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Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears today, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.”

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The LORD didn’t make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.

The LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the middle of the fire,

(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the LORD’s word; for you were afraid because of the fire, and didn’t go up onto the mountain) saying,

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me

and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

“Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.

You shall labor six days, and do all your work;

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, in which you shall not do any work—neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

“Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

“You shall not murder.

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You shall not steal.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

The LORD spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me.

When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives.

Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the LORD our God’s voice any more, then we shall die.

For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say, and tell us all that the LORD our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it.”

The LORD heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken.

Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

“Go tell them, ‘Return to your tents.’

But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.”

You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left.

You shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

ودَعا موسى كُلَّ إِسْرائيلَ وقالَ لَه: «إِسْمَعْ، يا إِسْرائيل، الفَرائِضَ والأَحْكامَ الَّتي أَنطِقُ بِها على مَسامِعِكمُ اليَوم، وتَعَلَّموها وٱحرِصوا أَن تَعمَلوا بها

إِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلٰهَنا قد قَطَعَ مَعَنا عَهْدًا في حوريب

لا معَ آبائِنا قَطَعَ ذٰلِكَ العَهْد، بل مَعَنا نَحنُ الَّذينَ هٰهُنا اليَومَ كُلُّنا أَحْياء

وَجْهًا إِلى وَجْهٍ كَلَّمَكمُ الرَّبُّ في الجَبَل، مِن وَسَطِ النَّار

وأَنا قائِمٌ بَينَ الرَّبِّ وبَينَكم في ذٰلك الوَقت، لِكَي أُخبِرَكم بِكَلامِ الرَّبّ، لِأَنَّكم خِفْتُم بِسَبَبِ النَّارِ ولَم تَصعَدوا الجَبَل، فقال

أَنا الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ الَّذي أَخرَجَكَ مِن أَرضِ مِصرَ، مِن دارِ العُبودِيَّة

لا يَكُنْ لَكَ آلِهَةٌ أُخْرى تُجاهي

لا تَصْنَعْ لَكَ مَنْحوتًا، أَيَّةَ صورةٍ مِمَّا في السَّماءِ مِن فَوقُ وما في الأَرضِ مِن تَحتُ وما في الماءِ مِن تَحتِ الأَرض

لا تَسجُدْ لَها ولا تَعبُدْها، لِأَنِّي أَنا الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ إِلٰهٌ غَيور، أُعاقِبُ إِثمَ الآباءِ في البَنينَ وإِلى الجيلِ الثَّالِثِ والرَّابِعِ مِن مُبغِضِيَّ

وأَصنَعُ رَحمَةً إِلى أُلوفٍ مِن مُحِبِّيَّ وحافِظِي وَصايايَ

لا تَلفُظِ ٱسمَ الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ باطِلًا، لِأَنَّ الرَّبَّ لا يَتَغاضى عنِ الَّذي يَلفُظُ ٱسمَه باطِلًا

إِحفَظْ يَومَ السَّبتِ لِتُقَدِّسَه، كما أَمَرَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ

سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ تَعمَلُ وتَصنَعُ جَميعَ أَعْمالِكَ

واليَومُ السَّابِعُ سَبتٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ، فلا تَصنَعْ فيه عَمَلًا، أَنتَ وٱبنُكَ وٱبنَتُكَ وخادِمُكَ وخادِمَتُكَ وثَورُكَ وحِمارُكَ وجَميعُ بَهائِمِكَ ونَزيلُكَ الَّذي في داخِلِ مُدُنِكَ، لِكَي يَستَريحَ خادِمُكَ وخادِمَتُكَ مِثْلَكَ

وٱذكُرْ أَنَّكَ كُنتَ عَبْدًا في أَرضِ مِصر، فأَخرَجَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ مِن هُناكَ بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ وذِراعٍ مَبْسوطة، ولِذٰلكَ أَمَرَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ بِأَن تَحفَظَ يَومَ السَّبْت

