Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 19
The Command to be Holy
| 1 Καὶ ἐλάλησεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων 2 Λάλησον τῇ συναγωγῇ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς Ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιος κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. 3 ἕκαστος πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ μητέρα αὐτοῦ φοβείσθω, καὶ τὰ σάββατά μου φυλάξεσθε· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. 4 οὐκ ἐπακολουθήσετε εἰδώλοις καὶ θεοὺς χωνευτοὺς οὐ ποιήσετε ὑμῖν· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. | 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "Speak to the congregation of the sons of Israel and you shall say to them: 'You shall be holy, because I, the Lord your God, am holy. 3 Each of you must fear his father and his mother, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God. 4 You shall not follow after idols, and you shall not make molten gods for yourselves; I am the Lord your God.' |
| 5 καὶ ἐὰν θύσητε θυσίαν σωτηρίου τῷ κυρίῳ, δεκτὴν ὑμῶν θύσετε. 6 ᾗ ἄν ἡμέρᾳ θύσητε, βρωθήσεται καὶ τῇ αὔριον· καὶ ἐὰν καταλειφθῇ ἕως ἡμέρας τρίτης, ἐν πυρὶ κατακαυθήσεται. 7 ἐὰν δὲ βρώσει βρωθῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ἄθυτόν ἐστιν οὐ δεχθήσεται· 8 ὁ δὲ ἔσθων αὐτὸ ἁμαρτίαν λήμψεται, ὅτι τὰ ἅγια κυρίου ἐβεβήλωσεν· καὶ ἐξολεθρευθήσονται αἱ ψυχαὶ αἱ ἔσθουσαι ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτῶν. | 5 'And if you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, you shall sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for you. 6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it and on the next day; but if any is left until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. 7 And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an unholy thing; it will not be accepted. 8 And the one eating it shall bear the sin, because he has profaned the holy things of the Lord; and the souls who eat it shall be destroyed from among their people.'" |
Compassion in the Harvest
| 9 Καὶ ἐκθεριζόντων ὑμῶν τὸν θερισμὸν τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν οὐ συντελέσετε τὸν θερισμὸν ὑμῶν τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐκθερίσαι καὶ τὰ ἀποπίπτοντα τοῦ θερισμοῦ σου οὐ συλλέξεις 10 καὶ τὸν ἀμπελῶνά σου οὐκ ἐπανατρυγήσεις οὐδὲ τοὺς ῥῶγας τοῦ ἀμπελῶνός σου συλλέξεις· τῷ πτωχῷ καὶ τῷ προσηλύτῳ καταλείψεις αὐτά ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. | 9 "'And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not complete the reaping of your field to the very end, and you shall not gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 And you shall not go over your vineyard a second time, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger; I am the Lord your God.'" |
Integrity and Justice
| 11 Οὐ κλέψετε. οὐ ψεύσεσθε. οὐ συκοφαντήσει ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον. 12 καὶ οὐκ ὀμεῖσθε τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐπ' ἀδίκῳ καὶ οὐ βεβηλώσετε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. 13 οὐκ ἀδικήσεις τὸν πλησίον καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσεις, καὶ οὐ μὴ κοιμηθήσεται ὁ μισθὸς τοῦ μισθωτοῦ παρὰ σοί ἕως πρωί. 14 οὐ κακῶς ἐρεῖς κωφὸν καὶ ἀπέναντι τυφλοῦ οὐ προσθήσεις σκάνδαλον καὶ φοβηθήσῃ κύριον τὸν θεόν σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. | 11 "'You shall not steal. You shall not lie. Each of you shall not falsely accuse his neighbor. 12 And you shall not swear by My name to what is unjust, and you shall not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord your God. 13 You shall not wrong your neighbor and you shall not rob him, and the wages of a hired hand shall not remain with you until morning. 14 You shall not speak evil of the deaf, and you shall not put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear the Lord your God; I am the Lord your God.' |
| 15 Οὐ ποιήσετε ἄδικον ἐν κρίσει· οὐ λήμψῃ πρόσωπον πτωχοῦ οὐδὲ θαυμάσεις πρόσωπον δυνάστου, ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ κρινεῖς τὸν πλησίον σου. 16 οὐ πορεύσῃ δόλῳ ἐν τῷ ἔθνει σου, οὐκ ἐπισυστήσῃ ἐφ' αἷμα τοῦ πλησίον σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. 17 οὐ μισήσεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου τῇ διανοίᾳ σου, ἐλεγμῷ ἐλέγξεις τὸν πλησίον σου καὶ οὐ λήμψῃ δι' αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίαν. 18 καὶ οὐκ ἐκδικᾶταί σου ἡ χείρ, καὶ οὐ μηνιεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος. | 15 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor shall you marvel at the face of the powerful; in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor. 16 You shall not go about with deceit among your people, and you shall not stand up against the blood of your neighbor; I am the Lord your God. 17 You shall not hate your brother in your mind; you shall surely reprove your neighbor and not bear sin because of him. 18 And your hand shall not seek revenge, and you shall not bear a grudge against the sons of your people; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.'" |
Prohibitions on Mixtures and Conduct
| 19 Τὸν νόμον μου φυλάξεσθε· τὰ κτήνη σου οὐ κατοχεύσεις ἑτεροζύγῳ καὶ τὸν ἀμπελῶνά σου οὐ κατασπερεῖς διάφορον καὶ ἱμάτιον ἐκ δύο ὑφασμένον κίβδηλον οὐκ ἐπιβαλεῖς σεαυτῷ. | 19 "'You shall keep My law: You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your vineyard with diverse seed; and you shall not put on a garment woven of two kinds of thread as a counterfeit cloth.' |
