Deuteronomii 5
1 Vocavitque Moyses omnem Israelem, et dixit ad eum: Audi Israel ceremonias atque iudicia, quae ego loquor in auribus vestris hodie: discite ea, et opere complete.
Then Moses called all the Israelites together and told them: Listen, people of Israel to the rules and regulations that I'm giving you today. Learn them and make sure you follow them carefully.
2 Dominus Deus noster pepigit nobiscum foedus in Horeb.
Remember that the Lord our God made an agreement with us at Horeb.
3 Non cum patribus nostris iniit pactum, sed nobiscum qui in praesentiarum sumus, et vivimus.
He didn't make this agreement with our fathers, but with us, all of those who are still alive today.
4 Facie ad faciem locutus est nobis in monte de medio ignis.
The Lord talked with you person to person from the fire on the mountain.
5 Ego sequester et medius fui inter Dominum et vos in tempore illo, ut annunciarem vobis verba eius. timuistis enim ignem, et non ascendistis in montem, et ait:
This was the time when I stood between the Lord and you to tell you what the Lord said, because you were afraid of the fire and refused to go up the mountain. He told you,
6 Ego Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de Terra Aegypti de domo servitutis.
“I am the Lord your God, who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
7 Non habebis deos alienos in conspectu meo.
You must not have any other gods except me.
8 Non facies tibi sculptile, nec similitudinem omnium, quae in caelo sunt desuper, et quae in terra deorsum, et quae versantur in aquis sub terra.
You must not make for yourself any kind of idol, whether in the form of anything in the heavens above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.
9 Non adorabis ea, et non coles. Ego enim sum Dominus Deus tuus: Deus aemulator, reddens iniquitatem patrum super filios in tertiam et quartam generationem his qui oderunt me,
You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;
10 et faciens misericordiam in multa millia diligentibus me, et custodientibus praecepta mea.
but I show trustworthy love to the thousands of generations who love me and keep my commandments.
11 Non usurpabis nomen Domini Dei tui frustra: quia non erit impunitus qui super re vana nomen eius assumpserit.
You must not use the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way, for the Lord will not forgive anyone who uses his name in a wrong way.
12 Observa diem Sabbati, ut sanctifices eum, sicut praecepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord as the Lord your God has commanded you to do.
13 Sex diebus operaberis, et facies omnia opera tua.
You have six days to work and earn your living,
14 Septimus dies Sabbati est, id est, requies Domini Dei tui. Non facies in eo quidquam operis tu, et filius tuus, et filia, servus et ancilla, et bos, et asinus, et omne iumentum tuum, et peregrinus qui est intra portas tuas: ut requiescat servus tuus, et ancilla tua, sicut et tu.
but the seventh day is the Sabbath to honor the Lord your God. On this day you must not do any work—not you, not your son or daughter, not your male slave or female slave or your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, and not the foreigner who is staying with you, so that your male slave and females slave can have the same rest as you.
15 Memento quod et ipse servieris in Aegypto, et eduxerit te inde Dominus Deus tuus in manu forti, et brachio extento. Idcirco praecepit tibi ut observares diem Sabbati.
Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, and that the Lord your God led you out from there with his great power and incredible strength. This is why the Lord your God has ordered you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 Honora patrem tuum et matrem, sicut praecepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, ut longo vivas tempore, et bene sit tibi in Terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi.
Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that you may live a long time and do well in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
17 Non occides.
You must not kill people.
18 Neque moechaberis.
You must not commit adultery.
19 Furtumque non facies.
You must not steal.
20 Nec loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium.
You must not give false evidence against others.
21 Non concupisces uxorem proximi tui: non domum, non agrum, non servum, non ancillam, non bovem, non asinum, et universa quae illius sunt.
You must not desire to have anyone else's wife. You must not desire to have their house or field, or their male slave or female slave, or their ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to them.”
22 Haec verba locutus est Dominus ad omnem multitudinem vestram in monte de medio ignis et nubis, et caliginis, voce magna, nihil addens amplius: et scripsit ea in duabus tabulis lapideis, quas tradidit mihi.
In a loud voice the Lord gave these commandments to all of you, speaking from the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness that covered the mountain. He didn't add anything else. He wrote them down on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 Vos autem postquam audistis vocem de medio tenebrarum, et montem ardere vidistis, accessistis ad me omnes principes tribuum et maiores natu, atque dixistis:
When you heard the voice that came from the darkness while the mountain was on fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me,
24 Ecce ostendit nobis Dominus Deus noster maiestatem et magnitudinem suam. vocem enim eius audivimus de medio ignis, et probavimus hodie quod loquente Deo cum homine, vixerit homo.
and said, “Listen, the Lord our God has revealed glory and majesty to us, and we have heard his voice that came from the fire. Today we have seen that human beings can don't die even when God speaks with them.
25 Cur ergo moriemur, et devorabit nos ignis hic maximus? Si enim audierimus ultra vocem Domini Dei nostri, moriemur.
But we could still die, couldn't we? This enormous fire is going to burn us up, and we'll die if the Lord our God continues to speak to us.
26 Quid est omnis caro, ut audiat vocem Dei viventis, qui de medio ignis loquitur sicut nos audivimus, et possit vivere?
Has anybody else ever heard the living God speak from the fire and survived, we have?
27 Tu magis accede: et audi cuncta quae dixerit Dominus Deus noster tibi: loquerisque ad nos, et nos audientes faciemus ea.
You go and listen to everything the Lord our God tells you. Then you can repeat to us everything the Lord our God tells you. We promise to listen and obey.”
28 Quod cum audisset Dominus, ait ad me: Audivi vocem verborum populi huius quae locuti sunt tibi: bene omnia sunt locuti.
The Lord heard what you told me, and he said to me, “I've heard what these people told you. All that they've said is good.
29 Quis det talem eos habere mentem, ut timeant me, et custodiant universa mandata mea in omni tempore, ut bene sit eis et filiis eorum in sempiternum?
I only wish they really did respect me and always kept my commandments so that they and their children would do well for all time.
30 Vade et dic eis: Revertimini in tentoria vestra.
Go and tell them: ‘You need to return to your tents.’
31 Tu vero hic sta mecum, et loquar tibi omnia mandata mea, et ceremonias atque iudicia: quae docebis eos, ut faciant ea in Terra, quam dabo illis in possessionem.
But you are to stay here with me so that I can give you all the commandments and rules and regulations you are to teach them to follow in the country that I am giving them to take over and own.”
32 Custodite igitur et facite quae praecepit Dominus Deus vobis: non declinabitis neque ad dexteram, neque ad sinistram:
So make sure you do what the Lord your God has ordered you to do—don't go astray in any direction.
33 sed per viam, quam praecepit Dominus Deus vester, ambulabitis, ut vivatis, et bene sit vobis, et protelentur dies in terra possessionis vestrae.
Follow all the ways the Lord your God has shown you, so that you do well and live long lives in the country that you will occupy.
