Exodus 23
1 Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.
Non suscipies vocem mendacii: nec iunges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium.
2 Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness, —neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead,
Non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum: nec in iudicio, plurimorum acquiesces sententiae, ut a vero devies.
3 Even a poor man, shalt thou not prefer in his quarrel.
Pauperis quoque non misereberis in iudicio.
4 When thou meetest the ox of thine enemy, or his ass, going astray, thou shalt, surely bring it back, to him.
Si occurreris bovi inimici tui, aut asino erranti, reduc ad eum.
5 When thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee sinking down under his burden, and mightest have foreborne to unload him, thou shalt surely help him to unload,
Si videris asinum odientis te iacere sub onere, non pertransibis, sed sublevabis cum eo.
6 Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
Non declinabis in iudicium pauperis.
7 From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away, —and the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless man.
Mendacium fugies. Insontem et iustum non occides: quia aversor impium.
8 And, a bribe, shalt thou not take, —for the bribe, blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Nec accipies munera, quae etiam excaecant prudentes, et subvertunt verba iustorum.
9 And a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away, —seeing that, ye yourselves, know the, soul of a sojourner; for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.
Peregrino molestus non eris. scitis enim advenarum animas: quia et ipsi peregrini fuistis in Terra Aegypti.
10 And six years, shalt thou sow thy land, —and shalt gather the yield thereof;
Sex annis seminabis terram tuam, et congregabis fruges eius.
11 but the seventh year, shalt thou let it rest and be still so shall the needy of thy people eat, and what they leave, shall the wild-beast of the field eat, —in like manner, shalt thou deal with thy vineyard with thine oliveyard.
Anno autem septimo dimittes eam, et requiescere facies, ut comedant pauperes populi tui: et quidquid reliquum fuerit, edant bestiae agri: ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo.
12 Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath, —that thine ox may rest and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid and the sojourner may be refreshed.
Sex diebus operaberis: septimo die cessabis, ut requiescat bos et asinus tuus: et refrigeretur filius ancillae tuae, et advena.
13 And, in all that I have said unto thee, shalt thou take heed to thyself, —and the name of other gods, shalt thou not mention, it shall not be heard upon thy mouth.
Omnia quae dixi vobis, custodite. Et per nomen externorum deorum non iurabitis, neque audietur ex ore vestro.
14 Three times, shalt thou keep festival to me, in the year.
Tribus vicibus per singulos annos mihi festa celebrabitis.
15 The festival of unleavened cakes, shalt thou keep, —seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, as I commanded thee at the appointed time of the month Abib; for, therein, camest thou forth out of Egypt, —and they shall not see my face, empty-handed.
Sollemnitatem azymorum custodies. Septem diebus comedes azyma, sicut praecepi tibi, tempore mensis novorum, quando egressus es de Aegypto: non apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus.
16 And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering—at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Et sollemnitatem messis primitivorum operis tui, quaecumque seminaveris in agro. sollemnitatem quoque in exitu anni, quando congregaveris omnes fruges tuas de agro.
17 Three times in the year, shall all thy males see the face of the Lord, Yahweh.
Ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo tuo.
18 Thou shalt not offer with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice, —neither shall the fat of my festival-sacrifice remain until morning.
Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimae tuae, nec remanebit adeps sollemnitatis meae usque mane.
19 The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of its dam.
Primitias frugum terrae tuae deferes in domum Domini Dei tui. Non coques hoedum in lacte matris suae.
20 Lo! I, am sending a messenger before thee, to guard thee in the way, —and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Ecce ego mittam Angelum meum, qui praecedat te, et custodiat in via, et introducat in locum quem praeparavi.
21 Take thou heed of his presence, and hearken to his voice—do not vex him, -for he will not pardon your transgression, for, my name, is within him.
Observa eum, et audi vocem eius, nec contemnendum putes: quia non dimittet cum peccaveris, et est nomen meum in illo.
22 But if thou wilt indeed hearken, to his voice, and so wilt do all that I may speak, then will I be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries;
Quod si audieris vocem eius, et feceris omnia quae loquor, inimicus ero inimicis tuis, et affligam affligentes te.
23 for my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee in—unto the Amorite and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, —so will I destroy them.
Praecedetque te Angelus meus, et introducet te ad Amorrhaeum, et Hethaeum, et Pherezaeum, Chananaeumque, et Hevaeum, et Iebusaeum, quos ego conteram.
24 Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works, —but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars.
Non adorabis deos eorum, nec coles eos: non facies opera eorum, sed destrues eos, et confringes statuas eorum.
25 So shall ye serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless thy bread and thy water, —and I will take away sickness out of thy midst.
Servietisque Domino Deo vestro, ut benedicam panibus tuis et aquis, et auferam infirmitatem de medio tui.
26 There shall be nothing casting its young or barren in thy land, —the number of thy days, will I make full.
Non erit infoecunda, nec sterilis in terra tua: numerum dierum tuorum implebo.
27 My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee.
Terrorem meum mittam in praecursum tuum, et occidam omnem populum, ad quem ingredieris: cunctorumque inimicorum tuorum coram te terga vertam:
28 And I will send the hornet, before thee, —and it shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
emittens crabrones prius, qui fugabunt Hevaeum, et Chananaeum, et Hethaeum, antequam introeas.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee, in one year, —lest the land should become a desolation, so would the wild-beast of the field multiply over thee.
Non eiiciam eos a facie tua anno uno: ne terra in solitudinem redigatur, et crescant contra te bestiae.
30 Little by little, will I drive them out from before thee. until thou become fruitful, then shalt thou take possession of the land.
Paulatim expellam eos de conspectu tuo, donec augearis, et possideas Terram.
31 So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the River (Euphrates), —for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee.
Ponam autem terminos tuos a Mari rubro usque ad Mare Palaestinorum, et a deserto usque ad fluvium: tradam in manibus vestris habitatores Terrae, et eiiciam eos de conspectu vestro.
32 Thou shalt not make with them or with their gods, a covenant:
Non inibis cum eis foedus, nec cum diis eorum.
33 they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me, —for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee a snare!
Non habitent in terra tua, ne forte peccare te faciant in me, si servieris diis eorum: quod tibi certe erit in scandalum.
