¹Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:Vade, ascende de loco isto tu,“Go forth, ascend from this place,et populus tuus quem eduxisti de terra Ægypti,you and your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt,in terram quam juravi Abraham,into the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac,Isaac et Jacob,and Jacob, saying:dicens: Semini tuo dabo eam:To your offspring, I will give it.

¹Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:Vade, ascende de loco isto tu,“Go forth, ascend from this place,et populus tuus quem eduxisti de terra Ægypti,you and your people, whom you led away from the land of Egypt,in terram quam juravi Abraham,into the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac,Isaac et Jacob,and Jacob, saying:dicens: Semini tuo dabo eam:To your offspring, I will give it.

²et mittam præcursorem tui angelum,And I will send an Angel to precede you,ut ejiciam Chananæum,so that I may cast out the Canaanite,et Amorrhæum,and the Amorite,et Hethæum,and the Hittite,et Pherezæum,and the Perizzite,et Hevæum,and the Hivite,et Jebusæum,and the Jebusite,

²et mittam præcursorem tui angelum,And I will send an Angel to precede you,ut ejiciam Chananæum,so that I may cast out the Canaanite,et Amorrhæum,and the Amorite,et Hethæum,and the Hittite,et Pherezæum,and the Perizzite,et Hevæum,and the Hivite,et Jebusæum,and the Jebusite,

³et intres in terram fluentem lacte et melle.and so that you may enter into a land flowing with milk and honey.Non enim ascendam tecum,For I will not go up with you,quia populus duræ cervicis es:since you are a stiff-necked people,ne forte disperdam te in via.lest perhaps I may destroy you on the way.”

³et intres in terram fluentem lacte et melle.and so that you may enter into a land flowing with milk and honey.Non enim ascendam tecum,For I will not go up with you,quia populus duræ cervicis es:since you are a stiff-necked people,ne forte disperdam te in via.lest perhaps I may destroy you on the way.”

⁴Audiensque populus sermonem hunc pessimum,And upon hearing this very bad news,luxit:the people mourned;et nullus ex more indutus est cultu suo.and no one put on his finery according to custom.

⁴Audiensque populus sermonem hunc pessimum,And upon hearing this very bad news,luxit:the people mourned;et nullus ex more indutus est cultu suo.and no one put on his finery according to custom.

⁵Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:And the Lord said to Moses:Loquere filiis Israël:“Say to the sons of Israel:Populus duræ cervicis es:You are a stiff-necked people.semel ascendam in medio tui,I should at once go up into your midstet delebo te.and destroy you.Jam nunc depone ornatum tuum,Now immediately put aside your ornaments,ut sciam quid faciam tibi.so that I may know what to do to you.”

⁵Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:And the Lord said to Moses:Loquere filiis Israël:“Say to the sons of Israel:Populus duræ cervicis es:You are a stiff-necked people.semel ascendam in medio tui,I should at once go up into your midstet delebo te.and destroy you.Jam nunc depone ornatum tuum,Now immediately put aside your ornaments,ut sciam quid faciam tibi.so that I may know what to do to you.”

⁶Deposuerunt ergo filii Israël ornatum suum a monte Horeb.Therefore, the sons of Israel put aside their ornaments before Mount Horeb.

⁶Deposuerunt ergo filii Israël ornatum suum a monte Horeb.Therefore, the sons of Israel put aside their ornaments before Mount Horeb.

⁷Moyses quoque tollens tabernaculum,Also,tetendit extra castra procul,Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it beyond the camp at a distance,vocavitque nomen ejus,and he called its name:Tabernaculum fœderis.‘Tabernacle of the Covenant.’Et omnis populus,And all the people,qui habebat aliquam quæstionem,who had any kind of question,egrediebatur ad tabernaculum fœderis,went out to the Tabernacle of the Covenant,extra castra.beyond the camp.

⁷Moyses quoque tollens tabernaculum,Also,tetendit extra castra procul,Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it beyond the camp at a distance,vocavitque nomen ejus,and he called its name:Tabernaculum fœderis.‘Tabernacle of the Covenant.’Et omnis populus,And all the people,qui habebat aliquam quæstionem,who had any kind of question,egrediebatur ad tabernaculum fœderis,went out to the Tabernacle of the Covenant,extra castra.beyond the camp.

