¹Audi,“Listen,Israël:O Israel:tu transgredieris hodie Jordanem,You shall cross over the Jordan today,ut possideas nationes maximas et fortiores te,in order to possess nations,civitates ingentes,very great and stronger than yourself,et ad cælum usque muratas,cities vast and walled even to the sky,

¹Audi,“Listen,Israël:O Israel:tu transgredieris hodie Jordanem,You shall cross over the Jordan today,ut possideas nationes maximas et fortiores te,in order to possess nations,civitates ingentes,very great and stronger than yourself,et ad cælum usque muratas,cities vast and walled even to the sky,

²populum magnum atque sublimem,a people great and lofty,filios Enacim,the sons of the Anakim,quos ipse vidisti et audisti,whom you yourselves have seen and heard,quibus nullus potest ex adverso resistere.against whom no one is able to stand.

²populum magnum atque sublimem,a people great and lofty,filios Enacim,the sons of the Anakim,quos ipse vidisti et audisti,whom you yourselves have seen and heard,quibus nullus potest ex adverso resistere.against whom no one is able to stand.

³Scies ergo hodie quod Dominus Deus tuus ipse transibit ante te,Therefore, you shall know today that the Lord your God himself will pass over before you,ignis devorans atque consumens,like a devouring and consuming fire,qui conterat eos, et deleat atque disperdat ante faciem tuam velociter,to crush and to wipe away and to utterly ruin them before your face, quickly,sicut locutus est tibi:just as he has spoken to you.

³Scies ergo hodie quod Dominus Deus tuus ipse transibit ante te,Therefore, you shall know today that the Lord your God himself will pass over before you,ignis devorans atque consumens,like a devouring and consuming fire,qui conterat eos, et deleat atque disperdat ante faciem tuam velociter,to crush and to wipe away and to utterly ruin them before your face, quickly,sicut locutus est tibi:just as he has spoken to you.

⁴ne dicas in corde tuo,You should not say in your heart,cum deleverit eos Dominus Deus tuus in conspectu tuo:when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight:Propter justitiam meam introduxit me Dominus ut terram hanc possiderem,‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land,cum propter impietates suas istæ deletæ sint nationes.while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’

⁴ne dicas in corde tuo,You should not say in your heart,cum deleverit eos Dominus Deus tuus in conspectu tuo:when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight:Propter justitiam meam introduxit me Dominus ut terram hanc possiderem,‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land,cum propter impietates suas istæ deletæ sint nationes.while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’

⁵Neque enim propter justitias tuas,For it is not because of your justiceset æquitatem cordis tui ingredieris,or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter,ut possideas terras earum:so that you may possess their lands.sed quia illæ egerunt impie,Instead,introëunte te deletæ sunt:it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival,et ut compleret verbum suum Dominus,and so that the Lord may accomplish his word,quod sub juramento pollicitus est patribus tuis,which he promised under oath to your fathers,Abraham,Abraham,Isaac,Isaac,et Jacob.and Jacob.

⁵Neque enim propter justitias tuas,For it is not because of your justiceset æquitatem cordis tui ingredieris,or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter,ut possideas terras earum:so that you may possess their lands.sed quia illæ egerunt impie,Instead,introëunte te deletæ sunt:it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival,et ut compleret verbum suum Dominus,and so that the Lord may accomplish his word,quod sub juramento pollicitus est patribus tuis,which he promised under oath to your fathers,Abraham,Abraham,Isaac,Isaac,et Jacob.and Jacob.

⁶Scito ergo quod non propter justitias tuas Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi terram hanc optimam in possessionem,Therefore, know that the Lord your God will not give you this excellent land as a possession due to your justices,cum durissimæ cervicis sis populus.for you are a very stiff-necked people.

⁶Scito ergo quod non propter justitias tuas Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi terram hanc optimam in possessionem,Therefore, know that the Lord your God will not give you this excellent land as a possession due to your justices,cum durissimæ cervicis sis populus.for you are a very stiff-necked people.

