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1 ἐὰ |
1 Does a man take a wife, and then, after making her his own, find some taint of defilement in her, so that he loves her no longer? He must draw up a writ of separation and hand it to her before he sends her away from his house. 2 Does she, after parting from him, marry a second husband, 3 who also wearies of her and sends her away with a writ, or perhaps is lost to her by death? 4 Her first husband may not take her back again, now that she is contaminated, a thing detestable in the Lord’s eyes.[1] Do not bring guilt on the land which the Lord gives thee for thy home. | 1 Si acceperit homo uxorem, et habuerit eam, et non invenerit gratiam ante oculos ejus propter aliquam fœditatem: scribet libellum repudii, et dabit in manu illius, et dimittet eam de domo sua. 2 Cumque egressa alterum maritum duxerit, 3 et ille quoque oderit eam, dederitque ei libellum repudii, et dimiserit de domo sua, vel certe mortuus fuerit: 4 non poterit prior maritus recipere eam in uxorem: quia polluta est, et abominabilis facta est coram Domino: ne peccare facias terram tuam, quam Dominus Deus tuus tradiderit tibi possidendam. |
5 ἐὰ |
5 A man newly married will not serve in the wars, or have any other public duty enjoined upon him; he is free to abide at home and cheer his wife for a year’s space. | 5 Cum acceperit homo nuper uxorem, non procedet ad bellum, nec ei quippiam necessitatis injungetur publicæ, sed vacabit absque culpa domi suæ, ut uno anno lætetur cum uxore sua. |
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6 Thou shalt not accept mill or mill-stone as a debtor’s pledge; that is to let a man pledge his whole livelihood. | 6 Non accipies loco pignoris inferiorem, et superiorem molam: quia animam suam opposuit tibi. |
7 ἐὰ |
7 If anyone is found leading his fellow-Israelite into a trap,[2] and selling him as a slave for profit, he must die; rid thyself of such a plague as that. | 7 Si deprehensus fuerit homo sollicitans fratrem suum de filiis Israël, et vendito eo acceperit pretium, interficietur, et auferes malum de medio tui. |
8 πρόσεχε |
8 Be on thy guard against the visitation of leprosy. Do as the priests of Levi’s race instruct thee at my bidding, and be exact in the performance of it; 9 never forget how the Lord thy God punished Mary, on thy way here out of Egypt. | 8 Observa diligenter ne incurras plagam lepræ, sed facies quæcumque docuerint te sacerdotes Levitici generis, juxta id quod præcepi eis, et imple sollicite. 9 Mementote quæ fecerit Dominus Deus vester Mariæ in via cum egrederemini de Ægypto. |
10 ἐὰ |
10 When thou wouldst enforce a claim for debt against thy neighbour, do not go into his house to wrest his pledge from him; 11 stand without, and let him bring thee what he can. 12 A poor man’s pledge must not spend the night with thee; 13 give it back to him before set of sun. When he calls down a blessing on thee, glad to have his own cloak to sleep in, it will win thee favour from the Lord thy God. 14 And if thou hast a hired servant that lives from hand to mouth, be he thy fellow-Israelite, or some alien that shares thy land and city, do not withhold his wages; 15 pay him his day’s wages before set of sun. It is all he has, in his poverty, to support life with; cries he to the Lord, thou art a sinner manifest. | 10 Cum repetes a proximo tuo rem aliquam, quam debet tibi, non ingredieris domum ejus ut pignus auferas: 11 sed stabis foris, et ille tibi proferet quod habuerit. 12 Sin autem pauper est, non pernoctabit apud te pignus, 13 sed statim reddes ei ante solis occasum: ut dormiens in vestimento suo, benedicat tibi, et habeas justitiam coram Domino Deo tuo. 14 Non negabis mercedem indigentis, et pauperis fratris tui, sive advenæ, qui tecum moratur in terra, et intra portas tuas est: 15 sed eadem die reddes ei pretium laboris sui ante solis occasum, quia pauper est, et ex eo sustentat animam suam: ne clamet contra te ad Dominum, et reputetur tibi in peccatum. |
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16 A father must not die for his son’s guilt, or a son for his father’s; no guilt but his own shall bring a man to death. | 16 Non occidentur patres pro filiis, nec filii pro patribus, sed unusquisque pro peccato suo morietur. |
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17 Do not refuse alien or orphan his rights at law; do not make the widow give thee her cloak as a pledge; 18 remember that thou wast once a slave in Egypt, and the Lord thy God rescued thee; with good right I enjoin so much upon thee. | 17 Non pervertes judicium advenæ et pupilli, nec auferes pignoris loco viduæ vestimentum. 18 Memento quod servieris in Ægypto, et eruerit te Dominus Deus tuus inde. Idcirco præcipio tibi ut facias hanc rem. |
19 ἐὰ |
19 If thou art harvesting the corn in one of thy fields, and a sheaf lies there forgotten, do not go back for it; leave it for the alien, the orphan and the widow; so the Lord thy God will prosper all thy undertakings. 20 Do not go over thy olive-trees again, the fruit once picked, leave the rest to alien, orphan and widow; 21 leave to alien, orphan and widow the clusters that hang on thy vines when the vintage is over, still ungathered. 22 Do not forget that thou wast once a slave in Egypt; not without reason I enjoin this upon thee. | 19 Quando messueris segetem in agro tuo, et oblitus manipulum reliqueris, non reverteris, ut tollas illum: sed advenam, et pupillum, et viduam auferre patieris, ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni opere manuum tuarum. 20 Si fruges collegeris olivarum, quidquid remanserit in arboribus, non reverteris ut colligas: sed relinques advenæ, pupillo, ac viduæ. 21 Si vindemiaveris vineam tuam, non colliges remanentes racemos: sed cedent in usus advenæ, pupilli, ac viduæ. 22 Memento quod et tu servieris in Ægypto, et idcirco præcipio tibi ut facias hanc rem. |
[1] ‘A thing detestable’; the Latin translates here as if the wife herself was meant, but the sense of the Hebrew text is more probably that the act mentioned is detestable to the Lord. In any case, it is clear that divorce was permitted to the Hebrews ‘to suit their bard hearts’; cf. Mt. 19.8.
[2] In the Hebrew text, ‘stealing’, in the Latin, ‘seducing’.
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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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