Liber Numeri, 5

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. “Praecipe filiis Israel, ut eiciant de castris omnem leprosum et qui semine fluit pollutusque est super mortuo.

2. "Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one having a discharge, and every one that is unclean through contact with the dead;

3. Tam masculum quam feminam eicite de castris, ne contaminent ea, cum habitaverim cum eis”.

3. you shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."

4. Feceruntque ita filii Israel et eiecerunt eos extra castra, sicut locutus erat Dominus Moysi.

4. And the people of Israel did so, and drove them outside the camp; as the LORD said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.

5. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

5. And the LORD said to Moses,

6. “Loquere ad filios Israel: Vir sive mulier, cum fecerint ex omnibus peccatis, quae solent hominibus accidere, et fraude transgressi fuerint mandatum Domini, ille homo reus erit;

6. "Say to the people of Israel, When a man or woman commits any of the sins that men commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is guilty,

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

7. he shall confess his sin which he has committed; and he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it, and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.

8. Sin autem non fuerit qui recipiat, dabunt Domino, et erit sacerdotis, praeter arietem, qui offertur pro expiatione, ut sit placabilis hostia.

8. But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him.

9. Omnis quoque praelibatio rerum sacrarum, quas offerunt filii Israel, ad sacerdotem pertinet;

9. And every offering, all the holy things of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his;

10. et, quidquid in sanctuarium offertur a singulis et traditur manibus sacerdotis, ipsius erit”.

10. and every man's holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives to the priest shall be his."

11. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

11. And the LORD said to Moses,

12. “Loquere ad filios Israel et dices ad eos: Vir, cuius uxor erraverit maritumque decipiens

12. "Say to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him,

13. dormierit cum altero viro, et hoc maritus deprehendere non quiverit, sed latet quod impuram se reddiderit et testibus argui non potest, quia non est inventa in stupro,

13. if a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, since she was not taken in the act;

14. si spiritus zelotypiae concitaverit virum contra uxorem suam, quae vel polluta est vel falsa suspicione appetitur,

14. and if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself;

15. adducet eam ad sacerdotem et offeret oblationem pro illa decimam partem ephi farinae hordeaceae. Non fundet super eam oleum nec imponet tus, quia sacrificium zelotypiae est et oblatio investigans adulterium.

15. then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a cereal offering of jealousy, a cereal offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

16. Afferet igitur eam sacerdos et statuet coram Domino;

16. "And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD;

17. assumetque aquam sanctam in vase fictili et pauxillum terrae de pavimento habitaculi mittet in eam.

17. and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

18. Cumque posuerit sacerdos mulierem in conspectu Domini, discooperiet caput eius et ponet super manus illius sacrificium recordationis, oblationem zelotypiae; ipse autem tenebit aquas amarissimas, in quibus cum exsecratione maledicta congessit.

18. And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and unbind the hair of the woman's head, and place in her hands the cereal offering of remembrance, which is the cereal offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse.

19. Adiurabitque eam et dicet: "Si non dormivit vir alienus tecum, et si non declinasti a viro tuo et non polluta es, deserto mariti toro, non te nocebunt aquae istae amarissimae, in quas maledicta congessi.

19. Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, `If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness, while you were under your husband's authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse.

20. Sin autem declinasti a viro tuo atque polluta es et concubuisti cum altero viro",

20. But if you have gone astray, though you are under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled yourself, and some man other than your husband has lain with you,

21. adiurabit eam sacerdos iuramento maledictionis: "Det te Dominus in maledictionem, iuramentum in medio populi tui; putrescere faciat femur tuum, et tumens uterus tuus disrumpatur;

21. then' (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) `the LORD make you an execration and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your body swell;

22. ingrediantur aquae maledictae in ventrem tuum, et utero tumescente putrescat femur!". Et respondebit mulier: "Amen, amen".

22. may this water that brings the curse pass into your bowels and make your body swell and your thigh fall away.' And the woman shall say, `Amen, Amen.'

23. Scribetque sacerdos in libello ista maledicta et delebit ea aquis amarissimis

23. "Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and wash them off into the water of bitterness;

24. et dabit ei bibere aquas amaras, in quas maledicta congessit, et ingredientur in eam aquae maledictionis, quae amarae fient;

24. and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain.

25. tollet sacerdos de manu eius sacrificium zelotypiae et agitabit illud coram Domino imponetque illud super altare;

25. And the priest shall take the cereal offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the cereal offering before the LORD and bring it to the altar;

26. pugillum sacrificii tollat de eo, quod offertur in memoriale, et incendat super altare; et deinde potum det mulieri aquas amarissimas.

26. and the priest shall take a handful of the cereal offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.

27. Quas cum biberit, si polluta est et, contempto viro, adulterii rea, pertransibunt eam aquae maledictionis et, inflato ventre, computrescet femur; eritque mulier in maledictionem omni populo eius.

27. And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has acted unfaithfully against her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become an execration among her people.

28. Quod si polluta non fuerit sed munda, erit innoxia et faciet liberos”.

28. But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.

29. Ista est lex zelotypiae, si declinaverit mulier a viro suo et si polluta fuerit,

29. "This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, though under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

30. maritusque zelotypiae spiritu concitatus adduxerit eam in conspectu Domini, et fecerit ei sacerdos iuxta omnia, quae scripta sunt;

30. or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

31. maritus absque culpa erit, et illa recipiet iniquitatem suam.

31. The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity."