Exodus 33
1 And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward from this place, you and the people whom you have taken up out of the land of Egypt, to that land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it.
上主向梅瑟說：「你和你從埃及國領出的百姓離開這裏，上那地方去；關於此地，我曾誓許給亞巴郎、依撒格和雅各伯說：我要將此地獻給你的後裔。
2 And I will send an angel before you, driving out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite:
我要打發使者在你面前，我要趨逐客納罕人、阿摩黎人、赫特人、培黎齊人、希威人和耶步斯人。
3 Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.
你往流奶流蜜之地時，我不與你同行，因為你是個執拗的百姓，免得我在路上消滅你。」
4 Hearing this bad news the people were full of grief, and no one put on his ornaments.
百姓一聽這兇信，都表示悲痛，沒有人再穿戴裝飾品。
5 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.
少主向梅瑟說：「你告訴以色列子民：你們是個執拗的百姓，我若與你同行，只一會兒，我必把你消滅。現在你把裝飾品卸下，看我要怎樣待你。」
6 So the children of Israel took off their ornaments at Mount Horeb, and did not put them on again.
以色列子民從離開曷勒布山，就卸去了裝飾品。會幕
7 Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.
梅瑟往往將那帳幕支搭在營外，離營遠些；他稱此帳幕為「會幕。」凡求問天主的，要到營外的帳幕那裏。
8 And whenever Moses went out to the Tent of meeting, all the people got up and everyone went to the door of his tent, looking after Moses till he went inside the Tent.
每當梅瑟往會幕那裏去的時候，眾百姓都起來，每人站在自己帳幕門口，觀望梅瑟直到他進入會幕。
9 And whenever Moses went into the Tent, the pillar of cloud came down, and took its place by the door of the Tent, as long as the Lord was talking with Moses.
當梅瑟進入會幕的時候，雲柱降下，停在會幕門口，上主便向梅瑟談話。
10 And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent, and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his tent.
眾百姓一見雲柱停止在會幕門口，百姓就起來，俯伏在自己的帳幕門口。
11 And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.
上主同梅瑟面對面地談話，就如人同朋友談話一樣。梅瑟回營以後，他的侍從，一個年輕人，即農的兒子若蘇厄總不離開會幕。梅瑟求見天主的榮耀
12 And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.
梅瑟對上主說：「看，你吩咐了我，叫我引領這百姓，但沒有告訴我，你派誰與我同去。你還說過：提名選了你，你在我眼中得了寵。
13 If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.
如果我真在你眼中得寵，求你把你的道路指示給我，叫我認識你，好在你眼中得寵。也請記得這民族是你的百姓。」
14 And he said, I myself will go with you and give you rest.
上主回答說：「我必親自去，使你獲得安所。」
15 And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.
梅瑟上主說：「你若不親自去，也別叫我們從這裏上去。
16 For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?
人怎樣知道我和你的百姓在你眼中得寵，豈不是因你與我們同行，而我和你的百姓有別於地面上所以的人民﹖」
17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.
上主回答說：「連你所求的事，我也要作，因為你在我眼中得了寵，我提名選了你。」
18 And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.
梅瑟又說：「求你把你的榮耀顯示給我。」
19 And he said, I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy.
上主答說：「當我在你前呼喊「雅威」名號時，我要使我的一切美善在你面前經過。我要恩待的就恩待，要憐憫的就憐憫。」
20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
又說：「我的面容你決不能看見，因為人見了我，就不能再活了。」
21 And the Lord said, See, there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock:
上主又說：「看，靠近我有個地方，你可站在那塊磐石上。
22 And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock, covering you with my hand till I have gone past:
當我的榮耀經過時，我把你放在磐石縫裏，用我的手遮掩你，直到我過去。
23 Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back: but my face is not to be seen.
當我縮回我的手時，你將看見我的背後，但我的面容，卻無法看見。」
