Deuteronomy 28
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:
Si autem audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut facias atque custodias omnia mandata eius, quæ ego præcipio tibi hodie, faciet te Dominus Deus tuus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, quæ versantur in terra.
2 and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
Venientque super te universæ benedictiones istæ, et apprehendent te: si tamen præcepta eius audieris.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Benedictus tu in civitate, et benedictus in agro.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.
Benedictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terræ tuæ, fructusque iumentorum tuorum, greges armentorum tuorum, et caulæ ovium tuarum.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneadingtrough.
Benedicta horrea tua, et benedictæ reliquiæ tuæ.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Benedictus eris tu ingrediens et egrediens.
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
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.
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto: and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Emittet Dominus benedictionem super cellaria tua, et super omnia opera manuum tuarum: benedicetque tibi in terra, quam acceperis.
9 The LORD shall establish thee for an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut iuravit tibi: si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambulaveris in viis eius.
10 And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Videbuntque omnes terrarum populi quod nomen Domini invocatum sit super te, et timebunt te.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Abundare te faciet Dominus omnibus bonis, fructu uteri tui, et fructu iumentorum tuorum, fructu terræ tuæ, quam iuravit Dominus patribus tuis ut daret tibi.
12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Aperiet Dominus thesaurum suum optimum, cælum, ut tribuat pluviam terræ tuæ in tempore suo: benedicetque cunctis operibus manuum tuarum. Et fœnerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo fœnus accipies.
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them];
Constituet te Dominus in caput, et non in caudam: et eris semper supra, et non subter: si tamen audieris mandata Domini Dei tui quæ ego præcipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris,
14 and shalt 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.
ac non declinaveris ab eis nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos, neque colueris eos.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
Quod si audire nolueris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut custodias, et facias omnia mandata eius et ceremonias, quas ego præcipio tibi hodie, venient super te omnes maledictiones istæ, et apprehendent te.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Maledictus eris in civitate, maledictus in agro.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneadingtrough.
Maledictum horreum tuum, et maledictæ reliquiæ tuæ.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.
Maledictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terræ tuæ, armenta boum tuorum, et greges ovium tuarum.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Maledictus eris ingrediens, et maledictus egrediens.
20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Mittet Dominus super te famem et esuriem, et increpationem in omnia opera tua, quæ tu facies: donec conterat te, et perdat velociter, propter adinventiones tuas pessimas in quibus reliquisti me.
21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.
Adiungat tibi Dominus pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
22 The LORD shall smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Percutiat te Dominus egestate, febri et frigore, ardore et æstu, et aere corrupto ac rubigine, et persequatur donec pereas.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Sit cælum, quod supra te est, æneum: et terra, quam calcas, ferrea.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Det Dominus imbrem terræ tuæ pulverem, et de cælo descendat super te cinis, donec conteraris.
25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Tradat te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos. per unam viam egrediaris contra eos, et per septem fugias, et dispergaris per omnia regna terræ.
26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to fray them away.
sitque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus cæli, et bestiis terræ, et non sit qui abigat.
27 The LORD shall smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
Percutiat te Dominus ulcere Ægypti, et partem corporis, per quam stercora egeruntur, scabie quoque et prurigine: ita ut curari nequeas.
28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart:
Percutiat te Dominus amentia et cæcitate ac furore mentis,
29 and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
et palpes in meridie sicut palpare solet cæcus in tenebris, et non dirigas vias tuas. Omnique tempore calumniam sustineas, et opprimaris violentia, nec habeas qui liberet te.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
Uxorem accipias, et alius dormiat cum ea. Domum ædifices, et non habites in ea. Plantes vineam, et non vindemies eam.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.
Bos tuus immoletur coram te, et non comedas ex eo. Asinus tuus rapiatur in conspectu tuo, et non reddatur tibi. Oves tuæ dentur inimicis tuis, et non sit qui te adiuvet.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thine hand.
Filii tui et filiæ tuæ tradantur alteri populo, videntibus oculis tuis, et deficientibus ad conspectum eorum tota die, et non sit fortitudo in manu tua.
33 The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Fructus terræ tuæ, et omnes labores tuos comedat populus, quem ignoras: et sis semper calumniam sustinens, et oppressus cunctis diebus,
34 so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
et stupens ad terrorem eorum quæ videbunt oculi tui.
35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.
Percutiat te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum.
36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Ducet te Dominus, et regem tuum, quem constitueris super te, in gentem, quam ignoras tu et patres tui: et servies ibi diis alienis, ligno et lapidi.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.
