Levitik 27
1 Ankò SENYÈ a te pale avèk Moïse. Li te di:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 “Pale avèk fis Israël yo pou di: ‘Lè yon nonm fin fè yon ve ki difisil, li va valorize selon valè moun nou ki apatyen a SENYÈ a.
“Tell the Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
3 Si valè ou a se yon gason antre ventan ak swasantan daj, valè ke nou va bay li a se senkant sik an ajan, dapre sik ki nan sanktyè a.
[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,
4 Oubyen, si se yon fanm, alò valè nou va trant sik.
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 Si li antre senkan jiska ventan, alò valè nou pou gason an va ven sik, e pou fanm nan dis sik.
20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,
6 Men si yo antre laj yon mwa jis rive nan senkan, valè nou va senk sik an ajan pou gason an, e pou fanm nan, valè nou va twa sik an ajan.
five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,
7 Si yo gen swasantan oswa plis, si se yon gason, alò valè li va kenz sik, e pou fanm lan, dis sik.
15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.
8 Men si li manke rive nan valè ou, alò li va plase devan prèt ki va bay valè li a. Selon mwayen a sila ki te fè ve a, prèt la va ba li valè.
‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.
9 “‘Alò, si se yon kalite bèt ke yon mesye ta kapab prezante kòm yon ofrann bay SENYÈ a, nenpòt sa ki bay a SENYÈ a, va sen.
‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].
10 Li pa pou ranplase li ni chanje li, yon bon pou yon move, ni yon move pou yon bon. Oswa, si li ta chanje bèt pou bèt, se tou de ki vin sen.
The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.
11 Si li se yon bèt ki pa pwòp nan kalite ke moun pa kab prezante kòm yon ofrann bay SENYÈ a, alò, li va plase bèt la devan prèt la.
If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.
12 Prèt la va ba li valè kit li bon, kit li pa bon. Jan nou menm nan, prèt la ba li valè, se konsa li va ye.
The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].
13 Men si li ta janmen vle peye ranson li an, alò li va ogmante yon senkyèm nan valè li.
If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.
14 “‘Alò, si yon mesye konsakre kay li kòm sen pou SENYÈ a, alò prèt la va ba li valè kòm bon, oswa pa bon. Jan prèt la ba li valè, se konsa li va kanpe.
‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].
15 Men si sila ki konsakre li a ta vle vin peye ranson li an, alò, li va mete yon senkyèm sou valè pri a pou l kapab vin pou li.
If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.
16 “‘Ankò, si yon mesye konsakre bay SENYÈ a yon pati nan pwòp chan pa li yo, alò, valè ke nou ba li a va selon fòs kantite semans ki nesesè pou simen li an: yon barik semans lòj vo senkant sik ajan.
‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.
17 Si li konsakre chan li an nan menm ane jibile a, selon valè nou ba li, li va kanpe konsa.
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 Si li konsakre chan li an apre jibile a, alò, prèt la va kalkile pri a pou li selon ane ki rete yo jis rive nan ane jibile a; epi li va vin redwi nan valè ke nou bay la.
But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].
19 Si sila ki konsakre li a ta janmen vle peye ranson chan an, alò li va adisyone yon senkyèm nan valè ke nou bay sou li a, pou li kapab vin pou li.
If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.
20 Malgre sa, si li pa peye ranson chan an, men te vann chan an a yon lòt moun, li p ap kapab peye ranson an ankò;
However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.
21 men lè li vin retounen nan jibile a, chan an va vin sen pou SENYÈ a, kòm yon chan ki mete apa. Li va pou prèt la kòm tè pa li.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 “‘Oswa, si li konsakre bay SENYÈ a, yon chan ke li te achte, ki se pa yon pati nan chan pwòp tè pa li a,
‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,
23 alò, prèt la va kalkile pou li sòm valè chan an jis rive nan ane jibile a; epi li va nan jou sa a bannou valè nou kòm sen pou SENYÈ a.
the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].
24 Nan ane jibile a, chan an va retounen a sila sou li menm li te achte li a, e ki se pwòp mèt teren an.
But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.
25 Anplis, chak valè ke nou bay va baze sou sik sanktyè a. Sik la va ven gera (yon ventyèm sik la).
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 “‘Malgre sa, yon premye pòtre pami bèt yo, ki se kòm premye ne, se pou SENYÈ a, pèsòn pa pou konsakre li; kit se yon bèf, kit se yon mouton, se pou SENYÈ a.
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 Men si li pami bèt ki pa pwòp yo, alò li va rachte li selon valè ke nou ba li e mete yon senkyèm anplis; epi si li pa rachte li, alò li va vann li selon valè ke nou ba li a.
If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.
28 “‘Sepandan, nenpòt bagay ke yon nonm mete apa pou SENYÈ a nan tout sa ke li genyen, kit se moun, bèt, oswa chan nan pwòp tè li, li p ap janm vann ni peye ranson. Nenpòt bagay ki dedye pou destriksyon, pi sen pou SENYÈ a.
‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.
29 Okenn moun ki vin mete apa pami lèzòm p ap janm peye ranson. Li va asireman vin mete a lanmò.
‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.
30 “‘Konsa tout dim tè, semans tè, ni fwi nan bwa, se pou SENYÈ a. Li sen pou SENYÈ a.
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 Alò, konsa, si yon moun vle peye ranson yon pati nan dim li, li va mete yon senkyèm sou li.
If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.
32 Paske chak dizyèm pati nan twoupo, oswa nan bann mouton, nenpòt sa ki pase anba baton, dizyèm pati a va sen pou SENYÈ a.
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.
33 Li pa konsènan si li bon oswa pa bon, ni li pa pou chanje li. Alò, li menm, ni sa ki ranplase li a, va vin sen. Li pa pou peye ranson.’”
When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”
34 Sa yo se kòmandman ke SENYÈ a te kòmande Moïse pou fis Israël yo nan mòn Sinai a.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
