Liber Numeri, 31

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. “Ulciscere filios Israel de Madianitis et sic colligeris ad populum tuum”.

2. "Avenge the people of Israel on the Mid'ianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people."

3. Statimque Moyses: “Armate, inquit, ex vobis viros ad pugnam, qui possint ultionem Domini expetere de Madianitis.

3. And Moses said to the people, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Mid'ian, to execute the LORD's vengeance on Mid'ian.

4. Mille viri de singulis tribubus eligantur ex Israel, qui mittantur ad bellum”.

4. You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war."

5. Dederuntque millenos de singulis tribubus, id est duodecim milia expeditorum ad pugnam,

5. So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6. quos misit Moyses cum Phinees filio Eleazari sacerdotis. Vasa quoque sancta et tubas ad clangendum tradidit ei.

6. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

7. Cumque pugnassent contra Madianitas, sicut praeceperat Dominus Moysi, omnes mares occiderunt

7. They warred against Mid'ian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and slew every male.

8. et reges eorum Evi et Recem et Sur et Hur et Rebe, quinque principes gentis, Balaam quoque filium Beor interfecerunt gladio;

8. They slew the kings of Mid'ian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Mid'ian; and they also slew Balaam the son of Be'or with the sword.

9. ceperuntque mulieres eorum et parvulos. Omniaque pecora et cunctam supellectilem, quidquid habere potuerant, depopulati sunt:

9. And the people of Israel took captive the women of Mid'ian and their little ones; and they took as booty all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.

10. tam urbes quam viculos et castra flamma consumpsit;

10. All their cities in the places where they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burned with fire,

11. et tulerunt praedam et universa, quae ceperant, tam ex hominibus quam ex iumentis,

11. and took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and of beast.

12. et adduxerunt captivos, spolia et praedam ad Moysen et Eleazarum sacerdotem et ad omnem congregationem filiorum Israel ad castra in campestribus Moab iuxta Iordanem contra Iericho.

12. Then they brought the captives and the booty and the spoil to Moses, and to Elea'zar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

13. Egressi sunt autem Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos et omnes principes synagogae in occursum eorum extra castra.

13. Moses, and Elea'zar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.

14. Iratusque Moyses principibus exercitus, tribunis et centurionibus, qui venerant de bello,

14. And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

15. ait: “Cur omnes feminas reservastis?

15. Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?

16. Nonne istae sunt, quae deceperunt filios Israel ad suggestionem Balaam et praevaricari vos fecerunt in Dominum super peccato Phegor, unde et percussus est populus Domini?

16. Behold, these caused the people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Pe'or, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.

17. Ergo cunctos interficite parvulos generis masculini et omnes mulieres, quae noverunt viros in coitu, iugulate;

17. Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

18. puellas autem et omnes feminas virgines reservate vobis.

18. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

19. Et vos manete extra castra septem diebus; qui occiderit hominem vel occisum tetigerit, lustrabitur die tertio et septimo, vos et captivi vestri.

19. Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever of you has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

20. Et de omni praeda, sive vestimentum fuerit sive aliquid in utensilia praeparatum de caprarum pellibus et pilis et ligno, lustrabitis”.

20. You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood."

21. Eleazar quoque sacerdos ad viros exercitus, qui pugnaverant, sic locutus est: “Hoc est praeceptum legis, quod mandavit Dominus Moysi:

21. And Elea'zar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle: "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:

22. Aurum et argentum et aes et ferrum et stannum et plumbum,

22. only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23. omne, quod potest transire per flammas, igne purgabitur; quidquid autem ignem non potest sustinere, aqua expiationis sanctificabitur.

23. everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water of impurity; and whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water.

24. Et lavabitis vestimenta vestra die septimo, et purificati postea castra intrabitis”.

24. You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp."

25. Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen:

25. The LORD said to Moses,

26. “Tollite summam eorum, quae capta sunt, ab homine usque ad pecus, tu et Eleazar sacerdos et principes familiarum;

26. "Take the count of the booty that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Elea'zar the priest and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation;

27. dividesque ex aequo praedam inter eos, qui pugnaverunt egressique sunt ad bellum, et inter omnem congregationem.

