Kutoka 24
1 Kisha Mungu akamwambia Mose, “Njooni huku juu kwa Bwana, wewe na Aroni, Nadabu na Abihu, pamoja na wazee sabini wa Israeli. Mniabudu kwa mbali,
And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
2 lakini Mose peke yake ndiye atakayemkaribia Bwana; wengine wasije karibu. Nao watu wasije wakapanda pamoja naye.”
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
3 Mose alipokwenda na kuwaambia watu maneno yote na sheria zote za Bwana, wakaitikia kwa sauti moja, “Kila kitu alichosema Bwana tutakifanya.”
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we perform.
4 Ndipo Mose akaandika kila kitu Bwana alichokuwa amesema. Akaamka kesho yake asubuhi na mapema na kujenga madhabahu chini ya mlima na kusimamisha nguzo kumi na mbili za mawe kuwakilisha makabila kumi na mawili ya Israeli.
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 Kisha akawatuma vijana wanaume wa Kiisraeli, nao wakatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na dhabihu za mafahali wachanga kuwa sadaka za amani kwa Bwana.
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to the LORD.
6 Mose akachukua nusu ya damu ya wale wanyama na kuiweka kwenye mabakuli na nusu nyingine akainyunyiza juu ya madhabahu.
And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 Kisha akachukua kile Kitabu cha Agano na kuwasomea watu. Nao wakajibu, “Tutafanya kila kitu alichosema Bwana, nasi tutatii.”
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
8 Ndipo Mose akachukua ile damu, akawanyunyizia wale watu, akasema, “Hii ni damu ya agano ambalo Bwana amelifanya nanyi kufuatana na maneno haya yote.”
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
9 Mose na Aroni, Nadabu na Abihu, pamoja na wazee sabini wa Israeli wakapanda mlimani,
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
10 nao wakamwona Mungu wa Israeli. Chini ya miguu yake kulikuwa na kitu kama sakafu ya mawe ya yakuti samawi, iliyo safi kama anga angavu.
And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [its] clearness.
11 Lakini Mungu hakuinua mkono wake dhidi ya hawa viongozi wa Waisraeli; walimwona Mungu, nao wakala na kunywa.
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and ate and drank.
12 Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Panda uje kwangu huku mlimani na ukae hapa, nami nitakupa vibao vya mawe, vyenye sheria na amri ambazo nimeziandika ziwe mwongozo wao.”
And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me on the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayst teach them.
13 Basi Mose akaondoka na Yoshua mtumishi wake, naye Mose akapanda juu kwenye mlima wa Mungu.
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up upon the mount of God.
14 Mose akawaambia wazee wa Israeli, “Tungojeni hapa mpaka tutakapowarudia. Aroni na Huri wako pamoja nanyi, na kila aliye na neno aweza kuwaendea wao.”
And he said to the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again to you: and behold, Aaron and Hur [are] with you: if any man hath any matters to do, let him come to them.
15 Mose alipopanda juu mlimani, wingu liliufunika huo mlima,
And Moses went up upon the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16 nao utukufu wa Bwana ukatua juu ya Mlima Sinai. Kwa muda wa siku sita wingu lilifunika mlima, na siku ya saba Bwana akamwita Mose kutoka katikati ya lile wingu.
And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.
17 Kwa Waisraeli utukufu wa Bwana ulionekana kama moto uteketezao juu ya mlima.
And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 Kisha Mose akaingia ndani ya lile wingu alivyokuwa akipanda mlimani. Naye akakaa huko mlimani kwa muda wa siku arobaini, usiku na mchana.
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.
