Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 16:14-20

14And thou shalt rejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ve.sa.mach.TaH8055in thy feastבְּחַגֶּ֑ךָbe.cha.Ge.khaH2282,thou, and thy sonוּבִנְךָ֤u.vin.KhaH1121,and thy daughterוּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙u.vi.Te.khaH1323,and thy manservantוְעַבְדְּךָ֣ve.'av.de.KhaH5650,and thy maidservantוַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָva.'a.ma.Te.khaH519,and the Leviteוְהַלֵּוִ֗יve.ha.le.ViH3881,the strangerוְהַגֵּ֛רve.ha.GerH1616,and the fatherlessוְהַיָּת֥וֹםve.hai.ya.TomH3490,and the widowוְהָאַלְמָנָ֖הve.ha.'al.ma.NahH490, that arewithin thy gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃bish.'a.Rei.khaH8179.

15Sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֗יםya.MimH3117shalt thou keep a solemn feastתָּחֹג֙ta.ChogH2287unto Yhwhלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in the placeבַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.KomH4725which Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068shall chooseיִבְחַ֣רyiv.CharH977:because Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shall blessיְבָרֶכְךָ֞ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288thee in all thine increaseתְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙te.vu.'a.te.KhaH8393,and in all the worksמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639of thine handsיָדֶ֔יךָya.Dei.khaH3027,therefore thou shalt surely rejoiceשָׂמֵֽחַ׃sa.Me.achH8056.

16Threeשָׁל֣וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshH7969timesפְּעָמִ֣ים׀pe.'a.MimH6471in a yearבַּשָּׁנָ֡הba.sha.NahH8141shall all thy malesזְכוּרְךָ֜ze.khu.re.KhaH2138appearיֵרָאֶ֨הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeפְּנֵ֣י׀pe.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430in the placeבַּמָּקוֹם֙ba.ma.kOmH4725which he shall chooseיִבְחָ֔רyiv.CharH977;in the feastבְּחַ֧גbe.ChagH2282of unleavened breadהַמַּצּ֛וֹתha.ma.TzotH4682,and in the feastוּבְחַ֥גu.ve.ChagH2282of weeksהַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹתha.sha.vu.'otH7620,and in the feastוּבְחַ֣גu.ve.ChagH2282of tabernaclesהַסֻּכּ֑וֹתha.su.KotH5521:and they shall not appearיֵרָאֶ֛הye.ra.'EhH7200beforeפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068emptyרֵיקָֽם׃rei.KamH7387:

17Every manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376shall giveas he is ableכְּמַתְּנַ֣ת יָד֑וֹke.ma.te.Nat ya.DoH3027 H4979,according to the blessingכְּבִרְכַּ֛תke.vir.KatH1293of Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430which he hath givenנָֽתַן־na.tan-H5414thee.

18Judgesשֹׁפְטִ֣יםsho.fe.TimH8199and officersוְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗יםve.sho.te.RimH7860shalt thou makeתִּֽתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414thee in all thy gatesשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָshe.'a.Rei.khaH8179,which Yhwhיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414thee, throughout thy tribesלִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָlish.va.Tei.khaH7626:and they shall judgeוְשָׁפְט֥וּve.sha.fe.TuH8199the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971with justצֶֽדֶק׃Tze.dekH6664judgmentמִשְׁפַּט־mish.pat-H4941.

19Thou shalt not wrestתַטֶּ֣הta.TehH5186judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941;thou shalt not respectתַכִּ֖ירta.KirH5234personsפָּנִ֑יםpa.NimH6440,neither takeתִקַּ֣חti.KachH3947a giftשֹׁ֔חַדSho.chadH7810:for a giftהַשֹּׁ֗חַדha.Sho.chadH7810doth blindיְעַוֵּר֙ye.'a.VerH5786the eyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869of the wiseחֲכָמִ֔יםcha.kha.MimH2450,and pervertוִֽיסַלֵּ֖ףvi.sa.LefH5557the wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of the righteousצַדִּיקִֽם׃tza.di.KimH6662.

20That which is altogetherצֶ֥דֶקTze.dekH6664justצֶ֖דֶקTze.dekH6664shalt thou followתִּרְדֹּ֑ףtir.DofH7291,that thou mayest liveתִּֽחְיֶה֙tich.YehH2421,and inheritוְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ve.ya.rash.TaH3423the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776which Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430givethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414thee.

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