Lévitique 27
1 L’Éternel parla à Moïse en ces termes:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 "Parle aux enfants d’Israël et dis-leur: Si quelqu’un promet expressément, par un vœu, la valeur estimative d’une personne à l’Éternel,
“Tell the Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
3 appliquée à un homme de l’âge de vingt à soixante ans, cette valeur sera de cinquante sicles d’argent, au poids du sanctuaire;
[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,
4 et s’il s’agit d’une femme, le taux sera de trente sicles.
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 Depuis l’âge de cinq ans jusqu’à l’âge de vingt ans, le taux sera, pour le sexe masculin, de vingt sicles; pour le sexe féminin, de dix sicles.
20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,
6 Depuis l’âge d’un mois jusqu’à l’âge de cinq ans, le taux d’un garçon sera de cinq sicles d’argent, et celui d’une fille, de trois sicles d’argent.
five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,
7 Depuis l’âge de soixante ans et au delà, si c’est un homme, le taux sera de quinze sicles et pour une femme il sera de dix sicles.
15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.
8 S’Il est impuissant à payer la taxe, il mettra la personne en présence du pontife, et celui-ci l’estimera: c’est d’après les moyens du donateur que le pontife fera l’estimation.
‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.
9 Si c’est un animal dont on puisse faire une offrande à l’Éternel, tout ce qu’on aura voué à l’Éternel deviendra une chose sainte.
‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].
10 On ne peut ni le changer ni le remplacer, bon, par un défectueux, défectueux, par un meilleur; si toutefois on avait remplacé cet animal par un autre, l’animal et son remplaçant seront également saints.
The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.
11 Si c’est quelque animal impur, dont on ne puisse faire offrande à l’Éternel, on amènera l’animal en présence du pontife:
If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.
12 celui-ci l’estimera d’après ses qualités bonnes ou mauvaises; l’estimation du pontife fera loi.
The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].
13 Si la personne veut ensuite le racheter, elle donnera un cinquième en sus de l’estimation.
If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.
14 Si un homme a consacré sa maison, comme chose sainte, à l’Éternel, le pontife l’estimera selon ses avantages ou ses défauts; telle le pontife l’aura appréciée, telle elle sera acquise.
‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].
15 Mais si le consécrateur veut racheter sa maison, il ajoutera un cinquième en sus du prix estimé, et elle sera à lui.
If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.
16 Si un homme a consacré à l’Éternel une partie de sa terre patrimoniale, l’estimation s’en fera d’après la contenance en grains: la contenance d’un hômer d’orge valant cinquante sicles d’argent.
‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.
17 Si donc il a consacré sa terre dès l’année du Jubilé, c’est à ce taux qu’elle sera acquise;
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 s’il l’a consacrée postérieurement au Jubilé, le pontife en supputera le prix en raison des années à courir jusqu’à l’an jubilaire, et il sera fait une déduction sur le taux.
But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].
19 Que si celui-là même qui a consacré la terre veut la racheter, il paiera un cinquième en sus du prix estimé, et elle lui restera.
If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.
20 Mais s’il ne rachète point cette terre, ou qu’on l’ait vendue à quelque autre, elle ne pourra plus être rachetée;
However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.
21 de sorte que cette terre, devenant libre au Jubilé, se trouvera consacrée à l’Éternel comme une terre dévouée: c’est le pontife qui en aura la propriété.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 Si ce qu’il a consacré à l’Éternel est une terre achetée par lui, qui ne fasse point partie de son bien patrimonial,
‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,
23 le pontife supputera, à son égard, la portion du taux à payer jusqu’à l’an jubilaire, et l’on paiera ce taux, le jour même, comme chose consacrée à l’Éternel.
the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].
24 A l’époque du Jubilé, cette terre fera retour à celui de qui on l’avait achetée, qui la possédait comme fonds patrimonial.
But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.
25 Or, toute évaluation se fera d’après le sicle du sanctuaire, vingt ghêra formant un sicle.
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 Quant au premier-né d’un animal, lequel appartient par sa naissance à l’Éternel, on ne pourra le consacrer: grosse ou menue bête, il est à l’Éternel.
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 S’Il s’agit d’un animal impur, on pourra le racheter au taux, ajoutant le cinquième en sus; s’il n’a pas été racheté, il sera vendu d’après le taux.
If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.
28 Mais toute chose dévouée, qu’un homme aurait dévouée à l’Éternel parmi ses propriétés, que ce soit une personne, une bête ou un champ patrimonial, elle ne pourra être ni vendue ni rachetée: toute chose dévouée devient une sainteté éminente réservée à l’Éternel.
‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.
29 Tout anathème qui aura été prononcé sur un homme est irrévocable: il faudra qu’il meure.
‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.
30 Toute dîme de la terre, prélevée sur la semence du sol ou sur le fruit des arbres, appartient à l’Éternel: elle lui est consacrée.
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 Et si quelqu’un veut, racheter une partie de sa dîme, il y joindra le cinquième en sus.
If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.
32 Pour la dîme, quelle qu’elle soit, du gros et du menu bétail, de tous les animaux qui passeront sous la verge, le dixième sera consacré à l’Éternel.
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.
33 On n’examinera point s’il est bon ou vicieux, et on ne le remplacera point; si toutefois on l’a remplacé, lui et son remplaçant seront également saints: il n’y aura point de rachat."
When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”
34 Tels sont les commandements que l’Éternel donna à Moïse pour les enfants d’Israël, au mont Sinaï.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
