出埃及记 33
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
神命令以色列人起行
33 耶和華對摩西說：“你和你從埃及地領出來的人民要離開這裡，上我曾經起誓應許給亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的地去，我曾應許：‘我要把這地賜給你的後裔。’ 2 我要差派使者在你前面；我要把迦南人、亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人趕出去， 3 你們要上那流奶與蜜的地方去；我不與你們一同上去，因為你們是硬著頸項的人民，免得我在路上把你們消滅。” 4 人民一聽見這凶信，就悲傷起來，也沒有人穿戴裝飾。 5 耶和華對摩西說：“你要對以色列人說：‘你們是硬著頸項的民；我若是霎時間與你們同行，我會把你們消滅的；所以，現在你們要把你們身上的裝飾脫下來，使我知道我要怎樣處置你們。’” 6 於是，以色列人離開何烈山以後，就把身上的裝飾脫下來。
會幕
7 摩西一向把會幕支搭在營外，離營遠些；摩西稱它為會幕。凡是尋求耶和華的，就出到營外的會幕那裡去。 8 摩西出營到會幕去的時候，全體的人民都起來，各人站在自己帳幕的門口，望著摩西，直到他進了會幕。 9 摩西進會幕的時候，就有雲柱降下來，停在會幕門口上面；耶和華就與摩西談話。 10 全體的人民看見了雲柱停在會幕門口上面，就都起來，各人在自己帳幕的門口下拜。 11 耶和華與摩西面對面說話，好像人對朋友說話一樣。然後，摩西回到營裡去，只有他的侍從，一個少年人，就是嫩的兒子約書亞，不離開會幕。
摩西的祈求與耶和華的榮耀
12 摩西對耶和華說：“看，你吩咐我說：‘把這百姓領上去’，可是你卻沒有讓我知道你要差派誰與我同去；只是你曾經說過：‘我按著你的名字認識你，你在我眼前也蒙了恩。’ 13 現在我若是在你眼前蒙恩，求你把你的道路指示我，使我可以認識你，可以在你眼前蒙恩；也求你想到這民族是你的人民。” 14 耶和華說：“我必親自與你同去，也必給你安息。” 15 摩西對他說：“你若是不親自與我們同去，就不要把我們從這裡領上去。 16 人在甚麼事上可以知道我和你的人民在你眼前蒙恩呢？不是因為你與我們同去，使我和你的人民可以和地上所有的人有分別嗎？”
17 耶和華對摩西說：“你所說的這件事我也要作，因為你在我眼前蒙恩，並且我按著你的名字認識了你。” 18 摩西說：“求你給我看看你的榮耀。” 19 耶和華說：“我要使我的一切美善都在你面前經過，並且要把我的名字耶和華在你面前宣告出來；我要恩待誰，就恩待誰；我要憐憫誰，就憐憫誰。” 20 他又說：“你不能看我的臉，因為沒有人看見了我還能活著。” 21 耶和華說：“看哪，我這裡有個地方，你要站在磐石上。 22 我的榮耀經過的時候，我要把你放在磐石隙中，我要用我的手掌遮蓋你，直到我過去了。 23 然後，我要收回我的手掌，你就會看見我的背後，卻不能看見我的臉。”
Exodus 33
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The Command to Leave Sinai
33 The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go, leave this place, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, “To your descendants I will give it.” 2 I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, or I would consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.’
4 When the people heard these harsh words, they mourned, and no one put on ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, ‘Say to the Israelites, “You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, and I will decide what to do to you.”’ 6 Therefore the Israelites stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onwards.
The Tent outside the Camp
7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. 8 Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand, each of them, at the entrance of their tents and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. 9 When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. 10 When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise and bow down, all of them, at the entrance of their tents. 11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then he would return to the camp; but his young assistant, Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the tent.
Moses’ Intercession
12 Moses said to the Lord, ‘See, you have said to me, “Bring up this people”; but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, “I know you by name, and you have also found favour in my sight.” 13 Now if I have found favour in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favour in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.’ 14 He said, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’ 15 And he said to him, ‘If your presence will not go, do not carry us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favour in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth.’
17 The Lord said to Moses, ‘I will do the very thing that you have asked; for you have found favour in my sight, and I know you by name.’ 18 Moses said, ‘Show me your glory, I pray.’ 19 And he said, ‘I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you the name, “The Lord”;[a] and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But’, he said, ‘you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and live.’ 21 And the Lord continued, ‘See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; 23 then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen.’
Footnotes
- Exodus 33:19 Heb YHWH; see note at 3.15
Exodus 33
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Tells Israel To Leave Mount Sinai
33 (A) The Lord said to Moses:
You led the people of Israel out of Egypt. Now get ready to lead them to the land I promised their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 2-3 It is a land rich with milk and honey, and I will send an angel to force out those people who live there—the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I will not go with my people. They are so rebellious that I would destroy them before they get there.
4-5 Even before the Lord said these harsh things, he had told Moses, “These people really are rebellious, and I would kill them at once, if I went with them. But tell them to take off their fancy jewelry, then I'll decide what to do with them.” So the people started mourning, 6 and after leaving Mount Sinai,[a] they stopped wearing fancy jewelry.
The Lord Is with His People
7 Moses used to set up a tent far from camp. He called it the “meeting tent,” and whoever needed some message from the Lord would go there. 8 Each time Moses went out to this tent, everyone would stand at the entrance to their own tents and watch him enter. 9-11 Then they would bow down because a thick cloud would come down in front of the tent, and the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, just like a friend. Afterwards, Moses would return to camp, but his young assistant Joshua[b] would stay at the tent.
The Lord Promises To Be with His People
12 Moses said to the Lord, “I know that you have told me to lead these people to the land you promised them. But you have not said who will go along to help me. You have said that you are my friend and that you are pleased with me. 13 If this is true, let me know what your plans are, then I can obey and continue to please you. And don't forget that you have chosen this nation to be your own.”
14 The Lord said, “I will go with you and give you peace.”
15 Then Moses replied, “If you aren't going with us, please don't make us leave this place. 16 But if you do go with us, everyone will know that you are pleased with your people and with me. That way, we will be different from the rest of the people on earth.”
17 So the Lord told him, “I will do what you have asked, because I am your friend and I am pleased with you.”
18 Then Moses said, “I pray that you will let me see you in all of your glory.”
19 (B) The Lord answered:
All right. I am the Lord, and I show mercy and kindness to anyone I choose. I will let you see my glory and hear my holy name, 20 but I won't let you see my face, because anyone who sees my face will die. 21 There is a rock not far from me. Stand beside it, 22 and before I pass by in all of my shining glory, I will put you in a large crack in the rock. I will cover your eyes with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back. You will not see my face.
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