Liber Deuteronomii, 23

1. Non accipiet homo uxorem patris sui nec revelabit operi mentum eius.

1. "He whose testicles are crushed or whose male member is cut off shall not enter the assembly of the LORD.

2. Non intrabit eunuchus, attritis vel amputatis testiculis et absciso veretro, ecclesiam Domini.

2. "No bastard shall enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

3. Non ingredietur mamzer in ecclesiam Domini neque decima generatione.

3. "No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none belonging to them shall enter the assembly of the LORD for ever;

4. Ammonites et Moabites etiam in decima generatione non intrabunt ecclesiam Domini in aeternum,

4. because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Be'or from Pethor of Mesopota'mia, to curse you.

5. quia noluerunt vobis occurrere cum pane et aqua in via, quando egressi estis de Aegypto, et quia conduxerunt contra te Balaam filium Beor de Phethor in Aramnaharaim, ut malediceret tibi;

5. Nevertheless the LORD your God would not hearken to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.

6. et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam vertitque tibi maledictionem eius in benedictionem, eo quod diligeret te.

6. You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days for ever.

7. Non facies cum eis pacem nec quaeres eis bona cunctis diebus vitae tuae in sempiternum.

7. "You shall not abhor an E'domite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.

8. Non abominaberis Idumaeum, quia frater tuus est, nec Aegyptium, quia advena fuisti in terra eius:

8. The children of the third generation that are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

9. qui nati fuerint ex eis tertia generatione, intrabunt ecclesiam Domini.

9. "When you go forth against your enemies and are in camp, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

10. Quando egressus fueris adversus hostes tuos in pugnam, custodies te ab omni re mala.

10. "If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of what chances to him by night, then he shall go outside the camp, he shall not come within the camp;

11. Si fuerit apud te homo, qui nocturno pollutus sit somnio, egredietur extra castra et non revertetur,

11. but when evening comes on, he shall bathe himself in water, and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp.

12. priusquam ad vesperam lavetur aqua; et ad solis occasum regredietur in castra.

12. "You shall have a place outside the camp and you shall go out to it;

13. Habebis locum extra castra, ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturae

13. and you shall have a stick with your weapons; and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it, and turn back and cover up your excrement.

14. gerens paxillum in balteo; cumque sederis foris, fodies foveam et egesta humo operies.

14. Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to save you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, that he may not see anything indecent among you, and turn away from you.

15. Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum tuorum, ut eruat te et tradat tibi inimicos tuos; sint castra tua sancta, et nihil in eis videat foeditatis nec derelinquat te.

15. "You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you;

16. Non trades servum domino suo, qui ad te confugerit:

16. he shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place which he shall choose within one of your towns, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.

17. habitabit tecum in medio tui in loco, quem elegerit in una urbium tuarum, quae placuerit ei, nec contristes eum.

17. "There shall be no cult prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a cult prostitute of the sons of Israel.

18. Non erit prostibulum sacrum de filiabus Israel, nec scortator sacer de filiis Israel.

18. You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

19. Non offeres mercedem prostibuli nec pretium canis in domo Domini Dei tui, quidquid illud est, quod voveris, quia abominatio est utrumque apud Dominum Deum tuum.

19. "You shall not lend upon interest to your brother, interest on money, interest on victuals, interest on anything that is lent for interest.

20. Non fenerabis fratri tuo ad usuram pecuniam nec alimenta nec quamlibet aliam rem,

20. To a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest; that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are entering to take possession of it.

21. sed alieno fenerabis. Fratri autem tuo absque usura id, quo indiget, commodabis, ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni opere tuo in terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.

21. "When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin in you.

22. Cum voveris votum Domino Deo tuo, non tardabis reddere; quia requiret illud Dominus Deus tuus a te, et reputabitur tibi in peccatum.

22. But if you refrain from vowing, it shall be no sin in you.

23. Si nolueris polliceri, absque peccato eris;

23. You shall be careful to perform what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.

24. quod autem egressum est de labiis tuis, observabis et facies, sicut promisisti Domino Deo tuo: propria voluntate et ore tuo locutus es.

24. "When you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your vessel.

25. Ingressus vineam proximi tui comede uvas, quantum tibi placuerit; in sporta autem ne efferas tecum.

25. When you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.

26. Si intraveris in segetem amici tui, franges spicas manu; falce autem non metes.

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