Liber Numeri 5
1 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 praecipe filiis Israhel ut eiciant de castris omnem leprosum et qui semine fluit pollutusque est super mortuo
Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;
3 tam masculum quam feminam eicite de castris ne contaminent ea cum habitaverim vobiscum
Male or female they are to be put outside the tent-circle, so that they may not make unclean my resting-place among them.
4 feceruntque ita filii Israhel et eiecerunt eos extra castra sicut locutus erat Dominus Mosi
So the children of Israel did as the Lord had said to Moses, and put them outside the tent-circle.
5 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And the Lord said to Moses,
6 loquere ad filios Israhel vir sive mulier cum fecerint ex omnibus peccatis quae solent hominibus accidere et per neglegentiam transgressi fuerint mandatum Domini atque deliquerint
Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman does any of the sins of men, going against the word of the Lord, and is in the wrong;
7 confitebuntur peccatum suum et reddent ipsum caput quintamque partem desuper ei in quem peccaverint
Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.
8 sin autem non fuerit qui recipiat dabunt Domino et erit sacerdotis excepto ariete qui offertur pro expiatione ut sit placabilis hostia
But if the man has no relation to whom the payment may be made, then the payment for sin made to the Lord will be the priest's, in addition to the sheep offered to take away his sin.
9 omnes quoque primitiae quas offerunt filii Israhel ad sacerdotem pertinent
And every offering lifted up of all the holy things which the children of Israel give to the priest, will be his.
10 et quicquid in sanctuarium offertur a singulis et traditur manibus sacerdotis ipsius erit
And every man's holy things will be his: whatever a man gives to the priest will be his.
11 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And the Lord said to Moses,
12 loquere ad filios Israhel et dices ad eos vir cuius uxor erraverit maritumque contemnens
Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him
13 dormierit cum altero viro et hoc maritus deprehendere non quiverit sed latet adulterium et testibus argui non potest quia non est inventa in stupro
By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;
14 si spiritus zelotypiae concitaverit virum contra uxorem suam quae vel polluta est vel falsa suspicione appetitur
If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:
15 adducet eam ad sacerdotem et offeret oblationem pro illa decimam partem sati farinae hordiaciae non fundet super eam oleum nec inponet tus quia sacrificium zelotypiae est et oblatio investigans adulterium
Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.
16 offeret igitur eam sacerdos et statuet coram Domino
And the priest will make her come near and put her before the Lord;
17 adsumetque aquam sanctam in vase fictili et pauxillum terrae de pavimento tabernaculi mittet in eam
And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;
18 cumque steterit mulier in conspectu Domini discoperiet caput eius et ponet super manus illius sacrificium recordationis et oblationem zelotypiae ipse autem tenebit aquas amarissimas in quibus cum execratione maledicta congessit
And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;
19 adiurabitque eam et dicet si non dormivit vir alienus tecum et si non polluta es deserto mariti toro non te nocebunt aquae istae amarissimae in quas maledicta congessi
And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;
20 sin autem declinasti a viro tuo atque polluta es et concubuisti cum altero
But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:
21 his maledictionibus subiacebis det te Dominus in maledictionem exemplumque cunctorum in populo suo putrescere faciat femur tuum et tumens uterus disrumpatur
Then the priest will put the oath of the curse on the woman, and say to her, May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, sending on you wasting of the legs and disease of the stomach;
22 ingrediantur aquae maledictae in ventrem tuum et utero tumescente putrescat femur et respondebit mulier amen amen
And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.
23 scribetque sacerdos in libello ista maledicta et delebit ea aquis amarissimis in quas maledicta congessit
And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;
24 et dabit ei bibere quas cum exhauserit
And he will give to the woman the bitter water for drink; and the bitter water causing the curse will go into her.
25 tollet sacerdos de manu eius sacrificium zelotypiae et elevabit illud coram Domino inponetque super altare ita dumtaxat ut prius
And the priest will take from her hand the meal offering of doubt, waving it before the Lord, and will take it to the altar;
26 pugillum sacrificii tollat de eo quod offertur et incendat super altare et sic potum det mulieri aquas amarissimas
And he will take some of it in his hand, burning it on the altar as a sign, and then he will give the woman the bitter water.
27 quas cum biberit si polluta est et contempto viro adulterii rea pertransibunt eam aquae maledictionis et inflato ventre conputrescet femur eritque mulier in maledictionem et in exemplum omni populo
And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.
28 quod si polluta non fuerit erit innoxia et faciet liberos
But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.
29 ista est lex zelotypiae si declinaverit mulier a viro suo et si polluta fuerit
This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;
30 maritusque zelotypiae spiritu concitatus adduxerit eam in conspectu Domini et fecerit ei sacerdos iuxta omnia quae scripta sunt
Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.
31 maritus absque culpa erit et illa recipiet iniquitatem suam
Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her.
