በድጋሚ የተሰጡ የመጀመሪያዎቹ ዐይነት ጽላቶች
1በዚያን ጊዜ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “እንደ መጀመሪያዎቹ ያሉ ሁለት የድንጋይ ጽላቶች ቀርጸህ ወደ እኔ ወደ ተራራው ላይ ውጣ፤ ታቦትም ከዕንጨት ሥራ። 2እኔም አንተ በሰበርሃቸው በፊተኞቹ ጽላቶች ላይ የነበሩትን ቃላት በእነዚህኞቹ ጽላቶች ላይ እጽፋቸዋለሁ፤ አንተም በታቦቱ ውስጥ ታኖራቸዋለህ።”
3ስለዚህ ከግራር ዕንጨት ታቦት ሠራሁ፤ እንደ ፊተኞቹ ያሉ ሁለት የድንጋይ ጽላቶች ቀረጽሁ፤ ሁለቱንም ጽላቶች በእጆቼ ይዤ ወደ ተራራው ወጣሁ። 4እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በስብሰባው ቀን፣ በእሳት ውስጥ ሆኖ ለእናንተ የተናገራቸውንና ቀድሞ ጽፏቸው የነበሩትን ዐሥሩን ትእዛዞች በእነዚህ ጽላቶች ላይ ጻፋቸው። እግዚአብሔርም (ያህዌ) እነርሱን ለእኔ ሰጠኝ። 5ከዚያም ከተራራው ተመልሼ ወረድሁ፤ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ባዘዘኝ መሠረት በሠራሁት ታቦትም ውስጥ፣ ጽላቶቹን አስቀመጥኋቸው፤ አሁንም እዚያ ናቸው።
6እስራኤላውያን ከብኤሮት ብኔያዕቃን፣ የያዕቃን ልጆች ከቈፈሯቸው የውሃ ጕድጓዶች ተነሥተው ወደ ሞሴራ ተጓዙ፤ አሮንም በዚያ ቦታ ሞቶ ተቀበረ፤ ልጁ አልዓዛር በእርሱ ምትክ ካህን ሆነ። 7ከዚያም ተነሥተው ጕድጎዳ ወደ ተባለ ስፍራ፣ ቀጥሎም የውሃ ፈሳሾች ወዳሉባት ዮጥባታ ወደምትባል ምድር ተጓዙ። 8በዚያን ጊዜ፣ ዛሬም እንደሚያደርገው ያገለግል ዘንድ፣ በእግዚአብሔርም (ያህዌ) ፊት እንዲቆምና በስሙ እንዲባርክ የእግዚአብሔርንም (ያህዌ) የኪዳኑን ታቦት እንዲሸከም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) የሌዊን ነገድ ለየ። 9ሌዋዊ በወንድሞቹ መካከል ድርሻም ሆነ ርስት የሌለው ከዚህ የተነሣ ነው፤ አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በነገረው መሠረት ርስቱ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ነው።
10እኔም በመጀመሪያው ጊዜ እንዳደረግሁት፣ በተራራው ላይ አርባ ቀንና አርባ ሌሊት ቈየሁ፤ በዚህ ጊዜም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እንደ ገና ሰማኝ፤ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) አንተን ሊያጠፋ አልፈቀደም። 11ስለዚህም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ)፣ “ሂድ፤ ለአባቶቻቸው ለመስጠት ወደ ማልሁላቸው ምድር ገብተው እንዲወርሱ ሕዝቡን ምራ” አለኝ።
እግዚአብሔርን (ያህዌ) ፍራ
12አሁንም እስራኤል ሆይ፤ አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ከአንተ የሚፈልገው ምንድን ነው? አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) እንድትፈራው፣ በመንገዶቹ ሁሉ እንድትሄድ፣ እንድትወድደው፣ በፍጹም ልብህ፣ በፍጹም ነፍስህ እንድታገለግለው፣ 13መልካም እንዲሆንልህና ዛሬ እኔ የምሰጥህን ትእዛዞችና ሥርዐቶች እንድትጠብቅ አይደለምን?
