Numbers 6
1 Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
Yahweh parla à Moïse, en disant:
2 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you [wants to] make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, [after you obey these instructions], you will be called a Nazir-man, [which means “dedicated man”].
« Parle aux enfants d’Israël, et dis-leur: Lorsqu’un homme ou une femme se sépare par un vœu, un vœu de nazaréen, pour se séparer en l’honneur de Yahweh,
3 You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.
il s’abstiendra de vin et boisson enivrante; il ne boira ni vinaigre fait avec du vin, ni vinaigre fait avec une boisson enivrante; il ne boira d’aucun jus de raisin; il ne mangera ni raisins frais, ni raisins secs.
4 You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
Pendant tout le temps de son nazaréat, il ne mangera d’aucun produit de la vigne, depuis les pépins jusqu’à la peau du raisin.
5 ‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long.
Pendant tout le temps du vœu de son nazaréat, le rasoir ne passera point sur sa tête; jusqu’à l’accomplissement des jours pour la durée desquels il se sépare en l’honneur de Yahweh, il sera saint, laissant croître librement ses cheveux.
6 And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
Tout le temps pendant lequel il se sépare en l’honneur de Yahweh, il ne s’approchera d’aucun corps mort;
7 Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me [by coming close to the corpse]. Your long hair [MTY] shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair.
il ne se souillera ni pour son père, ni pour sa mère, ni pour son frère ou sa sœur, à leur mort, car il porte sur sa tête la consécration à son Dieu.
8 You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.
Tout le temps de son nazaréat, il est consacré à Yahweh.
9 ‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.
Si quelqu’un meurt subitement près de lui, et que sa tête consacrée soit ainsi souillée, il se rasera la tête le jour de sa purification; il la rasera le septième jour.
10 The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
Et le huitième jour, il apportera au prêtre deux tourterelles ou deux jeunes pigeons, à l’entrée de la tente de réunion.
11 ‘The priest must [kill the birds and] offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. [After the priest burns them on the altar], I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and [when] your hair [grows again it] will be dedicated to me again.
Le prêtre offrira l’un en sacrifice pour le péché, et l’autre en holocauste, et il fera pour lui l’expiation pour son péché à l’occasion du mort. Ce jour-là, le nazaréen consacrera sa tête.
12 The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me [by coming close to a corpse] during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do.
Il consacrera de nouveau à Yahweh les jours de son nazaréat, et il offrira un agneau d’un an en sacrifice de réparation; les jours précédents sont nuls, parce que son nazaréat a été souillé.
13 ‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent
Voici la loi du nazaréen. Le jour où il aura accompli le temps de son nazaréat, on le fera venir à l’entrée de la tente de réunion.
14 and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.
Il présentera son offrande à Yahweh: un agneau d’un an, sans défaut, pour l’holocauste; une brebis d’un an, sans défaut, pour le sacrifice pour le péché; un bélier sans défaut pour le sacrifice pacifique;
15 ‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and [olive] oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some [olive] oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest.
ainsi qu’une corbeille de pains sans levain, de gâteaux de fleur de farine pétris à l’huile, et de galettes sans levain arrosées d’huile, avec l’oblation et les libations ordinaires.
16 ‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins.
Le prêtre les présentera devant Yahweh, et il offrira son sacrifice pour le péché et son holocauste.
17 Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine.
Puis il offrira le bélier en sacrifice pacifique à Yahweh, avec la corbeille de pains sans levain; le prêtre fera son oblation et sa libation.
18 ‘After that, you must [stand at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the [animal that has been sacrificed] on the altar to maintain fellowship with me.
Le nazaréen rasera, à l’entrée de la tente de réunion, sa tête consacrée; et prenant les cheveux de sa tête consacrée, il les mettra sur le feu qui est sous la victime du sacrifice pacifique.
19 ‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with [olive] oil, and he will put them in your hands.
Le prêtre prendra l’épaule du bélier quand elle sera cuite, un gâteau sans levain de la corbeille et une galette sans levain; et, les ayant posés sur les mains du nazaréen, après que celui-ci aura rasé sa tête consacrée,
20 Then the priest will [take them back and] lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine.
le prêtre les balancera devant Yahweh: c’est une chose sainte qui appartient au prêtre, outre la poitrine balancée et la cuisse prélevée. Après cela le nazaréen pourra boire du vin.
21 ‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’”
Telle est la loi du nazaréen qui a fait un vœu, telle est son offrande à Yahweh pour son nazaréat, outre ce que ses moyens lui permettront de faire. Selon le vœu qu’il aura fait, ainsi il agira d’après la loi de son nazaréat. »
22 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
Yahweh parla à Moïse, en disant:
23 “Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,
« Parle à Aaron et à ses fils en disant: Vous bénirez ainsi les enfants d’Israël, vous leur direz:
24 ‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,
Que Yahweh te bénisse et te garde!
25 and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,
Que Yahweh fasse luire sa face sur toi, et qu’il t’accorde sa grâce!
26 and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”
Que Yahweh lève sa face vers toi, et qu’il te donne la paix! —
27 Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”
C’est ainsi qu’ils mettront mon nom sur les enfants d’Israël, et je les bénirai. » III– DERNIERS ÉVÉNEMENTS DU SÉJOUR AU SINAÏ
