The Ten Commandments
1And God spoke all these words:
2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
3“You shall have no other gods before20:3 Or besides me.
4“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
8“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
13“You shall not murder.
14“You shall not commit adultery.
15“You shall not steal.
16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
18When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”
20Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”
21The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
Idols and Altars
22Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: 23Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
24“ ‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. 26And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’
十誡
1以下是上帝的訓示：
2「我是你的上帝耶和華，曾把你從受奴役之地埃及領出來。
3「除我以外，你不可有別的神明。
4不可為自己雕刻神像，不可仿照天上、地上和地底下水中的任何形像造神像， 5不可跪拜它們，也不可供奉它們，因為我——你的上帝耶和華痛恨不貞，我必追討背棄我之人的罪，從父到子直到三四代。 6但那些愛我、遵守我誡命的人，我必以慈愛待他們，直到千代。
7不可妄用你上帝耶和華的名，違者必被耶和華定罪。
8要謹記安息日，守為聖日。 9你一週可勞碌工作六天， 10但第七天是你的上帝耶和華的安息日，這一天你和兒女、僕婢、牲畜及你那裡的外族人不可做任何工。 11因為耶和華用六天創造了天地、海洋和其中的萬物，第七天便休息了，所以耶和華賜福安息日，把它定為聖日。
12要孝敬父母，以便在你的上帝耶和華要賜給你的土地上享長壽。
13不可殺人。
14不可通姦。
15不可偷盜。
16不可作偽證陷害人。
17不可貪戀別人的房屋，不可貪戀別人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢或其他任何物品。」
18那時雷電交加，號角嘹亮，山上冒煙，百姓見此情景，都嚇得渾身顫抖，不敢挨近。 19他們對摩西說：「求你跟我們說話，我們必聽從。不要讓上帝直接跟我們說話，恐怕我們會喪命！」 20摩西對百姓說：「不要害怕，上帝降臨是要試驗你們，好讓你們時時敬畏祂，不致犯罪。」
21百姓都站得遠遠的，摩西獨自走進上帝所在的密雲中。 22耶和華吩咐摩西對以色列百姓說：「既然你們已經親眼看見我從天上向你們說話， 23你們不可製造神像與我並立，不可為自己製造金銀神像。 24你們要為我築一座土壇，把你們的牛羊獻在壇上作燔祭和平安祭。凡是我使自己的名被尊崇的地方，我會親臨那裡賜福給你們。 25你們若為我築石壇，不可用鑿刻的石頭，因為用工具鑿刻的石頭會玷污祭壇。 26不可踩著臺階登我的祭壇，免得露出你們的下體。
