Deutéronome 21
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Deuteronomy 21
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Si, dans le pays dont l`Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne la possession, l`on trouve étendu au milieu d`un champ un homme tué, sans que l`on sache qui l`a frappé, | If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death: |
tes anciens et tes juges iront mesurer les distances à partir du cadavre jusqu`aux villes des environs. | Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured; |
Quand on aura déterminé la ville la plus rapprochée du cadavre, les anciens de cette ville prendront une génisse qui n`ait point servi au travail et qui n`ait point tiré au joug. | And whichever town is nearest to the body, the responsible men of that town are to take from the herd a young cow which has never been used for work or put under the yoke; |
Ils feront descendre cette génisse vers un torrent qui jamais ne tarisse et où il n`y ait ni culture ni semence; et là, ils briseront la nuque à la génisse, dans le torrent. | And they are to take the cow into a valley where there is flowing water, and which is not ploughed or planted, and there the neck of the cow is to be broken: |
Alors s`approcheront les sacrificateurs, fils de Lévi; car l`Éternel, ton Dieu, les a choisis pour qu`ils le servent et qu`ils bénissent au nom de l`Éternel, et ce sont eux qui doivent prononcer sur toute contestation et sur toute blessure. | Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged: |
Tous les anciens de cette ville la plus rapprochée du cadavre laveront leurs mains sur la génisse à laquelle on a brisé la nuque dans le torrent. | And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley, |
Et prenant la parole, ils diront: Nos mains n`ont point répandu ce sang et nos yeux ne l`ont point vu répandre. | Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it. |
Pardonne, ô Éternel! à ton peuple d`Israël, que tu as racheté; n`impute pas le sang innocent à ton peuple d`Israël, et ce sang ne lui sera point imputé. | Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death. |
Ainsi, tu dois faire disparaître du milieu de toi le sang innocent, en faisant ce qui est droit aux yeux de l`Éternel. | So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord. |
Lorsque tu iras à la guerre contre tes ennemis, si l`Éternel les livre entre tes mains, et que tu leur fasses des prisonniers, | When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners; |
peut-être verras-tu parmi les captives une femme belle de figure, et auras-tu le désir de la prendre pour femme. | If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife; |
Alors tu l`amèneras dans l`intérieur de ta maison. Elle se rasera la tête et se fera les ongles, | Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut; |
elle quittera les vêtements qu`elle portait quand elle a été prise, elle demeurera dans ta maison, et elle pleurera son père et sa mère pendant un mois. Après cela, tu iras vers elle, tu l`auras en ta possession, et elle sera ta femme. | And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife. |
Si elle cesse de te plaire, tu la laisseras aller où elle voudra, tu ne pourras pas la vendre pour de l`argent ni la traiter comme esclave, parce que tu l`auras humiliée. | But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure. |
Si un homme, qui a deux femmes, aime l`une et n`aime pas l`autre, et s`il en a des fils dont le premier-né soit de la femme qu`il n`aime pas, | If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife: |
il ne pourra point, quand il partagera son bien entre ses fils, reconnaître comme premier-né le fils de celle qu`il aime, à la place du fils de celle qu`il n`aime pas, et qui est le premier-né. | Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife: |
Mais il reconnaîtra pour premier-né le fils de celle qu`il n`aime pas, et lui donnera sur son bien une portion double; car ce fils est les prémices de sa vigueur, le droit d`aînesse lui appartient. | But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his. |
Si un homme a un fils indocile et rebelle, n`écoutant ni la voix de son père, ni la voix de sa mère, et ne leur obéissant pas même après qu`ils l`ont châtié, | If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: |
le père et la mère le prendront, et le mèneront vers les anciens de sa ville et à la porte du lieu qu`il habite. | Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place; |
Ils diront aux anciens de sa ville: Voici notre fils qui est indocile et rebelle, qui n`écoute pas notre voix, et qui se livre à des excès et à l`ivrognerie. | And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink. |
Et tous les hommes de sa ville le lapideront, et il mourra. Tu ôteras ainsi le mal du milieu de toi, afin que tout Israël entende et craigne. | Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear. |
Si l`on fait mourir un homme qui a commis un crime digne de mort, et que tu l`aies pendu à un bois, | If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree; |
son cadavre ne passera point la nuit sur le bois; mais tu l`enterreras le jour même, car celui qui est pendu est un objet de malédiction auprès de Dieu, et tu ne souilleras point le pays que l`Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne pour héritage. | Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage. |