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The Ten Commandments

Moses sent for all the Israelites. Here is what he said to them.

Israel, listen to me. Here are the rules and laws I’m announcing to you today. Learn them well. Be sure to obey them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Horeb. He didn’t make it only with our people of long ago. He also made it with us. In fact, he made it with all of us who are alive here today. The Lord spoke to you face to face. His voice came out of the fire on the mountain. At that time I stood between the Lord and you. I announced to you the Lord’s message. I did it because you were afraid of the fire. You didn’t go up the mountain.

The Lord said,

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

“Do not put any other gods in place of me.

“Do not make statues of gods that look like anything in the sky or on the earth or in the waters. Do not bow down to them or worship them. I am the Lord your God. I want you to worship only me. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children. I will cause the sins of those who hate me to affect even their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 10 But for all time to come I show love to all those who love me and keep my commandments.

11 “Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will find guilty anyone who misuses his name.

12 “Keep the Sabbath day holy. Do this just as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Do all your work in six days. 14 But the seventh day is a sabbath to honor the Lord your God. Do not do any work on that day. The same command applies to your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen, your donkeys and your other animals. It also applies to any outsiders who live in your towns. I want your male and female servants to rest, just as you do. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. The Lord your God reached out his mighty hand and powerful arm and brought you out of there. So the Lord your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day holy.

16 “Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has commanded you. Then you will live a long time in the land he is giving you. And things will go well with you there.

17 “Do not murder.

18 “Do not commit adultery.

19 “Do not steal.

20 “Do not be a false witness against your neighbor.

21 “Do not want to have your neighbor’s wife. Do not desire anything your neighbor owns. Do not desire to have your neighbor’s house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey.”

22 These are the commandments the Lord announced in a loud voice to your whole community. He gave them to you there on the mountain. He spoke out of the fire, cloud and deep darkness. He didn’t add anything else. Then he wrote the commandments on two stone tablets. And he gave them to me.

23 The mountain was blazing with fire. You heard the voice coming out of the darkness. So your elders and all the leaders of your tribes came to me. 24 You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his glory and majesty. We have heard his voice coming out of the fire. Today we have seen that a person can still stay alive even if God speaks with them. 25 But why should we die? This great fire will burn us up. We’ll die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God again. 26 We have heard the voice of the living God. We’ve heard him speaking out of the fire. Has any other human being ever heard him speak like that and stayed alive? 27 Go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then tell us what he tells you. We will listen and obey.”

28 The Lord heard you when you spoke to me. He said to me, “I have heard what these people said to you. Everything they said was good. 29 But I wish they would always have respect for me in their hearts. I wish they would always obey all my commands. Then things would go well with them and their children forever.

30 “Go and tell them to return to their tents. 31 But you stay here with me. Then I will give you all my commands, rules and laws. You must teach the people to obey them in the land I am giving them as their very own.”

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you. Don’t turn away from his commands to the right or the left. 33 Live exactly as the Lord your God has commanded you to live. Then you will enjoy life in the land you will soon own. Things will go well with you there. You will live there for a long time.

Moïse convoqua tous les Israélites et leur dit: «Ecoute, Israël, les prescriptions et les règles que je vous fais entendre aujourd'hui. Apprenez-les et mettez-les soigneusement en pratique.

»L'Eternel, notre Dieu, a conclu une alliance avec nous à Horeb. Ce n'est pas avec nos ancêtres que l'Eternel a conclu cette alliance, c'est avec nous, qui sommes ici aujourd'hui, tous vivants. L'Eternel vous a parlé face à face sur la montagne, du milieu du feu. Je me suis alors tenu entre l'Eternel et vous pour vous annoncer la parole de l'Eternel. En effet, vous aviez peur du feu et vous n’êtes pas montés sur la montagne. Il a dit:

»‘*Je suis l'Eternel, ton Dieu, qui t'ai fait sortir d'Egypte[a], de la maison d'esclavage.

»Tu n'auras pas d'autres dieux devant moi.

»Tu ne te feras pas de sculpture sacrée ni aucune représentation de ce qui est en haut dans le ciel, en bas sur la terre et dans l’eau plus bas que la terre.

