Exodus 21
1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
Voici les lois que tu leur donneras:
2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
Quand tu achèteras un serviteur hébreu, il servira six années; la septième, il sortira libre, sans rien payer.
3 If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.
S’il est entré seul, il sortira seul; s’il avait une femme, sa femme sortira avec lui.
4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
Mais si c’est son maître qui lui a donné une femme, et qu’elle lui ait enfanté des fils et des filles, la femme et ses enfants appartiendront à son maître, et il sortira seul.
5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
Si le serviteur dit: « J’aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants; je ne veux pas sortir libre »,
6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
alors son maître le conduira devant Dieu; puis, l’ayant fait approcher de la porte ou du poteau, son maître lui percera l’oreille avec un poinçon, et le serviteur sera pour toujours à son service.
7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
Lorsqu’un homme aura vendu sa fille pour être servante, elle ne sortira pas comme sortent les serviteurs.
8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
Si elle déplaît à son maître, qui se l’était destinée, il permettra qu’on la rachète; mais il ne pourra pas la vendre à des étrangers, après lui avoir été infidèle.
9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
S’il la destine à son fils, il la traitera selon le droit des filles.
10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
Et s’il prend une autre femme, il ne retranchera rien à la première pour la nourriture, le vêtement et le couvert.
11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
Et s’il ne fait pas pour elle ces trois choses, elle pourra sortir sans rien payer, sans donner d’argent.
12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
Celui qui frappe un homme à mort doit être mis à mort.
13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
Mais s’il ne lui a pas tendu d’embûches et que Dieu l’ait présenté à sa main, je te fixerai un lieu où il pourra se réfugier.
14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
Mais si un homme agit méchamment contre son prochain pour le tuer par ruse, tu l’arracheras même de mon autel pour le faire mourir.
15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
Celui qui frappe son père ou sa mère doit être mis à mort.
16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
Celui qui dérobe un homme, soit qu’il le vende, soit qu’on le retrouve entre ses mains, doit être mis à mort.
17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
Celui qui maudira son père ou sa mère sera puni de mort.
18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
Lorsque des hommes se querellent, et que l’un en frappe un autre avec une pierre ou avec le poing, sans causer sa mort, mais en l’obligeant à tenir le lit,
19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
celui qui l’aura frappé sera quitte, si l’autre en relève et qu’il puisse se promener, dehors avec son bâton; seulement, il le dédommagera de son chômage et il le fera soigner.
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
Quand un homme frappe du bâton son serviteur ou sa servante, et que ceux-ci meurent sous sa main, ils seront vengés.
21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
Mais si le serviteur survit un jour ou deux, il ne sera pas vengé; car il est la propriété de son maître.
22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
Lorsque des hommes se battent, et qu’ils heurtent une femme enceinte, s’ils la font accoucher, sans autre accident, le coupable sera passible d’une amende que lui imposera le mari de la femme, et qu’il paiera selon la décision des juges.
23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
Mais s’il y a un accident, tu donneras vie pour vie,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
œil pour œil, dent pour dent, main pour main, pied pour pied,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
brûlure pour brûlure, blessure pour blessure, meurtrissure pour meurtrissure.
26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
Si un homme donne un coup dans l’œil de son serviteur ou de sa servante, et qu’il lui fasse perdre l’œil, il le mettra en liberté en compensation de son œil.
27 Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.
Et s’il fait tomber une dent à son serviteur ou à sa servante, il le mettra en liberté en compensation de sa dent.
28 If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.
Si un bœuf frappe de sa corne un homme ou une femme, et que la mort s’en suive, le bœuf sera lapidé, on n’en mangera pas la chair, mais le maître du bœuf sera quitte.
29 But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.
Mais si le bœuf frappait de la corne depuis longtemps, et que son maître, en ayant été averti, ne l’ait pas surveillé, le bœuf sera lapidé, s’il tue un homme ou une femme, et son maître aussi sera mis à mort.
30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
Si on impose au maître un prix pour le rachat de sa vie, il paiera tout ce qui lui aura été imposé.
31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
Si le bœuf frappe un fils ou une fille, on appliquera encore cette loi;
32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.
mais si le bœuf frappe un serviteur ou une servante, on paiera trente sicles d’argent au maître de l’esclave, et le bœuf sera lapidé.
33 If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
Si un homme ouvre une citerne, ou bien si un homme creuse une citerne et ne la couvre pas, et qu’il y tombe un bœuf ou un âne,
34 The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
le possesseur de la citerne indemnisera: il rendra au maître la valeur de la bête en argent, et la bête tuée sera pour lui.
35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
Si le bœuf d’un homme frappe de la corne le bœuf d’un autre homme, et que la mort s’en suive, ils vendront le bœuf vivant et s’en partageront le prix; ils se partageront aussi le bœuf tué.
36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
Mais s’il est reconnu que le bœuf frappait de la corne depuis longtemps, et que son maître ne l’ait pas surveillé, celui-ci indemnisera en donnant bœuf pour bœuf, et le bœuf tué sera pour lui.
