Deuteronomii 28
1 Si autem audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut facias atque custodias omnia mandata eius, quæ ego præcipio tibi hodie, faciet te Dominus Deus tuus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, quæ versantur in terra.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently to the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day; that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 Venientque super te universæ benedictiones istæ, et apprehendent te: si tamen præcepta eius audieris.
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God.
3 Benedictus tu in civitate, et benedictus in agro.
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.
4 Benedictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terræ tuæ, fructusque iumentorum tuorum, greges armentorum tuorum, et caulæ ovium tuarum.
Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy cattle, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Benedicta horrea tua, et benedictæ reliquiæ tuæ.
Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.
6 Benedictus eris tu ingrediens et egrediens.
Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest 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 shall cause thy enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 Emittet Dominus benedictionem super cellaria tua, et super omnia opera manuum tuarum: benedicetque tibi in terra, quam acceperis.
The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy store-houses, and in all that thou settest thy hand to: and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
9 Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut iuravit tibi: si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambulaveris in viis eius.
The LORD shall establish thee a holy people to himself, as he hath sworn to thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 Videbuntque omnes terrarum populi quod nomen Domini invocatum sit super te, et timebunt te.
And all the people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 Abundare te faciet Dominus omnibus bonis, fructu uteri tui, et fructu iumentorum tuorum, fructu terræ tuæ, quam iuravit Dominus patribus tuis ut daret tibi.
And the LORD shall make thee to abound in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD swore to thy fathers to give thee.
12 Aperiet Dominus thesaurum suum optimum, cælum, ut tribuat pluviam terræ tuæ in tempore suo: benedicetque cunctis operibus manuum tuarum. Et fœnerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo fœnus accipies.
The LORD shall open to thee his good treasure, the heaven to give rain to thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 Constituet te Dominus in caput, et non in caudam: et eris semper supra, et non subter: si tamen audieris mandata Domini Dei tui quæ ego præcipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris,
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken to the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]:
14 ac non declinaveris ab eis nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos, neque colueris eos.
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee 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 præcipio tibi hodie, venient super te omnes maledictiones istæ, et apprehendent te.
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
16 Maledictus eris in civitate, maledictus in agro.
Cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.
17 Maledictum horreum tuum, et maledictæ reliquiæ tuæ.
Cursed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.
18 Maledictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terræ tuæ, armenta boum tuorum, et greges ovium tuarum.
Cursed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Maledictus eris ingrediens, et maledictus egrediens.
Cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.
20 Mittet Dominus super te famem et esuriem, et increpationem in omnia opera tua, quæ tu facies: donec conterat te, et perdat velociter, propter adinventiones tuas pessimas in quibus reliquisti me.
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou undertakest to perform, until thou shalt be destroyed, and until thou shalt perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings by which thou hast forsaken me.
21 Adiungat tibi Dominus pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave to thee, until he shall have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 Percutiat te Dominus egestate, febri et frigore, ardore et æstu, et aere corrupto ac rubigine, et persequatur donec pereas.
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew: and they shall pursue thee until thou dost perish.
23 Sit cælum, quod supra te est, æneum: et terra, quam calcas, ferrea.
And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron.
24 Det Dominus imbrem terræ tuæ pulverem, et de cælo descendat super te cinis, donec conteraris.
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou art destroyed.
25 Tradat te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos. per unam viam egrediaris contra eos, et per septem fugias, et dispergaris per omnia regna terræ.
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thy enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 sitque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus cæli, et bestiis terræ, et non sit qui abigat.
And thy carcass shall be food to all fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, and no man shall drive [them] away.
27 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere Ægypti, et partem corporis, per quam stercora egeruntur, scabie quoque et prurigine: ita ut curari nequeas.
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which thou canst not be healed.
28 Percutiat te Dominus amentia et cæcitate ac furore mentis,
The LORD shall smite thee with the madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
29 et palpes in meridie sicut palpare solet cæcus in tenebris, et non dirigas vias tuas. Omnique tempore calumniam sustineas, et opprimaris violentia, nec habeas qui liberet te.
And thou shalt grope at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee].
30 Uxorem accipias, et alius dormiat cum ea. Domum ædifices, et non habites in ea. Plantes vineam, et non vindemies eam.
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell in it: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt 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 tuæ dentur inimicis tuis, et non sit qui te adiuvet.
Thy ox [shall be] slain before thy eyes, and thou shalt not eat of it: thy ass [shall be] violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep [shall be] given to thy enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue [them].
32 Filii tui et filiæ tuæ tradantur alteri populo, videntibus oculis tuis, et deficientibus ad conspectum eorum tota die, et non sit fortitudo in manu tua.
Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given to another people, and thy eyes shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thy hand.
