Deuteronomii 23
1 Non intravit eunuchus attritis vel amputatis testiculis et abscisso veretro, ecclesiam Domini.
No man whose genitals have been damaged or cut off is allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.
2 Non ingredietur mamzer, hoc est, de scorto natus, in ecclesiam Domini, usque ad decimam generationem.
No one of mixed race is allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary, and none of his descendants may do so either, up to the tenth generation.
3 Ammonites et Moabites etiam post decimam generationem non intrabunt ecclesiam Domini, in æternum:
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants are allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary, up to the tenth generation.
4 quia noluerunt vobis occurrere cum pane et aqua in via quando egressi estis de Ægypto: et quia conduxerunt contra te Balaam filium Beor de Mesopotamia Syriæ, ut malediceret tibi:
For they did not come to meet you with food and water on your journey from Egypt, and they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.
5 et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam, vertitque maledictionem eius in benedictionem tuam, eo quod diligeret te.
But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam. The Lord your God turned what was meant to be a curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
6 Non facies cum eis pacem, nec quæras eis bona cunctis diebus vitæ tuæ in sempiternum.
Don't arrange a peace treaty with them or help them out as long as you live.
7 Non abominaberis Idumæum, quia frater tuus est: nec Ægyptium, quia advena fuisti in terra eius.
Don't look down on an Edomite, for they are your relatives. Don't look down on an Egyptian either, because you lived as foreigners in their country.
8 Qui nati fuerint ex eis, tertia generatione intrabunt in ecclesiam Domini.
The third generation of their children are allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.
9 Quando egressus fueris adversus hostes tuos in pugnam, custodies te ab omni re mala.
When you are in an army camp during a war with your enemies, make sure you avoid anything wrong.
10 Si fuerit inter vos homo, qui nocturno pollutus sit somnio, egredietur extra castra,
Any man there who becomes unclean because of a release of semen must leave the camp and remain outside.
11 et non revertetur, priusquam ad vesperam lavetur aqua: et post solis occasum regredietur in castra.
Towards the end of the day he must wash himself with water, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
12 Habebis locum extra castra, ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturæ,
Choose a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet.
13 gerens paxillum in balteo. Cumque sederis, fodies per circuitum, et egesta humo operies
You need to have a spade as part of your equipment so that you can dig a hole, and then when you're finished you can cover up your excrement.
14 quo revelatus es (Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum, ut eruat te, et tradat tibi inimicos tuos) et sint castra tua sancta, et nihil in eis appareat fœditatis ne derelinquat te.
The Lord your God is present with you in your camp to keep you safe and to defeat your enemies. Your camp must be kept holy, because if he sees anything unclean among you and he will leave you.
15 Non trades servum domino suo, qui ad te confugerit.
Don't send a slave back to their master if they have come to you for protection.
16 Habitabit tecum in loco, qui ei placuerit, et in una urbium tuarum requiescet: ne contristes eum.
Let the slave live in your country wherever they want, in whatever town they want. Don't mistreat them.
17 Non erit meretrix de filiabus Israel, nec scortator de filiis Israel.
No Israelite women or men are to be cult prostitutes.
18 Non offeres mercedem prostibuli, nec pretium canis in domo Domini Dei tui, quidquid illud est quod voveris: quia abominatio est utrumque apud Dominum Deum tuum.
Don't bring into the house of the Lord your God any money from a prostitute, whether a woman or a man, using it to fulfill a promise to the Lord, for both are offensive to the Lord your God.
19 Non fœnerabis fratri tuo ad usuram pecuniam, nec fruges, nec quamlibet aliam rem:
Don't charge a fellow Israelite interest on money, food, or any other kind of loan.
20 sed alieno. Fratri autem tuo absque usura id, quo indiget, commodabis: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni opere tuo in Terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not an Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do in the country that you are going in to occupy.
21 Cum votum voveris Domino Deo tuo, non tardabis reddere: quia requiret illud Dominus Deus tuus. Et si moratus fueris, reputabitur tibi in peccatum.
If you make a promise to the Lord your God, don't be slow in keeping it, because he will definitely demand that you fulfill it and you will be guilty of sin if you don't.
22 Si nolueris polliceri, absque peccato eris.
If you don't make such promises then you won't be guilty of sin.
23 Quod autem semel egressum est de labiis tuis, observabis, et facies sicut promisisti Domino Deo tuo, et propria voluntate et ore tuo locutus es.
But make sure to carry out what you've said to the Lord your God, because it was you who freely chose to make such a promise.
24 Ingressus vineam proximi tui, comede uvas quantum tibi placuerit: foras autem ne efferas tecum.
When you walk through your neighbor's vineyard, you can eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not collect any to take with you.
25 Si intraveris in segetem amici tui, franges spicas, et manu conteres: falce autem non metes.
When you walk through your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick the ears of grain with your hand, but you must not use a sickle to harvest it.
