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 to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, thou and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord 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 alone shall draw nigh to God; and they shall not draw nigh, and the people shall 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。」
And Moses went in and related to the people all the words of God and the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will do and be obedient.
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，
And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and [set up] twelve stones 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 forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt-offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace-offering to God.
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 poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon 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 covenant and read it in the ears of the people, and they said, All things whatsoever the Lord has spoken we will do and hearken therein.
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。」
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you concerning all 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，
And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
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 place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.
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 of the chosen ones of Israel there was not even one missing, and they appeared in the place of God, and did eat 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 into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, the law and the commandments, which I have written to give them laws.
13 梅瑟和他的侍從若蘇厄起身上天主的山，
And Moses rose up and Joshua his attendant, and they went up into the mount 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 to the elders they said, Rest there till we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Or are with you: if any man have a cause to be tried, let them go to them.
15 梅瑟上了山，雲彩就把山蓋住了。
And Moses and Joshua went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
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 God came down upon the mount Sina, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Lord called Moses on the seventh day out of the midst 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 appearance of the glory of the Lord was as burning fire on the top of the mountain, before 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 into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain, and was there in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
