اَلْخُرُوجُ 34

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱنْحَتْ لَكَ لَوْحَيْنِ مِنْ حَجَرٍ مِثْلَ ٱلْأَوَّلَيْنِ، فَأَكْتُبَ أَنَا عَلَى ٱللَّوْحَيْنِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَى ٱللَّوْحَيْنِ ٱلْأَوَّلَيْنِ ٱللَّذَيْنِ كَسَرْتَهُمَا.

Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Cut two slabs of stone that will be like the first slabs, the ones that you broke. Then I will engrave on them the words that were on the first slabs.

٢ 2 وَكُنْ مُسْتَعِدًّا لِلصَّبَاحِ. وَٱصْعَدْ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ إِلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، وَقِفْ عِنْدِي هُنَاكَ عَلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْجَبَلِ.

Get ready tomorrow morning, and come up to the top of Sinai Mountain again to talk with me there.

٣ 3 وَلَا يَصْعَدْ أَحَدٌ مَعَكَ، وَأَيْضًا لَا يُرَ أَحَدٌ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْجَبَلِ. ٱلْغَنَمُ أَيْضًا وَٱلْبَقَرُ لَا تَرْعَ إِلَى جِهَةِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْجَبَلِ».

Do not allow anyone to come up with you. I do not want anyone [else] to be anywhere on the mountain. Do not allow any sheep or cattle to graze (at the base of/near) the mountain.”

٤ 4 فَنَحَتَ لَوْحَيْنِ مِنْ حَجَرٍ كَٱلْأَوَّلَيْنِ. وَبَكَّرَ مُوسَى فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأَخَذَ فِي يَدِهِ لَوْحَيِ ٱلْحَجَرِ.

So Moses/I cut two slabs of stone that were like the first ones. He/I arose early the next morning. He/I took the slabs and carried them in his/my hands up to the top of Sinai Mountain, as Yahweh had commanded.

٥ 5 فَنَزَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ٱلسَّحَابِ، فَوَقَفَ عِنْدَهُ هُنَاكَ وَنَادَى بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Then Yahweh descended in the [tall] cloud and stood with Moses/me there. He proclaimed that it was he, Yahweh, [who was going to speak to Moses/me].

٦ 6 فَٱجْتَازَ ٱلرَّبُّ قُدَّامَهُ، وَنَادَى ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهٌ رَحِيمٌ وَرَؤُوفٌ، بَطِيءُ ٱلْغَضَبِ وَكَثِيرُ ٱلْإِحْسَانِ وَٱلْوَفَاءِ.

Then Yahweh passed in front of him/me and proclaimed, “I am Yahweh God. I always act mercifully and kindly [toward people]. I do not get angry quickly. I [truly] love [people] and I do what I promise to do for them, without changing.

٧ 7 حَافِظُ ٱلْإِحْسَانِ إِلَى أُلُوفٍ. غَافِرُ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْمَعْصِيَةِ وَٱلْخَطِيَّةِ. وَلَكِنَّهُ لَنْ يُبْرِئَ إِبْرَاءً. مُفْتَقِدٌ إِثْمَ ٱلْآبَاءِ فِي ٱلْأَبْنَاءِ، وَفِي أَبْنَاءِ ٱلْأَبْنَاءِ، فِي ٱلْجِيلِ ٱلثَّالِثِ وَٱلرَّابِعِ».

I love people for thousands of generations. I forgive people for all kinds of sins [TRI]. But I will certainly punish [LIT] those who are guilty. I will punish not only them, but I will punish (their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren).”

٨ 8 فَأَسْرَعَ مُوسَى وَخَرَّ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَسَجَدَ.

Moses/I quickly prostrated himself/myself on the ground and worshiped [Yahweh].

٩ 9 وَقَالَ: «إِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ فَلْيَسِرِ ٱلسَّيِّدُ فِي وَسَطِنَا، فَإِنَّهُ شَعْبٌ صُلْبُ ٱلرَّقَبَةِ. وَٱغْفِرْ إِثْمَنَا وَخَطِيَّتَنَا وَٱتَّخِذْنَا مُلْكًا».

He/I said, “Yahweh, if you are now pleased with me, I ask that you go with us. These people are very stubborn [IDM], but forgive us for all our sins [DOU], and accept us to be people who belong to you [forever].”

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا قَاطِعٌ عَهْدًا. قُدَّامَ جَمِيعِ شَعْبِكَ أَفْعَلُ عَجَائِبَ لَمْ تُخْلَقْ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ، فَيَرَى جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ فِي وَسَطِهِ فِعْلَ ٱلرَّبِّ. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ مَعَكَ رَهِيبٌ.

Yahweh replied, “Note this: I am going to make a solemn agreement [with the Israeli people]. As they are watching, I will perform great miracles. They will be miracles that no one has ever done on the earth in any nation. All the people who are near you will see the great things that I, Yahweh, will do. I will do awesome things for you [all].

