¹Ac deinceps: Præcide,And after this he said:ait, tibi duas tabulas lapideas instar priorum,“Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone similar to the first ones,et scribam super eas verba, quæ habuerunt tabulæ quas fregisti.and I will write upon them the words which were held on the tablets that you broke.

¹Ac deinceps: Præcide,And after this he said:ait, tibi duas tabulas lapideas instar priorum,“Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone similar to the first ones,et scribam super eas verba, quæ habuerunt tabulæ quas fregisti.and I will write upon them the words which were held on the tablets that you broke.

²Esto paratus mane,Be prepared in the morning,ut ascendas statim in montem Sinai,so that you may immediately ascend onto Mount Sinai,stabisque mecum super verticem montis.and you shall stand with me on the summit of the mountain.

²Esto paratus mane,Be prepared in the morning,ut ascendas statim in montem Sinai,so that you may immediately ascend onto Mount Sinai,stabisque mecum super verticem montis.and you shall stand with me on the summit of the mountain.

³Nullus ascendat tecum,Let no one ascend with you,nec videatur quispiam per totum montem:and do not let anyone be seen throughout the entire mountain.boves quoqueLikewise,et oves non pascantur e contra.do not let the oxen or the sheep pasture up against it.”

³Nullus ascendat tecum,Let no one ascend with you,nec videatur quispiam per totum montem:and do not let anyone be seen throughout the entire mountain.boves quoqueLikewise,et oves non pascantur e contra.do not let the oxen or the sheep pasture up against it.”

⁴Excidit ergo duas tabulas lapideas,And so he cut out two tablets of stone,quales antea fuerant:like those that were before.et de nocte consurgens ascendit in montem Sinai,And rising up in the night, he ascended onto Mount Sinai,sicut præceperat ei Dominus,just as the Lord had instructed him,portans secum tabulas.carrying with him the tablets.

⁴Excidit ergo duas tabulas lapideas,And so he cut out two tablets of stone,quales antea fuerant:like those that were before.et de nocte consurgens ascendit in montem Sinai,And rising up in the night, he ascended onto Mount Sinai,sicut præceperat ei Dominus,just as the Lord had instructed him,portans secum tabulas.carrying with him the tablets.

⁵Cumque descendisset Dominus per nubem,And when the Lord had descended in a cloud,stetit Moyses cum eo,Moses stood with him,invocans nomen Domini.calling upon the name of the Lord.

⁵Cumque descendisset Dominus per nubem,And when the Lord had descended in a cloud,stetit Moyses cum eo,Moses stood with him,invocans nomen Domini.calling upon the name of the Lord.

⁶Quo transeunte coram eo,And as he was crossing before him,ait:he said:Dominator Domine Deus,“The Ruler,misericors et clemens,the Lord God,patiens et multæ miserationis,merciful and lenient,ac verax,patient and full of compassion and also truthful,

⁶Quo transeunte coram eo,And as he was crossing before him,ait:he said:Dominator Domine Deus,“The Ruler,misericors et clemens,the Lord God,patiens et multæ miserationis,merciful and lenient,ac verax,patient and full of compassion and also truthful,

⁷qui custodis misericordiam in millia;who preserves mercy a thousand fold,qui aufers iniquitatem,who takes away iniquity,et scelera,and wickedness,atque peccata,and also sin;nullusque apud te per se innocens est;and with you no one, in and of himself, is innocent.qui reddis iniquitatem patrum filiis,You render the iniquity of the fathers to the sons,ac nepotibus in tertiam et quartam progeniem.and also to their descendants to the third and fourth generation.”

⁷qui custodis misericordiam in millia;who preserves mercy a thousand fold,qui aufers iniquitatem,who takes away iniquity,et scelera,and wickedness,atque peccata,and also sin;nullusque apud te per se innocens est;and with you no one, in and of himself, is innocent.qui reddis iniquitatem patrum filiis,You render the iniquity of the fathers to the sons,ac nepotibus in tertiam et quartam progeniem.and also to their descendants to the third and fourth generation.”

⁸Festinusque Moyses,And hurrying,curvatus est pronus in terram,Moses bowed down prostrate to the ground;et adoransand worshiping,

⁸Festinusque Moyses,And hurrying,curvatus est pronus in terram,Moses bowed down prostrate to the ground;et adoransand worshiping,

⁹ait: Si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo,he said: “If I have found grace in your sight,Domine,O Lord,obsecro ut gradiaris nobiscum (populus enim duræ cervicis est) et auferas iniquitates nostras atque peccata,I beg you to walk with us, (for the people are stiff-necked) and take away our iniquities and our sin,nosque possideas.and so possess us.”

