Numbers 6
1 Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
L’Éternel parla ainsi à Moïse:
2 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you [wants to] make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, [after you obey these instructions], you will be called a Nazir-man, [which means “dedicated man”].
"Parle aux enfants d’Israël et dis-leur: Si un homme ou une femme fait expressément vœu d’être abstème, voulant s’abstenir en l’honneur de l’Éternel,
3 You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.
il s’abstiendra de vin et de boisson enivrante, ne boira ni vinaigre de vin, ni vinaigre de liqueur, ni une infusion quelconque de raisins, et ne mangera point de raisins frais ni secs.
4 You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
Tout le temps de son abstinence, il ne mangera d’aucun produit de la vigne, depuis les pépins jusqu’à l’enveloppe.
5 ‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long.
Tout le temps stipulé pour son abstinence, le rasoir ne doit pas effleurer sa tête: jusqu’au terme des jours où il veut s’abstenir pour l’Éternel, il doit rester sain, laisser croître librement la chevelure de sa tête.
6 And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
Tout le temps de cette abstinence en l’honneur de l’Éternel, il ne doit pas approcher d’un corps mort;
7 Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me [by coming close to the corpse]. Your long hair [MTY] shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair.
pour son père et sa mère, pour son frère et sa sœur, pour ceux-là même il ne se souillera point à leur mort, car l’auréole de son Dieu est sur sa tête.
8 You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.
Tant qu’il portera cette auréole, il est consacré au Seigneur.
9 ‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.
Si quelqu’un vient à mourir près de lui inopinément, ce sera une souillure pour sa tête consacrée: il rasera sa tête le jour de sa purification, le septième jour il la rasera.
10 The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
Puis, le huitième jour, il apportera deux tourterelles ou deux jeunes colombes au pontife, à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation.
11 ‘The priest must [kill the birds and] offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. [After the priest burns them on the altar], I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and [when] your hair [grows again it] will be dedicated to me again.
Le pontife offrira l’une comme expiatoire, l’autre comme holocauste, et fera expiation pour lui du péché qu’il a commis par ce cadavre; et il consacrera de nouveau sa chevelure en ce jour.
12 The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me [by coming close to a corpse] during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do.
Il vouera au Seigneur la même période d’abstinence et il offrira un agneau âgé d’un an comme délictif; pour les jours antérieurs, ils seront nuls, parce que son abstinence a été violée.
13 ‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent
Or, voici la règle de l’abstème: quand seront accomplis les jours de son abstinence, on le fera venir à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation,
14 and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.
et il présentera son offrande à l’Éternel: un agneau d’un an, sans défaut, pour holocauste; une brebis d’un an, sans défaut, pour expiatoire, et un bélier, sans défaut, pour rémunératoire.
15 ‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and [olive] oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some [olive] oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest.
Plus une corbeille d’azymes, savoir des gâteaux de fleur de farine pétris à l’huile, et des galettes azymes ointes d’huile, outre leurs oblations et leurs libations.
16 ‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins.
Le pontife en fera hommage à l’Éternel: il offrira son expiatoire et son holocauste,
17 Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine.
traitera le bélier comme sacrifice rémunératoire à l’Éternel, accompagné de la corbeille d’azymes, et il y joindra son oblation et sa libation.
18 ‘After that, you must [stand at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the [animal that has been sacrificed] on the altar to maintain fellowship with me.
Alors l’abstème rasera, à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation, sa tête consacrée; et il prendra cette chevelure consacrée, et la jettera sur le feu qui est sous la victime de rémunération.
19 ‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with [olive] oil, and he will put them in your hands.
Et le pontife prendra l’épaule du bélier, quand elle sera cuite, puis un gâteau azyme dans la corbeille et une galette azyme; il les posera sur les mains de l’abstème, après qu’il se sera dépouillé de ses cheveux consacrés,
20 Then the priest will [take them back and] lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine.
et le pontife en opérera le balancement devant le Seigneur: c’est une chose sainte qui appartient au pontife, indépendamment de la poitrine balancée et de la cuisse prélevée. Alors l’abstème pourra boire du vin.
21 ‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’”
Telle est la règle de l’abstème qui aura fait un vœu; telle sera son offrande à l’Éternel au sujet de son abstinence, sans préjudice de ce que permettront ses moyens: selon le vœu qu’il aura prononcé, ainsi fera-t-il, en sus de la règle relative à son abstinence."
22 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
L’Éternel parla à Moïse en ces termes:
23 “Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,
"Parle ainsi à Aaron et à ses fils: Voici comment vous bénirez les enfants d’Israël; vous leur direz:
24 ‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,
"Que l’Éternel te bénisse et te protège!
25 and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,
Que l’Éternel fasse rayonner sa face sur toi et te soit bienveillant!
26 and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”
Que l’Éternel dirige son regard vers toi et t’accorde la paix!"
27 Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”
Ils imposeront ainsi mon nom sur les enfants d’Israël, et moi je les bénirai."
