Exodus 20
1 Then God said this [to the Israeli people: ]
And he spoke God all the words these saying.
2 “I am Yahweh God, the one you [worship]. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves [there].
(I *Lp) [am] Yahweh (God your *Lp) who I brought out you from [the] land of Egypt (from a house of *Lp) (slaves. *Lbp)
3 [So] you must worship [only] me; you must not worship any other god.
Not it will be[long] (to you gods other *Lp) on (face my. *Lp)
4 You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or that is on the ground or that is in the water under the ground/earth.
Not you must make (for yourself *Lp) an image - and any (form *Lp) (which *Lbp) [is] in the heavens - (above *Lp) (and which *Lbp) ([is] on the earth beneath and which [is] in the waters - from under to the earth. *Lp)
5 You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I (am very jealous/want you to worship me only). I will punish those who sin and hate me. I will punish not only them, but I will punish (their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren).
Not (you must bow down to them *Lp) and not (you must be enticed to serve them *Lp) for I Yahweh God your [am] a God jealous visiting iniquity of fathers on children on a third generation and on a fourth generation (of [those who] hate me. *Lp)
6 But I will steadfastly love thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations.)
(And doing covenant loyalty to thousands *Lp) to [those who] love me and to [those who] keep commandments my.
7 Do not use my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship], and I will certainly punish those who use my name for wrong/evil purposes [LIT].
Not you must take [the] name of Yahweh God your for emptiness for not he will leave unpunished Yahweh [the one] who he will take name his for emptiness.
8 Do not forget that the seventh day [of every week] is mine, so dedicate those days to me.
(Remember *Lp) ([the] day of the sabbath to set apart as holy it. *Lp)
9 There are six days each week for you to do all your work,
(Six days you will labor and you will do *Lp) all (work your. *Lp)
10 but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship]. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not allow foreigners to work, those who are living in your country.
And [the] day (seventh [is] a sabbath - *Lp) to Yahweh (God your *Lp) not (you must do *Lp) any (work *Lp) you - and son your (and daughter your [male] servant your and female servant your and livestock your and sojourner your who [is] in gates your. *Lp)
11 I, Yahweh, created the sky, the earth, the ocean, and everything that is in them, in six days. Then I stopped my work of creating everything, and rested on the seventh day. That is the reason that I, Yahweh, have blessed the rest day and set it apart [to be a sacred/special day].
For six days he made Yahweh the heavens and the earth the sea and all that [is] in them and he rested on the day seventh there-fore he blessed Yahweh [the] day of the sabbath and he set apart as holy it.
12 Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh God, will give you.
Honor father your and mother your so that they may be long! days your on the land which Yahweh God your [is] about to give to you.
13 Do not murder anyone.
(Not you must murder. *Lp)
14 Do not (commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse).
(Not you must commit adultery. *Lp)
15 Do not steal anything.
(Not you must steal. *Lp)
16 Do not falsely accuse anyone [of committing a crime].
Not you must testify against neighbor your testimony of falsehood.
17 Do not (covet/desire to have) someone else’s house, someone else’s wife, someone else’s male or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that some other person owns.”
Not you must covet [the] house of neighbor your not you must covet [the] wife of neighbor your and [male] servant his and female servant his and ox his and donkey his and all that [belongs] to neighbor your.
18 When the people heard the thunder and saw the lightning, and when they heard the sound of the trumpet and saw the smoke on the mountain, they were afraid and trembled. They stood at a distance,
And all the people [were] seeing the thunder claps and the lightning and [the] sound of the ram's horn and the mountain smoking and it saw the people and they trembled and they stood from a distance.
19 and said to Moses/me, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But do not let God speak any more to us. [We are afraid that] if he speaks [any more] to us, we will die.”
And they said to Moses speak you with us so let us listen and may not he speak with us God lest we should die.
20 Moses/I replied, “Do not be afraid! God has come to determine/test [how you will behave]. He wants you to revere him, and to not sin.”
And he said Moses to the people may not you be afraid for in order to put to [the] test you he has come God and in order that may be fear his on faces your to not you will sin.
21 Then, as the people [watched from] a distance, Moses/I went close to the black cloud where God was.
And it stood the people from a distance and Moses he drew near to the thick darkness where [was] there God.
22 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘You have heard how I, Yahweh, have spoken to you from heaven. I told you that you must not make any idols of silver or gold [that you will worship instead] of me.
And he said Yahweh to Moses thus you will say to [the] people of Israel you you have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you.
Not you must make! with me gods of silver and gods of gold not you must make for yourselves.
24 Make for me an altar from dirt. Sacrifice on it the animals that you will burn completely. Also sacrifice on it the animals that you will not burn completely, to maintain fellowship with me. Worship me [MTY] in any place that I choose for you to honor/worship me; and if you do that, I will come to you and bless you.
An altar of earth you will make for me and you will sacrifice on it burnt offerings your and peace offerings your sheep your and cattle your in every place where I will cause to be remembered name my I will come to you and I will bless you.
25 If you make for me an altar from stones, do not make it from stones that you have cut [to make them look nice], because you will make the altar unsuitable for [worshiping] me if you use tools to cut the stones.
And if an altar of stones you will make for me not you must build them hewn [stone] for tool your you have wielded on it and you have profaned it.
26 Do not make an altar that has steps in front of it, because if you do that, [people] could see your naked [buttocks] as you go up the steps.’”
And not you must go up on steps to altar my that not it will be uncovered nakedness your on it.
