Deuteronomy 15
1 “At the end of every seven years, you must (cancel all debts/tell people who owe you money that they do not need to pay it back).
Tous les sept ans, tu feras relâche.
2 Do it like this: Each of you who has lent money to a fellow Israeli must cancel that debt. You must not insist that he pay it back. You must do that because Yahweh has declared that the debts must be canceled [every seven years].
Et voici comment s’observera le relâche. Quand on aura publié le relâche en l’honneur de l’Éternel, tout créancier qui aura fait un prêt à son prochain se relâchera de son droit, il ne pressera pas son prochain et son frère pour le paiement de sa dette.
3 [During that year] you may require foreigners [who live among you] to pay what they owe you, but you must not try to require that any fellow Israeli pay you what he owes you.
Tu pourras presser l’étranger; mais tu te relâcheras de ton droit pour ce qui t’appartiendra chez ton frère.
4 Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that he is giving to you. If you obey Yahweh our God and obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today, there will not be any poor people among you.
Toutefois, il n’y aura point d’indigent chez toi, car l’Éternel te bénira dans le pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te fera posséder en héritage,
pourvu seulement que tu obéisses à la voix de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, en mettant soigneusement en pratique tous ces commandements que je te prescris aujourd’hui.
6 Yahweh our God will bless you like he has promised to do, and you will [be able to] lend money to people of other people-groups, but you will not [need to] borrow from any of them. You will control [the finances of] many people-groups, but they will not control your [finances].
L’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénira comme il te l’a dit, tu prêteras à beaucoup de nations, et tu n’emprunteras point; tu domineras sur beaucoup de nations, et elles ne domineront point sur toi.
7 “In the towns that Yahweh our God is giving to you, if there are any Israelis who are poor, do not be selfish [IDM] and refuse [IDM] to help them.
S’il y a chez toi quelque indigent d’entre tes frères, dans l’une de tes portes, au pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne, tu n’endurciras point ton cœur et tu ne fermeras point ta main devant ton frère indigent.
8 Instead, be generous [IDM] and lend to them the money that they need.
Mais tu lui ouvriras ta main, et tu lui prêteras de quoi pourvoir à ses besoins.
9 Be sure that you do not say to yourself, ‘The year when debts will be canceled is near, [so I do not want to lend anyone any money now, because he will not need to pay it back when that year comes].’ It would be evil to even think that. If you act in an unfriendly way toward a needy fellow Israeli, and give him nothing, he will cry out to Yahweh about you, and [Yahweh will say that] you have sinned [by not helping that person].
Garde-toi d’être assez méchant pour dire en ton cœur: La septième année, l’année du relâche, approche! Garde-toi d’avoir un œil sans pitié pour ton frère indigent et de lui faire un refus. Il crierait à l’Éternel contre toi, et tu te chargerais d’un péché.
10 Give freely to poor people and give generously [IDM].
Donne-lui, et que ton cœur ne lui donne point à regret; car, à cause de cela, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénira dans tous tes travaux et dans toutes tes entreprises.
11 If you do that, Yahweh will bless you in everything that you do. There will always be some poor people in your land, so I command you to give generously to poor [DOU] people.”
Il y aura toujours des indigents dans le pays; c’est pourquoi je te donne ce commandement: Tu ouvriras ta main à ton frère, au pauvre et à l’indigent dans ton pays.
12 “If any of your fellow Israeli men or women sell themselves to one of you [to become your slave], you must free them after they have worked for you for six years. When the seventh year comes, you must free them.
Si l’un de tes frères hébreux, homme ou femme, se vend à toi, il te servira six années; mais la septième année, tu le renverras libre de chez toi.
13 When you free them, do not allow them to go (empty-handed/without giving them anything).
Et lorsque tu le renverras libre de chez toi, tu ne le renverras point à vide;
14 Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine.
tu lui feras des présents de ton menu bétail, de ton aire, de ton pressoir, de ce que tu auras par la bénédiction de l’Éternel, ton Dieu.
15 Do not forget that your ancestors were once slaves in Egypt, and Yahweh our God freed them. That is the reason that I am now commanding you to do this.
Tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave au pays d’Égypte, et que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a racheté; c’est pourquoi je te donne aujourd’hui ce commandement.
16 “But one of your slaves may say, ‘I do not want to leave you.’ He loves you and your family, because you have treated him well.
Si ton esclave te dit: Je ne veux pas sortir de chez toi, parce qu’il t’aime, toi et ta maison, et qu’il se trouve bien chez toi,
17 If he says that, take him to the door of your house and, [while he stands against the doorway], pierce one of his earlobes with (an awl/a sharp pointed tool). That will indicate that he will be your slave for the rest of his life. Do the same thing to any female slave [who does not want to leave you].
alors tu prendras un poinçon et tu lui perceras l’oreille contre la porte, et il sera pour toujours ton esclave. Tu feras de même pour ta servante.
18 “Do not complain when you are required to free your slaves. [Keep in mind that] they served you for six years, and you paid them only half as much as you pay the servants that you hire. [If you free them, ] Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do.”
Tu ne trouveras point dur de le renvoyer libre de chez toi, car il t’a servi six ans, ce qui vaut le double du salaire d’un mercenaire; et l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénira dans tout ce que tu feras.
19 “(Set aside for/Dedicate to) Yahweh our God the firstborn male animals from your cattle and sheep. Do not force them to do any work for you, and do not (shear/cut off) the wool [of the firstborn animals to sell the wool].
Tu consacreras à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, tout premier-né mâle qui naîtra dans ton gros et dans ton menu bétail. Tu ne travailleras point avec le premier-né de ton bœuf, et tu ne tondras point le premier-né de tes brebis.
20 You and your family may [kill them and] eat their meat in the presence of Yahweh at the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him].
Tu le mangeras chaque année, toi et ta famille, devant l’Éternel, ton Dieu, dans le lieu qu’il choisira.
21 But if the animals have any defects, if they are lame or blind, or if they have any other serious defect, you must not sacrifice them to Yahweh our God.
S’il a quelque défaut, s’il est boiteux ou aveugle, ou s’il a quelque autre difformité, tu ne l’offriras point en sacrifice à l’Éternel, ton Dieu.
22 You may [kill and] eat [the meat of those animals] at your homes. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done such things are permitted to eat that meat, just like anyone is permitted to eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
Tu le mangeras dans tes portes; celui qui sera impur et celui qui sera pur en mangeront l’un et l’autre, comme on mange de la gazelle et du cerf.
23 But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground [when you kill those animals].”
Seulement, tu n’en mangeras pas le sang; tu le répandras sur la terre comme de l’eau.
