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.
Garde le mois d’Abib, et fais la Pâque à l’Éternel, ton Dieu; car au mois d’Abib, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a fait sortir, de nuit, hors d’Égypte.
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].
Et sacrifie la pâque à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, du menu et du gros bétail, au lieu que l’Éternel 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].
Tu ne mangeras pas avec elle de pain levé; pendant sept jours tu mangeras avec elle des pains sans levain, pains d’affliction, parce que tu es sorti en hâte du pays d’Égypte, afin que, tous les jours de ta vie, tu te souviennes du jour de ta sortie du pays 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.
Et il ne se verra pas de levain chez toi, dans toutes tes limites, pendant sept jours; et de la chair que tu sacrifieras le soir du premier jour, rien ne passera 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 l’une de tes portes que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne;
mais au lieu que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, aura choisi pour y faire habiter son nom, là tu sacrifieras la pâque, le soir, au coucher du soleil, au temps où tu sortis 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.
et tu la cuiras et la mangeras au lieu que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, aura choisi; et le matin tu t’en retourneras, et tu t’en iras 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, il y aura une fête solennelle à l’Éternel, ton Dieu: tu ne feras aucune œuvre.
9 “[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
Tu compteras sept semaines; depuis que la faucille commence à être mise aux blés, 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 à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, avec un tribut d’offrande volontaire de ta main, que tu donneras selon que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’aura 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.
Et tu te réjouiras devant l’Éternel, ton Dieu, toi, et ton fils, et ta fille, et ton serviteur, et ta servante, et le Lévite qui est dans tes portes, et l’étranger, et l’orphelin, et la veuve, qui sont au milieu de toi, au lieu que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, aura choisi pour y faire habiter son nom.
12 [“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
Et tu te souviendras que tu as été serviteur en Égypte, et tu garderas et tu pratiqueras ces statuts.
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, quand tu auras recueilli [les produits] de ton aire et de ta cuve.
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.
Et tu te réjouiras dans ta fête, toi, et ton fils, et ta fille, et ton serviteur, et ta servante, et le Lévite, et l’étranger, et l’orphelin, et la veuve, qui sont 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 feras pendant sept jours la fête à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, au lieu que l’Éternel aura choisi, car l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénira dans toute ta récolte et dans tout l’ouvrage de tes mains; et tu ne seras que joyeux.
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 l’an tout mâle d’entre vous paraîtra devant l’Éternel, ton Dieu, au lieu qu’il aura choisi: à la fête des pains sans levain, et à la fête des semaines, et à la fête des tabernacles; et on ne paraîtra pas devant l’Éternel à vide,
17 in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
[mais] chacun selon ce que sa main peut donner, selon la bénédiction de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, laquelle il te donnera.
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 t’établiras des juges et des magistrats, selon tes tribus, dans toutes tes portes que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donnera, pour qu’ils jugent le peuple par un jugement juste.
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 jugement; tu ne feras pas acception de personnes; et tu ne recevras pas de présent; car le présent aveugle les yeux des sages et pervertit 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.”
La parfaite justice, tu la poursuivras, afin que tu vives et que tu possèdes le pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne.
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 te planteras pas d’ashère, de quelque bois que ce soit, à côté de l’autel de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, que tu te feras;
22 And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
et tu ne te dresseras pas de statue, – [chose] que hait l’Éternel, ton Dieu.
