. | For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding. |
| 13 | But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. | Pour nous, nous ne nous glorifions pas hors de mesure, mais selon la mesure du champ d'action que Dieu nous a assigné, pour nous faire arriver jusqu'à vous : - | But we will not glory beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you. |
| 14 | For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: | car nous ne dépassons pas nos limites, comme si nous n'étions pas parvenus jusqu'à vous, et nous sommes réellement venus jusqu'à vous avec l'Evangile du Christ. | For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ: |
| 15 | Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, | - Ce n'est pas outre mesure, pour les travaux d'autrui que nous nous glorifions; et nous avons l'espérance que, lorsque votre foi aura fait des progrès, nous grandirons de plus en plus parmi vous, en suivant les limites qui nous sont assignées, | not glorying beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men`s labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance, |
| 16 | To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. | de manière à prêcher l'Evangile dans les pays qui sont au delà du vôtre, sans entrer dans le partage d'autrui, pour nous glorifier des travaux faits par d'autres. | so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another`s province in regard of things ready to our hand. |
| 17 | But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. | Toutefois "que celui qui se glorifie se glorifie dans le Seigneur." | But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. |
| 18 | For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. | Car ce n'est pas celui qui se recommande lui-même qui est un homme éprouvé; c'est celui que le Seigneur recommande. | For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. |
