十誡

摩西把所有的以色列人召來,對他們說:「以色列人啊,要留心聽我今天對你們宣講的律例和典章,要學習並謹慎遵行。 我們的上帝耶和華曾在何烈山與我們立約, 這約不是與我們祖先立的,乃是與我們今天還活著的人立的。 耶和華在山上的烈火中面對面跟你們說話。 那時,因為你們害怕那烈火,沒有到山上去,我就站在耶和華和你們中間,把耶和華的話傳給你們。耶和華說,

「『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。 10 但那些愛我、遵守我誡命的人,我必以慈愛待他們,直到千代。

11 「『不可妄用你上帝耶和華的名,違者必被耶和華定罪。

12 「『要遵照你的上帝耶和華的吩咐守安息日為聖日。 13 你一週可工作六天, 14 但第七天是你的上帝耶和華的安息日,你和兒女、僕婢、牛驢等牲畜以及你那裡的外族人在這一天不可做任何工,好讓僕婢和你一樣得到休息。 15 要記住,你曾在埃及做奴隸,你的上帝耶和華伸出臂膀,用大能的手把你從那裡領出來。因此,你的上帝耶和華吩咐你守安息日。

16 「『要遵照你的上帝耶和華的吩咐孝敬父母,以便在你的上帝耶和華要賜給你的土地上享長壽,蒙祝福。

17 「『不可殺人。

18 「『不可通姦。

19 「『不可偷盜。

20 「『不可作偽證陷害人。

21 「『不可貪戀別人的妻子,不可貪圖別人的房屋、田地、僕婢、牛驢或其他任何物品。』

22 「這是耶和華在山上的烈火、烏雲和幽暗中高聲頒佈給你們全體會眾的誡命。此外,祂沒有說別的。祂把這些話寫在兩塊石版上交給我。 23 當時,山上燃燒著烈焰,你們聽見聲音從黑暗中傳來。你們各支派的首領和長老都到我跟前, 24 說,『看啊,我們的上帝耶和華向我們彰顯了祂的榮耀和威嚴,我們聽見了祂從火中發出的聲音。今天我們已經看見,人聽見上帝說話後還能活著。 25 但我們何必冒死,被這烈火吞噬呢?我們若再次聽到我們的上帝耶和華的聲音,必然喪命。 26 世上有誰像我們一樣聽見永活上帝從火中說話後還能活著呢? 27 你去聽聽我們上帝耶和華所說的話,然後回來告訴我們,我們必聽從、遵行。』

28 「耶和華聽見了你們的話,就對我說,『我聽見了眾人對你說的話,他們所說的都對。 29 但願他們常常敬畏我,遵從我的一切誡命,以便他們和他們的子孫世世代代可以蒙福。 30 你吩咐他們回到自己的帳篷, 31 然後你再回到我這裡來,我要把所有的誡命、律例和典章都賜給你,你要把這些傳授給眾人,使他們可以在我要賜給他們的土地上遵行。』 32 所以,你們要謹遵你們上帝耶和華的吩咐,不可偏離左右。 33 這樣,你們便得享長壽,並且可以在你們將要佔領的土地上興盛。

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

17 Thou shalt not kill.

18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

19 Neither shalt thou steal.

20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.

26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

27 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.

29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.

31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.