Liber Deuteronomii, 28

1. Sin audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut facias atque custo dias omnia mandata eius, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, faciet te Dominus Deus tuus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, quae versantur in terra,

1. "And if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments which I command you this day, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

2. venientque super te universae benedictiones istae et apprehendent te, si tamen vocem Domini Dei tui audieris.

2. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God.

3. Benedictus tu in civitate et benedictus in agro.

3. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.

4. Benedictus fructus ventris tui et fructus terrae tuae fructusque iumentorum tuorum, partus armentorum tuorum et incrementum ovium tuarum.

4. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

5. Benedictum canistrum et pistrinum tuum.

5. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.

6. Benedictus eris et ingrediens et egrediens.

6. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7. Dabit Dominus inimicos tuos, qui consurgunt adversum te, corruentes in conspectu tuo; per unam viam venient contra te et per septem fugient a facie tua.

7. "The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you; they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.

8. Emittet Dominus benedictionem super cellaria tua et super omnia opera manuum tuarum; benedicetque tibi in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.

8. The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns, and in all that you undertake; and he will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

9. Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut iuravit tibi, si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui et ambulaveris in viis eius.

9. The LORD will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways.

10. Videbuntque omnes terrarum populi quod nomen Domini invocatum sit super te, et timebunt te.

10. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you.

11. Abundare te faciet Dominus omnibus bonis, fructu uteri tui et fructu iumentorum tuorum, fructu terrae tuae, quam iuravit Dominus patribus tuis, ut daret tibi.

11. And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, within the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

12. Aperiet Dominus tibi thesaurum suum optimum, caelum, ut tribuat pluviam terrae tuae in tempore suo; benedicatque cunctis operibus manuum tuarum; et fenerabis gentibus multis et ipse a nullo fenus accipies.

12. The LORD will open to you his good treasury the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

13. Constituet te Dominus in caput et non in caudam, et eris semper supra et non subter, si audieris mandata Domini Dei tui, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris

13. And the LORD will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall tend upward only, and not downward; if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, being careful to do them,

14. ac non declinaveris a verbis, quae ego praecipio vobis hodie, nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos neque colueris eos.

14. and if you do not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15. Quod si audire nolueris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut custodias et facias omnia mandata eius et praecepta, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, venient super te omnes maledictiones istae et apprehendent te:

15. "But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.

16. Maledictus eris in civitate, maledictus in agro.

16. Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.

17. Maledictum canistrum et pistrinum tuum.

17. Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.

18. Maledictus fructus ventris tui et fructus terrae tuae, partus armentorum tuorum et incrementum ovium tuarum.

18. Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

19. Maledictus eris ingrediens et maledictus egrediens.

19. Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

20. Mittet Dominus super te maledictionem et conturbationem et increpationem in omnia opera tua, quae facies, donec conterat te et perdat velociter propter adinventiones tuas pessimas, in quibus reliquisti me.

20. "The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and frustration, in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly, on account of the evil of your doings, because you have forsaken me.

21. Adiunget Dominus tibi pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.

21. The LORD will make the pestilence cleave to you until he has consumed you off the land which you are entering to take possession of it.

22. Percutiet te Dominus consumptione, febri et inflammatione, ardore et aestu, uredine ac aurugine, et persequentur te, donec pereas.

22. The LORD will smite you with consumption, and with fever, inflammation, and fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.

23. Et erit caelum, quod est supra caput tuum, aeneum, et terra, quam calcas, ferrea.

23. And the heavens over your head shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.

24. Convertet Dominus imbrem terrae tuae in pulverem, et de caelo descendet super te cinis, donec conteraris.

24. The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down upon you until you are destroyed.

25. Tradet te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos: per unam viam egredieris contra eos et per septem fugies et eris in terrorem omnibus regnis terrae.

25. "The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

26. Eritque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae, et non erit qui abigat.

26. And your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth; and there shall be no one to frighten them away.

27. Percutiet te Dominus ulcere Aegypti et tumore, scabie quoque et prurigine, ita ut curari nequeas.

27. The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt, and with the ulcers and the scurvy and the itch, of which you cannot be healed.

