Exodus 23
1 “Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
Tu ne sèmeras pas de faux bruit; tu ne donneras pas la main à un méchant en lui servant de témoin à charge.
2 Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
Tu ne suivras pas la multitude pour faire le mal, et tu ne déposeras pas dans un procès en te mettant du côté du grand nombre pour faire fléchir la justice.
3 When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
Tu ne favoriseras pas non plus un faible dans son procès.
4 If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
Si tu rencontres le bœuf de ton ennemi ou son âne égaré, tu ne manqueras pas de le lui ramener.
5 If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
Si tu vois l’âne de celui qui te hait succombant sous sa charge, tu te garderas de l’abandonner; joins tes efforts aux siens pour le décharger.
6 Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
Tu ne feras pas fléchir le droit du pauvre dans son procès.
7 Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
Tu t’éloigneras d’une cause mensongère, et tu ne feras pas mourir l’innocent et le juste; car je n’absoudrai pas un coupable.
8 Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
Tu n’accepteras pas de présents; car les présents aveuglent les clairvoyants et ruinent les causes justes.
9 Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
Tu n’opprimeras pas l’étranger; vous savez ce que ressent l’étranger, car vous avez été étrangers dans le pays d’Égypte.
10 Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
Pendant six années tu ensemenceras ta terre et tu en récolteras les produits.
11 But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
Mais, la septième, tu les laisseras et les abandonneras; et les indigents de ton peuple les mangeront, et les bêtes des champs mangeront ce qui restera. Tu feras de même pour tes vignes et les oliviers.
12 [You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
Pendant six jours tu feras ton ouvrage; mais le septième jour tu te reposeras, afin que ton bœuf et ton âne aient du repos, et que le fils de ta servante et l’étranger respirent.
13 Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
Vous prendrez garde à tout ce que je vous ai dit; vous ne prononcerez pas le nom de dieux étrangers, et on n’en entendra pas sortir de votre bouche.
14 “Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
Trois fois chaque année tu célébreras une fête en mon honneur.
15 [The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
Tu observeras la fête des Azymes: pendant sept jours tu mangeras des pains sans levain, comme je t’en ai donné l’ordre, au temps fixé, au mois d’abib, car c’est dans ce mois que tu es sorti d’Égypte; et l’on ne se présentera pas les mains vides devant ma face.
16 The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
Tu observeras la fête de la Moisson, des prémices de ton travail, de ce que tu auras semé dans les champs; et la fête de la Récolte, à la fin de l’année, quand tu recueilleras des champs le fruit de ton travail.
17 Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
Trois fois l’année, tous tes mâles se présenteront devant le seigneur Yahweh.
18 When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
Tu n’offriras pas avec du pain levé le sang de ma victime, et la graisse de ma fête ne sera pas gardée pendant la nuit jusqu’au matin.
19 Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
Tu apporteras les prémices des premiers fruits de ton sol à la maison de Yahweh, ton Dieu. Tu ne feras pas cuire un chevreau dans le lait de sa mère.
20 “Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
Voici que j’envoie un ange devant toi, pour te garder dans le chemin et pour te faire arriver au lieu que j’ai préparé.
Sois sur tes gardes en sa présence et écoute sa voix; ne lui résiste pas, car il ne pardonnerait pas votre transgression, parce que mon nom est en lui.
22 But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
Mais si tu écoutes sa voix, et si tu fais tout ce que je dirai, je serai l’ennemi de tes ennemis et l’adversaire de tes adversaires.
23 My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
Car mon ange marchera devant toi et te conduira vers les Amorrhéens, les Hittites, les Phérézéens, les Chananéens, les Hévéens et les Jébuséens, et je les exterminerai.
24 Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
Tu n’adoreras pas leurs dieux et tu ne les serviras pas; tu ne les imiteras pas dans leurs pratiques, mais tu renverseras et briseras leurs stèles.
25 You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
Vous servirez Yahweh, votre Dieu, et il bénira ton pain et ton eau, et j’éloignerai la maladie du milieu de toi.
26 No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
Il n’y aura dans ton pays ni femme qui perde son fruit, ni femme stérile; je remplirai le nombre de tes jours.
27 I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
J’enverrai ma terreur devant toi, je jetterai dans la confusion tous les peuples chez lesquels tu arriveras, et je ferai tourner le dos devant toi à tous tes ennemis.
28 I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
J’enverrai devant toi les frelons, qui chasseront loin de ta face les Hévéens, les Chananéens et les Hittites.
29 I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
Je ne les chasserai pas de ta face en une seule année, de peur que le pays ne devienne un désert, et que les bêtes sauvages ne se multiplient contre toi.
30 I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
Je les chasserai peu à peu de devant toi, jusqu’à ce que tu augmentes en nombre et que tu puisses occuper le pays.
31 I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
J’établirai tes limites depuis la mer Rouge jusqu’à la mer des Philistins, et depuis le désert jusqu’au fleuve; car je livrerai entre vos mains les habitants du pays, et tu les chasseras de devant toi.
32 You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
Tu ne feras pas alliance avec eux, ni avec leurs dieux.
33 Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
Ils n’habiteront pas dans ton pays, de peur qu’ils ne te fassent pécher contre moi; tu servirais leurs dieux, et ce serait un piège pour toi. »
