| | King James | Abbé Crampon | American std |
| 1 | For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: | Pour ce qui est de l'assistance destinée aux saints, il est superflu de vous en écrire; | For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: |
| 2 | For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. | car je connais votre bonne volonté, et je m'en fais gloire pour vous auprès des Macédoniens, leur disant que, dès l'année passée, l'Achaïe est prête. Ce zèle dont vous donnez l'exemple en a stimulé un grand nombre. | for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them. |
| 3 | Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: | Toutefois, je vous ai envoyé les frères, afin que l'éloge que j'ai fait de vous ne soit pas démenti sur ce point, et que vous soyez prêts, comme j'ai affirmé que le seriez. | But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared: |
| 4 | Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. | Prenez-y garde : si des Macédoniens venaient avec moi et ne vous trouvaient pas prêts, quelle confusion pour moi, - pour ne pas dire pour vous, - dans une telle assurance ! | lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence. |
| 5 | Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. | J'ai donc jugé nécessaire de prier nos frères de nous devancer chez vous, et d'organiser à temps votre libéralité déjà promise, afin qu'elle soit prête, mais comme une libéralité, et non comme une lésinerie. | I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion. |
| 6 | But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. | Je vous le dis, celui qui sème peu moissonnera peu, et celui qui sème abondamment moissonnera abondamment. | But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. |
| 7 | Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. | Que chacun donne, comme il l'a résolu en son coeur, non avec regret ni par contrainte; car "Dieu aime celui qui donne avec joie." | [Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. |
| 8 | And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: | Il est puissant pour vous combler de toutes sortes de grâces, afin que, ayant toujours en toutes choses de quoi satisfaire à tous vos besoins, il vous en reste encore abondamment pour toute espèce de bonnes oeuvres, | And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: |
| 9 | (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. | selon qu'il est écrit : "Avec largesse, il a donné aux pauvres; sa justice subsiste à jamais." | as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. |
| 10 | Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) | Celui qui fournit la semence au semeur et du pain pour sa nourriture, vous fournira la semence à vous aussi, et la multipliera, et il fera croître les fruits de votre justice; | And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: |
| 11 | Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. | et vous serez ainsi enrichis à tous égards, pour donner d'un coeur simple ce qui, recueilli par nous, fera offrir à Dieu des actions de grâces. | ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God. |
| 12 | For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; | Car la dispensation de cette libéralité ne pourvoit pas seulement en abondance aux besoins des saints, mais elle est encore une riche source de nombreuses actions de grâces envers Dieu. | For the ministration of this service not only filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings unto God; |
| 13 | Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; | A cause de la vertu éprouvée que cette offrande montre en vous, ils glorifient Dieu de votre obéissance dans la profession de l'Evangile du Christ, et de la simplicité avec laquelle vous faites part de vos dons à eux et à tous. | seeing that through the proving [of you] by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of [your] contribution unto them and unto all; |
| 14 | And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. | Ils prient aussi pour vous, vous aimant d'un tendre amour, à cause de la grâce éminente que Dieu a mise en vous. | while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you. |
| 15 | Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. | Grâces soient rendues à Dieu pour son don ineffable ! | Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. |
