Wuok 19
1 E dwe mar adek bangʼ ka jo-Israel nosewuok Misri, negichopo e thim Sinai e odiechiengʼno.
Two months to the day after they left Egypt, the Israelites arrived at the Sinai desert.
2 Bangʼ kane gisewuok Refidim, negidonjo thim Sinai, kendo Israel nojot e nyim got e thimno.
They had set out from Rephidim, and after they entered the Sinai desert they camped there in front of the mountain.
3 Eka Musa noidho got mondo odhi owuo gi Nyasaye kendo Jehova Nyasaye noluonge gi ewi got mowachone kama: “Ma e gima iwachne od Jakobo to gi jo-Israel.
Moses went up the mountain to God. The Lord spoke to Moses from the mountain, and told him, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob, the Israelites:
4 ‘Un uwegi useneno gima ne atimone piny Misri kendo kaka ne atingʼou mana kaka ongo tingʼo nyithinde mi akelou ira awuon.
‘You saw for yourselves what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, how I brought you to myself.
5 Koro, ka uwinja chuth mi urito singruokna, to kuom ogendini duto ubiro bedo mwanduna awuon. Kata obedo ni piny duto en mara,
Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,
6 un to ubiro bedona oganda mar jodolo kendo oganda maler.’ Magi e weche manyaka iwachne jo-Israel.”
for me you will be a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.’ This is what you are to tell the Israelites.”
7 Kuom mano Musa nodok moluongo jodongo duto mag oganda mi oketo e nyimgi weche duto mane Jehova Nyasaye ochike mondo owachi.
So Moses went back down and summoned the elders of the people, and presented to them everything the Lord had ordered him to say.
8 Oganda duto nodwoko kanyakla kawacho niya, “Wabiro timo gik moko duto ma Jehova Nyasaye ochiko.” Kuom mano Musa nodwoko wachgi ne Jehova Nyasaye.
Everyone answered, “We promise to do everything the Lord says.” Then Moses took the people's answer back to the Lord.
9 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya, “Abiro biro iru e boche polo mondo omi oganda owinj kaka awuoyo kodi kendo mano biro miyo giket genogi kuomi ndalo duto.” Eka Musa nonyiso Jehova Nyasaye gima oganda nowacho.
The Lord told Moses, “Look! I'm going to come to you in a thick cloud so the people will hear me speaking with you and as a result they will always trust you.” Then Moses reported to the Lord what the people had said.
10 Kendo Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya, “Dhi ir oganda mondo ipwodhgi kawuono gi kiny. Ketgi giluok lepgi
The Lord told Moses, “Go back down and prepare them spiritually today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
11 mondo gibed moikore e odiechiengʼ mar adek, nimar chiengʼno Jehova Nyasaye biro lor ewi Got Sinai ka ji duto nene.
and be ready on the third day because that is when the Lord will descend upon Mount Sinai in the full view of everyone.
12 Ket tongʼ ne oganda molworo got kendo nyisgi ni, ‘Beduru motangʼ mondo kik ngʼato idh got kata mulo tie got, nimar ngʼato angʼata mochopo e tiend godni to nyaka negi.
Set up a boundary for the people all around and warn them, ‘Watch out! Don't try to go up the mountain—don't even touch it! For anyone who touches the mountain will most certainly be killed. Don't touch any person or any animal that has touched the mountain.
13 Ngʼatno nyaka chiel gi kite, kata chwowe gi asere; to kik ngʼato angʼata ket lwete kuome. Bed ni en dhano kata le, ok noweye mondo obed mangima.’ To ji nyalo idho godno mana ka tungʼ oywak kuom thuolo malach.”
Make sure they are stoned or shot with arrows—they must not be allowed to live.’ Only when there is a long blast on the ram's horn can the people come up the mountain.”
14 Bangʼ ka Musa noselor e got modhi ir oganda, nopwodhogi mine gilwoko lepgi.
Moses went down the mountain and prepared the people spiritually and they washed their clothes.
15 Eka nowacho ne oganda niya, “Ikreuru ne odiechiengʼ mar adek kendo kik ngʼato riwre gi chiege.”
He instructed the people, “Get ready for the third day, and don't be intimate with a woman.”
16 Chiengʼ mar adek gokinyi, polo nomil kamor, ka boche polo okwako wi got kendo turumbete noywag matek, ma ji duto mane ni e kambi notetni.
When morning came on the third day there was thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud covered the mountain. There was the very loud sound of a ram's horn, and everyone in the camp shook with fear.
17 Eka Musa notelo ne oganda kawuok e kambi mondo orom gi Nyasaye, kendo negichungʼ e tiend got.
Moses led the people out from the camp to meet God. They stood at the foot of the mountain.
18 Iro noimo Got Sinai nikech Jehova Nyasaye nolor kanyo ei mach. Iro ne dhwolore kawuok ewi godno mana ka iro mawuok e kendo, mi got duto noyiengni,
Smoke poured out over the whole of Mount Sinai because the Lord's presence had come down like fire. The smoke rose up like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook furiously.
19 kendo turumbete nomedo ywak matek. Eka Musa nowuoyo kendo Nyasaye nodwoke.
As the sound of the ram's horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in a loud, thunderous voice.
20 Jehova Nyasaye nolor ewi Got Sinai mi oluongo Musa nyaka ewi godno. Omiyo Musa noidho e got
The Lord descended on the top of Mount Sinai, and he called Moses to come up there. So Moses went up,
21 mi Jehova Nyasaye nowachone niya, “Dhiyo kendo isiem ji mondo kik girire ni gidwaro neno Jehova Nyasaye nimar thothgi nyalo tho.
and the Lord told him, “Go back down, and warn the people not to force their way across the boundary to try to come to the Lord or they will die.
22 Kata mana jodolo ma osudo ir Jehova Nyasaye nyaka pwodhre ka ok kamano to Jehova Nyasaye nomwomre kuomgi.”
Even the priests, who come before the Lord, must prepare themselves spiritually, so that the Lord does not punish them.”
23 Musa nowacho ne Jehova Nyasaye niya, “Ji ok nyal biro ewi Got Sinai nimar in iwuon ema ne isiemowa ni mondo waket kiewo molworo got mondo owale obed maler.”
But Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai. You yourself warned us, ‘Set up a boundary around the mountain, and treat it as holy.’”
24 Jehova Nyasaye nodwoke niya, “Lor piny iom Harun ibigo ira. To jodolo gi ji kik rire mondo one Jehova Nyasaye, nono to abiro mwomora kuomgi.”
The Lord told him, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way to come up to the Lord, or he will punish them.”
25 Kuom mano Musa nolor piny ir ji monyisogi gik mane Jehova Nyasaye owachone.
So Moses went down and explained to the people what the Lord had said.
