1 “ At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain and make yourself an ark of wood.

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

2 A nd I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you shall put them in the ark.’

وَسَأكتُبُ عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ الوَصايا الَّتِي كانَتْ عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ الأوَلِينِ اللَّذَينِ حَطَّمتَهُما. ثُمَّ ضَعِ اللَّوحَينِ فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ.›

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

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

4 A nd He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the Lord had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.

وَكَتَبَ 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.

5 T hen I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.”

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

6 ( Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his stead.

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

7 F rom there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water.

وَمِنْ هُناكَ ارتَحَلُوا إلَى الجِدْجُودِ، وَمِنْها إلَى يُطباتَ، وَهُوَ مَكانٌ مَعْرُوفٌ بِكَثْرَةِ يَنابِيعِ الماءِ.

8 A t that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to this day.

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

9 T herefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God promised him.)

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

10 “ As at the first time, I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; the Lord also heard me at that time, and the Lord chose not to destroy you.

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

11 T hen the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, begin your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’ The Essence of the Law

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

12 “ And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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

13 a nd to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?

وَأنْ تَحفَظَ شَرائِعَ إلَهِكَ وَوَصاياهُ الَّتِي أُعْطِيها لَكَ اليَومَ لَخَيْرِكَ.

14 I ndeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

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

15 T he Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

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

16 T herefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.

فَلتَتَطَهَّرْ قُلُوبُكُمْ، وَلا تُعانِدُوا بَعْدُ.

17 F or the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.

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

18 H e administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

يَضْمَنُ العَدلَ لِليَتامَى وَالأرامِلِ، وَيُحِبُّ الغَرِيبَ وَيُعطِيهِ طَعاماً وَثِياباً.

19 T herefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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

20 Y ou shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.

هابُوا إلَهَكُمْ وَاعبُدُوهُ. تَمَسَّكُوا بِهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَلا تَحلِفُوا إلّا بِاسْمِهِ.

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

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

22 Y our fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.

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