Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
Voici les ordonnances que tu leur proposeras.
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].
Si tu achètes un esclave hébreu, il te servira pendant six années; à la septième, il sortira libre sans rien donner.
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.
Qu’il s’en aille avec le même vêtement avec lequel il est entré; s’il a une femme, sa femme sortira aussi 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 ait enfanté des fils et des filles, la femme et ses enfants seront à son maître; pour lui, il s’en ira avec son vêtement.
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,’
Que si l’esclave dit: J’aime mon maître, et ma femme et mes enfants, je ne sortirai point pour être 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).
Son maître le présentera aux dieux, puis il le fera approcher de la porte et des poteaux, percera son oreille d’une alène; et il sera son esclave pour toujours.
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.
Si quelqu’un vend sa fille pour être servante, elle ne sortira pas comme les esclaves ont coutume de sortir.
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 aux yeux de son maître auquel elle avait été livrée, il la laissera aller; mais il n’aura pas le pouvoir de la vendre à un peuple étranger, s’il l’a méprisée.
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.
Mais s’il l’a fiancée à son fils, il la traitera à la manière des filles libres.
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.
Que s’il en prend une autre pour son fils, il procurera à la jeune fille un autre mariage, et il ne lui refusera pas ses vêtements et le prix de sa virginité.
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].
S’il ne fait pas ces trois choses, elle sortira sans donner aucun argent.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
Que celui qui frappe un homme, voulant le tuer, meure de 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].
Quant à celui qui n’a pas dressé d’embûches, mais aux mains duquel Dieu l’a livré, je te fixerai un lieu dans lequel il devra 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.
Si quelqu’un tue son prochain de dessein prémédité et par surprise, tu l’arracheras de mon autel pour qu’il meure.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
Que celui qui frappe son père ou sa mère, meure de mort.
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
Que celui qui vole un homme et le vend, convaincu de ce crime, meure de mort.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
Que celui qui maudit son père ou sa mère, meure 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],
Si des hommes se querellent et que l’un frappe son prochain avec une pierre ou avec le poing, et que celui-ci ne meure point, mais qu’il gise dans un 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.
S’il se lève ensuite et qu’il marche dehors avec son bâton, celui qui l’a frappé sera innocent, de telle sorte cependant qu’il compense son travail interrompu et les dépenses des médecins.
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.
Celui qui frappe son esclave ou sa servante avec la verge, et qu’ils meurent entre ses mains, sera coupable de crime.
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 s’ils survivent un jour ou deux, il ne sera pas soumis à la peine, parce que c’est son argent.
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.
Si des hommes se querellent, et que l’un frappe une femme enceinte, et qu’elle accouche à la vérité d’un enfant mort, mais quelle vive elle-même, il sera soumis à une amende telle que le mari de la femme la demandera et que des arbitres l’assigneront.
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 si la mort de la femme s’ensuit, il rendra âme pour âme,
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.
(Oeil pour œil, dent pour dent, main pour main, pied pour pied,
Brûlure pour brûlure, plaie pour plaie, 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 quelqu’un frappe l’œil de son esclave ou de sa servante, et qu’il les rende borgnes, il les laissera aller libres pour l’œil qu’il a enlevé.
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.
De même, s’il fait tomber la dent de son esclave ou de sa servante, il les laissera pareillement aller libres.
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 la corne un homme et une femme, et qu’ils meurent, il sera lapidé, et l’on ne mangera point de sa chair, mais le maître du bœuf sera innocent.
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.
Que si un bœuf frappait de la corne depuis hier et avant-hier, et qu’on ait averti son maître, et qu’il ne l’ait pas enfermé, qu’ensuite le bœuf ait tué un homme ou une femme, et le bœuf sera lapidé, et on fera mourir son maître.
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.
Que si une amende lui est imposée, il donnera pour son âme tout ce qui sera demandé.
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.
S’il frappe aussi de la corne un garçon ou une fille, le maître sera soumis au même jugement.
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.
S’il se jette sur un esclave ou sur une servante, il donnera trente sicles d’argent au maître, mais 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 quelqu’un ouvre une citerne et la creuse, 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 maître de la citerne rendra le prix des bêtes; mais ce qui aura péri sera à 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 de quelqu’un blesse le bœuf d’un autre, et que ce bœuf meure, ils vendront le bœuf vivant, et ils partageront le prix, mais le corps du mort, ils le diviseront entre eux.
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 si le maître savait que le bœuf frappait de la corne depuis hier et avant-hier, et qu’il ne l’ait point gardé, il rendra bœuf pour bœuf, mais il prendra le corps mort tout entier.
