Deuteronomii 17
1 Non immolabis Domino Deo tuo ovem, et bovem, in quo est macula, aut quippiam vitii: quia abominatio est Domino Deo tuo.
You must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be an abomination to Yahweh your God.
2 Cum reperti fuerint apud te intra unam portarum tuarum, quas Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi, vir aut mulier qui faciant malum in conspectu Domini Dei tui, et transgrediantur pactum illius,
If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses his covenant,
3 ut vadant et servant diis alienis, et adorent eos, solem et lunam, et omnem militiam caeli, quae non praecepi:
anyone who has gone and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, either the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven—nothing that I have commanded—
4 et hoc tibi fuerit nunciatum, audiensque inquisieris diligenter, et verum esse repereris, et abominatio facta est in Israel:
and if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it, then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, this is what you should do.
5 educes virum ac mulierem, qui rem sceleratissimam perpetrarunt, ad portas civitatis tuae, et lapidibus obruentur.
You must bring that man or woman, who has done this evil thing, to your city gates, that very man or woman, and you must stone that person to death.
6 In ore duorum, aut trium testium peribit qui interficietur. Nemo occidatur, uno contra se dicente testimonium.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, will he who must die be put to death; but at the mouth of only one witness he must not be put to death.
7 Manus testium prima interficiet eum, et manus reliqui populi extrema mittetur: ut auferas malum de medio tui.
The hand of the witnesses must be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; and you will remove the evil from among you.
8 Si difficile et ambiguum apud te iudicium esse perspexeris inter sanguinem et sanguinem, causam et causam, lepram et non lepram: et iudicum inter portas tuas videris verba variari: surge, et ascende ad locum, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus.
If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—perhaps a question of murder or accidental death, of one person's right and another person's right, or a question of one kind of harm done, or another kind of matter, matters of controversy within your city gates—then you must go up to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.
9 Veniesque ad sacerdotes Levitici generis, et ad iudicem, qui fuerit illo tempore: quaeresque ab eis, qui indicabunt tibi iudicii veritatem.
You must go to the priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the judge who will be serving at that time; you will seek their advice, and they will give you the verdict.
10 Et facies quodcumque dixerint qui praesunt loco, quem elegerit Dominus, et docuerint te
You must follow the law given to you at the place Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. You will be careful to do everything that they direct you to do.
11 iuxta legem eius; sequerisque sententiam eorum. nec declinabis ad dexteram neque ad sinistram.
Follow the law they teach you, and do according to the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right hand or to the left.
12 Qui autem superbierit, nolens obedire sacerdotis imperio, qui eo tempore ministrat Domino Deo tuo, ex decreto iudicis, morietur homo ille, et auferes malum de Israel:
Anyone who acts arrogantly, in not listening to the priest who is standing to serve before Yahweh your God, or in not listening to the judge—that man will die; you will put away the evil from Israel.
13 cunctusque populus audiens timebit, ut nullus deinceps intumescat superbia.
All the people must hear and fear, and act arrogantly no more.
14 Cum ingressus fueris Terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi, et possederis eam, habitaverisque in illa, et dixeris: Constituam super me regem, sicut habent omnes per circuitum nationes:
When you have come to the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and when you take possession of it and begin to live in it, and then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about me,'
15 eum constitues, quem Dominus Deus tuus elegerit de numero fratrum tuorum. Non poteris alterius gentis hominem regem facere, qui non sit frater tuus.
then you must surely set as king over yourself someone whom Yahweh your God will choose. You must set as king over yourself someone from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner, who is not your brother, over yourself.
16 Cumque fuerit constitutus, non multiplicabit sibi equos, nec reducet populum in Aegyptum, equitatus numero sublevatus, praesertim cum Dominus praeceperit vobis ut nequaquam amplius per eamdem viam revertamini.
But he must not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt so that he may multiply horses, for Yahweh had said to you, 'You will never return that way again.'
17 Non habebit uxores plurimas, quae alliciant animum eius, neque argenti et auri immensa pondera.
He must not take many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
18 Postquam autem sederit in solio regni sui, describet sibi Deuteronomium legis huius in volumine accipiens exemplar a sacerdotibus Leviticae tribus,
When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law, from the law that is before the priests, who are Levites.
19 et habebit secum, legetque illud omnibus diebus vitae suae, ut discat timere Dominum Deum suum, et custodire verba et ceremonias eius, quae in lege praecepta sunt.
The scroll must be with him, and he must read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to honor Yahweh his God, so as to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to observe them.
20 Nec elevetur cor eius in superbiam super fratres suos, neque declinet in partem dexteram vel sinistram, ut longo tempore regnet ipse, et filii eius super Israel.
He must do this so that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and so that he does not turn away from the commandments, to the right hand or to the left; for the purpose that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, among Israel.
