1 ف ِي نِهَايَةِ الشَّهرِ الثّالِثِ بَعدَ خُرُوجِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصرَ، وَصَلُوا إلَى صَحْراءِ سِيناءَ.

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

2 ف َقَدِ ارتَحَلُوا مِنْ رَفِيدِيمَ، وَأتَوْا إلَى صَحْراءِ سِيناءَ، وَخَيَّمُوا هُناكَ. وَبَينَما كانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مُخَيِّمِينَ مُقابِلَ الجَبَلِ،

For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

3 ص َعِدَ مُوسَى إلَى الجَبَلِ، فَدَعاهُ اللهُ مِنَ الجَبَلِ وَقالَ: «هَذا ما تَقُولُهُ لِبَيتِ يَعقُوبَ، وَتُخْبِرُ بِهِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ:

And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

4 ‹ قَدْ رَأيتُمْ ما عَمِلْتُهُ بِالمَصْرِيينَ. أمَّا أنْتُمْ فَحَمَلْتُكُمْ عَلَى أجنِحَةِ النُّسُورِ وَأحضَرْتُكُمْ إلَيَّ.

Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

5 و َالآنَ، إنْ أطَعتُمُونِي وَحَفِظتُمْ عَهدِي، سَتُصبِحُونَ كَنزاً لِي مِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ، لِأنَّ الأرْضَ كُلَّها لِي.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

6 س َتَصِيرُونَ لِي مَملَكَةَ كَهَنَةٍ، وَأُمَّةً مُقَدَّسَةً.› هَذا ما تَقُولَهُ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.»

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

7 ف َاسْتَدعَى مُوسَى شُيُوخَ الشَّعبِ، وَأخبَرَهُمْ بِكُلِّ الكَلامِ الَّذِي أمَرَهُ اللهُ بِهِ.

And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.

8 ف َأجابَ الشَّعبُ مَعاً وَقالُوا: «سَنَفعَلُ كُلَّ ما قالَهُ اللهُ.» وَبَلَّغَ مُوسَى اللهَ بِجَوابِ الشَّعبِ.

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.

9 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «سَآتِي إلَيكَ فِي سَحابَةٍ كَثِيفَةٍ لِيَسمَعَ الشَّعبُ حِينَ أتَكَلَّمُ مَعَكَ فَيَثِقُوا بِكَ دَائِماً.» وَأخبَرَ مُوسَى اللهَ بِكَلامِ الشَّعبِ.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

10 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «اذْهَبْ إلَى الشَّعبِ وَقَدِّسْهُمُ اليَومَ وَغَداً، وَمُرْهُمْ بِغَسلِ ثِيابِهِمْ.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

11 ف َليَكُونُوا مُستَعِدِّينَ فِي اليَومِ الثّالِثِ، لِأنَّ اللهَ سَيَنْزِلُ فِي اليَومِ الثّالِثِ أمامَ كُلِّ الشَّعبِ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِيناءَ.

And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

12 « لَكِنْ ضَعْ حُدُوداً لِلشَّعبِ حَولَ الجَبَلِ، وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹احذَرُوا الاقْتِرابَ مِنَ الجَبَلِ أوْ لَمْسِهِ. فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَلمِسُهُ يُقتَلُ.

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

13 ف َمَنْ يَتَعَدَّى الحُدُودَ، لا يَنبغِي أنْ يَلْمِسَهُ أحَدٌ بِيَدِهِ، بَلْ يُرجَمَ أوْ يُرمى بِسَهْمٍ. سَواءٌ أكانَ إنساناً أمْ حَيواناً، لا يَعِيشَ!› لَكِنْ حِينَ يُضرَبُ بِالبُوقِ نَغَمَةً طَوِيلَةً، يُمكِنُهُمُ الصُّعُودُ إلَى الجَبَلِ.»

There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

14 ف َنَزَلَ مُوسَى مِنَ الجَبَلِ إلَى الشَّعبِ، وَقَدَّسَ الشَّعبَ، وَغَسَلَ الشَّعبُ ثِيابَهُمْ.

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

15 و َقالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعبِ: «كُونُوا مُستَعِدِّينَ لِأجلِ اليَومِ الثّالِثِ، وَلا تُعَاشِرُوا نِسَاءَكُمْ حَتَّى ذَلِكَ الحِينِ.»

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

16 و َفِي صَباحِ اليَومِ الثّالِثِ، كانَ هُناكَ رَعدٌ وَبَرقٌ وَسَحابٌ كَثِيفٌ عَلَى الجَبَلِ، وَصَوتُ بُوقٍ مُرتَفِعٌ. فارتَعَدَ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِي كانَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ.

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

17 و َأخرَجَ مُوسَى الشَّعبَ مِنَ المُخَيَّمِ لِلِقاءِ اللهِ، فَوَقَفُوا فِي أسفَلِ الجَبَلِ.

And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

18 و َكانَ جَبَلُ سِيناءَ كُلُّهُ مُغَطَّىً بِالدُّخانِ، لِأنَّ اللهَ نَزَلَ عَلَيهِ فِي نارٍ. وَصَعِدَ الدُّخانُ مِنَ الجَبَلِ كَدُخانِ الفُرنِ. وَكانَ كُلُّ الجَبَلِ يَهتَزُّ بِقُوَّةٍ.

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

19 و َاستَمَرَّ صَوتُ البُوقِ بِالارتِفاعِ، بَينَما كانَ مُوسَى يَتَكَلَّمُ وَاللهُ يُجِيبُهُ بِصَوتٍ كَصَوتِ الرَّعدِ.

And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

20 و َنَزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ سِيناءَ، وَدَعا مُوسَى إلَى الصُّعُودِ إلَى قِمَّةِ الجَبَلِ. فَصَعِدَ مُوسَى.

And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

21 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «انزِلْ وَحَذِّرِ الشَّعبَ لِئَلّا يَقتَحِمُوا مَحْضَرَ اللهِ لِيَنظُرُوا، فَيَسقُطَ كَثِيرُونَ مَوتَى.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 ح َتَّى الكَهَنَةُ الَّذِينَ يَقتَرِبُونَ إلَى اللهِ ، فَلْيُقَدِّسُوا أنفُسَهُمْ لِلِقائِي لِئَلّا أقضِيَ عَلَيهِمْ.»

And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

23 و َقالَ مُوسَى للهِ: «لا يَستَطِيعُ الشَّعبُ أنْ يَصْعَدَ إلَى جَبَلِ سِيناءَ، لِأنَّكَ حَذَّرْتَهُمْ بِنَفسِكَ فَقُلتَ: ‹ضَعْ حُدُوداً حَولَ الجَبَلِ وَقَدِّسْهُ.›»

And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

24 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «انزِلْ ثُمَّ اصعَدْ وَهارُونُ مَعَكَ. لَكِنْ لا تَسْمَحْ لِلكَهَنَةِ أوِ الشَّعبَ بِالصُّعُودِ لاقْتِحامِ مَحْضَرِ اللهِ ، لِئَلّا يَقتَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ.»

And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.

25 ف َنَزَلَ مُوسَى إلَى الشَّعبِ وَقالَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ.

So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.