Liber Exodus, 20

1. locutus quoque est Dominus cunctos sermones hos

1. And the Lord spoke all these words:

2. ego sum Dominus Deus tuus qui eduxi te de terra Ægypti de domo servitutis

2. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3. non habebis deos alienos coram me

3. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

4. non facies tibi sculptile neque omnem similitudinem quæ est in cælo desuper et quæ in terra deorsum nec eorum quæ sunt in aquis sub terra

4. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.

5. non adorabis ea neque coles ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis zelotes visitans iniquitatem patrum in filiis in tertiam et quartam generationem eorum qui oderunt me

5. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

6. et faciens misericordiam in milia his qui diligunt me et custodiunt præcepta mea

6. And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.

7. non adsumes nomen Domini Dei tui in vanum nec enim habebit insontem Dominus eum qui adsumpserit nomen Domini Dei sui frustra

7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

8. memento ut diem sabbati sanctifices

8. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.

9. sex diebus operaberis et facies omnia opera tua

9. Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.

10. septimo autem die sabbati Domini Dei tui non facies omne opus tu et filius tuus et filia tua servus tuus et ancilla tua jumentum tuum et advena qui est intra portas tuas

10. But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.

11. sex enim diebus fecit Dominus cælum et terram et mare et omnia quæ in eis sunt et requievit in die septimo idcirco benedixit Dominus diei sabbati et sanctificavit eum

11. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

12. honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam ut sis longevus super terram quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi

12. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

13. non occides

13. Thou shalt not kill.

14. non mœchaberis

14. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15. non furtum facies

15. Thou shalt not steal.

16. non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium

16. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17. non concupisces domum proximi tui nec desiderabis uxorem ejus non servum non ancillam non bovem non asinum nec omnia quæ illius sunt

17. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house: neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

18. cunctus autem populus videbat voces et lampadas et sonitum bucinæ montemque fumantem et perterriti ac pavore concussi steterunt procul

18. And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking: and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off,

19. dicentes Mosi loquere tu nobis et audiemus non loquatur nobis Dominus ne forte moriamur

19. Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear: let not the Lord speak to us, lest we die.

20. et ait Moses ad populum nolite timere ut enim probaret vos venit Deus et ut terror illius esset in vobis et non peccaretis

20. And Moses said to the people: Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin.

21. stetitque populus de longe Moses autem accessit ad caliginem in qua erat Deus

21. And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

22. dixit præterea Dominus ad Mosen hæc dices filiis Israël vos vidistis quod de cælo locutus sum vobis

22. And the Lord said to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

23. non facietis mecum deos argenteos nec deos aureos facietis vobis

23. You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.

24. altare de terra facietis mihi et offeretis super eo holocausta et pacifica vestra oves vestras et boves in omni loco in quo memoria fuerit nominis mei veniam ad te et benedicam tibi

24. You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be: I will come to thee, and will bless thee.

25. quod si altare lapideum feceris mihi non ædificabis illud de sectis lapidibus si enim levaveris cultrum tuum super eo polluetur

25. And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up a tool upon it, it shall be defiled.

26. non ascendes per gradus ad altare meum ne reveletur turpitudo tua

26. Thou shalt not go up by steps unto my altar, lest thy nakedness be discovered.