⁹ait: Si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo,he said: “If I have found grace in your sight,Domine,O Lord,obsecro ut gradiaris nobiscum (populus enim duræ cervicis est) et auferas iniquitates nostras atque peccata,I beg you to walk with us, (for the people are stiff-necked) and take away our iniquities and our sin,nosque possideas.and so possess us.”

¹⁰Respondit Dominus:The Lord responded:Ego inibo pactum videntibus cunctis:“I will enter into a pact in the sight of all.signa faciam quæ numquam visa sunt super terram,I will perform signs which have never been seen on earth,nec in ullis gentibus,nor among any nation,ut cernat populus iste,so that this people,in cujus es medio,in whose midst you are,opus Domini terribile quod facturus sum.may discern the terrible work of the Lord that I will do.

¹⁰Respondit Dominus:The Lord responded:Ego inibo pactum videntibus cunctis:“I will enter into a pact in the sight of all.signa faciam quæ numquam visa sunt super terram,I will perform signs which have never been seen on earth,nec in ullis gentibus,nor among any nation,ut cernat populus iste,so that this people,in cujus es medio,in whose midst you are,opus Domini terribile quod facturus sum.may discern the terrible work of the Lord that I will do.

¹¹Observa cuncta quæ hodie mando tibi:Observe everything that I command you this day.ego ipse ejiciam ante faciem tuam Amorrhæum,I myself will drive out before your face the Amorite,et Chananæum,and the Canaanite,et Hethæum,and the Hittite,Pherezæum quoque,and the Perizzite,et Hevæum,and the Hivite,et Jebusæum.and the Jebusite.

¹¹Observa cuncta quæ hodie mando tibi:Observe everything that I command you this day.ego ipse ejiciam ante faciem tuam Amorrhæum,I myself will drive out before your face the Amorite,et Chananæum,and the Canaanite,et Hethæum,and the Hittite,Pherezæum quoque,and the Perizzite,et Hevæum,and the Hivite,et Jebusæum.and the Jebusite.

¹²Cave ne umquam cum habitatoribus terræ illius jungas amicitias,Beware that you do not ever join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land,quæ sint tibi in ruinam:which may be your ruin.

¹²Cave ne umquam cum habitatoribus terræ illius jungas amicitias,Beware that you do not ever join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land,quæ sint tibi in ruinam:which may be your ruin.

¹³sed aras eorum destrue,But destroy their altars,confringe statuas,break their statues,lucosque succide:and cut down their sacred groves.

¹³sed aras eorum destrue,But destroy their altars,confringe statuas,break their statues,lucosque succide:and cut down their sacred groves.

¹⁴noli adorare deum alienum.Do not be willing to worship any strange god.Dominus zelotes nomen ejus;The jealous Lord is his name.Deus est æmulator.God is a rival.

¹⁴noli adorare deum alienum.Do not be willing to worship any strange god.Dominus zelotes nomen ejus;The jealous Lord is his name.Deus est æmulator.God is a rival.

¹⁵Ne ineas pactum cum hominibus illarum regionum:Do not enter into a pact with the men of those regions,ne,lest,cum fornicati fuerint cum diis suis,when they will have fornicated with their godset adoraverint simulacra eorum,and worshiped their idols,vocet te quispiam ut comedas de immolatis.someone might call upon you to eat from what was immolated.

¹⁵Ne ineas pactum cum hominibus illarum regionum:Do not enter into a pact with the men of those regions,ne,lest,cum fornicati fuerint cum diis suis,when they will have fornicated with their godset adoraverint simulacra eorum,and worshiped their idols,vocet te quispiam ut comedas de immolatis.someone might call upon you to eat from what was immolated.

¹⁶Nec uxorem de filiabus eorum accipies filiis tuis:Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters,ne,lest,postquam ipsæ fuerint fornicatæ,after they themselves have fornicated,fornicari faciant et filios tuos in deos suos.they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods.

¹⁶Nec uxorem de filiabus eorum accipies filiis tuis:Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters,ne,lest,postquam ipsæ fuerint fornicatæ,after they themselves have fornicated,fornicari faciant et filios tuos in deos suos.they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods.

¹⁷Deos conflatiles non facies tibi.You shall not make for yourselves any molten gods.

¹⁷Deos conflatiles non facies tibi.You shall not make for yourselves any molten gods.

