Deuteronomio 21

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Quando inventum fuerit in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi, hominis cadaver occisi, et ignoratur caedis reus,	1 “When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
2 egredientur maiores natu et iudices tui et metientur a loco cadaveris singularum per circuitum spatia civitatum	2 your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.
3 et, quam viciniorem ceteris esse perspexerint, seniores civitatis illius tollent vitulam de armento, quae non traxit iugum nec terram scidit vomere,	3 And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.
4 et ducent eam ad torrentem perennem, ubi numquam aratum est nec seminatum, et caedent apud eum cervices vitulae;	4 And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
5 accedentque sacerdotes filii Levi, quos elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, ut ministrent ei et benedicant in nomine eius, et ad verbum eorum omnis causa et omnis percussio iudicetur.	5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.
6 Et omnes maiores natu civitatis illius, qui prope interfectum sunt, lavabunt manus suas super vitulam, quae apud torrentem percussa est,	6 And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.
7 et dicent: “Manus nostrae non effuderunt hunc sanguinem, nec oculi nostri viderunt;	7 And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
8 propitius esto populo tuo Israel, quem redemisti, Domine, et non reputes sanguinem innocentem in medio populi tui Israel”. Et auferetur ab eis reatus sanguinis.	8 Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
9 Tu autem removebis innocentem cruorem, cum feceris, quod rectum est in oculis Domini.	9 Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
10 Si egressus fueris ad pugnam contra inimicos tuos, et tradiderit eos Dominus Deus tuus in manu tua, captivosque duxeris	10 If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,
11 et videris in numero captivorum mulierem pulchram et adamaveris eam voluerisque habere uxorem,	11 you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:
12 introduces eam in domum tuam. Quae radet caesariem et circumcidet ungues	12 then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,
13 et deponet vestem captivitatis sedensque in domo tua flebit patrem et matrem suam uno mense; et postea intrabis ad eam sociaberisque illi, et erit uxor tua.	13 and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.
14 Sin autem postea non sederit animo tuo, dimittes eam liberam; nec vendere poteris pecunia nec opprimere per potentiam, quia humiliasti eam.	14 But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.
15 Si habuerit homo uxores duas, unam dilectam et alteram odiosam, genuerintque ei liberos, et fuerit filius odiosae primogenitus,	15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,
16 volueritque substantiam inter filios suos dividere, non poterit filium dilectae facere primogenitum et praeferre filio odiosae,	16 and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.
17 sed filium odiosae agnoscet primogenitum dabitque ei de cunctis, quae habuerit, duplicia; iste est enim principium roboris eius, et huic debentur primogenita.	17 Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.
18 Si genuerit homo filium contumacem et protervum, qui non audiat patris aut matris imperium et coercitus oboedire contempserit,	18 If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
19 apprehendent eum et ducent ad seniores civitatis suae et ad portam iudicii	19 they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.
20 dicentque ad eos: “Filius noster iste protervus et contumax est: monita nostra audire contemnit, comissationibus vacat et luxuriae atque conviviis potatorum”.	20 And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
21 Lapidibus eum obruent viri civitatis, et morietur, ut auferatis malum de medio vestri, et universus Israel audiens pertimescat.	21 Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.
22 Quando peccaverit homo, quod morte plectendum est, et occisum appenderis in patibulo,	22 When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:
23 non permanebit cadaver eius in ligno; sed in eadem die sepelietur, quia maledictus a Deo est, qui pendet in ligno; et nequaquam contaminabis terram tuam, quam Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi in possessionem.	23 his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”