Exodus 19
1 Ní oṣù kẹta tí àwọn Israẹli jáde kúrò ni ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, ni ọjọ́ náà gan an ni wọ́n dé aginjù Sinai.
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 Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọ́n gbéra kúrò ní Refidimu, wọ́n wọ ijù Sinai, wọ́n sì tẹ̀dó síbẹ̀, níbẹ̀ ni Israẹli sì dó sí ní iwájú òkè ńlá.
3 Mose sì gòkè tọ Ọlọ́run lọ. Olúwa sì ké pè é láti orí òkè náà wá pé, “Èyí ni ìwọ yóò sọ fún ilé Jakọbu àti ohun tí ìwọ yóò sọ fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli:
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 ‘Ẹ̀yin ti rí ohun tí mo ti ṣe sí àwọn ará Ejibiti, àti bí mo ti gbé e yín ní apá ìyẹ́ idì.
‘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 Nísinsin yìí, bí ẹ̀yin bá ṣe ìgbọ́ràn sí mi dé ojú àmì, tí ẹ sì pa májẹ̀mú mi mọ́, nígbà náà ni ẹ̀yin ó jẹ́ ìṣúra fún mi ju gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè yòókù lọ. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé gbogbo ayé ni tèmi.
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 Ẹ̀yin yóò sì máa jẹ́ ilẹ̀ ọba àwọn àlùfáà fún mi, orílẹ̀-èdè mímọ́.’ Ìwọ̀nyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ ti ìwọ yóò sọ fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.”
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 Mose sì tọ àwọn ènìyàn wá, ó sí pe àwọn àgbàgbà láàrín àwọn ènìyàn jọ. Ó sì gbé gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ ti Olúwa pàṣẹ fún un láti sọ ní iwájú wọn.
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 Gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn náà sì pa ohùn wọn pọ̀ wọ́n sì dáhùn wí pé, “Àwa yóò ṣe ohun gbogbo ti Olúwa wí.” Mose sì mú ìdáhùn wọn padà tọ Olúwa lọ.
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 Olúwa sọ fún Mose pé, “Èmi yóò tọ̀ ọ́ wá nínú ìkùùkuu ṣíṣú dudu, kí àwọn ènìyàn lè gbọ́ ohùn mi nígbà ti mo bá ń bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀, kí wọn kí ó lè máa gbà ọ́ gbọ́.” Nígbà náà ni Mose sọ ohun tí àwọn ènìyàn wí fún Olúwa.
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 Olúwa sì wí fún Mose pé, “Tọ àwọn ènìyàn lọ kí o sì yà wọ́n sí mímọ́ ni òní àti ni ọ̀la. Jẹ́ kí wọn kí ó fọ aṣọ wọn.
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 Kí wọn kí ó sì múra di ọjọ́ kẹta, nítorí ni ọjọ́ náà ni Olúwa yóò sọ̀kalẹ̀ sí orí òkè Sinai ni ojú gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn.
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 Kí ìwọ kí ó ṣe ààlà fún àwọn ènìyàn, kí ìwọ kí ó sì wí fún wọn pé, ‘Ẹ kíyèsí ara yín, kí ẹ má ṣe gun orí òkè lọ, kí ẹ má tilẹ̀ fi ọwọ́ ba etí rẹ̀; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá fi ọwọ́ kan òkè náà, ó dájú, pípa ni a ó pa á.
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 A ó sọ ọ́ ní òkúta tàbí kí a ta á ní ọfà, ọwọ́kọ́wọ́ kò gbọdọ̀ kàn án. Ìbá à ṣe ènìyàn tàbí ẹranko, òun kì yóò wà láààyè.’ Nígbà ti ìpè bá dún nìkan ni kí wọn ó gun òkè wá.”
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 Mose sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti orí òkè náà wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn, ó yà wọ́n sí mímọ́, wọ́n sì fọ aṣọ wọn.
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 Ó sì sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn pé, “Ẹ múra sílẹ̀ di ọjọ́ kẹta; ẹ má ṣe bá aya yín lòpọ̀.”
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 Ní òwúrọ̀ ọjọ́ kẹta, àrá àti mọ̀nàmọ́ná sì wà pẹ̀lú ìkùùkuu tí ó ṣú dudu ní orí òkè, ìpè ńlá sì dún kíkankíkan tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí gbogbo àwọn tí ó wà ni ibùdó wárìrì.
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 Mose sì kó àwọn ènìyàn tí ó jáde láti ibùdó wá pàdé Ọlọ́run, wọ́n dúró nítòsí òkè.
Then Moses/I led the people outside the camp to meet with God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
18 Èéfín sì bo òkè Sinai nítorí Olúwa sọ̀kalẹ̀ sí orí rẹ̀ nínú iná. Èéfín náà sì ń ru sókè bí èéfín iná ìléru, gbogbo òkè náà sì mì tìtì.
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 Ohùn ìpè sì ń rinlẹ̀ dòdò. Mose sọ̀rọ̀, Ọlọ́run sì fi àrá dá a lóhùn.
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 Olúwa sọ̀kalẹ̀ sí orí òkè Sinai, o sì pe Mose wá sí orí òkè náà. Mose sì gun orí òkè.
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 Olúwa sọ fún Mose pé, “Sọ̀kalẹ̀, kí ó sì kìlọ̀ fún àwọn ènìyàn, kí wọn má ṣe fi tipátipá wá ọ̀nà láti wo Olúwa, bí wọn bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ọ̀pọ̀ wọn yóò ṣègbé.
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 Kódà àwọn àlùfáà tí ó ń wá síwájú Olúwa gbọdọ̀ ya ara wọn sí mímọ́ bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́. Olúwa yóò kọlù wọ́n.”
Also, the priests who habitually come near me must purify themselves. If they do not do that, I will punish them.”
23 Mose wí fún Olúwa pé, “Àwọn ènìyàn kì yóò lè wá sí orí òkè Sinai, nítorí ìwọ fúnra rẹ̀ ti kìlọ̀ fún wa pé, ‘Ṣe ààlà yí òkè ká, kí o sì yà á sí mímọ́.’”
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 Olúwa sì wí fún Mose pé, “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ, mú Aaroni gòkè wá pẹ̀lú rẹ. Ṣùgbọ́n kí àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ènìyàn má ṣe fi tipátipá gòkè tọ Olúwa. Bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́ yóò kọlù wọ́n.”
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 Mose sọ̀kalẹ̀ tọ àwọn ènìyàn lọ. Ó sì sọ ohun tí Olúwa wí fún wọn.
So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people [what Yahweh had said].
