Exodus · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Exodus 20 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και ελάλησεν ο Θεός πάντας τους λόγους τούτους, λέγων,
1 God spoke all these words, saying,
2 Εγώ είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός σου, ο εξαγαγών σε εκ γης Αιγύπτου, εξ οίκου δουλείας.
2 “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Μη έχης άλλους θεούς πλην εμού.
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
4 Μη κάμης εις σεαυτόν είδωλον, μηδέ ομοίωμά τινός, όσα είναι εν τω ουρανώ άνω, ή όσα εν τη γη κάτω, όσα εν τοις ύδασιν υποκάτω της γής·
4 “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 μη προσκυνήσης αυτά μηδέ λατρεύσης αυτά· διότι εγώ Κύριος ο Θεός σου είμαι Θεός ζηλότυπος, ανταποδίδων τας αμαρτίας των πατέρων επί τα τέκνα, έως τρίτης και τετάρτης γενεάς των μισούντων με·
5 you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 και κάμνων έλεος εις χιλιάδας γενεών των αγαπώντων με και φυλαττόντων τα προστάγματά μου.
6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 Μη λάβης το όνομα Κυρίου του Θεού σου επί ματαίω· διότι δεν θέλει αθωώσει ο Κύριος τον λαμβάνοντα επί ματαίω το όνομα αυτού.
7 “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
8 Ενθυμού την ημέραν του σαββάτου, διά να αγιάζης αυτήν·
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 εξ ημέρας εργάζου και κάμνε πάντα τα έργα σου·
9 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
10 η ημέρα όμως η εβδόμη είναι σάββατον Κυρίου του Θεού σου· μη κάμης εν ταύτη ουδέν έργον, μήτε συ, μήτε ο υιός σου, μήτε η θυγάτηρ σου, μήτε ο δούλός σου, μήτε η δούλη σου, μήτε το κτήνός σου, μήτε ο ξένος σου, ο εντός των πυλών σου·
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
11 διότι εις εξ ημέρας εποίησεν ο Κύριος τον ουρανόν και την γην, την θάλασσαν και πάντα τα εν αυτοίς· εν δε τη ημέρα τη εβδόμη κατέπαυσε· διά τούτο ευλόγησε Κύριος την ημέραν του σαββάτου και ηγίασεν αυτήν.
11 for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
12 Τίμα τον πατέρα σου και την μητέρα σου, διά να γείνης μακροχρόνιος επί της γης, την οποίαν σοι δίδει Κύριος ο Θεός σου.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
13 Μη φονεύσης.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 Μη μοιχεύσης.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 Μη κλέψης.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 Μη ψευδομαρτυρήσης κατά του πλησίον σου μαρτυρίαν ψευδή.
16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 Μη επιθυμήσης την οικίαν του πλησίον σου· μη επιθυμήσης την γυναίκα του πλησίον σου· μηδέ τον δούλον αυτού· μηδέ την δούλην αυτού, μηδέ τον βουν αυτού, μηδέ τον όνον αυτού, μηδέ παν ό,τι είναι του πλησίον σου.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
18 Και πας ο λαός έβλεπε τας βροντάς και τας αστραπάς και την φωνήν της σάλπιγγος και το όρος καπνίζον· και ότε ο λαός είδε ταύτα, απεσύρθησαν και εστάθησαν μακρόθεν.
18 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
19 Και είπον προς τον Μωϋσήν, συ λάλησον προς ημάς και θέλομεν ακούσει και ας μη λαλήση προς ημάς ο Θεός, διά να μη αποθάνωμεν.
19 They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”
20 Και είπεν ο Μωϋσής προς τον λαόν, Μη φοβείσθε· διότι ο Θεός ήλθε διά να σας δοκιμάση, και διά να ήναι ο φόβος αυτού έμπροσθέν σας διά να μη αμαρτάνητε.
20 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”
21 Και εστάθη ο λαός μακρόθεν· ο δε Μωϋσής επλησίασεν εις την ομίχλην όπου ήτο ο Θεός.
21 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
22 Είπε δε Κύριος προς τον Μωϋσήν, Ούτως ειπέ προς τους υιούς Ισραήλ· Σεις είδετε ότι εκ του ουρανού ελάλησα με σάς·
22 Yahweh said to Moses, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: ‘You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
23 μη κάμητε θεούς μετ' εμού αργυρούς· μηδέ κάμητε εις εαυτούς θεούς χρυσούς·
23 You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.
24 θυσιαστήριον εκ γης κάμε εις εμέ· και θυσίαζε επ' αυτού τα ολοκαυτώματά σου και τας ειρηνικάς προσφοράς σου, τα πρόβατά σου και τους βόας σου· εν παντί τόπω όπου αναμνήσω το όνομά μου, θέλω έρχεσθαι προς σε και θέλω σε ευλογεί·
24 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
25 εάν δε εκ λίθων κάμης θυσιαστήριον εις εμέ, δεν θέλεις οικοδομήσει αυτό εκ πέτρας πελεκητής· διότι εάν περάσης επάνω αυτού το εργαλείόν σου, θέλεις μολύνει αυτό·
25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
26 και μη αναβής δι' αναβαθμίδων επί το θυσιαστήριόν μου, διά να μη αποκαλυφθή επ' αυτού η γυμνωσίς σου.
