Exodus 21
1 “Here are some [other] instructions to give to [the Israeli people]:
Ce sont ici 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 venu 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 son maître lui donne une femme, et qu'elle lui enfante des fils ou des filles, la femme et ses enfants seront au 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,’
Que si l'esclave dit: J'aime mon maître, ma femme et mes enfants; je ne veux pas sortir pour être 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 l'amènera devant Dieu et le fera approcher de la porte ou du poteau, et son maître lui percera l'oreille avec un poinçon, et il le servira toujours.
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 quelqu'un 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 se l'était destinée, il la fera racheter; il n'aura point le pouvoir de la vendre à un peuple étranger, après l'avoir trompée.
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.
Mais s'il la destine à son fils, il fera pour 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 en prend une autre, il ne retranchera rien pour la première à la nourriture, au vêtement, ni à la cohabitation.
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 lui fait pas ces trois choses, elle sortira gratuitement, sans argent.
12 You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies.
Celui qui frappe un homme à mort, 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].
Que s'il ne lui a point dressé d'embûches, mais que Dieu l'ait fait se rencontrer sous sa main, je t'établirai un lieu où il se réfugiera.
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 s'est élevé contre son prochain, pour le tuer par ruse, tu le prendras même d'auprès de mon autel, afin qu'il meure.
15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed.
Celui qui frappe 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 dérobe un homme et le vend, et celui entre les mains duquel il est trouvé, sera puni de mort.
17 Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed.
Celui qui maudit 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],
Quand des hommes se querelleront, et que l'un frappera l'autre d'une pierre, ou du poing, de telle sorte qu'il n'en meure pas, mais qu'il soit obligé de se mettre au 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.
S'il se lève, et marche dehors, appuyé sur son bâton, celui qui l'aura frappé sera absous; seulement il paiera son chômage, et le fera guérir entièrement.
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.
Quand un homme frappera son serviteur, ou sa servante, avec le bâton, et qu'ils mourront sous sa main, il ne manquera pas d'être 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'ils survivent un jour ou deux, il ne sera pas 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 battent, et frappent une femme enceinte, et qu'elle en accouche, sans qu'il arrive malheur, celui qui l'aura frappée sera condamné à l'amende que le mari de la femme lui imposera; et il la donnera devant des 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 arrive malheur, 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, plaie pour plaie, 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.
Et si quelqu'un frappe l'œil de son serviteur ou l'œil de sa servante, et le leur gâte, il les laissera aller libres pour leur 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.
Que s'il fait tomber une dent à son serviteur ou à sa servante, il les laissera aller libres pour leur 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 heurte de sa corne un homme ou une femme, qui en meure, le bœuf sera lapidé, et l'on ne mangera point sa chair, et le maître du bœuf sera absous.
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 auparavant le bœuf avait accoutumé de heurter de sa corne, et que son maître en ait été averti, et qu'il ne l'ait point surveillé, et qu'il tue un homme ou une femme, le bœuf sera lapidé, et son maître aussi sera mis à 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 lui impose un prix pour se racheter, il donnera en rançon de sa vie 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.
Si le bœuf heurte de sa corne un fils ou une fille, on le traitera selon cette même loi.
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.
Si le bœuf heurte de sa corne un esclave, soit homme, soit femme, le possesseur du bœuf donnera trente sicles d'argent à son maître, 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 quelqu'un ouvre une fosse ou si quelqu'un creuse une fosse, et ne la couvre point, 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 maître de la fosse fera restitution; il rendra de l'argent à leur maître; mais ce qui est mort sera à lui.
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.
Et si le bœuf de quelqu'un blesse 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 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].”
S'il est notoire qu'auparavant le bœuf avait accoutumé de heurter de sa corne, et que son maître ne l'ait point gardé, il devra rendre bœuf pour bœuf; mais le bœuf mort sera à lui.
