1Moysi quoque dixit:He also said to Moses:Ascende ad Dominum tu,“Ascend to the Lord,et Aaron,you and Aaron,Nadab et Abiu,Nadab and Abihu,et septuaginta senes ex Israël,and seventy elders out of Israel,et adorabitis procul.and adore from a distance.
2Solusque Moyses ascendet ad Dominum,And only Moses will ascend to the Lord,et illi non appropinquabunt:and these shall not approach.nec populus ascendet cum eo.Neither shall the people ascend with him.”
3Venit ergo Moyses et narravit plebi omnia verba Domini,Therefore,atque judicia:Moses went and explained to the people all the words of the Lord,responditque omnis populus una voce:as well as the judgments.Omnia verba Domini,And all the people responded with one voice:quæ locutus est,“We will do all the words of the Lord,faciemus.which he has spoken.”
4Scripsit autem Moyses universos sermones Domini:Then Moses wrote all the words of the Lord.et mane consurgens,And rising up in the morning,ædificavit altare ad radices montis,he built an altar at the base of the mountain,et duodecim titulos per duodecim tribus Israël.with twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5Misitque juvenes de filiis Israël,And he sent youths from the sons of Israel,et obtulerunt holocausta,and they offered holocausts,immolaveruntque victimas pacificas Domino, vitulos.and they immolated calves as peace-offerings to the Lord.
6Tulit itaque Moyses dimidiam partem sanguinis,And so Moses took one half part of the blood,et misit in crateras:and he put it into bowls.partem autem residuam fudit super altare.Then the remaining part he poured over the altar.
7Assumensque volumen fœderis,And taking up the book of the covenant,legit audiente populo:he read it in the hearing of the people,qui dixerunt:who said:Omnia quæ locutus est Dominus,“All that the Lord has spoken,faciemus,we will do,et erimus obedientes.and we will be obedient.”
8Ille vero sumptum sanguinem respersit in populum,In truth, taking up the blood, he sprinkled it on the people,et ait:and he said,Hic est sanguis fœderis quod pepigit Dominus vobiscum super cunctis sermonibus his.“This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has formed with you concerning all these words.”
9Ascenderuntque Moyses et Aaron,And Moses and Aaron,Nadab et Abiu,Nadab and Abihu,et septuaginta de senioribus Israël:and seventy of the elders of Israel ascended.
10et viderunt Deum Israël:And they saw the God of Israel.et sub pedibus ejus quasi opus lapidis sapphirini,And under his feet was something like a work of sapphire stone,et quasi cælum,or like the sky,cum serenum est.when it is serene.
11Nec super eos qui procul recesserant de filiis Israël, misit manum suam,Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the sons of Israel who were at a distance.videruntque Deum,And they saw God,et comederunt, ac biberunt.and they ate and drank.
12Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen:Then the Lord said to Moses:Ascende ad me in montem,“Ascend to me on the mountain,et esto ibi:and be there.daboque tibi tabulas lapideas,And I will give to you tablets of stone,et legem,and the lawac mandata quæ scripsi:and the commandments that I have written.ut doceas eos.So may you teach them.”
13Surrexerunt Moyses et Josue minister ejus:Moses rose up, with Joshua his minister. And Moses,ascendensque Moyses in montem Dei,ascending on the mountain of God,
14senioribus ait:said to the elders:Expectate hic donec revertamur ad vos.“Wait here,Habetis Aaronuntil we return to you.et Hur vobiscum:You have Aaron and Hur with you.si quid natum fuerit quæstionis,If any question arises,referetis ad eos.you shall refer it to them.”
15Cumque ascendisset Moyses,And when Moses had ascended,operuit nubes montem,a cloud covered the mountain.
16et habitavit gloria Domini super Sinai,And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai,tegens illum nube sex diebus:covering it with a cloud for six days.septimo autem die vocavit eum de medio caliginis.And on the seventh day, he called to him from the middle of the mist.
17Erat autem species gloriæ Domini quasi ignis ardens super verticem montis in conspectu filiorum Israël.Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire over the summit of the mountain in the sight of the sons of Israel.
18Ingressusque Moyses medium nebulæ,And Moses,ascendit in montem:entering into the midst of the cloud,et fuit ibi quadraginta diebus,ascended the mountain.et quadraginta noctibus.And he was there for forty days and forty nights.