Bilingual reading

God spoke all these words, 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 for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that 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, 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.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

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

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long 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 house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

The LORD said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.

You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.

If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’

وتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ بِهٰذا الكَلامِ كُلِّه قائلًا

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

لا يَكُنْ لَكَ آلِهَةٌ أُخْرى تُجاهي

لا تَصنَعْ لَكَ مَنْحوتًا ولا صورةَ شَيءٍ مِمَّا في السَّماءِ مِن فَوقُ، ولا مِمَّا في الأَرضِ من أَسفَلُ، ولا مِمَّا في المِياهِ مِن تَحتِ الأَرض

لا تَسجُدْ لَها ولا تَعبُدْها، لِأَنِّي أَنا الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ إِلٰهٌ غَيور، أُعاقِبُ إِثمَ الآباءِ في البَنين، إِلى الجِيلِ الثَّالِثِ والرَّابِعِ، مِن مُبغِضِيَّ

وأَصنَعُ رَحمَةً إِلى أُلوفٍ مِن مُحِبِّيَّ وحافِظي وَصاياي

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

اُذْكُرْ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ لِتُقَدِّسَهُ.

في سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ تَعمَلُ وتَصنَعُ أَعمالَكَ كلَّها

واليَومُ السَّابِعُ سَبْتٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ، فلا تَصنَعْ فيه عَمَلًا أَنتَ وٱبنُكَ وٱبنَتُكَ وخادِمُكَ وخادِمَتُكَ وبَهيمَتُكَ ونَزيلُكَ الَّذي في داخِلِ أَبوابِكَ

لِأَنَّ الرَّبَّ في سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ خَلَقَ السَّمَواتِ والأَرضَ والبَحرَ وكُلَّ ما فيها، وفي اليَومِ السَّابِعِ ٱستَراح، ولِذٰلك بارَكَ الرَّبُّ يَومَ السَّبتِ وقدَّسَه

أَكرِمْ أَباكَ وأُمَّكَ، لِكَي تَطولَ أَيَّامُكَ في الأَرضِ الَّتي يُعطيكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ إِيَّاها

لاَ تَقْتُلْ.

لاَ تَزْنِ.

لاَ تَسْرِقْ.

لاَ تَشْهَدْ عَلَى قَرِيبِكَ شَهَادَةَ زُورٍ.

لا تَشتَهِ بَيتَ قَريبِكَ: لا تَشتَهِ ٱمرَأَةَ قَريبِكَ ولا خادِمَه ولا خادِمَتَه ولا ثَورَه ولا حِمارَه ولا شَيئًا مِمَّا لِقَريبِكَ»

وكان الشَّعبُ كُلُّه يَرى الرُّعودَ والبُروقَ وصَوتَ البوقِ والجَبَلَ يُدَخِّن. فلَمَّا رأَى الشَّعبُ ذٰلكَ ٱرتاعَ ووَقَفَ على بُعْد

وقالَ لِموسى: «كَلِّمْنا أَنتَ فنَسمَع ولا يُكَلِّمْنا اللهُ لِئَلَّا نَموت»

فقالَ موسى لِلشَّعْب: «لا تَخافوا، فإِنَّ اللهَ إِنَّما جاءَ لِيَمتَحِنَكم ولِتَكونَ مخافَتُه أَمامَ وُجوهِكم، لِئَلَّا تَخْطَأوا»

فوَقَفَ الشَّعبُ على بُعْدٍ وتَقَدَّمَ موسى إِلى الغَمامِ المُظلِمِ الَّذي فيه الله

فقالَ الرَّبُّ لِموسى: «كَذا تَقولُ لِبَني إِسْرائيل: قد رَأَيتُم أَنِّي مِنَ السَّماءِ خاطَبتُكم

لا تَصنَعونَ آلِهَةً مِن فِضَّةٍ إِلى جانِبي. وآلِهَةً مِن ذَهَبٍ لا تَصنَعونَ لكم

مَذبَحًا مِن تُرابٍ تَصنَعُ لي وتَذبَحُ علَيه مُحرَقاتِكَ وذبائِحَكَ السَّلامِيَّةَ مِن غَنَمِكَ وبَقَرِكَ. في كُلِّ مَوضِعٍ أَذكُرُ فيه ٱسمي آتيكَ وأُبارِكُكَ

وإِن صَنَعتَ لي مَذبَحًا مِن حِجارَة، فلا تَبْنيه بالحَجَرِ المَنْحوت، فإِنَّكَ إِن رَفَعتَ حَديدَكَ علَيها دَنَّستَها

ولا تَصعَدُ إِلى مَذبَحي على دَرَجٍ لِئَلَّا تَنكَشِفَ عَورَتُكَ علَيه»