١١ 11 «اِحْفَظْ مَا أَنَا مُوصِيكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ. هَا أَنَا طَارِدٌ مِنْ قُدَّامِكَ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ.

[Each Israeli] person must obey what I am commanding you this day. Do not forget that [if you obey me], I will expel the Amor, Canaan, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups [from the land]. But be careful that you do not make any [peace] agreements with any of the people who live in the land into which you are going, because if you do that, [you will begin to do the evil things that they do]. It will be [like] falling into a trap.

١٢ 12 اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تَقْطَعَ عَهْدًا مَعَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ آتٍ إِلَيْهَا لِئَلَّا يَصِيرُوا فَخًّا فِي وَسَطِكَ،

١٣ 13 بَلْ تَهْدِمُونَ مَذَابِحَهُمْ، وَتُكَسِّرُونَ أَنْصَابَهُمْ، وَتَقْطَعُونَ سَوَارِيَهُمْ.

You must tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down [the poles that they use to worship their female goddess] Asherah.

١٤ 14 فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِإِلَهٍ آخَرَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ ٱسْمُهُ غَيُورٌ. إِلَهٌ غَيُورٌ هُوَ.

You must worship only me, [and] not worship any other god, because I, Yahweh, cannot endure any rivals.

١٥ 15 اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تَقْطَعَ عَهْدًا مَعَ سُكَّانِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَيَزْنُونَ وَرَاءَ آلِهَتِهِمْ وَيَذْبَحُونَ لِآلِهَتِهِمْ، فَتُدْعَى وَتَأْكُلُ مِنْ ذَبِيحَتِهِمْ،

Do not make peace agreements with [any group] that lives in that land. When they worship their gods and offer sacrifices to their gods, and they invite you to join them, do not join them. If [you join them], you will eat the food that they sacrifice to their gods, and [you will not be faithful to me. You will be like people who] commit adultery, [who are not being faithful to their spouses] [MET].

١٦ 16 وَتَأْخُذُ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِمْ لِبَنِيكَ، فَتَزْنِي بَنَاتُهُمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَتِهِنَّ، وَيَجْعَلْنَ بَنِيكَ يَزْنُونَ وَرَاءَ آلِهَتِهِنَّ.

If you take some of their women to be wives for your sons, and these women worship their own gods, they will persuade your sons also to worship their gods.

١٧ 17 «لَا تَصْنَعْ لِنَفْسِكَ آلِهَةً مَسْبُوكَةً.

Do not pour melted metal into molds to make statues for you to worship.

١٨ 18 تَحْفَظُ عِيدَ ٱلْفَطِيرِ. سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ تَأْكُلُ فَطِيرًا كَمَا أَمَرْتُكَ فِي وَقْتِ شَهْرِ أَبِيبَ، لِأَنَّكَ فِي شَهْرِ أَبِيبَ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ مِصْرَ.

[Each year], during the month [of/named] Abib, celebrate the Festival of Eating Bread Made Without Yeast. [During that festival], for seven days you must not eat bread made with yeast, as I commanded you, because it was in that month that you left Egypt.

١٩ 19 لِي كُلُّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ، وَكُلُّ مَا يُولَدُ ذَكَرًا مِنْ مَوَاشِيكَ بِكْرًا مِنْ ثَوْرٍ وَشَاةٍ.

Your firstborn sons and the firstborn [male] animals of your cattle and sheep [and goats] belong to me.

٢٠ 20 وَأَمَّا بِكْرُ ٱلْحِمَارِ فَتَفْدِيهِ بِشَاةٍ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْدِهِ تَكْسِرُ عُنُقَهُ. كُلُّ بِكْرٍ مِنْ بَنِيكَ تَفْدِيهِ، وَلَا يَظْهَرُوا أَمَامِي فَارِغِينَ.

The firstborn of your [male] donkeys [also belong to me]. But you may buy them back by [offering to me] lambs [in their place]. If you do not do that, you must [kill these animals by] breaking their necks. You must also buy back your firstborn sons. You must bring an offering to me [LIT] each time you come to [worship] me.

٢١ 21 سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ تَعْمَلُ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلسَّابِعُ فَتَسْتَرِيحُ فِيهِ. فِي ٱلْفَلَاحَةِ وَفِي ٱلْحَصَادِ تَسْتَرِيحُ.

[Each week] you may work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. [Even] during the times when you plow [the ground] and harvest [your crops], you must rest [on the seventh day].

٢٢ 22 وَتَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِكَ عِيدَ ٱلْأَسَابِيعِ أَبْكَارِ حِصَادِ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ. وَعِيدَ ٱلْجَمْعِ فِي آخِرِ ٱلسَّنَةِ.

[Each year] celebrate the Harvest Festival, when you begin to harvest the first crop of wheat, and also celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, when you finish harvesting [the grain and fruit].

