Deuteronomy 12
1 “(I will now tell you again/These, [again], are) the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive.
Voici les lois et les ordonnances que vous observerez et que vous mettrez en pratique dans le pays que l'Éternel, le Dieu de vos pères, vous donne en possession tous les jours que vous vivrez sur la terre.
2 You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees.
Vous détruirez tous les lieux où les nations que vous allez déposséder servaient leurs dieux, sur les hautes montagnes, sur les collines et sous tout arbre vert.
3 You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.
Tu briseras leurs autels, tu mettras en pièces leurs colonnes et tu brûleras au feu leurs mâts d'ashère. Tu abattras les images gravées de leurs dieux. Tu détruiras leur nom hors de ce lieu.
4 “Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
Tu n'agiras pas ainsi à l'égard de Yahvé, ton Dieu.
5 Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
Mais au lieu que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, choisira parmi toutes tes tribus pour y placer son nom, tu chercheras sa demeure, et tu y viendras.
6 That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, (your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops), other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep.
Tu y apporteras tes holocaustes, tes sacrifices, tes dîmes, l'offrande de ta main, tes vœux, tes offrandes volontaires, et les premiers-nés de ton gros et de ton menu bétail.
7 There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has [greatly] blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.
C'est là que tu mangeras devant l'Éternel, ton Dieu, et que tu te réjouiras de tout ce que tu auras entrepris, toi et tes familles, et pour lequel l'Éternel, ton Dieu, t'aura béni.
8 “[When you are in that land], you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping [Yahweh] the way you wanted to,
Vous ne ferez pas toutes les choses que nous faisons ici aujourd'hui, chacun faisant ce qui est juste à ses propres yeux;
9 because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully.
car vous n'êtes pas encore arrivés au repos et à l'héritage que l'Éternel, votre Dieu, vous donne.
10 But when you cross the Jordan [River], you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely.
Mais quand tu auras passé le Jourdain et que tu seras établi dans le pays que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, te donne en héritage, quand il t'aura délivré de tous tes ennemis qui t'entourent et que tu habiteras en sécurité,
11 “Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned [on the altar], your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, (your tithes/ten percent of all your crops), and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh.
alors, au lieu que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, choisira pour y faire résider son nom, tu apporteras tout ce que je t'ordonnerai: tes holocaustes, tes sacrifices, tes dîmes, l'offrande de ta main, et tous les vœux que tu feras à l'Éternel.
12 Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have.
Tu te réjouiras devant l'Éternel, ton Dieu, toi, tes fils, tes filles, tes serviteurs, tes servantes, et le Lévite qui est dans tes portes, car il n'a ni part ni héritage avec toi.
13 Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
Prends garde de ne pas offrir tes holocaustes dans tous les lieux que tu verras;
14 You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned [on the altar], and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do [when you worship him].
mais dans le lieu que l'Éternel choisira dans l'une de tes tribus, là tu offriras tes holocaustes, et là tu feras tout ce que je te commanderai.
15 “However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
Mais tu pourras tuer et manger de la viande dans toutes tes portes, selon tous les désirs de ton âme, selon la bénédiction que Yahvé ton Dieu t'a accordée. L'impur et le pur pourront en manger, comme de la gazelle et du cerf.
16 But you must not eat the blood [of any animals]; you must let the blood drain onto the ground [before you cook the meat].
Seulement, tu ne mangeras pas le sang. Tu le répandras sur la terre comme de l'eau.
17 In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering [to Yahweh]: You must not eat the (tithes/ten percent) of your grain or of your wine, or of your [olive] oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings.
Tu ne mangeras pas dans tes portes la dîme de ton blé, de ton moût ou de ton huile, ni les premiers-nés de ton gros et de ton menu bétail, ni les vœux que tu fais, ni les offrandes volontaires, ni l'offrande de ta main.
18 Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do.
Mais tu les mangeras devant Yahvé ton Dieu, dans le lieu que choisira Yahvé ton Dieu, toi, ton fils, ta fille, ton serviteur, ta servante, et le Lévite qui sera dans tes portes. Tu te réjouiras devant l'Éternel, ton Dieu, de tout ce que tu entreprendras.
19 Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
Prends garde de ne pas abandonner le Lévite tant que tu vivras dans ton pays.
20 “When Yahweh our God gives you much more land [than you will have when you first occupy it], which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to.
Lorsque l'Éternel, ton Dieu, aura agrandi ton territoire, comme il te l'a promis, et que tu diras: « Je veux manger de la viande », parce que ton âme désire manger de la viande, tu pourras manger de la viande, selon le désir de ton âme.
21 If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far [from where you live], you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.
Si le lieu que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, choisira pour y placer son nom est trop éloigné de toi, tu tueras de ton troupeau et de ton menu bétail, que l'Éternel t'a donnés, comme je te l'ai ordonné, et tu mangeras dans tes portes, selon le désir de ton âme.
22 Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
Vous en mangerez comme on mange de la gazelle et du cerf. L'impur et le pur pourront en manger de la même manière.
23 But be sure that you do not eat the blood [of any animal], because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
Veille seulement à ne pas manger le sang, car le sang est la vie. Vous ne mangerez pas la vie avec la viande.
24 Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
Vous ne le mangerez pas. Vous le répandrez sur la terre comme de l'eau.
25 If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do], things will go well for you and for your descendants.
Vous n'en mangerez pas, afin qu'il vous soit agréable, à vous et à vos enfants après vous, de faire ce qui est bien aux yeux de l'Éternel.
26 “But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose.
Tu ne prendras que tes objets sacrés et tes vœux, et tu iras au lieu que choisira l'Éternel.
27 You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned [on Yahweh’s altar]. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you [kill the animals and] drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the [sides of the] altar.
Tu offriras tes holocaustes, la viande et le sang, sur l'autel de l'Éternel, ton Dieu. Tu verseras le sang de tes sacrifices sur l'autel de l'Éternel, ton Dieu, et tu mangeras la viande.
28 Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right [for you to do] and what pleases him.
Observe et écoute toutes ces paroles que je te prescris, afin que tout aille bien pour toi et pour tes enfants après toi, à perpétuité, si tu fais ce qui est bon et droit aux yeux de l'Éternel, ton Dieu.
29 “When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there.
Lorsque Yahvé, ton Dieu, aura exterminé devant toi les nations que tu auras dépossédées, que tu les auras dépossédées et que tu auras habité leur pays,
30 After he does that, be sure that you do not [worship the gods] that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap [that they were caught in] [MET]. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can [worship them] also.’
prends garde de ne pas te laisser entraîner à les suivre après qu'elles auront été détruites devant toi, et de ne pas rechercher leurs dieux en disant: « Comment ces nations servent-elles leurs dieux? Je ferai de même. »
31 Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. [The worst thing that they do is] that they sacrifice their own children and burn them [on their altars].
Vous n'agirez pas ainsi à l'égard de Yahvé, votre Dieu, car ils ont fait à leurs dieux toutes les abominations que Yahvé déteste; ils brûlent même au feu leurs fils et leurs filles pour leurs dieux.
32 “Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
Tout ce que je te commanderai, tu auras soin de le mettre en pratique. Tu n'y ajouteras rien et tu n'en retrancheras rien.
