十誡

20 以下是上帝的訓示:

「我是你的上帝耶和華,曾把你領出埃及,使你不再受奴役。

「除我以外,你不可有別的神。

「不可為自己雕刻神像,不可仿照任何飛禽走獸或水族的樣子造神像, 不可跪拜它們,也不可供奉它們,因為我——你的上帝耶和華痛恨不貞,我必追討背棄我之人的罪,從父到子直到三四代。 但那些愛我、遵守我誡命的人,我必以慈愛待他們,直到千代。

「不可妄用你上帝耶和華的名,違者必被耶和華定罪。

「要記住安息日,守為聖日。 你一週可工作六天, 10 但第七天是你的上帝耶和華的安息日,這一天你和兒女、僕婢、牲畜及你那裡的外族人不可做任何工。 11 因為耶和華用六天造了天、地、海和其中的萬物,第七天便休息了,所以耶和華賜福這日,把它定為聖日。

12 「要孝敬父母,以便在你的上帝耶和華賜給你的土地上享長壽。

13 「不可殺人。

14 「不可通姦。

15 「不可偷盜。

16 「不可作偽證陷害人。

17 「不可貪戀別人的房屋,不可貪戀別人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢或其他任何物品。」

18 那時雷電交加,號角嘹亮,山上冒煙,百姓看見此情景,都嚇得渾身顫抖,不敢挨近。 19 他們對摩西說:「求你跟我們說話,我們必聽從。不要讓上帝直接跟我們說話,恐怕我們會喪命!」 20 摩西對百姓說:「不用害怕,上帝降臨是要試驗你們,好讓你們時時敬畏祂,不致犯罪。」

21 百姓都站得遠遠的,摩西獨自走進上帝所在的密雲中。 22 耶和華吩咐摩西對以色列百姓說:「既然你們已經親眼看見我從天上向你們說話, 23 除了敬拜我之外,不可為自己製造金銀神像。 24 你們要為我築一座土壇,把你們的牛羊獻在壇上作燔祭和平安祭。凡是我使自己的名號被尊崇的地方,我會親臨那裡賜福給你們。 25 你們若為我築石壇,不可用鑿刻的石頭,因為用工具鑿刻的石頭會玷污祭壇。 26 不可踩著臺階登我的祭壇,免得露出你們的下體。

The Ten Commandments

20 Then God spoke all these words:

“I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves.

“You must not have any other gods except me.

“You must not make for yourselves any idols. Don’t make something that looks like anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the water below the land. You must not worship or serve any idol. This is because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. A person may sin against me and hate me. I will punish his children, even his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. But I will be very kind to thousands who love me and obey my commands.

“You must not use the name of the Lord your God thoughtlessly. The Lord will punish anyone who is guilty and misuses his name.

“Remember to keep the Sabbath as a holy day. You may work and get everything done during six days each week. 10 But the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, or your men or women slaves. Neither your animals nor the foreigners living in your cities may work. 11 The reason is that in six days the Lord made everything. He made the sky, earth, sea and everything in them. And on the seventh day, he rested. So the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 “Honor your father and your mother. Then you will live a long time in the land. The Lord your God is going to give you this land.

13 “You must not murder anyone.

14 “You must not be guilty of adultery.

15 “You must not steal.

16 “You must not tell lies about your neighbor in court.

17 “You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife or his men or women slaves. You must not want his ox or his donkey. You must not want to take anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

18 The people heard the thunder and the trumpet. They saw the lightning on the mountain and smoke rising from the mountain. They shook with fear and stood far away from the mountain. 19 Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself. Then we will listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”

20 Then Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. God has come to test you. He wants you to respect him so you will not sin.”

21 The people stood far away from the mountain while Moses went near the dark cloud where God was. 22 Then the Lord told Moses to say these things to the Israelites: “You yourselves have seen that I talked with you from heaven. 23 You must not use gold or silver to make idols for yourselves. You must not worship these false gods in addition to me.

24 “Make an altar of dirt for me. Offer your whole burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on this altar as a sacrifice to me. Use your sheep and your cattle to do this. Worship me in every place that I choose. Then I will come and bless you. 25 You may use stones to make an altar for me. But don’t use stones that you have made smooth with tools. You must not use any tools on the stones. If you do, you make them unsuitable for use in worship. 26 And you must not make steps leading up to my altar. If you go up steps, people will be able to see under your clothes.”