Exodus 23

non suscipies vocem mendacii nec iunges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum nec in iudicio plurimorum adquiesces sententiae ut a vero devies

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

pauperis quoque non misereberis in negotio

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

si occurreris bovi inimici tui aut asino erranti reduc ad eum

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

si videris asinum odientis te iacere sub onere non pertransibis sed sublevabis cum eo

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

non declinabis in iudicio pauperis

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

mendacium fugies insontem et iustum non occides quia aversor impium

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

nec accipias munera quae excaecant etiam prudentes et subvertunt verba iustorum

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

peregrino molestus non eris scitis enim advenarum animas quia et ipsi peregrini fuistis in terra Aegypti

Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

sex annis seminabis terram tuam et congregabis fruges eius

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

anno autem septimo dimittes eam et requiescere facies ut comedant pauperes populi tui et quicquid reliqui fuerit edant bestiae agri ita facies in vinea et in oliveto tuo

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

sex diebus operaberis septima die cessabis ut requiescat bos et asinus tuus et refrigeretur filius ancillae tuae et advena

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

omnia quae dixi vobis custodite et per nomen externorum deorum non iurabitis neque audietur ex ore vestro

And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

tribus vicibus per singulos annos mihi festa celebrabitis

Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

sollemnitatem azymorum custodies septem diebus comedes azyma sicut praecepi tibi tempore mensis novorum quando egressus es de Aegypto non apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus

Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

et sollemnitatem messis primitivorum operis tui quaecumque serueris in agro sollemnitatem quoque in exitu anni quando congregaveris omnes fruges tuas de agro

And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimae meae nec remanebit adeps sollemnitatis meae usque mane

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

primitias frugum terrae tuae deferes in domum Domini Dei tui nec coques hedum in lacte matris suae

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

ecce ego mittam angelum meum qui praecedat te et custodiat in via et introducat ad locum quem paravi

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

observa eum et audi vocem eius nec contemnendum putes quia non dimittet cum peccaveritis et est nomen meum in illo

Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

quod si audieris vocem eius et feceris omnia quae loquor inimicus ero inimicis tuis et adfligam adfligentes te

But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

praecedetque te angelus meus et introducet te ad Amorreum et Hettheum et Ferezeum Chananeumque et Eveum et Iebuseum quos ego contribo

For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

non adorabis deos eorum nec coles eos non facies opera eorum sed destrues eos et confringes statuas eorum

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

servietisque Domino Deo vestro ut benedicam panibus tuis et aquis et auferam infirmitatem de medio tui

And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

non erit infecunda nec sterilis in terra tua numerum dierum tuorum implebo

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

terrorem meum mittam in praecursum tuum et occidam omnem populum ad quem ingredieris cunctorumque inimicorum tuorum coram te terga vertam

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

emittens crabrones prius qui fugabunt Eveum et Chananeum et Hettheum antequam introeas

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

non eiciam eos a facie tua anno uno ne terra in solitudinem redigatur et crescant contra te bestiae

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

paulatim expellam eos de conspectu tuo donec augearis et possideas terram

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

ponam autem terminos tuos a mari Rubro usque ad mare Palestinorum et a deserto usque ad Fluvium tradam manibus vestris habitatores terrae et eiciam eos de conspectu vestro

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

non inibis cum eis foedus nec cum diis eorum

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

non habitent in terra tua ne forte peccare te faciant in me si servieris diis eorum quod tibi certo erit in scandalum

They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.