Exodus 19
1 The Israeli people then left Rephidim, and exactly two months after leaving Egypt, they/we came to the desert near Sinai [Mountain]. They/We set up their/our tents at the base of the mountain.
En el tercer mes después que los hijos de Israel salieron de la tierra de Egipto, ese mismo día llegaron al desierto de Sinaí.
Cuando partieron de Refidim y llegaron al desierto de Sinaí, acamparon en el desierto, y allí acampó Israel ante el monte.
3 Moses/I climbed up the mountain [to talk with] God. Yahweh called to [him/me] from [the top of] the mountain and said, “This is what I want you to say to the Israeli people, the descendants of Jacob:
Moisés subió a Dios, y Yahvé lo llamó desde el monte, diciendo: “Esto es lo que dirás a la casa de Jacob y a los hijos de Israel
4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You have seen [what I did for all of you] and how I brought you here to me. It was as though I [lifted you up as] an eagle [carries its young eaglets] on its wings [MET].
‘Habéis visto lo que hice a los egipcios, y cómo os llevé en alas de águila y os traje a mí.
5 So now, if you will do what I tell you and obey all that I command you, you will be my own people. All the people-groups on the earth are mine, but you will be (dearer/more special) to me than all the other people-groups.
Ahora, pues, si de verdad obedecéis mi voz y guardáis mi pacto, seréis mi posesión de entre todos los pueblos, porque toda la tierra es mía;
6 You will be people over whom I will rule, and you will all (be like priests/represent me to other nations as priests represent me to one nation) [MET], and you will be completely dedicated to me.’ That is what you must tell the Israeli people.”
y seréis para mí un reino de sacerdotes y una nación santa.’ Estas son las palabras que dirás a los hijos de Israel”.
7 So Moses/I went [down the mountain] and summoned the elders/leaders of the people. He/I told them everything that Yahweh had told him/me to tell them.
Moisés vino y llamó a los ancianos del pueblo, y les expuso todas estas palabras que Yahvé le había ordenado.
8 The people all said, “We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do.” Then Moses/I [climbed back up the mountain and] reported to Yahweh what the people had said.
Todo el pueblo respondió en conjunto y dijo: “Haremos todo lo que Yahvé ha dicho”. Moisés informó a Yahvé de las palabras del pueblo.
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “[Listen carefully]: I am going to appear to you from inside a thick cloud. When I am speaking to you, the people will hear it, and they will always trust in you.” Then Moses/I went [down the mountain and reported to the people what Yahweh said. Then he/I went back up the mountain and] told Yahweh what the people replied.
Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “He aquí que vengo a ti en una nube espesa, para que el pueblo oiga cuando hablo contigo y te crea para siempre”. Moisés le contó a Yahvé las palabras del pueblo.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go [back down] to the people [again]. [Tell them to] purify themselves today and tomorrow. [Tell them to] wash their clothes, too.
Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Ve al pueblo y santifícalo hoy y mañana, y que lave sus vestidos,
11 They must do that to be ready on the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down to Sinai Mountain to where all the people can see me.
y esté preparado para el tercer día; porque al tercer día Yahvé bajará a la vista de todo el pueblo al monte Sinaí.
12 You must make a boundary around the base of the mountain, and tell them, ‘Be sure that you do not climb the mountain or even go near it. Anyone who even touches the base of the mountain must be executed.’
Pondrás límites a todo el pueblo, diciendo: ‘Tengan cuidado de no subir al monte ni tocar su borde. El que toque el monte será condenado a muerte.
13 Do not let anyone touch any person or any animal that touches the mountain. You must [kill any person or animal that touches the mountain] by throwing stones at it or shooting it [with arrows]. But when you hear a long [loud] trumpet sound, the people can come close to the [base of the] mountain.”
Ninguna mano lo tocará, sino que será apedreado o atravesado; sea animal u hombre, no vivirá.’ Cuando la trompeta suene largamente, subirán al monte”.
14 So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people to purify themselves. They did what Moses/I told them to do, and they also washed their clothes.
Moisés bajó del monte hacia el pueblo y lo santificó, y ellos lavaron sus ropas.
15 Then Moses/I said to the people, “Be ready on the day after tomorrow. And [you men] must not have sex with [EUP] [your wives] until after then.”
Le dijo al pueblo: “Prepárense para el tercer día. No tengan relaciones sexuales con una mujer”.
16 Two days later, during the morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a very dark cloud on the mountain. A trumpet sounded very loudly, with the result that the people in the camp shook/trembled because they [were very afraid].
Al tercer día, al amanecer, hubo truenos y relámpagos, y una espesa nube sobre la montaña, y el sonido de una trompeta muy fuerte; y todo el pueblo que estaba en el campamento tembló.
17 Then Moses/I led the people outside the camp to meet with God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
Moisés sacó al pueblo del campamento para ir al encuentro de Dios, y se paró en la parte baja del monte.
18 All of Sinai Mountain was covered in smoke, because Yahweh had descended on it, surrounded by a fire. The smoke rose up like the smoke from [the chimney of] a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Todo el monte Sinaí humeaba, porque Yahvé descendía sobre él en fuego; y su humo subía como el humo de un horno, y todo el monte temblaba en gran manera.
19 As the sound of the trumpet continued to become louder, Moses/I spoke [to Yahweh], and Yahweh answered [him/me] in [a loud voice that sounded like] thunder.
Cuando el sonido de la trompeta se hizo más y más fuerte, Moisés habló, y Dios le respondió con una voz.
20 Then Yahweh came down [again] onto the top of Sinai Mountain, and he summoned Moses/me to come up to the top of the mountain. So Moses/I went up.
Yahvé bajó al monte Sinaí, a la cima de la montaña. Yahvé llamó a Moisés a la cima del monte, y Moisés subió.
21 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go down again and warn the people not to cross the boundary in order to look [at me]. If they [do] that, many of them will die.
Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Baja y advierte al pueblo, no sea que se abran paso hacia Yahvé para mirar, y muchos de ellos perezcan.
22 Also, the priests who habitually come near me must purify themselves. If they do not do that, I will punish them.”
Que también los sacerdotes que se acercan a Yahvé se santifiquen, no sea que Yahvé irrumpa sobre ellos.”
23 Then Moses/I said to Yahweh, “The people will not climb the mountain, because you commanded them, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain, to make it sacred/taboo.’”
Moisés dijo a Yahvé: “El pueblo no puede subir al monte Sinaí, porque tú nos advertiste diciendo: “Poned límites alrededor del monte y santificadlo””.
24 Yahweh replied, “Go down the mountain, and bring Aaron back up with you. But do not allow the priests or other people to cross the boundary to come up to me. If they cross it, I will punish them.”
Yahvé le dijo: “¡Baja! Harás subir a Aarón contigo, pero no permitas que los sacerdotes y el pueblo se abran paso para subir a Yahvé, no sea que él se revele contra ellos.”
25 So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people [what Yahweh had said].
Entonces Moisés bajó al pueblo y les dijo.