»Tu ne te prosterneras pas devant ces choses et tu ne les serviras pas, car moi, l'Eternel, ton Dieu, je suis un Dieu jaloux. Je punis la faute des pères sur les enfants jusqu'à la troisième et à la quatrième génération de ceux qui me détestent, 10 et j’agis avec bonté jusqu'à 1000 générations envers ceux qui m'aiment et qui respectent mes commandements.

11 »Tu n’utiliseras pas le nom de l'Eternel, ton Dieu, à la légère, car l'Eternel ne laissera pas impuni celui qui utilisera son nom à la légère.

12 »Respecte le jour du repos en en faisant un jour saint comme l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te l'a ordonné. 13 Pendant 6 jours, tu travailleras et tu feras tout ce que tu dois faire. 14 Mais le septième jour est le jour du repos de l'Eternel, ton Dieu. Tu ne feras aucun travail, ni toi, ni ton fils, ni ta fille, ni ton esclave, ni ta servante, ni ton bœuf, ni ton âne, ni aucune de tes bêtes, ni l'étranger qui habite chez toi, afin que ton esclave et ta servante se reposent comme toi. 15 Tu te souviendras que tu as été esclave en Egypte et que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'en a fait sortir avec puissance et force. Voilà pourquoi l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'a ordonné de respecter le jour du repos.

16 »*Honore ton père et ta mère comme l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te l'a ordonné, afin de vivre longtemps et d’être heureux dans le pays que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te donne.

17 »Tu ne commettras pas de meurtre.

18 »Tu ne commettras pas d'adultère.

19 »Tu ne commettras pas de vol.

20 »Tu ne porteras pas de faux témoignage contre ton prochain.

21 »Tu ne convoiteras pas[b] la femme de ton prochain; tu ne désireras pas la maison de ton prochain, ni son champ, ni son esclave, ni sa servante, ni son bœuf, ni son âne, ni quoi que ce soit qui lui appartienne.’

22 »Telles sont les paroles que l'Eternel a prononcées à haute voix sur la montagne, du milieu du feu, des nuées et de l'obscurité, et qu'il a adressées à toute votre assemblée, sans rien ajouter. Il les a écrites sur deux tables de pierre qu'il m’a données.

23 »Lorsque vous avez entendu la voix du milieu des ténèbres et tandis que la montagne était tout en feu, vos chefs de tribus et vos anciens[c] se sont tous approchés de moi, 24 et vous avez dit: ‘Voici que l'Eternel, notre Dieu, nous a montré sa gloire et sa grandeur, et nous avons entendu sa voix du milieu du feu. Aujourd'hui, nous avons vu que Dieu a parlé à des hommes et qu'ils sont restés en vie. 25 Maintenant pourquoi mourrions-nous? En effet, ce grand feu nous dévorera. Si nous continuons à entendre la voix de l'Eternel, notre Dieu, nous mourrons. 26 Quel est l'homme, en effet, qui ait déjà entendu, comme nous, le Dieu vivant parler du milieu du feu et qui soit resté en vie? 27 Que ce soit toi qui t’approches et écoutes tout ce que dira l'Eternel, notre Dieu. Tu nous rapporteras toi-même tout ce que te dira l'Eternel, notre Dieu; nous l'écouterons et nous le ferons.’

28 »L'Eternel a entendu les paroles que vous m’avez adressées et il m’a dit: ‘J'ai entendu les paroles que ce peuple t'a adressées. Tout ce qu'ils ont dit est bien. 29 Si seulement ils avaient toujours ce même cœur pour me craindre et pour respecter tous mes commandements, afin d’être toujours heureux, eux et leurs enfants! 30 Va leur dire de retourner dans leurs tentes. 31 Quant à toi, reste ici avec moi et je te dirai tous les commandements, les prescriptions et les règles que tu devras leur enseigner afin qu'ils les mettent en pratique dans le pays dont je leur donne la possession. 32 Vous veillerez à vous conformer à ce que l'Eternel, votre Dieu, vous a ordonné de faire, vous ne vous en écarterez ni à droite ni à gauche. 33 Vous suivrez entièrement la voie que l'Eternel, votre Dieu, vous a prescrite, afin de vivre et d’être heureux, de vivre longtemps dans le pays dont vous aurez la possession.’

