Deuteronomii 28
1 Si autem audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut facias atque custodias omnia mandata eius, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, faciet te Dominus Deus tuus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, quae versantur in terra.
And it shall come to pass, if you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God, to observe and do all these commands, which I charge you this day, that the Lord your God shall set you on high above all the nations of the earth;
2 Venientque super te universae benedictiones istae, et apprehendent te: si tamen praecepta eius audieris.
and all these blessings shall come upon you, and shall find you. If you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God,
3 Benedictus tu in civitate, et benedictus in agro.
blessed [shall] you [be] in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
4 Benedictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terrae tuae, fructusque iumentorum tuorum, greges armentorum tuorum, et caulae ovium tuarum.
Blessed shall be the offspring of your body, and the fruits of your land, and the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep.
5 Benedicta horrea tua, et benedictae reliquiae tuae.
Blessed shall be your barns, and your stores.
6 Benedictus eris tu ingrediens et egrediens.
Blessed shall you be in your coming in, and blessed shall you be in your going out.
7 Dabit Dominus inimicos tuos, qui consurgunt adversum te, corruentes in conspectu tuo: per unam viam venient contra te, et per septem fugient a facie tua.
The Lord deliver your enemies that withstand you utterly broken before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and they shall flee seven ways from before you.
8 Emittet Dominus benedictionem super cellaria tua, et super omnia opera manuum tuarum: benedicetque tibi in terra, quam acceperis.
The Lord send upon you his blessing in your barns, and on all on which you shall put your hand, in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
9 Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut iuravit tibi: si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambulaveris in viis eius.
The Lord raise you up for himself a holy people, as he sware to your fathers; if you will hear the voice of the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways.
10 Videbuntque omnes terrarum populi quod nomen Domini invocatum sit super te, et timebunt te.
And all the nations of the earth shall see you, that the name of the Lord is called upon you, and they shall stand in awe of you.
11 Abundare te faciet Dominus omnibus bonis, fructu uteri tui, et fructu iumentorum tuorum, fructu terrae tuae, quam iuravit Dominus patribus tuis ut daret tibi.
And the Lord your God shall multiply you for good in the offspring of your body, and in the offspring of your cattle, and in the fruits of your land, on your land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to you.
12 Aperiet Dominus thesaurum suum optimum, caelum, ut tribuat pluviam terrae tuae in tempore suo: benedicetque cunctis operibus manuum tuarum. Et foenerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo foenus accipies.
May the Lord open to you his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to your land in season: may he bless all the works of your hands: so shall you lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.
13 Constituet te Dominus in caput, et non in caudam: et eris semper supra, et non subter: si tamen audieris mandata Domini Dei tui quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris,
The Lord your God make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall then be above and you shall not be below, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, in all things that I charge you this day to observe.
14 ac non declinaveris ab eis nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos, neque colueris eos.
You shall not turn aside from any of the commandments, which I charge you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 Quod si audire nolueris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut custodias, et facias omnia mandata eius et ceremonias, quas ego praecipio tibi hodie, venient super te omnes maledictiones istae, et apprehendent te.
But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe all his commandments, as many as I charge you this day, then all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
16 Maledictus eris in civitate, maledictus in agro.
Cursed [shall] you [be] in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
17 Maledictum horreum tuum, et maledictae reliquiae tuae.
Cursed shall be your barns and your stores.
18 Maledictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terrae tuae, armenta boum tuorum, et greges ovium tuarum.
Cursed shall be the offspring of your body, and the fruits of your land, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep.
19 Maledictus eris ingrediens, et maledictus egrediens.
Cursed shall you be in your coming in, and cursed shall you be in your going out.
20 Mittet Dominus super te famem et esuriem, et increpationem in omnia opera tua, quae tu facies: donec conterat te, et perdat velociter, propter adinventiones tuas pessimas in quibus reliquisti me.
The Lord send upon you lack, and famine, and consumption of all things on which you shall put your hand, until he shall have utterly destroyed you, and until he shall have consumed you quickly because of your evil devices, because you have forsaken me.
21 Adiungat tibi Dominus pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
The Lord cause the pestilence to cleave to you, until he shall have consumed you off the land into which you go to inherit it.
22 Percutiat te Dominus egestate, febri et frigore, ardore et aestu, et aere corrupto ac rubigine, et persequatur donec pereas.
The Lord strike you with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue you until they have destroyed you.
23 Sit caelum, quod supra te est, aeneum: et terra, quam calcas, ferrea.
And you shall have over your head a sky of brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.
24 Det Dominus imbrem terrae tuae pulverem, et de caelo descendat super te cinis, donec conteraris.
The Lord your God make the rain of your land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed you, and until it shall have quickly consumed you.
