The Ten Commandments
(Deuteronomy 5.1-21)1 God spoke, and these were his words: 2 “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves.
3 “Worship no god but me.
4 “Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth. 5 Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation. 6 But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws.
7 “Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.
8 “Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy. 9 You have six days in which to do your work, 10 but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country. 11 In six days I, the Lord, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the Lord, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.
12 “Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.
13 “Do not commit murder.
14 “Do not commit adultery.
15 “Do not steal.
16 “Do not accuse anyone falsely.
17 “Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.”
The People's Fear
(Deuteronomy 5.22-33)18 When the people heard the thunder and the trumpet blast and saw the lightning and the smoking mountain, they trembled with fear and stood a long way off. 19 They said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die.”
20 Moses replied, “Don't be afraid; God has only come to test you and make you keep on obeying him, so that you will not sin.” 21 But the people continued to stand a long way off, and only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.
Laws about Altars
22 The Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites: “You have seen how I, the Lord, have spoken to you from heaven. 23 Do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gold to be worshiped in addition to me. 24 Make an altar of earth for me, and on it sacrifice your sheep and your cattle as offerings to be completely burned and as fellowship offerings. In every place that I set aside for you to worship me, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stone for me, do not build it out of cut stones, because when you use a chisel on stones, you make them unfit for my use. 26 Do not build an altar for me with steps leading up to it; if you do, you will expose yourselves as you go up the steps.
Desmit baušļi
(5Moz 5:1–22)1 Un Dievs runāja visus šos vārdus:
2 “Es esmu Kungs, tavs Dievs, kas tevi izveda no Ēģiptes zemes, no vergu nama! 3 Lai tev nav citu dievu bez manis! 4 Netaisi sev tēlus un atveidus ne no tā, kas debesīs augšā, ne no tā, kas uz zemes apakšā un ūdenī apakš zemes. 5 Nezemojies tiem un nekalpo tiem, jo es, Kungs, esmu greizsirdīgs Dievs, kas piemeklē tēvu vainas pie bērniem līdz trešajam un līdz ceturtajam augumam – tiem, kas mani nīst, 6 bet es daru žēlastību tūkstošiem – tiem, kas mani mīl, un tiem, kas tur manus baušļus. 7 Nelieto Kunga, sava Dieva, vārdu velti, jo Kungs neatstās nesodītu to, kurš velti lieto viņa vārdu!
8 Atceries svētīt sabata dienu! 9 Sešas dienas strādā un dari visus savus darbus, 10 bet septītā diena ir sabats Kungam, tavam Dievam, – tad nedari nekādu darbu ne tu, ne tavs dēls, ne tava meita, ne tavs vergs, ne tava verdzene, ne tavi lopi, ne svešinieks, kas tavos vārtos. 11 Jo sešās dienās Kungs radīja debesis un zemi, jūru un visu, kas tajā, bet septītajā dienā atpūtās. Tādēļ Kungs svētīja sabata dienu un darīja to svētu!
12 Godā savu tēvu un māti, lai tavas dienas būtu ilgas tajā zemē, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dod.
13 Nenogalini!
14 Nepārkāp laulību!
15 Nezodz!
16 Nedod pret savu tuvāko melīgu liecību!
17 Neiekāro sava tuvākā namu, neiekāro sava tuvākā sievu, vergu, verdzeni, vērsi, ēzeli – neko, kas ir tavam tuvākajam!”
18 Un visa tauta redzēja pērkonus un uguņus, dzirdēja raga skaņu, un kalns bija dūmos – ļaudis nobijās, drebēja un nostājās iztālēm. 19 Un viņi teica Mozum: “Runā tu ar mums, un mēs klausīsim, bet lai nerunā ar mums Dievs, ka mēs nemirstam!” 20 Mozus teica tautai: “Nebīstieties, jo Dievs ir nācis jūs pārbaudīt, lai jūsu acis būtu pilnas viņa bijības, ka jūs negrēkotu!” 21 Un tauta stāvēja iztālēm, bet Mozus tuvojās mākonim, kurā bija Dievs.
Likums par altāri
22 Un Kungs teica Mozum: “Tā saki Israēla dēliem: jūs redzējāt, ka es runāju ar jums no debesīm – 23 netaisiet man sudraba un zelta dievus, netaisiet tos sev! 24 Taisi man altāri no zemes un upurē tur sadedzināmos upurus, savas avis un vēršus, – visās vietās, kur es esmu atgādinājis savu vārdu, es nākšu pie tevis un svētīšu tevi! 25 Ja tu man taisīsi akmens altāri – necel to no tēstiem akmeņiem, jo, kad tavs kalts pār to būs gājis, tu būsi to padarījis nesvētu! 26 Un nekāp uz manu altāri pa kāpnēm, ka pār to neatklājas tavs kailums!