Footnotes

  1. Deutéronome 5:6 Je suis… d’Egypte: affirmation identique au Psaume 81.11.
  2. Deutéronome 5:21 Honore… convoiteras pas: voir la note sur Exode 20.12-17.
  3. Deutéronome 5:23 Anciens: fonction présente dans la plupart des peuples de l’Orient ancien, dont Israël, qui consistait notamment à diriger et conseiller le peuple.

The Ten Commandments Reviewed(A)

And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them. (B)The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. The Lord (C)did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive. (D)The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire. (E)I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for (F)you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. He said:

(G)‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of [a]bondage.

(H)‘You shall have no other gods [b]before Me.

(I)‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not (J)bow[c] down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, [d]visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 10 (K)but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and [e]keep My commandments.

11 (L)‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him [f]guiltless who takes His name in vain.

12 (M)‘Observe the Sabbath day, to [g]keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 (N)Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is the (O)Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 (P)And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there (Q)by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

16 (R)‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, (S)that your days may be long, and that it may be well with (T)you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

17 (U)‘You shall not murder.

18 (V)‘You shall not commit adultery.

19 (W)‘You shall not steal.

20 (X)‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

21 (Y)‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’

22 “These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And (Z)He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

The People Afraid of God’s Presence(AA)

23 (AB)“So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. 24 And you said: ‘Surely the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and (AC)we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he (AD)still lives. 25 Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; (AE)if we hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, then we shall die. 26 (AF)For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 You go near and hear all that the Lord our God may say, and (AG)tell us all that the Lord our God says to you, and we will hear and do it.

28 “Then the Lord heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me: ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. (AH)They are right in all that they have spoken. 29 (AI)Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and (AJ)always keep all My commandments, (AK)that it might be well with them and with their children forever! 30 Go and say to them, “Return to your tents.” 31 But as for you, stand here by Me, (AL)and I will speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’

32 “Therefore you shall [h]be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; (AM)you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 You shall walk in (AN)all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live (AO)and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:6 slavery
  2. Deuteronomy 5:7 besides
  3. Deuteronomy 5:9 worship them
  4. Deuteronomy 5:9 punishing
  5. Deuteronomy 5:10 observe
  6. Deuteronomy 5:11 innocent
  7. Deuteronomy 5:12 sanctify it
  8. Deuteronomy 5:32 observe

The Ten Commandments(A)

Moses summoned all Israel and said:

Hear, Israel, the decrees and laws(B) I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. The Lord our God made a covenant(C) with us at Horeb.(D) It was not with our ancestors[a] that the Lord made this covenant, but with us,(E) with all of us who are alive here today.(F) The Lord spoke(G) to you face to face(H) out of the fire(I) on the mountain. (At that time I stood between(J) the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, because you were afraid(K) of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt,(L) out of the land of slavery.(M)

“You shall have no other gods before[b] me.

“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.(N) You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents(O) to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,(P) 10 but showing love to a thousand(Q) generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.(R)

11 “You shall not misuse the name(S) of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(T)

12 “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy,(U) as the Lord your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day(V) is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant,(W) nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.(X) 15 Remember that you were slaves(Y) in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand(Z) and an outstretched arm.(AA) Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

16 “Honor your father(AB) and your mother,(AC) as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long(AD) and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

17 “You shall not murder.(AE)

18 “You shall not commit adultery.(AF)

19 “You shall not steal.(AG)

20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(AH)

21 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(AI)

22 These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness;(AJ) and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets(AK) and gave them to me.

23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leaders of your tribes and your elders(AL) came to me. 24 And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us(AM) his glory and his majesty,(AN) and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.(AO) 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.(AP) 26 For what mortal has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived?(AQ) 27 Go near and listen to all that the Lord our God says.(AR) Then tell us whatever the Lord our God tells you. We will listen and obey.”(AS)

28 The Lord heard you when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, “I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good.(AT) 29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me(AU) and keep all my commands(AV) always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!(AW)

30 “Go, tell them to return to their tents. 31 But you stay here(AX) with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.”

32 So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you;(AY) do not turn aside to the right or to the left.(AZ) 33 Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you,(BA) so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days(BB) in the land that you will possess.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:3 Or not only with our parents
  2. Deuteronomy 5:7 Or besides