1 F or the rest, my brethren, delight yourselves in the Lord and continue to rejoice that you are in Him. To keep writing to you of the same things is not irksome to me, and it is for your safety.

Au reste, mes frères, réjouissez-vous dans le Seigneur. Je ne me lasse point de vous écrire les mêmes choses, et pour vous cela est salutaire.

2 L ook out for those dogs, look out for those mischief-makers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Prenez garde aux chiens, prenez garde aux mauvais ouvriers, prenez garde aux faux circoncis.

3 F or we are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances—

Car les circoncis, c'est nous, qui rendons à Dieu notre culte par l'Esprit de Dieu, qui nous glorifions en Jésus Christ, et qui ne mettons point notre confiance en la chair.

4 T hough for myself I have to rely on the flesh. If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and outward advantages, I have still more!

Moi aussi, cependant, j'aurais sujet de mettre ma confiance en la chair. Si quelque autre croit pouvoir se confier en la chair, je le puis bien davantage,

5 C ircumcised when I was eight days old, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the observance of the Law I was of the Pharisees,

moi, circoncis le huitième jour, de la race d'Israël, de la tribu de Benjamin, Hébreu né d'Hébreux; quant à la loi, pharisien;

6 A s to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law’s standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me.

quant au zèle, persécuteur de l'Église; irréprochable, à l'égard de la justice de la loi.

7 B ut whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as '> one combined] loss for Christ’s sake.

Mais ces choses qui étaient pour moi des gains, je les ai regardées comme une perte, à cause de Christ.

8 Y es, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),

Et même je regarde toutes choses comme une perte, à cause de l'excellence de la connaissance de Jésus Christ mon Seigneur, pour lequel j'ai renoncé à tout, et je les regarde comme de la boue, afin de gagner Christ,

9 A nd that I may be found and known as in Him, not having any righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law’s demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the right standing with God, which comes from God by faith.

et d'être trouvé en lui, non avec ma justice, celle qui vient de la loi, mais avec celle qui s'obtient par la foi en Christ, la justice qui vient de Dieu par la foi,

10 t hat I may know Him, and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection '> which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed to His death,

Afin de connaître Christ, et la puissance de sa résurrection, et la communion de ses souffrances, en devenant conforme à lui dans sa mort, pour parvenir,

11 T hat if possible I may attain to the '> spiritual and moral] resurrection out from among the dead.

si je puis, à la résurrection d'entre les morts.

12 N ot that I have now attained, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own.

Ce n'est pas que j'aie déjà remporté le prix, ou que j'aie déjà atteint la perfection; mais je cours, pour tâcher de le saisir, puisque moi aussi j'ai été saisi par Jésus Christ.

13 I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Frères, je ne pense pas l'avoir saisi; mais je fais une chose: oubliant ce qui est en arrière et me portant vers ce qui est en avant,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.

je cours vers le but, pour remporter le prix de la vocation céleste de Dieu en Jésus Christ.

15 S o let those who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also.

Nous tous donc qui sommes parfaits, ayons cette même pensée; et si vous êtes en quelque point d'un autre avis, Dieu vous éclairera aussi là-dessus.

16 O nly let us hold true to what we have already attained and walk and order our lives by that.

Seulement, au point où nous sommes parvenus, marchons d'un même pas.

17 B rethren, together follow my example and observe those who live after the pattern we have set for you.

Soyez tous mes imitateurs, frères, et portez les regards sur ceux qui marchent selon le modèle que vous avez en nous.

18 F or there are many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, who walk (live) as enemies of the cross of Christ (the Anointed One).

Car il en est plusieurs qui marchent en ennemis de la croix de Christ, je vous en ai souvent parlé, et j'en parle maintenant encore en pleurant.

19 T hey are doomed and their fate is eternal misery (perdition); their god is their stomach (their appetites, their sensuality) and they glory in their shame, siding with earthly things and being of their party.

Leur fin sera la perdition; ils ont pour dieu leur ventre, ils mettent leur gloire dans ce qui fait leur honte, ils ne pensent qu'aux choses de la terre.

20 B ut we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, and from it also we earnestly and patiently await the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Savior,

Mais notre cité à nous est dans les cieux, d'où nous attendons aussi comme Sauveur le Seigneur Jésus Christ,

21 W ho will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself.

qui transformera le corps de notre humiliation, en le rendant semblable au corps de sa gloire, par le pouvoir qu'il a de s'assujettir toutes choses.