¹Hæc sunt verba fœderis quod præcepit Dominus Moysi ut feriret cum filiis Israël in terra Moab:These are the words of the covenant which the Lord instructed Moses to form with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab,præter illud fœdus, quod cum eis pepigit in Horeb.beside that covenant which he struck with them at Horeb.

¹Hæc sunt verba fœderis quod præcepit Dominus Moysi ut feriret cum filiis Israël in terra Moab:These are the words of the covenant which the Lord instructed Moses to form with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab,præter illud fœdus, quod cum eis pepigit in Horeb.beside that covenant which he struck with them at Horeb.

²Vocavitque Moyses omnem Israël,And Moses called all of Israel,et dixit ad eos:and he said to them:Vos vidistis universa, quæ fecit Dominus coram vobis in terra Ægypti Pharaoni,“You have seen all the things that the Lord has done in your sight in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh,et omnibus servis ejus,and to all his servants,universæque terræ illius,and to his entire land:

²Vocavitque Moyses omnem Israël,And Moses called all of Israel,et dixit ad eos:and he said to them:Vos vidistis universa, quæ fecit Dominus coram vobis in terra Ægypti Pharaoni,“You have seen all the things that the Lord has done in your sight in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh,et omnibus servis ejus,and to all his servants,universæque terræ illius,and to his entire land:

³tentationes magnas,the great trials,quas viderunt oculi tui,which your eyes have seen,signa illa,those immense signsportentaque ingentia,and wonders.

³tentationes magnas,the great trials,quas viderunt oculi tui,which your eyes have seen,signa illa,those immense signsportentaque ingentia,and wonders.

⁴et non dedit vobis Dominus cor intelligens,But the Lord has not given you an understanding heart,et oculos videntes,and seeing eyes,et aures quæ possunt audire,and ears that are able to hear,usque in præsentem diem.even to this present day.

⁴et non dedit vobis Dominus cor intelligens,But the Lord has not given you an understanding heart,et oculos videntes,and seeing eyes,et aures quæ possunt audire,and ears that are able to hear,usque in præsentem diem.even to this present day.

⁵Adduxit vos quadraginta annis per desertum:He led you for forty years through the desert.non sunt attrita vestimenta vestra,Your garments have not been worn out,nec calceamenta pedum vestrorum vetustate consumpta sunt.nor have the shoes on your feet been consumed by age.

⁵Adduxit vos quadraginta annis per desertum:He led you for forty years through the desert.non sunt attrita vestimenta vestra,Your garments have not been worn out,nec calceamenta pedum vestrorum vetustate consumpta sunt.nor have the shoes on your feet been consumed by age.

⁶Panem non comedistis,You did not eat bread,vinum et siceram non bibistis:nor did you drink wine or liquor,ut sciretis quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.so that you would know that I am the Lord your God.

⁶Panem non comedistis,You did not eat bread,vinum et siceram non bibistis:nor did you drink wine or liquor,ut sciretis quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.so that you would know that I am the Lord your God.

⁷Et venistis ad hunc locum:And you arrived at this place.egressusque est Sehon rex Hesebon,And Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og,et Og rex Basan,the king of Bashan,occurrentes nobis ad pugnam.went out to meet us in battle.Et percussimus eos,And we struck them down.

⁷Et venistis ad hunc locum:And you arrived at this place.egressusque est Sehon rex Hesebon,And Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og,et Og rex Basan,the king of Bashan,occurrentes nobis ad pugnam.went out to meet us in battle.Et percussimus eos,And we struck them down.

⁸et tulimus terram eorum, ac tradidimus possidendam Ruben et Gad,And we took their land and delivered it as a possession to Ruben and to Gad,et dimidiæ tribui Manasse.and to half of the tribe of Manasseh.

⁸et tulimus terram eorum, ac tradidimus possidendam Ruben et Gad,And we took their land and delivered it as a possession to Ruben and to Gad,et dimidiæ tribui Manasse.and to half of the tribe of Manasseh.

⁹Custodite ergo verba pacti hujus,Therefore, keep the words of this covenant,et implete ea:and fulfill them,ut intelligatis universa quæ facitis.so that you may understand all that you are doing.

⁹Custodite ergo verba pacti hujus,Therefore, keep the words of this covenant,et implete ea:and fulfill them,ut intelligatis universa quæ facitis.so that you may understand all that you are doing.

¹⁰Vos statis hodie cuncti coram Domino Deo vestro,Today, you all stand in the sight of the Lord your God:principes vestri,your leaders,et tribus,and tribes,ac majores natu, atque doctores,and those greater by birth, and teachers,omnis populus Israël,all the people of Israel,

¹⁰Vos statis hodie cuncti coram Domino Deo vestro,Today, you all stand in the sight of the Lord your God:principes vestri,your leaders,et tribus,and tribes,ac majores natu, atque doctores,and those greater by birth, and teachers,omnis populus Israël,all the people of Israel,

¹¹liberi et uxores vestræ,your children and wives,et advena qui tecum moratur in castris,and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp,exceptis lignorum cæsoribus,aside from those who cut wood,et his qui comportant aquas:and those who bring water,

¹¹liberi et uxores vestræ,your children and wives,et advena qui tecum moratur in castris,and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp,exceptis lignorum cæsoribus,aside from those who cut wood,et his qui comportant aquas:and those who bring water,

¹²ut transeas in fœdere Domini Dei tui,so that you may cross into the covenant of the Lord your God,et in jurejurando quod hodie Dominus Deus tuus percutit tecum:and into the oath which the Lord your God strikes with you today.

