The punishment of theft, and other trespasses. The law of lending without usury, of taking pledges of reverences to superiors, and of paying tithes.

1If any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell it: he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.Se uno ruberà un bue, o una pecora, e l'avrà uccisa, o venduta, renderà cinque bovi per uno, e quattro pecore per una.IF any man steale an oxe or a sheepe, and kil or sel it: he shal restore fiue oxen for one oxe, and foure sheepe for one sheepe.Si quis furatus fuerit bovem aut ovem, et occiderit vel vendiderit: quinque boves pro uno bove restituet, et quatuor oves pro una ove. 2If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.Se un ladro è trovato a sforzare la porta, o a rompere la muraglia della casa, e ferito venga a morire, il feritore non sarà reo d'uccisione.If the theefe be found breaking vp the house or vndermining it, and taking a wound die: the striker shal not be guiltie of bloud.Si effringens fur domum sive suffodiens fuerit inventus, et accepto vulnere mortuus fuerit, percussor non erit reus sanguinis. 3But if he did this when the sun is risen, he hath committed murder, and he shall die. If he have not wherewith to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold.Ma se ciò egli fa dopo che è nato il sole, egli è reo di omicidio, ed egli pure morrà. Se (il ladro) non avrà di che pagare il furto, sarà venduto.But if he doe this when the sunne is risen, he hath cōmitted manslaughter, and himself shal die. If he haue not wherwith to make restitution for the theft, himselfe shal be sold.Quod si orto sole hoc fecerit, homicidium perpetravit, et ipse morietur. Si non habuerit quod pro furto reddat, ipse venundabitur. 4If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: he shall restore double.Se il bue rubato, o l'asino, o la pecora sarà trovato vivo presso di lui, restituirà il doppio.If that which he stole, be found with him, aliue, either oxe, or asse, or sheepe: he shal restore duble.Si inventum fuerit apud eum quod furatus est, vivens: sive bos, sive asinus, sive ovis, duplum restituet. 5If any man hurt a field or a vineyard, and put in his beast to feed upon that which is other men’s: he shall restore the best of whatsoever he hath in his own field, or in his vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage.Se alcuno farà danno a un campo, o a una vigna, e lascerà andare il suo giumento a pascere l'altrui; renderà il meglio, che abbia nel proprio campo, o vigna secondo le stime del danno.If anie man hurt a field or a vineyard, and let goe his beast to feede vpon that which is other mens: the best of whatsoeuer he hath in his owne field, or in his vineyard, he shal restore according to the estimation of the damage.Si læserit quispiam agrum vel vineam, et dimiserit jumentum suum ut depascatur aliena: quidquid optimum habuerit in agro suo, vel in vinea, pro damni æstimatione restituet.

6If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss.Se dilatandosi il fuoco si attacca alle spine, e si appicca ai covoni delle biade, o ai grani, che sono in piede ne' campi, pagherà il danno colui che accese il fuoco.If fire breaking forth light vpon the thornes, and catch stackes of corne, or corne standing in the fieldes, he shal render the damage that kindled the fire.Si egressus ignis invenerit spinas, et comprehenderit acervos frugum, sive stantes segetes in agris, reddet damnum qui ignem succenderit. 7If a man deliver money, or any vessel unto his friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him that received them: if the thief be found, he shall restore double:Se uno confiderà a un amico del denaro, o altra cosa da custodire, e questa sia rubata presso il depositario; trovatosi il ladro, questi renderà il doppio.If a man committe money, or vessel vnto his frend to keepe, and they be stolen away from him, that receaued them: if the theefe be found, he shal restore duble:Si quis commendaverit amico pecuniam aut vas in custodiam, et ab eo, qui susceperat, furto ablata fuerint: si invenitur fur, duplum reddet: 8If the thief be not known, the master of the house shall be brought to the gods, and shall swear that he did not lay his hand upon his neighbour’s goods,Se il ladro è ignoto, il padrone di casa comparirà dinanzi ai giudici, e farà giuramento di non aver messo la mano sulla roba del suo prossimoif the theefe be not knowen, the maister of the house shal be brought to the goddes, and shal sweare that he did not extend his hand vpon his neighbours good,si latet fur, dominus domus applicabitur ad deos, et jurabit quod non extenderit manum in rem proximi sui, 9To do any fraud, either in ox, or in ass, or sheep, or raiment, or any thing that may bring damage: the cause of both parties shall come to the gods: and if they give judgment, he shall restore double to his neighbour.Per defraudarlo di un bue, o di un asino, o di una pecora, o di un vestimento, o di qualunque cosa, che siasi perduta: la causa dell'uno e dell'altro anderà dinanzi ai giudici: e se questi Io condanneranno, renderà il doppio al suo prossimo.to doe any fraud, as wel in oxe as in asse, and sheepe and rayment, and whatsoeuer may bring damage: the cause of both parties shal come to the goddes: and if they geue iudgement, he shal restore duble to his neighbour.ad perpetrandam fraudem, tam in bove quam in asino, et ove ac vestimento, et quidquid damnum inferre potest: ad deos utriusque causa perveniet, et si illi judicaverit, duplum restituet proximo suo.

