Actes des Apôtres 8

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Saul, lui, approuvait ce meurtre. En ce jour-là, une violente persécution se déchaîna contre l'Eglise deJérusalem. Tous, à l'exception des apôtres, se dispersèrent dans les campagnes de Judée et de Samarie.	1 Now in those days, there occurred a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem. And they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles.
2 Cependant des hommes dévots ensevelirent Etienne et firent sur lui de grandes lamentations.	2 But God-fearing men arranged for Stephen’s funeral, and they made a great mourning over him.
3 Quant à Saul, il ravageait l'Eglise; allant de maison en maison, il en arrachait hommes et femmes etles jetait en prison.	3 Then Saul was laying waste to the Church by entering throughout the houses, and dragging away men and women, and committing them to prison.
4 Ceux-là donc qui avaient été dispersés s'en allèrent de lieu en lieu en annonçant la parole de la BonneNouvelle.	4 Therefore, those who had been dispersed were traveling around, evangelizing the Word of God.
5 C'est ainsi que Philippe, qui était descendu dans une ville de la Samarie, y proclamait le Christ.	5 Now Philip, descending to a city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them.
6 Les foules unanimes s'attachaient à ses enseignements, car tous entendaient parler des signes qu'ilopérait, ou les voyaient.	6 And the crowd was listening intently and with one accord to those things which were being said by Philip, and they were watching the signs which he was accomplishing.
7 De beaucoup de possédés, en effet, les esprits impurs sortaient en poussant de grands cris. Nombre deparalytiques et d'impotents furent également guéris.	7 For many of them had unclean spirits, and, crying out with a loud voice, these departed from them.
8 Et la joie fut vive en cette ville.	8 And many of the paralytics and the lame were cured.
9 Or il y avait déjà auparavant dans la ville un homme appelé Simon, qui exerçait la magie et jetait lepeuple de Samarie dans l'émerveillement. Il se disait quelqu'un de grand,	9 Therefore, there was great gladness in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon, who formerly had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great.
10 et tous, du plus petit au plus grand, s'attachaient à lui. "Cet homme, disait-on, est la Puissance deDieu, celle qu'on appelle la Grande."	10 And to all those who would listen, from the least even to the greatest, he was saying: “Here is the power of God, which is called great.”
11 Ils s'attachaient donc à lui, parce qu'il y avait longtemps qu'il les tenait émerveillés par ses sortilèges.	11 And they were attentive to him because, for a long time, he had deluded them with his magic.
12 Mais quand ils eurent cru à Philippe qui leur annonçait la Bonne Nouvelle du Royaume de Dieu etdu nom de Jésus Christ, ils se firent baptiser, hommes et femmes.	12 Yet truly, once they had believed Philip, who was evangelizing the kingdom of God, both men and women were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
13 Simon lui-même crut à son tour; ayant reçu le baptême, il ne lâchait plus Philippe, et il était dansl'émerveillement à la vue des signes et des grands miracles qui s'opéraient sous ses yeux.	13 Then Simon himself also believed and, when he had been baptized, he adhered to Philip. And now, seeing also the greatest signs and miracles being wrought, he was amazed and stupefied.
14 Apprenant que la Samarie avait accueilli la parole de Dieu, les apôtres qui étaient à Jérusalem yenvoyèrent Pierre et Jean.	14 Now when the Apostles who were in Jerusalem had heard that Samaria had received the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
15 Ceux-ci descendirent donc chez les Samaritains et prièrent pour eux, afin que l'Esprit Saint leur fûtdonné.	15 And when they had arrived, they prayed for them, so that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
16 Car il n'était encore tombé sur aucun d'eux; ils avaient seulement été baptisés au nom du SeigneurJésus.	16 For he had not yet come to any among them, since they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
17 Alors Pierre et Jean se mirent à leur imposer les mains, et ils recevaient l'Esprit Saint.	17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 Mais quand Simon vit que l'Esprit Saint était donné par l'imposition des mains des apôtres, il leuroffrit de l'argent.	18 But when Simon had seen that, by the imposition of the hands of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
19 "Donnez-moi, dit-il, ce pouvoir à moi aussi: que celui à qui j'imposerai les mains reçoive l'EspritSaint."	19 saying, “Give this power to me also, so that on whomever I will lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him:
20 Mais Pierre lui répliqua: "Périsse ton argent, et toi avec lui, puisque tu as cru acheter le don de Dieuà prix d'argent!	20 “Let your money be with you in perdition, for you have supposed that a gift of God might be possessed by money.
21 Dans cette affaire il n'y a pour toi ni part ni héritage, car ton coeur n'est pas droit devant Dieu.	21 There is no part or place for you in this matter. For your heart is not upright in the sight of God.
22 Repens-toi donc de ton mauvais dessein et prie le Seigneur: peut-être cette pensée de ton coeur tesera-t-elle pardonnée;	22 And so, repent from this, your wickedness, and beg God, so that perhaps this plan of your heart might be forgiven you.
23 car tu es, je le vois, dans l'amertume du fiel et les liens de l'iniquité."	23 For I perceive you to be in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”
24 Simon répondit: "Intercédez vous-mêmes pour moi auprès du Seigneur, afin que rien ne m'arrive dece que vous venez de dire."	24 Then Simon responded by saying, “Pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”
25 Pour eux, après avoir rendu témoignage et annoncé la parole du Seigneur, ils retournèrent àJérusalem en évangélisant de nombreux villages samaritains.	25 And indeed, after testifying and speaking the Word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and they evangelized the many regions of the Samaritans.
26 L'Ange du Seigneur s'adressa à Philippe et lui dit: "Pars et va-t'en, à l'heure de midi, sur la route quidescend de Jérusalem à Gaza; elle est déserte."	26 Now an Angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Rise up and go toward the south, to the way which descends from Jerusalem into Gaza, where there is a desert.”
27 Il partit donc et s'y rendit. Justement un Ethiopien, un eunuque, haut fonctionnaire de Candace, reined'Ethiopie, et surintendant de tous ses trésors, qui était venu en pèlerinage à Jérusalem,	27 And rising up, he went. And behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, powerful under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, had arrived in Jerusalem to worship.
28 s'en retournait, assis sur son char, en lisant le prophète Isaïe.	28 And while returning, he was sitting upon his chariot and reading from the prophet Isaiah.
29 L'Esprit dit à Philippe: "Avance et rattrape ce char."	29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Draw near and join yourself to this chariot.”
30 Philippe y courut, et il entendit que l'eunuque lisait le prophète Isaïe. Il lui demanda: "Comprends-tudonc ce que tu lis" --	30 And Philip, hurrying, heard him reading from the prophet Isaiah, and he said, “Do you think that you understand what you are reading?”
31 "Et comment le pourrais-je, dit-il, si personne ne me guide?" Et il invita Philippe à monter et às'asseoir près de lui.	31 And he said, “But how can I, unless someone will have revealed it to me?” And he asked Philip to climb up and sit with him.
32 Le passage de l'Ecriture qu'il lisait était le suivant: Comme une brebis il a été conduit à la boucherie;comme un agneau muet devant celui qui le tond, ainsi il n'ouvre pas la bouche.	32 Now the place in Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter. And like a lamb silent before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth.
33 Dans son abaissement la justice lui a été déniée. Sa postérité, qui la racontera? Car sa vie estretranchée de la terre.	33 He endured his judgment with humility. Who of his generation shall describe how his life was taken away from the earth?”
34 S'adressant à Philippe, l'eunuque lui dit: "Je t'en prie, de qui le prophète dit-il cela? De lui-même oude quelqu'un d'autre?"	34 Then the eunuch responded to Philip, saying: “I beg you, about whom is the prophet saying this? About himself, or about someone else?”
35 Philippe prit alors la parole et, partant de ce texte de l'Ecriture, lui annonça la Bonne Nouvelle deJésus.	35 Then Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from this Scripture, evangelized Jesus to him.
36 Chemin faisant, ils arrivèrent à un point d'eau, et l'eunuque dit: "Voici de l'eau. Qu'est-ce quiempêche que je sois baptisé?"	36 And while they were going along the way, they arrived at a certain water source. And the eunuch said: “There is water. What would prevent me from being baptized?”
	37 Then Philip said, “If you believe from your whole heart, it is permitted.” And he responded by saying, “I believe the Son of God to be Jesus the Christ.”
38 Et il fit arrêter le char. Ils descendirent tous deux dans l'eau, Philippe avec l'eunuque, et il le baptisa.	38 And he ordered the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch descended into the water. And he baptized him.
39 Mais, quand ils furent remontés de l'eau, l'Esprit du Seigneur enleva Philippe, et l'eunuque ne le vitplus. Et il poursuivit son chemin tout joyeux.	39 And when they had ascended from the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him anymore. Then he went on his way, rejoicing.
40 Quant à Philippe, il se trouva à Azot; continuant sa route, il annonçait la Bonne Nouvelle dans toutesles villes qu'il traversait, jusqu'à ce qu'il arrivât à Césarée.	40 Now Philip was found in Azotus. And continuing on, he evangelized all the cities, until he arrived in Caesarea.