Deuteronomii 21
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Quando inventum fuerit in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi, hominis cadaver occisi, et ignorabitur cædis reus,
1If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
2egredientur majores natu, et judices tui, et metientur a loco cadaveris singularum per circuitum spatia civitatum:
2your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
3et quam viciniorem ceteris esse perspexerint, seniores civitatis illius tollent vitulam de armento, quæ non traxit jugum, nec terram scidit vomere,
3Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
4et ducent eam ad vallem asperam atque saxosam, quæ numquam arata est, nec sementem recepit: et cædent in ea cervices vitulæ:
4bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
5accedentque sacerdotes filii Levi, quos elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut ministrent ei, et benedicant in nomine ejus, et ad verbum eorum omne negotium, et quidquid mundum, vel immundum est, judicetur.
5And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
6Et venient majores natu civitatis illius ad interfectum, lavabuntque manus suas super vitulam, quæ in valle percussa est,
6Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
7et dicent: Manus nostræ non effuderunt sanguinem hunc, nec oculi viderunt:
7and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
8propitius esto populo tuo Israël, quem redemisti, Domine, et ne reputes sanguinem innocentem in medio populi tui Israël. Et auferetur ab eis reatus sanguinis:
8Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
9tu autem alienus eris ab innocentis cruore, qui fusus est, cum feceris quod præcepit Dominus.
9So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
10Si egressus fueris ad pugnam contra inimicos tuos, et tradiderit eos Dominus Deus tuus in manu tua, captivosque duxeris,
10When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
11et videris in numero captivorum mulierem pulchram, et adamaveris eam, voluerisque habere uxorem,
11if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
12introduces eam in domum tuam: quæ radet cæsariem, et circumcidet ungues,
12then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
13et deponet vestem, in qua capta est: sedensque in domo tua, flebit patrem et matrem suam uno mense: et postea intrabis ad eam, dormiesque cum illa, et erit uxor tua.
13and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
14Si autem postea non sederit animo tuo, dimittes eam liberam, nec vendere poteris pecunia, nec opprimere per potentiam: quia humiliasti eam.
14And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
15Si habuerit homo uxores duas, unam dilectam, et alteram odiosam, genuerintque ex eo liberos, et fuerit filius odiosæ primogenitus,
15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
16volueritque substantiam inter filios suos dividere, non poterit filium dilectæ facere primogenitum, et præferre filio odiosæ:
16when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
17sed filium odiosæ agnoscet primogenitum, dabitque ei de his quæ habuerit cuncta duplicia: iste est enim principium liberorum ejus, et huic debentur primogenita.
17Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
18Si genuerit homo filium contumacem et protervum, qui non audiat patris aut matris imperium, et coërcitus obedire contempserit:
18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
19apprehendent eum, et ducent ad seniores civitatis illius, et ad portam judicii,
19his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
20dicentque ad eos: Filius noster iste protervus et contumax est: monita nostra audire contemnit, comessationibus vacat, et luxuriæ atque conviviis:
20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21lapidibus eum obruet populus civitatis, et morietur, ut auferatis malum de medio vestri, et universus Israël audiens pertimescat.
21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
22Quando peccaverit homo quod morte plectendum est, et adjudicatus morti appensus fuerit in patibulo:
22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
23non permanebit cadaver ejus in ligno, sed in eadem die sepelietur: quia maledictus a Deo est qui pendet in ligno: et nequaquam contaminabis terram tuam, quam Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi in possessionem.
23you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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