Deuteronomii 29
1 Hæc sunt verba fœderis quod præcepit Dominus Moysi ut feriret cum filiis Israel in Terra Moab: præter illud fœdus, quod cum eis pepigit in Horeb.
The following are the terms of the agreement that the Lord ordered Moses to make with the Israelites in the country of Moab This was in addition to the agreement he had made with them at Horeb.
2 Vocavitque Moyses omnem Israel, et dixit ad eos: Vos vidistis universa, quæ fecit Dominus coram vobis in Terra Ægypti Pharaoni, et omnibus servis eius, universæque terræ illius,
Moses called all the Israelites together and announced to them, You saw with your own eyes everything the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to his whole country.
3 tentationes magnas, quas viderunt oculi tui, signa illa, portentaque ingentia,
You saw with your own eyes the amazing tests, and those great signs and miracles.
4 et non dedit vobis Dominus cor intelligens, et oculos videntes, et aures quæ possunt audire, usque in præsentem diem.
But up to now the Lord has not given you minds that understand, or eyes that see, or ears that hear, saying,
5 Adduxit vos quadraginta annis per desertum: non sunt attrita vestimenta vestra, nec calceamenta pedum vestrorum vetustate consumpta sunt.
For forty years I led you through the desert, but your clothes and sandals didn't wear out.
6 Panem non comedistis, vinum et siceram non bibistis: ut sciretis quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.
You didn't have bread to eat, or wine or alcohol to drink in order that you would realize that I am the Lord your God.
7 Et venistis ad hunc locum: egressusque est Sehon rex Hesebon, et Og rex Basan, occurrentes nobis ad pugnam. Et percussimus eos,
When we arrived here, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan marched out to fight us in battle, but we defeated them.
8 et tulimus terram eorum, ac tradidimus possidendam Ruben et Gad, et dimidiæ tribui Manasse.
We took their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to own.
9 Custodite ergo verba pacti huius, et implete ea: ut intelligatis universa quæ facitis.
So make sure you keep and follow the terms of this agreement in order that you may be successful in everything you do.
10 Vos statis hodie cuncti coram Domino Deo vestro, principes vestri, et tribus, ac maiores natu, atque doctores, omnis populus Israel,
Every one of you is stand here today before the Lord your God: you tribal leaders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
11 liberi et uxores vestræ, et advena qui tecum moratur in castris, exceptis lignorum cæsoribus, et his, qui comportant aquas:
your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your firewood and carry your water.
12 ut transeas in fœdere Domini Dei tui, et in iureiurando quod hodie Dominus Deus tuus percutit tecum:
You're here so you can enter into the agreement of the Lord your God, which he is making with you today, and accept his solemn promise,
13 ut suscitet te sibi in populum, et ipse sit Deus tuus sicut locutus est tibi, et sicut iuravit patribus tuis, Abraham, Isaac, et Iacob.
and so he can confirm you today as his people. He will be your God as he told you and as he promised your forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
14 Nec vobis solis ego hoc fœdus ferio, et hæc iuramenta confirmo,
It's not only with you that the Lord is making this agreement and solemn promise,
15 sed cunctis præsentibus et absentibus.
those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God, but also with those who are not here today.
16 Vos enim nostis quomodo habitaverimus in Terra Ægypti, et quo modo transierimus per medium nationum, quas transeuntes
You know very well what it was like when we lived in the land of Egypt and our experiences as we passed through the nations on the way here.
17 vidistis abominationes et sordes, id est, idola eorum, lignum et lapidem, argentum et aurum, quæ colebant.
You saw their disgusting religious practices and their idols of wood and stone, and silver and gold.
18 Ne forte sit inter vos vir aut mulier, familia aut tribus, cuius cor aversum est hodie a Domino Deo nostro: ut vadat et serviat diis illarum gentium: et sit inter vos radix germinans fel et amaritudinem.
You need to make sure today that there's no man or woman, family or tribe of yours who wants to turn from the Lord our God and go and worship the gods of these nations. Make sure there is nothing like that among you that would produce such poison and bitterness.
19 Cumque audierit verba iuramenti huius, benedicat sibi in corde suo, dicens: Pax erit mihi, et ambulabo in pravitate cordis mei: et absumat ebria sitientem,
For when someone like that hears the words of this solemn promise, they think they'll still receive a blessing, telling themselves, “I'll be safe, even though I'll go on doing whatever I feel like.” Such an attitude would destroy good and bad alike.
20 et Dominus non ignoscat ei: sed tunc quam maxime furor eius fumet, et zelus contra hominem illum, et sedeant super eum omnia maledicta, quæ scripta sunt in hoc volumine: et deleat Dominus nomen eius sub cælo,
The Lord would never want to pardon them. In fact, his passionate anger will burn against them, and every curse written in this book will fall on them. The Lord will erase their name from the earth,
21 et consumat eum in perditionem ex omnibus tribubus Israel, iuxta maledictiones, quæ in Libro legis huius ac fœderis continentur.
and punish them as an example of them for all the Israelite tribes, in accordance with all the curses of the agreement written in this Book of the Law.
22 Dicetque sequens generatio, et filii qui nascentur deinceps, et peregrini, qui de longe venerint, videntes plagas Terræ illius, et infirmitates, quibus eam afflixerit Dominus,
Later generations, your descendants and foreigners from far away, will see how the Lord has brought disaster on the country and devastated it.
23 sulphure, et salis ardore comburens, ita ut ultra non seratur, nec virens quippiam germinet, in exemplum subversionis Sodomæ et Gomorrhæ, Adamæ et Seboim, quas subvertit Dominus in ira et furore suo.
The whole country will be burning wasteland of sulfur and salt. Nothing is sown; it's totally unproductive; no plant grows there—just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his furious anger.
24 Et dicent omnes gentes: Quare sic fecit Dominus Terræ huic? Quæ est hæc ira furoris eius immensa?
Everyone everywhere will ask, “Why did the Lord do this to the country? Why did he get so terribly angry?”
25 Et respondebunt: Quia dereliquerunt pactum Domini, quod pepigit cum patribus eorum, quando eduxit eos de Terra Ægypti:
The people will answer, “It's because they abandoned the agreement of the Lord, the God of their forefathers, which he made with them when he led them out of Egypt.
26 et servierunt diis alienis, et adoraverunt eos, quos nesciebant, et quibus non fuerant attributi:
They went off and worshiped other gods, bowing down to gods they'd never heard of—gods that the Lord had not given to them.
27 idcirco iratus est furor Domini contra Terram istam, ut induceret super eam omnia maledicta, quæ in hoc volumine scripta sunt:
That's why the Lord was so angry with this land, and he rained down on it every curse written in this book.
28 et eiecit eos de terra sua in ira et in furore, et in indignatione maxima, proiecitque in terram alienam, sicut hodie comprobatur.
The Lord uprooted them from their country in his anger, rage, and fury, and he threw them out, leaving them in another land, where they are to this day.”
29 Abscondita, Domino Deo nostro: quæ manifesta sunt, nobis et filiis nostris usque in sempiternum, ut faciamus universa verba legis huius.
The Lord our God has secrets that belong to him, but what has been revealed belong to us and to our descendants forever, so that we may follow everything in this law.
