Exodus 12

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1 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron in terra Ægypti :	1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
2 Mensis iste, vobis principium mensium : primus erit in mensibus anni.	2 "This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year.
3 Loquimini ad universum c?tum filiorum Israël, et dicite eis : Decima die mensis hujus tollat unusquisque agnum per familias et domos suas.	3 Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month every one of your families must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household.
4 Sin autem minor est numerus ut sufficere possit ad vescendum agnum, assumet vicinum suum qui junctus est domui suæ, juxta numerum animarum quæ sufficere possunt ad esum agni.	4 If a family is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join the nearest household in procuring one and shall share in the lamb in proportion to the number of persons who partake of it.
5 Erit autem agnus absque macula, masculus, anniculus : juxta quem ritum tolletis et hædum.	5 The lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish. You may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
6 Et servabitis eum usque ad quartamdecimam diem mensis hujus : immolabitque eum universa multitudo filiorum Israël ad vesperam.	6 You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then, with the whole assembly of Israel present, it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight.
7 Et sument de sanguine ejus, ac ponent super utrumque postem, et in superliminaribus domorum, in quibus comedent illum.	7 They shall take some of its blood and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel of every house in which they partake of the lamb.
8 Et edent carnes nocte illa assas igni, et azymos panes cum lactucis agrestibus.	8 That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
9 Non comedetis ex eo crudum quid, nec coctum aqua, sed tantum assum igni : caput cum pedibus ejus et intestinis vorabitis.	9 It shall not be eaten raw or boiled, but roasted whole, with its head and shanks and inner organs.
10 Nec remanebit quidquam ex eo usque mane ; si quid residuum fuerit, igne comburetis.	10 None of it must be kept beyond the next morning; whatever is left over in the morning shall be burned up.
11 Sic autem comedetis illum : renes vestros accingetis, et calceamenta habebitis in pedibus, tenentes baculos in manibus, et comedetis festinanter : est enim Phase (id est, transitus) Domini.	11 "This is how you are to eat it: with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand, you shall eat like those who are in flight. It is the Passover of the LORD.
12 Et transibo per terram Ægypti nocte illa, percutiamque omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti ab homine usque ad pecus : et in cunctis diis Ægypti faciam judicia. Ego Dominus.	12 For on this same night I will go through Egypt, striking down every first--born of the land, both man and beast, and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt-I, the LORD!
13 Erit autem sanguis vobis in signum in ædibus in quibus eritis : et videbo sanguinem, et transibo vos : nec erit in vobis plaga disperdens quando percussero terram Ægypti.	13 But the blood will mark the houses where you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thus, when I strike the land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you.
14 Habebitis autem hunc diem in monimentum : et celebrabitis eam solemnem Domino in generationibus vestris cultu sempiterno.	14 "This day shall be a memorial feast for you, which all your generations shall celebrate with pilgrimage to the LORD, as a perpetual institution.
15 Septem diebus azyma comedetis : in die primo non erit fermentum in domibus vestris : quicumque comederit fermentatum, peribit anima illa de Israël, a primo die usque ad diem septimum.	15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. From the very first day you shall have your houses clear of all leaven. Whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh shall be cut off from Israel.
16 Dies prima erit sancta atque solemnis, et dies septima eadem festivitate venerabilis : nihil operis facietis in eis, exceptis his, quæ ad vescendum pertinent.	16 On the first day you shall hold a sacred assembly, and likewise on the seventh. On these days you shall not do any sort of work, except to prepare the food that everyone needs.
17 Et observabitis azyma : in eadem enim ipsa die educam exercitum vestrum de terra Ægypti, et custodietis diem istum in generationes vestras ritu perpetuo.	17 "Keep, then, this custom of the unleavened bread. Since it was on this very day that I brought your ranks out of the land of Egypt, you must celebrate this day throughout your generations as a perpetual institution.
18 Primo mense, quartadecima die mensis ad vesperam, comedetis azyma usque ad diem vigesimam primam ejusdem mensis ad vesperam.	18 From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of this month you shall eat unleavened bread.
19 Septem diebus fermentum non invenietur in domibus vestris : qui comederit fermentatum, peribit anima ejus de c?tu Israël, tam de advenis quam de indigenis terræ.	19 For seven days no leaven may be found in your houses. Anyone, be he a resident alien or a native, who eats leavened food shall be cut off from the community of Israel.
20 Omne fermentatum non comedetis : in cunctis habitaculis vestris edetis azyma.	20 Nothing leavened may you eat; wherever you dwell you may eat only unleavened bread."
21 Vocavit autem Moyses omnes seniores filiorum Israël, et dixit ad eos : Ite tollentes animal per familias vestras, et immolate Phase.	21 Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and procure lambs for your families, and slaughter them as Passover victims.
22 Fasciculumque hyssopi tingite in sanguine qui est in limine, et aspergite ex eo superliminare, et utrumque postem : nullus vestrum egrediatur ostium domus suæ usque mane.	22 Then take a bunch of hyssop, and dipping it in the blood that is in the basin, sprinkle the lintel and the two doorposts with this blood. But none of you shall go outdoors until morning.
23 Transibit enim Dominus percutiens Ægyptios : cumque viderit sanguinem in superliminari, et in utroque poste, transcendet ostium domus, et non sinet percussorem ingredi domos vestras et lædere.	23 For the LORD will go by, striking down the Egyptians. Seeing the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over that door and not let the destroyer come into your houses to strike you down.
24 Custodi verbum istud legitimum tibi et filiis tuis usque in æternum.	24 "You shall observe this as a perpetual ordinance for yourselves and your descendants.