¹²ut transeas in fœdere Domini Dei tui,so that you may cross into the covenant of the Lord your God,et in jurejurando quod hodie Dominus Deus tuus percutit tecum:and into the oath which the Lord your God strikes with you today.

¹³ut suscitet te sibi in populum,So shall he raise you up as a people to himself,et ipse sit Deus tuus sicut locutus est tibi,and so shall he be your God, just as he has spoken to you,et sicut juravit patribus tuis,and just as he swore to your fathers:Abraham,Abraham,Isaac,Isaac,et Jacob.and Jacob.

¹³ut suscitet te sibi in populum,So shall he raise you up as a people to himself,et ipse sit Deus tuus sicut locutus est tibi,and so shall he be your God, just as he has spoken to you,et sicut juravit patribus tuis,and just as he swore to your fathers:Abraham,Abraham,Isaac,Isaac,et Jacob.and Jacob.

¹⁴Nec vobis solis ego hoc fœdus ferio,And I am not forming this covenantet hæc juramenta confirmo,and confirm these oaths with you alone,

¹⁴Nec vobis solis ego hoc fœdus ferio,And I am not forming this covenantet hæc juramenta confirmo,and confirm these oaths with you alone,

¹⁵sed cunctis præsentibus et absentibus.but with all those who are present as well as those who are absent.

¹⁵sed cunctis præsentibus et absentibus.but with all those who are present as well as those who are absent.

¹⁶Vos enim nostis quomodo habitaverimus in terra Ægypti,For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt,et quomodo transierimus per medium nationum,and how we passed through the midst of nations.quas transeuntesAnd when passing through them,

¹⁶Vos enim nostis quomodo habitaverimus in terra Ægypti,For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt,et quomodo transierimus per medium nationum,and how we passed through the midst of nations.quas transeuntesAnd when passing through them,

¹⁷vidistis abominationes et sordes,you saw their abominations and filth,id est,that is,idola eorum, lignum et lapidem,their idols of wood and of stone,argentum et aurum,of silver and of gold,quæ colebant.which they worshipped,

¹⁷vidistis abominationes et sordes,you saw their abominations and filth,id est,that is,idola eorum, lignum et lapidem,their idols of wood and of stone,argentum et aurum,of silver and of gold,quæ colebant.which they worshipped,

¹⁸Ne forte sit inter vos vir aut mulier,so that there would not be among you man or woman,familia aut tribus,family or tribe,cujus cor aversum est hodie a Domino Deo nostro,whose heart has been turned away this day from the Lord our God,ut vadat et serviat diis illarum gentium:so as to go and serve the gods of those nations.et sit inter vos radix germinans fel et amaritudinem.For then there would be among you a root springing forth gall and bitterness.

¹⁸Ne forte sit inter vos vir aut mulier,so that there would not be among you man or woman,familia aut tribus,family or tribe,cujus cor aversum est hodie a Domino Deo nostro,whose heart has been turned away this day from the Lord our God,ut vadat et serviat diis illarum gentium:so as to go and serve the gods of those nations.et sit inter vos radix germinans fel et amaritudinem.For then there would be among you a root springing forth gall and bitterness.

¹⁹Cumque audierit verba juramenti hujus,And if he were to hear the words of this oath,benedicat sibi in corde suo,he would bless himself in his own heart saying:dicens:‘There will be peace for me,Pax erit mihi,and I will walk in the depravity of my heart.’et ambulabo in pravitate cordis mei:And so,et absumat ebria sitientem,the one who is inebriated would consume the one who is thirsty.

¹⁹Cumque audierit verba juramenti hujus,And if he were to hear the words of this oath,benedicat sibi in corde suo,he would bless himself in his own heart saying:dicens:‘There will be peace for me,Pax erit mihi,and I will walk in the depravity of my heart.’et ambulabo in pravitate cordis mei:And so,et absumat ebria sitientem,the one who is inebriated would consume the one who is thirsty.

²⁰et Dominus non ignoscat ei:But the Lord would not ignore him.sed tunc quam maxime furor ejus fumet,Instead,et zelus contra hominem illum,at that time,et sedeant super eum omnia maledicta,his fury and zealousness would be very greatly enflamed against that man,quæ scripta sunt in hoc volumine:and all the curses which have been written in this volume would settle upon him.et deleat Dominus nomen ejus sub cælo,And the Lord would abolish his name from under heaven,

²⁰et Dominus non ignoscat ei:But the Lord would not ignore him.sed tunc quam maxime furor ejus fumet,Instead,et zelus contra hominem illum,at that time,et sedeant super eum omnia maledicta,his fury and zealousness would be very greatly enflamed against that man,quæ scripta sunt in hoc volumine:and all the curses which have been written in this volume would settle upon him.et deleat Dominus nomen ejus sub cælo,And the Lord would abolish his name from under heaven,

²¹et consumat eum in perditionem ex omnibus tribubus Israël,and consume him unto perdition out of all the tribes of Israel,juxta maledictiones,according to the curses which are contained in the book of this lawquæ in libro legis hujus ac fœderis continentur.and in the covenant.

