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.
ʻI hono tolu ʻoe māhina, hili ʻae ʻalu atu ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ko e ʻaho ko ia naʻa nau hoko ki he toafa ko Sainai.
He kuo nau hiki mei Lefitimi, pea hoko ki he toafa ʻo Sainai, pea nau ʻapitanga ʻi he toafa; pea naʻe ʻapitanga ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻao ʻoe moʻunga.
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:
Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Mōsese ki he ʻOtua, pea folofola ʻa Sihova kiate ia mei he moʻunga, ʻo pehē, “Te ke lea pehē ki he fale ʻo Sēkope, ʻo tala ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli;
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].
Kuo mou mamata ki he meʻa naʻaku fai ki he kakai ʻIsipite, mo ʻeku fua ʻakimoutolu ʻi he kapakau ʻoe ʻikale, ʻo ʻomi ʻakimoutolu kiate au.
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.
Pea ko ʻeni, kapau te mou tuitala moʻoni ki hoku leʻo, ʻo tauhi ʻeku fuakava, te mou ʻiate au ko e koloa lelei lahi ʻi he kakai kotoa pē: he ʻoku ʻoʻoku ʻa māmani kotoa pē.
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.”
Pea te mou ʻiate au ko e puleʻanga ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kakai māʻoniʻoni. Ko eni ʻae ngaahi lea ke ke lea ʻaki ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.”
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.
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Mōsese ʻo fekau ke haʻu ʻae kau mātuʻa ʻoe kakai, ʻo ne tuku ki honau ʻao ʻae ngaahi lea ni kotoa pē, ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova kiate ia.
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.
Pea naʻe lea fakataha ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻo pehē, “Te mau fai ʻaia kotoa pē kuo folofola ki ai ʻa Sihova.” Pea tala atu ʻe Mōsese ʻae ngaahi lea ʻae kakai kia Sihova.
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.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, “Vakai, te u ʻalu atu kiate koe ʻi he ʻao matolu, koeʻuhi ke ongoʻi ʻe he kakai ʻo kau ka lea kiate koe, pea nau tui kiate koe ʻo taʻengata.” Pea naʻe tala atu ʻe Mōsese ʻae ngaahi lea ʻae kakai kia Sihova.
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.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, “ʻAlu ki he kakai, ʻo fakamāʻoniʻoni ʻakinautolu he ʻaho ni mo e ʻapongipongi, pea ke nau fō honau ngaahi kofu.
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.
Pea teu ki hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho: koeʻuhi ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho ʻe hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova ki he moʻunga ko Sainai ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē.
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.’
Pea ke ai hano ngataʻanga takatakai ki he kakai, mo ke pehē, Vakai kiate kimoutolu, ʻoua naʻa mou ʻalu hake ki he moʻunga, pe ʻalu ki hono tafaʻaki: ko ia ʻe ʻalu ki he moʻunga ʻe tāmateʻi moʻoni ia:
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.”
ʻE ʻikai ha nima ʻe ala ki ai ʻe taʻetolongaki moʻoni ia ʻaki ʻae maka pe fanaʻi ke ʻasi: pe ko ha manu ia pe ha tangata, ʻe ʻikai moʻui ia: ʻoka ongo mai ʻae meʻa lea ʻo fuoloa, te nau ʻalu atu ki he moʻunga.”
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.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa Mōsese mei he moʻunga ki he kakai, ʻo ne fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻae kakai; pea naʻa nau fō honau ngaahi kofu.
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.”
Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he kakai, “Mou tali teu pe ki hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho: ʻoua naʻa ala ki homou uaifi.”
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].
Pea pongipongi hake ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho, naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe ai ʻae ngaahi mana mo e ʻuhila, mo e ʻao matolu ki he moʻunga, mo e ongo mai ʻae meʻa lea naʻe mālohi fakamanavahē; ko ia naʻe tetetete ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻi he ʻapitanga.
17 Then Moses/I led the people outside the camp to meet with God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Mōsese ʻae kakai kituʻa mei he ʻapitanga ke nau fakafetaulaki atu ki he ʻOtua; pea naʻa nau tutuʻu ʻi he potu ʻi lalo ʻi he moʻunga.
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.
Pea naʻe kohuʻia ʻae moʻunga ko Sainai kotoa pē, koeʻuhi naʻe hāʻele hifo ki ai ʻa Sihova ʻi he afi: pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa hono kohu ʻo hangē ko e kohu ʻo ha fuʻu afi, pea naʻe ngalulu lahi ʻae moʻunga kotoa.
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.
Pea ʻi he ongo mai ʻae leʻo ʻoe meʻa lea ʻo fuoloa, pea fakaʻaʻau ʻo leʻo lahi ʻaupito, pea lea ʻa Mōsese, pea talia ia ʻe he ʻOtua ʻaki ʻae leʻo.
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.
Pea naʻe hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova ki he moʻunga ko Sainai, ki he tumutumu ʻoe moʻunga: pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese ke ʻalu hake ia ki he tumutumu ʻoe moʻunga; pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Mōsese.
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.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, “Ke ke ʻalu hifo, ʻo naʻinaʻi atu ki he kakai, telia naʻa nau ʻasi ki loto ʻo fakasio kia Sihova, pea mate ai honau tokolahi.
22 Also, the priests who habitually come near me must purify themselves. If they do not do that, I will punish them.”
Pea ko e kau taulaʻeiki foki, ʻaia ʻoku haʻu ʻo ofi kia Sihova, tuku ke nau fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻakinautolu, telia naʻa ʻoho atu ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu.”
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.’”
Pea pehēange ʻe Mōsese kia Sihova, “ʻOku ʻikai faʻa haʻu ʻae kakai ki he moʻunga ko Sainai: he naʻa ke fekauʻi ʻakimautolu ʻo pehē, ʻAi hono fakangatangata, ki he moʻunga, mo fakatapui ia.”
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.”
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate ia, “Ke ke ʻalu hifo, pea ke toe ʻalu hake, ʻa koe, mo ʻElone: kaeʻoua naʻa ʻoho ki loto ʻae kau taulaʻeiki mo e kakai ke ʻalu hake kia Sihova, telia naʻa ʻoho atu ia kiate kinautolu.”
25 So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people [what Yahweh had said].
Pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ai ʻa Mōsese ki he kakai, ʻo ne lea atu kiate kinautolu.
