Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
Voici les lois que tu leur présenteras.
2 When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for [only] six years. In the seventh year you must free him [from being your slave], and he is not required to pay you anything [for setting him free].
Si tu achètes un esclave hébreu, il servira six années; mais la septième, il sortira libre, sans rien payer.
3 If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries [someone while he is your slave], his wife is not to be set free [with him]. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife.
S’il est entré seul, il sortira seul; s’il avait une femme, sa femme sortira avec lui.
4 If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters [while her husband is a slave], only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master.
Si c’est son maître qui lui a donné une femme, et qu’il en ait eu des fils ou des filles, la femme et ses enfants seront à son maître, et il sortira seul.
5 But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’
Si l’esclave dit: J’aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants, je ne veux pas sortir libre,
6 then his master must take him to [the place where they worship] God (OR, to [the owner’s] house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an (awl/pointed metal rod) to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then [he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that] (he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives).
alors son maître le conduira devant Dieu, et le fera approcher de la porte ou du poteau, et son maître lui percera l’oreille avec un poinçon, et l’esclave sera pour toujours à son service.
7 If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free [after six years], as the male slaves are.
Si un homme vend sa fille pour être esclave, elle ne sortira point comme sortent les esclaves.
8 If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if [later] he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement [he made with the girl’s father].
Si elle déplaît à son maître, qui s’était proposé de la prendre pour femme, il facilitera son rachat; mais il n’aura pas le pouvoir de la vendre à des étrangers, après lui avoir été infidèle.
9 If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter.
S’il la destine à son fils, il agira envers elle selon le droit des filles.
10 If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex [EUP] with her as before.
S’il prend une autre femme, il ne retranchera rien pour la première à la nourriture, au vêtement, et au droit conjugal.
11 If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her [from being a slave], and she is not required to pay anything [for being set free].
Et s’il ne fait pas pour elle ces trois choses, elle pourra sortir sans rien payer, sans donner de l’argent.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
Celui qui frappera un homme mortellement sera puni de mort.
13 But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, [and he will be safe there].
S’il ne lui a point dressé d’embûches, et que Dieu l’ait fait tomber sous sa main, je t’établirai un lieu où il pourra se réfugier.
14 But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, [a place that God designated as a place to be safe], you must execute him.
Mais si quelqu’un agit méchamment contre son prochain, en employant la ruse pour le tuer, tu l’arracheras même de mon autel, pour le faire mourir.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
Celui qui frappera son père ou sa mère sera puni de mort.
16 Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed.
Celui qui dérobera un homme, et qui l’aura vendu ou retenu entre ses mains, sera puni de mort.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
Celui qui maudira son père ou sa mère sera puni de mort.
18 Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed [for a while],
Si des hommes se querellent, et que l’un d’eux frappe l’autre avec une pierre ou avec le poing, sans causer sa mort, mais en l’obligeant à garder le lit,
19 and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn [while he was recovering], and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well.
celui qui aura frappé ne sera point puni, dans le cas où l’autre viendrait à se lever et à se promener dehors avec son bâton. Seulement, il le dédommagera de son interruption de travail, et il le fera soigner jusqu’à sa guérison.
20 If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies (immediately/as a result) [IDM], the one who struck him must be punished.
Si un homme frappe du bâton son esclave, homme ou femme, et que l’esclave meure sous sa main, le maître sera puni.
21 But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck [and then dies], you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment.
Mais s’il survit un jour ou deux, le maître ne sera point puni; car c’est son argent.
22 Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that (she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies). If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine.
Si des hommes se querellent, et qu’ils heurtent une femme enceinte, et la fassent accoucher, sans autre accident, ils seront punis d’une amende imposée par le mari de la femme, et qu’ils paieront devant les juges.
23 But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way [that he caused her to suffer]. If she dies, he must be executed.
Mais s’il y a un accident, tu donneras vie pour vie,
24 If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.
œil pour œil, dent pour dent, main pour main, pied pour pied,
brûlure pour brûlure, blessure pour blessure, meurtrissure pour meurtrissure.
26 If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s eye.
Si un homme frappe l’œil de son esclave, homme ou femme, et qu’il lui fasse perdre l’œil, il le mettra en liberté, pour prix de son œil.
27 If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of [what he did to] the slave’s tooth.
Et s’il fait tomber une dent à son esclave, homme ou femme, il le mettra en liberté, pour prix de sa dent.
28 If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.
Si un bœuf frappe de ses cornes un homme ou une femme, et que la mort en soit la suite, le bœuf sera lapidé, sa chair ne sera point mangée, et le maître du bœuf ne sera point puni.
29 But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you [must kill the bull by] throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.
Mais si le bœuf était auparavant sujet à frapper, et qu’on en ait averti le maître, qui ne l’a point surveillé, le bœuf sera lapidé, dans le cas où il tuerait un homme ou une femme, et son maître sera puni de mort.
30 However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine (to save his own life/in order not to be executed), he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.
Si on impose au maître un prix pour le rachat de sa vie, il paiera tout ce qui lui sera imposé.
31 If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.
Lorsque le bœuf frappera un fils ou une fille, cette loi recevra son application;
32 If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must [kill the bull by] throwing stones at it.
mais si le bœuf frappe un esclave, homme ou femme, on donnera trente sicles d’argent au maître de l’esclave, et le bœuf sera lapidé.
33 Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it [and dies].
Si un homme met à découvert une citerne, ou si un homme en creuse une et ne la couvre pas, et qu’il y tombe un bœuf ou un âne,
34 Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and [do whatever he wants to with it].
le possesseur de la citerne paiera au maître la valeur de l’animal en argent, et aura pour lui l’animal mort.
35 If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide [between them] the money [that they receive] for it. They must also divide [between them the meat of] the animal that died.
Si le bœuf d’un homme frappe de ses cornes le bœuf d’un autre homme, et que la mort en soit la suite, ils vendront le bœuf vivant et en partageront le prix; ils partageront aussi le bœuf mort.
36 However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died [and do with it whatever he wants to do].”
Mais s’il est connu que le bœuf était auparavant sujet à frapper, et que son maître ne l’ait point surveillé, ce maître rendra bœuf pour bœuf, et aura pour lui le bœuf mort.
