Deuteronomy 12
1 These are the statutes and the ordinances, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
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.
2 Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations that ye are to dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every leafy tree.
Subvertite omnia loca, in quibus coluerunt gentes, quas possessuri estis, deos suos super montes excelsos, et colles, et subter omne lignum frondosum.
3 And ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.
Dissipate aras earum, et confringite statuas, lucos igne comburite, et idola comminuite: disperdite nomina earum de locis illis.
4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Non facietis ita Domino Deo vestro:
5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, even unto His habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
sed ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester de cunctis tribubus vestris, ut ponat nomen suum ibi, et habitet in eo, venietis:
6 and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;
et offeretis in loco illo holocausta et victimas vestras, decimas et primitias manuum vestrarum, et vota atque donaria, primogenita boum et ovium.
7 and there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
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.
8 Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;
Non facietis ibi quae nos hic facimus hodie, singuli quod sibi rectum videtur.
9 for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth thee.
Neque enim usque in praesens tempus venistis ad requiem, et possessionem, quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis.
10 But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causeth you to inherit, and He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
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
11 then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD.
in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus vester, ut sit nomen eius in eo. illuc omnia, quae praecipio, conferetis, holocausta, et hostias, ac decimas, et primitias manuum vestrarum: et quidquid praecipuum est in muneribus, quae vovistis Domino.
12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.
Ibi epulabimini coram Domino Deo vestro, vos et filii ac filiae vestrae, famuli et famulae atque Levites, qui in urbibus vestris commorantur. neque enim habet aliam partem et possessionem inter vos.
13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
Cave ne offeras holocausta tua in omni loco, quem videris:
14 but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
sed in eo, quem elegerit Dominus, in una tribuum tuarum offeres hostias, et facies quaecumque praecipio tibi.
15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
Si autem comedere volueris, et te esus carnium delectaverit, occide, comede iuxta benedictionem Domini Dei tui, quam dedit tibi in urbibus tuis: sive immundum fuerit, hoc est, maculatum et debile: sive mundum, hoc est, integrum et sine macula, quod offerri licet, sicut capream et cervum, comedes,
16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
absque esu dumtaxat sanguinis, quem super terram quasi aquam effundes.
17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill-offerings, nor the offering of thy hand;
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 primitias manuum tuarum:
18 but thou shalt eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
sed coram Domino Deo tuo comedes ea in loco, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, tu et filius tuus et filia tua, et servus et famula, atque Levites, qui manet in urbibus tuis: et laetaberis et reficieris coram Domino Deo tuo in cunctis, ad quae extenderis manum tuam.
19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.
Cave ne derelinquas Levitem in omni tempore quo versaris in terra.
20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as He hath promised thee, and thou shalt say: 'I will eat flesh', because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.
Quando dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos, sicut locutus est tibi, et volueris vesci carnibus, quas desiderat anima tua:
21 If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put His name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.
locus autem, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut sit nomen eius ibi, si procul fuerit, occides de armentis et pecoribus, quae habueris, sicut praecepi tibi, et comedes in oppidis tuis, ut tibi placet.
22 Howbeit as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof alike.
Sicut comeditur caprea et cervus, ita vesceris eis: et mundus et immundus in commune vescentur.
23 Only be stedfast in not eating the blood; for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.
Hoc solum cave, ne sanguinem comedas. sanguis enim eorum pro anima est: et idcirco non debes animam comedere cum carnibus:
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
sed super terram fundes quasi aquam,
25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.
ut bene sit tibi et filiis tuis post te, cum feceris quod placet in conspectu Domini.
26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Quae autem sanctificaveris, et voveris Domino, tolles, et venies ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus:
27 and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out against the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
et offeres oblationes tuas carnem et sanguinem super altare Domini Dei tui: sanguinem hostiarum fundes in altari: carnibus autem ipse vesceris.
28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
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.
29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land;
Quando disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus ante faciem tuam gentes, ad quas ingredieris possidendas, et possederis eas, atque habitaveris in terra earum:
30 take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying: 'How used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.'
cave ne imiteris eas, postquam te fuerint introeunte subversae, et requiras ceremonias earum, dicens: Sicut coluerunt gentes istae deos suos, ita et ego colam.
31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God; for every abomination to the LORD, which He hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
Non facies similiter Domino Deo tuo. Omnes enim abominationes, quas aversatur Dominus, fecerunt diis suis, offerentes filios et filias, et comburentes igni.
32 All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Quod praecipio tibi, hoc tantum facito Domino: nec addas quidquam, nec minuas.