33 Fructus terræ tuæ, et omnes labores tuos comedat populus, quem ignoras: et sis semper calumniam sustinens, et oppressus cunctis diebus,
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall be eaten by a nation which thou knowest not: and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed always:
34 et stupens ad terrorem eorum quæ videbunt oculi tui.
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thy eyes which thou shalt see.
35 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum.
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot to the top of thy 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 shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 Et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
38 Sementem multam iacies in terram, et modicum congregabis: quia locustæ devorabunt omnia.
Thou shalt carry much seed into the field, and shalt gather [but] little: for the locust shall consume it.
39 Vineam plantabis, et fodies: et vinum non bibes, nec colliges ex ea quippiam: quoniam vastabitur vermibus.
Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes]: for the worm shall eat them.
40 Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis, et non ungeris oleo: quia defluent, et peribunt.
Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint [thyself] with the oil: for thy olive shall cast [its fruit].
41 Filios generabis et filias, et non frueris eis: quoniam ducentur in captivitatem.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them: for they shall go into captivity.
42 Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terræ tuæ rubigo consumet.
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43 Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te, eritque sublimior: tu autem descendes, et eris inferior.
The stranger that [is] within thee shall rise above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44 Ipse fœnerabit tibi, et tu non fœnerabis ei. Ipse erit in caput, et tu eris in caudam.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Et venient super te omnes maledictiones istæ, et persequentes apprehendent te, donec intereas: quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui, nec servasti mandata eius et ceremonias, quas præcepit tibi.
Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou art destroyed: because thou hearkenedst not to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
46 Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia, et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum:
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47 eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio, cordisque lætitia, propter rerum omnium abundantiam:
Because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for 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.
Therefore shalt thou serve thy enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things]: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he hath destroyed thee.
49 Adducet Dominus super te Gentem de longinquo, et de extremis terræ finibus in similitudinem aquilæ volantis cum impetu: cuius linguam intelligere non possis:
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth, a nation whose language thou shalt not understand:
50 Gentem procacissimam, quæ non deferat seni, nec misereatur parvuli,
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:
51 et devoret fructum iumentorum tuorum, ac fruges Terræ tuæ: donec intereas, et non relinquat tibi triticum, vinum, et oleum, armenta boum, et greges ovium: donec te disperdat,
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou art destroyed: which [also] shall not leave thee [either] corn, wine, or oil, [or] the increase of thy cattle, or flocks of thy sheep, until he hath destroyed thee.
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 he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, in which thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
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 thou shalt eat the fruit of thy own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the straitness with which thy enemies shall distress thee:
54 Homo delicatus in te, et luxuriosus valde, invidebit fratri suo, et uxori, quæ cubat in sinu suo,
[So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil towards his brother, and towards the wife of his bosom, and towards the remnant of his children whom he shall leave:
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 that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness with which thy enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 Tenera mulier et delicata, quæ 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 filiæ carnibus,
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil towards the husband of her bosom, and towards her son, and towards her daughter,
57 et illuvie secundarum, quæ 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 towards her young one, her own offspring, and towards her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness with which thy enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
58 Nisi custodieris, et feceris omnia verba legis huius, quæ scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et timueris nomen eius gloriosum et terribile, hoc est, Dominum Deum tuum:
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
59 augebit Dominus plagas tuas, et plagas seminis tui, plagas magnas et perseverantes, infirmitates pessimas et perpetuas.
Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, [even] great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.
60 et convertet in te omnes afflictiones Ægypti, quas timuisti, et adhærebunt tibi:
Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, of which thou wast afraid; and they shall cleave to thee.
61 Insuper et universos languores, et plagas, quæ non sunt scriptæ in volumine legis huius, inducet Dominus super te, donec te conterat:
Also every sickness, and every plague which [is] not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou art destroyed.
62 et remanebitis pauci numero, qui prius eratis sicut astra cæli præ multitudine, quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui.
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldst not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
63 Et sicut ante lætatus est Dominus super vos, bene vobis faciens, vosque multiplicans: sic lætabitur 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 to bring you to naught; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
64 Disperget te Dominus in omnes populos a summitate terræ usque ad terminos eius: et servies ibi diis alienis, quos et tu ignoras et patres tui, lignis et lapidibus.
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people from the one end of the earth even to the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.
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 mœrore:
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 Et erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te. Timebis nocte et die, et non credes vitæ tuæ.
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have no assurance of thy life:
67 Mane dices: Quis mihi det vesperum? et vespere: Quis mihi det mane? propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, et propter ea, quæ tuis videbis oculis.
In the morning thou shalt say, O that it were evening, and at evening thou shalt say, O that it were morning! for the fear of thy heart with which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thy eyes which thou shalt see.
68 Reducet te Dominus classibus in Ægyptum 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 thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I have said to thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold to your enemies for bond-men and bond-women, and no man shall buy [you].
