Exodus 24
1 And unto Moses He said: 'Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off;
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 and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people 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 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said: 'All the words which the Lord hath spoken will we 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 all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to 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 And he sent the young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto 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 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against 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 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.'
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 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said: 'Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you in agreement 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 went up Moses, and 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; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.
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 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
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 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Come up to Me into the mount and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.'
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 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister; and Moses went up into the mount of God.
梅瑟和他的侍從若蘇厄起身上天主的山，
14 And unto the elders he said: 'Tarry ye here for us, until we come back unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto 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 And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
梅瑟上了山，雲彩就把山蓋住了。
16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the seventh day He called unto Moses out of the midst of 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 appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
上主的榮耀在以色列子民眼前，好像烈火出現在山頂上。
18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount 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。
