Hébreux 11
Segond 21
Exemples de foi
11 Or la foi, c'est la ferme assurance des choses qu'on espère, la démonstration de celles qu'on ne voit pas. 2 C'est à cause d’elle que les anciens ont reçu un témoignage favorable. 3 Par la foi, nous comprenons que l’univers a été formé par la parole de Dieu, de sorte que le monde visible n’a pas été fait à partir des choses visibles.
4 C'est par la foi qu'Abel a offert à Dieu un sacrifice plus grand que celui de Caïn; c'est grâce à elle qu'il a été déclaré juste, car Dieu approuvait ses offrandes, et c'est par elle qu'il parle encore bien qu’étant mort.
5 C'est à cause de sa foi qu'Hénoc a été enlevé pour échapper à la mort, et on ne l’a plus retrouvé parce que Dieu l'avait enlevé[a]. Avant d’être enlevé, il avait en effet reçu le témoignage qu'il était agréable à Dieu. 6 Or, sans la foi, il est impossible d’être agréable à Dieu, car il faut que celui qui s'approche de lui croie que Dieu existe et qu'il récompense ceux qui le cherchent.
7 C'est par la foi que Noé, averti des événements que l'on ne voyait pas encore et rempli d'une crainte respectueuse, a construit une arche pour sauver sa famille. C'est par elle qu'il a condamné le monde et est devenu héritier de la justice qui s'obtient par la foi.
8 C'est par la foi qu'Abraham a obéi lorsque Dieu l'a appelé et qu'il est parti pour le pays qu'il devait recevoir en héritage. Et il est parti sans savoir où il allait. 9 C'est par la foi qu'il est venu s’installer dans le pays promis comme dans un pays étranger. Il y a habité sous des tentes, ainsi qu'Isaac et Jacob, les cohéritiers de la même promesse, 10 car il attendait la cité qui a de solides fondations, celle dont Dieu est l'architecte et le constructeur.
11 C'est aussi par la foi que Sara elle-même a été rendue capable d'avoir une descendance. Malgré son âge avancé, elle a donné naissance à un enfant parce qu'elle a cru à la fidélité de celui qui avait fait la promesse. 12 C'est pourquoi d'un seul homme, pourtant déjà marqué par la mort, est née une descendance aussi nombreuse que les étoiles du ciel, pareille au sable qui est au bord de la mer et qu'on ne peut compter[b].
13 C'est dans la foi qu'ils sont tous morts, sans avoir reçu les biens promis, mais ils les ont vus et salués de loin, et ils ont reconnu qu'ils étaient étrangers et voyageurs sur la terre. 14 Ceux qui parlent ainsi montrent qu'ils cherchent une patrie. 15 S'ils avaient eu la nostalgie de celle qu’ils avaient quittée, ils auraient eu le temps d'y retourner. 16 Mais en réalité, ils désirent une meilleure patrie, c'est-à-dire la patrie céleste. C'est pourquoi Dieu n'a pas honte d'être appelé leur Dieu, car il leur a préparé une cité[c].
17 C'est par la foi qu'Abraham a offert Isaac lorsqu’il a été mis à l'épreuve. Oui, il a offert son fils unique en sacrifice, bien qu’il ait reçu les promesses 18 et que Dieu lui ait dit: C'est par Isaac qu'une descendance te sera assurée.[d] 19 Il pensait que Dieu était capable même de le ressusciter des morts. C'est pourquoi il a retrouvé son fils par une sorte de résurrection.
20 C'est par la foi qu'Isaac a béni Jacob et Esaü en vue de l'avenir.
21 C'est par la foi que Jacob, au moment de sa mort, a béni chacun des fils de Joseph et s’est prosterné, appuyé sur l'extrémité de son bâton[e].
22 C'est par la foi que Joseph, à la fin de sa vie, a fait mention de la sortie d’Egypte des Israélites et a donné des ordres au sujet de ses ossements.
23 C'est par la foi que Moïse, à sa naissance, a été caché pendant trois mois par ses parents. Ils avaient en effet vu que l'enfant était beau, et ils n’ont pas eu peur de l'ordre du roi[f].
24 C'est par la foi que Moïse, devenu grand, a refusé d'être appelé fils de la fille du pharaon. 25 Il préférait être maltraité avec le peuple de Dieu plutôt que d'avoir momentanément la jouissance du péché. 26 Il considérait l’humiliation attachée au Messie comme une richesse plus grande que les trésors de l'Egypte, car il avait le regard fixé sur la récompense à venir. 27 C'est par la foi qu'il a quitté l'Egypte sans craindre la colère du roi, car il s’est montré déterminé, comme s'il voyait celui qui est invisible.
