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 وَقَالَ لِمُوسَى: «ٱصْعَدْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ أَنْتَ وَهَارُونُ وَنَادَابُ وَأَبِيهُو، وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَٱسْجُدُوا 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 وَيَقْتَرِبُ مُوسَى وَحْدَهُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، وَهُمْ لَا يَقْتَرِبُونَ. وَأَمَّا ٱلشَّعْبُ فَلَا يَصْعَدْ مَعَهُ».

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 وَحَدَّثَ ٱلشَّعْبَ بِجَمِيعِ أَقْوَالِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجَمِيعِ ٱلْأَحْكَامِ، فَأَجَابَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ بِصَوْتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَقَالُوا: «كُلُّ ٱلْأَقْوَالِ ٱلَّتِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ 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 ٱلرَّبِّ. وَبَكَّرَ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَبَنَى مَذْبَحًا فِي أَسْفَلِ ٱلْجَبَلِ، وَٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ عَمُودًا لِأَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلِٱثْنَيْ 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 فِتْيَانَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَصْعَدُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ، وَذَبَحُوا ذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ مِنَ ٱلثِّيرَانِ.

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

6 فَأَخَذَ مُوسَى نِصْفَ ٱلدَّمِ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي ٱلطُّسُوسِ. وَنِصْفَ ٱلدَّمِ رَشَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ.

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 وَأَخَذَ كِتَابَ ٱلْعَهْدِ وَقَرَأَ فِي مَسَامِعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، فَقَالُوا: «كُلُّ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُ وَنَسْمَعُ لَهُ».

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 وَأَخَذَ مُوسَى ٱلدَّمَ وَرَشَّ عَلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا دَمُ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلَّذِي قَطَعَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْوَالِ».

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

9 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ 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 رِجْلَيْهِ شِبْهُ صَنْعَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْعَقِيقِ ٱلْأَزْرَقِ ٱلشَّفَّافِ، وَكَذَاتِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِي ٱلنَّقَاوَةِ.

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

11 وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى أَشْرَافِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَرَأَوْا ٱللهَ 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 ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «ٱصْعَدْ إِلَيَّ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ، وَكُنْ هُنَاكَ، فَأُعْطِيَكَ لَوْحَيِ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ وَٱلشَّرِيعَةِ وَٱلْوَصِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبْتُهَا لِتَعْلِيمِهِمْ».

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

13 فَقَامَ مُوسَى وَيَشُوعُ خَادِمُهُ. وَصَعِدَ مُوسَى إِلَى جَبَلِ ٱللهِ.

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 وَأَمَّا ٱلشُّيُوخُ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱجْلِسُوا لَنَا هَهُنَا حَتَّى نَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ. وَهُوَذَا هَارُونُ وَحُورُ مَعَكُمْ. فَمَنْ كَانَ صَاحِبَ دَعْوَى فَلْيَتَقَدَّمْ إِلَيْهِمَا».

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

15 فَصَعِدَ مُوسَى إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ، فَغَطَّى ٱلسَّحَابُ ٱلْجَبَلَ،

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 ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، وَغَطَّاهُ ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ دُعِيَ مُوسَى مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلسَّحَابِ.

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 وَكَانَ مَنْظَرُ مَجْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَنَارٍ آكِلَةٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْجَبَلِ أَمَامَ عُيُونِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

18 وَدَخَلَ مُوسَى فِي وَسَطِ ٱلسَّحَابِ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ. وَكَانَ مُوسَى فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ أَرْبَعِينَ نَهَارًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً.