Exodus 24
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
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。
2 Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
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。」
3 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
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。」
4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
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，
5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
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。
6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
梅瑟取了一半血，盛在盆中，取了另一半血洒在祭壇上。
7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
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。」
8 So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
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。」
9 Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
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，
10 and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
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。
11 But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
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
12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
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。」
13 So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
梅瑟和他的侍從若蘇厄起身上天主的山，
14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”
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。」
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
梅瑟上了山，雲彩就把山蓋住了。
16 and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
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。
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
上主的榮耀在以色列子民眼前，好像烈火出現在山頂上。
18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
梅瑟進入雲彩中，上了山；梅瑟在山上停留了四十天，四十夜。
