1 « وَفِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، قالَ اللهُ لِي: ‹انحَتْ لَوحَينِ مِنْ حَجَرٍ مَثلَ الَّلوحَينِ الأوَّلَينِ، وَاصعَدْ إلَيَّ إلَى الجَبَلِ. اصنَعْ لَكَ صُندُوقاً مِنْ خَشَبٍ،

At that time Yahweh said to me, “Cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

2 و َسَأكتُبُ عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ الوَصايا الَّتِي كانَتْ عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ الأوَلِينِ اللَّذَينِ حَطَّمتَهُما. ثُمَّ ضَعِ اللَّوحَينِ فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ.›

I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”

3 « فَصَنَعتُ الصُّنْدُوقَ مِنْ خَشَبِ السَّنطِ. وَنَحَتُّ لَوحَينِ حَجَرِيَّينِ مِثلَ اللَّوحَينِ الأوَّلَينِ. ثُمَّ صَعِدْتُ إلَى الجَبَلِ وَاللَّوحانِ فِي يَدَيَّ.

So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two stone tablets like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tables in my hand.

4 و َكَتَبَ اللهُ عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ ما كانَ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ الأوَّلَينِ. أي الوَصايا العَشَرَ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ اللهُ بِها إلَيكُمْ عَلَى الجَبَلِ مِنْ وَسَطِ النّارِ يَومَ اجتَمَعتُمْ هُناكَ، وَقَدْ أعْطاها لِي.

He wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them to me.

5 ح ِينَئِذٍ، نَزَلتُ مِنَ الجَبَلِ وَوَضَعْتُ اللَّوحَينِ فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ الَّذِي صَنَعتُهُ، وَقَدْ بَقِيا هُناكَ كَما أوصانِي اللهُ.»

I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.

6 ث ُمَّ ارتَحَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ آبارِ اليَعقانِيِّينَ إلَى مُوسِيرَ، حَيثُ ماتَ هَرُونُ وَدُفِنَ هُناكَ. فَصارَ ألِعازَرُ ابْنُهُ كاهِناً مَكانَهُ.

(The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his place.

7 و َمِنْ هُناكَ ارتَحَلُوا إلَى الجِدْجُودِ، وَمِنْها إلَى يُطباتَ، وَهُوَ مَكانٌ مَعْرُوفٌ بِكَثْرَةِ يَنابِيعِ الماءِ.

From there they traveled to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.

8 « فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، عَيَّنَ اللهُ قَبِيلَةَ لاوِي لِحَملِ صُندُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ ، وَلِيَمثُلُوا فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ لِيَخدِمُوهُ، وَلِيُبارِكُوا الشَّعبَ بِاسْمِ اللهِ ، كَما يَفعَلُونَ حَتَّى اليَومِ.

At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

9 ل ِهَذا لا تَملِكُ قَبِيلَةُ لاوِي حِصَّةً مِنَ الأرْضِ كَالقَبائِلِ الأُخرَى، لِأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ حِصَّتُها كَما وَعَدَ لاوِي.

Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)

10 « وَأمّا أنا فَقَدْ بَقِيتُ عَلَى الجَبَلِ أربَعِينَ نَهاراً وَأربَعِينَ لَيلَةً كَالمَرَّةِ الأُولَى، وَقَدِ استَمَعَ اللهُ لِي ثانِيَةً فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، فَما أهلَكَكُمْ.

I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Yahweh listened to me that time also; Yahweh would not destroy you.

11 ث ُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي: ‹قُمْ وَاذْهَبْ وَارتَحِلْ أمامَ الشَّعبِ، لِيَدخُلُوا وَيَمتَلِكُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي أقسَمْتُ لآبائِكُمْ بِأنْ أُعطِيها لَهُمْ.› ما يُرِيدُهُ الله

Yahweh said to me, “Arise, take your journey before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them.”

12 « وَالآنَ يا إسْرائِيلُ، ما الَّذِي يَطلُبُهُ إلَهُكَ مِنكَ؟ أنْ تَتَّقِي إلَهَكَ ، وَأنْ تَحيا بِحَسَبِ كَلامِهِ، وَأنْ تُحِبَّهُ، وَتَخدِمَ اللهَ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَنَفْسِكَ.

Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 و َأنْ تَحفَظَ شَرائِعَ إلَهِكَ وَوَصاياهُ الَّتِي أُعْطِيها لَكَ اليَومَ لَخَيْرِكَ.

to keep Yahweh’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?

14 « فَمَعَ أنَّ السَّماواتِ وَأعَلَى السَّماواتِ وَالأرْضَ وَكُلَّ ما فِيها لإلَهِكَ ،

Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

15 ف َقَدْ أحَبَّ اللهُ آباءَكُمْ بِشَكلٍ خاصٍّ. وَاختارَكُمْ، أنتُمْ نَسلَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، مِنْ بَينِ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ، لِتَكُونوا شَعبَهُ. وَما زِلْتُمْ كَذَلِكَ إلَى اليَومِ.

Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.

16 ف َلتَتَطَهَّرْ قُلُوبُكُمْ، وَلا تُعانِدُوا بَعْدُ.

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.

17 ل ِأنَّ إلَهَكَمْ هُوَ إلَهُ الآلِهَةِ وَرَبُّ الأرِبابِ. الإلَهُ المُنتَصِرُ الرَّهِيبُ، وَهُوَ لا يَتَحَيَّزُ وَلا يأخُذُ رِشْوَةً.

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.

18 ي َضْمَنُ العَدلَ لِليَتامَى وَالأرامِلِ، وَيُحِبُّ الغَرِيبَ وَيُعطِيهِ طَعاماً وَثِياباً.

He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.

19 « فَأحِبُّوا أنتُمْ أيضاً الغَرِيبَ لِأنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ غُرَباءَ فِي أرْضِ مِصْرَ.

Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

20 ه ابُوا إلَهَكُمْ وَاعبُدُوهُ. تَمَسَّكُوا بِهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَلا تَحلِفُوا إلّا بِاسْمِهِ.

You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

21 ه ُوَ تَسبِيحُكُمْ، وَهوَ إلَهُكُمْ الَّذِي صَنَعَ لِأجلِكُمْ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ العَظِيمَةِ وَالرَّهِيبَةِ الَّتِي رَأيتُمُوها بَعُيُونِكُمْ.

He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.

22 ف َعِندَما نَزَلَ آباؤكُمْ إلَى مِصْرَ، كانُوا سَبعِينَ شَخْصاً فَقَطْ، لَكِنْ كَثَّرَكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ مِثلَ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ.

Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.