Exode 21
1 Ce sont ici les jugements que tu placeras devant eux:
Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
2 Si tu achètes un serviteur hébreu, il servira six années, et, la septième, il sortira libre, gratuitement.
If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
3 S’il est venu seul, il sortira seul; s’il avait une femme, sa femme sortira avec lui.
If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.
4 Si son maître lui a donné une femme, et qu’elle lui ait enfanté des fils ou des filles, la femme et ses enfants seront à son maître, et lui, il sortira seul.
If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
5 Mais si le serviteur dit positivement: J’aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants, je ne veux pas sortir libre;
But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
6 alors son maître le fera venir devant les juges, et le fera approcher de la porte ou du poteau, et son maître lui percera l’oreille avec un poinçon; et il le servira à toujours.
Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
7 Et si un homme vend sa fille pour être servante, elle ne sortira point comme sortent les serviteurs.
And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
8 Si elle déplaît aux yeux de son maître qui se l’était fiancée, il la fera racheter; il n’aura pas le pouvoir de la vendre à un peuple étranger, après l’avoir trompée.
If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
9 Et s’il l’a fiancée à son fils, il agira envers elle selon le droit des filles.
And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
10 S’il en prend une autre, il ne retranchera rien pour elle à sa nourriture, à son vêtement, et à son droit conjugal.
And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
11 Et s’il ne fait pas pour elle ces trois choses-là, elle sortira gratuitement, sans [payer aucun] argent.
And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
12 Si quelqu’un frappe un homme, et qu’il en meure, il sera certainement mis à mort.
He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
13 Mais s’il ne lui a pas dressé d’embûche, et que Dieu l’ait fait tomber sous ses mains, je t’établirai un lieu où il s’enfuira.
But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
14 Et si un homme s’élève de propos délibéré contre son prochain, pour le tuer par ruse, tu l’arracheras de mon autel, pour qu’il meure.
But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
15 Et celui qui frappera son père ou sa mère sera certainement mis à mort.
Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
16 Et si quelqu’un vole un homme et qu’il le vende, ou qu’il soit trouvé en sa main, il sera certainement mis à mort.
Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
17 Et celui qui maudit son père ou sa mère sera certainement mis à mort.
Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
18 Et si des hommes contestent entre eux, et que l’un frappe l’autre avec une pierre ou avec le poing, et qu’il ne meure pas, mais tienne le lit:
If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
19 s’il se lève et marche dehors sur son bâton, celui qui l’a frappé sera tenu pour quitte; seulement, il paiera son chômage, et le fera guérir complètement.
If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
20 Et si quelqu’un frappe du bâton son serviteur ou sa servante, et qu’il meure sous sa main, il sera certainement vengé;
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
21 seulement, s’il reste debout un jour ou deux jours, il ne sera pas vengé, car il est son argent.
But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
22 Et si des hommes se querellent, et que [l’un d’eux] heurte une femme enceinte et qu’elle accouche sans qu’il y ait de malheur, une amende sera payée selon ce que le mari de la femme lui imposera, et il la donnera suivant [la décision des] juges.
If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
23 Et s’il arrive malheur, tu donneras vie pour vie,
But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
24 œil pour œil, dent pour dent, main pour main, pied pour pied,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 brûlure pour brûlure, blessure pour blessure, meurtrissure pour meurtrissure.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
26 Et si un homme frappe l’œil de son serviteur, ou l’œil de sa servante, et le lui fasse perdre, il les laissera aller libres pour l’œil;
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
27 et s’il fait tomber la dent de son serviteur ou la dent de sa servante, il les laissera aller libres pour la dent.
Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.
28 Et si un bœuf frappe de ses cornes un homme ou une femme, et qu’ils en meurent, le bœuf sera certainement lapidé, et sa chair ne sera pas mangée; mais le maître du bœuf sera [tenu pour] non coupable.
If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.
29 Et si le bœuf frappait de ses cornes auparavant, et que son maître en ait été averti et qu’il ne l’ait pas tenu sous garde, et qu’il tue un homme ou une femme, le bœuf sera lapidé, et son maître aussi sera mis à mort.
But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.
30 Et si une indemnité lui est imposée, il donnera la rançon de sa vie selon tout ce qui lui sera imposé.
If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
31 Soit qu’il ait frappé un fils, ou qu’il ait frappé une fille, il lui sera fait selon ce jugement.
If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
32 Si le bœuf a frappé de ses cornes un serviteur ou une servante, le possesseur donnera à son maître 30 sicles d’argent, et le bœuf sera lapidé.
If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.
33 Et si un homme ouvre une fosse, ou si un homme creuse une fosse, et ne la couvre pas, et qu’un bœuf ou un âne y tombe,
If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
34 le propriétaire de la fosse donnera une compensation, il remettra l’argent au maître de la [bête]; et la bête morte lui appartiendra.
The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
35 Et si le bœuf d’un homme heurte le bœuf de son prochain, et qu’il en meure, ils vendront le bœuf vivant, et en partageront l’argent, et ils partageront aussi le mort.
And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
36 Ou s’il était connu que le bœuf frappait de ses cornes auparavant, et que son maître ne l’ait pas tenu sous garde, il fera certainement compensation, bœuf pour bœuf; et le [bœuf] mort lui appartiendra.
But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
