Liber Exodus, 12

1. Dixit Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron in terra Aegypti:

1. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

2. “Mensis iste vobis principium mensium, primus erit in mensibus anni.

2. "This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.

3. Loquimini ad universum coetum filiorum Israel et dicite eis: Decima die mensis huius tollat unusquisque agnum per familias et domos suas.

3. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;

4. Sin autem minor est numerus, ut sufficere possit ad vescendum agnum, assumet vicinum suum, qui iunctus est domui suae, iuxta numerum animarum, quae sufficere possunt ad esum agni.

4. and if the household is too small for a lamb, then a man and his neighbor next to his house shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.

5. Erit autem vobis agnus absque macula, masculus, anniculus; quem de agnis vel haedis tolletis

5. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old; you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;

6. et servabitis eum usque ad quartam decimam diem mensis huius; immolabitque eum universa congregatio filiorum Israel ad vesperam.

6. and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs in the evening.

7. Et sument de sanguine eius ac ponent super utrumque postem et in superliminaribus domorum, in quibus comedent illum;

7. Then they shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat them.

8. et edent carnes nocte illa assas igni et azymos panes cum lactucis amaris.

8. They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9. Non comedetis ex eo crudum quid nec coctum aqua, sed tantum assum igni; caput cum pedibus eius et intestinis vorabitis.

9. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled with water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.

10. Nec remanebit quidquam ex eo usque mane; si quid residuum fuerit, igne comburetis.

10. And you shall let none of it remain until the morning, anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.

11. Sic autem comedetis illum: renes vestros accingetis, calceamenta habebitis in pedibus, tenentes baculos in manibus, et comedetis festinanter; est enim Pascha (id est Transitus) Domini!

11. In this manner you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's passover.

12. Et transibo per terram Aegypti nocte illa percutiamque omne primogenitum in terra Aegypti ab homine usque ad pecus; et in cunctis diis Aegypti faciam iudicia, ego Dominus.

12. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

13. Erit autem sanguis vobis in signum in aedibus, in quibus eritis; et videbo sanguinem et transibo vos, nec erit in vobis plaga disperdens, quando percussero terram Aegypti.

13. The blood shall be a sign for you, upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

14. Habebitis autem hanc diem in monumentum et celebrabitis eam sollemnem Domino in generationibus vestris cultu sempiterno.

14. "This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.

15. Septem diebus azyma comedetis. Iam in die primo non erit fermentum in domibus vestris; quicumque comederit fermentatum, a primo die usque ad diem septimum, peribit anima illa de Israel.

15. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; on the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses, for if any one eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.

16. Dies prima erit sancta atque sollemnis, et dies septima eadem festivitate venerabilis. Nihil operis facietis in eis, exceptis his, quae ad vescendum pertinent.

16. On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly; no work shall be done on those days; but what every one must eat, that only may be prepared by you.

17. Et observabitis azyma, in eadem enim ipsa die eduxi exercitum vestrum de terra Aegypti; et custodietis diem istum in generationes vestras ritu perpetuo.

17. And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as an ordinance for ever.

18. Primo mense, quarta decima die mensis ad vesperam comedetis azyma; usque ad diem vicesimam primam eiusdem mensis ad vesperam.

18. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, and so until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

19. Septem diebus fermentum non invenietur in domibus vestris. Qui comederit fermentatum, peribit anima eius de coetu Israel, tam de advenis quam de indigenis terrae.

19. For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; for if any one eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.

20. Omne fermentatum non comedetis; in cunctis habitaculis vestris edetis azyma”.

20. You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread."

21. Vocavit autem Moyses omnes seniores filiorum Israel et dixit ad eos: “Ite tollentes animal per familias vestras et immolate Pascha.

21. Then Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Select lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the passover lamb.

22. Fasciculumque hyssopi tingite in sanguine, qui est in pelvi, et aspergite ex eo superliminare et utrumque postem. Nullus vestrum egrediatur ostium domus suae usque mane.

22. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood which is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

23. Transibit enim Dominus percutiens Aegyptios; cumque viderit sanguinem in superliminari et in utroque poste, transcendet ostium et non sinet percussorem ingredi domos vestras et laedere.

