Kutoka 24
1 Kisha Yahweh akamwabia Musa, “Njoo juu kwangu -wewe, Aruni, Nadabu, Abihu, na wazee sabini wa Israeli, na kuniabudu kwa mbali.
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me—you, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship me at a distance.
2 Musa peke yake anaweza kuja karibu yangu. Wengine hawapaswi kuja karibu, wala watu kuja juu na yeye.”
Moses alone may come near to me. The others must not come near, nor may 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.”
Moses went and told the people all of Yahweh's words and decrees. All the people answered with one voice and said, “We will do all the words that Yahweh has said.”
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.
Then Moses wrote down all of Yahweh's words. Early in the morning, Moses built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve stone pillars, so that the stones would represent 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.
He sent some Israelite young men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings of oxen to Yahweh.
6 Musa allichukuwa nusu ya damu na kuweka kwenye mabeseni; alinyunyuzia nusu ingine kwenye madhabahu.
Moses took half of the blood and put it into basins; he sprinkled the other half onto the altar.
7 Alichukuwa kitabu cha agano na kuwasomea kwa nguvu watu. Walisema, “Tutafanya yote Yahweh aliyo sema. Tutakuwa watiifu.”
He took the book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. They said, “We will do all that Yahweh has spoken. 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.”
Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it onto the people. He said, “This is the blood of the covenant that Yahweh has made with you by giving you this promise with all these words.”
9 Kisha Musa, Aruni, Nadabu, Abihu, na wazee sabini wa Israeli wakaenda juu ya mlima.
Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders went up the mountain.
10 Walimuona Mungu wa Israeli.
They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.
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.
God did not lay a hand on the Israelite leaders. They saw God, and they ate and drank.
12 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Njoo juu kwangu mlimani na ubaki pale. Nitakupa saani za mawe na sheria na amri nilizo ziandika, ili uwafundishe.”
Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay there. I will give you the tablets of stone and the law and commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”
13 Hivyo Musa akaenda na msaidizi wake Yoshua na kwenda juu mlima wa Mungu.
So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain 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.”
Moses had said to the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. If anyone has a dispute, let him go to them.”
15 Hivyo Musa akaenda juu ya mlima, na wingu likafunika.
So Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered it.
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.
Yahweh's glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.
17 Utukufu wa Yahweh ulikuwa kama moto ulao juu ya mlima kwenye macho ya Waisraeli.
The appearance of Yahweh's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the Israelites.
18 Musa akaingia kwenye wingu na kwenda juu ya mlima. Alikuwa mlimani siku arobaini na usiku arobaini.
Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He was up the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
