The Ten Commandments
(Exodus 20.1-17)1 Moses called together the people of Israel and said:
Today I am telling you the laws and teachings that you must follow, so listen carefully. 2 The Lord our God made an agreement with our nation at Mount Sinai. 3 That agreement wasn't only with our ancestors but with us, who are here today. 4 The Lord himself spoke to you out of the fire, 5 but you were afraid of the fire and refused to go up the mountain. So I spoke with the Lord for you, then I told you that he had said:
6 I am the Lord your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt where you were slaves.
7 Do not worship any god except me.
8 Do not make idols that look like anything in the sky or on earth or in the ocean under the earth. 9 Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the Lord your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me and worship idols, I will punish your families for three or four generations. 10 But if you love me and obey my laws, I will be kind to your families for thousands of generations.
11 Do not misuse my name. I am the Lord your God, and I will punish anyone who misuses my name.
12 Show respect for the Sabbath Day—it belongs to me. 13 You have six days when you can do your work, 14 but the seventh day of the week belongs to me, your God. No one is to work on that day—not you, your children, your oxen or donkeys or any other animal, not even those foreigners who live in your towns. And don't make your slaves do any work. 15 This special day of rest will remind you that I reached out my mighty arm and rescued you from slavery in Egypt.
16 Respect your father and mother, and you will live a long and successful life in the land I am giving you.
17 Do not murder.
18 Be faithful in marriage.
19 Do not steal.
20 Do not tell lies about others.
21 Do not desire to possess anything that belongs to another person—not a house, a wife, a husband, a slave, an ox, a donkey, or anything else.
22 When we were gathered at the mountain, the Lord spoke to us in a loud voice from the dark fiery cloud. The Lord gave us these commands, and only these. Then he wrote them on two flat stones and gave them to me.
The People Were Afraid
(Exodus 20.18-21)Moses said to Israel:
23 When fire blazed from the mountain, and you heard the voice coming from the darkness, your tribal leaders came to me 24 and said:
Today the Lord our God has shown us how powerful and glorious he is. He spoke to us from the fire, and we learned that people can live, even though God speaks to them. 25 But we don't want to take a chance on being killed by that terrible fire, and if we keep on hearing the Lord's voice, we will die. 26 Has anyone else ever heard the only true God speaking from fire, as we have? And even if they have, would they live to tell about it? 27 Moses, go up close and listen to the Lord. Then come back and tell us, and we will do everything he says.
28 The Lord heard you and said:
Moses, I heard what the people said to you, and I approve. 29 I wish they would always worship me with fear and trembling and be this willing to obey me! Then they and their children would always enjoy a successful life.
30 Now, tell them to return to their tents, 31 but you come back here to me. After I tell you my laws and teachings, you will repeat them to the people, so they can obey these laws in the land I am giving them.
Moses said:
32 Israel, you must carefully obey the Lord's commands. 33 Follow them, because they make a path that will lead to a long successful life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Yaamari Taŋo
(2 Musa 20:1-17)1 Bituŋ Musa naata Banisirayilankoolu bee kumandi ka ì bendi ñoo kaŋ, a ko ì ye ko:
Alitolu Banisirayilankoolu, ali i lamoyi luwaalu niŋ yaamaroolu bee la m be naa mennu fo la ali ye bii luŋo la. Ali ñanta le ka ì karaŋ, aduŋ ali si ì muta kuuke. 2 Ali ye a loŋ ne ko, Yaawe* ǹ na Alla niŋ ntolu ye kambeŋo le siti Sinayi Konkoo to. 3 A maŋ ke ko a niŋ ǹ na alifaalu doroŋ ne ye ñiŋ kambeŋo siti, bari a niŋ ntolu faŋolu le mu, mennu be baluuriŋ bii. 4 Wo konkoo santo, Yaawe faŋo diyaamuta ali ye ka bo niŋ dimbaa maloo la, ali ñaa be tilindiŋ nuŋ meŋ na. 5 Wo waatoo, m be looriŋ nuŋ ali niŋ Yaawe teema ka a la kumakaŋolu sindi ali ma, kaatu ali be silandiŋ nuŋ dimbaa maloo le la meŋ be konkoo santo, ali maŋ futa noo jee. Bituŋ Yaawe ko: 6 “Nte le mu Yaawe ti ali la Alla, meŋ ye ali bondi naŋ joŋyaa kono Misira.
7 “Ali kana alla-wo-alla batu nte koolaa.
8 “Ali kana jalaŋo dadaa ali faŋ ye, meŋ mulunta feŋ-wo-feŋ na ñiŋ duniyaa kono, saŋo santo, ka taa fo baa kono. 9 Ali kana sujudi ì ye, waraŋ ka ì batu, kaatu nte Yaawe ali la Alla kiiliyaata le. N ka dindiŋolu jarabi ì la alifaalu la junuboo la le, ka taa fo ì jamaani sabanjaŋo niŋ naaninjaŋo moolu, mennu ye n koŋ. 10 Bari n ka kanu bambaloo yitandi jamaani wuliwuloolu moolu la le, mennu ye n kanu, aduŋ ì ye n na yaamaroolu muta.
11 “Ali kana nte Yaawe ali la Alla too fo kuu kuruŋolu kunna, kaatu n te moo-wo-moo le tu la jee, meŋ ye n too fo kuu kuruŋo kunto.
