Exodus 24
1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Yhwh, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Kisha Mungu akamwambia Mose, “Njooni huku juu kwa Bwana, wewe na Aroni, Nadabu na Abihu, pamoja na wazee sabini wa Israeli. Mniabudu kwa mbali,
2 And Moses alone shall come near Yhwh: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
lakini Mose peke yake ndiye atakayemkaribia Bwana; wengine wasije karibu. Nao watu wasije wakapanda pamoja naye.”
3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of Yhwh, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Yhwh hath said will we do.
Mose alipokwenda na kuwaambia watu maneno yote na sheria zote za Bwana, wakaitikia kwa sauti moja, “Kila kitu alichosema Bwana tutakifanya.”
4 And Moses wrote all the words of Yhwh, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Ndipo Mose akaandika kila kitu Bwana alichokuwa amesema. Akaamka kesho yake asubuhi na mapema na kujenga madhabahu chini ya mlima na kusimamisha nguzo kumi na mbili za mawe kuwakilisha makabila kumi na mawili ya Israeli.
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto Yhwh.
Kisha akawatuma vijana wanaume wa Kiisraeli, nao wakatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na dhabihu za mafahali wachanga kuwa sadaka za amani kwa Bwana.
6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Mose akachukua nusu ya damu ya wale wanyama na kuiweka kwenye mabakuli na nusu nyingine akainyunyiza juu ya madhabahu.
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, all that Yhwh hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Kisha akachukua kile Kitabu cha Agano na kuwasomea watu. Nao wakajibu, “Tutafanya kila kitu alichosema Bwana, nasi tutatii.”
8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Yhwh hath made with you concerning all these words.
Ndipo Mose akachukua ile damu, akawanyunyizia wale watu, akasema, “Hii ni damu ya agano ambalo Bwana amelifanya nanyi kufuatana na maneno haya yote.”
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Mose na Aroni, Nadabu na Abihu, pamoja na wazee sabini wa Israeli wakapanda mlimani,
10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
nao wakamwona Mungu wa Israeli. Chini ya miguu yake kulikuwa na kitu kama sakafu ya mawe ya yakuti samawi, iliyo safi kama anga angavu.
11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Lakini Mungu hakuinua mkono wake dhidi ya hawa viongozi wa Waisraeli; walimwona Mungu, nao wakala na kunywa.
12 And Yhwh said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Panda uje kwangu huku mlimani na ukae hapa, nami nitakupa vibao vya mawe, vyenye sheria na amri ambazo nimeziandika ziwe mwongozo wao.”
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Basi Mose akaondoka na Yoshua mtumishi wake, naye Mose akapanda juu kwenye mlima wa Mungu.
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
Mose akawaambia wazee wa Israeli, “Tungojeni hapa mpaka tutakapowarudia. Aroni na Huri wako pamoja nanyi, na kila aliye na neno aweza kuwaendea wao.”
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Mose alipopanda juu mlimani, wingu liliufunika huo mlima,
16 And the glory of Yhwh 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.
nao utukufu wa Bwana ukatua juu ya Mlima Sinai. Kwa muda wa siku sita wingu lilifunika mlima, na siku ya saba Bwana akamwita Mose kutoka katikati ya lile wingu.
17 And the sight of the glory of Yhwh was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Kwa Waisraeli utukufu wa Bwana ulionekana kama moto uteketezao juu ya mlima.
18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Kisha Mose akaingia ndani ya lile wingu alivyokuwa akipanda mlimani. Naye akakaa huko mlimani kwa muda wa siku arobaini, usiku na mchana.
