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 l'on trouve dans le pays que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne pour le conquérir un homme percé de coups, gisant dans la campagne, sans que l'on sache 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.
tes Anciens et tes Juges sortiront et prendront les distances des villes qui se trouvent dans tous les environs du cadavre;
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.
or la ville la plus proche du cadavre trouvée, les Anciens de cette ville-ci prendront une génisse qu'on n'ait pas employée au travail et qui n'ait pas encore 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 amèneront cette génisse auprès d'un cours d'eau qui ne tarit pas, et dont le lit ne soit ni labouré, ni ensemencé, et là ils rompront la nuque à la génisse dans le cours d'eau.
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.
Alors s'approcheront les Prêtres, fils de Lévi, car l'Éternel, ton Dieu, les a choisis pour le servir et bénir au nom de l'Éternel, et ils prononcent sur tous les procès et dommages.
6 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
Et tous les Anciens de cette ville les plus rapprochés du cadavre laveront leurs mains sur la génisse à laquelle on a rompu la nuque dans le cours d'eau,
7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
et ils feront cette déclaration: Nos mains n'ont point versé ce sang, et nos yeux n'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.’
sois propice à ton peuple d'Israël que tu as racheté, Éternel, et ne mets pas le sang innocent à la charge de ton peuple d'Israël: ainsi sera faite pour eux l'expiation de ce sang.
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 toi tu ôteras de ton sein le sang innocent, car tu dois faire ce qui est droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, ton Dieu.
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 te mettras en campagne contre tes ennemis et que l'Éternel les livrera entre tes mains, et que tu leur feras 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 distingues parmi les captives une femme d'une belle figure et que tu t'attaches à elle et que tu veuilles l'épouser,
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].
amène-la dans l'intérieur de ta maison, et qu'elle se rase la tête, et se fasse 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.
et dépouille ses habits de captive, et demeure dans ta maison et pleure son père et sa mère durant une lunaison; et après ces choses ainsi faites, tu pourras t'approcher d'elle et l'épouser pour qu'elle soit 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].”
Et si tu te dégoûtes d'elle, laisse-la libre d'aller où elle voudra; mais tu ne la vendras pas à prix d'argent, ni ne l'emploieras comme esclave, puisque tu as usé envers elle des droits d'un mari.
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.
Un homme ayant deux femmes, l'une aimée, l'autre haïe, et l'une et l'autre, celle qui est aimée et celle qui est haïe, lui ayant donné des fils, et le fils premier-né étant de l'épouse 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.
il ne pourra, lorsqu'il fera entre ses fils le partage de ce qu'il a, conférer la primogéniture au fils de l'épouse aimée, en face du fils de l'épouse haïe, lequel 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 devra reconnaître le premier-né, fils de l'épouse haïe, en lui donnant double part dans sa succession entière, car il est les prémices de sa vigueur, à lui appartiennent les droits de primogéniture.
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].
Un homme ayant un fils réfractaire et indiscipliné qui n'écoute ni la voix de son père, ni la voix de sa mère, et même châtié ne leur obéit 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.
le père et la mère le prendront et le traduiront devant les Anciens de sa ville et aux Portes du lieu qu'il habite,
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: Notre fils ici présent est réfractaire et indiscipliné; il n'écoute pas notre voix; il est dissipateur 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].”
Et tous les hommes de sa ville le lapideront, et il mourra. Ote ainsi le mal du milieu de toi, et que tout Israël 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 en suite d'un péché qui méritait la mort, un homme aura été mis à mort, et que tu l'auras pendu 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 passera pas la nuit attaché au bois; mais tu l'inhumeras le jour même, car le pendu est sous la malédiction de Dieu, et tu ne dois pas souiller ton pays que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne en propriété.
