Exode 21
1 Voici les ordonnances que tu leur mettras sous les yeux.
“Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
2 Si tu achètes un serviteur hébreu, il te servira six ans, et à la septième année, il s'en ira libre sans rançon.
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 est entré seul, il sortira seul; si sa femme est entrée avec lui, 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 a donné une femme, et qu'elle lui ait enfanté des fils et des filles, la femme et les enfants seront à son maître; lui seul sortira.
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 Si le serviteur dit: J'aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants; je refuse de devenir 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 Son maître le conduira au tribunal de Dieu, il le placera devant la porte contre le seuil, et il lui percera les oreilles avec une petite alêne; alors le serviteur restera à son service à perpétuité.
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 comme esclave, elle ne sortira pas comme sortent les servantes.
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 Que si elle n'a pas été agréable au maître après leurs fiançailles, il la laissera aller moyennant rançon; mais il ne pourra la vendre chez une nation étrangère, sous prétexte qu'il aurait trouvé en elle un motif de répudiation.
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 l'a fiancée à son fils, il la traitera selon la justice due aux filles libres.
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 Si le maître la remplace pour lui-même par une autre, il ne la sèvrera ni de sa société, ni de vêtements, ni des choses nécessaires.
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 manque à l'une de ces trois conditions, elle sortira sans rançon, sans rien payer.
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 Si un homme en frappe un autre et si celui-ci meurt, que le premier soit puni de mort.
You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
13 Mais si c'est involontairement, s'il a frappé un homme que Dieu aura livré à ses mains, je désignerai un lieu où il se réfugiera.
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 a guetté son prochain et l'a tué par ruse, s'il s'est enfui, tu le prendras, même à mon autel, pour qu'il soit mis à mort.
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 Que celui qui frappera son père ou sa mère soit puni de mort.
Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
16 Que celui qui maudira son père ou sa mère soit 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 Que celui qui aura ravi un des fils d'Israël soit puni de mort; soit que l'ayant forcé, il l'ait vendu, soit qu'on le trouve chez lui.
Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
18 Si deux hommes se sont querellés, et que l'un ait frappé son prochain du poing ou avec une pierre, et que celui-ci ne meure pas, mais qu'il ait gardé le lit;
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 peut sortir appuyé sur un bâton, celui qui l'aura frappé ne sera pas condamné, mais il l'indemnisera pour le chômage, et il paiera les frais de la guérison.
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 du bâton son serviteur ou sa servante, et si la mort s'ensuit, il sera poursuivi en justice pour être 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 le blessé survit un jour ou deux, que le maître ne soit pas poursuivi; car c'est son argent.
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 deux hommes se battent et qu'une femme grosse soit frappée, et qu'il en sorte un enfant non encore formé, le coupable paiera le dommage, selon l'estimation du mari de la femme.
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 si l’enfant est formé, le coupable donnera vie pour 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, plaie pour plaie, meurtrissure pour meurtrissure.
26 Si un homme a porté un coup à l'œil de son serviteur ou à I'œil de sa servante, et que l'œil soit perdu, il renverra libre le blessé, pour prix de I'œil perdu.
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 a cassé une dent à son serviteur ou une dent à sa servante, il les renverra libres, pour prix de la dent perdue.
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 a frappé de sa corne un homme ou une femme et que le blessé en meure, le taureau sera lapidé et l'on ne mangera pas sa chair, mais le maître du taureau sera innocenté.
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 Si le taureau a depuis longtemps l'habitude de frapper de la corne, qu'on l'ait déclaré à son maître sans qu’il l'ait enfermé, et que le taureau tue homme ou femme, le taureau sera lapidé et le maître 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 pourra racheter sa vie au prix de la rançon qui lui aura été imposée.
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 Si le taureau a frappé de sa corne un fils ou une fille, la sentence sera la même.
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 S'il a blessé un serviteur ou une servante, on donnera au maître trente drachmes d'argent, et le taureau 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 quelqu'un creuse un puits, ou bâtit une citerne en pierres de taille et qu'il n'en couvre pas l'orifice, et qu'un veau 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 maître du puits ou de la citerne sera puni, il donnera de l'argent à leur maître, mais la bête morte sera pour lui.
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 frappe à mort le taureau de son voisin, ils vendront le taureau vivant, ils en partageront le prix, et ils partageront le taureau 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 S'il est reconnu que le taureau avait depuis longtemps l'habitude de frapper de la corne, et qu'on l'avait déclaré au maître sans qu'il l'eût enfermé, celui-ci rendra taureau pour taureau, et la bête morte sera pour lui.
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].”
