Lévitique 27
1 Et le Seigneur parla à Moïse, disant:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 Parle aux fils d'Israël, et dis-leur: Celui qui fera un vœu au Seigneur, pour prix de sa vie,
“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 Paiera, si c'est un homme de vingt à soixante ans, cinquante drachmes 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, si c'est une femme, trente drachmes,
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 S'il s'agit d'un jeune garçon de quinze à vingt ans; le prix sera vingt drachmes, et pour une jeune fille; dix drachmes.
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 D'un mois à cinq ans le prix pour un jeune garçon sera cinq drachmes, et pour une fille, trois drachmes 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 S'il s'agit d'un homme de soixante ans et au-dessus, le prix sera quinze drachmes d'argent, et dix drachmes pour une femme.
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 Si la personne est trop pauvre pour payer le prix, elle se présentera devant le prêtre qui évaluera ce qu'elle peut donner.
‘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 l'on fait don au Seigneur d'un des bestiaux qu'on peut offrir, l'objet donné au Seigneur sera 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 Il ne sera pas échangé; on ne substituera pas le bon au mauvais, non plus que le mauvais au bon; si l'homme fait un échange, s'il substitue une tête de bétail à une autre, la première et la seconde seront choses saintes.
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 l'homme n'a qu'une bête impure, de celles dont on ne fait pas d'offrandes au Seigneur, il placera la bête devant le prêtre;
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, qu'elle soit bonne ou mauvaise, l'estimera, et l'on s'en tiendra à son estimation.
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 l'homme la rachète, il ajoutera un cinquième en sus du prix 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 au Seigneur sa maison comme chose sainte, le prêtre, qu'elle soit bonne ou mauvaise, l'estimera, et l'on s'en tiendra à son estimation.
‘[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 Si l'homme qui aura consacré sa maison au Seigneur la rachète, s'il ajoutera un cinquième au prix de l'estimation, et elle sera à lui de nouveau.
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 consacre au Seigneur une part de son champ héréditaire, on l'estimera selon la quantité de grain que l'on y sème: cinquante drachmes d'argent pour une mesure d'orge.
‘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 S'il a consacré son champ immédiatement après l'année de la rémission, on s'en tiendra à l'estimation qu'on aura faite.
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 S'il consacre son champ peu de temps avant la rémission, le prêtre lui portera en compte l'argent selon les annexes qui restent jusqu'à la rémission, et il sera fait une soustraction sur son estimation.
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 Si celui qui aura consacré son champ au Seigneur le rachète, il ajoutera un cinquième au prix de l'estimation, et il sera à lui de nouveau.
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 S'il ne rachète pas son champ, et s'il le vend à un autre homme, il ne pourra plus le racheter.
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 Et la rémission étant venue, le champ appartiendra au Seigneur; le champ sera remis en la possession du prêtre, comme terre consacrée.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 Si, après avoir consacré une part d'un champ, par lui acheté, qui ne faisait pas partie de son champ héréditaire,
‘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 L'homme veut ensuite la racheter, le prêtre en évaluera le prix d'après l'année de la rémission; et, le jour du rachat, l'homme paiera ce prix, comme chose consacrée au Seigneur.
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 Et à la rémission le champ sera rendu à celui de qui l'autre l'aura acheté, et qui l'avait recueilli en héritage.
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 Toute somme d'argent sera payée au poids du sanctuaire, vingt oboles par drachme.
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 Tout premier-né de votre bétail appartiendra au Seigneur, et nul ne le consacrera; que ce soit un veau, un agneau on un chevreau, il appartiendra au Seigneur.
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 On évaluera le premier-né des quadrupèdes impurs; le maître donnera le montant de cette estimation avec un cinquième en sus, et la bête lui appartiendra; s'il ne la rachète pas, elle sera vendue selon l'estimation que l'on en aura faite.
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 Nul objet consacré par l'homme au Seigneur, de ce qu'il possède, depuis l'homme jusqu'aux bestiaux, ou de ses champs héréditaires, ne pourra être vendu ni racheté. Tout objet consacre sera chose très sainte appartenant au Seigneur.
‘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 être vivant qui aura été consacré par les hommes, ne pourra être racheté, mais il mourra de mort.
‘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, toute dîme des grains de la terre et des fruits des arbres, appartient au Seigneur; 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 Mais, si un homme rachète sa dîme à prix d'argent, il donnera un cinquième en sus de l'estimation, et elle lui appartiendra.
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 Toute dîme des bœufs, des brebis et des chèvres, toute dîme de ce qui marche en troupeau, sous le bâton du pasteur, appartiendra au Seigneur.
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 Et tu ne substitueras pas le bon au mauvais, ni le mauvais au bon; si tu fais cet échange, les deux bêtes seront saintes et ne pourront être rachetées.
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 préceptes que le Seigneur a prescrit à Moïse sur le mont Sina, pour les fils d'Israël.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
