Numbers 19
1 Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
Et l’Éternel parla à Moïse et à Aaron, disant:
2 “I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.
C’est ici le statut de la loi que l’Éternel a commandé, en disant: Parle aux fils d’Israël, et qu’ils t’amènent une génisse rousse, sans tare, qui n’ait aucun défaut corporel, [et] qui n’ait point porté le joug.
3 Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].
Et vous la donnerez à Éléazar, le sacrificateur, et il la mènera hors du camp, et on l’égorgera devant lui.
4 He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.
Et Éléazar, le sacrificateur, prendra de son sang avec son doigt et fera aspersion de son sang, sept fois, droit devant la tente d’assignation;
5 Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.
et on brûlera la génisse devant ses yeux: on brûlera sa peau, et sa chair, et son sang, avec sa fiente.
6 Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.
Et le sacrificateur prendra du bois de cèdre, et de l’hysope, et de l’écarlate, et les jettera au milieu du feu où brûle la génisse.
7 “Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening.
Et le sacrificateur lavera ses vêtements et lavera sa chair dans l’eau; et après, il entrera dans le camp; et le sacrificateur sera impur jusqu’au soir.
8 The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening.
Et celui qui l’aura brûlée lavera ses vêtements dans l’eau, et lavera sa chair dans l’eau; et il sera impur jusqu’au soir.
9 “Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin.
Et un homme pur ramassera la cendre de la génisse, et la déposera hors du camp en un lieu pur, et elle sera gardée pour l’assemblée des fils d’Israël comme eau de séparation: c’est une purification pour le péché.
10 The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.
Et celui qui aura ramassé la cendre de la génisse lavera ses vêtements, et sera impur jusqu’au soir. Ce sera un statut perpétuel pour les fils d’Israël et pour l’étranger qui séjourne au milieu d’eux.
11 “All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
Celui qui aura touché un mort, un cadavre d’homme quelconque, sera impur sept jours.
12 On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.
Il se purifiera avec cette [eau] le troisième jour, et le septième jour il sera pur; mais s’il ne se purifie pas le troisième jour, alors il ne sera pas pur le septième jour.
13 All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.
Quiconque aura touché un mort, le cadavre d’un homme qui est mort, et ne se sera pas purifié, a rendu impur le tabernacle de l’Éternel; et cette âme sera retranchée d’Israël, car l’eau de séparation n’a pas été répandue sur elle; elle sera impure, son impureté est encore sur elle.
14 “There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
C’est ici la loi, lorsqu’un homme meurt dans une tente: quiconque entre dans la tente, et tout ce qui est dans la tente, sera impur sept jours;
15 Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.
et tout vase découvert, sur lequel il n’y a pas de couvercle attaché, sera impur.
16 If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
Et quiconque touchera, dans les champs, [un homme] qui aura été tué par l’épée, ou un mort, ou un ossement d’homme, ou un sépulcre, sera impur sept jours.
17 “For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.
Et on prendra, pour l’homme impur, de la poudre de ce qui a été brûlé pour la purification, et on mettra dessus de l’eau vive dans un vase.
18 Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave.
Et un homme pur prendra de l’hysope, et la trempera dans l’eau, et en fera aspersion sur la tente, et sur tous les ustensiles, et sur les personnes qui sont là, et sur celui qui aura touché l’ossement, ou l’homme tué, ou le mort, ou le sépulcre;
19 On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.
et l’homme pur fera aspersion sur l’homme impur, le troisième jour et le septième jour, et il le purifiera le septième jour; et il lavera ses vêtements, et se lavera dans l’eau, et le soir il sera pur.
20 “If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.
Et l’homme qui sera impur, et qui ne se sera pas purifié, cette âme-là sera retranchée du milieu de la congrégation, – car il a rendu impur le sanctuaire de l’Éternel; l’eau de séparation n’a pas été répandue sur lui; il est impur.
21 That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening.
Et ce sera pour eux un statut perpétuel. Et celui qui aura fait aspersion avec l’eau de séparation lavera ses vêtements, et celui qui aura touché l’eau de séparation sera impur jusqu’au soir.
22 “If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”
Et tout ce que l’homme impur aura touché sera impur; et celui qui l’aura touché sera impur jusqu’au soir.
