Lévitique 14
1 Le Seigneur parla encore à Moïse, disant:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 Voici le rite du lépreux, quand il doit être purifié: il sera amené au prêtre;
“These are the regulations for anyone who has been healed of a contagious skin disease.
3 Qui, étant sorti du camp, lorsqu’il trouvera que la lèpre est guérie,
The person must be brought to a priest. The priest will take him outside the camp [to where that person has been staying], and examine him. If the skin disease has been healed,
4 Ordonnera à celui qui est purifié qu’il offre pour lui deux passereaux vivants, dont il est permis de manger, du bois de cèdre, de l’écarlate et de l’hysope.
the priest will say that someone must bring two living birds that are acceptable to Yahweh, along with some cedar wood, some scarlet/red yarn, and some sprigs of (hyssop/a very leafy plant).
5 Il commandera aussi que l’un des passereaux soit immolé dans un vase de terre sur des eaux vives;
Then the priest will command that one of the birds be killed while [it is being held] over a clay pot containing water from a spring.
6 Mais l’autre vivant, il le trempera avec le bois de cèdre, l’écarlate et l’hysope dans le sang du passereau immolé,
Then the priest will dip the other bird, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet/red yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed.
7 Dont il aspergera sept fois celui qui doit être purifié, afin qu’il soit légitimement purifié; puis il lâchera le passereau vivant, pour qu’il s’envole dans la campagne.
Then he must sprinkle some of the blood on the person who was healed; he must sprinkle it on him seven times. Then he will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. And the priest will release the other bird and allow it to fly away.
8 Et lorsque l’homme aura lavé ses vêtements, il rasera tous les poils de son corps et il sera lavé dans l’eau; et étant purifié, il entrera dans le camp, de telle sorte seulement qu’il demeurera hors de sa tente pendant sept jours;
“Then the person who was healed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe. Then he is allowed to return to the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days.
9 Et au septième jour il rasera les cheveux de sa tête, sa barbe, ses sourcils et les poils de tout le corps. Ensuite, les vêtements et le corps lavés une seconde fois;
On the seventh day, he must again shave off all his hair, including his beard and his eyebrows. Then he must again wash his clothes and bathe, and then he will be allowed to be with other people again.
10 Au huitième jour, il prendra deux agneaux sans tache, et une brebis d’un an sans tache, et trois décimes de fleur de farine qui soit arrosée d’huile pour un sacrifice, et séparément un setier d’huile.
“The next day that person must bring two male lambs and one female lamb that is one year old, all of them with no defects. He must also bring six quarts/liters of fine flour, mixed with olive oil, to be an offering, and (0.6 pint/0.3 liter) of olive oil.
11 Et lorsque le prêtre, purifiant l’homme, l’aura présenté, ainsi que toutes ces choses devant le Seigneur à la porte du tabernacle de témoignage,
The priest who declares that the person’s skin disease is ended must bring that person, and his offerings, to me, Yahweh, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
12 Il prendra un agneau et l’offrira pour le défit, et un setier d’huile; et toutes ces choses offertes devant le Seigneur,
“Then the priest must take one of the male lambs and lift it up, along with the olive oil, in front of me, to be a guilt offering—[an offering for his being guilty for not giving to me the things that he was required to give me].
13 Il immolera l’agneau où a coutume d’être immolée l’hostie pour le péché ainsi que l’holocauste, c’est-à-dire dans le lieu saint. Car comme dans le sacrifice pour le péché, de même aussi dans le sacrifice pour l’offense, c’est au prêtre qu’appartient l’hostie: elle est très sainte.
Then the priest must slaughter the lamb in the sacred place where the other sacrifices are offered. Like the offering to enable people to be forgiven, this guilt offering is holy, and belongs to the priest.
14 Or le prêtre prenant du sang de l’hostie qui a été immolée pour le délit, le mettra sur l’extrémité de l’oreille droite de celui qui est purifié, et sur les pouces de la main droite et du pied;
The priest must take some of the blood of that animal and pour it on the lobe/tip of the right ear and on the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who has been healed of the skin disease.
15 Ensuite il versera du setier d’huile dans sa main gauche,
Then the priest must take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left hand.
16 Trempera son doigt droit dans cette huile, et fera l’aspersion devant le Seigneur sept fois.
Then he must dip the forefinger of his right hand into the oil in his palm, and sprinkle it in front of me seven times.
17 Quant à ce qui sera de reste de l’huile en sa main gauche, il le répandra sur l’extrémité de l’oreille droite de celui qui est purifié, sur les pouces de la main et du pied droits, et sur le sang qui a été répandu pour le délit,
Then he must put some of the oil that is still in the palm of his hand on the lobe/tip of the right ear and the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the person who has been healed of the skin disease. He must put it on top of the blood that he has already put on those places.
