Liber Deuteronomii, 14

1. Filii estote Domini Dei ve stri; non vos incidetis nec fa cietis calvitium inter oculos vestros super mortuo,

1. "You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.

2. quoniam populus sanctus es Domino Deo tuo, et te elegit, ut sis ei in populum peculiarem de cunctis gentibus, quae sunt super terram.

2. For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the earth.

3. Ne comedatis quidquid abominabile est.

3. "You shall not eat any abominable thing.

4. Hoc est animal, quod comedere potestis: bovem et ovem et capram,

4. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

5. cervum et capream, bubalum, tragelaphum, pygargum, orygem, rupicapram.

5. the hart, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.

6. Omne animal inter pecora, quod findit ungulam plene in duas partes et ruminat, comedetis;

6. Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

7. de his autem, quae ruminant et ungulam non findunt, haec comedere non debetis: camelum, leporem, hyracem, quia ruminant et non dividunt ungulam, immunda erunt vobis.

7. Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cloven you shall not eat these: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger, because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, are unclean for you.

8. Sus quoque, quoniam dividit ungulam et non ruminat, immunda erit vobis: carnibus eorum non vescemini et cadavera non tangetis.

8. And the swine, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

9. Haec comedetis ex omnibus, quae morantur in aquis: quae habent pinnulas et squamas comedite;

9. "Of all that are in the waters you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat.

10. quae absque pinnulis et squamis sunt, ne comedatis, quia immunda sunt vobis.

10. And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11. Omnes aves mundas comedite;

11. "You may eat all clean birds.

12. has autem ne comedatis: aquilam scilicet et grypem et alietum,

12. But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

13. ixon et vulturem ac milvum iuxta genus suum

13. the buzzard, the kite, after their kinds;

14. et omne corvini generis,

14. every raven after its kind;

15. struthionem ac noctuam et larum atque accipitrem iuxta genus suum,

15. the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk, after their kinds;

16. bubonem ac cycnum et ibin

16. the little owl and the great owl, the water hen

17. ac mergulum, porphyrionem et nycticoracem,

17. and the pelican, the carrion vulture and the cormorant,

18. erodium et charadrium, singula in genere suo, upupam quoque et vespertilionem.

18. the stork, the heron, after their kinds; the hoopoe and the bat.

19. Et omne, quod reptat et pinnulas habet, immundum erit vobis, nec comedetur.

19. And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

20. Omne volatile, quod mundum est, comedite.

20. All clean winged things you may eat.

21. Quidquid morticinum est, ne vescamini ex eo; advenae, qui intra portas tuas est, da, ut comedat, aut vende peregrino: quia tu populus sanctus es Domino Deo tuo. Non coques haedum in lacte matris suae.

21. "You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

22. Decimam partem separabis de cunctis frugibus seminis tui, quae nascuntur in terra per annos singulos;

22. "You shall tithe all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from the field year by year.

23. et comedes in conspectu Domini Dei tui in loco, quem elegerit, ut in eo nomen illius habitet, decimam frumenti tui et vini et olei et primogenita de armentis et ovibus tuis, ut discas timere Dominum Deum tuum omni tempore.

23. And before the LORD your God, in the place which he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herd and flock; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

24. Cum autem longior fuerit tibi via et locus, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, ut ponat nomen suum ibi tibique benedixerit, nec potueris ad eum haec cuncta portare,

24. And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to bring the tithe, when the LORD your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God chooses, to set his name there,

25. vendes omnia et in pretium rediges; portabisque manu tua et proficisceris ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus,

25. then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses,

26. et emes ex eadem pecunia, quidquid tibi placuerit, sive ex armentis sive ex ovibus, vinum quoque et siceram et omne, quod desiderat anima tua; et comedes ibi coram Domino Deo tuo et epulaberis tu et domus tua

26. and spend the money for whatever you desire, oxen, or sheep, or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves; and you shall eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

27. et Levites, qui intra portas tuas est: cave, ne derelinquas eum, quia non habet partem nec possessionem tecum.

27. And you shall not forsake the Levite who is within your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

28. Anno tertio separabis aliam decimam ex omnibus, quae nascuntur tibi eo tempore, et repones intra portas tuas;

28. "At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your produce in the same year, and lay it up within your towns;

29. venietque Levites, qui non habet partem nec possessionem tecum, et peregrinus ac pupillus ac vidua, qui intra portas tuas sunt, et comedent et saturabuntur, ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in cunctis operibus manuum tuarum, quae feceris.

29. and the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.