²¹et consumat eum in perditionem ex omnibus tribubus Israël,and consume him unto perdition out of all the tribes of Israel,juxta maledictiones,according to the curses which are contained in the book of this lawquæ in libro legis hujus ac fœderis continentur.and in the covenant.

²²Dicetque sequens generatio,And the subsequent generation would speak out,et filii qui nascentur deinceps,along with the sons who will be born afterward.et peregrini qui de longe venerint,And the sojourners,videntes plagas terræ illius,who will arrive from far away,et infirmitates,will see the plagues of that landquibus eam afflixerit Dominus,and the infirmities with which the Lord will have afflicted it,

²²Dicetque sequens generatio,And the subsequent generation would speak out,et filii qui nascentur deinceps,along with the sons who will be born afterward.et peregrini qui de longe venerint,And the sojourners,videntes plagas terræ illius,who will arrive from far away,et infirmitates,will see the plagues of that landquibus eam afflixerit Dominus,and the infirmities with which the Lord will have afflicted it,

²³sulphure, et salis ardore comburens,having burned it with sulphur and molten salt,ita ut ultra non seratur,so that it can no longer be sown.nec virens quippiam germinet,And certainly no greenery would spring up,in exemplum subversionis Sodomæ et Gomorrhæ,as in the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,Adamæ et Seboim,Admah and Zeboiim,quas subvertit Dominus in ira et furore suo.which the Lord overturned with his wrath and fury.

²³sulphure, et salis ardore comburens,having burned it with sulphur and molten salt,ita ut ultra non seratur,so that it can no longer be sown.nec virens quippiam germinet,And certainly no greenery would spring up,in exemplum subversionis Sodomæ et Gomorrhæ,as in the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,Adamæ et Seboim,Admah and Zeboiim,quas subvertit Dominus in ira et furore suo.which the Lord overturned with his wrath and fury.

²⁴Et dicent omnes gentes:And so, all the nations would say:Quare sic fecit Dominus terræ huic?‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land?quæ est hæc ira furoris ejus immensa?What is this immense wrath of his fury?’

²⁴Et dicent omnes gentes:And so, all the nations would say:Quare sic fecit Dominus terræ huic?‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land?quæ est hæc ira furoris ejus immensa?What is this immense wrath of his fury?’

²⁵Et respondebunt:And they will respond:Quia dereliquerunt pactum Domini,‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord,quod pepigit cum patribus eorum,which he formed with their fathers,quando eduxit eos de terra Ægypti:when he led them away from the land of Egypt.

²⁵Et respondebunt:And they will respond:Quia dereliquerunt pactum Domini,‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord,quod pepigit cum patribus eorum,which he formed with their fathers,quando eduxit eos de terra Ægypti:when he led them away from the land of Egypt.

²⁶et servierunt diis alienis,And they have served foreign gods,et adoraverunt eos,and adored them,quos nesciebant,though they did not know them,et quibus non fuerant attributi:and though they had not been allotted to them.

²⁶et servierunt diis alienis,And they have served foreign gods,et adoraverunt eos,and adored them,quos nesciebant,though they did not know them,et quibus non fuerant attributi:and though they had not been allotted to them.

²⁷idcirco iratus est furor Domini contra terram istam,For this reason,ut induceret super eam omnia maledicta,the fury of the Lord was enraged against this land,quæ in hoc volumine scripta sunt:so as to lead over it all the curses which have been written in this volume.

²⁷idcirco iratus est furor Domini contra terram istam,For this reason,ut induceret super eam omnia maledicta,the fury of the Lord was enraged against this land,quæ in hoc volumine scripta sunt:so as to lead over it all the curses which have been written in this volume.

²⁸et ejecit eos de terra sua in iraAnd he has cast them out of their own land,et in furore,with anger and fury,et in indignatione maxima,and with a very great indignation,projecitque in terram alienam,and he has thrown them into a strange land,sicut hodie comprobatur.just as has been proven this day.’

²⁸et ejecit eos de terra sua in iraAnd he has cast them out of their own land,et in furore,with anger and fury,et in indignatione maxima,and with a very great indignation,projecitque in terram alienam,and he has thrown them into a strange land,sicut hodie comprobatur.just as has been proven this day.’

²⁹Abscondita, Domino Deo nostro; quæ manifesta sunt, nobis et filiis nostris usque in sempiternum, ut faciamus universa verba legis hujus.These hidden things of the Lord our God have been revealed to us and to our sons in perpetuity, so that we may accomplish all the words of this law.”

²⁹Abscondita, Domino Deo nostro; quæ manifesta sunt, nobis et filiis nostris usque in sempiternum, ut faciamus universa verba legis hujus.These hidden things of the Lord our God have been revealed to us and to our sons in perpetuity, so that we may accomplish all the words of this law.”