Deuteronomy 21
1 “When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
Si, en la terre que le Seigneur te donne pour héritage, on trouve le cadavre d'un homme frappé à mort dans les champs, et si l'on ignore qui a porté le coup,
2 your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.
Tes anciens et tes juges sortiront et mesureront à quelle distance sont les villes au milieu desquelles on aura trouvé le corps.
3 And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.
On verra quelle est la ville la plus proche du cadavre; alors, les anciens de cette ville prendront, parmi les bœufs, une génisse, non encore soumise au joug;
4 And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
Puis, ils feront descendre la génisse en un ravin inculte, et, dans ce ravin, ils trancheront les muscles du cou de la génisse,
5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.
Ensuite, viendront les prêtres et les lévites choisis par le Seigneur Dieu pour se tenir auprès de lui et pour bénir en son nom, car c'est à eux qu'il appartient de condamner et d'absoudre.
6 And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.
Tous les anciens de la ville la plus proche du cadavre se laveront les mains sur la tête de la génisse immolée dans le ravin.
7 And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Puis, ils diront: Nos mains n'ont pas versé ce sang, et nos yeux n'ont rien vu.
8 Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
Seigneur, soyez propice au peuple d'Israël que vous avez délivré; faites que le sang innocent ne tombe pas sur le peuple d'Israël; et pour eux le cri du sang innocent sera apaisé
9 Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
Et tu auras effacé du milieu du peuple la tache du sang innocent, si tu as fait ce qui est bon et agréable devant le Seigneur.
10 If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,
Si tu vas en guerre contre des ennemis, si le Seigneur te les ayant livrés, tu t'empares de leurs richesses,
11 you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:
Et si tu vois parmi le butin une femme qui soit belle; si tu la désires et si tu la prends pour femme,
12 then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,
Tu la conduiras en ta demeure, tu lui raseras la tête, tu lui couperas les ongles,
13 and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.
Tu lui ôteras les vêtements de la captivité; elle restera en ta maison pendant un mois, elle pleurera son père et sa mère; après cela tu t'approcheras d'elle, tu auras commerce avec elle; elle sera ta femme.
14 But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.
Et si tu ne la veux plus, tu la renverras libre, parce que tu l'auras humiliée, et tu ne la vendras pas à prix d'argent, et tu ne la mépriseras point.
15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,
Si un homme a deux femmes, l'une bien-aimée, l'autre haïe, et qu'elles enfantent, la détestée comme la bien-aimée, et que le fils premier-né soit de la femme haïe;
16 and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.
Le jour où l'homme fera le partage de ses biens, il ne pourra transmettre le droit d'aînesse au fils de la bien-aimée, au mépris du fils premier-né, provenant de la femme haïe.
17 Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.
Il reconnaîtra celui-ci comme son premier-né, et lui donnera double part dans tous ses biens, parce qu'il est l'aîné des enfants et que cette double part appartient au droit d'aînesse.
18 If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
Si un homme a un fils indocile, querelleur, sourd à la voix de son père et de sa mère; s'ils le réprimandent sans qu'il les écoute,
19 they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.
Son père et sa mère, l'ayant pris avec eux, le conduiront auprès des anciens devant la porte de la ville,
20 And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
Et ils diront aux hommes de leur ville: Notre fils que voici est désobéissant et querelleur; sourd à notre voix, il court les festins et s'enivre;
21 Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.
Alors, les hommes de la ville le lapideront; il mourra et vous aurez déraciné parmi tous le mal, et les autres enfants indociles l'apprenant auront crainte.
22 When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:
Si un homme coupable d'un crime capital est mis à mort, et que vous l'ayez pendu à une potence,
23 his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”
Que son corps n'y passe point la nuit; enterrez-le le même jour dans une fosse, car tout homme pendu a une potence est maudit de Dieu; ne souillez donc pas la terre que Dieu vous donne en héritage.
