Deuteronomii 23
1 non intrabit eunuchus adtritis vel amputatis testiculis et absciso veretro ecclesiam Domini
“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
2 non ingredietur mamzer hoc est de scorto natus in ecclesiam Domini usque ad decimam generationem
“No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
3 Ammanites et Moabites etiam post decimam generationem non intrabunt ecclesiam Domini in aeternum
“No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.
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 Mesopotamiam Syriae ut malediceret tibi
One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
5 et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam vertitque maledictionem eius in benedictionem tuam eo quod diligeret te
But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
6 non facies cum eis pacem nec quaeres eis bona cunctis diebus vitae tuae in sempiternum
As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
7 non abominaberis Idumeum quia frater tuus est nec Aegyptium quia advena fuisti in terra eius
“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
8 qui nati fuerint ex eis tertia generatione intrabunt ecclesiam Domini
The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
9 quando egressus fueris adversus hostes tuos in pugnam custodies te ab omni re mala
“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
10 si fuerit inter vos homo qui nocturno pollutus sit somnio egredietur extra castra
If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
11 et non revertetur priusquam ad vesperam lavetur aqua et post solis occasum regredietur in castra
But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
12 habebis locum extra castra ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturae
“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
13 gerens paxillum in balteo cumque sederis fodies per circuitum et egesta humo operies
[When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
14 quo relevatus es Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum ut eruat te et tradat tibi inimicos tuos ut sint castra tua sancta et nihil in eis appareat foeditatis nec derelinquat te
You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
15 non trades servum domino suo qui ad te confugerit
“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
16 habitabit tecum in loco qui ei placuerit et in una urbium tuarum requiescet nec contristes eum
Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
17 non erit meretrix de filiabus Israhel neque scortator de filiis Israhel
“Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
18 non offeres mercedem prostibuli nec pretium canis in domum Domini Dei tui quicquid illud est quod voverint quia abominatio est utrumque apud Dominum Deum tuum
Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
19 non fenerabis fratri tuo ad usuram pecuniam nec fruges nec quamlibet aliam rem
“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
20 sed alieno fratri autem tuo absque usura id quod indiget commodabis ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni opere tuo in terra ad quam ingredieris possidendam
You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
21 cum voveris votum Domino Deo tuo non tardabis reddere quia requiret illud Dominus Deus tuus et si moratus fueris reputabit tibi in peccatum
“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
22 si nolueris polliceri absque peccato eris
But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
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
But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
24 ingressus vineam proximi tui comede uvas quantum tibi placuerit foras autem ne efferas tecum
“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
25 si intraveris in segetem amici tui franges spicas et manu conteres falce autem non metes
When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