10If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour’s custody, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by enemies, and no man saw it:Se uno avrà dato in custodia al suo prossimo un asino, un bue, una pecora, o qualunque siasi giumento, e questo sia morto, o resti stroppiato, o portato via da' nemici, e nissuno abbia ciò veduto,If a man committee asse, oxe, sheepe, or any beast, to his neigbours custodie, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken of enemies, and no man saw:Si quis commendaverit proximo suo asinum, bovem, ovem, et omne jumentum ad custodiam, et mortuum fuerit, aut debilitatum, vel captum ab hostibus, nullusque hoc viderit: 11There shall be an oath between them, that he did not put forth his hand to his neighbour’s goods: and the owner shall accept of the oath, and he shall not be compelled to make restitution.Si deverrà al giuramento, come quegli non ha posta la mano sulla roba del suo prossimo: e il padrone sì contenterà del giuramento, e quegli non sarà tenuto a restituzione.there shal be an oath betwen them, that he did not put forth his hand to his neighbours good: and the owner shal admitte the oath, and he shal not be compelled to make restitution.jusjurandum erit in medio, quod non extenderit manum ad rem proximi sui: suscipietque dominus juramentum, et ille reddere non cogetur. 12But if it were taken away by stealth, he shall make the loss good to the owner.Che se la cosa è stata rubata, indennizzerà il padrone.But if it were taken away by stelth, he shal restore the damage to the owner.Quod si furto ablatum fuerit, restituet damnum domino; 13If it were eaten by a beast, let him bring to him that which was slain, and he shall not make restitution.Se (il giumento) fu divorato da una fiera, riporti al padrone il cadavere, e non farà altra restituzione.If it were eaten of a beast, let him bring vnto him that which was slaine, and he shal not make restitution.si comestum a bestia, deferat ad eum quod occisum est, et non restituet. 14If a man borrow of his neighbour any of these things, and it be hurt or die, the owner not being present, he shall be obliged to make restitution.Chi alcuna di tali cose prenderà in prestito dal suo prossimo, è questa perisca, o resti stroppiata, non essendo presente il padrone, sarà astretto a far restituzione.He that asketh of his neighbour to borow any of these thinges, and it be hurt or dead the owner being not present, he shal be compelled to make restitution.Qui a proximo suo quidquam horum mutuo postulaverit, et debilitatum aut mortuum fuerit domino non præsente, reddere compelletur.

15But if the owner be present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it were hired, and came for the hire of his work.Ma se il padrone si troverà presente, non farà restituzione, e massimamente se l'avea presa a nolo pagando l'uso, che ne faceva.But if the owner be present, he shal not make restitution, especially if it were hired and came for the hire of the same.Quod si impræsentiarum dominus fuerit, non restituet, maxime si conductum venerat pro mercede operis sui. 16If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife.Se uno sedurrà una fanciulla, che non abbia ancora contratti sponsali, e dormirà con lei; la doterà, e la sposerà.If a man seduce a virgin being not yet despoused, and lie with her: he shal endowe her, and haue her to wife.Si seduxerit quis virginem necdum desponsatam, dormieritque cum ea: dotabit eam, et habebit eam uxorem. 17If the maid’s father will not give her to him, he shall give money according to the dowry, which virgins are wont to receive.Se il padre della fanciulla non vorrà dargliela, darà una somma di denaro secondo la somma della dote, che soglion ricevere le fanciulle.If the virgins father wil not geue her, he shal geue money according to the maner of the dowrie, which virgins are wont to receaue.Si pater virginis dare noluerit, reddet pecuniam juxta modum dotis, quam virgines accipere consueverunt. 18Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live.Non lascerai vivere gli stregoni.Inchanters thou shalt not suffer to liue.Maleficos non patieris vivere. 19Whosoever copulateth with a beast; shall be put to death.Chi peccherà con una bestia, sarà messo a morte.He that lieth with a brute beast, dying let him die.Qui coierit cum jumento, morte moriatur. 20He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be put to death, save only to the Lord.Chi offerirà sacrifizio ad altri dei, fuori che al solo Signore, sarà ucciso.He that sacrificeth to goddes, shal be put to death, but to the Lord only.Qui immolat diis, occidetur, præterquam Domino soli. 21Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.Non farai torto, e non affliggerai il forestiero: perocché voi ancora foste stranieri nella terra d'Egitto.Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for your selues also were strangers in the Land of Aegypt.Advenam non contristabis, neque affliges eum: advenæ enim et ipsi fuistis in terra Ægypti. 22You shall not hurt a widow or an orphan.Non porterete danno alla vedova, e al pupillo.A widow and an orphane you shal not hurt.Viduæ et pupillo non nocebitis.

