Deuteronomii 22
1 Non videbis bovem fratris tui, aut ovem errantem, et praeteribis: sed reduces fratri tuo,
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
2 etiamsi non est propinquus frater tuus, nec nosti eum: duces in domum tuam, et erunt apud te quamdiu quaerat ea frater tuus, et recipiat.
If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
3 Similiter facies de asino, et de vestimento, et de omni re fratris tui, quae perierit: si inveneris eam, ne negligas quasi alienam.
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
4 Si videris asinum fratris tui aut bovem cecidisse in via, non despicies, sed sublevabis cum eo.
If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
5 Non induetur mulier veste virili, nec vir utetur veste feminea: abominabilis enim apud Deum est qui facit haec.
A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
6 Si ambulans per viam, in arbore vel in terra nidum avis inveneris, et matrem pullis vel ovis desuper incubantem: non tenebis eam cum filiis,
If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
7 sed abire patieris, captos tenens filios: ut bene sit tibi, et longo vivas tempore.
You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
8 Cum aedificaveris domum novam, facies murum tecti per circuitum: ne effundatur sanguis in domo tua, et sis reus labente illo, et in praeceps ruente.
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
9 Non seres vineam tuam altero semine: ne et sementis quam sevisti, et quae nascuntur ex vinea, pariter sanctificentur.
Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled —both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
10 Non arabis in bove simul et asino.
Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
11 Non indueris vestimento, quod ex lana linoque contextum est.
Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
12 Funiculos in fimbriis facies per quattuor angulos pallii tui, quo operieris.
You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
13 Si duxerit vir uxorem, et postea odio habuerit eam,
Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
14 quaesieritque occasiones quibus dimittat eam, obiiciens ei nomen pessimum, et dixerit: Uxorem hanc accepi, et ingressus ad eam non inveni virginem:
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
15 tollent eam pater et mater eius, et ferent secum signa virginitatis eius ad seniores urbis qui in porta sunt:
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
16 et dicet pater: Filiam meam dedi huic uxorem: quam quia odit,
and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
17 imponit ei nomen pessimum, ut dicat: Non inveni filiam tuam virginem: et ecce haec sunt signa virginitatis filiae meae. expandent vestimentum coram senioribus civitatis:
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
18 apprehendentque senes urbis illius virum, et verberabunt illum,
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
19 condemnantes insuper centum siclis argenti, quos dabit patri puellae, quoniam diffamavit nomen pessimum super virginem Israel: habebitque eam uxorem, et non poterit dimittere eam omnibus diebus vitae suae.
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
20 Quod si verum est quod obiicit, et non est in puella inventa virginitas:
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
21 eiicient eam extra fores domus patris sui, et lapidibus obruent viri civitatis illius, et morietur: quoniam fecit nefas in Israel, ut fornicaretur in domo patris sui: et auferes malum de medio tui.
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
22 Si dormierit vir cum uxore alterius, uterque morietur, id est, adulter et adultera: et auferes malum de Israel.
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
23 Si puellam virginem desponderit vir, et invenerit eam aliquis in civitate, et concubuerit cum ea,
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
24 educes utrumque ad portam civitatis illius, et lapidibus obruentur: puella, quia non clamavit, cum esset in civitate: vir, quia humiliavit uxorem proximi sui. et auferes malum de medio tui.
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
25 Sin autem in agro repererit vir puellam, quae desponsata est, et apprehendens concubuerit cum ea, ipse morietur solus:
But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
26 puella nihil patietur, nec est rea mortis: quoniam sicut latro consurgit contra fratrem suum, et occidit animam eius, ita et puella perpessa est.
Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
27 sola erat in agro: clamavit, et nullus affuit qui liberaret eam.
When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
28 Si invenerit vir puellam virginem, quae non habet sponsum, et apprehendens concubuerit cum illa, et res ad iudicium venerit:
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
29 dabit qui dormivit cum ea, patri puellae quinquaginta siclos argenti, et habebit eam uxorem, quia humiliavit illam: non poterit dimittere eam cunctis diebus vitae suae.
then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
30 Non accipiet homo uxorem patris sui, nec revelabit operimentum eius.
A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
