1 T hen God spoke all these words, saying,

`And God speaketh all these words, saying,

2 “ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

I Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

3 “ You shall have no other gods before Me.

`Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

4 “ You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which in the heavens above, or which in the earth beneath, or which in the waters under the earth.

5 Y ou shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third, and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

6 b ut showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

7 “ You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

8 “ Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

9 S ix days you shall labor and do all your work,

six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

10 b ut the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.

and the seventh day a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

11 F or in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

12 “ Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

13 “ You shall not murder.

`Thou dost not murder.

14 “ You shall not commit adultery.

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

15 “ You shall not steal.

`Thou dost not steal.

16 “ You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

17 “ You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which thy neighbour's.'

18 A ll the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

19 T hen they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die.”

and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

20 M oses said to the people, “ Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.”

And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.'

21 S o the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God.

22 T hen the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye -- ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;

23 Y ou shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.

ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

24 Y ou shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

`An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.

25 I f you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

`And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

26 A nd you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’

neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.