Exodus 20

1 'And God speaketh all these words, saying,

And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:

2 I [am] Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 'Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

You shall have no other gods beside me.

4 'Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, 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.

You shall not make to yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.

5 Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

6 and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that keep my commandments.

7 'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

8 'Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.

9 six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

Six days you shall labor, and shall perform all your work.

10 and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, —

But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God; on it you shall do no work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your servant nor your maidservant, your ox nor your ass, nor any cattle of your, nor the stranger that sojourns with you.

11 for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

12 'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

13 'Thou dost not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

14 'Thou dost not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

15 'Thou dost not steal.

You shall not kill.

16 'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 'Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which [is] thy neighbour's.'

You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to your neighbor.

18 And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,

19 and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

and said to Moses, Speak you to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.

20 And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces — that ye sin not.'

And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that you sin not.

21 And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is].

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

22 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye — ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;

And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report it to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

23 ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

You shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make to yourselves.

24 'An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.

You shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it you shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to you and bless you.

25 'And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

And if you will make to me an altar of stones, you shall not build them hewn [stones]; for you have lifted up your tool upon them, and they are defiled.

26 neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

You shall not go up to my altar by steps, that you may not uncover your nakedness upon it.