‘I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt, the country where you were slaves. You must not have any other gods except me. You must not make any idol for yourself. Do not make a false god in the shape of anything that is in the sky above. Do not make one in the shape of anything on the earth or in the sea. You must not bend down your head to any idol or worship it. I am the Lord your God and I want you to belong to me alone. I will punish children because of the bad things that their fathers have done. I will also punish their children and their grandchildren too. That is how I will punish everyone who turns against me. But I will truly love all those who love me. They are the people who obey my laws . I will continue to love them and their families for ever, You must not speak the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way. The Lord will punish anyone who speaks his name in a wrong way. Remember the Sabbath day. Keep it as a special day for me. You have six days every week to do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath day. It is special for the Lord your God. You must not do any work on that day. Your son and your daughter must not work on that day. Your servants, male or female, must not work on that day. The foreign person who lives among you and even your animals must not work on that day. In six days, the Lord made the heavens , the earth and the sea. He made everything that is in them. But on the seventh day, the Lord rested. So, he blessed the Sabbath day and he made it special. Always respect your father and your mother. Then you will live for many years in the country that the Lord your God will give to you. You must not murder anyone. You must not have sex with another person’s husband or wife. You must not take another person’s things for yourself. You must not say false things against your neighbour . You must not want to take your neighbour’s house for yourself. You must not want to take his wife, or his servants, male or female. You must not want to take his ox , or his donkey , or anything else that belongs to your neighbour .’ Exodus 20:2-17
「我是耶和華－你的上帝，曾將你從 埃及 地為奴之家領出來。 「除了我以外，你不可有別的神。 「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像彷彿上天、下地，和地底下、水中的 百物 。 不可跪拜那些像，也不可事奉它，因為我耶和華－你的上帝是忌邪的上帝。恨我的，我必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代； 愛我、守我誡命的，我必向他們發慈愛，直到千代。 「不可妄稱耶和華－你上帝的名；因為妄稱耶和華名的，耶和華必不以他為無罪。 「當記念安息日，守為聖日。 六日要勞碌做你一切的工， 但第七日是向耶和華－你上帝當守的安息日。 這一日 你和你的兒女、僕婢、牲畜，並你城裏寄居的客旅，無論何工都不可做； 因為六日之內，耶和華造天、地、海，和其中的萬物，第七日便安息，所以耶和華賜福與安息日，定為聖日。 「當孝敬父母，使你的日子在耶和華－你上帝所賜你的地上得以長久。 「不可殺人。 「不可姦淫。 「不可偷盜。 「不可作假見證陷害人。 「不可貪戀人的房屋；也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢，並他一切所有的。」 出埃及記 20:2-17