Exodus 20

1 And God spoke all these words, saying,

And God speaks all these words, saying,

2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

3 You shall have no other gods before me.

You have no other Gods before Me.

4 You shall not make to you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

You do not make a carved image for yourself, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth.

5 You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,

6 And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

You do not take up the Name of your God YHWH for a vain thing, for YHWH does not acquit him who takes up His Name for a vain thing.

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;

9 Six days shall you labor, and do all your work:

six days you labor and have done all your work,

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates:

and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to your God YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your handmaid, and your livestock, and your sojourner who is within your gates—

11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

for [in] six days YHWH has made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rests in the seventh day; therefore YHWH has blessed the Sabbath day and sanctifies it.

12 Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on the land which the LORD your God gives you.

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

13 You shall not kill.

You do not murder.

14 You shall not commit adultery.

You do not commit adultery.

15 You shall not steal.

You do not steal.

16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.

17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor’s.

You do not desire the house of your neighbor, you do not desire the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which [is] your neighbor’s.”

18 And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightning, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand far off,

19 And they said to Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

20 And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not.

And Moses says to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to try you, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that you do not sin.”

21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].

22 And the LORD said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

And YHWH says to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens;

23 You shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold.

you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold [to be] with Me—you do not make [any idol] for yourselves.

24 An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you.

You make an altar of earth for Me, and you have sacrificed on it your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, your flock and your herd; in every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I come to you, and have blessed you.

25 And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved your tool over it, then you defile it;

26 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not discovered thereon.

neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.