Exodus 19

1 In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

1 فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّالِثِ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ جَاءُوا إِلَى بَرِّيَّةِ سِينَاءَ.

2 After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

2 ٱرْتَحَلُوا مِنْ رَفِيدِيمَ وَجَاءُوا إِلَى بَرِّيَّةِ سِينَاءَ فَنَزَلُوا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. هُنَاكَ نَزَلَ إِسْرَائِيلُ مُقَابِلَ ٱلْجَبَلِ.

3 Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

3 وَأَمَّا مُوسَى فَصَعِدَ إِلَى ٱللهِ. فَنَادَاهُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنَ ٱلْجَبَلِ قَائِلًا: «هَكَذَا تَقُولُ لِبَيْتِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَتُخْبِرُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ:

4 ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

4 أَنْتُمْ رَأَيْتُمْ مَا صَنَعْتُ بِٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ. وَأَنَا حَمَلْتُكُمْ عَلَى أَجْنِحَةِ ٱلنُّسُورِ وَجِئْتُ بِكُمْ إِلَيَّ.

5 Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

5 فَٱلْآنَ إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ لِصَوْتِي، وَحَفِظْتُمْ عَهْدِي تَكُونُونَ لِي خَاصَّةً مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ. فَإِنَّ لِي كُلَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

6 And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

6 وَأَنْتُمْ تَكُونُونَ لِي مَمْلَكَةَ كَهَنَةٍ وَأُمَّةً مُقَدَّسَةً. هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْكَلِمَاتُ ٱلَّتِي تُكَلِّمُ بِهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

7 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

7 فَجَاءَ مُوسَى وَدَعَا شُيُوخَ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَوَضَعَ قُدَّامَهُمْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَاهُ بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

8 And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

8 فَأَجَابَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مَعًا وَقَالُوا: «كُلُّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُ». فَرَدَّ مُوسَى كَلَامَ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

9 The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

9 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هَا أَنَا آتٍ إِلَيْكَ فِي ظَلَامِ ٱلسَّحَابِ لِكَيْ يَسْمَعَ ٱلشَّعْبُ حِينَمَا أَتَكَلَّمُ مَعَكَ، فَيُؤْمِنُوا بِكَ أَيْضًا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ». وَأَخْبَرَ مُوسَى ٱلرَّبَّ بِكَلَامِ ٱلشَّعْبِ.

10 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

10 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَدِّسْهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَغَدًا، وَلْيَغْسِلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ،

11 and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

11 وَيَكُونُوا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ. لِأَنَّهُ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ يَنْزِلُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَ عْيُونِ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ.

12 And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

12 وَتُقِيمُ لِلشَّعْبِ حُدُودًا مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ، قَائِلًا: ٱحْتَرِزُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَصْعَدُوا إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ أَوْ تَمَسُّوا طَرَفَهُ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَمَسُّ ٱلْجَبَلَ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلًا.

13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

13 لَا تَمَسُّهُ يَدٌ بَلْ يُرْجَمُ رَجْمًا أَوْ يُرْمَى رَمْيًا. بَهِيمَةً كَانَ أَمْ إِنْسَانًا لَا يَعِيشُ. أَمَّا عِنْدَ صَوْتِ ٱلْبُوقِ فَهُمْ يَصْعَدُونَ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ».

14 When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

14 فَٱنْحَدَرَ مُوسَى مِنَ ٱلْجَبَلِ إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَقَدَّسَ ٱلشَّعْبَ وَغَسَلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ.

15 “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

15 وَقَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ: «كُونُوا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ. لَا تَقْرُبُوا ٱمْرَأَةً».

16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

16 وَحَدَثَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ لَمَّا كَانَ ٱلصَّبَاحُ أَنَّهُ صَارَتْ رُعُودٌ وَبُرُوقٌ وَسَحَابٌ ثَقِيلٌ عَلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ، وَصَوْتُ بُوقٍ شَدِيدٌ جِدًّا. فَٱرْتَعَدَ كُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ.

17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

17 وَأَخْرَجَ مُوسَى ٱلشَّعْبَ مِنَ ٱلْمَحَلَّةِ لِمُلَاقَاةِ ٱللهِ، فَوَقَفُوا فِي أَسْفَلِ ٱلْجَبَلِ.

18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

18 وَكَانَ جَبَلُ سِينَاءَ كُلُّهُ يُدَخِّنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِٱلنَّارِ، وَصَعِدَ دُخَانُهُ كَدُخَانِ ٱلْأَتُونِ، وَٱرْتَجَفَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَبَلِ جِدًّا.

19 And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

19 فَكَانَ صَوْتُ ٱلْبُوقِ يَزْدَادُ ٱشْتِدَادًا جِدًّا، وَمُوسَى يَتَكَلَّمُ وَٱللهُ يُجِيبُهُ بِصَوْتٍ.

20 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

20 وَنَزَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، إِلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْجَبَلِ، وَدَعَا ٱللهُ مُوسَى إِلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْجَبَلِ. فَصَعِدَ مُوسَى.

21 and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

21 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱنْحَدِرْ حَذِّرِ ٱلشَّعْبَ لِئَلَّا يَقْتَحِمُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ لِيَنْظُرُوا، فَيَسْقُطَ مِنْهُمْ كَثِيرُونَ.

22 Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”

22 وَلْيَتَقَدَّسْ أَيْضًا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْتَرِبُونَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ لِئَلَّا يَبْطِشَ بِهِمِ ٱلرَّبُّ».

23 But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

23 فَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلرَّبِّ: «لَا يَقْدِرُ ٱلشَّعْبُ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ إِلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ حَذَّرْتَنَا قَائِلًا: أَقِمْ حُدُودًا لِلْجَبَلِ وَقَدِّسْهُ».

24 And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

24 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: «ٱذْهَبِ ٱنْحَدِرْ ثُمَّ ٱصْعَدْ أَنْتَ وَهَارُونُ مَعَكَ. وَأَمَّا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱلشَّعْبُ فَلَا يَقْتَحِمُوا لِيَصْعَدُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ لِئَلَّا يَبْطِشَ بِهِمْ».

25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

25 فَٱنْحَدَرَ مُوسَى إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ.