1 W hen the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

وَرَأى الشَّعبُ أنَّ مُوسَى قَدْ تَأخَّرَ فِي النُّزُولِ مِنَ الجَبَلِ، فاجتَمَعُوا حَولَ هارُونَ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «قُمْ وَاصنَعْ لَنا آلِهَةً لِتَقُودَنا فِي الطَّرِيقِ. فَنَحْنُ لا نَدرِي ما الَّذِي حَلَّ بهَذا الرَّجُلِ مُوسَى الَّذِي أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.»

2 S o Aaron replied, Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives, your sons, and daughters, and bring them to me.

فَقالَ هارُونُ لَهُمْ: «انزِعُوا أقراطَ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي فِي آذانِ زَوجاتِكُمْ وَأولادِكُمْ وَأحضِرُوها لَي.»

3 S o all the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron.

فَنَزَعَ الشَّعبُ أقراطَ الذَّهَبِ الَّتِي كانَتْ فِي آذانِهِمْ وَأحضَرُوها إلَى هارُونَ.

4 A nd he received the gold at their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it a molten calf; and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!

فَأخَذَ هارُونُ الذَّهَبَ مِنهُمْ، وَصَهَرَهُ وَشَكَّلَهُ بِالإزمِيلِ، وَصَنَعَ مِنهُ عِجلاً مَسبُوكاً. فَقالُوا: «هَذِهِ هِيَ آلِهَتُكَ الَّتِي أخرَجَتْكَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ يا إسْرائِيلُ.»

5 A nd when Aaron saw the molten calf, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord.

وَحِينَ رَأى هارُونُ هَذا، بَنَى مَذبَحاً أمامَهُ. وَأعلَنَ هارُونُ: «سَنَعمَلُ عِيداً للهِ غَداً.»

6 A nd they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

فَنَهَضَ الشَّعبُ باكِراً فِي صَباحِ اليَومِ التّالِي وَقَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً وَذَبائِحَ سَلامٍ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ جَلَسَ الشَّعبُ لِيأكُلُوا وَيَشْرَبُوا، وَنَهَضُوا لِيُرَفِّهُوا عَنْ أنفُسِهِمْ.

7 T he Lord said to Moses, Go down, for your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves;

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «انزِلْ فِي الحالِ! فَها شَعبُكَ الَّذِي أخرَجتَهُ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ قَدْ فَسَدَ.

8 T hey have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, that brought you up out of the land of Egypt!

حادُوا سَريعاً عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي أمَرتُهُمْ بِهِ، إذْ صَنَعُوا عِجلاً مَسبُوكاً لِأنفُسِهِمْ وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ ذَبائِحَ، وَقالُوا: ‹هَذِهِ هِيَ آلِهَتُكَ الَّتِي أخرَجَتْكَ مِنْ مِصرَ يا إسْرائِيلُ.›»

9 A nd the Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people;

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قَدْ رَأيتُ هَذا الشَّعبَ! إنَّهُمْ شَعبٌ عَنِيدٌ.

10 N ow therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and that I may destroy them; but I will make of you a great nation.

وَالآنَ، دَعْنِي فَيَشتَعِلَ غَضَبِي عَلَيهِمْ وَيَلتَهِمَهُمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَأجْعَلُ مِنكَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً.»

11 B ut Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why does Your wrath blaze hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

لَكِنَّ مُوسَى تَوَسَّلَ إلَى إلَهِهِ وَقالَ: «لِماذا يا اللهُ يَشتَعِلُ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى شَعبِكَ الَّذِي أخرَجتَهُ مِنْ مِصرَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ وَيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ؟

12 W hy should the Egyptians say, For evil He brought them forth, to slay them in the mountains and consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and change Your mind concerning this evil against Your people.

