Exode 22
1 Si un homme vole un veau ou une brebis, et qu'il l'égorge ou le vende, il rendra cinq veaux pour le veau, et quatre brebis pour la brebis.
Yahweh also said, “If someone steals a bull or a sheep, and then slaughters it [to sell it or to sacrifice it] or sells its [meat to someone else], he must pay five bulls for the bull [that he stole], and [he must pay] four sheep for the sheep [that he stole].
2 Si le voleur a été trouvé perçant le mur, et que blessé, il meure; il n'y a point de meurtre à son sujet.
If a thief is caught while he is breaking into someone else’s house [at night], if [the one who catches him] kills the thief, he is not guilty of murdering him.
3 Si le soleil était levé, celui qui a frappé le voleur est coupable qu'on le mette à mort; si le voleur n'a rien, qu'on le vende pour prix de l'objet volé.
But if that happens during the daytime, [the one who killed the thief] is guilty of murdering him. The thief must pay for what he stole. If he has no [animals with which to pay for the one that he stole], he must be sold to [become someone’s else’s slave and the money must be used] to pay for what he stole.
4 Si la bête volée vit encore et est trouvée dans ses mains, depuis l'âne jusqu'à la brebis, il en rendra le double.
If the thief still has the animal when he is caught, whether it is a bull or a donkey or a sheep, and it is still alive, the thief must give back [the stolen animal as well as giving] two [additional] animals for each one that he stole.
5 Si quelqu'un cause du dommage dans un champ ou une vigne, et s'il laisse son bétail paître dans le champ d'autrui, il indemnisera de son propre champ, selon ses produits. Si tout le champ d'autrui a été dévoré, il indemnisera du meilleur de son champ et du meilleur de sa vigne.
If someone allows his animals to (graze/eat the grass) in his field or in his vineyard, and if they stray away and eat the crops in another person’s field, the owner of the animals must pay [the owner of those crops] by giving him the best crops from his own field or vineyard.
6 Si un feu rencontrant des épines gagne de proche en proche et brûle des meules ou des épis, ou la récolte d'un champ, celui qui aura allumé le feu paiera la perte.
Suppose someone starts a fire in his own field, and the fire spreads through the grass and starts burning in someone else’s field, and the fire burns grain that is growing or grain that is already [cut and] stacked. Then the person who started the fire must pay completely for the damage.
7 Si un homme donne à son voisin de l'argent ou un objet à garder, et que le dépôt soit volé en la maison du dépositaire, si le voleur est découvert il rendra le double;
Suppose someone gives to another person some money or other valuable goods and asks him to guard them [in his house for a while]. If those things are stolen from that person’s house, if the thief is caught, he must pay back twice [as much as he stole].
8 Mais si le voleur n'est pas trouvé, le dépositaire ira devant Dieu et jurera qu'il n'a point agi méchamment au sujet du dépôt,
But if the thief is not caught, the owner of the house [from which the things were stolen] must stand before the judges, so that the judges can determine whether [the owner of the house] was the one who took the other man’s goods [and sold them to someone else].
9 Ni du délit déclaré; que l'on ait pris veau, ou âne, ou brebis, ou vêtement, ou quoi que ce soit, un jugement sera rendu devant Dieu entre le plaignant et le dépositaire, et celui qui sera découvert par le Seigneur restituera le double.
If two people argue about which one of them owns a bull or a donkey or a sheep or some clothing, or something else that has been lost, the two people who each claim/say that the item belongs to them must stand before the judges. The one whom the judges declare is lying must pay back [to the real owner] twice as many bulls or donkeys or sheep or pieces of clothing.
10 Si un homme donne à garder à son voisin âne ou veau, brebis ou autre bête, et que la bête soit malade ou morte, ou prise de vive force par l'ennemi sans que personne le sache,
Suppose someone gives his donkey or bull or sheep or some other animal to someone else and asks him to take care of it [for a while], and the animal dies or is injured or is stolen while no one is watching.
11 Il y aura, entre les deux hommes, serment devant Dieu; le dépositaire jurera qu'il n'a pas agi méchamment au sujet du dépôt; le voisin ainsi l'agréera, et il n'y aura point d'indemnité.
Then the person [who was taking care of the animal] must (swear/solemnly declare), knowing that God is listening, that he did not steal the animal. If he did not steal it the owner of the animal must accept/believe that the other person is telling the truth, and the other person will not have to pay anything back to the owner.
12 Mais si la bête a été dérobée chez lui, il indemnisera le maître de la bête.
But if the animal was stolen [while he was supposed to be taking care of it], the man who promised to take care of it must pay back the owner for the animal.