27. and divide the booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

28. Et separabis partem Domino ab his, qui pugnaverunt et fuerunt in bello, unam animam de quingentis tam ex hominibus quam ex bobus et asinis et ovibus

28. And levy for the LORD a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the flocks;

29. et dabis eam Eleazaro sacerdoti, quia praelibatio Domini sunt.

29. take it from their half, and give it to Elea'zar the priest as an offering to the LORD.

30. Ex media quoque parte filiorum Israel accipies quinquagesimum caput hominum et boum et asinorum et ovium cunctorum animantium et dabis ea Levitis, qui excubant in custodiis habitaculi Domini”.

30. And from the people of Israel's half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the LORD."

31. Feceruntque Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos, sicut praeceperat Dominus.

31. And Moses and Elea'zar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

32. Fuit autem praeda, quae supererat, quam exercitus ceperat, ovium sescenta septuaginta quinque milia,

32. Now the booty remaining of the spoil that the men of war took was: six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

33. boum septuaginta duo milia,

33. seventy-two thousand cattle,

34. asinorum sexaginta milia et mille,

34. sixty-one thousand asses,

35. animae hominum sexus feminei, quae non cognoverant viros, triginta duo milia.

35. and thirty-two thousand persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him.

36. Dataque est media pars his, qui in proelio fuerant, ovium trecenta triginta septem milia quingentae,

36. And the half, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

37. e quibus in partem Domini supputatae sunt oves sescentae septuaginta quinque,

37. and the LORD's tribute of sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

38. et de bobus triginta sex milibus, boves septuaginta et duo,

38. The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was seventy-two.

39. de asinis triginta milibus quingentis, asini sexaginta unus,

39. The asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD's tribute was sixty-one.

40. de animabus hominum sedecim milibus, cesserunt in partem Domini triginta duae animae.

40. The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's tribute was thirty-two persons.

41. Tradiditque Moyses tributum praelibationis Domini Eleazaro sacerdoti, sicut fuerat ei imperatum.

41. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the offering for the LORD, to Elea'zar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

42. Ex media vero parte filiorum Israel, quam separaverat a parte eorum, qui in proelio fuerant,

42. From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had gone to war --

43. de hac media parte, quae contigerat congregationi, id est de ovibus trecentis triginta septem milibus quingentis

43. now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44. et de bobus triginta sex milibus

44. thirty-six thousand cattle,

45. et de asinis triginta milibus quingentis

45. and thirty thousand five hundred asses,

46. et de hominibus sedecim milibus,

46. and sixteen thousand persons --

47. tulit Moyses quinquagesimum caput et dedit Levitis, qui excubabant in habitaculo Domini, sicut praeceperat Dominus.

47. from the people of Israel's half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

48. Cumque accessissent principes exercitus ad Moysen, tribuni centurionesque, dixerunt:

48. Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses,

49. “Nos servi tui recensuimus numerum pugnatorum, quos habuimus sub manu nostra, et ne unus quidem defuit.

49. and said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.

50. Ob hanc causam offerimus in donariis Domini singuli, quod auri potuimus invenire, periscelidas et armillas, anulos et inaures ac muraenulas, ad placandum pro nobis Dominum”.

50. And we have brought the LORD's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD."

51. Susceperuntque Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos aurum in diversis speciebus;

51. And Moses and Elea'zar the priest received from them the gold, all wrought articles.

52. omne aurum, quod elevaverunt Domino, pondo sedecim milia septingentos quinquaginta siclos, a tribunis et centurionibus.

52. And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

53. Unusquisque enim, quod in praeda rapuerat, suum erat.

53. (The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)

54. Et susceptum intulerunt in tabernaculum conventus in monumentum filiorum Israel coram Domino.

54. And Moses and Elea'zar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the people of Israel before the LORD.