Deuteronomii 28
1 Si autem audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut facias atque custodias omnia mandata eius, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, faciet te Dominus Deus tuus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, quae versantur in terra.
And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, that the Lord thy God shall set thee on high above all the nations of the earth;
2 Venientque super te universae benedictiones istae, et apprehendent te: si tamen praecepta eius audieris.
and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and shall find thee. If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God,
3 Benedictus tu in civitate, et benedictus in agro.
blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Benedictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terrae tuae, fructusque iumentorum tuorum, greges armentorum tuorum, et caulae ovium tuarum.
Blessed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, and the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Benedicta horrea tua, et benedictae reliquiae tuae.
Blessed shall be thy barns, and thy stores.
6 Benedictus eris tu ingrediens et egrediens.
Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out.
7 Dabit Dominus inimicos tuos, qui consurgunt adversum te, corruentes in conspectu tuo: per unam viam venient contra te, et per septem fugient a facie tua.
The Lord deliver thine enemies that withstand thee utterly broken before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and they shall flee seven ways from before thee.
8 Emittet Dominus benedictionem super cellaria tua, et super omnia opera manuum tuarum: benedicetque tibi in terra, quam acceperis.
The Lord send upon thee his blessing in thy barns, and on all on which thou shalt put thine hand, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.
9 Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut iuravit tibi: si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambulaveris in viis eius.
The Lord raise thee up for himself a holy people, as he sware to thy fathers; if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and walk in all his ways.
10 Videbuntque omnes terrarum populi quod nomen Domini invocatum sit super te, et timebunt te.
And all the nations of the earth shall see thee, that the name of the Lord is called upon thee, and they shall stand in awe of thee.
11 Abundare te faciet Dominus omnibus bonis, fructu uteri tui, et fructu iumentorum tuorum, fructu terrae tuae, quam iuravit Dominus patribus tuis ut daret tibi.
And the Lord thy God shall multiply thee for good in the offspring of thy body, and in the offspring of thy cattle, and in the fruits of thy land, on thy land which the Lord sware to thy fathers to give to thee.
12 Aperiet Dominus thesaurum suum optimum, caelum, ut tribuat pluviam terrae tuae in tempore suo: benedicetque cunctis operibus manuum tuarum. Et foenerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo foenus accipies.
May the Lord open to thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to thy land in season: may he bless all the works of thy hands: so shalt thou lend to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.
13 Constituet te Dominus in caput, et non in caudam: et eris semper supra, et non subter: si tamen audieris mandata Domini Dei tui quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris,
The Lord thy God make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt then be above and thou shalt not be below, if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, in all things that I charge thee this day to observe.
14 ac non declinaveris ab eis nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos, neque colueris eos.
Thou shalt not turn aside from any of the commandments, which I charge thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 Quod si audire nolueris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut custodias, et facias omnia mandata eius et ceremonias, quas ego praecipio tibi hodie, venient super te omnes maledictiones istae, et apprehendent te.
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe all his commandments, as many as I charge thee this day, then all these curses shall come on thee, and overtake thee.
16 Maledictus eris in civitate, maledictus in agro.
Cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Maledictum horreum tuum, et maledictae reliquiae tuae.
Cursed shall be thy barns and thy stores.
18 Maledictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terrae tuae, armenta boum tuorum, et greges ovium tuarum.
Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Maledictus eris ingrediens, et maledictus egrediens.
Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.
20 Mittet Dominus super te famem et esuriem, et increpationem in omnia opera tua, quae tu facies: donec conterat te, et perdat velociter, propter adinventiones tuas pessimas in quibus reliquisti me.
The Lord send upon thee want, and famine, and consumption of all things on which thou shalt put thy hand, until he shall have utterly destroyed thee, and until he shall have consumed thee quickly because of thine evil devices, because thou hast forsaken me.
21 Adiungat tibi Dominus pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
The Lord cause the pestilence to cleave to thee, until he shall have consumed thee off the land into which thou goest to inherit it.
22 Percutiat te Dominus egestate, febri et frigore, ardore et aestu, et aere corrupto ac rubigine, et persequatur donec pereas.
The Lord smite thee with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue thee until they have destroyed thee.
23 Sit caelum, quod supra te est, aeneum: et terra, quam calcas, ferrea.
And thou shalt have over thine head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron.
24 Det Dominus imbrem terrae tuae pulverem, et de caelo descendat super te cinis, donec conteraris.
The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee.
25 Tradat te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos. per unam viam egrediaris contra eos, et per septem fugias, et dispergaris per omnia regna terrae.
