Deuteronomy 10
1 “Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones. And make a wooden chest to put them in. Then [bring the tablets] up to me on this mountain.
In tempore illo dixit Dominus ad me: Dola tibi duas tabulas lapideas, sicut priores fuerunt, et ascende ad me in montem: faciesque arcam ligneam,
2 I will write on those tablets the same words that I wrote on the first tablets, the ones that you broke. Then you can put them in the chest.’
et scribam in tabulis verba quæ fuerunt in his, qui ante confregisti, ponesque eas in arca.
3 “So I made a chest. I used wood from an acacia tree to make it. Then I cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I went up the mountain carrying the tablets.
Feci igitur arcam de lignis setim. Cumque dolassem duas tabulas lapideas instar priorum, ascendi in montem, habens eas in manibus.
4 There Yahweh wrote on the tablets the [same] Ten Commandments [that he had written on the first tablet]. They are the commandments that he told to your ancestors from the middle of the fire on the mountain, when they were gathered [at the bottom of the mountain]. Then Yahweh gave the tablets to me,
Scripsitque in tabulis iuxta id, quod prius scripserat, verba decem, quæ locutus est Dominus ad vos in monte de medio ignis, quando populus congregatus est: et dedit eas mihi.
5 and I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as he had commanded, I put them in the chest that I had made. And they are still there.”
Reversusque de monte, descendi, et posui tabulas in arcam, quam feceram, quæ hucusque ibi sunt, sicut mihi præcepit Dominus.
6 (Then, from the wells that belonged to the people of Jaakan, the Israeli people traveled to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar took his place and became the Supreme Priest.
Filii autem Israel moverunt castra ex Beroth filiorum Iacan in Mosera, ubi Aaron mortuus ac sepultus est, pro quo, sacerdotio functus est Eleazar filius eius.
7 From there, the Israelis traveled to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, which was a place that had many streams.
Inde venerunt in Gadgad: de quo loco profecti, castrametati sunt in Ietebatha, in Terra aquarum atque torrentium.
8 At that time, Yahweh (set apart/appointed) the tribe of Levi to carry the chest that contained [the tablets on which were written] the Ten Commandments, and to stand in Yahweh’s presence [in the sacred tent], to offer sacrifices, and to pray for Yahweh to bless [the people. They are still doing those things] at the present time.
Eo tempore separavit tribum Levi, ut portaret arcam fœderis Domini, et staret coram eo in ministerio, ac benediceret in nomine illius usque in præsentem diem.
9 That is the reason that the tribe of Levi did not receive any land like the other tribes did. What they received was the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s [priests], which is what he said that they should do.)
Quam ob rem non habuit Levi partem, neque possessionem cum fratribus suis: quia ipse Dominus possessio eius est, sicut promisit ei Dominus Deus tuus.
10 “I stayed on the mountain 40 days and nights, just like I did the first time. [I prayed to] Yahweh, and he (answered my prayers/did what I requested) again and said that he would not destroy your ancestors.
Ego autem steti in monte, sicut prius, quadraginta diebus ac noctibus: exaudivitque me Dominus etiam hac vice, et te perdere noluit.
11 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Continue your journey, going in front of the people, to occupy the land that I vowed your ancestors that I would give to you.’”
Dixitque mihi: Vade, et præcede populum, ut ingrediatur, et possideat Terram, quam iuravi patribus eorum ut traderem eis.
12 “Now, you Israeli people, [I will tell you] [RHQ] what Yahweh our God requires/demands that you do. He requires you to revere him, to conduct your lives as he wants you to, to love him, and to serve him wholeheartedly [DOU],
Et nunc Israel, quid Dominus Deus tuus petit a te, nisi ut timeas Dominum Deum tuum, et ambules in viis eius, et diligas eum, ac servias Domino Deo tuo in toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua:
13 and to obey all of his commandments [DOU] which I am giving to you today for your benefit.
custodiasque mandata Domini, et ceremonias eius, quas ego hodie præcipio tibi, ut bene sit tibi?
14 “Do not forget that Yahweh our God owns even the sky and everything that is in it. He also owns the earth and everything that is on it.
En Domini Dei tui cælum est, et cælum cæli, terra et omnia, quæ in ea sunt:
15 But [in spite of owning all those things], Yahweh loved your ancestors, and from all the people-groups [on the earth] he chose us, their descendants, and we are still his people.
et tamen patribus tuis conglutinatus est Dominus, et amavit eos, elegitque semen eorum post eos, id est vos, de cunctis gentibus, sicut hodie comprobatur.
16 So you must stop sinning [MET] and stop being stubborn [IDM]!
Circumcidite igitur præputium cordis vestri, et cervicem vestram ne induretis amplius:
17 Yahweh our God is greater than all gods, and he is greater than all rulers. He is very powerful [DOU] and awesome. He (is impartial/does not do things that favor one (group/person) more than others), and he does not accept bribes.
quia Dominus Deus vester ipse est Deus deorum, et Dominus dominantium, Deus magnus et potens, et terribilis, qui personam non accipit, nec munera.
18 He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly. He loves even (foreigners/people from other countries) who live among us Israeli people, and he gives them food and clothes.
Facit iudicium pupillo et viduæ, amat peregrinum, et dat ei victum atque vestitum.
19 So you must love those foreigners too, because you were once foreigners when you were living in Egypt.
Et vos ergo amate peregrinos, quia et ipsi fuistis advenæ in Terra Ægypti.
20 Revere Yahweh our God and worship only him. (Be faithful to/Have a close relationship with) him, and say that he should punish you if you do not do what you promise.
Dominum Deum tuum timebis, et ei soli servies: ipsi adhærebis, iurabisque in nomine illius.
21 He is the one whom you must praise. He is our God, and we have seen the great and amazing things that he has done for us.
Ipse est laus tua, et Deus tuus, qui fecit tibi hæc magnalia et terribilia, quæ viderunt oculi tui.
22 When our ancestors, [Jacob and his family], went down to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.”
In septuaginta animabus descenderunt patres tui in Ægyptum: et ecce nunc multiplicavit te Dominus Deus tuus sicut astra cæli.
