Deuteronomy 21
1 “Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
Si quelqu'un est trouvé tué dans le pays dont l'Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne la possession, couché dans les champs, et que l'on ne sache pas qui l'a frappé,
2 [If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
tes anciens et tes juges sortiront, et ils mesureront les villes qui entourent celui qui est tué.
3 Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
Les anciens de la ville la plus proche de l'homme tué prendront une génisse du troupeau, qui n'a pas été travaillée et qui n'a pas tiré le joug.
4 They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
Les anciens de cette ville feront descendre la génisse dans une vallée où coulent des eaux courantes, qui n'est ni labourée ni ensemencée, et ils briseront le cou de la génisse là, dans la vallée.
5 The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
Les prêtres, fils de Lévi, s'approcheront, car c'est eux que Yahvé ton Dieu a choisis pour le servir et pour bénir au nom de Yahvé; et c'est d'après leur parole que seront tranchées toutes les controverses et toutes les contestations.
6 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
Tous les anciens de la ville la plus proche de l'homme tué laveront leurs mains sur la génisse dont le cou a été brisé dans la vallée.
7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
Ils répondront: « Nos mains n'ont pas versé ce sang, et nos yeux ne l'ont pas vu.
8 Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
Pardonne, Yahvé, à ton peuple d'Israël, que tu as racheté, et ne permets pas le sang innocent parmi ton peuple d'Israël. » Le sang leur sera pardonné.
9 By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
Ainsi, vous effacerez le sang innocent du milieu de vous, lorsque vous ferez ce qui est juste aux yeux de l'Éternel.
10 “When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
Lorsque tu iras combattre tes ennemis, que Yahvé ton Dieu les livrera entre tes mains et que tu les emmèneras en captivité,
11 one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
et que tu verras parmi les captives une belle femme, que tu seras attiré par elle et que tu voudras la prendre pour femme,
12 He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
tu la ramèneras dans ta maison. Elle se rasera la tête et se coupera les ongles.
13 She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
Elle ôtera les vêtements de sa captivité, restera dans ta maison et pleurera son père et sa mère pendant un mois entier. Après cela, tu iras chez elle et tu seras son mari, et elle sera ta femme.
14 Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
Si elle ne te plaît pas, tu la laisseras aller où elle voudra, mais tu ne la vendras pas du tout pour de l'argent. Tu ne la traiteras pas comme une esclave, car tu l'as humiliée.
15 “Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
Si un homme a deux femmes, l'une bien-aimée et l'autre haïe, et qu'elles lui aient enfanté, l'une bien-aimée et l'autre haïe, et que le fils premier-né soit celui de la haïe,
16 On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
alors, le jour où il fera hériter ses fils de ce qui lui appartient, il ne donnera pas au fils de la bien-aimée les droits du premier-né avant le fils de la haïe, qui est le premier-né;
17 He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
mais il reconnaîtra le premier-né, le fils du haï, en lui donnant une double part de tout ce qu'il possède, car il est le commencement de sa force. Le droit du premier-né lui revient.
18 “Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
Si un homme a un fils obstiné et rebelle qui n'obéit pas à la voix de son père ou à la voix de sa mère, et qui, bien qu'ils le châtient, ne les écoute pas,
19 If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
son père et sa mère le saisiront et le conduiront devant les anciens de sa ville et à la porte de son lieu de résidence.
20 Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
Ils diront aux anciens de sa ville: « Notre fils est têtu et rebelle. Il n'obéit pas à notre voix. C'est un glouton et un ivrogne ».
21 Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
Tous les hommes de sa ville le lapideront jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive. Ainsi vous éloignerez le mal du milieu de vous. Tout Israël entendra et craindra.
22 “If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
Si un homme a commis un péché qui mérite la mort, qu'il soit mis à mort et que tu le pendes à un arbre,
23 you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
son corps ne restera pas toute la nuit sur l'arbre, mais tu l'enterreras le jour même, car celui qui est pendu est maudit de Dieu. Ne souille pas le pays que Yahvé ton Dieu te donne en héritage.
