Leviticus 27
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
2 Loquere filiis Israel, et dices ad eos: Homo qui votum fecerit, et spoponderit Deo animam suam, sub æstimatione dabit pretium.
“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'If anyone makes a special vow to Yahweh, use the following valuations.
3 Si fuerit masculus a vigesimo anno usque ad sexagesimum annum, dabit quinquaginta siclos argenti ad mensuram Sanctuarii:
Your standard value for a male from twenty to sixty years old must be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
4 si mulier, triginta.
For a female of the same ages your standard value must be thirty shekels.
5 A quinto autem anno usque ad vigesimum, masculus dabit viginti siclos: femina decem.
From five years to twenty years old your standard value for a male must 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.
From one month old to five years your standard value for a male must be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels of silver.
7 Sexagenarius et ultra masculus dabit quindecim siclos: femina decem.
From sixty years old and up for a male your standard value must be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
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 person making the vow cannot pay the standard value, then the person being given must be presented to the priest, and the priest will value that person by the amount the one making the vow is able to afford.
9 Animal autem, quod immolari potest Domino, si quis voverit, sanctum erit,
If someone wants to sacrifice an animal to Yahweh, and if Yahweh accepts it, then that animal will be set apart to him.
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.
The person must not alter or change such an animal, a good one for a bad one or a bad for a good. If he does at all change one animal for another, then both it and the one for which it is exchanged become holy.
11 Animal immundum, quod immolari Domino non potest, si quis voverit, adducetur ante sacerdotem.
However, if what the person has vowed to give Yahweh is in fact unclean, so that Yahweh will not accept it, then the person must bring the animal to a priest.
12 qui iudicans utrum bonum an malum sit, statuet pretium.
The priest will value it, by the market value of the animal. Whatever value the priest places on the animal, that will be its value.
13 quod si dare voluerit is, qui offert, addet supra æstimationem quintam partem.
If the owner wishes to redeem it, then a fifth of its value is to be added to its redemption price.
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:
When a man sets apart his house as a holy gift to Yahweh, then the priest will set its value as either good or bad. Whatever the priest values it, so it will be.
15 sin autem ille qui voverat, voluerit redimere eam, dabit quintam partem æstimationis supra, et habebit domum.
But if the owner who set apart his home wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth of its value to its redemption price, 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 sets apart some of his own land, then the valuation of it will be in proportion to the amount of seed required to plant it—a homer of barley will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
17 Si statim ab anno incipientis iubilei voverit agrum, quanto valere potest, tanto æstimabitur.
If he sets apart his field during the year of Jubilee, the valuation of it will stand.
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 sets apart his field after the year of Jubilee, then the priest must calculate the value of the field by the number of years that remain until the next year of Jubilee, and the valuation of it must be reduced.
19 Quod si voluerit redimere agrum ille, qui voverat, addet quintam partem æstimatæ pecuniæ, et possidebit eum.
If the man who set apart the field wishes to redeem it, then he must add a fifth to the valuation, and it will belong to him.
20 Sin autem noluerit redimere, sed alteri cuilibet fuerit venundatus, ultra eum qui voverat redimere non poterit:
If he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed any more.
21 quia cum iubilei venerit dies, sanctificatus erit Domino, et possessio consecrata ad ius pertinet sacerdotum.
Instead, the field, when it is released in the year of Jubilee, will be a holy gift to Yahweh, like the field that has been completely given to Yahweh. It will belong to the priest.
22 Si ager emptus est, et non de possessione maiorum sanctificatus fuerit Domino,
If a man sets apart a field that he has bought, but that field is not part of his family's land,
23 supputabit sacerdos iuxta annorum numerum usque ad iubileum, pretium: et dabit ille qui voverat eum, Domino.
then the priest will figure the valuation of it up to the year of Jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as a holy gift to Yahweh.
24 in iubileo autem revertetur ad priorem dominum, qui vendiderat eum, et habuerat in sorte possessionis suæ.
In the year of Jubilee, the field will return to the man from whom it was bought, to the land's owner.
25 Omnis æstimatio siclo sanctuarii ponderabitur. Siclus viginti obolos habet.
All the valuations must be set by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Twenty gerahs must be the equivalent of one shekel.
26 Primogenita, quæ ad Dominum pertinent, nemo sanctificare poterit et vovere: sive bos, sive ovis fuerit, Domini sunt.
No one may set apart the firstborn among animals, since the firstborn already belongs to Yahweh; whether ox or sheep, it is Yahweh'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.
If it is an unclean animal, then the owner may buy it back at the valuation of it, and a fifth must be added to that value. If the animal is not redeemed, then it is to be sold at the set value.
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.
But nothing that a man devotes to Yahweh, from all that he has, whether human or animal, or his family land, may be sold or redeemed. Everything that is devoted is very holy to Yahweh.
29 Et omnis consecratio, quæ offertur ab homine, non redimetur, sed morte morietur.
No ransom may be paid for the person who is devoted for destruction. That person must be put to death.
30 Omnes decimæ terræ, sive de frugibus, sive de pomis arborum, Domini sunt, et illi sanctificantur.
All the tithe of the land, whether grain grown on the land or fruit from the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.
31 Si quis autem voluerit redimere decimas suas, addet quintam partem earum.
If a man redeems any 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.
As for every tenth of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the shepherd's rod, one-tenth must be set apart to Yahweh.
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.
The shepherd must not search for the better or the worse animals, and he must not substitute one for another. If he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed will be holy. It cannot be redeemed.'”
34 Hæc sunt præcepta, quæ mandavit Dominus Moysi ad filios Israel in monte Sinai.
These are the commandments that Yahweh gave at Mount Sinai to Moses for the people of Israel.
