Deutéronome 25
1 Lorsque des hommes, ayant entre eux une querelle, se présenteront en justice pour être jugés, on absoudra l’innocent, et l’on condamnera le coupable.
“If [two] Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will [probably] decide/declare that one of them (is innocent/did not do any wrong) and the other one is guilty.
2 Si le coupable mérite d’être battu, le juge le fera étendre par terre et frapper en sa présence d’un nombre de coups proportionné à la gravité de sa faute.
If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie [with his face] on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on [what kind of] crime he committed.
3 Il ne lui fera pas donner plus de quarante coups, de peur que, si l’on continuait à le frapper en allant beaucoup au-delà, ton frère ne fût avili à tes yeux.
It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly.
4 Tu n’emmuselleras point le bœuf, quand il foulera le grain.
When your ox is treading/walking on the grain [to separate the chaff from the grain], do not (muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth) [to prevent it from eating some of the grain].
5 Lorsque des frères demeureront ensemble, et que l’un d’eux mourra sans laisser de fils, la femme du défunt ne se mariera point au-dehors avec un étranger, mais son beau-frère ira vers elle, la prendra pour femme, et l’épousera comme beau-frère.
If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex [EUP] with her. It is his duty to do that.
6 Le premier-né qu’elle enfantera succédera au frère mort et portera son nom, afin que ce nom ne soit pas effacé d’Israël.
If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered [MTY] the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel.
7 Si cet homme ne veut pas prendre sa belle-sœur, elle montera à la porte vers les anciens, et dira: Mon beau-frère refuse de relever en Israël le nom de son frère, il ne veut pas m’épouser par droit de beau-frère.
“But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the (gate/central meeting place) of the town and say to the [town] elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do (his duty/what he is supposed to do). He refuses to [marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will] prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’
8 Les anciens de la ville l’appelleront, et lui parleront. S’il persiste, et dit: Je ne veux pas la prendre,
Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow,
9 alors sa belle-sœur s’approchera de lui en présence des anciens, lui ôtera son soulier du pied, et lui crachera au visage. Et prenant la parole, elle dira: Ainsi sera fait à l’homme qui ne relève pas la maison de son frère.
she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals [to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property], and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed [to allow his dead brother to have a son] in order that our family name does not disappear.’
10 Et sa maison sera appelée en Israël la maison du déchaussé.
After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.
11 Lorsque des hommes se querelleront ensemble, l’un avec l’autre, si la femme de l’un s’approche pour délivrer son mari de la main de celui qui le frappe, si elle avance la main et saisit ce dernier par les parties honteuses,
When [two] men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals,
12 tu lui couperas la main, tu ne jetteras sur elle aucun regard de pitié.
do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
13 Tu n’auras point dans ton sac deux sortes de poids, un gros et un petit.
“[When you are buying or selling things], do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something], and two kinds of measuring baskets, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something].
14 Tu n’auras point dans ta maison deux sortes d’épha, un grand et un petit.
15 Tu auras un poids exact et juste, tu auras un épha exact et juste, afin que tes jours se prolongent dans le pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne.
Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you.
16 Car quiconque fait ces choses, quiconque commet une iniquité, est en abomination à l’Éternel, ton Dieu.
Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, [and he will punish them].
17 Souviens-toi de ce que te fit Amalek pendant la route, lors de votre sortie d’Égypte,
Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt.
18 comment il te rencontra dans le chemin, et, sans aucune crainte de Dieu, tomba sur toi par derrière, sur tous ceux qui se traînaient les derniers, pendant que tu étais las et épuisé toi-même.
They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others.
19 Lorsque l’Éternel, ton Dieu, après t’avoir délivré de tous les ennemis qui t’entourent, t’accordera du repos dans le pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne en héritage et en propriété, tu effaceras la mémoire d’Amalek de dessous les cieux: ne l’oublie point.
Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land [that he promised to give you], and when he has enabled you to rest from [fighting] all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget [to do this]!”
