Deuteronomy 5

¹ And MosesMoses callethcalleth unto all IsraelIsrael, and saithsaith unto them, `HearHear, IsraelIsrael, the statutesstatutes and the judgmentsjudgments which I am speakingspeaking in your ears to-dayday, and ye have learnedlearned them, and have observedobserved to do them.

² JehovahJehovah our GodGod made with usus a covenant in Horeb;

³ not with our fathersfathers hath JehovahJehovah made this covenant, but with usus; we -- these -- here to-dayday -- all of usus alive.

⁴ Face to faceFace to face hath JehovahJehovah spokenspoken with you, in the mountmount, out of the midstmidst of the firefire;

⁵ I am standingstanding between JehovahJehovah and you, at that timetime, to declaredeclare to you the wordthe word of JehovahJehovah, for ye have been afraidafraid from the presence of the firefire, and ye have not gone up into the mountmount; saying:

⁶ `I JehovahJehovah [am] thy GodGod, who hath brought thee out from the landland of EgyptEgypt, from a househouse of servantsservants.

⁷ `Thou hast no other godsgods in My presence.

⁸ `Thou dost not make to thee a graven imagegraven image, any similitude which [is] in the heavensheavens above, and which [is] in the earthearth beneathbeneath, and which [is] in the waters underunder the earthearth;

⁹ thou dost not bowbow thyself to them nor serveserve them, for I JehovahJehovah thy GodGod [am] a zealous GodGod, charging iniquityiniquity of fathersfathers on childrenchildren, and on a thirdthird [generation], and on a fourth, to those hatinghating Me;

¹⁰ and doing kindnesskindness to thousandsthousands, to those lovingloving Me, and to those keepingkeeping My commands.

¹¹ `Thou dost not take up the NameName of JehovahJehovah thy GodGod for a vain thing, for JehovahJehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His NameName for a vain thing.

¹² `ObserveObserve the day ofday of the sabbathsabbath -- to sanctifysanctify it, as JehovahJehovah thy GodGod hath commandedcommanded thee;

¹³ six dayssix days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy workwork,

¹⁴ and the seventh dayday [is] a sabbathsabbath to JehovahJehovah thy GodGod; thou dost not do any workwork, thou, and thy sonson, and thy daughter, and thy man-servantservant, and thy handmaidhandmaid, and thine ox, and thine assass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojournersojourner who [is] within thy gatesgates; so that thy man-servantservant, and thy handmaidhandmaid doth rest like thyself;

¹⁵ and thou hast rememberedremembered that a servantservant thou hast been in the landland of EgyptEgypt, and JehovahJehovah thy GodGod is bringing thee out thence by a strong handhand, and by a stretched-out armstretched-out arm; therefore hath JehovahJehovah thy GodGod commandedcommanded thee to keep the day ofday of the sabbathsabbath.

¹⁶ `HonourHonour thy fatherfather and thy mothermother, as JehovahJehovah thy GodGod hath commandedcommanded thee, so that thy daysdays are prolongedprolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the groundground which JehovahJehovah thy GodGod is givinggiving to thee.

¹⁷ `Thou dost not murder.

¹⁸ `Thou dost not commit adultery.

¹⁹ `Thou dost not stealsteal.

²⁰ `Thou dost not answeranswer against thy neighbourneighbour -- a false testimony.

²¹ `Thou dost not desire thy neighbour'sneighbour's wifewife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour'sneighbour's househouse, his fieldfield, and his man-servantservant, and his handmaidhandmaid, his ox, and his assass, and anything which [is] thy neighbour'sneighbour's.

²² `These wordswords hath JehovahJehovah spokenspoken unto all your assemblyassembly, in the mountmount out of the midstmidst of the firefire, of the cloudcloud, and of the thick darkness -- a great voicegreat voice; and He hath not added, and He writethwriteth them on twotwo tables of stonestone, and givethgiveth them unto me.

²³ `And it cometh to pass as ye hearhear the voicevoice out of the midstmidst of the darknessdarkness, and of the mountainmountain burningburning with firefire, that ye come nearnear unto me, all the headsheads of your tribestribes, and your elderselders,

²⁴ and saysay, Lo, JehovahJehovah our GodGod hath shewed usus His honour, and His greatness; and His voicevoice we have heardheard out of the midstmidst of the firefire; this dayday we have seenseen that GodGod doth speakspeak with man -- and he hath lived.

²⁵ `And, now, why do we diedie? for consume usus doth this greatgreat firefire -- if we add to hearhear the voicevoice of JehovahJehovah our GodGod any more -- then we have dieddied.

²⁶ For who of all fleshflesh [is] he who hath heardheard the voicevoice of the livingliving GodGod speaking out of the midstmidst of the firefire like usus -- and doth live?

²⁷ DrawDraw nearnear thou, and hearhear all that which JehovahJehovah our GodGod saithsaith, and thou, thou dost speak unto usus all that which JehovahJehovah our GodGod speaketh unto thee, and we have hearkened, and done it.

²⁸ `And JehovahJehovah hearethheareth the voicevoice of your wordswords, in your speakingspeaking unto me, and JehovahJehovah saithsaith unto me, I have heardheard the voicevoice of the wordswords of this people which they have spokenspoken unto thee; they have done well [in] all that they have spokenspoken.

²⁹ O that their heart had been thus to them, to fearfear Me, and to keepkeep My commands all the daysdays, that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age!

³⁰ `GoGo, saysay to them, Turn backback for yourselves, to your tentstents;

³¹ and thou here standstand thou with Me, and let Me speak unto thee all the commandcommand, and the statutesstatutes, and the judgmentsjudgments which thou dost teach them, and they have done in the landland which I am givinggiving to them to possess it.

³² `And ye have observedobserved to do as JehovahJehovah your GodGod hath commandedcommanded you, ye turnturn not aside -- right or left;

³³ in all the wayway which JehovahJehovah your GodGod hath commandedcommanded you ye walkwalk, so that ye live, and [it is] well with you, and ye have prolongedprolonged daysdays in the landland which ye possess.