出埃及記 24
1 上主以後向梅瑟說：「你和亞郎、納達布、阿彼胡，以及以色列長老中的七十人到上主那裏；你們都在遠處跪下朝拜。
And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.
2 然後梅瑟一人要走近上主，別人不可走近，百姓也不准同他上山。」
And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.
3 梅瑟下來將上主的一切話和誡命講述給百姓聽，眾百姓都同聲回答說：「凡上主所吩咐的話，我們全要奉行。」
Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.
4 梅瑟遂將上主的一切話記錄下來。第二天清晨，梅瑟在山下立了一座祭壇，又按以色列十二支派立了十二根石柱，
Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 又派了以色列子民的一些青年人去奉獻全燔祭，宰殺了牛犢作為獻給上主的和平祭。
And he sent some of the young men of the children of Israel to make burned offerings and peace-offerings of oxen to the Lord.
6 梅瑟取了一半血，盛在盆中，取了另一半血洒在祭壇上。
And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.
7 然後拿過約書來，唸給百姓聽。以後百姓回答說：「凡上主所吩咐的話，我們必聽從奉行。」
And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.
8 梅瑟遂拿血來洒在百姓身上說：「看，這是盟約的血，是上主本著這一切話同你們訂立的約。」
Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words.
9 隨後梅瑟、亞郎、納達布、阿彼胡和以色列長老中的七十人上了山，
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:
10 看見了以色列的天主，看見在他腳下好像有一塊藍玉作的薄板，光亮似藍天。
And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.
11 他們雖看見了天主，天主卻沒有下手害以色列的首領們，他們還能吃能喝。梅瑟獨自留在山上
And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.
12 以後上主向梅瑟說：「你上山到我台前，停留在那裏，我要將石版，即我為教訓百姓所寫的法律和誡命交給你。」
And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.
13 梅瑟和他的侍從若蘇厄起身上天主的山，
Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
14 梅瑟巷長老們說：「你們在這裏等候我們回到你們這裏。你們有亞郎和胡爾同你們在一起。誰有爭訟的事，可到他們那裏去。」
And he said to the chiefs, Keep your places here till we come back to you: Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any cause let him go to them.
15 梅瑟上了山，雲彩就把山蓋住了。
And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.
16 上主的榮耀停在西乃山上，雲彩遮蓋著山共六天之久，第七天上主從雲彩爭召叫了梅瑟。
And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.
17 上主的榮耀在以色列子民眼前，好像烈火出現在山頂上。
And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 梅瑟進入雲彩中，上了山；梅瑟在山上停留了四十天，四十夜。
And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.