26 You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 5:22; Deuteronomy 5:4; Deuteronomy 4:36; Deuteronomy 4:33; Acts 7:38
- 2 Deuteronomy 5:6; Hosea 13:4; Leviticus 26:13; Psalm 81:10; Exodus 13:3
- 3 Deuteronomy 5:7; Matthew 4:10; Psalm 81:9; Isaiah 46:9; Deuteronomy 6:14
- 4 Deuteronomy 5:8; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 4:15–19; Psalm 97:7; Leviticus 19:4
- 5 Deuteronomy 5:9; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 4:24; Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 6:15
- 6 Deuteronomy 7:9; 1 John 5:3; John 14:21; Jeremiah 32:39–40; Deuteronomy 5:29
- 7 Deuteronomy 5:11; Leviticus 19:12; James 5:12; Matthew 5:33–37; Psalm 50:14–16
- 8 Leviticus 26:2; Leviticus 19:3; Exodus 31:13–16; Genesis 2:3; Leviticus 23:3
- 9 Luke 13:14; Exodus 23:12; Exodus 34:21; Leviticus 23:3; Exodus 35:2
- 10 Deuteronomy 5:14–15; Exodus 34:21; Exodus 16:27–28; Numbers 15:32–36; Deuteronomy 24:14–22
- 11 Genesis 1:1–2; Genesis 2:2–3; Exodus 31:17; Mark 2:27–28; Psalm 95:4–7
- 12 Ephesians 6:1–3; Colossians 3:20; Deuteronomy 5:16; Mark 7:10; Proverbs 23:22–25
- 13 Romans 13:9; Deuteronomy 5:17; Genesis 9:5–6; Matthew 5:21–22; Exodus 21:14
- 14 Hebrews 13:4; Deuteronomy 5:18; Romans 7:2–3; Romans 13:9; Leviticus 20:10
- 15 Romans 13:9; Ephesians 4:28; Leviticus 19:11; Leviticus 19:13; Matthew 19:18
- 16 Proverbs 19:5; Matthew 19:18; Psalm 15:3; Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 19:15–21
- 17 Romans 13:9; Luke 12:15; Hebrews 13:5; Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 3:5
- 18 Exodus 19:16–18; Jeremiah 23:23; Hebrews 12:18–19; Psalm 139:7–8
- 19 Deuteronomy 18:16; Acts 7:38; Deuteronomy 5:23–27; Exodus 33:20; Galatians 3:19
- 20 Deuteronomy 13:3; Proverbs 3:7; Isaiah 8:13; 1 Samuel 12:20; Proverbs 16:6
- 21 1 Kings 8:12; Psalm 97:2; Psalm 18:9; 1 Timothy 6:16; 2 Chronicles 6:1
- 22 Nehemiah 9:13; Deuteronomy 4:36
- 23 Ezekiel 20:39; Zephaniah 1:5; 2 Kings 17:33; Revelation 22:15; Exodus 20:3–5
- 24 Deuteronomy 12:5; Psalm 132:13–14; 2 Chronicles 6:6; 1 Kings 9:3; Deuteronomy 12:11
- 25 Joshua 8:31; Deuteronomy 27:5–6
- 26 1 Peter 1:16; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Psalm 89:7; Leviticus 10:3; Hebrews 12:28–29
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… second time: "And ye have made void the word of God by reason of your tradition;" Christ confessing in the plainest manner Him to be Father and God, who said in the law, "Honour thy father and mother; that it may be well with thee." For the true God did confess the commandment of the law as the word of …
If it is said, "Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal," and other similar commandments, not human lips but the divine oracles have enounced them.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For, "honor," saith He, "thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest live long upon the earth." And again, "He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." But He, omitting the first, the reward appointed for them that honor their parents, states that which is more awful, the punishment, I mean, threatened to such as dishonor them; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The Lord came down in fire on Mount Sinai, and the people could not bear it, but said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; and let not God speak to us, lest we die: and again, For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… things pertaining to God, was not a minister of the Spirit; for the law was given, "ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator," namely Moses, in accordance with the summons of the people, "Speak thou with us,...but let not God speak with us." Thus faith in Moses is referred to the Lord, the Mediator between God and men, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)