Exode 21
1 « Voici les ordonnances que tu mettras devant eux:
“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
2 « Si tu achètes un serviteur hébreu, il servira six ans, et la septième année, il sortira libre, sans rien payer.
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].
3 S'il entre seul, il sortira seul. S'il est marié, sa femme sortira avec lui.
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.
4 Si son maître lui donne une femme et qu'elle lui donne des fils ou des filles, la femme et ses enfants seront à son maître, et il sortira seul.
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.
5 Mais si le serviteur dit ouvertement: « J'aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants. Je ne sortirai pas libre »,
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,’
6 alors son maître le conduira devant Dieu, et l'amènera à la porte ou au montant de la porte; son maître lui percera l'oreille avec un poinçon, et il le servira pour toujours.
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).
7 « Si un homme vend sa fille pour en faire une servante, elle ne sortira pas comme les serviteurs.
If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
8 Si elle ne plaît pas à son maître, qui l'a épousée pour lui-même, il la laissera racheter. Il n'aura pas le droit de la vendre à un peuple étranger, puisqu'il l'a trompée.
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].
9 S'il la marie à son fils, il la traitera comme une fille.
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.
10 S'il prend une autre femme pour lui, il ne diminuera pas sa nourriture, ses vêtements et ses droits conjugaux.
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.
11 S'il ne fait pas ces trois choses pour elle, elle pourra être libérée sans payer d'argent.
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].
12 « Celui qui frappe un homme au point qu'il en meure sera puni de mort,
You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
13 mais pas si c'est involontaire et que Dieu le permette; alors je te désignerai un lieu où il pourra s'enfuir.
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].
14 Si un homme manigance et s'approche présomptueusement de son prochain pour le tuer, tu le prendras sur mon autel, afin qu'il meure.
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.
15 « Quiconque s'en prend à son père ou à sa mère sera puni de mort.
Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
16 « Si quelqu'un enlève quelqu'un et le vend, ou si on le trouve dans sa main, il sera puni de mort.
Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
17 « Quiconque maudira son père ou sa mère sera puni de mort.
Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
18 « Si des hommes se querellent et que l'un d'eux frappe l'autre avec une pierre ou avec son poing, et qu'il ne meure pas, mais qu'il reste alité,
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],
19 s'il se relève et se promène avec son bâton, celui qui l'a frappé sera innocenté; seulement, il paiera pour la perte de son temps et pourvoira à sa guérison jusqu'à ce qu'il soit complètement guéri.
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.
20 « Si un homme frappe son serviteur ou sa servante avec une verge, et que celui-ci meurt sous sa main, il sera puni.
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.
21 Mais si son serviteur se relève après un jour ou deux, il ne sera pas puni, car le serviteur est sa propriété.
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.
22 « Si des hommes se battent et blessent une femme enceinte, de sorte qu'elle accouche prématurément, et qu'il n'en résulte aucun dommage, ils seront condamnés à une amende équivalente à celle que le mari de la femme demandera et que les juges autoriseront.
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.
23 Mais s'il s'ensuit un malheur, il faut rendre la vie pour la vie,
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.
24 œil pour œil, dent pour dent, main pour main, pied pour pied,
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.
25 brûlure pour brûlure, blessure pour blessure, et meurtrissure pour meurtrissure.
26 « Si un homme frappe l'œil de son serviteur ou de sa servante et le détruit, il le laissera aller en liberté à cause de son œil.
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.
27 S'il frappe la dent de son serviteur ou de sa servante, il laissera le serviteur libre à cause de sa dent.
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.
28 « Si un taureau éventre un homme ou une femme, il sera lapidé, et sa viande ne sera pas mangée; mais le propriétaire du taureau ne sera pas tenu pour responsable.
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.
29 Mais si le taureau avait l'habitude d'encorner dans le passé, que cela a été signalé à son propriétaire, que celui-ci ne l'a pas retenu et qu'il a tué un homme ou une femme, le taureau sera lapidé et son propriétaire sera également mis à mort.
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.
30 Si une rançon lui est imposée, il donnera pour le rachat de sa vie ce qui lui est imposé.
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.
31 Qu'il ait encorné un fils ou qu'il ait encorné une fille, c'est selon ce jugement qu'il lui sera fait.
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.
32 Si le taureau a encorné un serviteur ou une servante, on donnera trente sicles d'argent à leur maître, et le bœuf sera lapidé.
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.
33 « Si un homme ouvre une fosse, ou si un homme creuse une fosse sans la couvrir, et qu'un taureau ou un âne y tombe,
Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
34 le propriétaire de la fosse devra la réparer. Il donnera de l'argent à son propriétaire, et l'animal mort lui appartiendra.
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].
35 « Si le taureau d'un homme blesse celui d'un autre, de sorte qu'il meurt, on vendra le taureau vivant et on en partagera le prix; on partagera aussi l'animal mort.
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.
36 Ou si l'on sait que le taureau avait l'habitude d'encorner dans le passé, et que son propriétaire ne l'a pas gardé, il paiera taureau pour taureau, et l'animal mort lui appartiendra.
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].”
