Exodus 23
1 Non suscipies vocem mendacii, nec junges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium.
You must not give a false report about anyone. Do not join with a wicked man to be a dishonest witness.
2 Non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum: nec in judicio, plurimorum acquiesces sententiæ, ut a vero devies.
You must not follow a crowd to do evil, nor may you bear witness while siding with the crowd in order to pervert justice.
3 Pauperis quoque non misereberis in judicio.
You must not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
4 Si occurreris bovi inimici tui, aut asino erranti, reduc ad eum.
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you must bring it back to him.
5 Si videris asinum odientis te jacere sub onere, non pertransibis, sed sublevabis cum eo.
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen to the ground under its load, you must not leave that person. You must surely help him with his donkey.
6 Non declinabis in judicium pauperis.
Do not thrust aside justice for your poor in his lawsuit.
7 Mendacium fugies. Insontem et justum non occides: quia aversor impium.
Do not join others in making false accusations, and do not kill the innocent or righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
8 Nec accipies munera, quæ etiam excæcant prudentes, et subvertunt verba justorum.
Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see, and perverts honest people's words.
9 Peregrino molestus non eris. Scitis enim advenarum animas: quia et ipsi peregrini fuistis in terra Ægypti.
You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
10 Sex annis seminabis terram tuam, et congregabis fruges ejus:
For six years you will sow seed on your land and gather in its produce.
11 anno autem septimo dimittes eam, et requiescere facies, ut comedant pauperes populi tui: et quidquid reliquum fuerit, edant bestiæ agri: ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo.
But in the seventh year you will leave it unplowed and fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat. What they leave, the wild animals will eat. You will do the same with your vineyards and olive orchards.
12 Sex diebus operaberis: septimo die cessabis, ut requiescat bos et asinus tuus, et refrigeretur filius ancillæ tuæ, et advena.
During six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you must rest. Do this so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and so that your female slave's son and any foreigner may rest and be refreshed.
13 Omnia quæ dixi vobis, custodite. Et per nomen externorum deorum non jurabitis, neque audietur ex ore vestro.
Pay attention to everything that I have said to you. Do not mention the names of other gods, nor let their names be heard from your mouth.
14 Tribus vicibus per singulos annos mihi festa celebrabitis.
You must travel to hold a festival for me three times every year.
15 Solemnitatem azymorum custodies. Septem diebus comedes azyma, sicut præcepi tibi, tempore mensis novorum, quando egressus es de Ægypto: non apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus.
You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you will eat unleavened bread for seven days. At that time, you will appear before me in the month of Aviv, which is fixed for this purpose. It was in this month that you came out from Egypt. But you must not appear before me empty-handed.
16 Et solemnitatem messis primitivorum operis tui, quæcumque seminaveris in agro: solemnitatem quoque in exitu anni, quando congregaveris omnes fruges tuas de agro.
You must observe the Festival of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors when you sowed seed in the fields. Also you must observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the fields.
17 Ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo tuo.
All your males must appear before the Lord Yahweh three times every year.
18 Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimæ meæ, nec remanebit adeps solemnitatis meæ usque mane.
You must not offer the blood from sacrifices made to me with bread containing yeast. The fat from the sacrifices at my festivals must not remain all night until the morning.
19 Primitias frugum terræ tuæ deferes in domum Domini Dei tui. Non coques hædum in lacte matris suæ.
You must bring the choicest firstfruits from your land into my house, the house of Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
20 Ecce ego mittam angelum meum, qui præcedat te, et custodiat in via, et introducat in locum quem paravi.
I am going to send an angel before you to guard you on the way, and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
21 Observa eum, et audi vocem ejus, nec contemnendum putes: quia non dimittet cum peccaveris, et est nomen meum in illo.
Be attentive to him and obey him. Do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions. My name is on him.
22 Quod si audieris vocem ejus, et feceris omnia quæ loquor, inimicus ero inimicis tuis, et affligam affligentes te.
If you indeed obey his voice and do everything that I tell you, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
23 Præcedetque te angelus meus, et introducet te ad Amorrhæum, et Hethæum, et Pherezæum, Chananæumque, et Hevæum, et Jebusæum, quos ego conteram.
My angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. I will destroy them.
24 Non adorabis deos eorum, nec coles eos: non facies opera eorum, sed destrues eos, et confringes statuas eorum.
You must not bow down to their gods, worship them, or do as they do. Instead, you must completely overthrow them and smash their stone pillars in pieces.
25 Servietisque Domino Deo vestro, ut benedicam panibus tuis et aquis, et auferam infirmitatem de medio tui.
You must worship Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and water. I will remove sickness from among you.
26 Non erit infœcunda, nec sterilis in terra tua: numerum dierum tuorum implebo.
No woman will be barren or will miscarry her young in your land. I will give you long lives.
27 Terrorem meum mittam in præcursum tuum, et occidam omnem populum, ad quem ingredieris: cunctorumque inimicorum tuorum coram te terga vertam:
I will send fear of myself on those into whose land you advance. I will kill all the people whom you meet. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in fright.
28 emittens crabrones prius, qui fugabunt Hevæum, et Chananæum, et Hethæum, antequam introëas.
I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.
29 Non ejiciam eos a facie tua anno uno: ne terra in solitudinem redigatur, et crescant contra te bestiæ.
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, or the land would become abandoned, and the wild animals would become too many for you.
30 Paulatim expellam eos de conspectu tuo, donec augearis, et possideas terram.
Instead, I will drive them out little by little from before you until you become fruitful and inherit the land.
31 Ponam autem terminos tuos a mari Rubro usque ad mare Palæstinorum, et a deserto usque ad fluvium: tradam in manibus vestris habitatores terræ, et ejiciam eos de conspectu vestro.
I will fix your borders from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give you victory over the land's inhabitants. You will drive them out before yourselves.
32 Non inibis cum eis fœdus, nec cum diis eorum.
You must not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
33 Non habitent in terra tua, ne forte peccare te faciant in me, si servieris diis eorum: quod tibi certe erit in scandalum.
They must not live in your land, or they would make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, this will surely become a trap for you.'”