⁸Cumque egrederetur Moyses ad tabernaculum,And when Moses went out to the tabernacle,surgebat universa plebs,all the people rose up,et stabat unusquisque in ostio papilionis sui,and each one stood at the door of his pavilion,aspiciebantque tergum Moysi, donec ingrederetur tentorium.and they beheld the back of Moses until he entered the tent.

⁸Cumque egrederetur Moyses ad tabernaculum,And when Moses went out to the tabernacle,surgebat universa plebs,all the people rose up,et stabat unusquisque in ostio papilionis sui,and each one stood at the door of his pavilion,aspiciebantque tergum Moysi, donec ingrederetur tentorium.and they beheld the back of Moses until he entered the tent.

⁹Ingresso autem illo tabernaculum fœderis,And when he had gone into the Tabernacle of the Covenant,descendebat columna nubis,the pillar of cloud descendedet stabat ad ostium,and stood at the door,loquebaturque cum Moyse,and he spoke with Moses.

⁹Ingresso autem illo tabernaculum fœderis,And when he had gone into the Tabernacle of the Covenant,descendebat columna nubis,the pillar of cloud descendedet stabat ad ostium,and stood at the door,loquebaturque cum Moyse,and he spoke with Moses.

¹⁰cernentibus universis quod columna nubis staret ad ostium tabernaculi.And all discerned that the pillar of cloud stood at the door of the Tabernacle.Stabantque ipsi,And they stoodet adorabant per fores tabernaculorum suorum.and worshipped at the doors of their tents.

¹⁰cernentibus universis quod columna nubis staret ad ostium tabernaculi.And all discerned that the pillar of cloud stood at the door of the Tabernacle.Stabantque ipsi,And they stoodet adorabant per fores tabernaculorum suorum.and worshipped at the doors of their tents.

¹¹Loquebatur autem Dominus ad Moysen facie ad faciem, sicut solet loqui homo ad amicum suum.But the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, just as a man is used to speaking to his friend.Cumque ille reverteretur in castra,And when he returned to the camp,minister ejus Josue filius Nun,his minister Joshua, the son of Nun,puer, non recedebat de tabernaculo.a young man, did not withdraw from the Tabernacle.

¹¹Loquebatur autem Dominus ad Moysen facie ad faciem, sicut solet loqui homo ad amicum suum.But the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, just as a man is used to speaking to his friend.Cumque ille reverteretur in castra,And when he returned to the camp,minister ejus Josue filius Nun,his minister Joshua, the son of Nun,puer, non recedebat de tabernaculo.a young man, did not withdraw from the Tabernacle.

¹²Dixit autem Moyses ad Dominum:Then Moses said to the Lord:Præcipis ut educam populum istum:“You instruct me to lead this people away,et non indicas mihi quem missurus es mecum,and you do not reveal to me whom you will send with me,præsertim cum dixeris:particularly since you have said:Novi te ex nomine,‘I know you by name,et invenisti gratiam coram me.and you have found favor before me.’

¹²Dixit autem Moyses ad Dominum:Then Moses said to the Lord:Præcipis ut educam populum istum:“You instruct me to lead this people away,et non indicas mihi quem missurus es mecum,and you do not reveal to me whom you will send with me,præsertim cum dixeris:particularly since you have said:Novi te ex nomine,‘I know you by name,et invenisti gratiam coram me.and you have found favor before me.’

¹³Si ergo inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo,If, therefore, I have found favor in your sight,ostende mihi faciem tuam,show your face to me,ut sciam te, et inveniam gratiam ante oculos tuos:so that I may know you and may find grace before your eyes.respice populum tuum gentem hanc.Look favorably on your people, this nation.”

¹³Si ergo inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo,If, therefore, I have found favor in your sight,ostende mihi faciem tuam,show your face to me,ut sciam te, et inveniam gratiam ante oculos tuos:so that I may know you and may find grace before your eyes.respice populum tuum gentem hanc.Look favorably on your people, this nation.”

