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Jean 2
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Jean 2
La Bible du Semeur
Le premier miracle
2 Deux jours plus tard, on célébrait des noces à Cana, en Galilée. La mère de Jésus y assistait.
2 Jésus avait aussi été invité au mariage avec ses disciples.
3 Or voilà que le vin se mit à manquer. La mère de Jésus lui fit remarquer : Ils n’ont plus de vin.
4 – Ecoute, lui répondit Jésus, est-ce toi ou moi que cette affaire concerne[a] ? Mon heure n’est pas encore venue.
5 Sa mère dit aux serviteurs : Faites tout ce qu’il vous dira.
6 Il y avait là six jarres de pierre que les Juifs utilisaient pour leurs ablutions rituelles[b]. Chacune d’elles pouvait contenir entre quatre-vingts et cent vingt litres. 7 Jésus dit aux serviteurs : Remplissez d’eau ces jarres.
Ils les remplirent jusqu’au bord.
8 – Maintenant, leur dit-il, prenez-en un peu et allez l’apporter à l’ordonnateur du repas.
Ce qu’ils firent.
9 L’ordonnateur du repas goûta l’eau qui avait été changée en vin. Il ne savait pas d’où venait ce vin, alors que les serviteurs le savaient, puisqu’ils avaient puisé l’eau. Aussitôt il fit appeler le marié 10 et lui dit : En général, on sert d’abord le bon vin, et quand les gens sont ivres, on leur donne de l’ordinaire. Mais toi, tu as réservé le bon jusqu’à maintenant !
11 C’est là le premier des signes miraculeux que fit Jésus. Cela se passa à Cana en Galilée. Il révéla ainsi sa gloire, et ses disciples crurent en lui. 12 Après cela, Jésus descendit à Capernaüm avec sa mère, ses frères et ses disciples ; mais ils n’y restèrent que quelques jours.
Le premier affrontement au Temple(A)
13 Le jour où les Juifs célèbrent la fête de la Pâque était proche et Jésus se rendit à Jérusalem. 14 Il trouva, dans la cour du Temple, des marchands de bœufs, de brebis et de pigeons, ainsi que des changeurs d’argent, installés à leurs comptoirs. 15 Alors il prit des cordes, en fit un fouet, et les chassa tous de l’enceinte sacrée avec les brebis et les bœufs[c] ; il jeta par terre l’argent des changeurs et renversa leurs comptoirs, 16 puis il dit aux marchands de pigeons : Otez cela d’ici ! C’est la maison de mon Père. N’en faites pas une maison de commerce.
17 Les disciples se souvinrent alors de ce passage de l’Ecriture :
L’amour que j’ai pour ta maison,
ô Dieu, est en moi un feu qui me consume[d] .
18 Là-dessus, les gens lui dirent : Quel signe miraculeux peux-tu nous montrer pour prouver que tu as le droit d’agir ainsi ?
19 – Démolissez ce temple, leur répondit Jésus, et en trois jours, je le relèverai.
20 – Comment ? répondirent-ils. Il a fallu quarante-six ans pour reconstruire le Temple[e], et toi, tu serais capable de le relever en trois jours !
21 Mais en parlant du « temple », Jésus faisait allusion à son propre corps.
22 Plus tard, lorsque Jésus fut ressuscité, ses disciples se souvinrent qu’il avait dit cela, et ils crurent à l’Ecriture et à la parole que Jésus avait dite.
Jésus et Nicodème
23 Pendant que Jésus séjournait à Jérusalem pour la fête de la Pâque, beaucoup de gens crurent en lui en voyant les signes miraculeux qu’il accomplissait. 24 Mais Jésus ne se fiait pas à eux, car il les connaissait tous très bien. 25 En effet, il n’avait pas besoin qu’on le renseigne sur les hommes car il connaissait le fond de leur cœur.
Footnotes
- 2.4 Autres traductions : que me veux-tu, mère ? ou femme, est-ce à toi de me dire ce que je dois faire ?
- 2.6 Les Israélites observaient des rites de purification avant, pendant et après les repas. L’eau était placée dans des vases de pierre.
- 2.15 Autre traduction : et les chassa tous, les brebis comme les bœufs.
- 2.17 Ps 69.10.
- 2.20 La reconstruction du temple dit « d’Hérode » avait commencé en l’an 20 av. J.-C.
John 2
King James Version
John 2
King James Version
2 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
John 2
New International Version
John 2
New International Version
Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.(A) Jesus’ mother(B) was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman,[a](C) why do you involve me?”(D) Jesus replied. “My hour(E) has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(F)
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(G) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[b]
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.(H) He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs(I) through which he revealed his glory;(J) and his disciples believed in him.(K)
12 After this he went down to Capernaum(L) with his mother(M) and brothers(N) and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
Jesus Clears the Temple Courts(O)
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,(P) Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(Q) 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,(R) and others sitting at tables exchanging money.(S) 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house(T) into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[c](U)
18 The Jews(V) then responded to him, “What sign(W) can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”(X)
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”(Y)
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.(Z) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(AA) Then they believed the scripture(AB) and the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AC) many people saw the signs(AD) he was performing and believed(AE) in his name.[d] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind,(AF) for he knew what was in each person.(AG)
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