23If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry:Se gli offenderete, alzeranno a me le loro strida, e io esaudirò i loro clamori:If you hurt them, they wil crie out to me, and I wil heare their crie:Si læseritis eos, vociferabuntur ad me, et ego audiam clamorem eorum: 24And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.E si accenderà il mio furore, ed io vi sterminerò colla spada, e le vostre mogli resteran vedove, e i figliuoli vostri pupilli.and my furie shal take indignation, and I wil strike you with the sword, and your wiues shal be widowes, and your children orphanes.et indignabitur furor meus, percutiamque vos gladio, et erunt uxores vestræ viduæ, et filii vestri pupilli. 25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries.Se presterai denaro al popolo mio povero, che abita con te, non lo vesserai come un esattore, né l'opprimerai coll'usure.If thou lend money to my people being poore, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not vrge them as an exactour, nor oppresse them with vsuries.Si pecuniam mutuam dederis populo meo pauperi qui habitat tecum, non urgebis eum quasi exactor, nec usuris opprimes. 26If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.Se riceverai in pegno dal tuo prossimo la veste, gliela renderai prima che il sol tramonti:If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt geue it him againe before sunne sette.Si pignus a proximo tuo acceperis vestimentum, ante solis occasum reddes ei. 27For that same is the only thing, wherewith he is covered, the clothing of his body, neither hath he any other to sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.Perché questa sola egli ha per coprirsi, e porsi sopra la sua carne, e altra non ne ha, sotto di cui prender sonno. Se egli alzerà le sue grida verso di me, io lo esaudirò, perché sono misericordioso.For that same is the onlie thing, wherwith he is couered, the clothing of his bodie, neither hath he other to sleepe in: if he the goddes, andIpsum enim est solum, quo operitur, indumentum carnis ejus, nec habet aliud in quo dormiat: si clamaverit ad me, exaudiam eum, quia misericors sum. 28Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods, and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.Non dirai male de' giudici; e non maledirai il principe del popol tuo.the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.Diis non detrahes, et principi populi tui non maledices.

29Thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and thy firstfruits: thou shalt give the firstborn of thy sons to me.Non sarai lento a dare le tue decime, e le tue primizie: tu darai a me il primogenito de' tuoi figliuoli.Thy tithes and thy first fruites thou shalt not slacke to pay, the firstborne of thy sonnes thou shalt geue me.Decimas tuas et primitias tuas non tardabis reddere: primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi. 30Thou shalt do the same with the firstborn of thy oxen also and sheep: seven days let it be with its dam: the eighth day thou shalt give it to me.E lo stesso ancora farai de' bovi, e delle pecore: per sette dì stieno colla lor madre; l'ottavo giorno gli offerirai a me.Of thy oxen also & sheepe thou shalt doe in like maner: seuen dayes let it be with the damme, the eight day thou shalt render it to me.De bobus quoque, et ovibus similiter facies: septem diebus sit cum matre sua, die octava reddes illum mihi. 31You shall be holy men to me: the flesh that beasts have tasted of before, you shall not eat, but shall cast it to the dogs.Voi sarete uomini consacrati a me: non mangerete carne, che sia già stata gustata da bestie; ma la getterete ai cani.Holie men you shal be to me: the flesh that beastes haue tasted of before, you shal not eate, but shal cast it to the dogges.Viri sancti eritis mihi: carnem, quæ a bestiis fuerit prægustata, non comedetis, sed projicietis canibus.

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.

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