Deuteronomy 5

vayyiqra mosheh el-kol-yisra'el vayyomer alehem shema yisra'el et-hakhuqqim ve'et-hammishpatim asher anokhi dover be'oznekhem hayyom ulemadtem otam ushemartem la'asotam

Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the laws and rules that I proclaim to you this day! Study them and observe them faithfully!

Adonai elohenu karat immanu berit bekhorev

The ETERNAL our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

lo et-avotenu karat Adonai et-habberit hazzot ki ittanu anakhnu elleh foh hayyom kullanu khayyim

It was not with our ancestors that GOD made this covenant, but with us, the living, every one of us who is here today.

panim befanim dibber Adonai immakhem bahar mittokh ha'esh

Face to face GOD spoke to you on the mountain out of the fire—

anokhi omed ben-Adonai uvenekhem ba'et hahiv lehaggid lakhem et-devar Adonai ki yeretem mippene ha'esh velo-alitem bahar lemor

I stood between GOD and you at that time to convey GOD’s words to you, for you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain—saying:

anokhi Adonai elohekha asher hotsetikha me'erets mitsrayim mibbet avadi͏m

I the ETERNAL am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage:

lo-yihye͏h-lekha elohim akherim al-panaa͏y

You shall have no other gods beside Me.

lo-ta'aseh-lekha fesel kol-temunah asher bashamayim mimma'al va'asher ba'arets mittaa͏khat va'asher bammayim mittakhat la'arets

You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters below the earth.

lo-tishtakhaveh lahem velo to'ovdem ki anokhi Adonai elohekha el qanna poqed avon avot al-banim ve'al-shilleshim ve'al-ribbe'im lesone'ay

You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the ETERNAL your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me,

ve'oseh khesed la'alafim le'ohavay uleshomere (mtsvtv) [mitsvotay]

but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

lo tissa et-shem-Adonai elohekha lashav ki lo yenaqqeh Adonai et asher-yissa et-shemo lashav

You shall not swear falsely by the name of the ETERNAL your God; for GOD will not clear one who swears falsely by that name.

shamor et-yom hashabbat leqaddesho ka'asher tsivvekha Adonai elohekha

Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the ETERNAL your God has commanded you.

sheshet yamim ta'avod ve'asita kol-melakhtekha

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

veyom hashevi'i shabbat la-Adonai elohekha lo ta'aseh khol-melakhah attah uvinkha-uvittekha ve'avdekha-va'amatekha veshorekha vakhamorekha vekhol-behemtekha vegerekha asher bisharekha lema'an yanuakh avdekha va'amatekha kamokha

but the seventh day is a sabbath of the ETERNAL your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your donkey, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do.

vezakharta ki-eved hayita be'erets mitsrayim vayyotsi'akha Adonai elohekha misham beyad khazaqah uvizroa netuyah al-ken tsivvekha Adonai elohekha la'asot et-yom hashabbat

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the ETERNAL your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the ETERNAL your God has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.

kabbed et-avikha ve'et-immekha ka'asher tsivvekha Adonai elohekha lema'an ya'arikhun yamekha ulema'an yitav lakh al ha'adamah asher-Adonai elohekha noten lakh

Honor your father and your mother, as the ETERNAL your God has commanded you, that you may long endure, and that you may fare well, in the land that the ETERNAL your God is assigning to you.

lo tirtsa͏kh velo tina͏f velo tignov velo-ta'aneh vere'akha ed shav

You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

velo takhmod eshet re'ekha velo titavveh bet re'ekha sadehu ve'avdo va'amato shoro vakhamoro vekhol asher lere'ekha

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. And you shall not crave your neighbor’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.

et-haddevarim ha'elleh dibber Adonai el-kol-qehalekhem bahar mittokh ha'esh he'anan veha'arafel qol gadol velo yasaf vayyikhtevem al-shene lukhot avanim vayyittenem elay

GOD spoke those words—those and no more—to your whole congregation at the mountain, with a mighty voice out of the fire and the dense clouds. After inscribing them on two tablets of stone, [God] gave them to me.

vayehi keshomakhem et-haqqol mittokh hakhoshekh vehahar bo'er ba'esh vattiqrevun elay kol-rashe shivtekhem veziqnekhem

When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, you came up to me, all your tribal heads and elders,

vattomeru hen heranu Adonai elohenu et-kevodo ve'et-godlo ve'et-qolo shamanu mittokh ha'esh hayyom hazzeh ra'inu ki-yedabber elohim et-ha'adam vakhay

and said, “The ETERNAL our God has just shown us a majestic Presence, and we have heard God’s voice out of the fire; we have seen this day that humankind may live though addressed by God.

ve'attah lammah namut ki tokhelenu ha'esh haggedolah hazzot im-yosefim anakhnu lishmoa et-qol Adonai elohenu od vamotnu

Let us not die, then, for this fearsome fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the ETERNAL our God any longer, we shall die.

ki mi khol-basar asher shama qol elohim khayyim medabber mittokh-ha'esh kamonu vayyekhi

For what mortal ever heard the voice of the living God speak out of the fire, as we did, and lived?

qerav attah ushema et kol-asher yomar Adonai elohenu ve'at tedabber elenu et kol-asher yedabber Adonai elohenu elekha veshamanu ve'asinu

You go closer and hear all that the ETERNAL our God says, and then you tell us everything that the ETERNAL our God tells you, and we will willingly do it.”

vayyishma Adonai et-qol divrekhem bedabberkhem elay vayyomer Adonai elay shamati et-qol divre ha'am hazzeh asher dibberu elekha hetivu kol-asher dibberu

GOD heard the plea that you made to me, and GOD said to me, “I have heard the plea that this people made to you; they did well to speak thus.

mi-yitten vehayah levavam zeh lahem leyirah oti velishmor et-kol-mitsvotay kol-hayyamim lema'an yitav lahem velivnehem le'olam

May they always be of such mind, to revere Me and follow all My commandments, that it may go well with them and with their children forever!

lekh emor lahem shuvu lakhem le'oholekhem

Go, say to them, ‘Return to your tents.’

ve'attah poh amod immadi va'adabberah elekha et kol-hammitsvah vehakhuqqim vehammishpatim asher telammedem ve'asu va'arets asher anokhi noten lahem lerishtah

But you remain here with Me, and I will give you the whole Instruction—the laws and the rules—that you shall impart to them, for them to observe in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

ushemartem la'asot ka'asher tsivvah Adonai elohekhem etkhem lo tasuru yamin usemol

Be careful, then, to do as the ETERNAL your God has commanded you. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left:

bekhol-hadderekh asher tsivvah Adonai elohekhem etkhem telekhu lema'an tikhyun vetov lakhem veha'arakhtem yamim ba'arets asher tirashun

follow only the path that the ETERNAL your God has enjoined upon you, so that you may thrive and that it may go well with you, and that you may long endure in the land you are to possess.