The Ten Commandments
1Moses summoned all Israel and said:
Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. 2The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3It was not with our ancestors5:3 Or not only with our parents that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. 4The Lord spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5(At that time I stood between the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:
6“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
7“You shall have no other gods before5:7 Or besides me.
8“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. 9You 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, 10but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
12“Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14but 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 ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do. 15Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
16“Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
17“You shall not murder.
18“You shall not commit adultery.
19“You shall not steal.
20“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
21“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
22These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
23When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders came to me. 24And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them. 25But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer. 26For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? 27Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says. Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”
28The Lord heard you when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good. 29Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!
30“Go, tell them to return to their tents. 31But you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.”
32So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. 33Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
十誡
1摩西把所有的以色列人召來，對他們說：「以色列人啊，要留心聽我今天對你們宣講的律例和典章，要學習並謹慎遵行。 2我們的上帝耶和華曾在何烈山與我們立約， 3這約不是與我們祖先立的，而是與我們今天還活著的人立的。 4耶和華在山上的烈火中面對面跟你們說話。 5那時，因為你們害怕那烈火，沒有到山上去，我就站在耶和華和你們中間，把耶和華的話傳給你們。耶和華說：
6「『我是你的上帝耶和華，曾把你從受奴役之地埃及領出來。
7除我以外，你不可有別的神明。
8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， 9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。 10但那些愛我、遵守我誡命的人，我必以慈愛待他們，直到千代。
11不可妄用你上帝耶和華的名，違者必被耶和華定罪。
12要遵照你的上帝耶和華的吩咐守安息日為聖日。 13你一週可勞碌工作六天， 14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、牛驢等牲畜及你那裡的外族人不可做任何工，好讓僕婢和你一樣得到休息。 15要記住，你曾在埃及做奴隸，你的上帝耶和華伸出臂膀，用大能的手把你從那裡領出來。因此，你的上帝耶和華吩咐你守安息日。
16要遵照你的上帝耶和華的吩咐孝敬父母，以便在你的上帝耶和華要賜給你的土地上享長壽，蒙祝福。
17不可殺人。
18不可通姦。
19不可偷盜。
20不可作偽證陷害人。
21不可貪戀別人的妻子，不可貪圖別人的房屋、田地、僕婢、牛驢，或其他任何物品。』
22「這是耶和華在山上的烈火、烏雲和幽暗中高聲頒佈給你們全體會眾的誡命。此外，祂沒有說別的。祂把這些話寫在兩塊石版上交給我。 23當時，山上燃燒著烈焰，你們聽見聲音從黑暗中傳來。你們各支派的首領和長老都到我跟前， 24說，『看啊，我們的上帝耶和華向我們彰顯了祂的榮耀和威嚴，我們聽見了祂從火中發出的聲音。今天我們已經看見，人聽見上帝說話後還能活著。 25但我們何必冒死，被這烈火吞噬呢？我們若再次聽到我們的上帝耶和華的聲音，必然喪命。 26世上有誰像我們一樣，聽見永活上帝從火中說話後還能活著呢？ 27你近前聽我們上帝耶和華所說的話，然後回來把祂的話告訴我們，我們必聽從、遵行。』
28「耶和華聽見了你們的話，就對我說，『我聽見了民眾對你說的話，他們所說的都對。 29但願他們常常敬畏我，遵從我的一切誡命，以便他們和他們的子孫世世代代可以蒙福。 30你吩咐他們回到自己的帳篷， 31但你要留在我這裡，我要把所有的誡命、律例和典章都賜給你，你要把這些傳授給眾人，使他們可以在我要賜給他們的土地上遵行。』 32所以，你們要謹遵你們上帝耶和華的吩咐，不可偏離左右。 33你們要遵行你們上帝耶和華的一切吩咐，就可以在你們將要佔領的土地上存活、亨通、長久。
