The covenant confirmed
1Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, 2but Moses alone is to approach the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.’
3When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, ‘Everything the Lord has said we will do.’ 4Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.
He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, ‘We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.’
8Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.’
9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. 11But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.’
13Then Moses set out with Joshua his assistant, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14He said to the elders, ‘Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.’
15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. 17To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. 18Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
ቃል ኪዳኑ ስለ መጽናቱ
1ከዚያም ሙሴን “አንተና አሮን፣ ናዳብና አብድዩ ከሰባዎቹ የእስራኤል አለቆች ጋር ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ኑ፤ ከሩቅም ስገዱ አለው፤ 2ነገር ግን ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሊቀርብ የሚችለው ሙሴ ብቻ ነው። ሌሎቹ መቅረብ የለባቸውም፤ ሕዝቡም ከእርሱ ጋር መምጣት የለበትም።”
3ሙሴ ወደ ሕዝቡ ሄዶ የእግዚአብሔርን (ያህዌ) ቃሎችና ሕጎች ሁሉ በነገራቸው ጊዜ በአንድ ድምፅ ሆነው፣ “እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ያለውን ሁሉ እናደርጋለን” አሉ። 4ከዚያም ሙሴ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ያለውን ሁሉ ጻፈ። በማግስቱም ማልዶ ተነሥቶ፣ በተራራው ግርጌ መሠዊያን ሠራ፤ ዐሥራ ሁለቱን የእስራኤልን ነገዶች የሚወክሉ ዐሥራ ሁለት የድንጋይ ዐምዶችን አቆመ። 5ከዚያም ወጣት ወንድ እስራኤላውያንን ላከ፤ እነርሱም የሚቃጠል መሥዋዕት24፥5 በትውፊት፣ የሰላም መሥዋዕት በመባል ይታወቃል። አቀረቡ፤ ወይፈኖችን የኅብረት መሥዋዕት አድርገው ለእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሠዉ። 6ሙሴ የደሙን እኩሌታ ወስዶ በጐድጓዳ ሳሕኖች አኖረው፤ የቀረውንም እኩሌታ በመሠዊያው ላይ ረጨው። 7ከዚያም የኪዳኑን መጽሐፍ ወስዶ ለሕዝቡ አነበበላቸው፤ እነርሱም፣ “እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ያለውን ሁሉ እናደርጋለን፤ እንታዘዛለን” አሉ።
8ከዚያም ሙሴ ደሙን ወሰደ፤ ሕዝቡም ላይ ረጭቶ፣ “ይህ እነዚህን ቃሎች በሰጠ ጊዜ፣ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ከእናንተ ጋር የገባው የቃል ኪዳኑ ደም ነው” አላቸው።
9ሙሴና አሮን፣ ናዳብና አብድዩ እንደዚሁም ሰባዎቹ የእስራኤል አለቆች ወደ ተራራው ወጡ፣ 10የእስራኤልንም አምላክ (ኤሎሂም) አዩ፤ ከእግሩም በታች እንደ ብሩህ ሰማይ የጠራ የሰንፔር24፥10 ወይም፣ ላፒስ ላዘሊ ተብሎ መተርጐም ይችላል። ወለል ነበር። 11ሆኖም እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) በእስራኤል ሕዝብ አለቆች ላይ እጁን አላነሣባቸውም። እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም) አዩ፣ በሉ፤ ጠጡም።
12እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን፣ “በተራራው ላይ ወደ እኔ ና፤ በዚህም ቈይ፤ እኔም መመሪያ እንዲሆናቸው ሕግና ትእዛዞች የጻፍኩባቸውን የድንጋይ ጽላቶች እሰጥሃለሁ” አለው።
13ከዚያም ሙሴ ከረዳቱ ከኢያሱ ጋር አብሮ ሄደ፤ ሙሴም ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) ተራራ ወጣ። 14እርሱም ሽማግሌዎችን “ወደ እናንተ እስክንመለስ ድረስ በዚህ ቈዩ፤ አሮንና ሖር ከእናንተ ጋር ናቸው፤ ክርክር ያለው ሰው ቢኖር ወደ እነርሱ ይሂድ።” አላቸው።
15ሙሴ ወደ ተራራ ሲወጣ ደመናው ተራራውን ሸፈነ፤ 16የእግዚአብሔርም (ያህዌ) ክብር በሲና ተራራ ላይ ወረደ፤ ደመናውም ተራራውን እስከ ስድስት ቀን ድረስ ሸፈነው፤ በሰባተኛውም ቀን እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በደመናው ውስጥ ሆኖ ሙሴን ጠራው። 17ለእስራኤላውያን የእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ክብር በተራራው ጫፍ ላይ እንደሚባላ እሳት ሆኖ ይታይ ነበር። 18ከዚያም ሙሴ ወደ ተራራው ሲወጣ ደመናው ውስጥ ገባ፤ በተራራውም ላይ አርባ ቀንና አርባ ሌሊት ቈየ።
