Liber Deuteronomii, 29

1. Vocavitque Moyses omnem Israel et dixit ad eos: “Vos vidistis universa, quae fecit Dominus coram vobis in terra Aegypti pharaoni et omnibus servis eius universaeque terrae illius,

1. These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he had made with them at Horeb.

2. tentationes magnas, quas viderunt oculi tui, signa illa portentaque ingentia;

2. And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land,

3. et non dedit Dominus vobis cor intellegens et oculos videntes et aures, quae possint audire, usque in praesentem diem.

3. the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders;

4. Adduxi vos quadraginta annis per desertum; non sunt attrita vestimenta vestra, nec calceamenta pedum tuorum vetustate consumpta sunt,

4. but to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

5. panem non comedistis, vinum et siceram non bibistis, ut sciretis quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.

5. I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet;

6. Et venistis ad hunc locum, egressusque est Sehon rex Hesebon et Og rex Basan occurrentes nobis ad pugnam, et percussimus eos.

6. you have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am the LORD your God.

7. Et tulimus terram eorum ac tradidimus possidendam Ruben et Gad et dimidiae tribui Manasse.

7. And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them;

8. Custodite ergo verba pacti huius et implete ea, ut prosperemini in universis, quae facitis.

8. we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manas'sites.

9. Vos statis hodie cuncti coram Domino Deo vestro, principes vestri ac tribus et maiores natu atque praefecti, omnis vir Israel,

9. Therefore be careful to do the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all that you do.

10. liberi et uxores vestrae et advena tuus, qui tecum moratur in castris, a lignorum caesoribus usque ad hos, qui hauriunt aquas tuas,

10. "You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

11. ut transeas in foedere Domini Dei tui et in iure iurando, quod hodie Dominus Deus tuus percutit tecum,

11. your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, both he who hews your wood and he who draws your water,

12. ut suscitet te sibi hodie in populum, et ipse sit Deus tuus, sicut locutus est tibi et sicut iuravit patribus tuis, Abraham, Isaac et Iacob.

12. that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the LORD your God, which the LORD your God makes with you this day;

13. Nec vobis solis ego hoc foedus ferio et haec iuramenta confirmo,

13. that he may establish you this day as his people, and that he may be your God, as he promised you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14. sed cunctis hic nobiscum hodie praesentibus coram Domino Deo nostro et illis, qui hodie hic nobiscum non adsunt.

14. Nor is it with you only that I make this sworn covenant,

15. Vos enim nostis quomodo habitaverimus in terra Aegypti et quomodo transierimus per medium nationum, quas transeuntes

15. but with him who is not here with us this day as well as with him who stands here with us this day before the LORD our God.

16. vidistis abominationes et idola eorum, lignum et lapidem, argentum et aurum, quae colebant.

16. "You know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;

17. Ne forte sit inter vos vir aut mulier, familia aut tribus, cuius cor aversum est hodie a Domino Deo nostro, ut vadat et serviat diis illarum gentium, et sit inter vos radix germinans fel et absinthium;

17. and you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them.

18. cumque audierit verba iuramenti huius, benedicat sibi in corde suo dicens: “Pax erit mihi, etsi ambulabo in pravitate cordis mei”, et absumat terram irriguam et sitientem.

18. Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations; lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit,

19. Dominus non ignoscet ei, sed tunc quam maxime furor eius fumabit et zelus contra hominem illum, et sedebunt super eum omnia maledicta, quae scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et delebit Dominus nomen eius sub caelo

19. one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, `I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This would lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.

20. et consumet eum in perditionem ex omnibus tribubus Israel, iuxta maledictiones foederis, quae in hoc libro legis scriptae sunt.

20. The LORD would not pardon him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy would smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book would settle upon him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven.

21. Dicetque sequens generatio, filii vestri, qui nascentur deinceps, et peregrini, qui de longe venerint, videntes plagas terrae illius et infirmitates, quibus eam afflixerit Dominus,

21. And the LORD would single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

22. sulphur et salem: combusta est omnis humus eius, ita ut ultra non seratur, nec virens quippiam germinet in exemplum subversionis Sodomae et Gomorrae, Adamae et Seboim, quas subvertit Dominus in ira et furore suo.

22. And the generation to come, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, would say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick --

23. Et dicent omnes gentes: “Quare sic fecit Dominus terrae huic? Quae est haec ira furoris immensa?”.

23. the whole land brimstone and salt, and a burnt-out waste, unsown, and growing nothing, where no grass can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomor'rah, Admah and Zeboi'im, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath --

24. Et respondebunt: “Quia dereliquerunt pactum Domini, Dei patrum suorum, quod pepigit cum eis, quando eduxit eos de terra Aegypti,

24. yea, all the nations would say, `Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What means the heat of this great anger?'

25. et servierunt diis alienis et adoraverunt eos, quos nesciebant et quibus non fuerant attributi;

25. Then men would say, `It is because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt,

26. idcirco iratus est furor Domini contra terram istam, ut induceret super eam omnia maledicta, quae in hoc volumine scripta sunt,

26. and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them;

27. et eiecit eos de terra eorum in ira et furore et indignatione maxima proiecitque in terram alienam, sicut hodie comprobatur”.

27. therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, bringing upon it all the curses written in this book;

28. Abscondita Domino Deo nostro, manifesta autem nobis et filiis nostris usque in sempiternum, ut faciamus universa verba legis huius.

28. and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as at this day.'

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29. "The secret things belong to the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.