14ሰማያት፣ ሰማየ ሰማያት፣ ምድርና በእርሷም ያለው ሁሉ የአምላክህ የእግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ነው። 15ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) አባቶችህን ስላፈቀረ፣ ወደዳቸው፤ ዛሬም እንደ ሆነው የእነርሱ ዘር የሆናችሁትን እናንተን ከአሕዛብ ሁሉ ለይቶ መረጣችሁ። 16ስለዚህ የልባችሁን ሸለፈት ግረዙት፤ ከእንግዲህም ወዲያ ዐንገተ ደንዳና አትሁኑ። 17አምላካችሁ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) የአማልክት አምላክ (ኤሎሂም)፣ የጌቶች ጌታ (አዶናይ) ታላቅ አምላክ (ኤሎሂም)፣ ኀያልና የሚያስፈራ፣ አድልዎ የማያደርግ፣ መማለጃም የማይቀበል ነውና። 18እርሱ አባት ለሌላቸውና ለመበለቶች ይፈርዳል፤ መጻተኛውንም ምግብና ልብስ በመስጠት ይወድዳል። 19ስለዚህ እናንተም በግብፅ ምድር መጻተኞች ነበራችሁና መጻተኛን ውደዱ። 20አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ፍራ፤ አምልከውም፤ ከእርሱም ጋር ተጣበቅ፤ በስሙም ማል። 21እርሱ ውዳሴህ ነው፤ በገዛ ዐይኖችህ ያየሃቸውን፣ እነዚያን ታላላቅና አስፈሪ ነገሮች ያደረገልህ አምላክህ (ኤሎሂም) ነው። 22አባቶችህ ወደ ግብፅ ሲወርዱ ሰባ ነበሩ፤ አሁን ግን አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) እንደ ሰማይ ከዋክብት አብዝቶሃል።
The New Stone Tablets
1At that time the Lord spoke to me. He said, “Carve out two stone tablets, just like the first ones. Then come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark. 2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you must put the tablets in the ark.”
3So I made the ark out of acacia wood. I carved out two stone tablets that were just like the first ones. I went up the mountain. I carried the two tablets in my hands. 4The Lord wrote on the tablets what he had written before. It was the Ten Commandments. He had announced them to you out of the fire on the mountain. It was on the day you had gathered together there. So the Lord gave the tablets to me. 5Then I came back down the mountain. I put the tablets in the ark I had made, just as the Lord had commanded me. And that’s where they are now.
6Remember how the Israelites traveled from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah. That’s where Aaron died. And his body was buried there. His son Eleazar became the next priest after him. 7From Moserah the people traveled to Gudgodah. Then they went on to Jotbathah. That land has streams of water. 8At that time the Lord set the tribe of Levi apart. He appointed them to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord. He wanted them to serve him. He told them to bless the people in his name. And they still do it today. 9That’s why the Levites don’t have any part of the land the Lord gave the other tribes in Israel. They don’t have any share among them. The Lord himself is their share. That’s what the Lord your God told them.
10I had stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights, just as I did the first time. The Lord listened to me that time also. He didn’t want to destroy you. 11“Go,” the Lord said to me. “Lead the people on their way. Then they can enter the land and take it over. I have given my word. I promised I would give the land to their fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Honor the Lord
12And now, Israel, what is the Lord your God asking you to do? Honor him. Live exactly as he wants you to live. Love him. Serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 13Obey the Lord’s commands and rules. I’m giving them to you today for your own good.
14The heavens belong to the Lord your God. Even the highest heavens belong to him. He owns the earth and everything in it. 15But the Lord loved your people of long ago very much. You are their children. And he chose you above all the other nations. His love and his promise remain with you to this very day. 16So don’t be stubborn anymore. Obey the Lord. 17The Lord your God is the greatest God of all. He is the greatest Lord of all. He is the great God. He is mighty and wonderful. He treats everyone the same. He doesn’t accept any money from those who want special favors. 18He stands up for widows and for children whose fathers have died. He loves outsiders living among you. He gives them food and clothes. 19So you also must love outsiders. Remember that you yourselves were outsiders in Egypt. 20Honor the Lord your God. Serve him. Remain true to him. When you make promises, do so in his name. 21He is the one you should praise. He’s your God. With your own eyes you saw the great and amazing things he did for you. 22Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.
