Exodus 20

vayedabber elohim et kol-haddevarim ha'elleh lemor

God spoke all these words, 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 besides Me.

lo-ta'aseh-lekha fesel vekhol-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, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.

lo-tishtakhaveh lahem velo to'ovdem ki anokhi Adonai elohekha el qanna poqed avon avot al-banim 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 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.

zakhor et-yom hashabbat leqaddesho

Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.

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 uvinkha͏-uvittekha avdekha va'amatekha uvehemtekha vegerekha asher bisharekha

but the seventh day is a sabbath of the ETERNAL your God: you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, or your cattle, or the stranger who is within your settlements.

ki sheshet-yamim asah Adonai et-hashamayim ve'et-ha'arets et-hayyam ve'et-kol-asher-bam vayyanakh bayyom hashevi'i al-ken berakh Adonai et-yom hashabbat vayeqaddeshehu

For in six days GOD made heaven and earth and sea—and all that is in them—and then rested on the seventh day; therefore GOD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.

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

Honor your father and your mother, that you may long endure on the land that your ETERNAL God is assigning to you.

lo tirtsa͏kh lo tina͏f lo tignov lo-ta'aneh vere'akha ed shaqer

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

lo takhmod bet re'ekha lo-takhmod eshet re'ekha ve'avdo va'amato veshoro vakhamoro vekhol asher lere'ekha

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

vekhol-ha'am ro'im et-haqqolot ve'et-hallappidim ve'et qol hashofar ve'et-hahar ashen vayyar ha'am vayyanu'u vayya'amdu merakhoq

All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the blare of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they fell back and stood at a distance.

vayyomeru el-mosheh dabber-attah immanu venishma'ah ve'al-yedabber immanu elohim pen-namut

“You speak to us,” they said to Moses, “and we will obey; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”

vayyomer mosheh el-ha'am al-tira'u ki leva'avur nassot etkhem ba ha'elohim uva'avur tihyeh yirato al-penekhem levilti tekheta'u

Moses answered the people, “Be not afraid; for God has come only in order to test you, and in order that the fear of God may be ever with you, so that you do not go astray.”

vayya'amod ha'am merakhoq umosheh niggash el-ha'arafel asher-sham ha'elohim

So the people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh koh tomar el-bene yisra'el attem re'item ki min-hashamayim dibbarti immakhem

GOD said to Moses: Thus shall you say to the Israelites: You yourselves saw that I spoke to you from the very heavens:

lo ta'asun itti elohe khesef velohe zahav lo ta'asu lakhem

With Me, therefore, you shall not make any gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves any gods of gold.

mizbakh adamah ta'aseh-lli vezavakhta alayw et-olotekha ve'et-shelamekha et-tsonekha ve'et-beqarekha bekhol-hammaqom asher azkir et-shemi avo elekha uverakhtikha

Make for Me an altar of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come to you and bless you.

ve'im-mizbakh avanim ta'aseh-lli lo-tivneh ethen gazit ki kharbekha henafta aleha vattekhalleha

And if you make for Me an altar of stones, do not build it of hewn stones; for by wielding your tool upon them you have profaned them.

velo-ta'aleh vema'alot al-mizbekhi asher lo-tiggaleh ervatekha alayw

Do not ascend My altar by steps, that your nakedness may not be exposed upon it.