| | Louis Segond | King James | American std |
| 1 | Il y a eu parmi le peuple de faux prophètes, et il y aura de même parmi vous de faux docteurs, qui introduiront des sectes pernicieuses, et qui, reniant le maître qui les a rachetés, attireront sur eux une ruine soudaine. | But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. | But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. |
| 2 | Plusieurs les suivront dans leurs dissolutions, et la voie de la vérité sera calomniée à cause d'eux. | And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. | And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. |
| 3 | Par cupidité, ils trafiqueront de vous au moyen de paroles trompeuses, eux que menace depuis longtemps la condamnation, et dont la ruine ne sommeille point. | And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. | And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. |
| 4 | Car, si Dieu n'a pas épargné les anges qui ont péché, mais s'il les a précipités dans les abîmes de ténèbres et les réserve pour le jugement ; | For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; | For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; |
| 5 | s'il n'a pas épargné l'ancien monde, mais s'il a sauvé Noé, lui huitième, ce prédicateur de la justice, lorsqu'il fit venir le déluge sur un monde d'impies ; | And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; | and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; |
| 6 | s'il a condamné à la destruction et réduit en cendres les villes de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, les donnant comme exemple aux impies à venir, | And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; | and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; |
| 7 | et s'il a délivré le juste Lot, profondément attristé de la conduite de ces hommes sans frein dans leur dissolution | And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: | and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked |
| 8 | (car ce juste, qui habitait au milieu d'eux, tourmentait journellement son âme juste à cause de ce qu'il voyait et entendait de leurs oeuvres criminelles) ; | (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) | (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds): |
| 9 | le Seigneur sait délivrer de l'épreuve les hommes pieux, et réserver les injustes pour êtres punis au jour du jugement, | The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: | the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment; |
| 10 | ceux surtout qui vont après la chair dans un désir d'impureté et qui méprisent l'autorité. Audacieux et arrogants, ils ne craignent pas d'injurier les gloires, | But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. | but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities: |
| 11 | tandis que les anges, supérieurs en force et en puissance, ne portent pas contre elles de jugement injurieux devant le Seigneur. | Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. | whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord. |
| 12 | Mais eux, semblables à des brutes qui s'abandonnent à leurs penchants naturels et qui sont nées pour êtres prises et détruites, ils parlent d'une manière injurieuse de ce qu'ils ignorent, et ils périront par leur propre corruption, | But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; | But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed, |
| 13 | recevant ainsi le salaire de leur iniquité. Ils trouvent leurs délices à se livrer au plaisir en plein jour ; hommes tarés et souillés, ils se délectent dans leurs tromperies, en faisant bonne chère avec vous. | And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; | suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; [men] that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you; |
| 14 | Ils ont les yeux pleins d'adultère et insatiables de péché ; ils amorcent les âmes mal affermies ; ils ont le coeur exercé à la cupidité ; ce sont des enfants de malédiction. | Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: | having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstedfast souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of cursing; |
| 15 | Après avoir quitté le droit chemin, ils se sont égarés en suivant la voie de Balaam, fils de Bosor, qui aima le salaire de l'iniquité, | Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; | forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; |
| 16 | mais qui fut repris pour sa transgression : une ânesse muette, faisant entendre une voix d'homme, arrêta la démence du prophète. | But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. | but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man`s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet. |
| 17 | Ces gens-là sont des fontaines sans eau, des nuées que chasse un tourbillon : l'obscurité des ténèbres leur est réservée. | These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. | These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. |
| 18 | Avec des discours enflés de vanité, ils amorcent par les convoitises de la chair, par les dissolutions, ceux qui viennent à peine d'échapper aux hommes qui vivent dans l'égarement ; | For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. | For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; |
| 19 | ils leur promettent la liberté, quand ils sont eux-mêmes esclaves de la corruption, car chacun est esclave de ce qui a triomphé de lui. | While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. | promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. |
| 20 | En effet, si, après s'être retirés des souillures du monde, par la connaissance du Seigneur et Sauveur Jésus Christ, ils s'y engagent de nouveau et sont vaincus, leur dernière condition est pire que la première. | For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. | For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. |
| 21 | Car mieux valait pour eux n'avoir pas connu la voie de la justice, que de se détourner, après l'avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur avait été donné. | For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. | For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. |
| 22 | Il leur est arrivé ce que dit un proverbe vrai : Le chien est retourné à ce qu'il avait vomi, et la truie lavée s'est vautrée dans le bourbier. | But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. | It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. |
