1Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:
2Hæc loqueris filiis Israël:You shall speak these things to the sons of Israel:Homo de filiis Israël,A man among the sons Israel,et de advenis qui habitant in Israël,or among the newcomers who live in Israel,si quis dederit de semine suo idolo Moloch,if he will have given from his seed to the idol Moloch,morte moriatur:he shall be put to death:populus terræ lapidabit eum.the people of the land shall stone him.
3Et ego ponam faciem meam contra illum:And I will set my face against him.succidamque eum de medio populi sui,And I will cut him down from the midst of his people,eo quod dederit de semine suo Moloch,because he has given from his seed to Moloch,et contaminaverit sanctuarium meum,and he has contaminated my Sanctuary,ac polluerit nomen sanctum meum.and polluted my holy name.
4Quod si negligens populus terræ,But if the people of the land,et quasi parvipendens imperium meum,having been neglectful and holding little regard for my authority,dimiserit hominem qui dedit de semine suo Moloch,release the man who has given from his seed to Moloch,nec voluerit eum occidere:and they are not willing to kill him,
5ponam faciem meam super hominem illum,I will set my face over that manet super cognationem ejus,and over his kindred,succidamque et ipsum,and I will cut down both himet omnes qui consenserunt ei ut fornicarentur cum Moloch,and all who consented with him to fornicate with Moloch,de medio populi sui.from the midst of their people.
6Anima,The soul who will have turned aside to astrologersquæ declinaverit ad magos et ariolos,and soothsayers,et fornicata fuerit cum eis,and who will have fornicated with them,ponam faciem meam contra eam,I will set my face against him,et interficiam illam de medio populi sui.and I will destroy him from the midst of his people.
7Sanctificamini et estote sancti,Be sanctified and be holy,quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.for I am the Lord your God.
8Custodite præcepta mea,Observe my precepts,et facite ea:and do them.ego Dominus qui sanctifico vos.I am the Lord, who sanctifies you.
9Qui maledixerit patri suo,Whoever curses his fatheraut matri,or mother shall die a death;morte moriatur:he has cursed his fatherpatri matrique maledixit:and mother.sanguis ejus sit super eum.So let his blood be upon him.
10Si mœchatus quis fuerit cum uxore alterius,If anyone will have committed sexual acts with the wife of another,et adulterium perpetraverit cum conjuge proximi sui,or will have perpetrated adultery with his neighbor’s spouse,morte moriantur et mœchus et adultera.they shall die a death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.
11Qui dormierit cum noverca sua,Whoever will have slept with his stepmother,et revelaverit ignominiam patris sui,or will have uncovered the shame of his father,morte moriantur ambo:they shall both die a death.sanguis eorum sit super eos.So let their blood be upon them.
12Si quis dormierit cum nuru sua,If any man will have slept with his daughter-in-law,uterque moriatur,both shall die,quia scelus operati sunt:for they have acted according to wickedness.sanguis eorum sit super eos.So let their blood be upon them.
13Qui dormierit cum masculo coitu femineo,If any man has slept with a male in place of sexual intercourse with a female,uterque operatus est nefas:both have committed a nefarious act,morte moriantur:they shall die a death.sit sanguis eorum super eos.So let their blood be upon them.
14Qui supra uxorem filiam,If any man, having taken the daughter as a wife,duxerit matrem ejus,will have married her mother,scelus operatus est:he has acted according to wickedness.vivus ardebit cum eis,He shall be burnt alive with them.nec permanebit tantum nefas in medio vestri.Neither shall so great a nefarious act persist in your midst.
15Qui cum jumentoWhoever will have committed sexual acts with any animal or cattle,et pecore coierit,he shall die a death.morte moriatur:Likewise,pecus quoque occidite.you shall slay the beast.
16Mulier, quæ succubuerit cuilibet jumento, simul interficietur cum eo:The woman who will have lain under any animal at all shall be destroyed together with it.sanguis eorum sit super eos.So let their blood be upon them.
17Qui acceperit sororem suam filiam patris sui,Whoever will have taken his sister,vel filiam matris suæ,the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother,et viderit turpitudinem ejus,and will have seen her nakedness,illaque conspexerit fratris ignominiam,and she will have looked upon her brother’s shame,nefariam rem operati sunt:they have committed a nefarious act.occidentur in conspectu populi sui,They shall be slain in the sight of their people,eo quod turpitudinem suam mutuo revelaverint,because they have uncovered one another’s nakedness.et portabunt iniquitatem suam.And they shall bear their iniquity.
18Qui coierit cum muliere in fluxu menstruo,Whoever has sexual intercourse with a woman in her menstrual flow,et revelaverit turpitudinem ejus,and has uncovered her nakedness,ipsaque aperuerit fontem sanguinis sui,and she has opened the fountain of her blood,interficientur ambo de medio populi sui.both shall be destroyed from the midst of their people.
19Turpitudinem materteræ et amitæ tuæ non discooperies:You shall not expose the nakedness of your maternalqui hoc fecerit,or paternal aunt.ignominiam carnis suæ nudavit;Whoever does this has laid bare the shame of his own flesh;portabunt ambo iniquitatem suam.both shall bear their iniquity.
20Qui coierit cum uxore patrui vel avunculi sui,If any man has had sexual intercourse with the wife of his paternal or maternal uncle,et revelaverit ignominiam cognationis suæ,and he has uncovered the shame of his close relative,portabunt ambo peccatum suum:both shall bear their sin.absque liberis morientur.They shall die without children.
21Qui duxerit uxorem fratris sui, rem facit illicitam:Whoever will have married his brother’s wife has done an unlawful thing;turpitudinem fratris sui revelavit:he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness.absque liberis erunt.They shall be without children.
22Custodite leges meas,Observe my laws as well as my judgments,atque judicia,and act according to them,et facite ea:lest the land,neinto which you will enter and live,et vos evomat terra quam intraturi estismay vomit you out,et habitaturi.too.
23Nolite ambulare in legitimis nationum,Do not be willing to walk by the ordinances of the nations,quas ego expulsurus sum ante vos.which I will expel before you.Omnia enim hæc fecerunt,For they have done all these things,et abominatus sum eas.and so I abominate them.
24Vobis autem loquor.But I say to you:Possidete terram eorum,Possess their land,quam dabo vobis in hæreditatem,which I will give to you as an inheritance,terram fluentem lacte et melle.a land flowing with milk and honey.Ego Dominus Deus vester,I am the Lord your God,qui separavi vos a ceteris populis.who has separated you from the other peoples.
25Separate ergoTherefore,et vos jumentum mundum ab immundo,you must also separate the clean animals from the unclean,et avem mundam ab immunda:and the clean birds from the unclean.ne polluatis animas vestras in pecore,Do not pollute your souls with cattle,et avibus,or birds,et cunctis quæ moventur in terra,or anything that moves upon the earth,et quæ vobis ostendi esse polluta.and which I have shown you to be unclean.
26Eritis mihi sancti,You shall be holy unto me,quia sanctus sum ego Dominus,because I, the Lord, am holy,et separavi vos a ceteris populis,and I have separated you from the other peoples,ut essetis mei.so that you would be mine.
27Vir,A mansive mulier,or a woman,in quibus pythonicus,in whom there is an oracle-likevel divinationis fuerit spiritus,or a divining spirit,morte moriantur:shall be put to death.lapidibus obruent eos:They shall stone them.sanguis eorum sit super illos.So let their blood be upon them.