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1 L’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
2 Parle aux enfants d’Israël, et tu leur diras: Lorsqu’un homme ou une femme se séparera des autres en faisant vœu de naziréat, pour se consacrer à l’Éternel,
“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 il s’abstiendra de vin et de boisson enivrante; il ne boira ni vinaigre fait avec du vin, ni vinaigre fait avec une boisson enivrante; il ne boira d’aucune liqueur tirée des raisins, et il ne mangera point de raisins frais ni de raisins secs.
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 Pendant tout le temps de son naziréat, il ne mangera rien de ce qui provient de la vigne, depuis les pépins jusqu’à la peau du raisin.
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 Pendant tout le temps de son naziréat, le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête; jusqu’à l’accomplissement des jours pour lesquels il s’est consacré à l’Éternel, il sera saint, il laissera croître librement ses cheveux.
‘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 Pendant tout le temps qu’il a voué à l’Éternel, il ne s’approchera point d’une personne morte;
And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
7 il ne se souillera point à la mort de son père, de sa mère, de son frère ou de sa sœur, car il porte sur sa tête la consécration de son 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 Pendant tout le temps de son naziréat, il sera consacré à l’Éternel.
You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.
9 Si quelqu’un meurt subitement près de lui, et que sa tête consacrée devienne ainsi souillée, il se rasera la tête le jour de sa purification, il se la rasera 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 Le huitième jour, il apportera au sacrificateur deux tourterelles ou deux jeunes pigeons, à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation.
The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
11 Le sacrificateur sacrifiera l’un comme victime expiatoire, et l’autre comme holocauste, et il fera pour lui l’expiation de son péché à l’occasion du mort. Le naziréen sanctifiera ainsi sa tête ce jour-là
‘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 Il consacrera de nouveau à l’Éternel les jours de son naziréat, et il offrira un agneau d’un an en sacrifice de culpabilité; les jours précédents ne seront point comptés, parce que son naziréat a 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 Voici la loi du naziréen. Le jour où il aura accompli le temps de son naziréat, on le fera venir à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation.
‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent
14 Il présentera son offrande à l’Éternel: un agneau d’un an et sans défaut pour l’holocauste, une brebis d’un an et sans défaut pour le sacrifice d’expiation, et un bélier sans défaut pour le sacrifice d’actions de grâces;
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 de pains sans levain, de gâteaux de fleur de farine pétris à l’huile, et de galettes sans levain arrosées d’huile, avec l’offrande et la libation ordinaires.
‘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 sacrificateur présentera ces choses devant l’Éternel, et il offrira sa victime expiatoire et son 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 en sacrifice d’actions de grâces à l’Éternel, outre la corbeille de pains sans levain, avec l’offrande 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 Le naziréen rasera, à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation, sa tête consacrée; il prendra les cheveux de sa tête consacrée, et il les mettra sur le feu qui est sous le sacrifice d’actions de grâces.
‘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 Le sacrificateur prendra l’épaule cuite du bélier, un gâteau sans levain de la corbeille, et une galette sans levain; et il les posera sur les mains du naziréen, après qu’il aura rasé sa tête consacrée.
‘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 Le sacrificateur les agitera de côté et d’autre devant l’Éternel: c’est une chose sainte, qui appartient au sacrificateur, avec la poitrine agitée et l’épaule offerte par élévation. Ensuite, le naziréen 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 pour celui qui fait vœu de naziréat; telle est son offrande à l’Éternel pour son naziréat, outre ce que lui permettront ses ressources. Il accomplira ce qui est ordonné pour le vœu qu’il a fait, selon la loi de son naziréat.
‘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 L’Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
23 Parle à Aaron et à ses fils, et dis: Vous bénirez ainsi les enfants d’Israël, vous leur direz:
“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,
24 Que l’Éternel te bénisse, et qu’il te garde!
‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,
25 Que l’Éternel fasse luire sa face sur toi, et qu’il t’accorde sa grâce!
and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,
26 Que l’Éternel tourne sa face vers toi, et qu’il te donne la paix!
and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”
27 C’est ainsi qu’ils mettront mon nom sur les enfants d’Israël, et je les bénirai.
Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”
