And they said to Moses,“ You speak to us, and we will listen. But don’t let God speak directly to us, or we will die!”

对摩西说：“求你和我们说话，我们必听；不要神和我们说话，恐怕我们死亡。”

他们对摩西说：“请你向我们说话，我们必听；不要让上帝向我们说话，免得我们死亡。”

他们对摩西说：“请你向我们说话，我们必听；不要让神向我们说话，免得我们死亡。”

他们对摩西说：“求你跟我们说话，我们必听从。不要让上帝直接跟我们说话，恐怕我们会丧命！”

他们对摩西说：“求你和我们说话吧，我们必定听你的话，不可让神和我们说话，恐怕我们死亡。”

對摩西說：「求你和我們說話，我們必聽；不要神和我們說話，恐怕我們死亡。」

他們對摩西說：「請你向我們說話，我們必聽；不要讓上帝向我們說話，免得我們死亡。」

他們對摩西說：「請你向我們說話，我們必聽；不要讓神向我們說話，免得我們死亡。」

他們對摩西說：「求你跟我們說話，我們必聽從。不要讓上帝直接跟我們說話，恐怕我們會喪命！」

他們對摩西說：“求你和我們說話吧，我們必定聽你的話，不可讓神和我們說話，恐怕我們死亡。”

對摩西說：『你對我們說話吧，我們就要聽；可別讓上帝和我們說話呀，恐怕我們死亡。』

謂摩西曰、汝與我言、我必聽從、上帝勿與我言、恐我死亡、

謂摩西曰、汝與我言、我則聽從、如上帝與我言、我恐死亡。

謂摩西曰、求爾與我言、我聽之、願天主不與我言、恐我死亡、

and said to Moses,“ Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”

They said to Moses,“ Speak to us yourself. Then we’ll listen. But don’t let God speak to us. If he does, we’ll die.”

and said to Moses,“ You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

“ You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses,“ but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Then they said to Moses,“ Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but do not have God speak to us, or we will die!”

Then they said to Moses,“ You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

“ You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses,“ but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

They said to Moses,“ You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

They said to Moses,“ Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”

For this is what you yourselves requested of the Lord your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai. You said,‘ Don’t let us hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.’

But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.”

Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.

“ But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me.They said,‘ Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the heart of the fire. Today we have seen that God can speak to us humans, and yet we live!But now, why should we risk death again? If the Lord our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of the fire as we did and yet survive?Go yourself and listen to what the Lord our God says. Then come and tell us everything he tells you, and we will listen and obey.’

I stood as an intermediary between you and the Lord, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said:

Moses was with our ancestors, the assembly of God’s people in the wilderness, when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai. And there Moses received life giving words to pass on to us.

Jacob named the place Peniel( which means“ face of God”), for he said,“ I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”

For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.