أَكرِمْ أَباكَ وأُمَّكَ، كما أَمَرَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ، لِكَي تَطولَ أَيَّامُكَ وتُصيبَ خَيرًا في الأَرضِ الَّتي يُعْطيكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ إِيَّاها

لاَ تَقْتُلْ،

لا تَزْنِ

لا تَسْرِقْ

لا تَشْهَدْ على قَريبِكَ شَهادةَ زور

لا تَشتَهِ ٱمرَأَةَ قَريبِكَ ولا تَشتَهِ بَيتَه ولا حَقلَه ولا خادِمَه ولا خادِمَتَه ولا ثَورَه ولا حِمارَه ولا شَيئًا مِمَّا لِقَريبِكَ

هٰذه الكَلِماتُ كَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ بِها جَماعَتَكم كُلَّها في الجَبَل، مِن وَسَطِ النَّارِ والغَيمِ والغَمامِ المُظلِم، بِصَوتٍ عَظيم، ولم يَزِدْ علَيها شَيئًا، وكَتَبَها على لَوحَي حَجَرٍ وسَلَّمَهما إِلَيَّ

فلَمَّا سَمِعتُمُ الصَّوتَ مِن وَسَطِ الظَّلام، والجَبَلُ يَشتَعِلُ بِالنَّار، تَقَدَّمتُم إِلَيَّ أَنتُم جَميعَ رُؤَساءِ أَسْباطِكم وشُيوخَكم

فقُلتُم: هُوَذا قد أَرانا الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُنا مَجدَه وعَظَمَتَه، وقَد سَمِعْنا صَوتَه مِن وَسَطِ النَّار. هٰذا اليَومَ رَأَينا أَنَّ اللهَ كَلَّمَ الإِنسانَ وبَقِيَ على قَيْدِ الحَياة

والآن لِمَ نَموت؟ لأَنَّ هٰذِه النَّارَ العَظيمةَ قَد تأكُلُنا. فإِن عُدنا إِلى سَماعِ صَوتِ الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِنا، نَموت

لِأَنَّه أَيُّ بَشَرٍ سَمِعَ صَوتَ اللهِ الحَيِّ مُتَكَلِّمًا مِن وَسَطِ النَّارِ مِثْلَنا وبَقِيَ على قَيْدِ الحَياة؟

تَقَدَّمْ أَنتَ وٱسمَعْ كُلَّ ما يَقولُه الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُنا، وأَنتَ كَلِّمْنا بِكُلِّ ما يُكَلِّمُكَ بِه الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُنا، فنَسمَعَ ونَعمَل

فسَمِعَ الرَّبُّ صَوتَ كَلامِكم وأَنتُم تُكَلِّمونَني، وقالَ الرَّبُّ لي: قد سَمِعتُ صَوتَ كَلامِ هٰذا الشَّعبِ الَّذي كَلَّمَكَ به: لقَد أَحسَنوا في كُلِّ ما قالوا

فلَيتَ لَهم قَلْبًا كهٰذا فيَخافوني ويَحفَظوا وَصايايَ طولَ الأَيَّامِ لِكَي يُصيبوا خَيرًا هُم وبَنوهم لِلأَبَد!

إِمْضِ فقُلْ لَهم: عودوا إِلى خِيامِكم

وأَنتَ فقِفْ هٰهُنا عِنْدي، فأُكَلِّمَكَ بِالوَصِيَّةِ كُلِّها والفَرائِضِ والأَحْكامِ الَّتي تُعَلِّمُهم إِيَّاها لِيَعمَلوا بِها في الأَرضِ الَّتي أَنا مُعْطيهم إِيَّاها لِيَرِثوها

فٱحرِصوا أَن تَعمَلوا كما أَمَرَكمُ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكم، ولا تَنحَرِفوا يَمنَةً ولا يَسرَةً

بل في كُلِّ الطَّريقِ الَّذي أَوصاكم بِه الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكم تَسيرون، لِكَي تَحيَوا وتُصيبوا خَيرًا وتُطيلوا أَيَّامَكم على الأَرضِ الَّتي ستَرِثونَها