Exodus 23
1 Non suscipies vocem mendacii: nec iunges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium.
“You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.
2 Non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum: nec in iudicio, plurimorum acquiesces sententiae, ut a vero devies.
You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.
3 Pauperis quoque non misereberis in iudicio.
Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor.
4 Si occurreris bovi inimici tui, aut asino erranti, reduc ad eum.
If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him.
5 Si videris asinum odientis te iacere sub onere, non pertransibis, sed sublevabis cum eo.
If you see the donkey of one who hates you, fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by without lifting it up with him.
6 Non declinabis in iudicium pauperis.
You shall not deviate in judgment of the poor.
7 Mendacium fugies. Insontem et iustum non occides: quia aversor impium.
You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious.
8 Nec accipies munera, quae etiam excaecant prudentes, et subvertunt verba iustorum.
Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.
9 Peregrino molestus non eris. scitis enim advenarum animas: quia et ipsi peregrini fuistis in Terra Aegypti.
You shall not harass a sojourner, for you know the life of a newcomer. For you yourselves also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
10 Sex annis seminabis terram tuam, et congregabis fruges eius.
For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce.
11 Anno autem septimo dimittes eam, et requiescere facies, ut comedant pauperes populi tui: et quidquid reliquum fuerit, edant bestiae agri: ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo.
But in the seventh year, you shall release it and cause it to rest, so that the poor of your people may eat. And whatever remains, let the beasts of the field eat it. So shall you do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12 Sex diebus operaberis: septimo die cessabis, ut requiescat bos et asinus tuus: et refrigeretur filius ancillae tuae, et advena.
For six days, you shall work. On the seventh day, you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the newcomer and the son of your handmaid may be refreshed.
13 Omnia quae dixi vobis, custodite. Et per nomen externorum deorum non iurabitis, neque audietur ex ore vestro.
Preserve all that I have said to you. And by the names of foreign gods you shall not swear; neither shall these be heard from your mouth.
14 Tribus vicibus per singulos annos mihi festa celebrabitis.
Three times in each year, you shall celebrate feasts to me.
15 Sollemnitatem azymorum custodies. Septem diebus comedes azyma, sicut praecepi tibi, tempore mensis novorum, quando egressus es de Aegypto: non apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus.
You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, at the time of the month of new grain, when you departed from Egypt. You shall not appear empty-handed in my sight,
16 Et sollemnitatem messis primitivorum operis tui, quaecumque seminaveris in agro. sollemnitatem quoque in exitu anni, quando congregaveris omnes fruges tuas de agro.
for it is the solemnity of the harvest of the first-fruits of your work, of whatever you have sown in the field. Likewise, it is a solemnity at the end of the season, when you will have gathered in all your crops from the field.
17 Ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo tuo.
Three times a year, all your males shall appear before the Lord your God.
18 Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimae tuae, nec remanebit adeps sollemnitatis meae usque mane.
You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven, nor shall the fat of my solemnity remain until morning.
19 Primitias frugum terrae tuae deferes in domum Domini Dei tui. Non coques hoedum in lacte matris suae.
You shall carry the first grain of the land to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not cook a young goat in the milk of its mother.
20 Ecce ego mittam Angelum meum, qui praecedat te, et custodiat in via, et introducat in locum quem praeparavi.
Behold, I will send my Angel, who will go before you, and preserve you on your journey, and lead you into the place that I have prepared.
21 Observa eum, et audi vocem eius, nec contemnendum putes: quia non dimittet cum peccaveris, et est nomen meum in illo.
Heed him, and hear his voice, and do not hold him in disregard. For he will not release you when you have sinned, and my name is in him.
22 Quod si audieris vocem eius, et feceris omnia quae loquor, inimicus ero inimicis tuis, et affligam affligentes te.
But if you listen to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you.
23 Praecedetque te Angelus meus, et introducet te ad Amorrhaeum, et Hethaeum, et Pherezaeum, Chananaeumque, et Hevaeum, et Iebusaeum, quos ego conteram.
And my Angel will go before you, and he will bring you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, whom I will crush.
24 Non adorabis deos eorum, nec coles eos: non facies opera eorum, sed destrues eos, et confringes statuas eorum.
You shall not adore their gods, nor worship them. You shall not do their works, but you shall destroy them and break apart their statues.
25 Servietisque Domino Deo vestro, ut benedicam panibus tuis et aquis, et auferam infirmitatem de medio tui.
And you shall serve the Lord your God, so that I may bless your bread and your waters, and so that I may take away sickness from your midst.
26 Non erit infoecunda, nec sterilis in terra tua: numerum dierum tuorum implebo.
There will not be fruitless or barren ones in your land. I will fill up the number of your days.
27 Terrorem meum mittam in praecursum tuum, et occidam omnem populum, ad quem ingredieris: cunctorumque inimicorum tuorum coram te terga vertam:
I will send my terror to run ahead of you, and I will kill all the people to whom you will enter. And I will turn the backs of all your enemies before you,
28 emittens crabrones prius, qui fugabunt Hevaeum, et Chananaeum, et Hethaeum, antequam introeas.
sending wasps ahead, so that they will put to flight the Hivite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, before you enter.
29 Non eiiciam eos a facie tua anno uno: ne terra in solitudinem redigatur, et crescant contra te bestiae.
I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you.
30 Paulatim expellam eos de conspectu tuo, donec augearis, et possideas Terram.
I will expel them little by little from your sight, until you have expanded and may possess the land.
31 Ponam autem terminos tuos a Mari rubro usque ad Mare Palaestinorum, et a deserto usque ad fluvium: tradam in manibus vestris habitatores Terrae, et eiiciam eos de conspectu vestro.
Then I will set your limits to be from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Palestinians, and from the desert all the way to the river. I will deliver into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and I will cast them out from your sight.
32 Non inibis cum eis foedus, nec cum diis eorum.
You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods.
33 Non habitent in terra tua, ne forte peccare te faciant in me, si servieris diis eorum: quod tibi certe erit in scandalum.
They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you.”