18 Et sur la tête de l’homme,
The remaining oil in his palm must be put on the person’s head, [to indicate that I declare that] the person has been forgiven for having sinned.
19 Et il priera pour lui devant le Seigneur, et il offrira le sacrifice pour le péché: alors il immolera l’holocauste,
“Then the priest must slaughter one of the other two animals, to show that the one who has been healed of the skin disease has been forgiven for having sinned, and that he has become acceptable to Yahweh. Then the priest will slaughter the animal that will be completely burned [on the altar].
20 Et il le mettra sur l’autel avec ses libations, et l’homme sera purifié selon les rites.
He will also put on the altar the offering of grain, to indicate that the person has been forgiven for having sinned. Then that person will be allowed to be with other people again.
21 Que s’il est pauvre et que sa main ne puisse trouver ce qui a été dit, il prendra un agneau en oblation pour le délit, afin que le prêtre prie pour lui, une dixième partie de fleur de farine arrosée d’huile pour un sacrifice, et un setier d’huile,
“But if the person who has been healed of a skin disease is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must take to the priest one male lamb to be lifted up to be an offering for his not giving to me the things that he was required to give me. He must also take two quarts/liters of fine flour mixed with olive oil to be an offering made from grain, (0.6 pint/0.3 liter) of olive oil,
22 Et deux tourterelles ou bien deux petits de colombe, dont l’un soit pour le péché et l’autre pour un holocauste;
and two doves or two young pigeons, one for him to be forgiven for the sins he has committed, and one to be completely burned [on the altar].
23 Et au huitième jour de sa purification, il les présentera au prêtre à la porte du tabernacle de témoignage devant le Seigneur;
“On that same day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, to offer them to Yahweh.
24 Alors le prêtre, recevant l’agneau pour le délit et le setier d’huile, les élèvera ensemble;
The priest will take the lamb for the offering for that person not giving to me the things that he was required to give me, along with the olive oil, and lift them up in front of me.
25 Puis, l’agneau immolé, il mettra de son sang sur l’extrémité de l’oreille droite de celui qui est purifié, et sur les pouces de sa main et de son pied droits;
Then the priest will slaughter that lamb [and drain some of the blood in a bowl], and take some of that blood and put it on the lobe/tip of the person’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
26 Il versera aussi une partie de l’huile dans sa main gauche,
Then the priest will pour some of the oil into the palm of his left hand,
27 Et, y trempant le doigt de la main droite, il fera l’aspersion sept fois devant le Seigneur:
and with his right forefinger he must sprinkle some of the oil from his palm there in my presence.
28 Et il touchera l’extrémité de l’oreille droite de celui qui est purifié, et les pouces de la main et du pied droits, à l’endroit qui avait été arrosé au sang répandu pour le délit.
He must put some of the oil in his palm on the same places where he put the blood.
29 Mais le reste de l’huile, qui est dans sa main gauche, il le mettra sur la tête du purifié, afin qu’il fléchisse pour lui le Seigneur.
He must put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the person who has been healed of a skin disease, to indicate that I have forgiven him for having sinned.
30 Il offrira aussi une tourterelle ou un petit de colombe;
Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought.
31 L’un pour l’offense, et l’autre pour un holocauste avec ses libations.
One will be an offering for sin and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering of grain. By doing that, the priest will declare that the person is no longer guilty for having sinned.
32 Tel est le sacrifice du lépreux qui ne peut pas avoir toutes les choses pour sa purification.
“Those are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again.”
33 Le Seigneur parla encore à Moïse et à Aaron, disant:
Yahweh also said to Aaron and Moses/me,
34 Lorsque vous serez entrés dans la terre de Chanaan que je vous donnerai moi-même en possession, s’il se trouve une plaie de lèpre dans quelque maison,
“I am about to give you Canaan land to belong to your people permanently. When you enter that land, there will be times when I cause/allow mildew to appear inside one of your houses.
35 Celui à qui appartient la maison ira, l’annonçant au prêtre, et il dira: Il me semble qu’il y a comme une plaie de lèpre dans ma maison.
If that happens, the owner of that house must go to the priest and tell him, ‘There is something in my house that looks like mildew.’
36 Or, le prêtre ordonnera que l’on emporte tout de la maison, avant qu’il y entre et qu’il voie si elle est lépreuse, de peur que ne devienne impur tout ce qui est dans la maison. Mais il entrera après, pour qu’il considère la lèpre de la maison;
“Then the priest will say to him, ‘Take everything out of the house before I enter the house to examine the mildew. If you do not do that, I will declare that everything in the house is contaminated.’
