Exodus 20

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Then God spoke al these words. He said,	1 And the Lord spoke all these words:
2 'I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you lived as slaves.	2 “I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.
3 'You shal have no other gods to rival me.	3 You shall not have strange gods before me.
4 'You shal not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven above or on earthbeneath or in the waters under the earth.	4 You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor a likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on earth below, nor of those things which are in the waters under the earth.
5 'You shal not bow down to them or serve them. For I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God and Ipunish a parent's fault in the children, the grandchildren, and the great-grandchildren among those who hate me;	5 You shall not adore them, nor shall you worship them. I am the Lord your God: strong, zealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but I act with faithful love towards thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.	6 and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts.
7 'You shal not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh wil not leave unpunished anyonewho misuses his name.	7 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.
8 'Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.	8 Remember that you are to sanctify the day of the Sabbath.
9 For six days you shal labour and do al your work,	9 For six days, you will work and accomplish all your tasks.
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. You shal do no work that day, neither younor your son nor your daughter nor your servants, men or women, nor your animals nor the alien living with you.	10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it: you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, your beast and the newcomer who is within your gates.
11 For in six days Yahweh made the heavens, earth and sea and al that these contain, but on theseventh day he rested; that is why Yahweh has blessed the Sabbath day and made it sacred.	11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all the things that are in them, and so he rested on the seventh day. For this reason, the Lord has blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it.
12 'Honour your father and your mother so that you may live long in the land that Yahweh your God isgiving you.	12 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
13 'You shal not kil .	13 You shall not murder.
14 'You shal not commit adultery.	14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 'You shal not steal.	15 You shall not steal.
16 'You shal not give false evidence against your neighbour.	16 You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.
17 'You shal not set your heart on your neighbour's house. You shal not set your heart on yourneighbour's spouse, or servant, man or woman, or ox, or donkey, or any of your neighbour's possessions.'	17 You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; neither shall you desire his wife, nor male servant, nor female servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor anything that is his.”
18 Seeing the thunder pealing, the lightning flashing, the trumpet blasting and the mountain smoking,the people were al terrified and kept their distance.	18 Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,
19 'Speak to us yourself,' they said to Moses, 'and we wil obey; but do not let God speak to us, or weshall die.'	19 saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.”
20 Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid; God has come to test you, so that your fear of him, beingalways in your mind, may keep you from sinning.'	20 And Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid. For God came in order to test you, and so that the dread of him might be with you, and you would not sin.”
21 So the people kept their distance while Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.	21 And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God.
22 Yahweh said to Moses, 'Tel the Israelites this, "You have seen for yourselves how I have spoken toyou from heaven.	22 Thereafter, the Lord said to Moses: “This you shall say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23 You must not make gods of silver to rival me, nor must you make yourselves gods of gold.	23 You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.
24 "You must make me an altar of earth on which to sacrifice your burnt offerings and communionsacrifices, your sheep and cattle. Wherever I choose to have my name remembered, I shal come to you andbless you.	24 You shall make an altar from the earth for me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace-offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be. I will come to you, and I will bless you.
25 If you make me an altar of stone, do not build it of dressed stones; for if you use a chisel on it, youwil profane it.	25 And if you make an altar of stone for me, you shall not build it from cut stones; for if you lift up a tool over it, it will be defiled.
26 You must not go up to my altar by steps, in case you expose your nakedness on them." '	26 You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.”