28. Percutiet te Dominus amentia et caecitate ac stupore mentis;

28. The LORD will smite you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind;

29. et palpabis in meridie, sicut palpare solet caecus in tenebris, et non diriges vias tuas. Omnique tempore eris oppressus et exspoliatus nec habebis, qui liberet te.

29. and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; and you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you.

30. Uxorem accipies, et alius dormiet cum ea. Domum aedificabis et non habitabis in ea. Plantabis vineam et non vindemiabis eam.

30. You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, and you shall not use the fruit of it.

31. Bos tuus mactabitur coram te, et non comedes ex eo. Asinus tuus rapietur in conspectu tuo et non reddetur tibi. Oves tuae dabuntur inimicis tuis, et non erit qui te adiuvet.

31. Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it; your ass shall be violently taken away before your face, and shall not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and there shall be no one to help you.

32. Filii tui et filiae tuae tradentur alteri populo, videntibus oculis tuis et deficientibus ad conspectum eorum tota die, et non erit fortitudo in manu tua.

32. Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all the day; and it shall not be in the power of your hand to prevent it.

33. Fructus terrae tuae et omnes labores tuos comedet populus, quem ignoras, et eris semper oppressus et confractus cunctis diebus

33. A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually;

34. et insanies in aspectu eorum, quae videbunt oculi tui.

34. so that you shall be driven mad by the sight which your eyes shall see.

35. Percutiet te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non poteris a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum.

35. The LORD will smite you on the knees and on the legs with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

36. Ducet te Dominus et regem tuum, quem constitueris super te, in gentem, quam ignorasti tu et patres tui, et servies ibi diis alienis, ligno et lapidi;

36. "The LORD will bring you, and your king whom you set over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known; and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone.

37. et eris in stuporem et in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus.

37. And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.

38. Sementem multam iacies in terram et modicum congregabis, quia locustae devorabunt omnia.

38. You shall carry much seed into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

39. Vineas plantabis et coles et vinum non bibes nec colliges ex ea quippiam, quoniam vastabitur vermibus.

39. You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.

40. Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis et non ungeris oleo, quia defluent et peribunt.

40. You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.

41. Filios generabis et filias et non frueris eis, quoniam ducentur in captivitatem.

41. You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.

42. Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terrae tuae locusta consumet.

42. All your trees and the fruit of your ground the locust shall possess.

43. Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior.

43. The sojourner who is among you shall mount above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.

44. Ipse fenerabit tibi, et tu non fenerabis ei; ipse erit in caput, et tu eris in caudam.

44. He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

45. Et venient super te omnes maledictiones istae et persequentes apprehendent te, donec intereas, quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui nec servasti mandata eius et praecepta, quae praecepit tibi.

45. All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you, till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you.

46. Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum.

46. They shall be upon you as a sign and a wonder, and upon your descendants for ever.

47. Eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio cordisque laetitia propter rerum omnium abundantiam,

47. "Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things,

48. servies inimico tuo, quem immittet Dominus tibi, in fame et siti et nuditate et omnium penuria, et ponet iugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, donec te conterat.

48. therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he will put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.

49. Adducet Dominus super te gentem de longinquo et de extremis finibus terrae in similitudinem aquilae volantis cum impetu, cuius linguam intellegere non possis:

49. The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you do not understand,

50. gentem procacissimam, quae non deferat seni nec misereatur parvulo;

50. a nation of stern countenance, who shall not regard the person of the old or show favor to the young,

51. et devoret fructum iumentorum tuorum ac fruges terrae tuae, donec intereas, et non relinquat tibi triticum, vinum et oleum, partum armentorum et incrementum ovium, donec te disperdat

51. and shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; who also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

52. et obsideat te in cunctis urbibus tuis, donec destruantur muri tui firmi atque sublimes, in quibus habebas fiduciam in omni terra tua. Obsideberis intra portas tuas in omni terra tua, quam dabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus,

52. They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.

53. et comedes fructum uteri tui, carnes filiorum tuorum et filiarum tuarum, quas dederit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, in obsidione et angustia, qua opprimet te hostis tuus.