37 Et lorsqu’il verra sur ces murs comme de petites cavités, hideuses par des taches pâles ou rougeâtres, et plus enfoncées que la superficie du mur,
[After the owner takes everything outside of his house], the priest will go in and inspect the house. If the mildew has caused greenish or reddish spots/depressions on the walls that seem to be deeper than only on the surface of the walls,
38 Il sortira hors de la porte de la maison, et aussitôt il la fermera pour sept jours.
the priest will go outside the house and lock it up for seven days.
39 Et, revenu au septième jour, il la considérera: s’il trouve que la lèpre ait crû,
On the seventh day, he must go into the house and inspect it again. If the mildew on the walls has spread,
40 Il commandera d’arracher les pierres dans lesquelles est la lèpre, et de les jeter hors de la ville dans un lieu immonde;
the priest will tell someone to tear out and throw in the dump outside the town all the stones in the walls that have mildew on them.
41 Mais de racler la maison elle-même en dedans tout autour, et de jeter çà et là la poussière de la raclure hors de la ville dans un lieu immonde;
Then the owner must scrape all the walls inside the house, and everything that is scraped off must be thrown into a dump outside the town.
42 Puis de remettre d’autres pierres au lieu de celles qui auront été ôtées, et d’enduire la maison d’une autre terre.
Then the owner must get new/other stones to replace the ones that had mildew on them, and take new clay and plaster [to cover the stones in the walls of] the house.
43 Mais si, après qu’on aura arraché les pierres, raclé la poussière, enduit avec une autre terre,
“If the mildew appears again in the house after that is done,
44 Le prêtre, étant entré, voit la lèpre revenue, et les murs couverts de taches, c’est une lèpre persévérante, et la maison est impure;
the priest must go and examine the house again. If the mildew has spread inside the house, it will be clear that the mildew is the kind that destroys [houses], and no one will be allowed to live in it.
45 Et aussitôt on la détruira, et on en jettera les pierres, les bois et toute la poussière hors de la ville dans un lieu immonde.
It must be completely torn down—the stones, the timber and the plaster—and all those things must be thrown into a dump outside the town.
46 Celui qui entrera dans la maison, lorsqu’elle sera fermée, sera impur jusqu’au soir;
“Anyone who goes into that house while it is locked up will not be allowed to be with other people until sunset of that day.
47 Et celui qui y dormira et y mangera quelque chose, lavera ses vêtements.
Anyone who sleeps in that house or eats in that house [during that time] must wash his clothes.
48 Que, si le prêtre entrant, voit que la lèpre n’a pas crû dans la maison, après qu’elle aura été enduite de nouveau, il la purifiera, étant redevenue saine;
“But when the priest comes to examine the house after it has been plastered, if the mildew has not spread, he shall declare that people may live in it, because the mildew is gone.
49 Et pour sa purification, il prendra deux passereaux, du bois de cèdre, de l’écarlate et de l’hysope;
But before people are allowed to live in it, the priest must take two small birds and some cedar wood and some red/scarlet yarn and some hyssop.
50 Et, un passereau immolé dans un vase de terre sur des eaux vives,
He must kill one of the birds while [holding it] over a clay pot containing water from a spring.
51 Il prendra le bois de cèdre, l’hysope, l’écarlate et le passereau vivant et trempera le tout dans le sang du passereau immolé et dans les eaux vives, et il aspergera la maison sept fois,
Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red/scarlet yarn, and the other/living bird, and dip them into the blood of the dead bird, and sprinkle some of that blood on the house seven times.
52 Et il la purifiera tant avec le sang du passereau immolé, qu’avec les eaux vives, le passereau vivant, le bois de cèdre, l’hysope et l’écarlate.
By doing all those things he will cause the house to be acceptable to be lived in again.
53 Et lorsqu’il aura laissé le passereau s’envoler librement dans la campagne, il priera pour la maison, et elle sera légitimement purifiée.
Then he must release the other bird and allow it to fly away. By doing that, he will [finish the ritual for] causing the house to be acceptable for people to live in it again.
54 Telle est la loi de toute lèpre et plaie;
“Those are the regulations for contagious diseases, for itching sores,
55 De la lèpre des vêtements et des maisons;
for mildew [DOU] on clothes or in a house,
56 De la cicatrice et des pustules qui sortent, de la tache luisante et des couleurs changées de diverses manières;
and for swellings, rashes, or bright spots [on sores],
57 Afin qu’on puisse savoir quand une chose est pure ou impure.
to find out whether a person has a contagious disease or not, and whether people will still be permitted to touch their clothing or their house, or not.”
