Exodus 24

Bibbia Vulgata Clementina	New Jerusalem Bible
¹ Moysi quoque dixit : Ascende ad Dominum tu, et Aaron, Nadab et Abiu, et septuaginta senes ex Israël, et adorabitis procul.	¹ He then said to Moses, 'Come up to Yahweh, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of theelders of Israel and bow down at a distance.
² Solusque Moyses ascendet ad Dominum, et illi non appropinquabunt : nec populus ascendet cum eo.	² Moses alone will approach Yahweh; the others wil not approach, nor wil the people come up withhim.'
³ Venit ergo Moyses et narravit plebi omnia verba Domini, atque judicia : responditque omnis populus una voce : Omnia verba Domini, quæ locutus est, faciemus.	³ Moses went and told the people al Yahweh's words and al the laws, and al the people answered withone voice, 'All the words Yahweh has spoken we wil carry out!'
⁴ Scripsit autem Moyses universos sermones Domini : et mane consurgens, ædificavit altare ad radices montis, et duodecim titulos per duodecim tribus Israël.	⁴ Moses put al Yahweh's words into writing, and early next morning he built an altar at the foot of themountain, with twelve standing-stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.
⁵ Misitque juvenes de filiis Israël, et obtulerunt holocausta, immolaveruntque victimas pacificas Domino, vitulos.	⁵ Then he sent certain young Israelites to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice bul ocks to Yahweh ascommunion sacrifices.
⁶ Tulit itaque Moyses dimidiam partem sanguinis, et misit in crateras : partem autem residuam fudit super altare.	⁶ Moses then took half the blood and put it into basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
⁷ Assumensque volumen f?deris, legit audiente populo : qui dixerunt : Omnia quæ locutus est Dominus, faciemus, et erimus obedientes.	⁷ Then, taking the Book of the Covenant, he read it to the listening people, who then said, 'We shall do everything that Yahweh has said; we shall obey.'
⁸ Ille vero sumptum sanguinem respersit in populum, et ait : Hic est sanguis f?deris quod pepigit Dominus vobiscum super cunctis sermonibus his.	⁸ Moses then took the blood and sprinkled it over the people, saying, 'This is the blood of the covenantwhich Yahweh has made with you, entailing all these stipulations.'
⁹ Ascenderuntque Moyses et Aaron, Nadab et Abiu, et septuaginta de senioribus Israël :	⁹ Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy elders of Israel then went up,
¹⁰ et viderunt Deum Israël : et sub pedibus ejus quasi opus lapidis sapphirini, et quasi cælum, cum serenum est.	¹⁰ and they saw the God of Israel beneath whose feet there was what looked like a sapphire pavementpure as the heavens themselves,
¹¹ Nec super eos qui procul recesserant de filiis Israël, misit manum suam, videruntque Deum, et comederunt, ac biberunt.	¹¹ but he did no harm to the Israelite notables; they actually gazed on God and then ate and drank.
¹² Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen : Ascende ad me in montem, et esto ibi : daboque tibi tabulas lapideas, et legem, ac mandata quæ scripsi : ut doceas eos.	¹² Yahweh said to Moses, 'Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the stonetablets -- the law and the commandment -- which I have written for their instruction.'
¹³ Surrexerunt Moyses et Josue minister ejus : ascendensque Moyses in montem Dei,	¹³ Moses made ready, with Joshua his assistant, and they went up the mountain of God.
¹⁴ senioribus ait : Expectate hic donec revertamur ad vos. Habetis Aaron et Hur vobiscum : si quid natum fuerit quæstionis, referetis ad eos.	¹⁴ He said to the elders, 'Wait here for us until we come back to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you;if anyone has any matter to settle, let him go to them.'
¹⁵ Cumque ascendisset Moyses, operuit nubes montem,	¹⁵ Moses then went up the mountain. Cloud covered the mountain.
¹⁶ et habitavit gloria Domini super Sinai, tegens illum nube sex diebus : septimo autem die vocavit eum de medio caliginis.	¹⁶ The glory of Yahweh rested on Mount Sinai and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh dayYahweh cal ed to Moses from inside the cloud.
¹⁷ Erat autem species gloriæ Domini quasi ignis ardens super verticem montis in conspectu filiorum Israël.	¹⁷ To the watching Israelites, the glory of Yahweh looked like a devouring fire on the mountain top.
¹⁸ Ingressusque Moyses medium nebulæ, ascendit in montem : et fuit ibi quadraginta diebus, et quadraginta noctibus.	¹⁸ Moses went right into the cloud and went on up the mountain. Moses stayed on the mountain for fortydays and forty nights.