Numbers 19
1 Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
L’Éternel parla à Moïse et à Aaron en ces termes:
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.
"Ceci est un statut de la loi qu’a prescrit l’Éternel, savoir: Avertis les enfants d’Israël de te choisir une vache rousse, intacte, sans aucun défaut, et qui n’ait pas encore 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].
Vous la remettrez au pontife Eléazar; il la fera conduire hors du camp, et on l’immolera en sa présence.
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.
Le pontife Eléazar prendra du sang de l’animal avec le doigt, et il fera, en les dirigeant vers la face de la tente d’assignation, sept aspersions de ce sang.
5 Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.
Alors on brûlera la vache sous ses yeux: sa peau, sa chair et son sang, on les brûlera 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.
Le pontife prendra du bois de cèdre, de l’hysope et de l’écarlate, qu’il jettera dans le feu où se consume la vache.
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.
Puis ce pontife lavera ses vêtements, baignera son corps dans l’eau, et alors il rentrera au camp; mais il restera 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.
Celui qui aura brûlé la vache nettoiera ses vêtements dans l’eau, baignera dans l’eau son corps, et restera 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.
Cependant un homme pur recueillera les cendres de la vache et les déposera hors du camp, en lieu pur, où elles resteront en dépôt, pour la communauté des enfants d’Israël, en vue de l’eau lustrale: c’est un purificatoire.
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.
Celui qui aura recueilli les cendres de la vache lavera ses vêtements, et sera impur jusqu’au soir. Et ceci sera, pour les enfants d’Israël et pour l’étranger établi parmi eux, un statut invariable:
11 “All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
celui qui touchera au cadavre d’un être humain quelconque sera impur durant 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.
Qu’il se purifie au moyen de ces cendres, le troisième et le septième jour, et il sera pur; mais s’il ne s’est pas purifié, le troisième et le septième jour, il ne sera point pur.
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 a touché à un cadavre, au corps d’une personne morte, et ne se purifie point, souille la résidence du Seigneur, et cette existence sera retranchée d’Israël: parce que l’eau lustrale n’a pas été lancée sur lui, souillé qu’il est, il gardera sa souillure.
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.
Voici la règle, lorsqu’il se trouve un mort dans une tente: quiconque entre dans cette tente, et tout ce qu’elle renferme, sera impur durant sept jours;
15 Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.
et tout vase découvert, qui n’est pas entièrement clos d’un couvercle, 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.
Quiconque touchera, en pleine campagne, au corps d’un homme tué par le glaive ou mort naturellement, ou à un ossement humain ou à un sépulcre, sera souillé durant 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.
Pour purifier l’impur, on prendra des cendres provenant de la combustion du purificatoire, auxquelles on mêlera 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, la trempera dans l’eau et aspergera la tente, ainsi que tous les vases et les personnes qui s’y trouvaient; pareillement, celui qui aurait touché à l’ossement, à l’homme tué ou mort naturellement, ou au 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.
L’Homme pur fera donc aspersion sur l’impur, au troisième et au septième jour; et lorsqu’il l’aura purifié le septième jour, l’autre lavera ses vêtements, se baignera dans l’eau, et sera pur le soir.
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.
Mais l’individu qui, devenu impur, ne se purifierait pas, celui-là sera retranché du sein de l’assemblée, car il a souillé le sanctuaire du Seigneur: l’eau lustrale n’a pas été jetée sur lui, il reste 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.
Ce sera pour eux une règle invariable. Quant à celui qui aura fait aspersion de l’eau lustrale, il lavera ses vêtements, et celui qui touchera à l’eau lustrale 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.”
Tout ce que touchera l’impur sera souillé; et la personne qui le touchera sera souillée jusqu’au soir."
