Lévitique 27
1 L’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 Parle aux enfants d’Israël, et tu leur diras: Lorsqu’on fera des vœux, s’il s’agit de personnes, elles seront à l’Éternel d’après ton estimation.
“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 Si tu as à faire l’estimation d’un mâle de vingt à soixante ans, ton estimation sera de cinquante sicles d’argent, selon le sicle 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 si c’est une femme, ton estimation sera de trente sicles.
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 De cinq à vingt ans, ton estimation sera de vingt sicles pour un mâle, et de dix sicles pour une fille.
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, ton estimation sera de cinq sicles d’argent pour un mâle, et de trois sicles d’argent pour une fille.
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 De soixante ans et au-dessus, ton estimation sera de quinze sicles pour un mâle, et de dix sicles 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 celui qui a fait le vœu est trop pauvre pour payer ton estimation, on le présentera au sacrificateur, qui le taxera, et le sacrificateur fera une estimation en rapport avec les ressources de cet homme.
‘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 S’il s’agit d’animaux qui peuvent être offerts en sacrifice à l’Éternel, tout animal qu’on donnera à l’Éternel 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 On ne le changera point, et l’on n’en mettra point un mauvais à la place d’un bon ni un bon à la place d’un mauvais; si l’on remplace un animal par un autre, ils seront l’un et l’autre chose sainte.
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 S’il s’agit d’animaux impurs, qui ne peuvent être offerts en sacrifice à l’Éternel, on présentera l’animal au sacrificateur,
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 qui en fera l’estimation selon qu’il sera bon ou mauvais, et l’on s’en rapportera à l’estimation du sacrificateur.
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 on veut le racheter, on ajoutera un cinquième à son 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 quelqu’un sanctifie sa maison en la consacrant à l’Éternel, le sacrificateur en fera l’estimation selon qu’elle sera bonne ou mauvaise, et l’on s’en tiendra à l’estimation du sacrificateur.
‘[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 celui qui a sanctifié sa maison veut la racheter, il ajoutera un cinquième au prix de son estimation, et elle sera à lui.
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 quelqu’un sanctifie à l’Éternel un champ de sa propriété, ton estimation sera en rapport avec la quantité de semence, cinquante sicles d’argent pour un homer de semence 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 Si c’est dès l’année du jubilé qu’il sanctifie son champ, on s’en tiendra à ton estimation;
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 si c’est après le jubilé qu’il sanctifie son champ, le sacrificateur en évaluera le prix à raison du nombre d’années qui restent jusqu’au jubilé, et il sera fait une réduction sur ton 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 a sanctifié son champ veut le racheter, il ajoutera un cinquième au prix de ton estimation, et le champ lui restera.
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 point le champ, et qu’on le vende à un autre homme, il ne pourra plus être racheté.
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 quand l’acquéreur en sortira au jubilé, ce champ sera consacré à l’Éternel, comme un champ qui a été dévoué; il deviendra la propriété du sacrificateur.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 Si quelqu’un sanctifie à l’Éternel un champ qu’il a acquis et qui ne fait point partie de sa propriété,
‘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 le sacrificateur en évaluera le prix d’après ton estimation jusqu’à l’année du jubilé, et cet homme paiera le jour même le prix fixé, comme étant consacré à l’Éternel.
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 L’année du jubilé, le champ retournera à celui de qui il avait été acheté et de la propriété dont il faisait partie.
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 Toutes tes estimations se feront en sicles du sanctuaire: le sicle est de vingt guéras.
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 Nul ne pourra sanctifier le premier-né de son bétail, lequel appartient déjà à l’Éternel en sa qualité de premier-né; soit bœuf, soit agneau, il appartient à l’Éternel.
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 S’il s’agit d’un animal impur, on le rachètera au prix de ton estimation, en y ajoutant un cinquième; s’il n’est pas racheté, il sera vendu d’après ton estimation.
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 Tout ce qu’un homme dévouera par interdit à l’Éternel, dans ce qui lui appartient, ne pourra ni se vendre, ni se racheter, que ce soit une personne, un animal, ou un champ de sa propriété; tout ce qui sera dévoué par interdit sera entièrement consacré à l’Éternel.
‘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 Aucune personne dévouée par interdit ne pourra être rachetée, elle sera mise à 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, soit des récoltes de la terre, soit du fruit des arbres, appartient à l’Éternel; c’est une chose consacrée à l’Éternel.
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 Si quelqu’un veut racheter quelque chose de sa dîme, il y ajoutera un cinquième.
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 de gros et de menu bétail, de tout ce qui passe sous la houlette, sera une dîme consacrée à l’Éternel.
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 On n’examinera point si l’animal est bon ou mauvais, et l’on ne fera point d’échange; si l’on remplace un animal par un autre, ils seront l’un et l’autre chose sainte, et ne pourront être rachetés.
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 commandements que l’Éternel donna à Moïse pour les enfants d’Israël, sur la montagne de Sinaï.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