28 C'est par la foi qu'il a célébré la Pâque et versé du sang afin que le destructeur[g] ne touche pas aux premiers-nés des Israélites. 29 C'est par la foi qu'ils ont traversé la mer Rouge comme un terrain sec, tandis que les Egyptiens ont été engloutis lorsqu’ils ont tenté de passer.
30 C'est par la foi que les murailles de Jéricho sont tombées après que le peuple en avait fait le tour pendant sept jours.
31 C'est par la foi que Rahab, la prostituée, n’est pas morte avec les non-croyants, parce qu'elle avait accueilli les espions avec bienveillance.
32 Et que dirais-je encore? Le temps me manquerait en effet pour parler de Gédéon, de Barak, de Samson, de Jephthé, de David, de Samuel et des prophètes. 33 Par la foi, ils ont vaincu des royaumes, exercé la justice, obtenu la réalisation de promesses, fermé la gueule de lions, 34 éteint la puissance du feu, échappé au tranchant de l'épée, repris des forces après une maladie, été vaillants à la guerre, mis en fuite des armées étrangères. 35 Des femmes ont retrouvé leurs morts par la résurrection. D'autres ont été torturés et n'ont pas accepté de délivrance afin d'obtenir une meilleure résurrection. 36 D'autres encore ont subi les moqueries et le fouet, les chaînes et la prison. 37 Ils ont été lapidés, sciés, [mis à l’épreuve]. Ils sont morts tués par l'épée. Ils sont allés d’un endroit à l’autre, habillés de peaux de brebis ou de chèvre, privés de tout, persécutés, maltraités, 38 eux dont le monde n'était pas digne. Ils erraient dans les déserts et les montagnes, dans les grottes et les abris de la terre. 39 Tous ceux-là, bien qu’ayant reçu un bon témoignage grâce à leur foi, n'ont pas obtenu ce qui leur était promis, 40 car Dieu avait en vue quelque chose de meilleur pour nous. Ainsi, ils ne devaient pas parvenir sans nous à la perfection.
Footnotes
- Hébreux 11:5 On ne l’a plus… enlevé: citation de Genèse 5.24 d’après la Septante.
- Hébreux 11:12 Aussi… compter: citation de Genèse 22.17 complétée par Genèse 32.13.
- Hébreux 11:16 Une cité: c’est-à-dire la Jérusalem céleste (voir 12.22; Apocalypse 21).
- Hébreux 11:18 C’est par… assurée: citation de Genèse 21.12.
- Hébreux 11:21 S’est… bâton: citation de Genèse 47.31 d’après la Septante.
- Hébreux 11:23 L’ordre du roi: le roi d’Egypte avait ordonné de tuer tous les enfants de sexe masculin qui naissaient parmi les Israélites.
- Hébreux 11:28 Le destructeur: probablement un ange chargé d’exécuter le jugement de Dieu.
Hebrews 11
New International Version
Faith in Action
11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for(A) and assurance about what we do not see.(B) 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.(C)
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(D) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(E) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(F) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(G)
5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](H) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(I) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(J) in holy fear built an ark(K) to save his family.(L) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(M)
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(N) obeyed and went,(O) even though he did not know where he was going. 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land(P) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(Q) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(R) 10 For he was looking forward to the city(S) with foundations,(T) whose architect and builder is God.(U) 11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(V) was enabled to bear children(W) because she[b] considered him faithful(X) who had made the promise. 12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,(Y) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.(Z)
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(AA) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(AB) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(AC) 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.(AD) 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(AE) Therefore God is not ashamed(AF) to be called their God,(AG) for he has prepared a city(AH) for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.(AI) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[c](AJ) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(AK) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(AL)
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,(AM) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(AN)
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(AO) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(AP)
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(AQ) 25 He chose to be mistreated(AR) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(AS) for the sake of Christ(AT) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(AU) 27 By faith he left Egypt,(AV) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer(AW) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.(AX)
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(AY)
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(AZ)
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[d](BA)
32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,(BB) Barak,(BC) Samson(BD) and Jephthah,(BE) about David(BF) and Samuel(BG) and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms,(BH) administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,(BI) 34 quenched the fury of the flames,(BJ) and escaped the edge of the sword;(BK) whose weakness was turned to strength;(BL) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(BM) 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again.(BN) There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging,(BO) and even chains and imprisonment.(BP) 37 They were put to death by stoning;[e](BQ) they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.(BR) They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,(BS) destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves(BT) and in holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended(BU) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,(BV) 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(BW) would they be made perfect.(BX)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24
- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
- Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
- Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
- Hebrews 11:37 Some early manuscripts stoning; they were put to the test;
Hebrews 11
King James Version
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
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