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Exodus 20

The Ten Commandments

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Ex 20:1Locūtusque est Dominus cūnctōs sermōnēs hōs: Ego sum Dominus Deus tuus, quī ēdūxī tē dē terrā Aegyptī, dē domō servitūtis.And the Lord spoke all these words: "I am the Lord your God, who led you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Ex 20:3Nōn habēbis deōs aliēnōs cōram mē.You will not have foreign gods before me. Ex 20:4Nōn faciēs tibi sculptile, neque omnem similitūdinem quae est in caelō dēsuper, et quae in terrā deorsum, nec eōrum quae sunt in aquīs sub terrā.You will not make for yourself a carved image, nor any likeness of what is in the sky above, and what is on the earth below, nor of those things which are in the waters under the earth. Ex 20:5Nōn adōrābis ea, neque colēs: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zēlōtēs, vīsitāns inīquitātem patrum in fīliōs, in tertiam et quartam generātiōnem eōrum quī ōdērunt mē: et faciēns misericordiam in mīllia hīs quī dīligunt mē, et custōdiunt praecepta mea.You will not bow down to them, nor worship them: I am the Lord your God, strong, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me: and showing mercy to thousands, to those who love me, and keep my precepts.

Ex 20:7Nōn assūmēs nōmen Dominī Deī tuī in vānum: nec enim habēbit īnsontem Dominus eum quī assūmpserit nōmen Dominī Deī suī frūstrā.You will not take the name of the Lord your God in vain: for the Lord will not hold guiltless him who has taken the name of the Lord his God to no purpose. Ex 20:8Mementō ut diem sabbatī sānctificēs.Remember that you keep holy the day of the sabbath. Ex 20:9Sex diēbus operāberis, et faciēs omnia opera tua.For six days you will labour, and you will do all your works. Ex 20:10Septimō autem diē sabbatum Dominī Deī tuī est: nōn faciēs omne opus in eō, tū, et fīlius tuus et fīlia tua, servus tuus et ancilla tua, jūmentum tuum, et advena quī est intrā portās tuās.But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God: you will not do any work on it, you, and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, your beast, and the newcomer who is within your gates. Ex 20:11Sex enim diēbus fēcit Dominus caelum et terram, et mare, et omnia quae in eīs sunt, et requiēvit in diē septimō: idcircō benedīxit Dominus diēī sabbatī, et sānctificāvit eum.For in six days the Lord made the sky and the earth, and the sea, and all the things which are in them, and rested on the seventh day: for that reason the Lord blessed the day of the sabbath, and sanctified it.

Ex 20:12Honōrā patrem tuum et mātrem tuam, ut sīs longaevus super terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.Honour your father and your mother, so that you may be long-lived upon the land, which the Lord your God will give you. Ex 20:13Nōn occīdēs.You will not kill. Ex 20:14Nōn moechāberis.You will not commit adultery. Ex 20:15Nōn fūrtum faciēs.You will not commit theft. Ex 20:16Nōn loquēris contrā proximum tuum falsum testimōnium.You will not speak false testimony against your neighbour. Ex 20:17Nōn concupīscēs domum proximī tuī, nec dēsīderābis uxōrem ejus, nōn servum, nōn ancillam, nōn bovem, nōn asinum, nec omnia quae illīus sunt.You will not covet the house of your neighbour, nor will you desire his wife, not his manservant, not his maidservant, not his ox, not his ass, nor any of the things which are his." Ex 20:18Cūnctus autem populus vidēbat vōcēs et lampadēs, et sonitum buccinae, montemque fūmantem: et perterritī ac pavōre concussī, stetērunt procul, dīcentēs Mōysī: Loquere tū nōbīs, et audiēmus: nōn loquātur nōbīs Dominus, nē forte moriāmur.But all the people was seeing the voices and the torches, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and, terrified and shaken with dread, they stood far off, saying to Moses: "You speak to us, and we will hear: let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we die."

Ex 20:20Et ait Mōysēs ad populum: Nōlīte timēre: ut enim probāret vōs vēnit Deus, et ut terror illīus esset in vōbīs, et nōn peccārētis.And Moses said to the people: "Do not be afraid: for God has come to prove you, and so that the terror of him might be in you, and you might not sin." Ex 20:21Stetitque populus dē longē.And the people stood afar off. Ex 20:21Mōysēs autem accessit ad cālīginem in quā erat Deus.But Moses drew near to the darkness in which God was. Ex 20:22Dīxit praetereā Dominus ad Moysēn: Haec dīcēs fīliīs Isrāël: Vōs vīdistis quod dē caelō locūtus sim vōbīs.Moreover the Lord said to Moses: "These things you will say to the sons of Israel: 'You have seen that I have spoken to you from the sky. Ex 20:23Nōn faciētis deōs argenteōs, nec deōs aureōs faciētis vōbīs.You will not make gods of silver, nor will you make gods of gold for yourselves. Ex 20:24Altāre dē terrā faciētis mihi, et offerētis super eō holocausta et pācifica vestra, ovēs vestrās et bovēs in omnī locō in quō memoria fuerit nōminis meī: veniam ad tē, et benedīcam tibi.An altar of earth you will make for me, and you will offer upon it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place in which the remembrance of my name shall be: I will come to you, and I will bless you.

Ex 20:25Quod sī altāre lapideum fēceris mihi, nōn aedificābis illud dē sectīs lapidibus: sī enim levāveris cultrum super eō, polluētur.But if you make me an altar of stone, you will not build it of cut stones: for if you lift a knife over it, it will be polluted. Ex 20:26Nōn ascendēs per gradūs ad altāre meum, nē revēlētur turpitūdō tua.You will not go up by steps to my altar, lest your shame be uncovered.'"

