Leviticus 27
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 Loquere filiis Israel, et dices ad eos: Homo qui votum fecerit, et spoponderit Deo animam suam, sub æstimatione dabit pretium.
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
3 Si fuerit masculus a vigesimo anno usque ad sexagesimum annum, dabit quinquaginta siclos argenti ad mensuram Sanctuarii:
if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.
4 si mulier, triginta.
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
5 A quinto autem anno usque ad vigesimum, masculus dabit viginti siclos: femina decem.
And if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6 Ab uno mense usque ad annum quintum, pro masculo dabuntur quinque sicli: pro femina, tres.
Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.
7 Sexagenarius et ultra masculus dabit quindecim siclos: femina decem.
And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.
8 Si pauper fuerit, et æstimationem reddere non valebit, stabit coram sacerdote: et quantum ille æstimaverit, et viderit eum posse reddere, tantum dabit.
But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
9 Animal autem, quod immolari potest Domino, si quis voverit, sanctum erit,
If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.
10 et mutari non poterit, id est, nec melius malo, nec peius bono. Quod si mutaverit: et ipsum quod mutatum est, et illud pro quo mutatum est, consecratum erit Domino.
He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
11 Animal immundum, quod immolari Domino non potest, si quis voverit, adducetur ante sacerdotem,
But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.
12 qui iudicans utrum bonum an malum sit, statuet pretium.
The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.
13 Quod si dare voluerit is, qui offert, addet supra æstimationem quintam partem.
If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.
14 Homo si voverit domum suam, et sanctificaverit Domino, considerabit eam sacerdos utrum bona an mala sit, et iuxta pretium, quod ab eo fuerit constitutum, venundabitur:
Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.
15 sin autem ille qui voverat, voluerit redimere eam, dabit quintam partem æstimationis supra, et habebit domum.
But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
16 Quod si agrum possessionis suæ voverit, et consecraverit Domino: iuxta mensuram sementis æstimabitur pretium. Si triginta modiis hordei seritur terra, quinquaginta siclis venundetur argenti.
If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
17 Si statim ab anno incipientis Iubilei voverit agrum, quanto valere potest, tanto æstimabitur.
If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.
18 Sin autem post aliquantum temporis: supputabit sacerdos pecuniam iuxta annorum, qui reliqui sunt, numerum usque ad Iubileum, et detrahetur ex pretio.
But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.
19 Quod si voluerit redimere agrum ille, qui voverat, addet quintam partem æstimatæ pecuniæ, et possidebit eum.
And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.
20 Sin autem noluerit redimere, sed alteri cuilibet fuerit venundatus, ultra eum qui voverat redimere non poterit:
If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.
21 quia cum Iubilei venerit dies, sanctificatus erit Domino, et possessio consecrata ad ius pertinet sacerdotum.
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
22 Si ager emptus est, et non de possessione maiorum sanctificatus fuerit Domino,
Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,
23 supputabit sacerdos iuxta annorum numerum usque ad Iubileum, pretium: et dabit ille qui voverat eum, Domino.
then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.
24 In Iubileo autem revertetur ad priorem dominum, qui vendiderat eum, et habuerat in sorte possessionis suæ.
In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.
25 Omnis æstimatio siclo Sanctuarii ponderabitur. Siclus viginti obolos habet.
Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
26 Primogenita, quæ ad Dominum pertinent, nemo sanctificare poterit et vovere: sive bos, sive ovis fuerit, Domini sunt.
But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
27 Quod si immundum est animal, redimet qui obtulit, iuxta æstimationem tuam, et addet quintam partem pretii: si redimere noluerit, vendetur alteri quantocumque a te fuerit æstimatum.
But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
28 Omne, quod Domino consecratur, sive homo fuerit, sive animal, sive ager, non vendetur, nec redimi poterit. Quidquid semel fuerit consecratum, Sanctum sanctorum erit Domino.
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
29 Et omnis consecratio, quæ offertur ab homine, non redimetur, sed morte morietur.
No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.
30 Omnes decimæ terræ, sive de frugibus, sive de pomis arborum, Domini sunt, et illi sanctificantur.
Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.
31 Si quis autem voluerit redimere decimas suas, addet quintam partem earum.
If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.
32 Omnium decimarum bovis et ovis et capræ, quæ sub pastoris virga transeunt, quidquid decimum venerit, sanctificabitur Domino.
Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.
33 Non eligetur nec bonum nec malum, nec altero commutabitur. Si quis mutaverit: et quod mutatum est, et pro quo mutatum est, sanctificabitur Domino, et non redimetur.
He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”
34 Hæc sunt præcepta, quæ mandavit Dominus Moysi ad filios Israel in monte Sinai.
These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
