fast

They were fasting, but they were only doing it as a ritual.
Ils jeûnaient, mais ils n’accomplissaient rien d’autre qu’un rituel.
From the beginning of the apparitions to August 14, 1984, people were fasting one day a week.
Depuis le début des apparitions jusqu’au 14 août 1984, on jeûnait un jour par semaine.
Lord Krishna once sent three disciples, who were fasting irresponsibly, to Agastya in the Blue Mountains to learn right fasting.
Une fois, le Seigneur Krishna envoya à Agastya dans les Montagnes Bleues, trois disciples qui jeûnait d'une façon irresponsable, pour qu'ils apprennent le jeûne correct.
All were fasting, and the bread and wine of the Communion would be the first morsel of food to reach their lips since the previous night's supper.
Tous jeûnaient, et le pain et le vin de la communion seraient le premier morceau de nourriture pour atteindre leurs lèvres depuis le dîner de la nuit précédente.
But at this time they were fasting for the wrong reasons.
Mais, à ce moment particulier, ils le faisaient pour les mauvaises raisons.
Many of us were fasting and praying for that to happen.
Beaucoup d'entre nous étaient en train de jeûner et prier pour cela.
And the revival of 1859 came in a prayer meeting, where men who were fasting came together to pray.
Et le Réveil de 1859 est survenu lors d'une réunion de prière, quand des hommes qui jeûnaient se sont rencontrés pour prier.
When the Prophet Muhammad came to Madinah on the tenth of the lunar month of Muharram, he found that the Jews there were fasting.
Quand le prophète Mohammed vint à Médine le dixième jour du mois lunaire de Mouharram, il constata que les juifs jeûnaient.
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