Liber Exodus, 20

1. Locutusque est Deus cunctos sermones hos:

1. And God spoke all these words, saying,

2. “Ego sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de terra Aegypti, de domo servitutis.

2. "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3. Non habebis deos alienos coram me.

3. "You shall have no other gods before me.

4. Non facies tibi sculptile neque omnem similitudinem eorum, quae sunt in caelo desuper et quae in terra deorsum et quae in aquis sub terra.

4. "You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

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

5. you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

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

6. but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7. Non assumes nomen Domini Dei tui in vanum, nec enim habebit insontem Dominus eum, qui assumpserit nomen Domini Dei sui frustra.

7. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

8. Memento, ut diem sabbati sanctifices.

8. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9. Sex diebus operaberis et facies omnia opera tua;

9. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work;

10. septimus autem dies sabbatum Domino Deo tuo est; non facies omne opus tu et filius tuus et filia tua, servus tuus et ancilla tua, iumentum tuum et advena, qui est intra portas tuas.

10. but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates;

11. Sex enim diebus fecit Dominus caelum et terram et mare et omnia, quae 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, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.

12. Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam, ut sis longaevus super terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.

12. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

13. Non occides.

13. "You shall not kill.

14. Non moechaberis.

14. "You shall not commit adultery.

15. Non furtum facies.

15. "You shall not steal.

16. Non loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.

16. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17. Non concupisces domum proximi tui: non desiderabis uxorem eius, non servum, non ancillam, non bovem, non asinum nec omnia, quae illius sunt”.

17. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's."

18. Cunctus autem populus videbat voces et lampades et sonitum bucinae montemque fumantem; et perterriti ac pavore concussi steterunt procul

18. Now when all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled; and they stood afar off,

19. dicentes Moysi: “Loquere tu nobis, et audiemus; non loquatur nobis Deus, ne moriamur”.

19. and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die."

20. Et ait Moyses ad populum: “Nolite timere; ut enim probaret vos, venit Deus, et ut timor illius esset in vobis, ne peccaretis”.

20. And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin."

21. Stetitque populus de longe; Moyses autem accessit ad caliginem, in qua erat Deus.

21. And the people stood afar off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

22. Dixit praeterea Dominus ad Moysen: “Haec dices filiis Israel: Vos vidistis quod de caelo locutus sim vobis.

22. And the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: `You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven.

23. Non facietis praeter me deos argenteos nec deos aureos facietis vobis.

23. You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for 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 memoriam fecero nominis mei, veniam ad te et benedicam tibi.

24. An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.

25. Quod si altare lapideum feceris mihi, non aedificabis illud de sectis lapidibus; si enim levaveris cultrum super eo, polluetur.

25. And if you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you wield your tool upon it you profane it.

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

26. And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.'