¹⁸Solemnitatem azymorum custodies.You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread.Septem diebus vesceris azymis,For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread,sicut præcepi tibi,just as I instructed you,in tempore mensis novorum:in the time of the month of what is new.mense enim verni temporis egressus es de Ægypto.For in the month of springtime you departed from Egypt.

¹⁸Solemnitatem azymorum custodies.You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread.Septem diebus vesceris azymis,For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread,sicut præcepi tibi,just as I instructed you,in tempore mensis novorum:in the time of the month of what is new.mense enim verni temporis egressus es de Ægypto.For in the month of springtime you departed from Egypt.

¹⁹Omne quod aperit vulvam generis masculini,All of the male kind,meum erit.which open the womb,De cunctis animantibus,shall be mine:tam de bobus,from all the animals,quam de ovibus,as much of oxen as of sheep,meum erit.it shall be mine.

¹⁹Omne quod aperit vulvam generis masculini,All of the male kind,meum erit.which open the womb,De cunctis animantibus,shall be mine:tam de bobus,from all the animals,quam de ovibus,as much of oxen as of sheep,meum erit.it shall be mine.

²⁰Primogenitum asini redimes ove:The firstborn of a donkey, you shall redeem with a sheep.sin autem nec pretium pro eo dederis, occidetur.But if you will not give a price for it, it shall be slain.Primogenitum filiorum tuorum redimes:The firstborn of your sons you shall redeem.nec apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus.You shall not appear empty in my sight.

²⁰Primogenitum asini redimes ove:The firstborn of a donkey, you shall redeem with a sheep.sin autem nec pretium pro eo dederis, occidetur.But if you will not give a price for it, it shall be slain.Primogenitum filiorum tuorum redimes:The firstborn of your sons you shall redeem.nec apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus.You shall not appear empty in my sight.

²¹Sex diebus operaberis;For six days you shall work.die septimo cessabis arare et metere.On the seventh day you shall cease to cultivate and to harvest.

²¹Sex diebus operaberis;For six days you shall work.die septimo cessabis arare et metere.On the seventh day you shall cease to cultivate and to harvest.

²²Solemnitatem hebdomadarum facies tibi in primitiis frugum messis tuæ triticeæ,You shall observe the Solemnity of Weeks with the first-fruits of the grain from the harvest of your wheat,et solemnitatem,and a Solemnity when the time of the year returnsquando redeunte anni tempore cuncta conduntur.and everything is stored away.

²²Solemnitatem hebdomadarum facies tibi in primitiis frugum messis tuæ triticeæ,You shall observe the Solemnity of Weeks with the first-fruits of the grain from the harvest of your wheat,et solemnitatem,and a Solemnity when the time of the year returnsquando redeunte anni tempore cuncta conduntur.and everything is stored away.

²³Tribus temporibus anni apparebit omne masculinum tuum in conspectu omnipotentis Domini Dei Israël.Three times a year, all your males shall appear in the sight of the Almighty, the Lord God of Israel.

²³Tribus temporibus anni apparebit omne masculinum tuum in conspectu omnipotentis Domini Dei Israël.Three times a year, all your males shall appear in the sight of the Almighty, the Lord God of Israel.

²⁴Cum enim tulero gentes a facie tua, et dilatavero terminos tuos,For when I will have taken away the nations before your face,nullus insidiabitur terræ tuæ,and enlarged your borders,ascendente te, et apparente in conspectu Domini Dei tui ter in anno.no one shall lie in wait against your land when you will go up to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, three times a year.

²⁴Cum enim tulero gentes a facie tua, et dilatavero terminos tuos,For when I will have taken away the nations before your face,nullus insidiabitur terræ tuæ,and enlarged your borders,ascendente te, et apparente in conspectu Domini Dei tui ter in anno.no one shall lie in wait against your land when you will go up to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, three times a year.

²⁵Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem hostiæ meæ:You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven; and there shall not remain,neque residebit mane de victima solemnitatis Phase.in the morning, any of the victim of the Solemnity of the Passover.

²⁵Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem hostiæ meæ:You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven; and there shall not remain,neque residebit mane de victima solemnitatis Phase.in the morning, any of the victim of the Solemnity of the Passover.

²⁶Primitias frugum terræ tuæ offeres in domo Domini Dei tui.The first of the fruits of your land you shall offer in the house of the Lord your God.Non coques hædum in lacte matris suæ.You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.”

