Exodus 23
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Non suscipies vocem mendacii, nec junges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium.
1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
2Non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum: nec in judicio, plurimorum acquiesces sententiæ, ut a vero devies.
2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
3Pauperis quoque non misereberis in judicio.
3And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
4Si occurreris bovi inimici tui, aut asino erranti, reduc ad eum.
4If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
5Si videris asinum odientis te jacere sub onere, non pertransibis, sed sublevabis cum eo.
5If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
6Non declinabis in judicium pauperis.
6You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
7Mendacium fugies. Insontem et justum non occides: quia aversor impium.
7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8Nec accipies munera, quæ etiam excæcant prudentes, et subvertunt verba justorum.
8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
9Peregrino molestus non eris. Scitis enim advenarum animas: quia et ipsi peregrini fuistis in terra Ægypti.
9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
10Sex annis seminabis terram tuam, et congregabis fruges ejus:
10For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
11anno autem septimo dimittes eam, et requiescere facies, ut comedant pauperes populi tui: et quidquid reliquum fuerit, edant bestiæ agri: ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo.
11but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
12Sex diebus operaberis: septimo die cessabis, ut requiescat bos et asinus tuus, et refrigeretur filius ancillæ tuæ, et advena.
12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
13Omnia quæ dixi vobis, custodite. Et per nomen externorum deorum non jurabitis, neque audietur ex ore vestro.
13Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
14Tribus vicibus per singulos annos mihi festa celebrabitis.
14Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
15Solemnitatem azymorum custodies. Septem diebus comedes azyma, sicut præcepi tibi, tempore mensis novorum, quando egressus es de Ægypto: non apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus.
15You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
16Et solemnitatem messis primitivorum operis tui, quæcumque seminaveris in agro: solemnitatem quoque in exitu anni, quando congregaveris omnes fruges tuas de agro.
16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
17Ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo tuo.
17Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
18Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimæ meæ, nec remanebit adeps solemnitatis meæ usque mane.
18You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
19Primitias frugum terræ tuæ deferes in domum Domini Dei tui. Non coques hædum in lacte matris suæ.
19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
20Ecce ego mittam angelum meum, qui præcedat te, et custodiat in via, et introducat in locum quem paravi.
20Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21Observa eum, et audi vocem ejus, nec contemnendum putes: quia non dimittet cum peccaveris, et est nomen meum in illo.
21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
22Quod si audieris vocem ejus, et feceris omnia quæ loquor, inimicus ero inimicis tuis, et affligam affligentes te.
22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
23Præcedetque te angelus meus, et introducet te ad Amorrhæum, et Hethæum, et Pherezæum, Chananæumque, et Hevæum, et Jebusæum, quos ego conteram.
23For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
24Non adorabis deos eorum, nec coles eos: non facies opera eorum, sed destrues eos, et confringes statuas eorum.
24You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
25Servietisque Domino Deo vestro, ut benedicam panibus tuis et aquis, et auferam infirmitatem de medio tui.
25So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
26Non erit infœcunda, nec sterilis in terra tua: numerum dierum tuorum implebo.
26No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
27Terrorem meum mittam in præcursum tuum, et occidam omnem populum, ad quem ingredieris: cunctorumque inimicorum tuorum coram te terga vertam:
27I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
28emittens crabrones prius, qui fugabunt Hevæum, et Chananæum, et Hethæum, antequam introëas.
28I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29Non ejiciam eos a facie tua anno uno: ne terra in solitudinem redigatur, et crescant contra te bestiæ.
29I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
30Paulatim expellam eos de conspectu tuo, donec augearis, et possideas terram.
30Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
31Ponam autem terminos tuos a mari Rubro usque ad mare Palæstinorum, et a deserto usque ad fluvium: tradam in manibus vestris habitatores terræ, et ejiciam eos de conspectu vestro.
31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
32Non inibis cum eis fœdus, nec cum diis eorum.
32You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
33Non habitent in terra tua, ne forte peccare te faciant in me, si servieris diis eorum: quod tibi certe erit in scandalum.
33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
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