Deutéronome 16
1 "Prends garde au mois de la germination, pour célébrer la Pâque en l’honneur de l’Éternel, ton Dieu; car c’est dans le mois de la germination que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a fait sortir d’Egypte, la nuit.
“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
2 Tu immoleras le sacrifice pascal à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, parmi le menu et le gros bétail, dans le lieu que l’Éternel aura choisi pour y fixer son nom.
[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
3 Tu ne dois pas manger de pain levé avec ce sacrifice; durant sept jours tu mangeras en outre des azymes, pain de misère, car c’est avec précipitation que tu as quitté le pays d’Egypte, et il faut que tu te souviennes, tous les jours de ta vie, du jour où tu as quitté le pays d’Egypte.
[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
4 Qu’on ne voie pas de levain chez toi, dans tout ton territoire, durant sept jours, et qu’il ne reste rien, le lendemain, de la chair du sacrifice offert le soir du premier jour.
[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
5 Tu ne pourras pas immoler l’agneau pascal dans quelqu’une des villes que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donnera;
“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
6 mais uniquement au lieu que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, aura choisi pour y faire résider son nom, là tu immoleras le sacrifice pascal sur le soir, au coucher du soleil, à l’anniversaire de ta sortie d’Egypte.
7 Tu le feras cuire et le mangeras en ce même lieu que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, aura choisi; puis, le lendemain, tu pourras t’en retourner dans tes demeures.
Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
8 Six jours tu mangeras des azymes; de plus, le septième jour, il y aura une fête solennelle pour l’Éternel, ton Dieu: tu ne feras aucun travail.
Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
9 Puis tu compteras sept semaines: aussitôt qu’on mettra la faucille aux blés, tu commenceras à compter ces sept semaines.
“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
10 Et tu célébreras une fête des semaines en l’honneur de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, à proportion des dons que ta main pourra offrir, selon que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’aura béni.
Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
11 Et tu te réjouiras en présence de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, toi, ton fils et ta fille, ton esclave et ta servante, le Lévite qui sera dans tes murs, l’étranger, l’orphelin et la veuve qui seront près de toi, dans l’enceinte que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, aura choisie pour y faire habiter son nom.
[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
12 Tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave en Egypte, et tu observeras fidèlement ces lois.
[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
13 Tu célébreras la fête des tentes durant sept jours, quand tu rentreras les produits de ton aire et de ton pressoir;
“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
14 et tu te réjouiras pendant la fête et, avec toi, ton fils et ta fille, ton serviteur et ta servante, et le Lévite, l’étranger, l’orphelin, la veuve qui seront dans tes murs.
[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
15 Tu fêteras ces sept jours en l’honneur de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, dans le lieu qu’il aura choisi; car il te bénira, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, dans tous tes revenus, dans tout le labeur de tes mains, et tu pourras t’abandonner à la joie.
Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
16 Trois fois l’an, tous tes mâles paraîtront en présence du Seigneur, ton Dieu, dans l’endroit qu’il aura élu: à la fête des azymes, à celle des semaines et à celle des tentes. Et que l’on ne paraisse pas les mains vides en présence du Seigneur.
“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
17 Mais chacun donnera selon ses moyens, selon les bénédictions que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’aura dispensées.
in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
18 Tu institueras des juges et des magistrats dans toutes les villes que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donnera, dans chacune de tes tribus; et ils devront juger le peuple selon la justice.
“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
19 Ne fais pas fléchir le droit, n’aie pas égard à la personne, et n’accepte point de présent corrupteur, car la corruption aveugle les yeux des sages et fausse la parole des justes.
They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
20 C’Est la justice, la justice seule que tu dois rechercher, si tu veux te maintenir en possession du pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te destine.
You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
21 Ne plante chez toi ni bosquet ni arbre quelconque auprès de l’autel que tu devras ériger à l’Éternel, ton Dieu;
“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
22 et n’érige pas de statue chez toi, chose odieuse à l’Éternel, ton Dieu.
And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
