| Quare Nos, tantum hujusmodi probrum a cunctis christianorum finibus avertere cupientes, ac re universa nonnullis etiam venerabilibus Fratribus Nostris S. R. E. Cardinalibus in consilium adhibitis, | Wherefore WE, desiring to turn away so great a reproach as this from all the boundaries of Christians, and the whole matter being maturely weighed, certain cardinals of the holy Roman Church, our venerable brethren being also called into council, | This is why, desiring to remove such a shame from all the Christian nations, having fully reflected over the whole question and having taken the advice of many of Our Venerable Brothers the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, |
| mature perpensa, Praedecessorum Nostrorum insistentes vestigiis, auctoritate Apostolica, | treading in the footsteps of our predecessors, with apostolic authority, | and walking in the footsteps of Our Predecessors, |
| omnes cujuscumque conditionis Christi fideles admonemus etobtestamur in Domino vehementer, | do vehemently admonish and adjure in the Lord all believers in Christ, of whatsoever condition, | We warn and adjure earnestly in the Lord faithful Christians of every condition |
| ne quis audeat in posterum Indos, Nigritas, seu alios hujusmodi homines injuste vexare, | that no one hereafter may dare unjustly to molest Indians, negroes, or other men of this sort; | that no one in the future dare to vex anyone, |
| aut spoliare suis bonis, | or to spoil them of their goods; | despoil him of his possessions, |
| aut in servitutem redigere, | or to reduce them to slavery; | reduce to servitude, |
| vel aliis talia in eos patrantibus auxilium aut favorem praestare, | or to extend help or favour to others who perpetrate such things against them; | or lend aid and favour to those who give themselves up to these practices, |
| seu exercere inhumanum illud commercium, quo Nigritae, tanquam si non homines, sed pura, putaque animantia forent, | or to exercise that inhuman trade by which negroes, as if they were not men, but mere animals, | or exercise that inhuman traffic by which the Blacks, as if they were not men but rather animals, |
| in servitutem utcumque redacti, sine ullo discrimine contra justitiae et humanitatis jura emuntur, venduntur, ac durissimis interdum laboribus exantlandis devoventur, | howsoever reduced into slavery, are, without any distinction, contrary to the laws of justice and humanity, bought, sold, and doomed sometimes to the most severe and exhausting labours; | having been brought into servitude, in no matter what way, are, without any distinction, in contempt of the rights of justice and humanity, bought, sold, and devoted sometimes to the hardest labour. |