٢٣ 23 ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ يَظْهَرُ جَمِيعُ ذُكُورِكَ أَمَامَ ٱلسَّيِّدِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Three times each year all the men must come to worship me, Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people.

٢٤ 24 فَإِنِّي أَطْرُدُ ٱلْأُمَمَ مِنْ قُدَّامِكَ وَأُوَسِّعُ تُخُومَكَ، وَلَا يَشْتَهِي أَحَدٌ أَرْضَكَ حِينَ تَصْعَدُ لِتَظْهَرَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ.

I will expel the people-groups that live in the land [where you will be], and I will cause your territory to become very large. As a result, no group will try to conquer your country if you come to worship me each year during those three festivals.

٢٥ 25 لَا تَذْبَحْ عَلَى خَمِيرٍ دَمَ ذَبِيحَتِي، وَلَا تَبِتْ إِلَى ٱلْغَدِ ذَبِيحَةُ عِيدِ ٱلْفِصْحِ.

When you sacrifice an animal [MTY] to me, do not offer with it bread that is made with yeast. And during the Passover Festival, when you sacrifice lambs, do not keep any of the meat until the next morning.

٢٦ 26 أَوَّلُ أَبْكَارِ أَرْضِكَ تُحْضِرُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. لَا تَطْبُخْ جَدْيًا بِلَبَنِ أُمِّهِ».

I am Yahweh God. You must bring to my Sacred Tent the first part of the grain that you harvest each year. When you kill a young animal/kid [either a lamb or a calf], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”

٢٧ 27 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱكْتُبْ لِنَفْسِكَ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ، لِأَنَّنِي بِحَسَبِ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ قَطَعْتُ عَهْدًا مَعَكَ وَمَعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Write down the words that I have told you. By giving you these commands, I have made a solemn agreement with you and with the [other] Israeli people.”

٢٨ 28 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ عِنْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ أَرْبَعِينَ نَهَارًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، لَمْ يَأْكُلْ خُبْزًا وَلَمْ يَشْرَبْ مَاءً. فَكَتَبَ عَلَى ٱللَّوْحَيْنِ كَلِمَاتِ ٱلْعَهْدِ، ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ ٱلْعَشَرَ.

Moses/I was there [on the top of the mountain] with Yahweh for 40 days and nights. During that time he/I did not eat or drink anything [SYN]. He/I engraved on the stone slabs the words of the Ten Commandments, [which were part of Yahweh’s] solemn agreement.

٢٩ 29 وَكَانَ لَمَّا نَزَلَ مُوسَى مِنْ جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ وَلَوْحَا ٱلشَّهَادَةِ فِي يَدِ مُوسَى، عِنْدَ نُزُولِهِ مِنَ ٱلْجَبَلِ، أَنَّ مُوسَى لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ جِلْدَ وَجْهِهِ صَارَ يَلْمَعُ فِي كَلَامِهِ مَعَهُ.

When Moses/I came back down the mountain, carrying in his/my hand the two stone slabs on which were written the Ten Commandments, his/my face was shining because he/I had been talking with Yahweh, but he/I did not know that his/my face was shining.

٣٠ 30 فَنَظَرَ هَارُونُ وَجَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُوسَى وَإِذَا جِلْدُ وَجْهِهِ يَلْمَعُ، فَخَافُوا أَنْ يَقْتَرِبُوا إِلَيْهِ.

When Aaron and the [other] Israeli people saw Moses/me, they were amazed/surprised that his/my face was shining. So they were afraid to come near him/me.

٣١ 31 فَدَعَاهُمْ مُوسَى. فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ هَارُونُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ فِي ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ، فَكَلَّمَهُمْ مُوسَى.

But Moses/I called to them. Then Aaron and the other Israeli leaders came to him/me, and he/I talked with them.

٣٢ 32 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ٱقْتَرَبَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَوْصَاهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَهُ فِي جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ.

Afterwards, all the other Israeli people came near, and he/I told them all the laws that Yahweh had given to him/me on Sinai Mountain.

٣٣ 33 وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مُوسَى مِنَ ٱلْكَلَامِ مَعَهُمْ، جَعَلَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ بُرْقُعًا.

When Moses/I finished talking to the people, he/I put a veil over his/my face.

٣٤ 34 وَكَانَ مُوسَى عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ يَنْزِعُ ٱلْبُرْقُعَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ وَيُكَلِّمُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمَا يُوصَى.

But whenever Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent to talk with Yahweh, he/I removed the veil. When he/I came back out, he/I would always tell to the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me [to tell them].

٣٥ 35 فَإِذَا رَأَى بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَجْهَ مُوسَى أَنَّ جِلْدَهُ يَلْمَعُ كَانَ مُوسَى يَرُدُّ ٱلْبُرْقُعَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ لِيَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُ.

The Israeli people would see that Moses’/my face was [still] shining. Then he/I would put the veil back on his/my face again until the next time that he/I went into [the Sacred Tent] to talk with Yahweh.