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1 Et le Seigneur parla à Moïse, disant:
Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
2 Parle aux fils d'Israël, et dis-leur: La femme ou l'homme qui aura fait généreusement le vœu de se consacrer au Seigneur et de rester pur,
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you [wants to] make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, [after you obey these instructions], you will be called a Nazir-man, [which means “dedicated man”].
3 S'abstiendra de vin et de boisson fermentée; ne boira ni vinaigre de vin, ni vinaigre de boisson fermentée; ne boira rien de ce qui se fait avec le raisin; ne mangera pas de raisin, soit frais cueilli, soit séché au soleil,
You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.
4 Durant tous les jours du vœu; la personne vouée ne mangera rien de ce qui provient de la vigne ou du raisin, depuis le pépin jusqu'à la peau,
You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
5 Durant tous les jours de la purification; elle ne se passera point le rasoir sur la tête jusqu'à la fin des jours qu'elle aura voués au Seigneur; elle sera sainte en laissant croître la chevelure de sa tête,
‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long.
6 Durant tous les jours du vœu au Seigneur; elle ne s'approchera d'aucune créature morte.
And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
7 Elle ne se souillera point à cause d'un père mort, ni d'une mère, ni d'un frère, ni d'une sœur, parce qu'elle aura sur soi-même et sur la tête le vœu à Dieu;
Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me [by coming close to the corpse]. Your long hair [MTY] shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair.
8 Durant tous les jours du vœu, elle sera sainte, consacrée au Seigneur.
You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.
9 Si quelqu'un tombe mort subitement auprès de la personne qui s'est vouée, son vœu en sera souillé, et elle se rasera la tête le jour même de sa purification; elle se rasera une seconde fois la tête le septième jour.
‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.
10 Et le huitième, elle portera au prêtre deux tourterelles ou deux petits de colombes, devant la porte du tabernacle du témoignage.
The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
11 Et le prêtre en offrira un pour le péché, et l'autre pour l'holocauste; le prêtre intercèdera pour elle au sujet de la souillure que lui aura causée le mort, et il consacrera sa tête, en ce jour,
‘The priest must [kill the birds and] offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. [After the priest burns them on the altar], I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and [when] your hair [grows again it] will be dedicated to me again.
12 Au Seigneur, pour toute la durée du vœu; et la personne offrira un agneau d'un an pour le délit; et les jours qui auront précédé ne lui seront pas comptés, parce que son vœu aura été souillé.
The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me [by coming close to a corpse] during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do.
13 Telle est la loi des vœux; lorsque les jours du vœu seront accomplis, la personne présentera elle-même ses dons, devant la porte du tabernacle du témoignage;
‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent
14 Elle offrira au Seigneur un agneau d'un an sans tache pour l'holocauste, une brebis d'un an sans tache pour le péché, un bélier d'un an sans tache comme hostie pacifique,
and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.
15 Une corbeille d'azymes de fleur de farine, pétris dans l'huile, et des gâteaux azymes arroses d'huile, avec leur oblation et leur libation.
‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and [olive] oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some [olive] oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest.
16 Le prêtre offrira ces dons au Seigneur, et il sacrifiera les victimes pour le péché et pour l'holocauste.
‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins.
17 Il offrira le bélier, comme hostie pacifique, au Seigneur, outre la corbeille d'azymes. Et le prêtre fera l'oblation et la libation.
Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine.
18 Alors, la personne vouée rasera, devant la porte du tabernacle du témoignage, sa tête vouée, et elle jettera sa chevelure dans le feu allumé sous l'hostie pacifique.
‘After that, you must [stand at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the [animal that has been sacrificed] on the altar to maintain fellowship with me.
19 Et le prêtre prendra l'épaule cuite du bélier, avec un pain azyme de la corbeille, et un gâteau azyme; il les mettra dans la main de la personne vouée, après qu'elle aura rasé sa tête vouée.
‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with [olive] oil, and he will put them in your hands.
20 Puis, le prêtre les déposera sur l'autel, comme part du Seigneur, et ce sera chose sainte; ce sera la poitrine mise à part, l'épaule réservée, appartenant au prêtre; après cela, la personne vouée pourra boire du vin.
Then the priest will [take them back and] lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine.
21 Telle est la loi de la personne qui fait un vœu et du présent qu'elle doit offrir au Seigneur à cette occasion, sans parler des dons que ses facultés lui permettent de faire, selon l'extension de son vœu, et conformément à la loi de consécration.
‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’”
22 Et le Seigneur parla à Moïse, disant:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
23 Parle à Aaron et à ses fils; dis-leur: Voici comme vous bénirez les fils d'Israël; vous leur direz:
“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,
24 Que le Seigneur te bénisse et le garde.
‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,
25 Que le Seigneur fasse luire sur toi son visage, et qu'il ait pitié de toi,
and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,
26 Qu'il lève sur toi sa face, et qu'il t'accorde la paix.
and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”
Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”