12 “Ali ali hakiloo tu Loobula Luŋo to, ali si a muta luŋ buuñaariŋo ti nte Yaawe ye ali la Alla, ko ŋa ali yaamari ñaameŋ koomanto. 13 Ali ali la dookuwo bee ke tili wooro kono, 14 bari tili woorowulanjaŋ luŋo mu Loobula Luŋo le ti nte Yaawe la kuwo kamma la. Wo luŋo la, ali kana dookuu-wo-dookuu ke, ali faŋolu, ali dinkewolu, ali dimmusoolu, ali la jonkewolu, ali la jommusoolu, ali la ninsoolu, ali la faloolu, ali la beeyaŋolu bee, aniŋ tumarankewolu mennu be siiriŋ ali fee. Ali la joŋolu si i foñondiŋ ko ali faŋolu. 15 Ali kana ñina ko ali tarata joŋyaa le kono nuŋ Misira bankoo kaŋ, nte Yaawe ali la Alla naata ali bondi naŋ wo kono m bulu sembemaa baa la. Wo kamma la, m be ali yaamari la ka Loobula Luŋo muta, ka a ke dahaa luŋo ti.
16 “Ali ali baamaa niŋ ali faamaa horoma, ko nte Yaawe ali la Alla ye ali yaamari ñaameŋ koomanto, fo kuwolu bee si laakuu ali ye, aduŋ ali si siimaayaa bankoo kaŋ, m be naa meŋ dii la ali la.
17 “Ali kana moo faa.
18 “Ali kana jeenoo ke.
19 “Ali kana suuñaaroo ke.
20 “Ali kana faniyaa laa moo-wo-moo kaŋ.
21 “Ali kana ali ñaa loo moo doo la musoo kaŋ, a la buŋo, a la kenoo, a la jonkewo, a la jommusoo, a la ninsoo, a la faloo, waraŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ keta a taa ti.”
22 Bituŋ Musa ko ì ye ko:
Ñinnu le mu yaamaroolu ti, Yaawe ye mennu dii ali la nuŋ, waatoo meŋ na ali benta ñoo kaŋ Sinayi Konkoo to. Kabiriŋ Yaawe diyaamuta dimbaa maloo kono, minaayoo aniŋ siisii fiŋ baa, fo ali bee ye a diyaamukaŋ baa moyi, a ye ñiŋ yaamaroolu dammaa le dii, a maŋ feŋ laa wolu kaŋ. A ye ì safee berewalaa fula le bala, a ye ì dii n na.
Moolu la silaŋo
(2 Musa 20:18-21)23 Kabiriŋ dimbaa ye konkoo santo bee muta, ali ye kumakaŋo moyi ka bo naŋ diboo kono, ali la lasili ñaatonkoolu niŋ alifaalu naata n kaŋ, 24 ì kumata n ye ko, “A fele, Yaawe ǹ na Alla ye a la kallankeeyaa* niŋ waroo yitandi ǹ na le, aduŋ ŋà a moyi diyaamu kaŋ dimbaa kono le. Bii ǹ seedeyaata ñiŋ na le ko, Alla si diyaamu noo moolu ye le, ì maŋ faa. 25 Muŋ ne ye a tinna ǹ ñanta saayaa ñini la m̀ faŋ ye? Ñiŋ dimbaa baa be ǹ domo la le. Kaatu m̀ be dankeneyaariŋ ne ko, niŋ ŋà Yaawe ǹ na Alla diyaamukaŋo moyi kotenke, m̀ be faa la le. 26 Hadamadiŋ jumaa le nene sotota, Alla baluuriŋo diyaamuta meŋ ye dimbaa maloo kono, a maarii ye tu a niyo la ko ntolu? 27 Wo kamma la, Musa ite si muru, i ye i lamoyi kumakaŋolu bee la Yaawe ǹ na Alla be mennu fo la. I si naa muru naŋ ǹ kaŋ ka a fo ǹ ye, a ye mennu bee bankee. M̀ be ǹ tuloo loo la ì la le, ŋà ì bee muta.”
28 Kabiriŋ Yaawe ye ali la ñiŋ kumoolu moyi, a ko n ye ko, “Ŋa a moyi le, ñiŋ moolu ye mennu bee fo. Ì la kumoolu mu tooñaa le ti. 29 Niŋ ì sondomoolu tuta teŋ, ì ye n horoma, ì ye n na luwaalu bee muta, kuwolu bee be laakuu la ì ye le, ì niŋ ì koomalankoolu fo abadaa. 30 Taa i ye a fo ì ye ko, ì si muru ì la tiriliisoolu* koto. 31 Bari ite si tu looriŋ m fee jaŋ, ŋa luwaalu, yaamaroolu, niŋ saratoolu dii i la ka moolu karandi ì la fo ì si ì muta, ka bula ì nooma bankoo kaŋ, m be naa meŋ dii la ì la ka ke ì taa ti.”
32 Bituŋ Musa ko ì ye ko:
Ali kuwolu bee muta kendeke, Yaawe ali la Alla ye ali yaamari mennu la. Ali kana hani yaamari kiliŋ soosoo wolu kono, waraŋ ka jenke kara la. 33 Ali si soŋ ì bee la, ali bula ì nooma fo kuwolu bee si laakuu ali ye, fo ali si siimaayaa bankoo kaŋ, ali be taa kaŋ daameŋ to, ka jee taa.