⁷Memento,Remember,et ne obliviscaris,and never forget,quomodo ad iracundiam provocaveris Dominum Deum tuum in solitudine.how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness.Ex eo die,You have always contended against the Lord,quo egressus es ex Ægypto usque ad locum istum,from the day that you went forth from Egypt,semper adversum Dominum contendisti.even to this place.

⁷Memento,Remember,et ne obliviscaris,and never forget,quomodo ad iracundiam provocaveris Dominum Deum tuum in solitudine.how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness.Ex eo die,You have always contended against the Lord,quo egressus es ex Ægypto usque ad locum istum,from the day that you went forth from Egypt,semper adversum Dominum contendisti.even to this place.

⁸Nam et in Horeb provocasti eum,For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and,et iratus delere te voluit,becoming angry, he was willing to destroy you,

⁸Nam et in Horeb provocasti eum,For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and,et iratus delere te voluit,becoming angry, he was willing to destroy you,

⁹quando ascendi in montem,when I ascended onto the mountain,ut acciperem tabulas lapideas,so that I might receive the tablets of stone,tabulas pacti quod pepigit vobiscum Dominus:the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you.et perseveravi in monte quadraginta diebus ac noctibus,And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights,panem non comedens,neither eating bread,et aquam non bibens.nor drinking water.

⁹quando ascendi in montem,when I ascended onto the mountain,ut acciperem tabulas lapideas,so that I might receive the tablets of stone,tabulas pacti quod pepigit vobiscum Dominus:the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you.et perseveravi in monte quadraginta diebus ac noctibus,And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights,panem non comedens,neither eating bread,et aquam non bibens.nor drinking water.

¹⁰Deditque mihi Dominus duas tabulas lapideas scriptas digito Dei, et continentes omnia verba quæ vobis locutus est in monte de medio ignis,And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire,quando concio populi congregata est.while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.

¹⁰Deditque mihi Dominus duas tabulas lapideas scriptas digito Dei, et continentes omnia verba quæ vobis locutus est in monte de medio ignis,And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire,quando concio populi congregata est.while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.

¹¹Cumque transissent quadraginta dies,And when forty days, and as many nights,et totidem noctes, dedit mihi Dominus duas tabulas lapideas,had passed, the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone,tabulas fœderis,the tablets of the covenant.

¹¹Cumque transissent quadraginta dies,And when forty days, and as many nights,et totidem noctes, dedit mihi Dominus duas tabulas lapideas,had passed, the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone,tabulas fœderis,the tablets of the covenant.

¹²dixitque mihi:And he said to me:Surge,‘Rise up,et descende hinc cito:and descend quickly from here.quia populus tuus,For your people,quem eduxisti de Ægypto,whom you led away from Egypt,deseruerunt velociter viam, quam demonstrasti eis,have quickly abandoned the way that you have shown to them,feceruntque sibi conflatile.and they have made a molten idol for themselves.’

¹²dixitque mihi:And he said to me:Surge,‘Rise up,et descende hinc cito:and descend quickly from here.quia populus tuus,For your people,quem eduxisti de Ægypto,whom you led away from Egypt,deseruerunt velociter viam, quam demonstrasti eis,have quickly abandoned the way that you have shown to them,feceruntque sibi conflatile.and they have made a molten idol for themselves.’

¹³Rursumque ait Dominus ad me:And again, the Lord said to me:Cerno quod populus iste duræ cervicis sit:‘I discern that this people is stiff-necked.

¹³Rursumque ait Dominus ad me:And again, the Lord said to me:Cerno quod populus iste duræ cervicis sit:‘I discern that this people is stiff-necked.

¹⁴dimitte me ut conteram eum,Depart from me,et deleam nomen ejus de sub cælo,so that I may crush them,et constituam te super gentem,and abolish their name from under heaven,quæ hac majorand appoint you over a nation,et fortior sit.which will be greater and stronger than this one.’

