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1 Le Seigneur parla encore à Moïse, disant:

Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:

2 Parle aux enfants d’Israël, et tu leur diras: Un homme ou une femme, lorsqu’ils auront fait un vœu pour se sanctifier, et qu’ils auront voulu se consacrer au Seigneur,

“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 S’abstiendront de vin et de tout ce qui peut enivrer. Ils ne boiront point de vinaigre, qui est fait de vin, ni de quelque autre breuvage enivrant que ce soit, ni de rien de ce qui est exprimé du raisin; ils ne mangeront point de raisins frais, ni 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 Durant tous les jours qu’ils seront consacrés par vœu au Seigneur; ils ne mangeront rien de ce qui peut venir de la vigne depuis le raisin sec jusqu’au pépin.

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 Durant tout le temps de sa séparation le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête, jusqu’à ce que soit accompli le jour jusqu’auquel il est consacré au Seigneur. Il sera saint, laissant croître la chevelure de sa tête.

‘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 Durant tout le temps de sa consécration, il n’entrera point auprès d’un mort,

And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.

7 Et il ne se souillera même point aux funérailles de son père, de sa mère, de son frère et de sa sœur, parce que la consécration de son Dieu est sur sa tête.

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 Durant tous les jours de sa séparation, il sera consacré au Seigneur.

You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.

9 Mais s’il meurt subitement quelqu’un devant lui, la consécration de sa tête sera souillée, il la rasera aussitôt au jour même de sa purification, et au septième.

‘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 Et au huitième jour il offrira deux tourterelles, ou deux petits de colombe au prêtre à l’entrée de l’alliance de témoignage.

The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

11 Et le prêtre en sacrifiera un pour le péché et l’autre en holocauste, et il priera pour lui, parce qu’il a péché à cause de ce mort; et il sanctifiera sa tête en 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 Et il consacrera au Seigneur les jours de sa séparation, offrant un agneau d’un an pour le péché; de telle sorte cependant que les premiers jours deviennent inutiles, parce que sa consécration a été souillée.

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 de la consécration: Lorsque les jours qu’il avait fixés par son vœu seront accomplis, le prêtre l’amènera à la porte du tabernacle de l’alliance,

‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent

14 Et il offrira son oblation au Seigneur: un agneau d’un an sans tache en holocauste, une brebis d’un an, sans tache, pour le péché, un bélier sans tache, hostie pacifique;

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 azymes, qui soient arrosés d’huile, des beignets sans levain, oints d’huile, et les libations de chacune de ces choses,

‘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 Que le prêtre offrira devant le Seigneur, et qu’il sacrifiera tant pour le péché que pour l’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 Mais le bélier, il l’immolera comme hostie pacifique au Seigneur, offrant en même temps la corbeille d’azymes et les libations qui sont dues par l’usage.

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 Alors la chevelure du nazaréen consacrée à Dieu sera rasée devant la porte du tabernacle d’alliance, et le prêtre prendra ses cheveux et les mettra sur le feu qui se trouve au-dessous du sacrifice des pacifiques.

‘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 Il prendra aussi l’épaule cuite du bélier, une miche sans levain de la corbeille, et un beignet azyme, et il les remettra aux mains du nazaréen, après que sa tête aura été rasée.

‘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 Et les ayant reçus une seconde fois de lui, il les élèvera en la présence du Seigneur; ainsi sanctifiés ils appartiendront au prêtre, comme la poitrine qui a dû être séparée, et la cuisse; après cela, le nazaréen peut 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 du nazaréen, lorsqu’il a voué son oblation au Seigneur au temps de sa consécration, outre ce que sa main trouvera. Selon ce qu’il aura voué dans son esprit, ainsi fera-t-il pour la perfection de sa sanctification.

‘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 Le Seigneur parla encore à Moïse, disant:

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

23 Dis à Aaron et à ses fils: C’est ainsi que vous bénirez les enfants d’Israël, et vous leur direz:

“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,

24 Que le Seigneur te bénisse et qu’il te garde.

‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,

25 Que le Seigneur te montre sa face, et qu’il ait pitié de toi.

and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,

26 Que le Seigneur tourne son visage vers toi, et te donne la paix.

and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”

27 Ils invoqueront ainsi mon nom sur les enfants d’Israël, et moi, je les bénirai.

Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”