Deutéronome 21
1 Quand il se trouvera sur la terre que l'Eternel ton Dieu te donne pour la posséder, un homme qui a été tué, étendu dans un champ, [et] qu'on ne saura pas qui l'aura tué;
“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
2 Alors tes Anciens et tes Juges sortiront, et mesureront depuis l'homme qui aura été tué, jusqu'aux villes qui [sont] tout autour de lui.
[If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
3 Puis les Anciens de la ville la plus proche de l'homme qui aura été tué, prendront une jeune vache du troupeau, de laquelle on ne se soit point servi, [et] qui n'ait point tiré étant sous le joug;
Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
4 Et les Anciens de cette ville-là feront descendre la jeune vache en une vallée rude, dans laquelle on ne laboure, ni ne sème, et là ils couperont le cou à la jeune vache dans la vallée.
They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
5 Et les Sacrificateurs, fils de Lévi, s'approcheront; car l'Eternel ton Dieu les a choisis pour faire son service, et pour bénir au Nom de l'Eternel; et afin qu'à leur parole toute cause et toute plaie soit définie.
The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
6 Et tous les Anciens de cette ville-là, qui seront les plus près de l'homme qui aura été tué, laveront leurs mains sur la jeune vache, à laquelle on aura coupé le cou dans la vallée,
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 Et prenant la parole ils diront: Nos mains n'ont point répandu ce sang; nos yeux aussi ne l'ont point vu [répandre].
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 Ô Eternel! Sois propice à ton peuple d'Israël que tu as racheté, et ne lui impute point le sang innocent [qui a été répandu] au milieu de ton peuple d'Israël; et le meurtre sera expié pour eux.
Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
9 Et tu ôteras le sang innocent du milieu de toi, parce que tu auras fait ce que l'Eternel approuve et trouve juste.
By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
10 Quand tu seras allé à la guerre contre tes ennemis, et que l'Eternel ton Dieu les aura livrés entre tes mains et que tu en auras emmené des prisonniers;
“When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
11 Si tu vois entre les prisonniers quelque belle femme, et qu'ayant conçu pour elle de l'affection, tu veuilles la prendre pour ta femme;
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 Alors tu la mèneras en ta maison, et elle rasera sa tête, et fera ses ongles;
He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
13 Et elle ôtera de dessus soi les habits qu'elle portait lorsqu'elle a été faite prisonnière; et elle demeurera en ta maison, et pleurera son père et sa mère un mois durant; puis tu viendras vers elle, et tu seras son mari, et elle sera ta femme.
She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
14 S'il arrive qu'elle ne te plaise plus, tu la renverras selon sa volonté, mais tu ne la pourras point vendre pour de l'argent, ni en faire aucun trafic parce que tu l'auras humiliée.
Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
15 Quand un homme aura deux femmes, l'une aimée, et l'autre haïe, et qu'elles lui auront enfanté des enfants, tant celle qui est aimée, que celle qui est haïe, et que le fils aîné soit de celle qui est haïe;
“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
16 Lorsque le jour viendra qu'il partagera à ses enfants ce qu'il aura, alors il ne pourra pas faire aîné le fils de celle qui est aimée, préférablement au fils de celle qui est haïe, lequel est né le premier.
On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
17 Mais il reconnaîtra le fils de celle qui est haïe pour son premier-né, en lui donnant la portion de deux, de tout ce qui se trouvera lui appartenir; car il est le commencement de sa vigueur; le droit d'aînesse lui appartient.
He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
18 Quand un homme aura un enfant méchant et rebelle, n'obéissant point à la voix de son père, ni à la voix de sa mère, et qu'ils l'auront châtié, et que, nonobstant cela, il ne les écoute point;
“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
19 Alors le père et la mère le prendront, et le mèneront aux Anciens de sa ville, et à la porte de son lieu;
If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
20 Et ils diront aux Anciens de sa ville: C'est ici notre fils qui est méchant et rebelle, il n'obéit point à notre voix, il est gourmand et ivrogne.
Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
21 Et tous les gens de la ville le lapideront, et il mourra; et ainsi tu ôteras le méchant du milieu de toi, afin que tout Israël l'entende, et qu'il craigne.
Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
22 Quand un homme aura commis quelque péché, digne de mort, et qu'on le fera mourir, et que tu le pendras à un bois;
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 Son corps mort ne demeurera point la nuit sur le bois, mais tu ne manqueras point de l'ensevelir, le même jour, car celui qui est pendu est malédiction de Dieu; c'est pourquoi tu ne souilleras point la terre que l'Eternel ton Dieu te donne en héritage.
you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
