The New Stone Tablets
1The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
4So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 6And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
8Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 9“Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”
10Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 12Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. 13Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah 14Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15“Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. 16And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
17“Do not make any idols.
18“Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
19“The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
21“Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
22“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.34:22 That is, in the autumn 23Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.
25“Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.
26“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
The Radiant Face of Moses
29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.
33When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. 34But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.
新的約版
1耶和華對摩西說：「你要鑿出兩塊石版，跟你之前摔碎的兩塊一樣，我要把前兩塊石版上的字刻在上面。 2明天清早你要預備好，你要上西奈山頂來見我。 3誰也不可與你同來，整座山上都不可有人，就是牛羊也不得在山前吃草。」 4於是，摩西鑿出兩塊石版，與前兩塊一樣。他清早起來，照著耶和華的吩咐拿著兩塊石版上了西奈山。 5耶和華在雲中降臨和摩西一同站在那裡，宣告祂的名耶和華。 6耶和華在摩西面前經過，並且宣告說：「我是耶和華，我是耶和華，是有憐憫和恩典的上帝，不輕易發怒，充滿慈愛，無比信實， 7向千萬代彰顯慈愛，赦免罪愆、過犯和罪惡，但決不免除罪責，必向子孫追討父輩的罪債，直到三四代。」 8摩西急忙俯伏在地上敬拜， 9說：「主啊，如果我在你面前蒙了恩，求你與我們同行。雖然百姓頑固不化，求你赦免我們的過犯和罪惡，接納我們做你的產業。」
10耶和華說：「我要與你立約，我要在你所有的百姓面前行奇事，是天下萬國從未有過的奇事，你周圍的外族人必看見我為你做的可畏之事。 11你要遵行我今天的吩咐。我必從你面前趕走亞摩利人、迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人。 12你要謹慎，到了目的地後，不可與當地的居民立約，免得因此而陷入網羅。 13相反，要拆掉他們的祭壇，打碎他們的神柱，砍下他們的亞舍拉神像。 14不可拜別的神明，因為耶和華是痛恨不貞的上帝，祂名為『痛恨不貞』。
15「不可與當地的居民立約，免得他們與自己的神明苟合獻祭時邀請你，你就吃他們的祭物， 16給兒子娶他們的女兒為妻，以致她們與自己的神明苟合時誘使你的兒子犯同樣的罪。
17「不可為自己鑄造神像。
18「要守除酵節，照我的吩咐在亞筆月所定的時間吃七天的無酵餅，因為你是在亞筆月離開埃及的。
19「凡是頭胎生的都屬於我，包括牲畜中一切頭胎生的公牛和公羊。 20頭胎生的驢要用羊贖回，如果不用羊贖回，就要打斷牠的脖子。凡頭胎生的男嬰，都要贖回他的性命。誰也不可空手來朝見我。
21「一週工作六天，第七天要休息，就是耕種和收割時也要休息。
22「在收割初熟麥子的時候，要守七七收獲節，年底要守收藏節。 23所有的男子都要每年三次朝見主耶和華——以色列的上帝。 24我要從你面前趕走外族人，擴張你的領土。你一年三次朝見你的上帝耶和華時，必沒有人貪戀你的土地。
25「不可把祭牲的血和有酵的餅一起獻給我，也不可把逾越節的祭物留到早晨。
26「要把田中最好的初熟之物送到你們的上帝耶和華的殿中。
「不可用母山羊的奶煮牠的小羊羔。」
27耶和華又對摩西說：「你要把我說的這些話記錄下來，因為我要按這些話跟你和以色列人立約。」 28摩西在耶和華那裡待了四十晝夜，不吃也不喝。耶和華把約的內容，就是十條誡命，寫在石版上。
29摩西手裡拿著兩塊約版下西奈山，他不知道自己因為曾與耶和華說話而臉上發光。 30亞倫和所有的以色列百姓看見摩西臉上發光，都不敢走近他。 31摩西召他們過來，亞倫和會眾的首領便上前來。摩西與他們說話。 32之後，所有的以色列人都來到他面前，他就把耶和華在西奈山上的吩咐都告訴他們。 33說完之後，他就用帕子遮住自己的臉。 34他每次進到會幕跟耶和華說話時，就揭開帕子，出來後便把耶和華的吩咐告訴以色列百姓。 35百姓看到他臉上發光，他就再用帕子遮住臉，直到下次進去與耶和華說話的時候才揭開。
