Liber Deuteronomii, 12

1. Haec sunt praecepta atque iudicia, quae facere debetis in terra, quam Dominus, Deus patrum tuorum, daturus est tibi, ut possideas eam cunctis diebus, quibus super humum gradieris.

1. "These are the statutes and ordinances which you shall be careful to do in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live upon the earth.

2. Subvertite omnia loca, in quibus coluerunt gentes, quas possessuri estis, deos suos super montes excelsos et colles et subter omne lignum frondosum.

2. You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains and upon the hills and under every green tree;

3. Dissipate aras eorum et confringite lapides, palos igne comburite et idola comminuite, disperdite nomina eorum de locis illis.

3. you shall tear down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Ashe'rim with fire; you shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy their name out of that place.

4. Non facietis ita Domino Deo vestro.

4. You shall not do so to the LORD your God.

5. Sed ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester de cunctis tribubus vestris, ut ponat nomen suum ibi et habitet in eo, venietis

5. But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there; thither you shall go,

6. et offeretis in illo loco holocausta et victimas vestras, decimas et donaria manuum vestrarum et vota atque dona, primogenita boum et ovium.

6. and thither you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offering that you present, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;

7. Et comedetis ibi in conspectu Domini Dei vestri ac laetabimini in cunctis, ad quae miseritis manum vos et domus vestrae, in quibus benedixerit vobis Dominus Deus vester.

7. and there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

8. Non facietis secundum omnia, quae nos hic facimus hodie, singuli, quod sibi rectum videtur;

8. You shall not do according to all that we are doing here this day, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

9. neque enim usque in praesens tempus venistis ad requiem et possessionem, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis.

9. for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your God gives you.

10. Transibitis Iordanem et habitabitis in terra, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis, ut requiescatis a cunctis hostibus per circuitum et absque ullo timore habitetis

10. But when you go over the Jordan, and live in the land which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, and when he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you live in safety,

11. in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester, ut habitet nomen eius in eo. Illuc omnia, quae praecipio, conferetis: holocausta et hostias ac decimas et donaria manuum vestrarum et, quidquid praecipuum est in muneribus, quae vovebitis Domino.

11. then to the place which the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, thither you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offering that you present, and all your votive offerings which you vow to the LORD.

12. Ibi laetabimini coram Domino Deo vestro vos, filii ac filiae vestrae, famuli et famulae atque Levites, qui in urbibus vestris commoratur; neque enim habet partem et possessionem inter vos.

12. And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

13. Cave, ne offeras holocausta tua in omni loco, quem videris,

13. Take heed that you do not offer your burnt offerings at every place that you see;

14. sed in eo, quem elegerit Dominus in una tribuum tuarum, offeres holocausta et ibi facies quaecumque praecipio tibi.

14. but at the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.

15. Sin autem comedere volueris, et te esus carnium delectaverit, occide et comede carnem iuxta benedictionem Domini Dei tui, quam dedit tibi in omnibus urbibus tuis; sive immundus sive mundus comedet illam, sicut capream et cervum,

15. "However, you may slaughter and eat flesh within any of your towns, as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and as of the hart.

16. absque esu dumtaxat sanguinis, quem super terram quasi aquam effundes.

16. Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.

17. Non poteris comedere in oppidis tuis decimam frumenti et vini et olei tui, primogenita armentorum et pecorum et omnia, quae voveris et sponte offerre volueris, et primitiva manuum tuarum.

17. You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstlings of your herd or of your flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the offering that you present;

18. Sed coram Domino Deo tuo comedes ea in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, tu et filius tuus ac filia tua, servus et famula atque Levites, qui manet in urbibus tuis; et laetaberis coram Domino Deo tuo in cunctis, ad quae extenderis manum tuam.

18. but you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God will choose, you and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, and the Levite who is within your towns; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you undertake.

19. Cave, ne derelinquas Levitem omni tempore, quo versaris in terra tua.

19. Take heed that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

20. Quando dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos, sicut locutus est tibi, et volueris vesci carnibus, quas desiderat anima tua, comedes carnem secundum omne desiderium animae tuae;

20. "When the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, `I will eat flesh,' because you crave flesh, you may eat as much flesh as you desire.

21. locus autem, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, ut sit nomen eius ibi, si procul fuerit, occides de armentis et pecoribus, quae dederit tibi Dominus, sicut praecepi tibi, et comedes in oppidis tuis, ut tibi placet.

21. If the place which the LORD your God will choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you may kill any of your herd or your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your towns as much as you desire.

22. Sicut comeditur caprea et cervus, ita vesceris eis; et mundus et immundus in commune vescentur.

22. Just as the gazelle or the hart is eaten, so you may eat of it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.

23. Hoc solum cave, ne sanguinem comedas; sanguis enim eorum anima est, et idcirco non debes animam comedere cum carnibus.

23. Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

24. Non comedes eum, sed super terram fundes quasi aquam;

24. You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.

25. non comedes eum, ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te, cum feceris, quod placet in conspectu Domini.

25. You shall not eat it; that all may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

26. Quae autem sanctificaveris et voveris Domino, tolles et venies ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus,

26. But the holy things which are due from you, and your votive offerings, you shall take, and you shall go to the place which the LORD will choose,

27. et offeres holocausta tua, carnem et sanguinem super altare Domini Dei tui; sanguis hostiarum tuarum fundetur in altari, carnibus autem ipse vesceris.

27. and offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God; the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, but the flesh you may eat.

28. Observa et audi omnia, quae ego praecipio tibi, ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te in sempiternum, cum feceris, quod bonum est et placitum in conspectu Domini Dei tui.

28. Be careful to heed all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you for ever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

29. Quando disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus ante faciem tuam gentes, ad quas ingredieris possidendas, et possederis eas atque habitaveris in terra earum,

29. "When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,

30. cave, ne irretiaris per eas, postquam te fuerint introeunte subversae, et requiras caeremonias earum dicens: “Sicut coluerunt gentes istae deos suos, ita et ego colam”.

30. take heed that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, `How did these nations serve their gods? -- that I also may do likewise.'

31. Non facies similiter Domino Deo tuo; omnes enim abominationes, quas aversatur Dominus, fecerunt diis suis offerentes etiam filios et filias et comburentes igne.

31. You shall not do so to the LORD your God; for every abominable thing which the LORD hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

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32. "Everything that I command you you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to it or take from it.