لِماذا تُعطِي المِصرِيِّينَ فُرصَةً لِيَقُولُوا: ‹أخرَجَهُمُ إلَهُهُمْ وَهُوَ يُضْمِرُ لَهُمُ الشَّرَّ، لِيَقتُلَهُمْ في الجِبالِ، وَلِيُبِيدَهُمْ مِنْ عَلَى وَجهِ الأرْضِ›؟ ارجِعْ عَنْ غَضَبِكَ الشَّدِيدِ. وَلا تَعمَلْ ما فَكَّرْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّرِّ عَلَى شَعبِكَ.

13 r emember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self and said to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.

تَذَكَّرْ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَإسْرائِيلَ، خُدّامَكَ الَّذِينَ أقسَمتَ لَهُمْ بِنَفسِكَ وَوَعَدتَهُمْ: ‹سَأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَكَ لِيَصِيرَ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ، وَسَأُعطِي هَذِهِ الأرْضَ، الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها، لِنَسلِكُمْ لِيَمتَلِكُوها إلَى الأبَدِ.›»

14 T hen the Lord turned from the evil which He had thought to do to His people.

فَرَجِعَ اللهُ عَمّا كانَ يُفَكِّرُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرٍّ قالَ إنَّهُ سَيَعمَلُهُ بِشَعبِهِ.

15 A nd Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the Testimony in his hand, tables or tablets that were written on both sides.

ثُمَّ نَزَلَ مُوسَى مِنَ الجَبَلِ وَلَوحا الشَّهادَةِ فِي يَدِهِ. كانَتِ الوَصايا مَنْقُوشَةً عَلَى اللَّوحَينِ مِنَ الأمامِ وَمِنَ الخَلفِ.

16 T he tables were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

اللهُ هُوَ مَنْ صَنَعَ اللَّوحَينِ، وَاللهُ هُوَ مَنْ نَقَشَ الكِتابَةَ عَلَيهِما.

17 A nd when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

وَحِينَ سَمِعَ يَشُوعُ ضَجيجَ الشَّعبِ، قالَ لِمُوسَى: «هُناكَ صَوتُ حَربٍ فِي المُخَيَّمِ.»

18 B ut Moses said, It is not the sound of shouting for victory, neither is it the sound of the cry of the defeated, but the sound of singing that I hear.

فَأجابَهُ مُوسَى: «لَيسَ هَذَا بِهُتافِ انتِصارٍ وَلا صُراخِ هَزِيمَةٍ. إنَّهُ صَوتُ غِناءٍ.»

19 A nd as soon as he came near to the camp he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses’ anger blazed hot and he cast the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

وَحِينَ اقتَرَبَ مُوسَى مِنَ المُخَيَّمِ، رَأى العِجلَ الذَّهَبِيَّ وَالرَّقصَ. فَغَضِبَ جِدّاً، وَطَرَحَ اللَّوحَينِ مِنْ يَدَيهِ فَتَحَطَّما عِندَ أسفَلِ الجَبَلِ.

20 A nd he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.

ثُمَّ أخَذَ العِجلَ الَّذِي صَنَعُوهُ، وَأحرَقَهُ بِالنّارِ وَسَحَقَهُ سَحقاً، وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى الماءِ، وَجَعَلَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ يَشرَبُونَ مِنَ الماءِ.

21 A nd Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them?

وَقالَ مُوسَى لِهارُونَ: «ماذا عَمِلَ هَذا الشَّعبُ ضِدَّكَ حَتَّى تَجلِبَ عَلَيهِمْ هَذِهِ الخَطِيَّةَ العَظِيمَةَ؟»

22 A nd Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord blaze hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil.

فَقالَ هارُونُ: «لا تَغضَبْ يا سَيِّدِي! أنتَ تَعرِفُ أنَّ الشَّعبَ مَيّالٌ لِلشَّرِّ،

23 F or they said to me, Make us gods which shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

وَقَدْ قالُوا لِيَ: ‹قُمْ وَاصنَعْ لَنا آلِهَةً لِتَقُودَنا فِي الطَّرِيقِ. فَنَحْنُ لا نَدرِي ما الَّذِي حَلَّ بهَذا الرَّجُلِ مُوسَى الَّذِي أخرَجَنا مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.›

24 I said to them, Those who have any gold, let them take it off. So they gave it to me; then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ مَنْ يَملُكُ ذَهَباً فَلْيَنْزِعْهُ وَلْيُعطِهِ لِي. ثُمَّ ألقَيتُ الذَّهَبَ فِي النّارِ، فَخَرَجَ هَذا العِجلُ!»

