Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
Voici les lois que tu leur donneras:
2 When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
Quand tu achèteras un serviteur hébreu, il servira six années; la septième, il sortira libre, sans rien payer.
3 If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
S’il est entré seul, il sortira seul; s’il avait une femme, sa femme sortira avec lui.
4 If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
Mais si c’est son maître qui lui a donné une femme, et qu’elle lui ait enfanté des fils et des filles, la femme et ses enfants appartiendront à son maître, et il sortira seul.
5 But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’
Si le serviteur dit: « J’aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants; je ne veux pas sortir libre »,
6 then his master must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
alors son maître le conduira devant Dieu; puis, l’ayant fait approcher de la porte ou du poteau, son maître lui percera l’oreille avec un poinçon, et le serviteur sera pour toujours à son service.
7 If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
Lorsqu’un homme aura vendu sa fille pour être servante, elle ne sortira pas comme sortent les serviteurs.
8 If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
Si elle déplaît à son maître, qui se l’était destinée, il permettra qu’on la rachète; mais il ne pourra pas la vendre à des étrangers, après lui avoir été infidèle.
9 If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
S’il la destine à son fils, il la traitera selon le droit des filles.
10 If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
Et s’il prend une autre femme, il ne retranchera rien à la première pour la nourriture, le vêtement et le couvert.
11 If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
Et s’il ne fait pas pour elle ces trois choses, elle pourra sortir sans rien payer, sans donner d’argent.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
Celui qui frappe un homme à mort doit être mis à mort.
13 But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
Mais s’il ne lui a pas tendu d’embûches et que Dieu l’ait présenté à sa main, je te fixerai un lieu où il pourra se réfugier.
14 But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
Mais si un homme agit méchamment contre son prochain pour le tuer par ruse, tu l’arracheras même de mon autel pour le faire mourir.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
Celui qui frappe son père ou sa mère doit être mis à mort.
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
Celui qui dérobe un homme, soit qu’il le vende, soit qu’on le retrouve entre ses mains, doit être mis à mort.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
Celui qui maudira son père ou sa mère sera puni de mort.
18 Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
Lorsque des hommes se querellent, et que l’un en frappe un autre avec une pierre ou avec le poing, sans causer sa mort, mais en l’obligeant à tenir le lit,
19 and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well.
celui qui l’aura frappé sera quitte, si l’autre en relève et qu’il puisse se promener, dehors avec son bâton; seulement, il le dédommagera de son chômage et il le fera soigner.
20 If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
Quand un homme frappe du bâton son serviteur ou sa servante, et que ceux-ci meurent sous sa main, ils seront vengés.
21 But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
Mais si le serviteur survit un jour ou deux, il ne sera pas vengé; car il est la propriété de son maître.
22 Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
Lorsque des hommes se battent, et qu’ils heurtent une femme enceinte, s’ils la font accoucher, sans autre accident, le coupable sera passible d’une amende que lui imposera le mari de la femme, et qu’il paiera selon la décision des juges.
23 But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
Mais s’il y a un accident, tu donneras vie pour vie,
24 If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
œil pour œil, dent pour dent, main pour main, pied pour pied,
brûlure pour brûlure, blessure pour blessure, meurtrissure pour meurtrissure.
26 If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
Si un homme donne un coup dans l’œil de son serviteur ou de sa servante, et qu’il lui fasse perdre l’œil, il le mettra en liberté en compensation de son œil.
27 If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s tooth.
Et s’il fait tomber une dent à son serviteur ou à sa servante, il le mettra en liberté en compensation de sa dent.
28 If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
Si un bœuf frappe de sa corne un homme ou une femme, et que la mort s’en suive, le bœuf sera lapidé, on n’en mangera pas la chair, mais le maître du bœuf sera quitte.
29 But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
Mais si le bœuf frappait de la corne depuis longtemps, et que son maître, en ayant été averti, ne l’ait pas surveillé, le bœuf sera lapidé, s’il tue un homme ou une femme, et son maître aussi sera mis à mort.
30 However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
Si on impose au maître un prix pour le rachat de sa vie, il paiera tout ce qui lui aura été imposé.
31 If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.
Si le bœuf frappe un fils ou une fille, on appliquera encore cette loi;
32 If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
mais si le bœuf frappe un serviteur ou une servante, on paiera trente sicles d’argent au maître de l’esclave, et le bœuf sera lapidé.
33 Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
Si un homme ouvre une citerne, ou bien si un homme creuse une citerne et ne la couvre pas, et qu’il y tombe un bœuf ou un âne,
34 Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
le possesseur de la citerne indemnisera: il rendra au maître la valeur de la bête en argent, et la bête tuée sera pour lui.
35 If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
Si le bœuf d’un homme frappe de la corne le bœuf d’un autre homme, et que la mort s’en suive, ils vendront le bœuf vivant et s’en partageront le prix; ils se partageront aussi le bœuf tué.
36 However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
Mais s’il est reconnu que le bœuf frappait de la corne depuis longtemps, et que son maître ne l’ait pas surveillé, celui-ci indemnisera en donnant bœuf pour bœuf, et le bœuf tué sera pour lui.
