¹ ALLORA Iddio pronunziò tutte queste parole, dicendo:

² Io sono il Signore Iddio tuo, che ti ho tratto fuor del paese di Egitto, della casa di servitù.

³ Non avere altri dii nel mio cospetto.

⁴ Non farti scultura alcuna, nè immagine alcuna di cosa che sia in cielo di sopra, nè di cosa che sia in terra di sotto, nè di cosa che sia nell’acque di sotto alla terra.

⁵ Non adorar quelle cose, e non servir loro; perciocchè io, il Signore Iddio tuo, son Dio geloso, che visito l’iniquità de’ padri sopra i figliuoli fino alla terza e alla quarta generazione di coloro che m’odiano.

⁶ Ed uso benignità in mille generazioni verso coloro che mi amano, e osservano i miei comandamenti.

⁷ Non usare il Nome del Signore Iddio tuo in vano; perciocchè il Signore non terrà innocente chi avrà usato il suo Nome in vano.

⁸ Ricordati del giorno del riposo, per santificarlo.

⁹ Lavora sei giorni, e fa’ in essi ogni opera tua.

¹⁰ Ma il settimo giorno è il riposo al Signore Iddio tuo; non fare in esso lavoro alcuno, nè tu, nè il tuo figliuolo, nè la tua figliuola, nè il tuo servo, nè la tua serva, nè il tuo bestiame, nè il tuo forestiere ch’è dentro alle tue porte.

¹¹ Perciocchè in sei giorni il Signore fece il cielo e la terra, e il mare, e tutto ciò ch’è in essi, e si riposò al settimo giorno; perciò, il Signore ha benedetto il giorno del riposo e l’ha santificato.

¹² Onora tuo padre e tua madre; acciocchè i tuoi giorni sieno prolungati sopra la terra, la quale il Signore Iddio tuo ti dà.

¹³ Non uccidere.

¹⁴ Non commettere adulterio.

¹⁵ Non furare.

¹⁶ Non dir falsa testimonianza contro al tuo prossimo.

¹⁷ Non concupire la casa del tuo prossimo; non concupir la moglie del tuo prossimo; nè il suo servo, nè la sua serva, nè il suo bue, nè il suo asino, nè cosa alcuna che sia del tuo prossimo.

¹⁸ Or tutto il popolo vedeva i tuoni, e i lampi, e il suon della tromba, e il monte fumante; e veggendo queste cose, tremava, e se ne stava lungi;

¹⁹ e disse a Mosè: Parla tu con noi, e noi ascolteremo; e non parli Iddio con noi, chè talora noi non muoiamo.

²⁰ E Mosè disse al popolo: Non temiate; perciocchè Iddio è venuto per provarvi, e affinchè il suo timore sia davanti agli occhi vostri, acciocchè non pecchiate.

²¹ Il popolo adunque si fermò da lungi; e Mosè si accostò alla caligine; nella quale Iddio era.

²² E il Signore disse a Mosè: Di’ così a’ figliuoli d’Israele: Voi avete veduto che io ho parlato a voi dal cielo.

²³ Non fate alcun dio meco; non vi fate dii di argento, nè dii d’oro.

²⁴ Fammi un altar di terra, e sacrifica sopra esso i tuoi olocausti, e i tuoi sacrificii da render grazie, le tue pecore, e i tuoi buoi; in qualunque luogo io farò ricordare il mio Nome, io verrò a te, e ti benedirò.

²⁵ E se pur tu mi fai un altar di pietre, non fabbricarlo di pietre conce a scarpello; quando tu vi avrai fatto passar lo scarpello sopra, tu l’avrai contaminate.

²⁶ E non salir per gradi al mio altare; acciocchè non si scuopra la tua nudità sopra esso.

¹ It happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

² Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will Give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will Give you its worth in money."

³ Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"

⁴ Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

⁵ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, "Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?"

⁶ He said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will Give you another vineyard for it.' He answered, 'I will not Give you my vineyard.'"

⁷ Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."

⁸ So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.

⁹ She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

¹⁰ Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king!' Then carry him out, and stone him to death."

¹¹ The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

¹² They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

¹³ The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

¹⁴ Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned, and is dead."

¹⁵ It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead."

¹⁶ It happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

¹⁷ The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

¹⁸ "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.

¹⁹ You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."'"

²⁰ Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

²¹ Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

²² I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin."

²³ Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, "The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

²⁴ The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field."

²⁵ But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

²⁶ He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

²⁷ It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

²⁸ The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

²⁹ "See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house."