Deuteronomy 16
1 “[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
Observe le mois d’Abib et célèbre la Pâque en l’honneur de Yahweh, ton Dieu; car c’est au mois d’Abib que Yahweh, ton Dieu, t’a fait sortir d’Égypte, pendant la nuit.
2 [In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
Tu immoleras la Pâque à Yahweh, ton Dieu, les brebis et les bœufs, au lieu que Yahweh, ton Dieu, aura choisi pour y faire habiter son nom.
3 [When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
Avec ces victimes, tu ne mangeras pas du pain levé, mais pendant sept jours tu mangeras des pains sans levain, du pain d’affliction, — car c’est en hâte que tu es sorti du pays d’Égypte, — afin que tu te souviennes toute ta vie du jour où tu es sorti d’Égypte.
4 [During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
On ne verra pas chez toi de levain, dans toute l’étendue de ton territoire, pendant sept jours, et aucune partie des victimes que tu auras immolées le soir du premier jour ne restera pendant la nuit jusqu’au matin.
5 “To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
Tu ne pourras pas sacrifier la Pâque dans chacune de tes villes que te donnera Yahweh, ton Dieu;
mais c’est au lieu que Yahweh, ton Dieu, aura choisi pour y faire habiter son nom, que tu sacrifieras la Pâque, le soir, au coucher du soleil, au temps de ta sortie d’Égypte.
7 Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
Tu feras cuire la victime et tu la mangeras au lieu qu’aura choisi Yahweh, ton Dieu; et tu t’en retourneras le matin pour aller dans tes tentes.
8 Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
Pendant six jours, tu mangeras des pains sans levain, et le septième jour sera l’assemblée solennelle en l’honneur de Yahweh, ton Dieu: tu ne feras aucun ouvrage.
9 “[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
Tu compteras sept semaines; dès que la faucille sera mise au blé, tu commenceras à compter sept semaines;
10 Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
et tu célébreras la fête des Semaines en l’honneur de Yahweh, ton Dieu, avec les offrandes volontaires de tes mains, que tu feras selon que Yahweh, ton Dieu, t’auras béni.
11 [Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
Tu te réjouiras en présence de Yahweh, ton Dieu, dans le lieu que Yahweh ton Dieu, aura choisi pour y faire habiter son nom, toi, ton fils et ta fille, ton serviteur et ta servante, le Lévite qui sera dans tes portes, ainsi que l’étranger, l’orphelin et la veuve qui seront au milieu de toi.
12 [“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
Tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave en Égypte, et tu auras soin de mettre ces lois en pratique.
13 “[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
Tu célébreras la fête des Tabernacles pendant sept jours, lorsque tu auras recueilli le produit de ton aire et de ton pressoir;
14 [Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
tu te réjouiras à cette fête, toi, ton fils et ta fille, ton serviteur et ta servante, ainsi que le Lévite, l’étranger, l’orphelin et la veuve qui seront dans tes portes.
15 Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
Tu célébreras la fête pendant sept jours en l’honneur de Yahweh, ton Dieu, dans le lieu que Yahweh aura choisi; car Yahweh, ton Dieu, te bénira dans toutes tes récoltes et dans tout le travail de tes mains, et tu seras tout entier à la joie.
16 “So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
Trois fois par année, tout mâle d’entre vous se présentera devant Yahweh, votre Dieu, dans le lieu qu’il aura choisi: à la fête des Azymes, à la fête des Semaines et à la fête des Tabernacles; il ne paraîtra pas devant Yahweh les mains vides.
17 in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
Chacun fera ses offrandes, selon ce qu’il peut donner, selon les bénédictions que Yahweh, ton Dieu, lui aura accordées.
18 “Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
Tu établiras des juges et des magistrats dans toutes les villes que Yahweh, ton Dieu, te donnera, selon tes tribus, et ils jugeront le peuple avec justice.
19 They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
Tu ne feras pas fléchir le droit, tu n’auras pas égard aux personnes et tu ne recevras pas de présents, car les présents aveuglent les yeux des sages et corrompent les paroles des justes.
20 You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
Tu suivras strictement la justice, afin que tu vives et que tu possèdes le pays que te donne Yahweh, ton Dieu.
21 “When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
Tu ne planteras pas d’aschéra, aucun bois, à côté de l’autel que tu élèveras à Yahweh, ton Dieu.
22 And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
Tu ne dresseras pas de ces stèles, qui sont en aversion à Yahweh, ton Dieu.
