Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 5
The Covenant at Horeb
| 1 Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Μωυσῆς πάντα Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἄκουε, Ἰσραήλ, τὰ δικαιώματα καὶ τὰ κρίματα, ὅσα ἐγὼ λαλῶ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, καὶ μαθήσεσθε αὐτὰ καὶ φυλάξεσθε ποιεῖν αὐτά. 2 κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν διέθετο πρὸς ὑμᾶς διαθήκην ἐν Χωρήβ· 3 οὐχὶ τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν διέθετο κύριος τὴν διαθήκην ταύτην, ἀλλ' ἢ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὑμεῖς ὧδε πάντες ζῶντες σήμερον· 4 πρόσωπον κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐλάλησεν κύριος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρός 5 κἀγὼ εἱστήκειν ἀνὰ μέσον κυρίου καὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀναγγεῖλαι ὑμῖν τὰ ῥήματα κυρίου, ὅτι ἐφοβήθητε ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ οὐκ ἀνέβητε εἰς τὸ ὄρος λέγων | 1 And Moses called all Israel and said to them: "Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your hearing this day; you shall learn them and be careful to do them. 2 The Lord your God made a covenant with you in Horeb. 3 The Lord did not make this covenant with your fathers, but with you—you who are here today, all of us living. 4 Face to face the Lord spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire. 5 And I stood between the Lord and you at that time to announce to you the words of the Lord, because you were afraid of the presence of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said: |
| 6 ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεός σου ὁ ἐξαγαγών σὲ ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐξ οἴκου δουλείας. 7 οὐκ ἔσονταί σοί θεοὶ ἕτεροι πρὸ προσώπου μου. | 6 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 7 There shall be no other gods for you before my face.' |
The Ten Commandments
| 8 οὐ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ εἴδωλον οὐδὲ παντὸς ὁμοίωμα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ κάτω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς. 9 οὐ προσκυνήσεις αὐτοῖς, οὐδὲ μὴ λατρεύσῃς αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεός σου, θεὸς ζηλωτὴς ἀποδιδοὺς ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα ἐπὶ τρίτην καὶ τετάρτην γενεὰν τοῖς μισοῦσίν με 10 καὶ ποιῶν ἔλεος εἰς χιλιάδας τοῖς ἀγαπῶσίν με καὶ τοῖς φυλάσσουσιν τὰ προστάγματά μου. | 8 'You shall not make for yourself an idol, nor any likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the waters under the earth. 9 You shall not bow down to them, nor shall you serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of fathers upon children to the third and fourth generation to those who hate me, 10 and showing mercy to thousands to those who love me and to those who keep my commandments.' |
| 11 οὐ λήμψῃ τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου ἐπὶ ματαίῳ· οὐ γὰρ μὴ καθαρίσῃ κύριος τὸν λαμβάνοντα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ματαίῳ. | 11 'You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will certainly not cleanse the one who takes his name in vain.' |
| 12 φύλαξαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν σαββάτων ἁγιάζειν αὐτήν, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατό σοί κύριος ὁ θεός σου. 13 ἓξ ἡμέρας ἐργᾷ καὶ ποιήσεις πάντα τὰ ἔργα σου· 14 τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ σάββατα κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου, οὐ ποιήσεις ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν ἔργον, σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖς σου καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, ὁ βοῦς σου καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου καὶ πᾶν κτῆνός σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ παροικῶν ἐν Σοὶ, ἵνα ἀναπαύσηται ὁ παῖς σου καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου ὥσπερ καὶ σύ· 15 καὶ μνησθήσῃ ὅτι οἰκέτης ἦσθα ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐξήγαγέν σὲ κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐκεῖθεν ἐν χειρὶ κραταιᾷ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ, διὰ τοῦτο συνέταξέν σοί κύριος ὁ θεός σου ὥστε φυλάσσεσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν σαββάτων καὶ ἁγιάζειν αὐτήν. | 12 'Observe the day of the Sabbaths to sanctify it, in the manner that the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your works, 14 but on the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it—you, and your son, and your daughter, your male slave and your female slave, your ox and your beast of burden, and all your cattle, and the proselyte dwelling among you—so that your male slave and your female slave may rest just as you do. 15 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and a high arm; therefore the Lord your God appointed you to observe the day of the Sabbaths and to sanctify it.' |
| 16 τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατό σοί κύριος ὁ θεός σου, ἵνα εὖ σοί γένηται, καὶ ἵνα μακροχρόνιος γένῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἧς κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι. | 16 'Honor your father and your mother, in the manner that the Lord your God commanded you, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may live long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving to you.' |
