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.”

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.”

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

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!”

“ 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.”

At Mount Horeb you asked the Lord your God for a prophet. You asked him on the day you gathered together. You said,“ We don’t want to hear the voice of the Lord our God. We don’t want to see this great fire anymore. If we do, we’ll die.”

But you can’t see my face,” he said.“ No one can see me and stay alive.”

Then why was the law given at all? It was added because of human sin. And it was supposed to control us until the promised Seed had come. The law was given through angels, and a go- between was put in charge of it.

The mountain was blazing with fire. You heard the voice coming out of the darkness. So your elders and all the leaders of your tribes came to me.You said,“ The Lord our God has shown us his glory and majesty. We have heard his voice coming out of the fire. Today we have seen that a person can still stay alive even if God speaks with them.But why should we die? This great fire will burn us up. We’ll die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God again.We have heard the voice of the living God. We’ve heard him speaking out of the fire. Has any other human being ever heard him speak like that and stayed alive?Go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then tell us what he tells you. We will listen and obey.”

At that time I stood between the Lord and you. I announced to you the Lord’ s message. I did it because you were afraid of the fire. You didn’t go up the mountain. The Lord said,

Moses was with the Israelites in the desert. He was with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai. Moses was with our people of long ago. He received living words to pass on to us.

So Jacob named the place Peniel. He said,“ I saw God face to face. But I’m still alive!”

You haven’t come to a blast from God’s trumpet. You haven’t come to a voice speaking to you. When people heard that voice long ago, they begged it not to say anything more to them.