25 Tradat te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos. per unam viam egrediaris contra eos, et per septem fugias, et dispergaris per omnia regna terrae.
The Lord give you up for slaughter before your enemies: you shall go out against them one way, and flee from their face seven ways; and you shall be a dispersion in all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 sitque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus caeli, et bestiis terrae, et non sit qui abigat.
And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away.
27 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere Aegypti, et partem corporis, per quam stercora egeruntur, scabie quoque et prurigine: ita ut curari nequeas.
The Lord strike you with the botch of Egypt in the seat, and with a malignant scab, and itch, so that you can not be healed.
28 Percutiat te Dominus amentia et caecitate ac furore mentis,
The Lord strike you with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind.
29 et palpes in meridie sicut palpare solet caecus in tenebris, et non dirigas vias tuas. Omnique tempore calumniam sustineas, et opprimaris violentia, nec habeas qui liberet te.
And you shall grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; and then you shall be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
30 Uxorem accipias, et alius dormiat cum ea. Domum aedifices, et non habites in ea. Plantes vineam, et non vindemies eam.
you shall take a wife, and another man shall have her; you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes of it.
31 Bos tuus immoletur coram te, et non comedas ex eo. Asinus tuus rapiatur in conspectu tuo, et non reddatur tibi. Oves tuae dentur inimicis tuis, et non sit qui te adiuvet.
Your calf [shall be] slain before you, and you shall not eat of it; your ass shall be violently taken away from you, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no helper.
32 Filii tui et filiae tuae tradantur alteri populo, videntibus oculis tuis, et deficientibus ad conspectum eorum tota die, et non sit fortitudo in manu tua.
Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another nation, and your eyes wasting away shall look for them: your hand shall have no strength.
33 Fructus terrae tuae, et omnes labores tuos comedat populus, quem ignoras: et sis semper calumniam sustinens, et oppressus cunctis diebus,
A nation which you know not shall eat the produce of your land, and all your labours; and you shall be injured and crushed always.
34 et stupens ad terrorem eorum quae videbunt oculi tui.
And you shall be distracted, because of the sights of your eyes which you shall see.
35 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum.
The Lord strike you with an evil sore, on the knees and the legs, so that you shall not be able to be healed from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
36 Ducet te Dominus, et regem tuum, quem constitueris super te, in gentem, quam ignoras tu et patres tui: et servies ibi diis alienis, ligno et lapidi.
The Lord carry away you and your princes, whom you shall set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers know; and you shall there serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 Et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus.
An you shall be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, amongst all the nations, to which the Lord your God shall carry you away.
38 Sementem multam iacies in terram, et modicum congregabis: quia locustae devorabunt omnia.
You shall carry forth much seed into the field, and you shall bring in little, because the locust shall devour it.
39 Vineam plantabis, et fodies: et vinum non bibes, nec colliges ex ea quippiam: quoniam vastabitur vermibus.
You shall plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shall not drink the wine, neither shall you delight yourself with it, because the worm shall devour it.
40 Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis, et non ungeris oleo: quia defluent, et deperibunt.
You shall have olive trees in all your borders, and you shall not anoint you with oil, because your olive shall utterly cast [its fruit].
41 Filios generabis et filias, et non frueris eis: quoniam ducentur in captivitatem.
You shall beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be [your], for they shall depart into captivity.
42 Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terrae tuae rubigo consumet.
All your trees and the fruits of your land shall the blight consume.
43 Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te, eritque sublimior: tu autem descendes, et eris inferior.
The stranger that is within you shall get up very high, and you shall come down very low.
44 Ipse foenerabit tibi, et tu non foenerabis ei. Ipse erit in caput, et tu eris in caudam.
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
45 Et venient super te omnes maledictiones istae, et persequentes apprehendent te, donec intereas: quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui, nec servasti mandata eius et ceremonias, quas praecepit tibi.
And all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and shall overtake you, until he shall have consumed you, and until he shall have destroyed you; because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commands, and his ordinances which he has commanded you.
46 Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia, et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum:
And [these things] shall be signs in you, and wonders amongst your seed for ever;
47 eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio, cordisque laetitia, propter rerum omnium abundantiam:
because you did not serve the Lord your God with gladness and a good heart, because of the abundance of all things.
48 servies inimico tuo, quem immittet tibi Dominus, in fame, et siti, et nuditate, et omni penuria: et ponet iugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, donec te conterat.
And you shall serve your enemies, which the Lord will send forth against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and you shall wear upon your neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed you.
49 Adducet Dominus super te Gentem de longinquo, et de extremis terrae finibus in similitudinem aquilae volantis cum impetu: cuius linguam intelligere non possis:
The Lord shall bring upon you a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice you shall not understand;
50 Gentem procacissimam, quae non deferat seni, nec misereatur parvuli,
a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.
