Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

12Keepשָׁמ֣֛וֹרsha.MorH8104the sabbathהַשַּׁבָּ֖֨תha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹם֩yomH3117to sanctifyלְקַדְּשׁ֑֜וֹle.ka.de.ShoH6942it, as Yhwhיְהוָ֥֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hath commandedצִוְּךָ֖֣׀tzi.ve.KhaH6680thee.

13Sixשֵׁ֤֣שֶׁתShe.shetH8337daysיָמִ֣ים֙ya.MimH3117thou shalt labourתַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ta.'a.VodH5647,and doוְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָve.'a.Si.taH6213all thy workמְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒׃me.lakh.Te.khaH4399:

14But the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֜֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוְי֙וֹם֙ve.YomH3117isthe sabbathשַׁבָּ֖֣ת׀sha.BatH7676of Yhwhלַיהוָ֣֥הla.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430: in itthou shalt not doתַעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213any workמְלָאכָ֡הme.la.KhahH4399,thou, nor thy sonוּבִנְךָֽ־u.vin.kha-H1121,nor thy daughterוּבִתֶּ֣ךָu.vi.Te.khaH1323,nor thy manservantוְעַבְדְּךָֽ־ve.'av.de.kha-H5650,nor thy maidservantוַ֠אֲמָתֶךָVa.'a.ma.te.khaH519,nor thine oxוְשׁוֹרְךָ֨ve.shor.KhaH7794,nor thine donkeyוַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜va.cha.mo.re.KhaH2543,nor any of thy cattleבְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָbe.hem.Te.khaH929,nor thy strangerוְגֵֽרְךָ֙ve.ge.re.KhaH1616that iswithin thy gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179;that thy manservantעַבְדְּךָ֥'av.de.KhaH5650and thy maidservantוַאֲמָתְךָ֖va.'a.ma.te.KhaH519may restיָנ֛וּחַya.Nu.achH5117as well as thou.

15And rememberוְזָכַרְתָּ֞֗ve.za.khar.TaH2142that thou wast a servantעֶ֤֥בֶד'E.vedH5650in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֔֗יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, and thatYhwhיְהוָ֤֨הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֤֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430broughtוַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜֩vai.yo.Tzi.'a.khaH3318thee out thence through a mightyחֲזָקָ֖ה֙cha.za.KahH2389handבְּיָ֤֥דbe.YadH3027and by a stretched outנְטוּיָ֑֔הne.tu.YahH5186armוּבִזְרֹ֣עַu.viz.Ro.a'H2220:Therefore Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430commandedצִוְּךָ֙tzi.ve.KhaH6680thee to keepלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213the sabbathהַשַׁבָּֽת׃ סha.sha.BatH7676dayי֥וֹםYomH3117.

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