25 A nd when Moses saw that the people were unruly and unrestrained (for Aaron had let them get out of control, so that they were a derision and object of shame among their enemies),

فَرَأى مُوسَى أنَّ الشَّعبَ قَدْ خَرَجَ عَنِ السَّيطَرَةِ، لِأنَّ هارُونَ سَمَحَ بِذَلِكَ، حَتَّى إنْ أعْداءَهُمُ اسْتَهْزأوا بَسُلُوكِهِمُ المُخْزِي.

26 T hen Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on the Lord’s side, let him come to me. And all the Levites gathered together to him.

فَوَقَفَ فِي مَدخَلِ المُخَيَّمِ وَقالَ: «مَنْ يَتبَعُ اللهَ فَلْيَأْتِ إلَيَّ.» فَأتَى الَّلاوِيُّونَ إلَيهِ.

27 A nd he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Every man put his sword on his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: فَلْيَضَعْ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ سَيفَهُ عَلَى فَخذِهِ، وَيَمشِي فِي المُخَيَّمِ مِنْ بابٍ إلَى آخَرَ. وَلْيَقتُلْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ أخاهُ وَصَدِيقَهُ وَجارَهُ.»

28 A nd the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about 3000 men.

فَعَمِلَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ بِحَسَبِ قَولِ مُوسَى. وَماتَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ نَحْوُ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ مِنْ الشَّعبِ.

29 A nd Moses said you have consecrated yourselves today to the Lord, each man against his own son and his own brother, that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day.

وَقالَ مُوسَى: «قَدْ كَرَّسْتُمْ أنفُسَكُمُ اليَومَ لِخِدْمَةِ اللهِ ، حَتَّى بِأبنائِكُمْ وَإخوَتِكُمْ. فَسَيُبارِكَكُمُ اللهُ اليَومَ.»

30 T he next day Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.

وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، قالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعبِ: «لَقَدْ أخطَأْتُمْ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً. وَالآنَ، سَأصعَدُ إلَى اللهِ ، لَعَلَّهُ يَستَجِيبُ لِي فَيُكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ.»

31 S o Moses returned to the Lord, and said, Oh, these people have sinned a great sin and have made themselves gods of gold!

فَعادَ مُوسَى إلَى اللهِ وَقالَ: «يا اللهُ ، قَدْ أخطَأ هَذا الشَّعبُ خَطِيَّةً عَظِيمَةً بِصُنعِهِمْ آلِهَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ لِأنفُسِهِمْ.

32 Y et now, if You will forgive their sin—and if not, blot me, I pray You, out of Your book which You have written!

وَالآنَ، اغفِرْ خَطِيَّتَهُمْ، أوِ امحُنِي مِنْ كِتابِكَ الَّذِي كَتَبتَهُ.»

33 B ut the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

فَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «مَنْ يُخطِئُ إلَيَّ، أمحُو اسْمَهُ مِنْ كِتابِي.

34 B ut now go, lead the people to the place of which I have told you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish I will visit their sin upon them!

وَالآنَ، اذْهَبْ وَقُدِ الشَّعبَ إلَى حَيثُ قُلْتُ لَكَ. سَيَسِيرُ مَلاكِي أمامَكَ، لَكِنِّي سَأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِهِمْ فِي الوَقتِ المُناسِبِ.»

35 A nd the Lord sent a plague upon the people because they made the calf which Aaron fashioned for them.

ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ اللهُ الشَّعبَ بِوَباءٍ لِأنَّهُمْ هُمْ بِالحَقيقَةِ الَّذينَ صَنَعُوا العِجلَ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ هارُونُ.