Deuteronomii 23
1 Non intravit eunuchus attritis vel amputatis testiculis et abscisso veretro, ecclesiam Domini.
No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
2 Non ingredietur mamzer, hoc est, de scorto natus, in ecclesiam Domini, usque ad decimam generationem.
One whose father and mother are not married may not come into the meeting of the Lord's people, or any of his family to the tenth generation.
3 Ammonites et Moabites etiam post decimam generationem non intrabunt ecclesiam Domini, in aeternum:
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people:
4 quia noluerunt vobis occurrere cum pane et aqua in via quando egressi estis de Aegypto: et quia conduxerunt contra te Balaam filium Beor de Mesopotamia Syriae, ut malediceret tibi:
Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you.
5 et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam, vertitque maledictionem eius in benedictionem tuam, eo quod diligeret te.
But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
6 Non facies cum eis pacem, nec quaeras eis bona cunctis diebus vitae tuae in sempiternum.
Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.
7 Non abominaberis Idumaeum, quia frater tuus est: nec Aegyptium, quia advena fuisti in terra eius.
But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
8 Qui nati fuerint ex eis, tertia generatione intrabunt in ecclesiam Domini.
Their children in the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
9 Quando egressus fueris adversus hostes tuos in pugnam, custodies te ab omni re mala.
When you go out to war and put your tents in position, keep from every evil thing.
10 Si fuerit inter vos homo, qui nocturno pollutus sit somnio, egredietur extra castra,
If any man among you becomes unclean through anything which has taken place in the night, he is to go out from the tent-circle and keep outside it:
11 et non revertetur, priusquam ad vesperam lavetur aqua: et post solis occasum regredietur in castra.
But when evening comes near, let him take a bath: and after sundown he may come back to the tents.
12 Habebis locum extra castra, ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturae,
Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;
13 gerens paxillum in balteo. cumque sederis, fodies per circuitum, et egesta humo operies
And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:
14 quo revelatus es (Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum, ut eruat te, et tradat tibi inimicos tuos) et sint castra tua sancta, et nihil in eis appareat foeditatis ne derelinquat te.
For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.
15 Non trades servum Domino suo, qui ad te confugerit.
Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:
16 habitabit tecum in loco, qui ei placuerit, et in una urbium tuarum requiescet: ne contristes eum.
Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.
17 Non erit meretrix de filiabus Israel, nec scortator de filiis Israel.
No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.
18 Non offeres mercedem prostibuli, nec pretium canis in domo Domini Dei tui, quidquid illud est quod voveris: quia abominatio est utrumque apud Dominum Deum tuum.
Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.
19 Non foenerabis fratri tuo ad usuram pecuniam, nec fruges, nec quamlibet aliam rem:
Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have:
20 sed alieno. Fratri autem tuo absque usura id, quo indiget, commodabis: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni opere tuo in Terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.
21 Cum votum voveris Domino Deo tuo, non tardabis reddere: quia requiret illud Dominus Deus tuus. et si moratus fueris, reputabitur tibi in peccatum.
When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.
22 Si nolueris polliceri, absque peccato eris.
But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.
23 Quod autem semel egressum est de labiis tuis, observabis, et facies sicut promisisti Domino Deo tuo, et propria voluntate et ore tuo locutus es.
Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.
24 Ingressus vineam proximi tui, comede uvas quantum tibi placuerit: foras autem ne efferas tecum.
When you go into your neighbour's vine-garden, you may take of his grapes at your pleasure, but you may not take them away in your vessel.
25 Si intraveris in segetem amici tui, franges spicas, et manu conteres: falce autem non metes.
When you go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.