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (155 words)
loquor, loquī, locūtusspeak
que, enclitic conj.and
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
dominus, -ī m.master, owner
cūnctus, -a, -umall, the whole
sermō, -ōnis, m.conversation, talk, speech
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
deus, -ī, m.god
tuus, -a, -umthy, thine, your
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductuslead out, draw
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
domus, -ūs, f.house, home
servitūs, -tūtis, f.slavery, servitude
nōn, adv.not
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
aliēnus, -a, -umbelonging to another, out of place
cōram (adv.)face to face, in person
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
sculptile, -is n.carved image, idol
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
omnis, -eall, every
similitūdō, -inis f.likeness, resemblance
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
caelum, -ī, n.heaven, sky
dēsuper, adv.down from above
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
deorsum (adv.)down, below
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
aqua, -ae, f.water
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
adōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusworship, bow down to; entreat
colō, colere, coluī, cultustill, cultivate; inhabit; worship
fortis, -ebrave
Zēlōtēs, -ae m.the Zealot, surname of the apostle Simon; (as common noun) one who is jealous, a jealous (God)
vīsitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusvisit, go to see; (of God) look upon, come to the aid of
inīquitās, -ātis f.unevenness; unfairness, difficulty
pater, patris, m.father
fīlius, -ī, m.son
tertius, -a, -umthird
quartus, -a, -umfourth
generātiō, -ōnis f.generation; the people of an age
ōdī, ōdisse, used only in tenses of completed action with the force of tenses of incomplete actionhate
misericordia, -ae, f;pity, compassion
mīlle, indecl. adj.a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands;
dīligō, -ere, -lēxī, -lēctuslove, value highly
custōdiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītusguard
praeceptum, -ī n.instruction, order
meus, -a, -ummy, mine
assūmō, -ere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptustake up, receive; take to oneself
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
vānus, -a, -umempty, idle, vain; in vanum: in vain
enim, conj.for
īnsōns, -sontisinnocent, guiltless
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
frūstrā, adv.in vain
meminī, meminisseremember
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.day
sabbatum, -ī n. (often pl.)the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest
sānctificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake holy, set apart as holy
sex (indecl.)six
operor, -ārī, -ātus sumwork, be at work; be active
opus, operis, n.work, task
septimus, -a, -umseventh
autem, conj.moreover; but, however; now
fīlia, -ae, f.daughter
servus, -ī, m.slave, servant
ancilla, -ae f.maidservant, slave girl
iūmentum, -ī n.pack animal, beast of burden
advena, -ae m.newcomer, stranger, foreigner
intrā, prep. with acc.within
porta, -ae, f.gate; door
mare, maris, n.sea
requiēscō, -ere, -quiēvī, -quiētumrest, take a rest
idcircō (adv.)for that reason
benedīcō, -ere, -dīxī, -dictusspeak well of; bless, give thanks over (food)
honōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātushonour, respect
māter, mātris, f.mother
longaevus, -a, -umaged, of great age
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
occīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsuscut down, kill
moechor, -ārī, -ātus sumcommit adultery
fūrtum, -ī, n.theft
contrā, prep, with acc.against, contrary to
proximus, -a, -umnearest, next
falsus, -a, -umfeigned, pretended, false
testimōnium, -ī n.evidence, proof
concupīscō, -cupīscere, -cupīvī, -cupītuslong for, covet
dēsīderō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuslong for, miss; require
uxor, -ōris, f.wife
bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f.ox, bull, cow
asinus, -ī m.ass, donkey; (as an insult) dolt
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
populus, -ī m.people, nation
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
vōx, vōcis, f.voice; word
lampas, -adis f.torch; light
sonitus, -ūs, m.sound, noise
būcina, -ae f.curved horn, trumpet
mōns, montis, m.mountain
fūmō, -āresmoke, give off smoke
perterreō, -terrēre, -terrui, -territusthoroughly frighten, terrify
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
pavor, -ōris, m.terror, panic
concutiō, -ere, -cussī, -cussusshake violently; shake, weaken
stō, stāre, stetī, statusstand
procul, adv.at or from a distance, far
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
nōsplur. of ego
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītushear; listen or attend to
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
forte, adv.by chance, accidentally
morior, morī, mortuusdie
āiō (defective)say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
nōlō, nōlle, nōluīnot wish, be unwilling
timeō, -ēre, -uīfear
probō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumprove, show; approve
vōsplur. of tū
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventuscome
terror, -ōris, m.terror, fright
peccō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumdo wrong
longē, adv.far
accēdō, -ere, accessī, accessumcome near, approach; be added
cālīgō, -inis f.mist, fog; darkness, gloom
praetereā, adv.besides this, besides, moreover
quod, conj.that, in that, because
argenteus, -a, -umof silver, silver
aureus, -a, -umof gold, golden
altāre, -is n.altar
offerō, offerre, obtulī, oblātusbear to, proffer, offer
holocaustum, -ī n.burnt offering, a sacrifice burned whole
pācificus, -a, -umpeace-making, peaceful; (n. pl.) peace offerings; greetings of peace
vester, -tra, -trumyour
ovis, -is, f.sheep
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.place, situation
memoria, -ae, f.memory
sī, conj.if
lapideus, -a, -umof stone
aedificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake a building, build
secō, -āre, secuī, sectuscut; (of fodder) mow
lapis, -idis, m.stone
levō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuslift; lighten, relieve
culter, cultrī, m.knife
polluō, -ere, -uī, -ūtussoil, defile, desecrate
ascendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsusclimb to, ascend, mount
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
gradus, -ūs m.step, stage; rank
revēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusuncover, reveal
turpitūdō, -inis f.disgrace
Vulgate, Exodus 1–20. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.