13 Si elle a été prise par une bête fauve, il le conduira sur ses traces, et ne devra rien.
If [he says that] the animal was killed by wild animals, he must bring back the remains of the animal that was killed and show it to the animal’s owner. If he does that, he will not have to pay anything for the animal.
14 Si un homme a emprunté à son voisin une bête qui tombe malade, qui meure on qui soit prise de vive force par l'ennemi, et cela en l'absence du maître, il paiera l'indemnité.
If someone borrows an animal, and if that animal is hurt or dies when its owner is not there, the one who borrowed it must pay the owner for the animal.
15 Mais si le maître était avec la bête, l'emprunteur ne paiera rien; si c'était un homme à gages, il perdra son salaire.
But if that happens when the owner of the animal is there, the one who borrowed it will not have to pay back anything. If the man who borrowed it only rented it, the money that he paid to rent it will be enough to pay for the animal [dying or being injured].”
16 Si un homme trompe une vierge qui n'est point encore fiancée, et s'il dort avec elle, il lui donnera une dot et l'épousera;
“If a man persuades a girl/woman to have sex with him, a girl/woman who (is a virgin/has never had sex with any man) and who is not engaged to be married, he must pay the bride price for her and marry her.
17 Mais s'il s'y refuse ou si le père de la vierge ne veut pas qu'il l'ait pour femme, il lui donnera autant d'argent qu'on en donne pour doter les vierges.
But if her father refuses to allow her to marry him, he must pay to the woman’s father the amount of money that is equal to the amount of bride price money that men pay for virgins.
18 Vous ne souffrirez point les magiciens.
You must execute any woman who (practices sorcery/is a shaman).
19 Celui qui se sera accouplé à une bête, punissez-le de mort.
You must execute any person who has sex with an animal.
20 Celui qui sacrifiera à des dieux autres que le Seigneur sera exterminé.
You [must offer sacrifices] only to Yahweh. You must execute anyone who offers a sacrifice to any [other] god.
21 Vous ne maltraiterez pas l'étranger et vous ne l'opprimerez point; car vous étiez étranger en la terre d'Égypte.
You must not mistreat a foreigner [who comes to live among you]. Do not forget that you were previously foreigners in Egypt.
22 Vous ne maltraiterez jamais la veuve ni l'orphelin.
You must not mistreat any widow or any orphan.
23 Si vous les maltraitez, s'ils crient vers moi, j'entendrai leurs cris;
If you mistreat them and they cry out to me [for help], I will hear them.
24 Et je serai courroucé en mon Cœur, et je vous ferai périr par l'épée; vos femmes deviendront veuves, et vos enfants orphelins.
And I will be angry with you, and I will cause you to be killed in a war [MTY]. Your wives will become widows, and your children will no longer have fathers.
25 Si chez toi tu prêtes de l'argent à ton frère pauvre tu ne le presseras pas, et tu ne lui demanderas point d'intérêt.
If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest on the money.
26 Si tu as pris en nantissement le manteau de ton voisin, tu le lui rendras avant le coucher du soleil.
If he gives you his cloak to guarantee [that he will pay the money back], you must give the cloak back to him before the sun goes down,
27 Car c'est son vêtement unique, l'unique voile de sa nudité: avec quoi dormirait-il? Si donc il crie vers moi, je l'écouterai, parce que je suis miséricordieux.
because he needs it to keep him warm [during the night]. (That is the only covering that poor people have when they sleep at night./What else will he cover himself with during the night?) [RHQ] [If you do not act mercifully toward him by returning his cloak], when he cries out to me asking for my help, I will help him, because I [always act] mercifully.
28 Tu ne maudiras point les dieux, tu n'injurieras point le prince de ton peuple.
Do not (revile/speak evil about) me, and do not (curse/ask me to do harmful things to) any ruler of your people.
29 Tu ne différeras point l'offrande des prémices de tes aires et de tes pressoirs; tu me donneras les premiers-nés de tes fils.
(Do not withhold from/Give) me the best parts of the grain that you harvest and of the olive oil and the wine that you produce.
30 Tu me donneras aussi le premier-né de ta génisse, de ta brebis, de ton ânesse; tu le laisseras sept jours sous sa mère; le huitième jour tu me le donneras.
You must dedicate your firstborn sons to me. Similarly, your firstborn [male] cattle and sheep belong to me. After those animals are born, allow them to stay with their mothers for seven days. On the eighth day, offer them to me [as a sacrifice].
31 Vous serez des hommes saints devant moi, et vous ne mangerez point de chair enlevée par les bêtes fauves; vous la jetterez aux chiens.
You are people who are (completely dedicated to/set apart for) me. [And I detest] the meat of any animal that has been killed by wild animals. Therefore you should not eat such meat. Instead, throw it where the dogs [can eat it].”
