Éxodo 19
1 Al mes tercero de la salida de los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto, en aquel día vinieron al desierto de Sinaí.
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.
2 Porque partieron de Refidim, y llegaron al desierto de Sinaí, y se asentaron en el desierto; y acampó allí Israel delante del monte.
3 Y Moisés subió a Dios; y el SEÑOR lo llamó desde el monte, diciendo: Así dirás a la Casa de Jacob, y denunciarás a los hijos de Israel:
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:
4 Vosotros visteis lo que hice a los egipcios, y cómo os tomé sobre alas de águilas, y os he traído a mí.
‘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].
5 Ahora pues, si diereis oído a mi voz, y guardareis mi pacto, vosotros seréis mi especial tesoro sobre todos los pueblos; porque mía es toda la tierra.
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.
6 Y vosotros seréis mi reino de sacerdotes, y gente santa. Estas son las palabras que dirás a los hijos de Israel.
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.”
7 Entonces vino Moisés, y llamó a los ancianos del pueblo, y propuso en presencia de ellos todas estas palabras que el SEÑOR le había mandado.
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.
8 Y todo el pueblo respondió a una, y dijeron: Todo lo que el SEÑOR ha dicho haremos. Y Moisés refirió las palabras del pueblo al SEÑOR.
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.
9 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: He aquí, yo vengo a ti en una nube espesa, para que el pueblo oiga mientras yo hablo contigo, y también para que te crean para siempre. Y Moisés denunció las palabras del pueblo al SEÑOR.
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.
10 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Ve al pueblo, y santifícalos hoy y mañana, y laven sus vestidos;
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.
11 y estén apercibidos para el día tercero, porque al tercer día el SEÑOR descenderá, a ojos de todo el pueblo, sobre el monte de Sinaí.
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.
12 Y señalarás término al pueblo en derredor, diciendo: Guardaos, no subáis al monte, ni toquéis a su término; cualquiera que tocare el monte, de seguro morirá.
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.’
13 No le tocará mano, porque será apedreado o asaeteado; sea animal o sea hombre, no vivirá. En habiendo sonado largamente la trompeta, subirán al monte.
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.”
14 Y descendió Moisés del monte al pueblo, y santificó al pueblo; y lavaron sus vestidos.
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.
15 Y dijo al pueblo: Estad apercibidos para el tercer día; no lleguéis a mujer.
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.”
16 Y aconteció al tercer día cuando vino la mañana, que vinieron truenos y relámpagos, y espesa nube sobre el monte, y un sonido de trompeta muy fuerte; y se estremeció todo el pueblo que estaba en el real.
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].
17 Y Moisés sacó del real al pueblo a recibir a Dios; y se pusieron a lo bajo del monte.
Then Moses/I led the people outside the camp to meet with God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
18 Y todo el monte de Sinaí humeaba, porque el SEÑOR había descendido sobre él en fuego; y el humo de él subía como el humo de un horno, y todo el monte se estremeció en gran manera.
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.
19 Y el sonido de la trompeta iba esforzándose en extremo: Moisés hablaba, y Dios le respondía en voz.
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.
20 Y descendió el SEÑOR sobre el monte de Sinaí, sobre la cumbre del monte; y llamó el SEÑOR a Moisés a la cumbre del monte, y Moisés subió.
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.
21 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Desciende, requiere al pueblo que no traspasen el término por ver al SEÑOR, porque caerá multitud de ellos.
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.
22 Y también los sacerdotes que se llegan al SEÑOR, se santifiquen, para que el SEÑOR no haga en ellos estrago.
Also, the priests who habitually come near me must purify themselves. If they do not do that, I will punish them.”
23 Y Moisés dijo al SEÑOR: El pueblo no podrá subir al monte de Sinaí, porque tú nos has requerido diciendo: Señala términos al monte, y santifícalo.
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.’”
24 Y el SEÑOR le dijo: Ve, desciende, y subirás tú, y Aarón contigo; mas los sacerdotes y el pueblo no traspasen el término por subir al SEÑOR, para que no haga en ellos estrago.
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.”
25 Entonces Moisés descendió al pueblo y habló con ellos.
So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people [what Yahweh had said].