¹⁴dimitte me ut conteram eum,Depart from me,et deleam nomen ejus de sub cælo,so that I may crush them,et constituam te super gentem,and abolish their name from under heaven,quæ hac majorand appoint you over a nation,et fortior sit.which will be greater and stronger than this one.’

¹⁵Cumque de monte ardente descenderem,And as I was descending from the burning mountain,et duas tabulas fœderis utraque tenerem manu,and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands,

¹⁵Cumque de monte ardente descenderem,And as I was descending from the burning mountain,et duas tabulas fœderis utraque tenerem manu,and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands,

¹⁶vidissemque vos peccasse Domino Deo vestro,and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God,et fecisse vobis vitulum conflatilem,and had made a molten calf for yourselves,ac deseruisse velociter viam ejus,and had quickly abandoned his way,quam vobis ostenderat:which he had revealed to you,

¹⁶vidissemque vos peccasse Domino Deo vestro,and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God,et fecisse vobis vitulum conflatilem,and had made a molten calf for yourselves,ac deseruisse velociter viam ejus,and had quickly abandoned his way,quam vobis ostenderat:which he had revealed to you,

¹⁷projeci tabulas de manibus meis,I threw down the tablets from my hands,confregique eas in conspectu vestro.and I broke them in your sight.

¹⁷projeci tabulas de manibus meis,I threw down the tablets from my hands,confregique eas in conspectu vestro.and I broke them in your sight.

¹⁸Et procidi ante Dominum sicut prius,And I fell prostrate before the Lord,quadraginta diebus et noctibus panem non comedens,just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread,et aquam non bibens,and not drinking water,propter omnia peccata vestra quæ gessistis contra Dominum,because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord,et eum ad iracundiam provocastis:and because you provoked him to anger.

¹⁸Et procidi ante Dominum sicut prius,And I fell prostrate before the Lord,quadraginta diebus et noctibus panem non comedens,just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread,et aquam non bibens,and not drinking water,propter omnia peccata vestra quæ gessistis contra Dominum,because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord,et eum ad iracundiam provocastis:and because you provoked him to anger.

¹⁹timui enim indignationem et iram illius,For I feared his indignation and wrath,qua adversum vos concitatus,which had been stirred up against you,delere vos voluit.so that he was willing to destroy you.Et exaudivit me Dominus etiam hac vice.And the Lord heeded me at this time also.

¹⁹timui enim indignationem et iram illius,For I feared his indignation and wrath,qua adversum vos concitatus,which had been stirred up against you,delere vos voluit.so that he was willing to destroy you.Et exaudivit me Dominus etiam hac vice.And the Lord heeded me at this time also.

²⁰Adversum Aaron quoque vehementer iratus,Likewise, he became vehemently angry against Aaron,voluit eum conterere, et pro illo similiter deprecatus sum.and he was willing to destroy him, and I prayed for him similarly.

²⁰Adversum Aaron quoque vehementer iratus,Likewise, he became vehemently angry against Aaron,voluit eum conterere, et pro illo similiter deprecatus sum.and he was willing to destroy him, and I prayed for him similarly.

²¹Peccatum autem vestrum quod feceratis,But as for your sin which you committed, that is,id est,the calf,vitulum, arripiens,taking hold of it,igne combussi,I burned it with fire.et in frusta comminuens,And breaking it into pieces,omninoque in pulverem redigens,and reducing it entirely to dust,projeci in torrentem, qui de monte descendit.I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.

²¹Peccatum autem vestrum quod feceratis,But as for your sin which you committed, that is,id est,the calf,vitulum, arripiens,taking hold of it,igne combussi,I burned it with fire.et in frusta comminuens,And breaking it into pieces,omninoque in pulverem redigens,and reducing it entirely to dust,projeci in torrentem, qui de monte descendit.I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.

²²In incendio quoque,Likewise, at the Burning,et in tentatione,and at the Temptation,et in Sepulchris concupiscentiæ provocastis Dominum:and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.

