Deuteronomii 22

1 Non videbis bovem fratris tui, aut ovem errantem, et praeteribis: sed reduces fratri tuo,

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy 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.

And if thy brother [be] not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

3 Similiter facies de asino, et de vestimento, et de omni re fratris tui, quae perierit: si inveneris eam, ne negligas quasi alienam.

In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

4 Si videris asinum fratris tui aut bovem cecidisse in via, non despicies, sed sublevabis cum eo.

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.

5 Non induetur mulier veste virili, nec vir utetur veste feminea: abominabilis enim apud Deum est qui facit haec.

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy 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 a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

7 sed abire patieris, captos tenens filios: ut bene sit tibi, et longo vivas tempore.

[But] thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] 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.

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

9 Non seres vineam tuam altero semine: ne et sementis quam sevisti, et quae nascuntur ex vinea, pariter sanctificentur.

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

10 Non arabis in bove simul et asino.

Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

11 Non indueris vestimento, quod ex lana linoque contextum est.

Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.

12 Funiculos in fimbriis facies per quattuor angulos pallii tui, quo operieris.

Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself].

13 Si duxerit vir uxorem, et postea odio habuerit eam,

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and 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 give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

15 tollent eam pater et mater eius, et ferent secum signa virginitatis eius ad seniores urbis qui in porta sunt:

Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth [the tokens of] the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

16 et dicet pater: Filiam meam dedi huic uxorem: quam quia odit,

And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth 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, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

18 apprehendentque senes urbis illius virum, et verberabunt illum,

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise 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.

And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

20 Quod si verum est quod obiicit, et non est in puella inventa virginitas:

But if this thing be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be not found for the damsel:

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.

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away 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 be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, [both] the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

23 Si puellam virginem desponderit vir, et invenerit eam aliquis in civitate, et concubuerit cum ea,

If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie 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.

Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away 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 a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall 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.

But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so [is] this matter:

27 sola erat in agro: clamavit, et nullus affuit qui liberaret eam.

For he found her in the field, [and] the betrothed damsel cried, and [there was] none 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 find a damsel [that is] a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

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 that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

30 Non accipiet homo uxorem patris sui, nec revelabit operimentum eius.

A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.