Deutéronome 16
1 Prends garde au mois que les épis mûrissent, et fais la Pâque à l'Eternel ton Dieu; car au mois que les épis mûrissent, l'Eternel ton Dieu t'a fait sortir de nuit hors d'Egypte.
“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
2 Et sacrifie la Pâque à l'Eternel ton Dieu du gros et du menu bétail, au lieu que l'Eternel aura choisi pour y faire habiter son Nom.
[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
3 Tu ne mangeras point avec elle de pain levé; tu mangeras avec elle pendant sept jours des pains sans levain, pains d'affliction, parce que tu es sorti en hâte du pays d'Egypte, afin que tous les jours de ta vie tu te souviennes du jour que tu es sorti du pays d'Egypte.
[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
4 Il ne se verra point de levain chez toi dans toute l'étendue de ton pays pendant sept jours, et on ne gardera rien de la chair du sacrifice que tu auras fait le soir du premier jour, jusqu'au matin.
[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
5 Tu ne pourras point sacrifier la Pâque dans tous les lieux de ta demeure que l'Eternel ton Dieu te donne;
“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
6 Mais [seulement] au lieu que l'Eternel ton Dieu aura choisi pour y faire habiter son Nom; c'est là que tu sacrifieras la Pâque au soir, sitôt que le soleil sera couché, précisément au temps que tu sortis d'Egypte.
7 Et l'ayant fait cuire, tu la mangeras au lieu que l'Eternel ton Dieu aura choisi; et le matin tu t'en retourneras et t'en iras dans tes tentes.
Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
8 Pendant six jours tu mangeras des pains sans levain, et au septième jour, qui est l'assemblée solennelle à l'Eternel ton Dieu, tu ne feras aucune œuvre.
Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
9 Tu te compteras sept semaines; tu commenceras à compter [ces] sept semaines, depuis que tu auras commencé à mettre la faucille en la moisson.
“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
10 Puis tu feras la fête solennelle des semaines à l'Eternel ton Dieu, en présentant l'offrande volontaire de ta main, laquelle tu donneras, selon que l'Eternel ton Dieu t'aura béni.
Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
11 Et tu te réjouiras en la présence de l'Eternel ton Dieu, toi, ton fils, ta fille, ton serviteur, ta servante, et le Lévite qui est dans tes portes; l'étranger, l'orphelin, et la veuve qui sont parmi toi, au lieu que l'Eternel ton Dieu aura choisi pour y faire habiter son Nom.
[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
12 Et tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave en Egypte, et tu prendras garde à observer ces statuts.
[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
13 Tu feras la fête solennelle des Tabernacles pendant sept jours, après que tu auras recueilli [les revenus] de ton aire et de ta cuve.
“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
14 Et tu te réjouiras en ta fête solennelle, toi, ton fils, ta fille, ton serviteur et ta servante, le Lévite, l'étranger, l'orphelin, et la veuve qui sont dans tes portes.
[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
15 Tu célébreras pendant sept jours la fête solennelle à l'Eternel ton Dieu, au lieu que l'Eternel aura choisi, quand l'Eternel ton Dieu t'aura béni dans toute ta récolte, et dans tout l'ouvrage de tes mains; et tu seras dans la joie.
Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
16 Trois fois l'an tout mâle d'entre vous se présentera devant l'Eternel ton Dieu, au lieu qu'il aura choisi; [savoir] à la fête solennelle des pains sans levain, et à la fête solennelle des Semaines, et à la fête solennelle des Tabernacles. Mais nul ne se présentera devant la face de l'Eternel à vide.
“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
17 [Mais] chacun donnera à proportion de ce qu'il aura, selon la bénédiction de l'Eternel ton Dieu, laquelle il t'aura donnée.
in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
18 Tu t'établiras des juges et des prévôts dans toutes tes villes, lesquelles l'Eternel ton Dieu te donne, selon tes Tribus; afin qu'ils jugent le peuple par un jugement droit.
“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
19 Tu ne te détourneras point de la justice et tu n'auras point égard à l'apparence des personnes. Tu ne prendras aucun présent; car le présent aveugle les yeux des sages, et corrompt les paroles des justes.
They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
20 Tu suivras exactement la justice, afin que tu vives, et que tu possèdes le pays que l'Eternel ton Dieu te donne.
You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
21 Tu ne planteras point de bocage, de quelque arbre que ce soit, auprès de l'autel de l'Eternel ton Dieu, lequel tu te seras fait.
“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
22 Tu ne te dresseras point non plus de statue; l'Eternel ton Dieu hait ces choses.
And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
