| | King James | David Martin | American std |
| 1 | For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: | Car de vous écrire touchant la collecte qui se fait pour les Saints, ce me serait une chose superflue. | 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. | Vu que je sais la promptitude de votre zèle, en quoi je me glorifie de vous devant ceux de Macédoine, leur faisant entendre que l'Achaïe est prête dès l'année passée; et votre zèle en a excité plusieurs. | 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: | Or j'ai envoyé ces frères, afin que ce en quoi je me suis glorifié de vous, ne soit pas vain en cette occasion, et que vous soyez prêts, comme j'ai dit. | 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. | De peur que ceux de Macédoine venant avec moi, et ne vous trouvant pas prêts, nous n'ayons de la honte, (pour ne pas dire vous-mêmes) de l'assurance avec laquelle nous nous sommes glorifiés de vous. | 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. | C'est pourquoi j'ai estimé qu'il était nécessaire de prier les frères d'aller premièrement vers vous, et d'achever de préparer votre bénéficence que vous avez déjà promise; afin qu'elle soit prête comme une bénéficence, et non pas comme une chicheté. | 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. | Or je vous dis ceci: que celui qui sème chichement, recueillera aussi chichement; et que celui qui sème libéralement, recueillera aussi libéralement. | 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. | Mais que chacun contribue selon qu'il se l'est proposé en son coeur, non point à regret, ou par contrainte; car Dieu aime celui qui donne gaiement. | [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: | Et Dieu est puissant pour faire abonder toute grâce en vous, afin qu'ayant toujours tout ce qui suffit en toute chose, vous soyez abondants en toute bonne oeuvre: | 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 ce qui est écrit: il a répandu, il a donné aux pauvres; sa justice demeure éternellement. | 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;) | Or celui qui fournit de la semence au semeur, veuille aussi vous donner du pain à manger, et multiplier votre semence, et augmenter les revenus 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. | Etant pleinement enrichis pour exercer une parfaite libéralité, laquelle fait que nous en rendons grâces à Dieu. | 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 l'administration de cette oblation n'est pas seulement suffisante pour subvenir aux nécessités des Saints, mais elle abonde aussi de telle sorte, que plusieurs ont de quoi en rendre grâces à 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; | Glorifiant Dieu pour l'épreuve qu'ils font de cette assistance, en ce que vous vous soumettez à l'Evangile de Christ; et de votre prompte et libérale communication envers eux, et envers 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 Dieu pour vous, et ils vous aiment très affectueusement à cause de la grâce excellente que Dieu vous a accordée. | 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. | Or grâces soient rendues à Dieu à cause de son don inexprimable. | Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. |