¹⁴Dixitque Dominus:And the Lord said,Facies mea præcedet te,“My face will precede you,et requiem dabo tibi.and I will give you rest.”

¹⁴Dixitque Dominus:And the Lord said,Facies mea præcedet te,“My face will precede you,et requiem dabo tibi.and I will give you rest.”

¹⁵Et ait Moyses:And Moses said:Si non tu ipse præcedas,“If you will not yourself precede us,ne educas nos de loco isto.then do not lead us away from this place.

¹⁵Et ait Moyses:And Moses said:Si non tu ipse præcedas,“If you will not yourself precede us,ne educas nos de loco isto.then do not lead us away from this place.

¹⁶In quo enim scire poterimus ego et populus tuus invenisse nos gratiam in conspectu tuo,For how will we be able to know, I and your people, that we have found grace in your sight,nisi ambulaveris nobiscum,unless you walk with us,ut glorificemur ab omnibus populis qui habitant super terram?so that we may be glorified out of all the people who live upon the earth?”

¹⁶In quo enim scire poterimus ego et populus tuus invenisse nos gratiam in conspectu tuo,For how will we be able to know, I and your people, that we have found grace in your sight,nisi ambulaveris nobiscum,unless you walk with us,ut glorificemur ab omnibus populis qui habitant super terram?so that we may be glorified out of all the people who live upon the earth?”

¹⁷Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen:Then the Lord said to Moses:Et verbum istud,“This word also,quod locutus es,which you have spoken,faciam:I will do.invenisti enim gratiam coram me,For you have found grace before me,et teipsum novi ex nomine.and I have known you by name.”

¹⁷Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen:Then the Lord said to Moses:Et verbum istud,“This word also,quod locutus es,which you have spoken,faciam:I will do.invenisti enim gratiam coram me,For you have found grace before me,et teipsum novi ex nomine.and I have known you by name.”

¹⁸Qui ait:And he said,Ostende mihi gloriam tuam.“Show me your glory.”

¹⁸Qui ait:And he said,Ostende mihi gloriam tuam.“Show me your glory.”

¹⁹Respondit:He responded:Ego ostendam omne bonum tibi,“I will show you all that is good,et vocabo in nomine Domini coram te:and I will call out with the name of the Lord before you.et miserebor cui voluero,And I will take pity on whomever I will,et clemens ero in quem mihi placuerit.and I will be lenient to whomever it will please me.”

¹⁹Respondit:He responded:Ego ostendam omne bonum tibi,“I will show you all that is good,et vocabo in nomine Domini coram te:and I will call out with the name of the Lord before you.et miserebor cui voluero,And I will take pity on whomever I will,et clemens ero in quem mihi placuerit.and I will be lenient to whomever it will please me.”

²⁰Rursumque ait:And again he said:Non poteris videre faciem meam:“You are not able to see my face.non enim videbit me homo et vivet.For man shall not see me and live.”

²⁰Rursumque ait:And again he said:Non poteris videre faciem meam:“You are not able to see my face.non enim videbit me homo et vivet.For man shall not see me and live.”

²¹Et iterum:And again,Ecce,he said:inquit,“Behold,est locus apud me,there is a place with me,et stabis supra petram.and you shall stand upon the rock.

²¹Et iterum:And again,Ecce,he said:inquit,“Behold,est locus apud me,there is a place with me,et stabis supra petram.and you shall stand upon the rock.

²²Cumque transibit gloria mea,And when my glory will cross over,ponam te in foramine petræ,I will set you in a cleft of the rock,et protegam dextera mea,and I will protect you with my right hand,donec transeam:until I pass by.

²²Cumque transibit gloria mea,And when my glory will cross over,ponam te in foramine petræ,I will set you in a cleft of the rock,et protegam dextera mea,and I will protect you with my right hand,donec transeam:until I pass by.

²³tollamque manum meam,And I will take away my hand,et videbis posteriora mea:and you shall see my back.faciem autem meam videre non poteris.But my face you are not able to see.”

²³tollamque manum meam,And I will take away my hand,et videbis posteriora mea:and you shall see my back.faciem autem meam videre non poteris.But my face you are not able to see.”