Kutoka 24

1 Kisha Yahweh akamwabia Musa, “Njoo juu kwangu -wewe, Aruni, Nadabu, Abihu, na wazee sabini wa Israeli, na kuniabudu kwa mbali.

And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off.

2 Musa peke yake anaweza kuja karibu yangu. Wengine hawapaswi kuja karibu, wala watu kuja juu na yeye.”

And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people come up with him.

3 Musa akaenda juu na kuwaambia watu maneno yote ya Yahweh na amri zake. Watu wote wakajibu kwa sauti moja na kusema, “Tutafanya maneno yote Yahweh aliyo tuamuru.”

So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice: We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken.

4 Kisha Musa akaandika chini maneno yote ya Yahweh. Asubui mapema, Musa akajenga madhabahu chini ya mguu wa mlima na kupanga nguzo kumi na mbili za mawe, ili mawe yawakilishe makabila kumi na mbili ya Israeli.

And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord: and rising in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 Aliwatuma vijana Wakiisraeli kutoa sadaka ya kuteketeza na kutoa dhabihu za ng'ombe za sadaka ya ushirika kwa Yahweh.

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord.

6 Musa allichukuwa nusu ya damu na kuweka kwenye mabeseni; alinyunyuzia nusu ingine kwenye madhabahu.

Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls: and the rest he poured upon the altar.

7 Alichukuwa kitabu cha agano na kuwasomea kwa nguvu watu. Walisema, “Tutafanya yote Yahweh aliyo sema. Tutakuwa watiifu.”

And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken we will do, we will be obedient.

8 Kisha Musa akachukuwa damu na kunyunyiza kwa watu. Alisema, “Hii ni damu ya agano Yahweh alilo lifanya nanyi kwa kuwapa hii ahadi kwa maneno yote haya.”

And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

9 Kisha Musa, Aruni, Nadabu, Abihu, na wazee sabini wa Israeli wakaenda juu ya mlima.

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up:

10 Walimuona Mungu wa Israeli.

And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

11 Chini ya miguu yake kulikuwa na sakafu iliyo jengwa kwa jiwe la yakuti samawi, safi kama mbingu yenyewe. Mungu hakugusa na mkono kwa hasira viongozi Waisraeli. Walimuona Mungu, na wakanywa na kula.

Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink.

12 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Njoo juu kwangu mlimani na ubaki pale. Nitakupa saani za mawe na sheria na amri nilizo ziandika, ili uwafundishe.”

And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written: that thou mayst teach them.

13 Hivyo Musa akaenda na msaidizi wake Yoshua na kwenda juu mlima wa Mungu.

Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: and Moses going up into the mount of God,

14 Musa akawaambia wazee, “Baki hapa na mtusubiri hadi tutakapo warudia. Aruni na Huri wapo nanyi. Kama kuna mtu mwenye malalamiko, acha awaende.”

Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them.

15 Hivyo Musa akaenda juu ya mlima, na wingu likafunika.

And when Moses was gone up, a cloud covered the mount.

16 Utukufu wa Yahweh ukabaki juu ya Mlima wa Sinai, na wingu likafunika kwa siku sita. Siku ya saba alimuita Musa kutoka ndani ya wingu.

And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud.

17 Utukufu wa Yahweh ulikuwa kama moto ulao juu ya mlima kwenye macho ya Waisraeli.

And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 Musa akaingia kwenye wingu na kwenda juu ya mlima. Alikuwa mlimani siku arobaini na usiku arobaini.

And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: and he was there forty days, and forty nights.