Deuteronomy 5
1 Moses/I summoned all the people of Israel and said to them, “You Israeli people, listen to all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today. Learn them and be sure to obey them.
Moïse convoqua tout Israël et leur dit: « Ecoute, Israël, les lois et les ordonnances que je vous fais entendre aujourd’hui; apprenez-les et mettez les soigneusement en pratique.
2 When we were at Sinai [Mountain], Yahweh our God made an agreement with us.
Yahweh, notre Dieu, a conclu avec nous une alliance en Horeb.
3 But this agreement was not only for our ancestors. He made it also for us who are alive now.
Ce n’est pas avec nos pères que Yahweh a conclu cette alliance, c’est avec nous, qui sommes ici aujourd’hui tous vivants.
4 Yahweh spoke with us face-to-face on that mountain, from the middle of the fire.
Yahweh vous parla face à face sur la montagne, du milieu du feu,
5 On that day, I stood between your ancestors and Yahweh to tell them what he said, because they were afraid of the fire, and they did not climb up the mountain. This is what Yahweh said:
— Je me tenais alors entre Yahweh et vous, pour rapporter sa parole; car vous aviez peur du feu, et vous ne montâtes pas sur la montagne. — Il dit:
6 ‘I am Yahweh your God, the one you [worship]. I am the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves [there].
“Je suis Yahweh, ton Dieu, qui t’ai fait sortir du pays d’Égypte, de la maison de servitude.
7 [You must worship only] me; you must not worship any other god.
Tu n’auras pas d’autres dieux devant ma face.
8 You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or anything that is on the ground or anything that swims in the water.
Tu ne te feras pas d’image taillée, ni aucune figure de ce qui est en haut dans le ciel, ou de ce qui est en bas sur la terre, ou de ce qui est dans les eaux au-dessous de la terre.
9 You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I (am very jealous/want you to worship me only). I punish those who sin and hate me. I punish not only them, but I will punish (their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren).
Tu ne te prosterneras pas devant eux et ne les serviras passage; car moi, Yahweh, ton Dieu, je suis un Dieu jaloux, punissant l’iniquité des pères sur les enfants, sur la troisième et sur la quatrième génération, pour ceux qui me haïssent,
10 But I will steadfastly love (thousands of generations/all the descendants) of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations).
et faisant miséricorde jusqu’à mille générations, pour ceux qui m’aiment et qui gardent mes commandements.
11 Do not use/speak my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship], and I will certainly punish those who use/speak my name for wrong/evil purposes [LIT].
Tu ne prendras pas le nom de Yahweh, ton Dieu en vain; car Yahweh ne laissera pas impuni celui qui prendra son nom en vain.
12 Do not forget that the seventh day [of every week] is mine. Dedicate those days to me just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you.
Observe le jour du sabbat, pour le sanctifier, comme te l’a ordonné Yahweh, ton Dieu.
13 There are six days each week for you to do all your work,
Pendant six jours tu travailleras et tu feras tout ton ouvrage.
14 but the seventh day is a rest day, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh your God. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not tell foreigners to work, those who are living in your country. You must allow your slaves to rest on that day just like you do.
Mais le septième jour est un sabbat consacré à Yahweh, ton Dieu: tu ne feras aucun ouvrage, ni toi, ni ton fils, ni ta fille, ni ton serviteur, ni ta servante, ni ton bœuf, ni ton âne, ni aucune de tes bêtes, ni l’étranger qui est dans tes portes, afin que ton serviteur et ta servante se reposent comme toi.
15 Do not forget that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, Yahweh your God, brought you out from there by my very great power. [DOU, MTY] That is the reason that I am commanding that [all of] you must rest on the seventh/Sabbath day [each week].
Tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave au pays d’Égypte, et que Yahweh, ton Dieu, t’en a fait sortir d’une main forte et d’un bras étendu: c’est pourquoi Yahweh, ton Dieu, t’a ordonné d’observer le jour du sabbat.
16 Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh your God, will give you, and in order that things will go well for you there.
Honore ton père et ta mère, comme Yahweh, ton Dieu te l’a ordonné, afin que tes jours soient prolongés et que tu sois heureux dans le pays que Yahweh, ton Dieu, te donne.
17 Do not murder anyone.
Tu ne tueras pas.
18 Do not (commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse).
Tu ne commettras pas d’adultère.
19 Do not steal anything.
Tu ne déroberas pas.
20 Do not tell lies about anyone [when you are speaking in a court].
Tu ne porteras pas de faux témoignage contre ton prochain.
