Exodus 19
1 Two months to the day after they left Egypt, the Israelites arrived at the Sinai desert.
Mense tertio egressionis Israel de Terra Aegypti, in die hac venerunt in solitudinem Sinai.
2 They had set out from Rephidim, and after they entered the Sinai desert they camped there in front of the mountain.
Nam profecti de Raphidim, et pervenientes usque in desertum Sinai, castrametati sunt in eodem loco, ibique Israel fixit tentoria e regione montis.
3 Moses went up the mountain to God. The Lord spoke to Moses from the mountain, and told him, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob, the Israelites:
Moyses autem ascendit ad Deum, vocavitque eum Dominus de monte, et ait: Haec dices domui Iacob, et annunciabis filiis Israel:
4 ‘You saw for yourselves what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, how I brought you to myself.
Vos ipsi vidistis, quae fecerim Aegyptiis, quo modo portaverim vos super alas aquilarum, et assumpserim mihi.
5 Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,
Si ergo audieritis vocem meam, et custodieritis pactum meum, eritis mihi in peculium de cunctis populis: mea est enim omnis terra.
6 for me you will be a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.’ This is what you are to tell the Israelites.”
Et vos eritis mihi in regnum sacerdotale, et gens sancta. haec sunt verba quae loqueris ad filios Israel.
7 So Moses went back down and summoned the elders of the people, and presented to them everything the Lord had ordered him to say.
Venit Moyses: et convocatis maioribus natu populi, exposuit omnes sermones quos mandaverat Dominus.
8 Everyone answered, “We promise to do everything the Lord says.” Then Moses took the people's answer back to the Lord.
Responditque omnis populus simul: Cuncta quae locutus est Dominus, faciemus. Cumque retulisset Moyses verba populi ad Dominum,
9 The Lord told Moses, “Look! I'm going to come to you in a thick cloud so the people will hear me speaking with you and as a result they will always trust you.” Then Moses reported to the Lord what the people had said.
ait ei Dominus: Iam nunc veniam ad te in caligine nubis, ut audiat me populus loquentem ad te, et credat tibi in perpetuum. Nunciavit ergo Moyses verba populi ad Dominum.
10 The Lord told Moses, “Go back down and prepare them spiritually today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
Qui dixit ei: Vade ad populum, et sanctifica illos hodie, et cras, laventque vestimenta sua.
11 and be ready on the third day because that is when the Lord will descend upon Mount Sinai in the full view of everyone.
Et sint parati in diem tertium: in die enim tertia descendet Dominus coram omni plebe super montem Sinai.
12 Set up a boundary for the people all around and warn them, ‘Watch out! Don't try to go up the mountain—don't even touch it! For anyone who touches the mountain will most certainly be killed. Don't touch any person or any animal that has touched the mountain.
Constituesque terminos populo per circuitum, et dices ad eos: Cavete ne ascendatis in montem, nec tangatis fines illius: omnis qui tetigerit montem, morte morietur.
13 Make sure they are stoned or shot with arrows—they must not be allowed to live.’ Only when there is a long blast on the ram's horn can the people come up the mountain.”
Manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur, aut confodietur iaculis: sive iumentum fuerit, sive homo, non vivet. cum coeperit clangere buccina, tunc ascendant in montem.
14 Moses went down the mountain and prepared the people spiritually and they washed their clothes.
Descenditque Moyses de monte ad populum, et sanctificavit eum. Cumque lavissent vestimenta sua,
15 He instructed the people, “Get ready for the third day, and don't be intimate with a woman.”
ait ad eos: Estote parati in diem tertium, et ne appropinquetis uxoribus vestris.
16 When morning came on the third day there was thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud covered the mountain. There was the very loud sound of a ram's horn, and everyone in the camp shook with fear.
Iamque advenerat tertius dies, et mane inclaruerat: et ecce coeperunt audiri tonitrua, ac micare fulgura, et nubes densissima operire montem, clangorque buccinae vehementius perstrepebat: et timuit populus qui erat in castris.
17 Moses led the people out from the camp to meet God. They stood at the foot of the mountain.
Cumque eduxisset eos Moyses in occursum Dei de loco castrorum, steterunt ad radices montis.
18 Smoke poured out over the whole of Mount Sinai because the Lord's presence had come down like fire. The smoke rose up like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook furiously.
Totus autem mons Sinai fumabat: eo quod descendisset Dominus Deus super eum in igne, et ascenderet fumus ex eo quasi de fornace: eratque omnis mons terribilis.
19 As the sound of the ram's horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in a loud, thunderous voice.
Et sonitus buccinae paulatim crescebat in maius, et prolixius tendebatur: Moyses loquebatur, et Deus respondebat ei.
20 The Lord descended on the top of Mount Sinai, and he called Moses to come up there. So Moses went up,
Descenditque Dominus super montem Sinai in ipso montis vertice, et vocavit Moysen in cacumen eius. Quo cum ascendisset,
21 and the Lord told him, “Go back down, and warn the people not to force their way across the boundary to try to come to the Lord or they will die.
dixit ad eum: Descende, et contestare populum: ne forte velit transcendere terminos ad videndum Dominum, et pereat ex eis plurima multitudo.
22 Even the priests, who come before the Lord, must prepare themselves spiritually, so that the Lord does not punish them.”
Sacerdotes quoque qui accedunt ad Dominum, sanctificentur, ne percutiat eos.
23 But Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai. You yourself warned us, ‘Set up a boundary around the mountain, and treat it as holy.’”
Dixitque Moyses ad Dominum: Non poterit vulgus ascendere in montem Sinai: tu enim testificatus es, et iussisti, dicens: Pone terminos circa montem, et sanctifica illum.
24 The Lord told him, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way to come up to the Lord, or he will punish them.”
Cui ait Dominus: Vade, descende: ascendesque tu, et Aaron tecum: sacerdotes autem et populus ne transeant terminos, nec ascendant ad Dominum, ne forte interficiat illos.
25 So Moses went down and explained to the people what the Lord had said.
Descenditque Moyses ad populum, et omnia narravit eis.
