Liber Numeri, 5

1. locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2. præcipe filiis Israël ut eiciant de castris omnem leprosum et qui semine fluit pollutusque est super mortuo

2. Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or is defiled by the dead:

3. tam masculum quam feminam eicite de castris ne contaminent ea cum habitaverim vobiscum

3. Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp, lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you.

4. feceruntque ita filii Israël et ejecerunt eos extra castra sicut locutus erat Dominus Mosi

4. And the children of Israel did so, and they cast them forth without the camp, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

5. locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

5. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

6. loquere ad filios Israël vir sive mulier cum fecerint ex omnibus peccatis quæ solent hominibus accidere et per neglegentiam transgressi fuerint mandatum Domini atque deliquerint

6. Say to the children of Israel: When a man or woman shall have committed any of all the sins that men are wont to commit, and by negligence shall have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and offended,

7. confitebuntur peccatum suum et reddent ipsum caput quintamque partem desuper ei in quem peccaverint

7. They shall confess their sin, and restore the principal itself, and the fifth part over and above, to him against whom they have sinned.

8. sin autem non fuerit qui recipiat dabunt Domino et erit sacerdotis excepto ariete qui offertur pro expiatione ut sit placabilis hostia

8. But if there be no one to receive it, they shall give it to the Lord, and it shall be the priest's, besides the ram that is offered for expiation, to be an atoning sacrifice.

9. omnes quoque primitiæ quas offerunt filii Israël ad sacerdotem pertinent

9. an the firstfruits also, which the children of Israel offer, belong to the priest:

10. et quicquid in sanctuarium offertur a singulis et traditur manibus sacerdotis ipsius erit

10. And whatsoever is offered into the sanctuary by every one, and is delivered into the hands of the priest, it shall be his.

11. locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

11. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

12. loquere ad filios Israël et dices ad eos vir cujus uxor erraverit maritumque contemnens

12. Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband,

13. dormierit cum altero viro et hoc maritus deprehendere non quiverit sed latet adulterium et testibus argui non potest quia non est inventa in stupro

13. Shall have slept with another man, and her husband cannot discover it, but the adultery is secret, and cannot be proved by witnesses, because she was not found in the adultery:

14. si spiritus zelotypiæ concitaverit virum contra uxorem suam quæ vel polluta est vel falsa suspicione appetitur

14. If the spirit of jealousy stir up the husband against his wife, who either is defiled, or is charged with false suspicion,

15. adducet eam ad sacerdotem et offeret oblationem pro illa decimam partem sati farinæ hordiaciæ non fundet super eam oleum nec inponet tus quia sacrificium zelotypiæ est et oblatio investigans adulterium

15. He shall bring her to the priest, and shall offer an oblation for her, the tenth part of a measure of barley meal: he shall not pour oil thereon, nor put frank- incense upon it: because it is a sacrifice of jealousy, and an oblation searching out adultery.

16. offeret igitur eam sacerdos et statuet coram Domino

16. The priest therefore shall offer it, and set it before the Lord.

17. adsumetque aquam sanctam in vase fictili et pauxillum terræ de pavimento tabernaculi mittet in eam

17. And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the tabernacle into it.

18. cumque steterit mulier in conspectu Domini discoperiet caput ejus et ponet super manus illius sacrificium recordationis et oblationem zelotypiæ ipse autem tenebit aquas amarissimas in quibus cum execratione maledicta congessit

18. And when the woman shall stand before the Lord, he shall uncover her head, and shall, put on her hands the sacrifice of remembrance, and the oblation of jealousy: and he himself shall hold the most bitter waters, whereon he hath heaped curses with execration.

19. adiurabitque eam et dicet si non dormivit vir alienus tecum et si non polluta es deserto mariti toro non te nocebunt aquæ istæ amarissimæ in quas maledicta congessi

19. And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed, these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee.

20. sin autem declinasti a viro tuo atque polluta es et concubuisti cum altero

20. But if thou hast gone aside from thy husband, and art defiled, and hast lain with another man:

21. his maledictionibus subiacebis det te Dominus in maledictionem exemplumque cunctorum in populo suo putrescere faciat femur tuum et tumens uterus disrumpatur

21. These curses shall light upon thee: The Lord make thee a curse, and an example for all among his people: may he make thy thigh to rot, and may thy belly swell and burst asunder.

22. ingrediantur aquæ maledictæ in ventrem tuum et utero tumescente putrescat femur et respondebit mulier amen amen

22. Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly, and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot. And the woman shall answer, Amen, amen.

23. scribetque sacerdos in libello ista maledicta et delebit ea aquis amarissimis in quas maledicta congessit

23. And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall wash them out with the most bitter waters, upon which he hath heaped the curses,

24. et dabit ei bibere quas cum exhauserit

24. And he shall give them her to drink. And when she hath drunk them up,

25. tollet sacerdos de manu ejus sacrificium zelotypiæ et elevabit illud coram Domino inponetque super altare ita dumtaxat ut prius

25. The priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and shall elevate it before the Lord, and shall put it upon the altar: yet so as first,

26. pugillum sacrificii tollat de eo quod offertur et incendat super altare et sic potum det mulieri aquas amarissimas

26. To take a handful of the sacrifice of that which is offered, and burn it upon the altar: and so give the most bitter waters to the woman to drink.

27. quas cum biberit si polluta est et contempto viro adulterii rea pertransibunt eam aquæ maledictionis et inflato ventre conputrescet femur eritque mulier in maledictionem et in exemplum omni populo

27. And when she hath drunk them, if she be defiled, and having despised her husband be guilty of adultery, the malediction shall go through her, and her belly swelling, her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse, and an example to all the people.

28. quod si polluta non fuerit erit innoxia et faciet liberos

28. But if she be not defiled, she shall not be hurt, and shall bear children.

29. ista est lex zelotypiæ si declinaverit mulier a viro suo et si polluta fuerit

29. This is the law of jealousy. If a woman hath gone aside from her husband, and be defiled,

30. maritusque zelotypiæ spiritu concitatus adduxerit eam in conspectu Domini et fecerit ei sacerdos juxta omnia quæ scripta sunt

30. And the husband stirred up by the spirit of jealousy bring her before the Lord, and the priest do to her according to all things that are here written:

31. maritus absque culpa erit et illa recipiet iniquitatem suam

31. The husband shall be blameless, and she shall bear her iniquity.