²⁶Primitias frugum terræ tuæ offeres in domo Domini Dei tui.The first of the fruits of your land you shall offer in the house of the Lord your God.Non coques hædum in lacte matris suæ.You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.”

²⁷Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:And the Lord said to Moses,Scribe tibi verba hæc,“Write these words to you,quibus et tecum et cum Israël pepigi fœdus.through which I have formed a covenant, both with you and with Israel.”

²⁷Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen:And the Lord said to Moses,Scribe tibi verba hæc,“Write these words to you,quibus et tecum et cum Israël pepigi fœdus.through which I have formed a covenant, both with you and with Israel.”

²⁸Fuit ergo ibi cum Domino quadraginta dies et quadraginta noctes:Therefore,panem non comedit,he was in that place with the Lord for forty days and forty nights;et aquam non bibit,he did not eat bread and he did not drink water,et scripsit in tabulis verba fœderis decem.and he wrote on the tablets the ten words of the covenant.

²⁸Fuit ergo ibi cum Domino quadraginta dies et quadraginta noctes:Therefore,panem non comedit,he was in that place with the Lord for forty days and forty nights;et aquam non bibit,he did not eat bread and he did not drink water,et scripsit in tabulis verba fœderis decem.and he wrote on the tablets the ten words of the covenant.

²⁹Cumque descenderet Moyses de monte Sinai,And when Moses descended from Mount Sinai,tenebat duas tabulas testimonii,he held the two tablets of the testimony,et ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies sua ex consortio sermonis Domini.and he did not know that his face was radiant from the sharing of words with the Lord.

²⁹Cumque descenderet Moyses de monte Sinai,And when Moses descended from Mount Sinai,tenebat duas tabulas testimonii,he held the two tablets of the testimony,et ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies sua ex consortio sermonis Domini.and he did not know that his face was radiant from the sharing of words with the Lord.

³⁰Videntes autem AaronThen Aaron and the sons of Israel,et filii Israël cornutam Moysi faciem,seeing that the face of Moses was radiant,timuerunt prope accedere.were afraid to approach close by.

³⁰Videntes autem AaronThen Aaron and the sons of Israel,et filii Israël cornutam Moysi faciem,seeing that the face of Moses was radiant,timuerunt prope accedere.were afraid to approach close by.

³¹Vocatique ab eo,And being called by him,reversi sunt tam Aaron,they turned back,quam principes synagogæ.both Aaron and the leaders of the assembly.Et postquam locutus est ad eos,And after he had spoken to them,

³¹Vocatique ab eo,And being called by him,reversi sunt tam Aaron,they turned back,quam principes synagogæ.both Aaron and the leaders of the assembly.Et postquam locutus est ad eos,And after he had spoken to them,

³²venerunt ad eum etiam omnes filii Israël:all the sons of Israel also now came to him.quibus præcepit cuncta quæ audierat a Domino in monte Sinai.And he instructed them in all the things that he had heard from the Lord on Mount Sinai.

³²venerunt ad eum etiam omnes filii Israël:all the sons of Israel also now came to him.quibus præcepit cuncta quæ audierat a Domino in monte Sinai.And he instructed them in all the things that he had heard from the Lord on Mount Sinai.

³³Impletisque sermonibus,And having completed these words,posuit velamen super faciem suam.he placed a veil over his face.

³³Impletisque sermonibus,And having completed these words,posuit velamen super faciem suam.he placed a veil over his face.

³⁴Quod ingressus ad Dominum,But when he entered to the Lord and was speaking with him,et loquens cum eo,he took it off,auferebat donec exiret,until he exited.et tunc loquebatur ad filios Israël omnia quæ sibi fuerant imperata.And then he spoke to the sons of Israel all that had been commanded to him.

³⁴Quod ingressus ad Dominum,But when he entered to the Lord and was speaking with him,et loquens cum eo,he took it off,auferebat donec exiret,until he exited.et tunc loquebatur ad filios Israël omnia quæ sibi fuerant imperata.And then he spoke to the sons of Israel all that had been commanded to him.

³⁵Qui videbant faciem egredientis Moysi esse cornutam,And they saw that the face of Moses, when he came out,sed operiebat ille rursus faciem suam,was radiant, but he covered his face again,siquando loquebatur ad eos.whenever he spoke to them.

³⁵Qui videbant faciem egredientis Moysi esse cornutam,And they saw that the face of Moses, when he came out,sed operiebat ille rursus faciem suam,was radiant, but he covered his face again,siquando loquebatur ad eos.whenever he spoke to them.