The Lord give thee up for slaughter before thine enemies: thou shalt go out against them one way, and flee from their face seven ways; and thou shalt be a dispersion in all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 sitque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus caeli, et bestiis terrae, et non sit qui abigat.
And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away.
27 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere Aegypti, et partem corporis, per quam stercora egeruntur, scabie quoque et prurigine: ita ut curari nequeas.
The Lord smite thee with the botch of Egypt in the seat, and with a malignant scab, and itch, so that thou canst not be healed.
28 Percutiat te Dominus amentia et caecitate ac furore mentis,
The Lord smite thee with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind.
29 et palpes in meridie sicut palpare solet caecus in tenebris, et non dirigas vias tuas. Omnique tempore calumniam sustineas, et opprimaris violentia, nec habeas qui liberet te.
And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
30 Uxorem accipias, et alius dormiat cum ea. Domum aedifices, et non habites in ea. Plantes vineam, et non vindemies eam.
thou shalt take a wife, and another man shall have her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell in it; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes of it.
31 Bos tuus immoletur coram te, et non comedas ex eo. Asinus tuus rapiatur in conspectu tuo, et non reddatur tibi. Oves tuae dentur inimicis tuis, et non sit qui te adiuvet.
Thy calf [shall be] slain before thee, and thou shalt not eat of it; thine ass shall be violently taken away from thee, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have no helper.
32 Filii tui et filiae tuae tradantur alteri populo, videntibus oculis tuis, et deficientibus ad conspectum eorum tota die, et non sit fortitudo in manu tua.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another nation, and thine eyes wasting away shall look for them: thine hand shall have no strength.
33 Fructus terrae tuae, et omnes labores tuos comedat populus, quem ignoras: et sis semper calumniam sustinens, et oppressus cunctis diebus,
A nation which thou knowest not shall eat the produce of thy land, and all thy labours; and thou shalt be injured and crushed always.
34 et stupens ad terrorem eorum quae videbunt oculi tui.
And thou shalt be distracted, because of the sights of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum.
The Lord smite thee with an evil sore, on the knees and the legs, so that thou shalt not be able to be healed from the sole of thy foot to the crown of thy head.
36 Ducet te Dominus, et regem tuum, quem constitueris super te, in gentem, quam ignoras tu et patres tui: et servies ibi diis alienis, ligno et lapidi.
The Lord carry away thee and thy princes, whom thou shalt set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers know; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 Et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus.
An thou shalt be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord thy God shall carry thee away.
38 Sementem multam iacies in terram, et modicum congregabis: quia locustae devorabunt omnia.
Thou shalt carry forth much seed into the field, and thou shalt bring in little, because the locust shall devour it.
39 Vineam plantabis, et fodies: et vinum non bibes, nec colliges ex ea quippiam: quoniam vastabitur vermibus.
Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shalt not drink the wine, neither shalt thou delight thyself with it, because the worm shall devour it.
40 Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis, et non ungeris oleo: quia defluent, et deperibunt.
Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, because thine olive shall utterly cast [its fruit].
41 Filios generabis et filias, et non frueris eis: quoniam ducentur in captivitatem.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be [thine], for they shall depart into captivity.
42 Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terrae tuae rubigo consumet.
All thy trees and the fruits of thy land shall the blight consume.
43 Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te, eritque sublimior: tu autem descendes, et eris inferior.
The stranger that is within thee shall get up very high, and thou shalt come down very low.
44 Ipse foenerabit tibi, et tu non foenerabis ei. Ipse erit in caput, et tu eris in caudam.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Et venient super te omnes maledictiones istae, et persequentes apprehendent te, donec intereas: quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui, nec servasti mandata eius et ceremonias, quas praecepit tibi.
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and shall overtake thee, until he shall have consumed thee, and until he shall have destroyed thee; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commands, and his ordinances which he has commanded thee.
46 Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia, et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum:
And [these things] shall be signs in thee, and wonders among thy seed for ever;
47 eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio, cordisque laetitia, propter rerum omnium abundantiam:
because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with gladness and a good heart, because of the abundance of all things.
48 servies inimico tuo, quem immittet tibi Dominus, in fame, et siti, et nuditate, et omni penuria: et ponet iugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, donec te conterat.
And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.
49 Adducet Dominus super te Gentem de longinquo, et de extremis terrae finibus in similitudinem aquilae volantis cum impetu: cuius linguam intelligere non possis:
The Lord shall bring upon thee a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice thou shalt not understand;
50 Gentem procacissimam, quae non deferat seni, nec misereatur parvuli,
a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.