53. And you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.

54. Homo tener in te et delicatus valde invidebit fratri suo et uxori, quae cubat in sinu suo, et residuis filiis suis, quos reservaverit,

54. The man who is the most tender and delicately bred among you will grudge food to his brother, to the wife of his bosom, and to the last of the children who remain to him;

55. ne det uni ex eis de carnibus filiorum suorum, quas comedet, eo quod nihil aliud habeat in obsidione et angustia, qua oppresserit te inimicus tuus intra omnes portas tuas.

55. so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.

56. Tenera mulier in te et delicata, quae non tentabat pedis vestigium figere in terram propter mollitiem et teneritudinem nimiam, invidebit viro suo, qui cubat in sinu eius, filio et filiae

56. The most tender and delicately bred woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will grudge to the husband of her bosom, to her son and to her daughter,

57. et illuviei secundarum, quae egrediuntur de medio feminum eius, et liberis, qui eadem hora nati sunt; comedet enim eos clam propter rerum omnium penuriam in obsidione et angustia, qua opprimet te inimicus tuus intra portas tuas.

57. her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because she will eat them secretly, for want of all things, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.

58. Nisi custodieris et feceris omnia verba legis huius, quae scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et timueris nomen gloriosum et terribile hoc, Dominum Deum tuum,

58. "If you are not careful to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awful name, the LORD your God,

59. augebit ultra modum Dominus plagas tuas et plagas seminis tui, plagas magnas et perseverantes, infirmitates pessimas et perpetuas,

59. then the LORD will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.

60. et convertet in te omnes afflictiones Aegypti, quas timuisti, et adhaerebunt tibi.

60. And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall cleave to you.

61. Insuper universos languores et plagas, quae non sunt scriptae in volumine legis huius, inducet Dominus super te, donec te conterat;

61. Every sickness also, and every affliction which is not recorded in the book of this law, the LORD will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.

62. et remanebitis pauci numero, qui prius eratis sicut astra caeli prae multitudine, quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui.

62. Whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude, you shall be left few in number; because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

63. Et sicut ante laetatus est Dominus super vos bene vobis faciens vosque multiplicans, sic laetabitur super vos disperdens vos atque subvertens, ut auferamini de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.

63. And as the LORD took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the LORD will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you; and you shall be plucked off the land which you are entering to take possession of it.

64. Disperget te Dominus in omnes populos a summitate terrae usque ad terminos eius, et servies ibi diis alienis, quos et tu ignorasti et patres tui, lignis et lapidibus.

64. And the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other; and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

65. In gentibus quoque illis non quiesces, neque erit requies vestigio pedis tui; dabit enim tibi Dominus ibi cor pavidum et deficientes oculos et animam consumptam maerore.

65. And among these nations you shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the LORD will give you there a trembling heart, and failing eyes, and a languishing soul;

66. Et erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te; timebis nocte et die et non credes vitae tuae.

66. your life shall hang in doubt before you; night and day you shall be in dread, and have no assurance of your life.

67. Mane dices: “Quis mihi det vesperum?”; et vespere: “Quis mihi det mane?”, propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, et propter ea, quae tuis videbis oculis.

67. In the morning you shall say, `Would it were evening!' and at evening you shall say, `Would it were morning!' because of the dread which your heart shall fear, and the sights which your eyes shall see.

68. Reducet te Dominus classibus in Aegyptum per viam, de qua dixi tibi, ut eam amplius non videres; ibi vendetis vos inimicis vestris in servos et ancillas, et non erit qui emat”.

68. And the LORD will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey which I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no man will buy you."

69. Haec sunt verba foederis, quod praecepit Dominus Moysi, ut feriret cum filiis Israel in terra Moab, praeter illud foedus, quod cum eis pepigit in Horeb.

69.