Et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Sementem multam iacies in terram, et modicum congregabis: quia locustæ devorabunt omnia.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worm shall eat them.
Vineam plantabis, et fodies: et vinum non bibes, nec colliges ex ea quippiam: quoniam vastabitur vermibus.
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil: for thine olive shall cast [its fruit].
Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis, et non ungeris oleo: quia defluent, et peribunt.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
Filios generabis et filias, et non frueris eis: quoniam ducentur in captivitatem.
42 All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terræ tuæ rubigo consumet.
43 The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te, eritque sublimior: tu autem descendes, et eris inferior.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Ipse fœnerabit tibi, et tu non fœnerabis ei. Ipse erit in caput, et tu eris in caudam.
45 And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
Et venient super te omnes maledictiones istæ, et persequentes apprehendent te, donec intereas: quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui, nec servasti mandata eius et ceremonias, quas præcepit tibi.
46 and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever:
Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia, et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum:
47 because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things:
eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio, cordisque lætitia, propter rerum omnium abundantiam:
48 therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
servies inimico tuo, quem immittet tibi Dominus, in fame, et siti, et nuditate, et omni penuria: et ponet iugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, donec te conterat.
49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Adducet Dominus super te Gentem de longinquo, et de extremis terræ finibus in similitudinem aquilæ volantis cum impetu: cuius linguam intelligere non possis:
50 a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Gentem procacissimam, quæ non deferat seni, nec misereatur parvuli,
51 and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy kine, or the young of thy flock, until he have caused thee to perish.
et devoret fructum iumentorum tuorum, ac fruges Terræ tuæ: donec intereas, et non relinquat tibi triticum, vinum, et oleum, armenta boum, et greges ovium: donec te disperdat,
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
et conterat in cunctis urbibus tuis, et 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:
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the LORD thy God hath given thee; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall straiten thee.
et comedes fructum uteri tui, et carnes filiorum tuorum et filiarum tuarum, quas dederit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, in angustia et vastitate qua opprimet te hostis tuus.
54 The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he hath remaining:
Homo delicatus in te, et luxuriosus valde, invidebit fratri suo, et uxori, quæ cubat in sinu suo,
55 so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all thy gates.
ne det eis de carnibus filiorum suorum, quas comedet: eo quod nihil aliud habeat in obsidione et penuria, qua vastaverint te inimici tui intra omnes portas tuas.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter;
Tenera mulier et delicata, quæ super terram ingredi non valebat, nec pedis vestigium figere propter mollitiem et teneritudinem nimiam, invidebit viro suo, qui cubat in sinu eius, super filii et filiæ carnibus,
57 and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly: in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates.
et illuvie secundarum, quæ egrediuntur de medio feminum eius, et super liberis qui eadem hora nati sunt. comedent enim eos clam propter rerum omnium penuriam in obsidione et vastitate, qua opprimet te inimicus tuus intra portas tuas.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
Nisi custodieris, et feceris omnia verba legis huius, quæ scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et timueris nomen eius gloriosum et terribile, hoc est, Dominum Deum tuum:
59 then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
augebit Dominus plagas tuas, et plagas seminis tui, plagas magnas et perseverantes, infirmitates pessimas et perpetuas.
60 And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
et convertet in te omnes afflictiones Ægypti, quas timuisti, et adhærebunt tibi:
61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Insuper et universos languores, et plagas, quæ non sunt scriptæ in volumine legis huius, inducet Dominus super te, donec te conterat:
62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
et remanebitis pauci numero, qui prius eratis sicut astra cæli præ multitudine, quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui.
63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
Et sicut ante lætatus est Dominus super vos, bene vobis faciens, vosque multiplicans: sic lætabitur disperdens vos atque subvertens, ut auferamini de Terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
Disperget te Dominus in omnes populos a summitate terræ usque ad terminos eius: et servies ibi diis alienis, quos et tu ignoras et patres tui, lignis et lapidibus.
65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul:
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 mœrore:
66 and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Et erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te. Timebis nocte et die, et non credes vitæ tuæ.
67 in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Mane dices: Quis mihi det vesperum? et vespere: Quis mihi det mane? propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, et propter ea, quæ tuis videbis oculis.
68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Reducet te Dominus classibus in Ægyptum per viam, de qua dixit tibi ut eam amplius non videres. Ibi venderis inimicis tuis in servos et ancillas, et non erit qui emat.