23. For the LORD will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to slay you.

24. Custodite verbum istud legitimum tibi et filiis tuis usque in aeternum.

24. You shall observe this rite as an ordinance for you and for your sons for ever.

25. Cumque introieritis terram, quam Dominus daturus est vobis, ut pollicitus est, observabitis caeremonias istas;

25. And when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service.

26. et, cum dixerint vobis filii vestri: "Quae est ista religio?",

26. And when your children say to you, `What do you mean by this service?'

27. dicetis eis: "Victima Paschae Domino est, quando transivit super domos filiorum Israel in Aegypto percutiens Aegyptios et domos nostras liberans"”. Incurvatusque populus adoravit;

27. you shall say, `It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he slew the Egyptians but spared our houses.'" And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

28. et egressi filii Israel fecerunt, sicut praeceperat Dominus Moysi et Aaron.

28. Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

29. Factum est autem in noctis medio, percussit Dominus omne primogenitum in terra Aegypti, a primogenito pharaonis, qui in solio eius sedebat, usque ad primogenitum captivi, qui erat in carcere, et omne primogenitum iumentorum.

29. At midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle.

30. Surrexitque pharao nocte et omnes servi eius cunctaque Aegyptus, et ortus est clamor magnus in Aegypto, neque enim erat domus, in qua non iaceret mortuus.

30. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where one was not dead.

31. Vocatisque pharao Moyse et Aaron nocte, ait: “Surgite, egredimini a populo meo, vos et filii Israel; ite, immolate Domino, sicut dicitis.

31. And he summoned Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, go forth from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said.

32. Oves vestras et armenta assumite, ut petieratis, et abeuntes benedicite mihi”.

32. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!"

33. Urgebantque Aegyptii populum de terra exire velociter dicentes: “Omnes moriemur”.

33. And the Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, "We are all dead men."

34. Tulit igitur populus conspersam farinam, antequam fermentaretur; et ligans pistrina in palliis suis posuit super umeros suos.

34. So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their mantles on their shoulders.

35. Feceruntque filii Israel, sicut praeceperat Moyses, et petierunt ab Aegyptiis vasa argentea et aurea vestemque plurimam.

35. The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked of the Egyptians jewelry of silver and of gold, and clothing;

36. Dominus autem dedit gratiam populo coram Aegyptiis, ut commodarent eis; et spoliaverunt Aegyptios.

36. and the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they despoiled the Egyptians.

37. Profectique sunt filii Israel de Ramesse in Succoth, sescenta fere milia peditum virorum absque parvulis.

37. And the people of Israel journeyed from Ram'eses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

38. Sed et vulgus promiscuum innumerabile ascendit cum eis, oves et armenta, animantia multa nimis.

38. A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very many cattle, both flocks and herds.

39. Coxeruntque farinam, quam dudum de Aegypto conspersam tulerant, et fecerunt subcinericios panes azymos; neque enim poterant fermentari, cogentibus exire Aegyptiis et nullam facere sinentibus moram; nec pulmenti quidquam occurrerant praeparare.

39. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any provisions.

40. Habitatio autem filiorum Israel, qua manserant in Aegypto, fuit quadringentorum triginta annorum.

40. The time that the people of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

41. Quibus expletis, eadem die egressus est omnis exercitus Domini de terra Aegypti.

41. And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

42. Nox ista vigiliarum Domino, quando eduxit eos de terra Aegypti: hanc observare debent Domino omnes filii Israel in generationibus suis.

42. It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.

43. Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron: “Haec est religio Paschae: Omnis alienigena non comedet ex eo;

43. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it;

44. omnis autem servus empticius circumcidetur et sic comedet;

44. but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

45. advena et mercennarius non edent ex eo.

45. No sojourner or hired servant may eat of it.

46. In una domo comedetur, nec efferetis de carnibus eius foras nec os illius confringetis.

46. In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh outside the house; and you shall not break a bone of it.

47. Omnis coetus filiorum Israel faciet illud.

47. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

48. Quod si quis peregrinorum in vestram voluerit transire coloniam et facere Pascha Domini, circumcidetur prius omne masculinum eius, et tunc rite celebrabit eritque sicut indigena terrae; si quis autem circumcisus non fuerit, non vescetur ex eo.

48. And when a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

49. Eadem lex erit indigenae et colono, qui peregrinatur apud vos”.

49. There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you."

50. Feceruntque omnes filii Israel, sicut praeceperat Dominus Moysi et Aaron;

50. Thus did all the people of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

51. et in eadem die eduxit Dominus filios Israel de terra Aegypti per turmas suas.

51. And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.