Deuteronomy 26
1 “After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
Lorsque tu seras entré en la terre que le Seigneur ton Dieu te donne en héritage, et que tu l'auras partagée, et que tu y seras établi,
2 [each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
Tu prendras des prémices des fruits de la terre que le Seigneur ton Dieu te donne, et tu les déposeras en des corbeilles, et tu iras au lieu que le Seigneur ton Dieu aura choisi pour que son nom y soit invoqué,
3 Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
Et tu iras trouver le prêtre de ces temps-là, et tu lui diras: J'atteste aujourd'hui au Seigneur mon Dieu que je suis entré en la terre que le Seigneur mon Dieu a promis à nos pères de nous donner.
4 Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
Et le prêtre prendra de tes mains la corbeille, et il la posera sur l'autel du Seigneur ton Dieu,
5 Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
Et il prendra la parole pour toi, et il dira devant le Seigneur ton Dieu: Mon père a quitté la Syrie, et il est descendu en Egypte; il y est entré peu nombreux, et il y est devenu une grande nation, une innombrable multitude.
6 Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
Et les Egyptiens nous maltraitèrent, ils nous humilièrent; ils nous imposèrent de durs travaux.
7 Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
Et nous invoquâmes le Seigneur notre Dieu; il nous entendit, il vit notre humiliation, nos labeurs, notre oppression.
8 Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
Et le Seigneur lui-même nous fit sortir d'Egypte, par sa grande force, par sa main puissante, par son bras très-haut, par de grandes merveilles, des signes et des prodiges.
9 You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
Et il nous a conduits en ce lieu; il nous a donné cette terre, terre ou coulent le lait et le miel.
10 So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
Et maintenant j'offre les premiers fruits de la terre que vous m'avez donnée, Seigneur, terre où coulent le lait et le miel. Puis, tu laisseras ces prémices devant le Seigneur ton Dieu, et tu te prosterneras devant le Seigneur ton Dieu.
11 And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
Et tu te réjouiras de tous les biens que le Seigneur ton Dieu t'aura donnés, et avec toi toute ta famille, et le lévite, et l'étranger établi parmi vous.
12 Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
Et lorsque, dans la troisième année, tu auras fini de donner toute dîme de tes fruits, tu donneras une seconde dîme au lévite, à l'étranger, à l'orphelin et à la veuve, et ils mangeront dans tes villes, et ils se réjouiront.
13 Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
Et tu diras au Seigneur: J'ai pris dans ma maison ces choses saintes, je les ai données au lévite, à l'étranger, à l'orphelin, à la veuve; j'ai fait selon vos commandements, je ne les ai point transgresses, je n'en ai rien oublié.
14 [I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
Et, dans le deuil, je n'ai rien mangé de ces choses saintes, je n'ai rien offert d'impur; je n'en ai rien consacré à un mort; j'ai obéi à la parole du Seigneur mon Dieu, j'ai fait ce que vous m'avez prescrit.
15 So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
Voyez-moi, du ciel votre demeure, bénissez Israël votre peuple et la terre que vous lui avez donnée, comme vous l''avez promis à nos pères, cette terre où coulent le lait et le miel.
16 Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
En ces jours-là, le Seigneur ton Dieu t'a commandé d'exécuter les commandements, les jugements et les ordonnances de justice; observe-les donc, et exécute-les de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme.
17 Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
Tu as pris Dieu pour ton Dieu, et afin de marcher en toutes ses voies, d'observer ses commandements, et d'obéir à sa parole.
18 And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
Et le Seigneur t'a pris pour que tu sois son propre peuple, comme il te l'a dit, et pour que tu observes ses commandements,
19 If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
Et pour que tu sois au-dessus des autres nations, autant qu'il t'a élevé en renom, en célébrité et en gloire, et pour que tu sois le peuple saint du Seigneur ton Dieu, comme il l'a dit.
