Exodus 23
1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Non suscipies vocem mendacii: nec iunges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium.
2 You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum: nec in iudicio, plurimorum acquiesces sententiæ, ut a vero devies.
3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Pauperis quoque non misereberis in iudicio.
4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
Si occurreris bovi inimici tui, aut asino erranti, reduc ad eum.
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
Si videris asinum odientis te iacere sub onere, non pertransibis, sed sublevabis cum eo.
6 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Non declinabis in iudicium pauperis.
7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Mendacium fugies. Insontem et iustum non occides: quia aversor impium.
8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Nec accipies munera, quæ etiam excæcant prudentes, et subvertunt verba iustorum.
9 Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Peregrino molestus non eris. scitis enim advenarum animas: quia et ipsi peregrini fuistis in Terra Ægypti.
10 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
Sex annis seminabis terram tuam, et congregabis fruges eius.
11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
Anno autem septimo dimittes eam, et requiescere facies, ut comedant pauperes populi tui: et quidquid reliquum fuerit, edant bestiæ agri: ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo.
12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Sex diebus operaberis: septimo die cessabis, ut requiescat bos et asinus tuus: et refrigeretur filius ancillæ tuæ, et advena.
13 Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
Omnia quæ dixi vobis, custodite. Et per nomen externorum deorum non iurabitis, neque audietur ex ore vestro.
14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
Tribus vicibus per singulos annos mihi festa celebrabitis.
15 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
Sollemnitatem azymorum custodies. Septem diebus comedes azyma, sicut præcepi tibi, tempore mensis novorum, quando egressus es de Ægypto: non apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus.
16 You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
Et sollemnitatem messis primitivorum operis tui, quæcumque seminaveris in agro. sollemnitatem quoque in exitu anni, quando congregaveris omnes fruges tuas de agro.
17 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
Ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo tuo.
18 You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimæ meæ, nec remanebit adeps sollemnitatis meæ usque mane.
19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Primitias frugum terræ tuæ deferes in domum Domini Dei tui. Non coques hœdum in lacte matris suæ.
20 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Ecce ego mittam Angelum meum, qui præcedat te, et custodiat in via, et introducat in locum quem paravi.
21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
Observa eum, et audi vocem eius, nec contemnendum putes: quia non dimittet cum peccaveris, et est nomen meum in illo.
22 But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
Quod si audieris vocem eius, et feceris omnia quæ loquor, inimicus ero inimicis tuis, et affligam affligentes te.
23 For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
Præcedetque te Angelus meus, et introducet te ad Amorrhæum, et Hethæum, et Pherezæum, Chananæumque, et Hevæum, et Iebusæum, quos ego conteram.
24 You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
Non adorabis deos eorum, nec coles eos: non facies opera eorum, sed destrues eos, et confringes statuas eorum.
25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
Servietisque Domino Deo vestro, ut benedicam panibus tuis et aquis, et auferam infirmitatem de medio tui.
26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Non erit infœcunda, nec sterilis in terra tua: numerum dierum tuorum implebo.
27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Terrorem meum mittam in præcursum tuum, et occidam omnem populum, ad quem ingredieris: cunctorumque inimicorum tuorum coram te terga vertam:
28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
emittens crabrones prius, qui fugabunt Hevæum, et Chananæum, et Hethæum, antequam introeas.
29 I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
Non eiiciam eos a facie tua anno uno: ne terra in solitudinem redigatur, et crescant contra te bestiæ.
30 Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
Paulatim expellam eos de conspectu tuo, donec augearis, et possideas Terram.
31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
Ponam autem terminos tuos a Mari rubro usque ad Mare Palæstinorum, et a deserto usque ad fluvium: tradam in manibus vestris habitatores Terræ, et eiiciam eos de conspectu vestro.
32 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
Non inibis cum eis fœdus, nec cum diis eorum.
33 They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
Non habitent in terra tua, ne forte peccare te faciant in me, si servieris diis eorum: quod tibi certe erit in scandalum.
