Deuteronomy 21
1 “When one is found slain, fallen in a field on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it, [and] it is not known who has struck him,
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 then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
Tes anciens et tes juges sortiront et mesureront à quelle distance sont les villes au milieu desquelles on aura trouvé le corps.
3 and it has been, the city which [is] near to the slain one, even [the] elderly of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, which has not drawn in a yoke,
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 [the] elderly of that city have brought down the heifer to a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded the heifer there in the valley.
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, sons of Levi, have come near—for your God YHWH has fixed on them to serve Him and to bless in the Name of YHWH, and by their mouth is every strife and every stroke—
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 all [the] elderly of that city, who are near to the slain one, wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded 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 have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
Puis, ils diront: Nos mains n'ont pas versé ce sang, et nos yeux n'ont rien vu.
8 receive atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have ransomed, O YHWH, and do not permit innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel; and the blood has been pardoned to 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 and you put away the innocent blood out of your midst, for you do that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH.
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 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and your God YHWH has given them into your hand, and you have taken captive its captivity,
Si tu vas en guerre contre des ennemis, si le Seigneur te les ayant livrés, tu t'empares de leurs richesses,
11 and have seen a woman of beautiful form in the captivity, and have delighted in her, and have taken [her] to yourself for 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 have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
Tu la conduiras en ta demeure, tu lui raseras la tête, tu lui couperas les ongles,
13 and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and has dwelt in your house, and lamented her father and her mother [for] a month of days, and afterward you go in to her and have married her, and she has been to you for a 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 And it has been, if you have not delighted in her, that you have sent her away at her desire, and surely you do not sell her for money; you do not tyrannize over her, because that you have humbled 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 When a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they have borne sons to him (the loved one and the hated one), and the firstborn son has been to the hated one,
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 then it has been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he has, he is not able to declare firstborn the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one—the firstborn.
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 But the firstborn, son of the hated one, he acknowledges, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the firstborn.
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 When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—
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 then his father and his mother have laid hold on him, and they have brought him out to [the] elderly of his city, and to the gate of his place,
Son père et sa mère, l'ayant pris avec eux, le conduiront auprès des anciens devant la porte de la ville,
20 and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.
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 all the men of his city have stoned him with stones and he has died, and you have put away the evil out of your midst, and all Israel hears and fears.
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 And when there is a sin in a man [with] a judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hanged him on a tree,
Si un homme coupable d'un crime capital est mis à mort, et que vous l'ayez pendu à une potence,
23 his corpse does not remain on the tree, for you certainly bury him in the day—for he who is hanged [becomes] a curse of God—and you do not defile your ground which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.”
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.