51 et devoret fructum iumentorum tuorum, ac fruges Terrae tuae: donec intereas, et non relinquat tibi triticum, vinum, et oleum, armenta boum, et greges ovium: donec te disperdat,
And it shall eat up the young of your cattle, and the fruits of your land, so as not to leave to you corn, wine, oil, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep, until it shall have destroyed you;
52 et conterat in cunctis urbibus tuis, et destruantur muri tui firmi atque sublimes, in quibus habebas fiduciam in omni Terra tua. Obsideberis intra portas tuas in omni Terra tua, quam dabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus:
and have utterly crushed you in your cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which you trust, in all your land; and it shall afflict you in your cities, which he has given to you.
53 et comedes fructum uteri tui, et carnes filiorum tuorum et filiarum tuarum, quas dederit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, in angustia et vastitate qua opprimet te hostis tuus.
And you shall eat the fruit of your body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, all that he has given you, in your straitness and your affliction, with which your enemy shall afflict you.
54 Homo delicatus in te, et luxuriosus valde, invidebit fratri suo, et uxori, quae cubat in sinu suo,
He that is tender and very delicate within you shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him;
55 ne det eis de carnibus filiorum suorum, quas comedet: eo quod nihil aliud habeat in obsidione et penuria, qua vastaverint te inimici tui intra omnes portas tuas.
so as [not] to give to one of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eat, because of his having nothing left him in your straitness, and in your affliction, with which your enemies shall afflict you in all your cities.
56 Tenera mulier et delicata, quae super terram ingredi non valebat, nec pedis vestigium figere propter mollitiem et teneritudinem nimiam, invidebit viro suo, qui cubat in sinu eius, super filii et filiae carnibus,
And she that is tender and delicate amongst you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter,
57 et illuvie secundinarum, quae egrediuntur de medio feminum eius, et super liberis qui eadem hora nati sunt. comedent enim eos clam propter rerum omnium penuriam in obsidione et vastitate, qua opprimet te inimicus tuus intra portas tuas.
and her offspring that comes out between her feet, and the child which she shall bear; for she shall eat them because of the lack of all things, secretly in your straitness, and in your affliction, with which your enemy shall afflict you in your cities.
58 Nisi custodieris, et feceris omnia verba legis huius, quae scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et timueris nomen eius gloriosum et terribile, hoc est, Dominum Deum tuum:
If you will not listen to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord your God;
59 augebit Dominus plagas tuas, et plagas seminis tui, plagas magnas et perseverantes, infirmitates pessimas et perpetuas.
then the Lord shall magnify your plagues, and the plagues of your seed, great and wonderful plagues, and evil and dwelling diseases.
60 et convertet in te omnes afflictiones Aegypti, quas timuisti, et adhaerebunt tibi:
And he shall bring upon you all the evil pain of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cleave to you.
61 Insuper et universos languores, et plagas, quae non sunt scriptae in volumine legis huius, inducet Dominus super te, donec te conterat:
And the Lord shall bring upon you every sickness, and every plague that is not written, and every one that is written in the book of this law, until he shall have destroyed you.
62 et remanebitis pauci numero, qui prius eratis sicut astra caeli prae multitudine, quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui.
And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.
63 Et sicut ante laetatus est Dominus super vos, bene vobis faciens, vosque multiplicans: sic laetabitur disperdens vos atque subvertens, ut auferamini de Terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
And it shall come to pass that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you; and you shall be quickly removed from the land, into which you go to inherit it.
64 Disperget te Dominus in omnes populos a summitate terrae usque ad terminos eius: et servies ibi diis alienis, quos et tu ignoras et patres tui, lignis et lapidibus.
And the Lord your God shall scatter you amongst all nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and you shall there serve other gods, wood and stone, which you have not known, nor your fathers.
65 In gentibus quoque illis non quiesces, neque erit requies vestigio pedis tui. Dabit enim tibi Dominus ibi cor pavidum, et deficientes oculos, et animam consumptam moerore:
Moreover amongst those nations he will not give you quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of your foot have rest; and the Lord shall give you there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.
66 Et erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te. Timebis nocte et die, et non credes vitae tuae.
And your life shall be in suspense before your eyes; and you shall be afraid by day and by night, and you shall have no assurance of your life.
67 Mane dices: Quis mihi det vesperum? et vespere: Quis mihi det mane? propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, et propter ea, quae tuis videbis oculis.
In the morning you shall say, Would it were evening! and in the evening you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and for the sights of your eyes which you shall see.
68 Reducet te Dominus classibus in Aegyptum per viam, de qua dixit tibi ut eam amplius non videres. Ibi venderis inimicis tuis in servos et ancillas, et non erit qui emat.
And the Lord shall bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said, You shall not see it again; and you shall be sold there to your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and none shall buy you.
