The Ten Commandments Translated

by Mike Zonta

Exodus 20: 1-17

Translation by Mike Zonta, BB editor

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Truth is the only deity.

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.

Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659) by Rembrandt, public domain

Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law (1659) by Rembrandt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Truth is consciousness, a formless force.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

Disrespecting Truth is disrespecting Yourself.

4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Every day is a day to rest in Truth.

5. Honour thy father and thy mother.

Truth brings forth Itself.

6. Thou shalt not kill.

Truth cannot kill or be killed.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Truth is married to Itself.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

Truth is the only real estate.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Truth does not lie and Truth has no neighbor.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house/goods.

Truth, being all, possesses all.