< Exodus 24 >
1 He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kia Mōsese, “ʻAlu hake koe kia Sihova, ʻa koe mo ʻElone, mo Natapi, mo ʻApiu, mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli ʻe toko fitungofulu; pea punou hifo ʻakimoutolu mei he mamaʻo ʻo hū.
2 Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”
Pea ko Mōsese tokotaha pe ʻe haʻu ʻo ofi kia Sihova: kaeʻoua te nau haʻu ʻo ofi; pea ʻoua naʻa ʻalu hake ʻae kakai mo ia.”
3 Moses came and told the people all the LORD’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the LORD has spoken will we do.”
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Mōsese ʻo ne tala ki he kakai ʻae ngaahi folofola kotoa pē ʻa Sihova, mo e ngaahi fono kotoa pē; pea tali lea taha pe ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻonau pehē, “Ko e ngaahi lea kotoa pē kuo folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova te mau fai.”
4 Moses wrote all the LORD’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Pea naʻe tohi ʻe Mōsese ʻae ngaahi folofola kotoa pē ʻa Sihova, pea tuʻu hengihengi hake ia ʻi he pongipongi, ʻo ne langa ʻae feilaulauʻanga ʻi he lalo moʻunga, mo e maka ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻo fakatatau ki he faʻahinga ʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻo ʻIsileli.
5 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to the LORD.
Pea fekau ʻe ia ʻae kau talavou ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea naʻa nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu kia Sihova, mo e ngaahi feilaulau ʻoe melino, ko e fanga pulu.
6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe Mōsese hono vaeua mālieʻanga ʻoe toto, ʻo ne lingi ia ki he ngaahi ipu; pea ko hono vahe ʻe taha ʻoe toto naʻa ne luluku ʻaki ʻae feilaulauʻanga.
7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that the LORD has said, and be obedient.”
Pea toʻo ʻe ia ʻae tohi ʻoe fuakava, ʻo ne lau ia ke ongoʻi ʻe he kakai: pea naʻa nau tala, ‘Ko e meʻa kotoa pē kuo folofola ki ai ʻa Sihova te mau fai, pea [te mau ]talangofua.”
8 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.”
Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe Mōsese ʻae toto, ʻo ne luluku ia ki he kakai, ʻo ne pehē, “Vakai, ko e toto ʻoe fuakava, ʻaia kuo fai ʻe Sihova mo kimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi folofola ni kotoa pē.”
9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
Pea toki ʻalu hake ai ʻa Mōsese, mo ʻElone, mo Natapi, mo ʻApiu, mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻIsileli ʻe toko fitungofulu.
10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
Pea naʻa nau mamata ki he ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli; pea naʻe ʻi hono lalo vaʻe ʻae ngāue ʻo hangē ha faliki maka ko e safaia, pea naʻe tatau mo e langi maʻa ʻa hono malama.
11 He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.
Pea naʻe ʻikai hili hono nima ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli; pea naʻa nau mamata ki he ʻOtua foki, ʻonau kai mo inu.
12 The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, “ʻAlu hake koe kiate au ʻi he moʻunga, pea nofo ai: pea te u tuku kiate koe ʻae maka lafalafa ʻe ua, pea mo e fono, mo e ngaahi fekau kuo u tohi; koeʻuhi ke ke ako ʻaki ia.”
13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Mōsese mo hono tauhi ko Siosiua: pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Mōsese ki he moʻunga ʻoe ʻOtua.
14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”
Pea naʻe tala ʻe ia ki he kau mātuʻa, “Mou tatali ʻi heni kiate kimaua, ke ʻoua ke ma toe ʻomi kiate kimoutolu: pea vakai, ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻa ʻElone, mo Hua: kapau ʻe ai ha meʻa ʻi ha tangata ke fai, ke haʻu ia kiate kinaua.”
15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Mōsese ki he moʻunga, pea naʻe ʻuʻufi ʻae moʻunga ʻe he ʻao.
16 The LORD’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.
Pea naʻe nofo mai ʻae nāunau ʻo Sihova ki he moʻunga ko Sainai, pea naʻe ʻuʻufi ia ʻe he ʻao ʻi he ʻaho ʻe ono: pea naʻe folofola ia kia Mōsese ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho mei he loto ʻao.
17 The appearance of the LORD’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Pea naʻe hā mai ʻae nāunau ʻo Sihova ʻo hangē ko e afi fakaʻauha ʻi he tumutumu ʻoe moʻunga, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
18 Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Mōsese ki he loto ʻao, ʻo ʻalu hake ki he moʻunga: pea naʻe ʻi he moʻunga ʻa Mōsese ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fāngofulu mo e pō ʻe fāngofulu.