| 17 [MT=5:18] οὐ μοιχεύσεις. 18 [MT=5:17] οὐ φονεύσεις. 19 οὐ κλέψεις. 20 οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ. | 17 [MT=5:18] 'You shall not commit adultery.' 18 [MT=5:17] 'You shall not murder.' 19 'You shall not steal.' 20 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor—a lying testimony.' |
| 21 οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου. οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ πλησίον σου οὔτε τὸν ἀγρὸν αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ βοὸς αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ ὑποζυγίου αὐτοῦ οὔτε παντὸς κτήνους αὐτοῦ οὔτε ὅσα τῷ πλησίον σου ἐστιν. | 21 'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not covet your neighbor's house, nor his field, nor his male slave, nor his female slave, nor his ox, nor his beast of burden, nor any of his cattle, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.' |
The People's Fear and Moses' Mediation
| 22 τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν κύριος πρὸς πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρός, σκότος, γνόφος, θύελλα, φωνὴ μεγάλη, καὶ οὐ προσέθηκεν· καὶ ἔγραψεν αὐτὰ ἐπὶ δύο πλάκας λιθίνας καὶ ἔδωκέν μοι. 23 καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἠκούσατε τὴν φωνὴν ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τὸ ὄρος ἐκαίετο πυρί, καὶ προσήλθετε πρός με, πάντες οἱ ἡγούμενοι τῶν φυλῶν ὑμῶν καὶ ἡ γερουσία ὑμῶν, 24 καὶ ἐλέγετε ἰδοὺ ἔδειξεν ἡμῖν κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἠκούσαμεν ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρός· ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ εἴδομεν ὅτι λαλήσει ὁ θεὸς πρὸς ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ζήσεται. 25 καὶ νῦν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν, ὅτι ἐξαναλώσει ἡμᾶς τὸ πῦρ τὸ μέγα τοῦτο, ἐὰν προσθώμεθα ἡμεῖς ἀκοῦσαι τὴν φωνὴν κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἔτι, καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα. 26 τίς γὰρ σάρξ, ἥτις ἤκουσεν φωνὴν θεοῦ ζῶντος λαλοῦντος ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρὸς ὡς ἡμεῖς καὶ ζήσεται; 27 πρόσελθε σὺ καὶ ἄκουσον ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ σὺ λαλήσεις πρὸς ἡμᾶς πάντα, ὅσα ἄν λαλήσῃ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν πρὸς σέ, καὶ ἀκουσόμεθα καὶ ποιήσομεν. | 22 These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire—darkness, gloom, storm, a great voice—and he added no more. And he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. 23 And it happened, when you heard the voice from the midst of the fire, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you approached me—all the leaders of your tribes and your elders. 24 And you said, 'Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire. On this day we have seen that God will speak to man, and he shall live. 25 And now, let us not die, for this great fire will consume us; if we should proceed to hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we shall die. 26 For what flesh is there that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 27 You approach and hear whatever the Lord our God may say, and you shall speak to us everything that the Lord our God speaks to you, and we will hear and we will do.' |
| 28 καὶ ἤκουσεν κύριος τὴν φωνὴν τῶν λόγων ὑμῶν λαλούντων πρός με, καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρός με ἤκουσα τὴν φωνὴν τῶν λόγων τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, ὅσα ἐλάλησαν πρὸς σέ· ὀρθῶς πάντα, ὅσα ἐλάλησαν. 29 τίς δώσει οὕτως εἶναι τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ὥστε φοβεῖσθαί με καὶ φυλάσσεσθαι τὰς ἐντολάς μου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἵνα εὖ ᾖ αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν δι' αἰῶνος; 30 βάδισον εἰπὸν αὐτοῖς ἀποστράφητε ὑμεῖς εἰς τοὺς οἴκους ὑμῶν· 31 σὺ δὲ αὐτοῦ στῆθι μετ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ λαλήσω πρὸς σὲ τὰς ἐντολὰς καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα καὶ τὰ κρίματα, ὅσα διδάξεις αὐτούς, καὶ ποιείτωσαν ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι αὐτοῖς ἐν κλήρῳ. | 28 And the Lord heard the sound of your words as you were speaking to me, and the Lord said to me, 'I have heard the sound of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you; everything they have spoken is right. 29 Who will give that their heart should be like this in them, so as to fear me and to keep my commandments all the days, so that it may be well with them and with their sons forever? 30 Go, say to them: "Return to your houses." 31 But as for you, stand here with me, and I will speak to you the commandments and the statutes and the judgments, which you shall teach them, and let them do them in the land which I am giving them as an inheritance.' |
| 32 καὶ φυλάξεσθε ποιεῖν ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατό σοί κύριος ὁ θεός σου· οὐκ ἐκκλινεῖτε εἰς δεξιὰ οὐδὲ εἰς ἀριστερὰ 33 κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ὁδόν, ἣν ἐνετείλατό σοί κύριος ὁ θεός σου πορεύεσθαι ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅπως καταπαύσῃ σὲ καὶ εὖ σοί ᾖ καὶ μακροημερεύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἧς κληρονομήσετε. | 32 And you shall be careful to do just as the Lord your God commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left 33 according to all the way which the Lord your God commanded you to walk in it, so that he may give you rest, and it may be well with you, and you may prolong your days upon the land which you shall inherit. |