Deutéronome 25
1 "Si un débat s’élève entre des individus, ils se présenteront devant le tribunal et on les jugera; on déclarera innocent l’innocent, et coupable celui qui a tort.
“If [two] Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will [probably] decide/declare that one of them (is innocent/did not do any wrong) and the other one is guilty.
2 Or, si le coupable a mérité la flagellation, le juge le fera coucher par terre et battre, en sa présence, d’un nombre de coups proportionné à son délit.
If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie [with his face] on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on [what kind of] crime he committed.
3 Il lui en infligera quarante, sans plus; autrement, en dépassant ce nombre, on lui infligerait trop de coups, et ton frère serait avili à tes yeux.
It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly.
4 Ne muselle point le bœuf pendant qu’il foule le grain.
When your ox is treading/walking on the grain [to separate the chaff from the grain], do not (muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth) [to prevent it from eating some of the grain].
5 Si des frères demeurent ensemble et que l’un d’eux vienne à mourir sans postérité, la veuve ne pourra se marier au dehors à un étranger; c’est son beau-frère qui doit s’unir à elle. Il la prendra donc pour femme, exerçant le lévirat à son égard.
If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex [EUP] with her. It is his duty to do that.
6 Et le premier fils qu’elle enfantera sera désigné par le nom du frère mort, afin que ce nom ne périsse pas en Israël.
If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered [MTY] the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel.
7 Que s’il déplaît à l’homme d’épouser sa belle-sœur, celle-ci montera au tribunal, par-devant les anciens, et dira: "Mon beau-frère refuse de relever en Israël le nom de son frère, il ne veut pas m’accorder le lévirat."
“But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the (gate/central meeting place) of the town and say to the [town] elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do (his duty/what he is supposed to do). He refuses to [marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will] prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’
8 Alors les anciens de sa ville le manderont et l’interpelleront; et lui, debout, dira: "II ne me plaît point de l’épouser."
Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow,
9 Et sa belle-sœur s’avancera vers lui à la vue des anciens, lui ôtera sa chaussure du pied, crachera devant lui et dira à haute voix: "Ainsi est traité l’homme qui ne veut pas édifier la maison de son frère!"
she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals [to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property], and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed [to allow his dead brother to have a son] in order that our family name does not disappear.’
10 Et la sienne sera surnommée, en Israël, la maison du déchaussé.
After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.
11 Si des individus ont une rixe ensemble, un homme avec un autre, et que la femme de l’un, intervenant pour soustraire son mari à celui qui le frappe, porte la main sur ce dernier et le saisisse par les parties honteuses,
When [two] men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals,
12 tu lui couperas le poing sans lui accorder aucune pitié.
do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
13 N’Aie point dans ta bourse deux poids inégaux, un grand et un petit.
“[When you are buying or selling things], do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something], and two kinds of measuring baskets, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something].
14 N’Aie point dans ta maison deux mesures inégales, une grande et une petite.
15 Des poids exacts et loyaux, des mesures exactes et loyales, doivent seuls être en ta possession, si tu veux avoir une longue existence dans le pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne.
Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you.
16 Car l’Éternel, ton Dieu, a en horreur quiconque agit ainsi, quiconque fait une chose déloyale.
Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, [and he will punish them].
17 Souviens-toi de ce que t’a fait Amalec, lors de votre voyage, au sortir de l’Egypte;
Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt.
18 comme il t’a surpris chemin faisant, et s’est jeté sur tous tes traînards par derrière. Tu étais alors fatigué, à bout de forces, et lui ne craignait pas Dieu.
They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others.
19 Aussi, lorsque l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’aura débarrassé de tous tes ennemis d’alentour, dans le pays qu’il te donne en héritage pour le posséder, tu effaceras la mémoire d’Amalec de dessous le ciel: ne l’oublie point.
Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land [that he promised to give you], and when he has enabled you to rest from [fighting] all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget [to do this]!”