51 et devoret fructum iumentorum tuorum, ac fruges Terrae tuae: donec intereas, et non relinquat tibi triticum, vinum, et oleum, armenta boum, et greges ovium: donec te disperdat,
And it shall eat up the young of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy land, so as not to leave to thee corn, wine, oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, until it shall have destroyed thee;
52 et conterat in cunctis urbibus tuis, et destruantur muri tui firmi atque sublimes, in quibus habebas fiduciam in omni Terra tua. Obsideberis intra portas tuas in omni Terra tua, quam dabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus:
and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land; and it shall afflict thee in thy cities, which he has given to thee.
53 et comedes fructum uteri tui, et carnes filiorum tuorum et filiarum tuarum, quas dederit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, in angustia et vastitate qua opprimet te hostis tuus.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, all that he has given thee, in thy straitness and thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee.
54 Homo delicatus in te, et luxuriosus valde, invidebit fratri suo, et uxori, quae cubat in sinu suo,
He that is tender and very delicate within thee shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him;
55 ne det eis de carnibus filiorum suorum, quas comedet: eo quod nihil aliud habeat in obsidione et penuria, qua vastaverint te inimici tui intra omnes portas tuas.
so as [not] to give to one of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eat, because of his having nothing left him in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemies shall afflict thee in all thy cities.
56 Tenera mulier et delicata, quae super terram ingredi non valebat, nec pedis vestigium figere propter mollitiem et teneritudinem nimiam, invidebit viro suo, qui cubat in sinu eius, super filii et filiae carnibus,
And she that is tender and delicate among you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter,
57 et illuvie secundinarum, quae egrediuntur de medio feminum eius, et super liberis qui eadem hora nati sunt. comedent enim eos clam propter rerum omnium penuriam in obsidione et vastitate, qua opprimet te inimicus tuus intra portas tuas.
and her offspring that comes out between her feet, and the child which she shall bear; for she shall eat them because of the want of all things, secretly in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee in thy cities.
58 Nisi custodieris, et feceris omnia verba legis huius, quae scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et timueris nomen eius gloriosum et terribile, hoc est, Dominum Deum tuum:
If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God;
59 augebit Dominus plagas tuas, et plagas seminis tui, plagas magnas et perseverantes, infirmitates pessimas et perpetuas.
then the Lord shall magnify thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, great and wonderful plagues, and evil and abiding diseases.
60 et convertet in te omnes afflictiones Aegypti, quas timuisti, et adhaerebunt tibi:
And he shall bring upon thee all the evil pain of Egypt, of which thou wast afraid, and they shall cleave to thee.
61 Insuper et universos languores, et plagas, quae non sunt scriptae in volumine legis huius, inducet Dominus super te, donec te conterat:
And the Lord shall bring upon thee every sickness, and every plague that is not written, and every one that is written in the book of this law, until he shall have destroyed thee.
62 et remanebitis pauci numero, qui prius eratis sicut astra caeli prae multitudine, quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui.
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.
63 Et sicut ante laetatus est Dominus super vos, bene vobis faciens, vosque multiplicans: sic laetabitur disperdens vos atque subvertens, ut auferamini de Terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
And it shall come to pass that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you; and ye shall be quickly removed from the land, into which ye go to inherit it.
64 Disperget te Dominus in omnes populos a summitate terrae usque ad terminos eius: et servies ibi diis alienis, quos et tu ignoras et patres tui, lignis et lapidibus.
And the Lord thy God shall scatter thee among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone, which thou hast not known, nor thy fathers.
65 In gentibus quoque illis non quiesces, neque erit requies vestigio pedis tui. Dabit enim tibi Dominus ibi cor pavidum, et deficientes oculos, et animam consumptam moerore:
Moreover among those nations he will not give thee quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of thy foot have rest; and the Lord shall give thee there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.
66 Et erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te. Timebis nocte et die, et non credes vitae tuae.
And thy life shall be in suspense before thine eyes; and thou shalt be afraid by day and by night, and thou shalt have no assurance of thy life.
67 Mane dices: Quis mihi det vesperum? et vespere: Quis mihi det mane? propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, et propter ea, quae tuis videbis oculis.
In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were evening! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thine heart with which thou shalt fear, and for the sights of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 Reducet te Dominus classibus in Aegyptum per viam, de qua dixit tibi ut eam amplius non videres. Ibi venderis inimicis tuis in servos et ancillas, et non erit qui emat.
And the Lord shall bring thee back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said, Thou shalt not see it again; and ye shall be sold there to your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and none shall buy you.
