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.’
十诫
1以下是上帝的训示：
2“我是你的上帝耶和华，曾把你从受奴役之地埃及领出来。
3“除我以外，你不可有别的神明。
4不可为自己雕刻神像，不可仿照天上、地上和地底下水中的任何形象造神像， 5不可跪拜它们，也不可供奉它们，因为我——你的上帝耶和华痛恨不贞，我必追讨背弃我之人的罪，从父到子直到三四代。 6但那些爱我、遵守我诫命的人，我必以慈爱待他们，直到千代。
7不可妄用你上帝耶和华的名，违者必被耶和华定罪。
8要谨记安息日，守为圣日。 9你一周可劳碌工作六天， 10但第七天是你的上帝耶和华的安息日，这一天你和儿女、仆婢、牲畜及你那里的外族人不可做任何工。 11因为耶和华用六天创造了天地、海洋和其中的万物，第七天便休息了，所以耶和华赐福安息日，把它定为圣日。
12要孝敬父母，以便在你的上帝耶和华要赐给你的土地上享长寿。
13不可杀人。
14不可通奸。
15不可偷盗。
16不可作伪证陷害人。
17不可贪恋别人的房屋，不可贪恋别人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴或其他任何物品。”
18那时雷电交加，号角嘹亮，山上冒烟，百姓见此情景，都吓得浑身颤抖，不敢挨近。 19他们对摩西说：“求你跟我们说话，我们必听从。不要让上帝直接跟我们说话，恐怕我们会丧命！” 20摩西对百姓说：“不要害怕，上帝降临是要试验你们，好让你们时时敬畏祂，不致犯罪。”
21百姓都站得远远的，摩西独自走进上帝所在的密云中。 22耶和华吩咐摩西对以色列百姓说：“既然你们已经亲眼看见我从天上向你们说话， 23你们不可制造神像与我并立，不可为自己制造金银神像。 24你们要为我筑一座土坛，把你们的牛羊献在坛上作燔祭和平安祭。凡是我使自己的名被尊崇的地方，我会亲临那里赐福给你们。 25你们若为我筑石坛，不可用凿刻的石头，因为用工具凿刻的石头会玷污祭坛。 26不可踩着台阶登我的祭坛，免得露出你们的下体。