21 Do not (covet/desire to have) someone else’s wife, someone else’s house, someone else’s fields, someone else’s male slave or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that another person owns.’
Tu ne convoiteras pas la femme de ton prochain. Tu ne désireras pas la maison de ton prochain, ni son champ, ni son serviteur, ni sa servante, ni son bœuf, ni son âne, ni rien de ce qui appartient à ton prochain. »
22 Those are the commandments that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors. When they were gathered there at [the bottom of] the mountain, he spoke with a very loud voice from the middle of the fire, and there were dark clouds surrounding the mountain. He spoke only those [ten] commandments, no more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
Telles sont les paroles que Yahweh adressa à toute votre assemblée, sur la montagne, du milieu du feu, de la nuée et de l’obscurité, d’une voix forte; et il n’ajouta rien. Il les écrivit sur deux tables de pierre, qu’il me donna.
23 After your ancestors heard [Yahweh’s] voice when he spoke to them out of the darkness, while there was a big fire burning on the mountain, their leaders and elders came to me,
Lorsque vous eûtes entendu la voix du milieu des ténèbres, la montagne étant toute en feu, vous vous approchâtes de moi, tous vos chefs de tribus et vos anciens,
24 and [one of] them said, ‘Listen to us! Yahweh our God showed us that he is very great and glorious when we heard him speak [MTY] from the fire. Today we have realized that it is possible for us humans to continue to live even though God has spoken to us.
et vous dîtes: « Voici que Yahweh, notre Dieu, nous a montré sa gloire et sa grandeur, et nous avons entendu sa voix du milieu du feu; aujourd’hui nous avons vu Dieu parler à l’homme et l’homme rester vivant.
25 But we are afraid that we will die [RHQ] if we hear Yahweh our God speak [MTY] to us again; his terrible fire will destroy/kill us.
Et maintenant pourquoi mourrions-nous? Car ce grand feu nous dévorera; si nous entendons encore la voix de Yahweh, notre Dieu, nous mourrons.
26 (Who has/Certainly no human has) remained alive after hearing the all-powerful God speak [MTY] to them from a fire.
Car parmi toute chair, quel est celui qui a entendu, comme nous, la voix du Dieu vivant parlant du milieu du feu, et qui soit demeuré en vie?
27 [So Moses], you go [up the mountain] and listen to everything that Yahweh our God will say. Then [come back and] tell us everything that he has said, and we will listen to what he has said and obey it.’
Toi, approche-toi, et écoute tout ce que dira Yahweh, notre Dieu, et tu nous rapporteras tout ce que t’aura dit Yahweh, notre Dieu: nous l’écouterons et nous le ferons. »
28 Yahweh heard your leaders say that, so [when I went back up the mountain], Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard what your leaders have said, and what they have said is right/correct.
Yahweh entendit vos paroles tandis que vous me parliez, et Yahweh me dit: « J’ai entendu les paroles que ce peuple t’a adressées: tout ce qu’ils ont dit est bien.
29 I surely wish that they would always think like that and revere me and obey all my commandments, in order that things may go well for them and for their descendants forever.
Oh! S’ils avaient toujours ce même cœur pour me craindre et pour observer mes commandements, afin qu’ils soient heureux à jamais, eux et leurs enfants!
30 So go [down] and tell them to return to their tents.
Va, dis-leur: Retournez dans vos tentes.
31 But [then] you [come back up here and] stand near me, and I will give to you all the rules and regulations that I [want them to obey]. Then you can teach them to the people, in order that they will obey them when they are in the land that I am giving to them.’
Mais toi, reste ici avec moi, et je te dirai tous les commandements, les lois et les ordonnances que tu leur enseigneras, pour qu’ils les mettent en pratique dans le pays que je leur donne en possession.
32 [So I went back down to the people, and I said to them], ‘Be sure that you do everything that Yahweh our God has commanded us to do. Do not disobey any of his laws.
Vous aurez soin de faire ce que Yahweh, votre Dieu, vous a commandé; vous ne vous en détournerez ni à droite ni à gauche,
33 Conduct your lives as Yahweh our God has commanded us to do, in order that you may live a long time, and in order that things will go well for you [when you are living] in the land that you will occupy.’”
mais vous suivrez en tout la voie que Yahweh, votre Dieu, vous a prescrite, afin que vous viviez et que vous soyez heureux, et que vous prolongiez vos jours dans le pays que vous posséderez.” »
