Exodus 20
1 And God spoke all these words, saying,
And God speaks all these words, saying,
2 I [am] the LORD thy God, who have brought thee 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 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
You have no other Gods before Me.
4 Thou shalt not make to thee 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 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon 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 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh 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 shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
six days you labor and have done all your work,
10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy 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 [is] in them, and rested the seventh day: wherefore 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 thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
You do not murder.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
You do not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
You do not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy 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 thunderings, and the lightnings, 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 thou 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 ye 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 thou shalt say to the children of Israel; Ye 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 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye 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 thou shalt make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thy oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to thee, and I will bless thee.
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 thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou [shalt] lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast 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 shalt thou go up by steps to my altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.