25 Cumque introieritis terram, quam Dominus daturus est vobis ut pollicitus est, observabitis cæremonias istas.	25 Thus, you must also observe this rite when you have entered the land which the LORD will give you as he promised.
26 Et cum dixerint vobis filii vestri : Quæ est ista religio ?	26 When your children ask you, 'What does this rite of yours mean?'
27 Dicetis eis : Victima transitus Domini est, quando transivit super domos filiorum Israël in Ægypto, percutiens Ægyptios, et domos nostras liberans. Incurvatusque populus adoravit.	27 you shall reply, 'This is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt; when he struck down the Egyptians, he spared our houses.'" Then the people bowed down in worship,
28 Et egressi filii Israël fecerunt sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi et Aaron.	28 and the Israelites went and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
29 Factum est autem in noctis medio, percussit Dominus omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti, a primogenito Pharaonis, qui in solio ejus sedebat, usque ad primogenitum captivæ quæ erat in carcere, et omne primogenitum jumentorum.	29 At midnight the LORD slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh on the throne to the first-born of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the first-born of the animals.
30 Surrexitque Pharao nocte, et omnes servi ejus, cunctaque Ægyptus : et ortus est clamor magnus in Ægypto : neque enim erat domus in qua non jaceret mortuus.	30 Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and there was loud wailing throughout Egypt, for there was not a house without its dead.
31 Vocatisque Pharao Moyse et Aaron nocte, ait : Surgite et egredimini a populo meo, vos et filii Israël : ite, immolate Domino sicut dicitis.	31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Leave my people at once, you and the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you said.
32 Oves vestras et armenta assumite ut petieratis, et abeuntes benedicite mihi.	32 Take your flocks, too, and your herds, as you demanded, and be gone; and you will be doing me a favor."
33 Urgebantque Ægyptii populum de terra exire velociter, dicentes : Omnes moriemur.	33 The Egyptians likewise urged the people on, to hasten their departure from the land; they thought that otherwise they would all die.
34 Tulit igitur populus conspersam farinam antequam fermentaretur : et ligans in palliis, posuit super humeros suos.	34 The people, therefore, took their dough before it was leavened, in their kneading bowls wrapped in their cloaks on their shoulders.
35 Feceruntque filii Israël sicut præceperat Moyses : et petierunt ab Ægyptiis vasa argentea et aurea, vestemque plurimam.	35 The Israelites did as Moses had commanded: they asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
36 Dominus autem dedit gratiam populo coram Ægyptiis ut commodarent eis : et spoliaverunt Ægyptios.	36 The LORD indeed had made the Egyptians so well-disposed toward the people that they let them have whatever they asked for. Thus did they despoil the Egyptians.
37 Profectique sunt filii Israël de Ramesse in Socoth, sexcenta fere millia peditum virorum, absque parvulis.	37 The Israelites set out from Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, not counting the children.
38 Sed et vulgus promiscuum innumerabile ascendit cum eis, oves et armenta et animantia diversi generis multa nimis.	38 A crowd of mixed ancestry also went up with them, besides their livestock, very numerous flocks and herds.
39 Coxeruntque farinam, quam dudum de Ægypto conspersam tulerant : et fecerunt subcinericios panes azymos : neque enim poterant fermentari, cogentibus exire Ægyptiis, et nullam facere sinentibus moram : nec pulmenti quidquam occurrerat præparare.	39 Since the dough they had brought out of Egypt was not leavened, they baked it into unleavened loaves. They had been rushed out of Egypt and had no opportunity even to prepare food for the journey.
40 Habitatio autem filiorum Israël qua manserunt in Ægypto, fuit quadringentorum triginta annorum.	40 The time the Israelites had stayed in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
41 Quibus expletis, eadem die egressus est omnis exercitus Domini de terra Ægypti.	41 At the end of four hundred and thirty years, all the hosts of the LORD left the land of Egypt on this very date.
42 Nox ista est observabilis Domini, quando eduxit eos de terra Ægypti : hanc observare debent omnes filii Israël in generationibus suis.	42 This was a night of vigil for the LORD, as he led them out of the land of Egypt; so on this same night all the Israelites must keep a vigil for the LORD throughout their generations.
43 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron : Hæc est religio Phase : omnis alienigena non comedet ex eo.	43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover. No foreigner may partake of it.
44 Omnis autem servus emptitius circumcidetur, et sic comedet.	44 However, any slave who has been bought for money may partake of it, provided you have first circumcised him.
45 Advena et mercenarius non edent ex eo.	45 But no transient alien or hired servant may partake of it.
46 In una domo comedetur, nec efferetis de carnibus ejus foras, nec os illius confringetis.	46 It must be eaten in one and the same house; you may not take any of its flesh outside the house. You shall not break any of its bones.
47 Omnis c?tus filiorum Israël faciet illud.	47 The whole community of Israel must keep this feast.
48 Quod si quis peregrinorum in vestram voluerit transire coloniam, et facere Phase Domini, circumcidetur prius omne masculinum ejus, et tunc rite celebrabit : eritque sicut indigena terræ : si quis autem circumcisus non fuerit, non vescetur ex eo.	48 If any aliens living among you wish to celebrate the Passover of the LORD, all the males among them must first be circumcised, and then they may join in its observance just like the natives. But no man who is uncircumcised may partake of it.
49 Eadem lex erit indigenæ et colono qui peregrinatur apud vos.	49 The law shall be the same for the resident alien as for the native."
50 Feceruntque omnes filii Israël sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi et Aaron.	50 All the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
51 Et eadem die eduxit Dominus filios Israël de terra Ægypti per turmas suas.	51 On that same day the LORD brought the Israelites out of Egypt company by company.