²²In incendio quoque,Likewise, at the Burning,et in tentatione,and at the Temptation,et in Sepulchris concupiscentiæ provocastis Dominum:and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.

²³et quando misit vos de Cadesbarne,And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea,dicens:saying,Ascendite,‘Ascend and possess the land,et possidete terram,which I have given to you,’quam dedi vobis,even so,et contempsistis imperium Domini Dei vestri,you spurned the command of the Lord your God,et non credidistis ei,and you did not believe him,neque vocem ejus audire voluistis:nor were you willing to listen to his voice.

²³et quando misit vos de Cadesbarne,And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea,dicens:saying,Ascendite,‘Ascend and possess the land,et possidete terram,which I have given to you,’quam dedi vobis,even so,et contempsistis imperium Domini Dei vestri,you spurned the command of the Lord your God,et non credidistis ei,and you did not believe him,neque vocem ejus audire voluistis:nor were you willing to listen to his voice.

²⁴sed semper fuistis rebelles a die qua nosse vos cœpi.Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.

²⁴sed semper fuistis rebelles a die qua nosse vos cœpi.Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.

²⁵Et jacui coram Domino quadraginta diebus ac noctibus,And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights,quibus eum suppliciter deprecabar,as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you,ne deleret vos ut fuerat comminatus:just as he had threatened to do.

²⁵Et jacui coram Domino quadraginta diebus ac noctibus,And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights,quibus eum suppliciter deprecabar,as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you,ne deleret vos ut fuerat comminatus:just as he had threatened to do.

²⁶et orans dixi:And praying,Domine Deus,I said:ne disperdas populum tuum,‘O Lord God,et hæreditatem tuam,do not destroy your people and your inheritance,quam redemisti in magnitudine tua,whom you have redeemed in your greatness,quos eduxisti de Ægypto in manu forti.whom you have led away from Egypt with a strong hand.

²⁶et orans dixi:And praying,Domine Deus,I said:ne disperdas populum tuum,‘O Lord God,et hæreditatem tuam,do not destroy your people and your inheritance,quam redemisti in magnitudine tua,whom you have redeemed in your greatness,quos eduxisti de Ægypto in manu forti.whom you have led away from Egypt with a strong hand.

²⁷Recordare servorum tuorum Abraham,Remember your servants,Isaac,Abraham,et Jacob:Isaac,ne aspicias duritiam populi hujus,and Jacob.et impietatemDo not look upon the stubbornness of this people,atque peccatum:nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.

²⁷Recordare servorum tuorum Abraham,Remember your servants,Isaac,Abraham,et Jacob:Isaac,ne aspicias duritiam populi hujus,and Jacob.et impietatemDo not look upon the stubbornness of this people,atque peccatum:nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.

²⁸ne forte dicant habitatores terræ,Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land,de qua eduxisti nos:out of which you have led us,Non poterat Dominus introducere eos in terram,may say: “The Lord was not able to lead them into the land,quam pollicitus est eis,which he promised to them.et oderat illos:And he hated them;idcirco eduxit,therefore, he led them out,ut interficeret eos in solitudine:so that he might put them to death in the wilderness.”

²⁸ne forte dicant habitatores terræ,Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land,de qua eduxisti nos:out of which you have led us,Non poterat Dominus introducere eos in terram,may say: “The Lord was not able to lead them into the land,quam pollicitus est eis,which he promised to them.et oderat illos:And he hated them;idcirco eduxit,therefore, he led them out,ut interficeret eos in solitudine:so that he might put them to death in the wilderness.”

²⁹qui sunt populus tuus et hæreditas tua,These are your people and your inheritance,quos eduxisti in fortitudine tua magna,whom you have led out by your great strength,et in brachio tuo extento.and with your outstretched arm.’”

²⁹qui sunt populus tuus et hæreditas tua,These are your people and your inheritance,quos eduxisti in fortitudine tua magna,whom you have led out by your great strength,et in brachio tuo extento.and with your outstretched arm.’”