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.
Lorsque, dans la terre que l'Éternel ton Dieu te donne pour la posséder, on trouvera un homme tué, étendu dans les champs, et qu'on ne saura pas qui l'a tué,
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.
Alors tes anciens et tes juges sortiront, et mesureront la distance depuis l'homme tué jusqu'aux villes qui sont autour de lui.
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.
Puis les anciens de la ville la plus proche de l'homme tué prendront une jeune vache, dont on ne se soit point servi, qui n'ait point tiré au 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.
Et les anciens de cette ville feront descendre la jeune vache vers un torrent permanent, près duquel on ne laboure ni ne sème; et là ils rompront la nuque à la jeune vache, dans le torrent.
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.
Et les sacrificateurs, fils de Lévi, s'approcheront; car l'Éternel ton Dieu les a choisis pour faire son service et pour bénir au nom de l'Éternel, et leur bouche doit décider de toute contestation et de toute blessure.
6 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
Alors tous les anciens de cette ville, qui sont les plus voisins de l'homme tué, laveront leurs mains sur la jeune vache à laquelle on aura rompu la nuque dans le torrent;
7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
Et, prenant la parole, ils diront: Nos mains n'ont point répandu ce sang; et nos yeux ne l'ont point vu répandre.
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.’
Sois propice à ton peuple d'Israël que tu as racheté, ô Éternel! Et n'impute point le sang innocent à ton peuple d'Israël! Et le meurtre sera expié pour eux.
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.”
Et tu ôteras le sang innocent du milieu de toi, en faisant ce qui est droit 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),
Quand tu iras à la guerre contre tes ennemis, et que l'Éternel ton Dieu les livrera entre tes mains, et que tu en emmèneras des prisonniers;
11 one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
Si tu vois parmi les prisonniers une belle femme, et qu'ayant conçu pour elle de l'affection, tu veuilles 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 mèneras dans ta maison. Et 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 de dessus elle ses vêtements de captivité; elle demeurera dans ta maison, et pleurera son père et sa mère pendant un mois; puis tu viendras vers 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].”
S'il arrive qu'elle ne te plaise plus, tu la renverras où elle voudra, et tu ne pourras pas la vendre pour de l'argent, ni la traiter en esclave, parce que tu l'auras 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.
Quand un homme aura deux femmes, l'une aimée et l'autre haïe, et qu'elles lui auront enfanté des enfants, tant celle qui est aimée que celle qui est haïe, et que le fils aîné sera de celle qui est 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.
Lorsqu'il partagera à ses enfants ce qu'il aura, il ne pourra pas faire aîné le fils de celle qui est aimée, à la place du fils né le premier de celle qui est haïe.
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 fils de celle qui est haïe pour le premier-né, en lui donnant une double portion de tout ce qui se trouvera lui appartenir; car il est les prémices de sa vigueur; le droit d'aînesse lui appartient.
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].
Quand un homme aura un enfant pervers et rebelle, qui n'obéira point à la voix de son père, ni à la voix de sa mère, et qui, bien qu'ils l'aient châtié, ne veuille point les écouter,
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 prendront, et le mèneront aux anciens de sa ville, et à la porte du lieu de sa demeure;
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.’
Et ils diront aux anciens de sa ville: Voici notre fils qui est pervers et rebelle; il n'obéit point à notre voix; il est dissolu et 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].”
Alors tous les hommes de sa ville le lapideront, et il mourra, et tu ôteras le méchant du milieu de toi, afin que tout Israël l'entende et craigne.
22 “If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
Quand un homme aura commis un péché digne de mort, et qu'on le fera mourir, et que tu le pendras au bois,
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 mort ne passera point la nuit sur le bois; mais tu ne manqueras point de l'ensevelir le jour même; car celui qui est pendu est malédiction de Dieu; et tu ne souilleras point la terre que l'Éternel ton Dieu te donne en héritage.