| 20 Καὶ ἐάν τις κοιμηθῇ μετὰ γυναικὸς κοίτην σπέρματος καὶ αὐτὴ οἰκέτις διαπεφυλαγμένη ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ αὐτὴ λύτροις οὐ λελύτρωται ἢ ἐλευθερία οὐκ ἐδόθη αὐτῇ, ἐπισκοπὴ ἔσται αὐτοῖς· οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπηλευθερώθη. 21 καὶ προσάξει τῆς πλημμελείας αὐτοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου κριὸν πλημμελείας· 22 καὶ ἐξιλάσεται περὶ αὐτοῦ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐν τῷ κριῷ τῆς πλημμελείας ἔναντι κυρίου περὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἧς ἥμαρτεν, καὶ ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ ἡ ἁμαρτία, ἣν ἥμαρτεν. | 20 'And if a man lies with a woman in an emission of seed, and she is a slave-girl kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed with a ransom nor has freedom been given to her, there shall be an investigation for them; they shall not be put to death, because she was not set free. 21 And he shall bring for his trespass offering to the Lord, to the door of the Tabernacle of Testimony, a ram of trespass. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of trespass before the Lord for the sin which he committed, and the sin which he committed shall be forgiven him.'" |
Fruit Trees and Prohibited Customs
| 23 Ὅταν δὲ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν, δίδωσιν ὑμῖν καὶ καταφυτεύσετε πᾶν ξύλον βρώσιμον καὶ περικαθαριεῖτε τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτοῦ· ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ τρία ἔτη ἔσται ὑμῖν ἀπερικάθαρτος, οὐ βρωθήσεται· 24 καὶ τῷ ἔτει τῷ τετάρτῳ ἔσται πᾶς ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ ἅγιος αἰνετὸς τῷ κυρίῳ· 25 ἐν δὲ τῷ ἔτει τῷ πέμπτῳ φάγεσθε τὸν καρπόν, πρόσθεμα ὑμῖν τὰ γενήματα αὐτοῦ· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. | 23 "'And when you enter the land which the Lord your God gives to you and you plant all kinds of trees for food, you shall purge away their uncleanness; its fruit shall be unpurged for you for three years; it shall not be eaten. 24 And in the fourth year, all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. 25 And in the fifth year, you shall eat the fruit, so that its produce may be an increase for you; I am the Lord your God.' |
| 26 Μὴ ἔσθετε ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ οὐκ οἰωνιεῖσθε οὐδὲ ὀρνιθοσκοπήσεσθε. 27 οὐ ποιήσετε σισόην ἐκ τῆς κόμης τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν οὐδὲ φθερεῖτε τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ πώγωνος ὑμῶν. 28 καὶ ἐντομίδας ἐπὶ ψυχῇ οὐ ποιήσετε ἐν τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν καὶ γράμματα στικτὰ οὐ ποιήσετε ἐν ὑμῖν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. 29 οὐ βεβηλώσεις τὴν θυγατέρα σου ἐκπορνεῦσαι αὐτήν, καὶ οὐκ ἐκπορνεύσει ἡ γῆ καὶ ἡ γῆ πλησθήσεται ἀνομίας. | 26 'You shall not eat on the mountains, and you shall not practice divination by omens nor shall you observe the flight of birds for augury. 27 You shall not make a circular cutting (sisoe) of the hair of your heads, nor shall you disfigure the appearance of your beards. 28 And you shall not make gashes in your body for a soul [the dead], and you shall not make tattooed marks upon yourselves; I am the Lord your God. 29 You shall not profane your daughter to make her a prostitute, so that the land does not go whoring and the land becomes filled with lawlessness.'" |
Respect for Elders and Strangers
| 30 Τὰ σάββατά μου φυλάξεσθε καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μου φοβηθήσεσθε· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος. 31 οὐκ ἐπακολουθήσετε ἐγγαστριμύθοις καὶ τοῖς ἐπαοιδοῖς οὐ προσκολληθήσεσθε ἐκμιανθῆναι ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. 32 ἀπὸ προσώπου πολιοῦ ἐξαναστήσῃ καὶ τιμήσεις πρόσωπον πρεσβυτέρου καὶ φοβηθήσῃ τὸν θεόν σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. | 30 "'You shall keep My Sabbaths and you shall stand in awe of My holy things; I am the Lord. 31 You shall not follow after those with familiar spirits (engastrimythois), and you shall not join yourselves to enchanters to be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God. 32 You shall rise up before the face of the grey-headed and honor the face of the elder, and you shall fear your God; I am the Lord your God.' |
| 33 Ἐὰν δέ τις προσέλθῃ προσήλυτος ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν, οὐ θλίψετε αὐτόν· 34 ὡς ὁ αὐτόχθων ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ προσπορευόμενος πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἀγαπήσεις αὐτὸν ὡς σεαυτόν, ὅτι προσήλυτοι ἐγενήθητε ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. 35 οὐ ποιήσετε ἄδικον ἐν κρίσει ἐν μέτροις καὶ ἐν σταθμίοις καὶ ἐν ζυγοῖς· 36 ζυγὰ δίκαια καὶ στάθμια δίκαια καὶ χοῦς δίκαιος ἔσται ὑμῖν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν ὑμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου. | 33 'And if a stranger approaches you in your land, you shall not afflict him. 34 The stranger who comes to you shall be as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God. 35 You shall not do injustice in judgment, in measures, in weights, or in scales. 36 You shall have just scales and just weights and a just chous (dry measure); I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.'" |
| 37 Καὶ φυλάξεσθε πάντα τὸν νόμον μου καὶ πάντα τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν. | 37 "'And you shall keep all My law and all My ordinances and do them; I am the Lord your God.'" |