Exodus 24

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

1 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اصْعَدْ إِلَيَّ أَنْتَ وَهَرُونُ وَنَادَابُ وَأَبِيهُو، وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلْيَسْجُدْ هَؤُلاءِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.

2 Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

2 لَا يَقْتَرِبْ إِلَيَّ أَحَدٌ سِوَاكَ، أَمَّا الآخَرُونَ فَيَبْقُونَ بَعِيداً. وَحَذَارِ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ الشَّعْبُ مَعَكَ».

3 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

3 فَجَاءَ مُوسَى وَبَلَّغَ الشَّعْبَ بِكُلِّ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ وَأَحْكَامِهِ، فَأَجَابَ الشَّعْبُ بِصَوْتٍ وَاحِدٍ: «كُلُّ مَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُ».

4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

4 فَكَتَبَ مُوسَى جَمِيعَ أَقْوَالِ الرَّبِّ، ثُمَّ بَكَّرَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَشَيَّدَ مَذْبَحاً عَلَى سَفْحِ الجَبَلِ، وَنَصَبَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ عَمُوداً عَلَى عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ.

5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

5 وَأَرْسَلَ بَعْضَ شُبَّانِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَدَّمُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَقَرَّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ سَلامَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ مِنَ الْعُجُولِ،

6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.

6 وَأَخَذَ مُوسَى نِصْفَ الدَّمِ وَاحْتَفَظَ بِهِ فِي طُسُوسٍ وَرَشَّ النِّصْفَ الْبَاقِي عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

7 وَتَنَاوَلَ كِتَابَ الْعَهْدِ وَتَلاهُ عَلَى مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ، فَقَالُوا: «كُلُّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُهُ وَنُطِيعُهُ».

8 So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

8 ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مُوسَى الدَّمَ الَّذِي فِي الطُّسُوسِ وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: «هُوَذَا دَمُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ بِنَاءً عَلَى جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ».

9 Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

9 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ وَنَادَابُ وَأَبِيهُو وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

10 and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

10 وَرَأَوْا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَتَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ أَرْضِيَّةٌ كَأَنَّهَا مَصْنُوعَةٌ مِنَ الْيَاقُوتِ الأَزْرَقِ الشَّفَّافِ تُمَاثِلُ السَّمَاءَ فِي النَّقَاءِ،

11 But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

11 وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ لِيُهْلِكَ أَشْرَافَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَرَأَوْا اللهَ وَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

12 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اصْعَدْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ وَامْكُثْ هُنَاكَ لأُعْطِيَكَ الْوَصَايَا وَالشَّرَائِعَ الَّتِي كَتَبْتُهَا عَلَى لَوْحَيِ الْحَجَرِ لِتُلَقِّنَهَا لَهُمْ».

13 So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

13 فَقَامَ مُوسَى وَأَخَذَ خَادِمَهُ يَشُوعَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى جَبَلِ اللهِ.

14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

14 وَقَالَ لِلشُّيُوخِ: «انْتَظِرُونَا هُنَا حَتَّى نَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ. وَهُوَذَا هَرُونُ وَحُورُ مَعَكُمْ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لأَحَدٍ دَعْوَى فَلْيَرْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِمَا».

15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

15 وَعِنْدَمَا صَعِدَ مُوسَى إِلَى الجَبَلِ، تَغَطَّى الجَبَلُ بِالسَّحَابِ،

16 and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

16 وَحَلَّ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، وَغَطَّاهُ السَّحَابُ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ دَعَا الرَّبُّ مُوسَى مِنْ وَسَطِ السَّحَابِ.

17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

17 وَبَدَا مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ لِعُيُونِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَنَارٍ آكِلَةٍ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الجَبَلِ.

18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

18 وَاخْتَفَى مُوسَى فِي وَسَطِ السَّحَابِ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى الجَبَلِ حَيْثُ مَكَثَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعِينَ نَهَاراً وَأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً.