Épître aux Romains 4

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Que dirons-nous donc d'Abraham, notre ancêtre selon la chair?	1 So then, what shall we say that Abraham had achieved, who is our father according to the flesh?
2 Si Abraham tint sa justice des oeuvres, il a de quoi se glorifier. Mais non au regard de Dieu!	2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he would have glory, but not with God.
3 Que dit en effet l'Ecriture? Abraham crut à Dieu, et ce lui fut compté comme justice.	3 For what does Scripture say? “Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.”
4 A qui fournit un travail on ne compte pas le salaire à titre gracieux: c'est un dû;	4 But for he who works, wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to debt.
5 mais à qui, au lieu de travailler, croit en celui qui justifie l'impie, on compte sa foi comme justice.	5 Yet truly, for he who does not work, but who believes in him who justifies the impious, his faith is reputed unto justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God.
6 Exactement comme David proclame heureux l'homme à qui Dieu attribue la justiceindépendamment des oeuvres:	6 Similarly, David also declares the blessedness of a man, to whom God brings justice without works:
7 Heureux ceux dont les offenses ont été remises, et les péchés couverts.	7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.
8 Heureux l'homme à qui le Seigneur n'impute aucun péché.	8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin.”
9 Cette déclaration de bonheur s'adresse-t-elle donc aux circoncis ou bien également auxincirconcis? Nous disons, en effet, que la foi d'Abraham lui fut comptée comme justice.	9 Does this blessedness, then, remain only in the circumcised, or is it even in the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was reputed to Abraham unto justice.
10 Comment donc fut-elle comptée? Quand il était circoncis ou avant qu'il le fût? Non pas après,mais avant;	10 But then how was it reputed? In circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 et il reçut le signe de la circoncision comme sceau de la justice de la foi qu'il possédait quand ilétait incirconcis; ainsi devint-il à la fois le père de tous ceux qui croiraient sans avoir la circoncision, pour que lajustice leur fût également comptée,	11 For he received the sign of circumcision as a symbol of the justice of that faith which exists apart from circumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe while uncircumcised, so that it might also be reputed to them unto justice,
12 et le père des circoncis, qui ne se contentent pas d'être circoncis, mais marchent sur les traces dela foi qu'avant la circoncision eut notre père Abraham.	12 and he might be the father of circumcision, not only for those who are of circumcision, but even for those who follow the footsteps of that faith which is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
13 De fait ce n'est point par l'intermédiaire d'une loi qu'agit la promesse faite à Abraham ou à sadescendance de recevoir le monde en héritage, mais par le moyen de la justice de la foi.	13 For the Promise to Abraham, and to his posterity, that he would inherit the world, was not through the law, but through the justice of faith.
14 Car si l'héritage appartient à ceux qui relèvent de la Loi, la foi est sans objet, et la promesse sansvaleur;	14 For if those who are of the law are the heirs, then faith becomes empty and the Promise is abolished.
15 la Loi en effet produit la colère, tandis qu'en l'absence de loi il n'y a pas non plus de transgression.	15 For the law works unto wrath. And where there is no law, there is no law-breaking.
16 Aussi dépend-il de la foi, afin d'être don gracieux, et qu'ainsi la promesse soit assurée à toute ladescendance, qui se réclame non de la Loi seulement, mais encore de la foi d'Abraham, notre père à tous,	16 Because of this, it is from faith according to grace that the Promise is ensured for all posterity, not only for those who are of the law, but also for those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all before God,
17 comme il est écrit: Je t'ai établi père d'une multitude de peuples -- notre père devant Celui auquelil a cru, le Dieu qui donne la vie aux morts et appelle le néant à l'existence.	17 in whom he believed, who revives the dead and who calls those things that do not exist into existence. For it is written: “I have established you as the father of many nations.”
18 Espérant contre toute espérance, il crut et devint ainsi père d'une multitude de peuples, selon qu'ilfut dit: Telle sera ta descendance.	18 And he believed, with a hope beyond hope, so that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was said to him: “Thus shall your posterity shall be.”
19 C'est d'une foi sans défaillance qu'il considéra son corps déjà mort -- il avait quelque cent ans -- etle sein de Sara, mort également;	19 And he was not weakened in faith, nor did he consider his own body to be dead (though he was then almost one hundred years old), nor the womb of Sarah to be dead.
20 appuyé sur la promesse de Dieu, sans hésitation ni incrédulité, mais avec une foi puissante, ilrendit gloire à Dieu,	20 And then, in the Promise of God, he did not hesitate out of distrust, but instead he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
21 certain que tout ce que Dieu a promis, il est assez puissant ensuite pour l'accomplir.	21 knowing most fully that whatever God has promised, he is also able to accomplish.
22 Voilà pourquoi ce lui fut compté comme justice.	22 And for this reason, it was reputed to him unto justice.
23 Or quand l'Ecriture dit que sa foi lui fut comptée, ce n'est point pour lui seul; elle nous visaitégalement,	23 Now this has been written, that it was reputed to him unto justice, not only for his sake,
24 nous à qui la foi doit être comptée, nous qui croyons en celui qui ressuscita d'entre les morts Jésusnotre Seigneur,	24 but also for our sake. For the same shall be reputed to us, if we believe in him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead,
25 livré pour nos fautes et ressuscité pour notre justification.	25 who was handed over because of our offenses, and who rose again for our justification.