Deutéronome 25
1 S'il s'élève un différend entre des hommes et s'ils comparaissent en justice, on les jugera; on justifiera le juste, on condamnera l'impie.
“If [two] Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will [probably] decide/declare that one of them (is innocent/did not do any wrong) and the other one is guilty.
2 Si l'impie mérite d'être châtié, tu le feras asseoir devant les juges, et on le fustigera devant eux selon son impiété.
If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie [with his face] on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on [what kind of] crime he committed.
3 On lui donnera quarante coups de fouet, sans en ajouter; si tu ajoutais au nombre fixé, si tu donnais encore des coups, ton frère serait honteusement défiguré devant toi.
It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly.
4 Tu ne musèleras pas ton bœuf broyant des épis sur l'aire.
When your ox is treading/walking on the grain [to separate the chaff from the grain], do not (muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth) [to prevent it from eating some of the grain].
5 Si de deux frères vivant sous le même toit; l'un vient à mourir sans enfants, la femme du défunt ne s'en ira pas pour suivre un homme qui ne lui soit point proche; le frère de son époux s'approchera d'elle, il la prendra pour femme, il cohabitera avec elle.
If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex [EUP] with her. It is his duty to do that.
6 Et l'on inscrira au nom du défunt l'enfant qu'elle mettra au monde, afin que ce nom ne soit pas effacé d'Israël.
If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered [MTY] the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel.
7 Si l'homme ne veut pas prendre la femme de son frère, la femme ira devant la porte de la ville, disant: Le frère de mon mari refuse de faire revivre le nom de son frère en Israël; le frère de mon mari ne le veut pas.
“But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the (gate/central meeting place) of the town and say to the [town] elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do (his duty/what he is supposed to do). He refuses to [marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will] prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’
8 Alors, les anciens de sa ville appelleront l'homme, ils lui parleront, et s'il leur répond: Je ne la veux point prendre;
Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow,
9 La femme de son frère s'approchera des anciens; l'homme déliera la sandale de l'un de ses pieds, et la femme lui crachera au visage, disant: Ainsi soit fait a l'homme qui en Israël ne relèvera pas la maison de son frère;
she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals [to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property], and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed [to allow his dead brother to have a son] in order that our family name does not disappear.’
10 Et la maison de cet homme sera appelée en Israël: maison de celui qui a délié sa sandale.
After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.
11 Si deux hommes se battent pour un même objet, frère contre frère, et si la femme de l'un d'eux s'approche pour tirer son mari des mains de celui qui le frappe, et si, portant la main sur ce dernier, elle lui saisit les parties,
When [two] men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals,
12 Tu couperas cette main, ton œil ne prendra pas la femme en pitié.
do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
13 Il n'y aura pas dans ton sac poids et poids, un grand ou un petit.
“[When you are buying or selling things], do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something], and two kinds of measuring baskets, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something].
14 Il n'y aura pas en ta maison mesure et mesure, une grande ou une petite.
15 Ton poids sera vrai et juste, ta mesure sera vraie et juste, afin que tu vives de longs jours sur la terre que le Seigneur ton Dieu te donne pour héritage.
Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you.
16 Car quiconque fait ces choses, quiconque pratique l'iniquité est en abomination au Seigneur ton Dieu.
Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, [and he will punish them].
17 Souviens-toi de ce que t'a fait Amalec, durant ton voyage, au sortir de la terre d'Egypte.
Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt.
18 Il s'opposa à toi sur la route; il s'en prit aux traîneurs exténués de fatigue derrière toi; car tu souffrais de la faim, et tu étais fatigué, et il n'eut point crainte de Dieu.
They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others.
19 Ceci donc sera fait: Quand le Seigneur ton Dieu, malgré tous tes ennemis, t'aura mis en repos dans la contrée qu'il te donne pour héritage, tu effaceras sous le ciel le nom d'Amalec; garde-toi de l'oublier.
Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land [that he promised to give you], and when he has enabled you to rest from [fighting] all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget [to do this]!”
